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7:55 AM ET, June 15, 2022

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Punchbowl News:
6/15/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM. … SCHIFF HAS ALSO BEEN CONDUCTING MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS TO HEAR WHAT THEY THINK THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE PARTY'S LEADERSHIP SHOULD LOOK LIKE.  —  WE REPORTED IN APRIL THAT SCHIFF WAS EYEING A RUN FOR LEADERSHIP IN A POST-NANCY PELOSI WORLD.
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Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Republicans collide in key primaries as Trump's pull tested in S.C., Nev.  —  Tuesday's vote across four states serving as the latest checkpoint of attitudes in the Republican Party and the ability of the former president to steer its direction.  —  Competing wings of the Republican Party collided across …
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
Nancy Mace survives fierce SC Republican primary against Trump-backed Katie Arrington
Discussion: USA Today and Political Wire
Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace Defeats Trump-Backed Primary Challenger, Per Projection
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In South Carolina, a Republican congressman who voted to impeach Trump loses his primary to a Trump-backed rival.
Washington Post:
Publix heiress paid Kimberly Guilfoyle's $60,000 speaking fee on Jan. 6  —  The funds were directed to Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancee through Turning Point Action, a nonprofit run by Charlie Kirk  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle, a fundraiser for former president Donald Trump and the fiancee of his eldest son …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump team descends into infighting over Jan. 6  —  We've seen just two relatively brief hearings of the House Jan. 6 committee.  Yet already members of Donald Trump's inner circle are accusing one another of lying under oath, taking bribes from Democrats, shilling for Marxists and being past their primes.
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
The Future Criminal Case Against Donald Trump
New York Times:
A Striking Contrast: Trump Officials Then and Now
Discussion: Metro.co.uk, FactCheck.org and Politico
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker Says He's a Model Dad.  He Has a Secret Son.  —  The GOP Senate hopeful, who has bemoaned “fatherless households,” was named in a paternity case. … For years, former football star turned Republican senatorial candidate Herschel Walker has expressed an enormous pride …
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Maya King / New York Times:
Herschel Walker, Critic of Absentee Fathers, Has a Second Son He Doesn't See  —  Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate from Georgia, who has often spoken out against absentee fathers, particularly in Black households, on Tuesday publicly acknowledged having fathered a second son with whom he is not in contact.
New York Times:
Far-Right Republicans Press Closer to Power Over Future Elections  —  Midway through primary season, the party has nominated several candidates who deny the 2020 outcome for posts that will have significant sway over the 2024 presidential election.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: The Message Box
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The Nevada Independent:
Lombardo routs field in GOP governor primary; election doubter prevails for SOS
Discussion: NPR
Morgan Lee / Associated Press:
GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote  —  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Votes in a New Mexico community are at risk of not counting after a Republican-led commission refused to approve primary election results over distrust of Dominion vote-tallying machines.
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: Keisha Lance Bottoms to join White House  —  President Biden is tapping former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to replace Cedric Richmond as one of his most senior aides, bringing a Democratic rising star and former VP contender into the White House at a critical juncture, Axios has learned.
Axios:
Biden warns Big Oil over gas output  —  President Biden will warn CEOs of the nation's largest oil companies on Wednesday that he's considering invoking emergency powers to boost U.S. refinery output, according to a letter obtained by Axios. … - The letter, which calls on the companies to boost output …
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Pippa Stevens / CNBC:
Biden tells oil companies in letter ‘well above normal’ refinery profit margins are ‘not acceptable’  —  This is breaking news.  Please check back for updates.  —  President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on U.S. oil refining companies to produce more, saying they need to help alleviate the burden of high prices on consumers.
Jim Saunders / Miami Herald:
South Florida synagogue sues over Florida's new 15-week abortion ban  —  BY JIM SAUNDERS NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA  —  A South Florida Jewish congregation has challenged a new state law that blocks abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, contending the measure violates privacy and religious-freedom rights.
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Brendan Pierson / Reuters:   Florida abortion ban violates Jews' religious freedom, lawsuit says
Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Republican Mayra Flores wins South Texas House seat long a Democratic stronghold  —  Rising Republican star Mayra Flores beat out Democratic challenger Dan Sanchez on Tuesday in a special election to finish Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela's current term in South Texas, a competitive congressional seat …
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Bruce Siwy / Erie Daily Times-Morning News:
Democrats Fetterman, Shapiro show early leads in USA Today Network/Suffolk University poll  —  A USA Today Network/Suffolk University poll in Pennsylvania released this week suggests a clear U.S. Senate frontrunner — with a tighter race for governor.  —  According to the Suffolk University …
Washington Post:
A plan to strip Huawei from rural telecoms is still short billions  —  Welcome to The Cybersecurity 202!  Congratulations to Canada and Denmark for peacefully ending their 49-year border spat over a barren Arctic island.  —  Below: A 2020 election denier is the GOP nominee to lead elections in Nevada …
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Washington Post:
White House has security concerns about any deal for NSO hacking tools
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Leave Joe Biden Alone  —  This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture.  Sign up for it here.  —  Every administration has its ups and downs …
Discussion: New York Post
Carla K. Johnson / Associated Press:
US abortions rise: 1 in 5 pregnancies terminated in 2020  —  The number and rate of U.S. abortions increased from 2017 to 2020 after a long decline, according to figures released Wednesday.  —  The report from the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights …
Discussion: The 19th
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Guttmacher Institute:
Long-Term Decline in US Abortions Reverses, Showing Rising Need for Abortion as Supreme Court Is Poised to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Discussion: Politico, Forbes, NPR and Los Angeles Times
Ella Nilsen / CNN:
Wind and solar power are ‘bailing out’ Texas amid record heat and energy demand  —  (CNN)Texans are cranking on the air conditioning this week amid an unusually early heat wave, setting new records for electricity demand in the state, which surpassed 75 gigawatts on Sunday and smashed the 2019 record.
Discussion: Informed Comment
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Evan Halper / Washington Post:   Why an energy crisis and $5 gas aren't spurring a green revolution
Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Markets and households lose faith that Fed can handle inflation  —  The Fed missed the biggest run-up in 40 years, in part because the lessons learned from the last recession weren't a match for the covid crisis  —  The Federal Reserve's missteps in waiting too long to tackle the greatest run …
Phillip W. Magness / Reason:
Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?  —  When former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke intimated in early 2017 that he would be joining Donald Trump's nascent administration, CNN obtained a copy of Clarke's master's thesis from the Naval Postgraduate School and revealed …
Discussion: Power Line
The Daily Caller:
We Asked All 50 Democratic Senators If They Would Endorse Biden In 2024.  Only 5 Said ‘Yes’  —  The Daily Caller contacted all 50 Senate Democrats repeatedly and asked if they would support President Joe Biden in his 2024 presidential bid.  Five Senators said “Yes.”
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Ian James / Los Angeles Times:
Major water cutbacks loom as shrinking Colorado River nears ‘moment of reckoning’  —  As the West endures another year of unrelenting drought worsened by climate change, the Colorado River's reservoirs have declined so low that major water cuts will be necessary next year to reduce risks …
Discussion: Idaho Capital Sun
 
 
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Charles R. Davis / Insider:
Trump might have to be prosecuted to save American democracy, an expert on authoritarianism argues
Discussion: americamagazine.org and Lucid
Richard Goldberg / New York Post:
The UN continues Israel-bashing after Biden promised to stop it
Dakota Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Bass has pulled ahead of Caruso. She can thank those last-minute mail-in voters
New York Times:
Biden Weighs Tariff Rollback to Ease Inflation, Even a Little Bit
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Bill Chappell / NPR:
Police in the Dallas area kill a gunman who entered a summer camp for kids
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Photos capture election-night tension at White House as Trump family, aides watch lead fade away
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump's pick for Pa. governor says he sees ‘parallels’ to Hitler's power grab in Capitol riot
Ginevra Davis / Palladium:
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Financial Times:
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