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Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Gustavo Petro wins the Colombian election, becoming the country's first leftist president. — For the first time, Colombia will have a leftist president. — Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and a longtime senator who has pledged to transform the country's economic system, has won Sunday's election …
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Gideon Long / Financial Times:
Leftist Gustavo Petro wins Colombian presidency — Victory for the former guerrilla gives South American country its first truly leftwing leader in recent history — Gustavo Petro, a leftwing former guerrilla, won Colombia's presidential election on Sunday, beating populist businessman …
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BBC:
France's Macron set to lose majority - projection — Less than two months after he was re-elected president, Emmanuel Macron is on course to lose control of the French National Assembly after a strong performance by rival parties. — His centrist Ensemble coalition is on course …
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New York Times:
What Hundreds of Photos of Weapons Reveal About Russia's Brutal War Strategy — Reflecting a shockingly barbaric and old-fashioned wartime strategy, Russian forces have pummeled Ukrainian cities and towns with a barrage of rockets and other munitions, most of which can be considered relatively crude relics …
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The Guardian, New York Post, Task & Purpose and Al Jazeera
Jose A. Del Real / Washington Post:
A recession ‘is not inevitable,’ White House says — again — There are growing fears across the country that aggressive actions to curb inflation could trigger an economic downturn — Key members of the Biden administration on Sunday stressed their message that “a recession is not inevitable …
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Kelly Livingston / ABC News:
Recession isn't ‘inevitable’ but inflation remains ‘unacceptably high’: Janet Yellen
Recession isn't ‘inevitable’ but inflation remains ‘unacceptably high’: Janet Yellen
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National Review, The Daily Caller, RedState, Insider, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Yahoo News and The Daily Wire
Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
FINA Restricts Transgender Women From Competing at Elite Level — The international swimming federation said transgender women who had experienced male puberty could not compete in women's events. — Give this article- - - Read in app — FINA, the international swimming federation …
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Michelle Garcia / NBC News:
Juneteenth was finally recognized as a federal holiday. Then came commercialization. — “Companies that are having these picnics for their employees and feeding them fried chicken and watermelon — who made that call?” Torrina Harris of Galveston, Texas, quipped.
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Maria Cramer / New York Times:
Juneteenth Is a Federal Holiday, but in Most States It's Still Not a Day Off
Juneteenth Is a Federal Holiday, but in Most States It's Still Not a Day Off
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NPR, Axios, Religion News Service and The Root
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Trump corrects record, says he hasn't endorsed McCarthy for speaker — Former President Donald Trump made it clear that he has not endorsed anyone, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), for speaker of the House. — Towards the end of a recent interview, Trump interjected …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
GOP member of Jan. 6 committee warns that more violence is coming — One of two Republican members of the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, starkly warned Sunday that his own party's lies could feed additional violence.
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Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
6 in 10 Americans say Trump should be charged for Jan. 6 riot: POLL — A majority of Americans also think the Jan. 6 committee has been fair. — Former President Donald Trump gives the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition during their annual “Road To Majority Policy Conference” …
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
‘Can You Believe I Lost to This Guy?’ Trump Admitted He Lost Election, Former Aide Says — Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed that the former president acknowledged privately that Biden won, despite his public claims to the contrary — In private, former President Donald Trump admitted that he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.
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Axios, CNN, The Daily Beast, PoliticusUSA and Insider
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Republican Drive to Tilt Courts Against Climate Action Reaches a Crucial Moment — A Supreme Court environmental case being decided this month is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by Republican attorneys general and conservative allies. — WASHINGTON — Within days …
Cathy Young / Morning Shots:
Has the Tide Really Turned in Ukraine? — Plus: It's all about the gays — In the past month or so, the dominant Ukraine narrative in the media has shifted from “heroic Ukrainians repelling a mismanaged Russian invasion” to “badly outgunned Ukrainians unable to hold back Russian advances in the East” …
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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán / KUT Radio …:
Texas Republican Party includes anti-LGBT ideology in its new platform
Texas Republican Party includes anti-LGBT ideology in its new platform
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HuffPost, The Hill, Insider, The Texas Tribune and The Ugly Duckling
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
Searing testimony increases odds of charges against Trump, experts say — Former prosecutors say January 6 hearings have delivered ‘compelling evidence that Trump committed crimes’ — The searing testimony and growing evidence about Donald Trump's central role in a multi-pronged conspiracy …
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CNN, Raw Story, The Advocacy Newsletter, The Full Belmonte and The Atlantic
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Here's what voters will get if they cast their ballots based on gas prices — Americans are mad about inflation. They're especially outraged that gasoline averages $5 per gallon nationwide. And history suggests they may act on that furor by voting the bums out.
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The Welcome Party and Townhall
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Fox News paid $15 million to former host who filed pay disparity claim — Melissa Francis alleged her male colleagues made far more than women. She won an unusually large settlement, according to documents viewed by The Post. — Fox News agreed to a roughly $15 million settlement …
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Peter Thiel helped build big tech. Now he wants to tear it all down. — Inside the billionaire investor's journey from Facebook board member to an architect of the new American right — On a summer morning in 2019, Rep. Matt Gaetz was having breakfast at the Los Angeles mansion …
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
An Elite Christian College Has Become The Latest Battleground In America's Culture Wars — The saga that unfolded after a professor officiated a same-sex wedding has exposed deep rifts over how the school treats members of the LGBTQ community — and how its church interprets the Bible.