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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
January 6 committee focuses on phone calls among Trump's children and aides — Footage captured by documentary film-maker understood to show ex-president's children privately discussing election strategies — The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack …
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Politico:
What the Jan. 6 committee's star witness knows — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — HEARING NUMBER SIX — On Monday afternoon, the House Jan. 6 committee, which was supposed to be on a hiatus for the next two weeks, abruptly announced it would be holding …
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Harriet Alexander / Daily Mail:
Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger - who was in charge of Capitol security on January 6 and who blamed ‘professional agitators’ - dies suddenly, hours before TODAY's surprise hearing moved up because of ‘safety concerns’ for Mark Meadows' top aide — Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger, 71, died suddenly on Monday
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New York Times:
Federal Agents Seized Phone of John Eastman, Key Figure in Jan. 6 Plan — The action suggests that the criminal inquiry is accelerating into the efforts to help overturn the results of the 2020 election. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Federal agents armed with a search warrant …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Ron Johnson lied — Text messages released by the January 6 Committee last week revealed that Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) tried to deliver a list of fake electors directly to former Vice President Mike Pence. This was part of a broader scheme to use Pence's ceremonial role overseeing …
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CNN:
Former Meadows aide will testify before January 6 committee on Tuesday, sources say — Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a witness to many critical events and conversations, is expected to testify publicly on Tuesday before the select committee investigating …
New York Times:
Live Updates: At Least 46 Migrants Found Dead in San Antonio — Three people were detained in what appeared to be one of the worst episodes of migrant death in recent years on the southern border. A heat wave in Texas has brought record temperatures and drought.
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Washington Post:
Frustration, anger rising among Democrats over caution on abortion — A growing number of Democrats are voicing anger at what they see as the passivity of Biden and other party leaders in the face of hard-hitting GOP tactics on abortion and other issues. — Just hours after the Supreme …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Democrats Press the White House for a More Assertive Response to Roe's Fall — The initial response by President Biden and other Democratic leaders to the overturning of Roe struck many Democrats as painfully inadequate. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Ben Goggin / NBC News:
Instagram restricts some abortion resource posts and hashtags — Instagram has deleted some posts and limited at least two hashtags related to abortion services, according to some of the platform's users and warnings that have been added to certain topics. — The platform also briefly suspended …
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Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
Republican Yesli Vega Falsely Suggests Rape Victims Are Unlikely to Get Pregnant
Republican Yesli Vega Falsely Suggests Rape Victims Are Unlikely to Get Pregnant
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's Court Delivers
Mitch McConnell's Court Delivers
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Lessons From the Terrible Triumph of the Anti-Abortion Movement
Lessons From the Terrible Triumph of the Anti-Abortion Movement
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Joseph Cox / VICE:
Facebook Is Banning People Who Say They Will Mail Abortion Pills
Facebook Is Banning People Who Say They Will Mail Abortion Pills
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Ben Jacobs / New Republic:
How Iowa Fell in Love With the Republican Party — Back in 2014, Iowa politics were at an inflection point, though it wasn't yet apparent at the time. Back then, Iowa was still one of the quintessential purple states. Barack Obama had won two years prior, but longtime Democratic Senator Tom Harkin …
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
Samuel Alito: The 21st-Century Roger Taney — The author of ‘Dred Scott’ and the author of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization stripped fundamental rights from Blacks and women, respectively. And sundered their nation in the process. — Associate Justice Samuel Alito sits during …
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Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Live Updates: Colombia Panel Will Issue Report on Decades-Long Civil War — Here's what you need to know: — A truth commission is set to publish the most comprehensive account yet of Colombia's war. — BOGOTÁ, Colombia — It was a 58-year-conflict, involved almost every sector …
Associated Press:
G-7 leaders end summit pledging to hurt Russia economically — ELMAU, Germany (AP) — Leaders of the world's biggest developed economies said Tuesday they would explore far-reaching steps to cap Russia's income from oil sales that are financing its invasion of Ukraine and struck a united stance …
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
G-7 leaders pledge $5 billion to combat food shortages caused by Russia's war in Ukraine
G-7 leaders pledge $5 billion to combat food shortages caused by Russia's war in Ukraine
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Washington Examiner:
A supreme win for football, faith, and democracy — The secular Left's campaign to purge the public sphere of all religious practice suffered a major defeat Monday when the Supreme Court ruled that a public high school violated a coach's First Amendment right to exercise his religion when it fired him for praying after a football game.
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Historic West Virginia Catholic Church burned to ground by arsonist, police say — St. Colman Catholic Church is only the most recent church to face an arson attack — Fox News Flash top headlines for June 27 — A historic Catholic Church in West Virginia burned to the ground this weekend …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden aides seek to unlock Afghan reserves without enriching Taliban — After earthquake, aid groups warn of humanitarian crisis if the U.S. keeps Afghanistan cut off from the global economy — Senior Biden administration officials are working with Taliban leadership on a mechanism …
Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
New York City's Noncitizen Voting Law Is Struck Down — A State Supreme Court judge from Staten Island said the measure, which would have allowed more than 800,000 noncitizens to vote, violated the State Constitution. — A law that would have allowed noncitizens to vote in local elections …
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Ashley Gold / Axios:
Scoop: Google moves to keep campaign messages out of spam — Google has asked the Federal Election Commission to green light a program that could keep campaign emails from ending up in spam folders, according to a filing obtained by Axios. … - Republican leadership introduced a bill …
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Ariel Shapiro / The Verge:
Podcasters are organizing to support abortion rights after Roe is overturned — Plus, Howard Stern runs for president, Slate reminds people of life before Roe, and SCOTUS leaves libel law alone (for now) — I hope you all had a good weekend. I certainly wasn't huddled in a ball of anxiety …
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Adela Suliman / Washington Post:
GOP Rep. Boebert: 'I'm tired of this separation of church and state junk' — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who faces a primary election Tuesday, says she is “tired” of the U.S. separation of church and state, a long-standing concept stemming only from a “stinking letter” penned by one of the Founding Fathers.
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