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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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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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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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Politico:
Hutchinson prepares to bring Jan. 6 committee inside Trump World
Hutchinson prepares to bring Jan. 6 committee inside Trump World
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Who is Cassidy Hutchinson? — Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Trump White House chief …
Who is Cassidy Hutchinson? — Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Trump White House chief …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Jan. 6 surprise witness is Meadows aide
Jan. 6 surprise witness is Meadows aide
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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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Texas-Mexico border chaos: 46 migrants found dead in San Antonio inside 18-wheeler, reports say — Arrests and deportations of migrants have plummeted under the Biden administration as it faces pressure from states like Texas over immigration policy — Aerial footage of Texas crash with 46 dead migrants found inside an 18 wheeler
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Emily Green / VICE:
What We Know So Far About the Sweltering Trailer That Killed 50 Migrants — The truck—found in San Antonio, Texas late Monday afternoon—contained dozens of bodies of people who had likely been smuggled across the U.S-Mexico border. The truck was abandoned and they suffocated in the heat. — EG
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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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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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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Democrats Press the White House for a More Assertive Response to Roe's Fall
Democrats Press the White House for a More Assertive Response to Roe's Fall
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Ed Shanahan / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez wants two justices impeached for ‘lying under oath.’
Ocasio-Cortez wants two justices impeached for ‘lying under oath.’
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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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Washington Post:
Abortion providers are turning to state courts to halt bans
Abortion providers are turning to state courts to halt bans
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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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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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John Thune / Fox News:
Google may send Republicans to spam, but we're holding Big Tech accountable — Big Tech has an outsized ability to shape our online experiences — Thune says alleged Google discrimination against GOP emails is ‘anti-democratic’ — Today's debates around Big Tech giants like Facebook …
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Ashley Gold / Axios:
Scoop: Google moves to keep campaign messages out of spam
Scoop: Google moves to keep campaign messages out of spam
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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 …
Josh Sweigart London Bishop / dayton-daily-news:
Tears, confusion at abortion provider after ‘Heartbeat Bill’ becomes law — The parking lot of Dayton Women's Med Center in Kettering was busier than usual Monday as patients inside tried to understand their options now that abortions are banned in Ohio after the detection of a fetal heartbeat — about six weeks into pregnancy.
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 …
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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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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New York Post:
Judge throws out NYC law allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections — A New York City law allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections was struck down Monday by a judge who said it violated both the state constitution and various provisions of state law.
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Jeffery C. Mays / New York Times:
New York City's Noncitizen Voting Law Is Struck Down
New York City's Noncitizen Voting Law Is Struck Down
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