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4:45 PM ET, June 28, 2022

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Former White House aide delivers shocking testimony about out-of-control Trump on Jan. 6 — Minutes before Donald Trump took the stage at an Ellipse rally on Jan. 6, 2021, he urged the Secret Service to remove security magnetometers to let in people with weapons because “they're not here to hurt me …

Gabby Orr / CNN:

‘This is a bombshell’: Trump aides left speechless by Hutchinson testimony — (CNN)Aides to former President Donald Trump were left speechless amid the first half of Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony on Tuesday, acknowledging to CNN that her testimony was “a bombshell” with potentially huge repercussions for Trump.

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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:

Cassidy Hutchinson Shows Trump's Complicity in the Attack on the Capitol — When the House committee investigating January 6 changed its schedule to hold an immediate hearing on Tuesday, it was clear something big was up. The sole witness for this snap hearing, Cassidy Hutchinson …

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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:

Trump Is In Deep, Deep, Deep, Deep Trouble — The testimony this afternoon of Cassidy Hutchinson, the aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, cannot be dismissed. If what she has testified to, sworn under oath, is not countered or contradicted by Meadows or Trump's White House counsel Pat Cippolone …

Associated Press:
Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump White House aide, now in spotlight

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ABC News:
Jan. 6 hearing live updates: Witness: Irate Trump grabbed wheel, demanded to go to Capitol

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YouTube:
WATCH LIVE: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 6

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ABC News:
Surprise Jan. 6 hearing featuring White House adviser signals urgency by the committee

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Washington Post:
Who is Cassidy Hutchinson? — Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Trump White House chief …

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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:

Giuliani at Center of Georgia's Trump Investigation — Of all the legal threats Rudy Giuliani faces, the criminal inquiry into efforts to reverse the 2020 Georgia election may be the most dire. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Rudolph W. Giuliani has emerged as a central figure …

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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Ron Johnson lied

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Politico:
Former Meadows aide to testify in surprise Jan. 6 committee hearing

Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
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.

The White House:
Statement by President Biden on the Tragic Loss of Life in San Antonio, Texas

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Fox News:
Texas-Mexico border chaos: 51 migrants found dead in San Antonio inside 18-wheeler, reports say

NBC News:
Dozens of migrants found dead inside a truck in San Antonio, officials say

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Associated Press:
50 migrants die after trailer abandoned in San Antonio heat

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Presidentti:

Statement by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö on 28 June 2022 — Office of the President of the Republic of Finland — Press release 41/2022 — Today in Madrid, before the beginning of the NATO Summit, we had a thorough meeting with President …

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Associated Press:

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison — NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.

New York Post:

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case — Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 in prison Tuesday for her role in helping powerful pedophile Jeffrey Epstein abuse young girls, capping off a dramatic fall from grace for the British socialite turned-convicted sex-trafficker.

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America First Legal:

AFL Applauds Outcome of SCOTUS Decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District — WASHINGTON, D.C. - America First Legal (AFL) applauds the outcome of the Supreme Court's decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District—a case involving a high-school football coach who was fired for praying silently at midfield after football games.

Rasmussen Reports:
Abortion: Half of Voters Approve Supreme Court Ruling

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Stephen Gutowski / The Reload:

Massive Trove of Gun Owners' Private Information Leaked by California Attorney General — California gun owners have been put at risk by the Attorney General's office after a new dashboard leaked their personal information. — The California Department of Justice's 2022 Firearms Dashboard Portal went live …

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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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Samantha Ibrahim / New York Post:
Howard Stern wants to run for president to ‘overturn all this bulls-t’

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Democrats Press the White House for a More Assertive Response to Roe's Fall

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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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Shira Rubin / Washington Post:

Israel loosens abortion law restrictions after Roe v. Wade decision — JERUSALEM — Israel has eased access to abortion in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, a move that the country's health minister said has set back women's rights by “one hundred years.”

Discussion: Townhall