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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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46 people found dead in 18-wheeler on Southwest Side, multiple sources report — Several emergency vehicles also at the scene — SAN ANTONIO - Forty-six people were found dead inside a tractor-trailer on the Southwest Side, and 16 others were taken to area hospitals in varying conditions, according to San Antonio police.
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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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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
John Eastman searched and had phone seized by federal agents last week, he says — (CNN)The FBI seized the phone of former President Donald Trump's election attorney John Eastman last week, according to a new court filing from the lawyer. — Eastman disclosed the search and seizure …
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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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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 — Yesli Vega won a Republican primary last week to take on Representative Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, in Virginia. — A Republican nominee in a closely watched House race in Virginia made bizarre …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's Court Delivers — While Democrats seethe, the Senate Republican leader sees the fruits of his efforts to install an aggressive conservative majority on the Supreme Court. — Give this article- - - Read in app — WASHINGTON — When Speaker Nancy Pelosi refers …
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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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Ned Oliver / Axios:
Scoop: Spanberger rival Yesli Vega doubts pregnancy after rape
Scoop: Spanberger rival Yesli Vega doubts pregnancy after rape
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Sophia Tulp / Associated Press:
Bricks stored on DC street for pre-scheduled construction
Bricks stored on DC street for pre-scheduled construction
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Rudy Giuliani gets caught in another lie — at a supermarket — Not for the first time, Americans face a conundrum over whom to believe: Rudy Giuliani, or their own lying eyes? — The former mayor and current election-lie propagator, campaigning Sunday in a Staten Island ShopRite supermarket for his son …
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Chelsia Rose Marcius / New York Times:
Man Accused of Hitting Giuliani Faces Lesser Charges After Video Emerges
Man Accused of Hitting Giuliani Faces Lesser Charges After Video Emerges
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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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Abortion deserves a sober debate. Instead, it gets a war of unreason.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Pelosi signals votes to codify key SCOTUS rulings, protect abortion
Pelosi signals votes to codify key SCOTUS rulings, protect abortion
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Politico:
Democratic exasperation builds at Biden's slow roll on Roe
Democratic exasperation builds at Biden's slow roll on Roe
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The last institutionalists are the leaders of the Democratic Party
The last institutionalists are the leaders of the Democratic Party
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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 …
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NBC News:
Top Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson to testify at Jan. 6 hearing — Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a senior aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is slated to testify Tuesday at a last-minute hearing scheduled by the Jan. 6 committee, three sources tell NBC News.
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: 'I think you're clear': VOICEMAIL from Joe Biden to Hunter about NY Times report on his Chinese business dealings proves he DID speak to his son about his relationship with criminal dubbed the ‘spy chief of China’ — Joe Biden called Hunter in December 2018 saying he wanted …
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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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Samantha Cole / VICE:
The #1 Period Tracker on the App Store Will Hand Over Data Without a Warrant — Stardust Period Tracker was the most-downloaded free app on iOS over the weekend. — Samantha Cole — Update 6/27/22, 4:00 p.m. EST: Following Motherboard's request for comment, Stardust changed its privacy policy …
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New York Times:
Biden Irked by Democrats Who Won't Take ‘Yes’ for an Answer on 2024 — The White House is trying to tamp down speculation about plans to seek re-election, while aides say President Biden is bristling at the persistent questions. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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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 …
New York Times:
Live Updates: Judges Block Utah and Louisiana Abortion Laws Amid Flurry of Legal Action — Abortion clinics in Utah and Louisiana have been granted temporary reprieves from “trigger” laws. California lawmakers have placed a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would protect reproductive rights in the state.
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Emily Ashcraft / KSL-TV:
Judge issues restraining order, banning Utah abortion law from taking effect
Judge issues restraining order, banning Utah abortion law from taking effect
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Democrats' big bets on GOP primaries come due: What to watch in Tuesday's elections — A number of House incumbents are in danger in Tuesday's primaries, which also feature must-watch statewide races in Colorado, Illinois and New York. — Democrats have a lot riding on Tuesday's primaries.
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NBC News:
Every branch of the military is struggling to make its 2022 recruiting goals, officials say — Every branch of the U.S. military is struggling to meet its fiscal year 2022 recruiting goals, say multiple U.S. military and defense officials, and numbers obtained by NBC News show …
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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 — TELFS, Austria — The Group of Seven nations on Tuesday pledged to spend up to $5 billion addressing a global food crisis fueled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. — The commitment came as leaders …
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Clifford Lo / South China Morning Post:
Xi Jinping expected on 2-day trip to Hong Kong ‘but will not stay overnight’ — Thousands of police officers will be deployed at West Kowloon high-speed railway terminus in an unprecedented security operation for Xi's arrival, sources say Government sources say the president will attend …
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Alex Wagner to Succeed Rachel Maddow at MSNBC — MSNBC President Rashida Jones said that Ms. Wagner's experience covering politics would be crucial as the network prepares to cover the midterm elections. — Give this article- - - Read in app — MSNBC has named Alex Wagner …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court hands the religious right a big victory by lying about the facts of a case — Kennedy v. Bremerton School District is a big victory for the religious right, but only because Gorsuch misrepresents the facts of the case. — The Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision …
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