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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony against Trump Is Devastating — Things will not be the same after this. — Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, provided compelling testimony Tuesday that former president Donald Trump is singularly culpable for the Capitol riot.
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POLITICO Playbook: Jan. 6 panel may have found its ‘smoking gun’ — With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — It's hard to imagine how Tuesday's surprise hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee could've been more damning for President DONALD TRUMP.
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Washington Post:
Post Politics Now: Breyer to retire Thursday from Supreme Court, clearing way for Jackson swearing-in — Today, Justice Stephen G. Breyer told the White House that he will retire from the Supreme Court at noon Thursday, clearing the way for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Kevin McCarthy, Have You No Sense of Decency? — In the last few minutes of today's January 6 committee hearing, Representative Liz Cheney presented evidence of possible witness intimidation. Several witnesses, she reported, had received messages from shadowy persons purportedly close …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's silly new ‘defense’ against Hutchinson is full of holes — Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony about Jan. 6 continues to drive brutal headlines for Donald Trump across the country. Leading analysts are describing her revelations as alternately devastating, emotionally powerful and historic.
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump web raced to debunk Jan. 6 testimony. Then they got confused. — The former president's supporters quickly spun an online conspiracy theory that he couldn't have possibly lunged for his driver's steering wheel on Jan. 6, 2021. When evidence suggested otherwise, they tried other routes to distract from the truth.
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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
The Secret Service's Denial Won't Erase Damning Jan. 6 Testimony on Trump
The Secret Service's Denial Won't Erase Damning Jan. 6 Testimony on Trump
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Politico:
Secret Service: Jan. 6 committee didn't reach out before Hutchinson's explosive Trump testimony
Secret Service: Jan. 6 committee didn't reach out before Hutchinson's explosive Trump testimony
New York Times:
Key Questions Posed by Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony
Key Questions Posed by Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony
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Morgan Phillips / Daily Mail:
Secret Service lead and presidential driver are prepared to testify under oath that Trump did NOT grab steering wheel or lunge at agents to drive himself to Capitol on January 6
Secret Service lead and presidential driver are prepared to testify under oath that Trump did NOT grab steering wheel or lunge at agents to drive himself to Capitol on January 6
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Will the Jan. 6 Committee Finally Bring Down the Cult of Trump?
Will the Jan. 6 Committee Finally Bring Down the Cult of Trump?
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Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
The optimistic melancholy of Bennie G. Thompson
The optimistic melancholy of Bennie G. Thompson
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
January 6 testimony puts Donald Trump in even greater legal peril
January 6 testimony puts Donald Trump in even greater legal peril
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CBS News:
Secret Service plans to respond to Jan. 6 committee regarding Trump's actions, after Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony
Secret Service plans to respond to Jan. 6 committee regarding Trump's actions, after Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony
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ABC News:
Trump White House attorney disputes Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony about handwritten note
Trump White House attorney disputes Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony about handwritten note
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New York Times:
The Vanishing Moderate Democrat — Their positions are popular. So why are they going extinct? — Early last year, as Democrats were preparing to control the White House and Congress for the first time in a decade, Josh Gottheimer met with Nancy Pelosi to discuss their party's message.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The fall of Roe is the culmination of the Democratic establishment's failures — The overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the underwhelming reaction from senior Democratic leaders to that huge defeat, make the case even clearer that the party's too-long-in-power leaders — including President Biden — need to move aside.
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Julia Ioffe / Puck:
The G.O.P. Inside Conversation on Roe — During the past few days, I've been talking to Republican operatives across D.C. They were all careful not to gloat, but they've also been shocked at how little the Democratic Party is doing to fight back. … And yet, when it happened …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
GA Senate Race: Warnock Opens Up 10 Point Lead Over Walker, Quinnipiac University Georgia Poll Finds; Kemp And Abrams Locked In Dead Heat In Governor's Race — mail_outline — In the race for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock leads 54 …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Stacey Abrams outlines stance on abortion limits
Sean Coughlan / BBC:
Charles charity cash donation ‘would not happen again’ — The cash donation accepted by the Prince of Wales for his charity would not happen now, a royal source says. — “That was then, this is now,” the source said, following reports Prince Charles had accepted around £2.5m in cash in a suitcase and carrier bags.
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Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
12-Year-Old Incest Victims Should Birth Dad's Child, House Speaker Gunn Says — Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says abortion should be illegal even for a 12-year-old rape victim carrying her father or uncle's child. He made the remark to reporters in the hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck …
John Kruzel / The Hill:
Ketanji Brown Jackson to be formally sworn-in as Supreme Court justice Thursday — Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn-in Thursday to formally become a Supreme Court justice, officially making her the nation's first Black woman to serve in the role. — She will fill the seat being vacated …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Breyer makes it official: He's leaving the Supreme Court on Thursday at noon
Breyer makes it official: He's leaving the Supreme Court on Thursday at noon
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NBC News:
R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex trafficking case — R. Kelly, the disgraced R&B superstar, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, months after he was convicted on all nine counts against him in a high-profile sex trafficking case. — U.S. District Court Judge Ann …
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Scott Pruitt, Trump's Disgraced Former EPA Chief, Gets Crushed In Senate Primary — The Republican had a history of electoral success in Oklahoma and widespread name recognition, but didn't get out of single digits on Tuesday. — Despite a history of winning statewide contests and a star turn …
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican amid abortion debate — ROME (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Narrows Ruling for Tribes in Oklahoma — The decision followed a landmark 2020 ruling that said much of eastern Oklahoma falls within Indian reservation lands, limiting the authority of state prosecutors. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Pjotr Sauer / The Guardian:
Ukrainian villages ‘wiped from face of earth’ by Russian missile strikes — G7 leaders condemn invasion and pledge support for Kyiv amid reports of 130 missile strikes in four days — Russian missiles continued to rain down on Ukraine as G7 leaders wrapped up their summit in Madrid …
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Tessa Weinberg / Missouri Independent:
Missouri AG says state abortion ban does not prohibit Plan B or contraception — Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office clarified Wednesday that contraception is not prohibited under state law (photo courtesy of the Missouri Attorney General's Office). — After at least one hospital system …
RSLC:
New Polling Shows The Dobbs Decision Won't Save State Democrats in November — TO: State Legislative Candidates and Elected Officials — RE: New Polling Shows The Dobbs Decision Won't Save State Democrats in November — The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision …
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Rita Omokha / Vanity Fair:
Val Demings Is on a Mission — The former police chief helped impeach Donald Trump and survived an insurrection—now the third-term congresswoman has her eyes on the Senate. “In Val there's hope,” says fellow representative Robin Kelly, “that we can move closer to that promise of America.”
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Nick Papantonis / WFTV:
Teachers voice concerns after Orange County previews 'Don't Say Gay' impact to classrooms — VIDEO: Teachers voice concerns after Orange County previews 'Don't Say Gay' impact to classrooms Teachers voice concerns after Orange County previews 'Don't Say Gay' impact to classrooms
NATO:
Issued by NATO Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Madrid 29 June 2022 — We, the Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic Alliance, have gathered in Madrid as war has returned to the European continent.
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