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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:

Secret Service: Jan. 6 committee didn't reach out before Hutchinson's explosive Trump testimony — The Jan. 6 committee didn't reach out to the Secret Service in the days before it aired explosive testimony about an alleged physical altercation between Donald Trump and his security detail …

Discussion: NBC News, Snopes.com, Insider, Fox News, Washington Post, The Daily Wire, Breitbart, Newsbusters, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Twitchy, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Townhall

CNN:

First on CNN: Cassidy Hutchinson stands by her testimony amid pushback — (CNN)Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, released a new statement Wednesday provided exclusively to CNN standing by her blockbuster testimony revealed in a hearing …

Discussion: Washington Post, Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Wire and Erick Erickson's Confessions …

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.

Discussion: New York Times, The Daily Caller, WWLP-TV, Roar of Sanity and Raw Story

Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Jan. 6 panel may have found its ‘smoking gun’

Cameron Joseph / VICE:
The Secret Service's Denial Won't Erase Damning Jan. 6 Testimony on Trump

Discussion: Fox News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, David Weir's Newsletter, Right Wing Watch, The Daily Wire, IJR, The Atlantic, Raw Story, Summit News, UPI, CBS News and NBC10 Philadelphia

Washington Post:
Post Politics Now: Breyer to retire Thursday from Supreme Court, clearing way for Jackson swearing-in

Discussion: Defense One, Washington Free Beacon, Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Balloon Juice and Townhall

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

Discussion: Insider, RedState, Twitchy, Townhall, RADAR, Daily Kos, Ace of Spades HQ, Reason and Hollywood Reporter

David Frum / The Atlantic: Kevin McCarthy, Have You No Sense of Decency?

New York Times:
Key Questions Posed by Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill, USA Today, spectatorworld.com, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, ArkansasTimes, RADAR, Raw Story, The Triad, Just The News, TheGrio, WWLP-TV and The 19th

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump web raced to debunk Jan. 6 testimony. Then they got confused.

Discussion: The Guardian, pjmedia.com, The Atlantic, CBS News, Mediaite, TheBlaze, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, Just The News, Insider, ☕️ … and Eschaton

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.

Discussion: NRCC

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.

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg, Common Dreams, Fox News, Washington Examiner, It's the democracy, stupid, The Hill and The Daily Wire

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 …

Discussion: The Forum, WWLP-TV and Very Serious

Reuters:
Biden unlikely to meet bold Democrat demands after abortion ruling, sources say

Discussion: HotAir, Slate, Breitbart and Washington Post

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.

Discussion: The Guardian

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 …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, USA Today, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Insider, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, WFRV Local 5, WJTV, The Root, Page Six, Just The News and NBC Los Angeles

Troy Closson / New York Times:
R. Kelly Is Sentenced to 30 Years for Scheme to Lure Children Into Sex

Discussion: Rolling Stone, CNN, RADAR, Associated Press, Vox, National Review, NPR, Variety, Mediaite, Law & Crime, Deseret News, Cyprus Mail and Stereogum

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 …

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 …

Pppadmin / Public Policy Polling:

Masters Leads by Double Digits in Arizona Senate Primary — PPP's newest poll of the Republican primary for the Senate in Arizona finds a clear leader- Blake Masters tops the field at 29% to 15% for Mark Brnovich, 10% for Jim Lamon, and 5% for Michael McGuire. This represents quite a shift in the field compared to March.

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 …

Discussion: Fox News, PoliticusUSA and Talking Points Memo

Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Stacey Abrams outlines stance on abortion limits

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 …

Discussion: Just The News and WCDC-TV

Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Breyer makes it official: He's leaving the Supreme Court on Thursday at noon

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Fox News, NBC News, CNBC, SCOTUSblog, ABC News, New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Root, Uniic Media, NewsNation and Newsy

Jennifer Benz / AP-NORC:

Bipartisan dissatisfaction with the direction of the country and the economy — Nearly all Republicans feel the country and economy are headed in the wrong direction. Three-quarters of Democrats agree. … Americans remain deeply pessimistic about the state of the country and the economy.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy

Associated Press: Most say nation on wrong track, including Dems: AP-NORC poll

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.

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 …

Discussion: Washington Times, Townhall, The Daily Caller and Breitbart

Luke Tress / The Times of Israel:

Ben & Jerry's Israel, parent company Unilever reach deal to end settlement boycott — Israeli firm acquires right to produce, sell its ice cream in Israel and the West Bank under Hebrew and Arabic names; Israel and supporters hail ‘victory’ against BDS movement

Discussion: Unilever, CNBC, Washington Free Beacon, The Daily Caller, The Daily Wire, National Review and New York Post

Diana Glebova / National Review:

Kamala Harris Backtracks after Guaranteeing Biden Will Run in 2024 — After guaranteeing that President Joe Biden will run for reelection in 2024, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to walk back the statement on Wednesday, introducing some doubt as to whether the elderly president will attempt to remain in office.

Discussion: Washington Examiner

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra:

California Department of Justice Alerts Individuals Impacted by Exposure of Personal Information from 2022 Firearms Dashboard — Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov — SACRAMENTO - The California Department of Justice has announced that personal information was disclosed …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, RedState and The Daily Caller

Brandon Garcia / WEHOville:

WeHo defunds the sheriff — West Hollywood City Council voted to reduce funding to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department at their meeting Monday night despite a fierce public backlash, ending a long-simmering debate about the future of public safety in the city.

Discussion: New York Post, Townhall, NBC Los Angeles, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News

Wired:

Section 230 Is a Last Line of Defense for Abortion Speech Online — Dobbs should be a wake-up call for anyone seeking to undercut the immunity protections afforded by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. — Forced-birth extremists are not satisfied with shutting down abortion clinics.

Madison Alder / Bloomberg Law:

Midterms Pressure Senate, Biden on Circuit Court Appointments — Democrats risk running out of time before filling all current or expected federal appeals court vacancies with their grip on the Senate in doubt, legal scholars who follow judicial nominations say.

Discussion: The Sun, Common Dreams and NBC Los Angeles

Fox News:

Republican 2024 hopefuls say Republicans are ‘eager to show up’ for midterms after SCOTUS abortion ruling — 2024 White House hopefuls said the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will energize GOP voters in the midterm elections — Fox News Flash top headlines for June 29

Discussion: NBC News and National Review

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 …

Discussion: NPR, FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV and Forbes

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

Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story