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Rolling Stone:
‘I Keep Waiting for the Feds to Come’: The Jan. 6 Investigations Have Trumpworld on Edge — A bombshell congressional hearing and aggressive Justice Department investigation have the former president's cronies wondering who'll be targeted next — After a jaw-dropping Jan. 6 committee hearing …
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ABC News:
Rep. Liz Cheney ‘confident’ in Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony — Her interview will air in full Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney told “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview that she has full faith and confidence …
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NBC News:
Cassidy Hutchinson's Jan. 6 testimony comes under increased scrutiny — WASHINGTON — Republicans and other sources are rebutting elements of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, handing Donald Trump and his allies ammunition as they seek …
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Republican Party must choose between Trump and the Constitution, Liz Cheney says in California speech — Warning that America faces a “domestic threat we have never faced before,” GOP Rep. Liz Cheney on Wednesday accused Republicans who ignore former President Trump's efforts to overturn …
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CNN:
Former prosecutors say blockbuster January 6 testimony increases Trump's criminal exposure — (CNN)Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the House select committee this week increased the criminal exposure former President Donald Trump faces in the Justice Department's ongoing January 6, 2021, investigation.
New York Times:
Hutchinson Testimony Exposes Tensions Between Parallel Jan. 6 Inquiries
Hutchinson Testimony Exposes Tensions Between Parallel Jan. 6 Inquiries
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Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
Cassidy Hutchinson Is a Heroine
Cassidy Hutchinson Is a Heroine
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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former White House counsel Pat Cipollone
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former White House counsel Pat Cipollone
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Are we supposed to believe the Republicans didn't know?
Are we supposed to believe the Republicans didn't know?
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Testimony Paints Mark Meadows as Unwilling to Act as Jan. 6 Unfolded
Testimony Paints Mark Meadows as Unwilling to Act as Jan. 6 Unfolded
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Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
‘Trump tantrum’: Late-night hosts recap Cassidy Hutchinson's ‘wild’ Jan. 6 testimony
‘Trump tantrum’: Late-night hosts recap Cassidy Hutchinson's ‘wild’ Jan. 6 testimony
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
McConnell: Blocking Obama's SCOTUS pick led to overturning Roe v. Wade — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that his decision to block former President Obama's Supreme Court pick to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016 led to the Roe v. Wade getting overturned.
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Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
Debunking AOC's absurd argument for impeaching Supreme Court justices — It was inevitable that the Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade would prompt tremendous backlash from liberals. — But Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken things a step further than most of her allies …
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ABC News, National Review, Fox News, Florida's Voice and The Spectator Australia
Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as first Black woman on the Supreme Court — Ketanji Brown Jackson will be sworn in Thursday at noon as the 116th Supreme Court justice and the first Black woman to serve on the high court. — Watch the ceremony at 12 p.m. ET here:
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Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
Biden Reportedly Plans to Appoint Anti-Abortion Kentucky Judge to Lifetime Seat — Biden reportedly made a deal with Mitch McConnell to screw over pregnant people less than a week after Roe v. Wade was overturned. — Alerts — Less than a week after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Senate Democrats see ‘major progress’ on Biden agenda bill, hope for July vote — Schumer and Manchin are close to a deal on prescription drug savings, new details obtained by NBC News show. They're also negotiating energy and tax provisions in the bill. — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats …
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Punchbowl News:
6/30/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM. … CASSIDY HUTCHINSON, A FORMER TOP AIDE TO WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS, TESTIFIED TUESDAY THAT CIPOLLONE TRIED TO URGE MEADOWS TO TELL FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TO CALL OFF THE PROTESTORS FROM THE CAPITOL.
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The rot runs deeper — What the actions of an obscure Wisconsin political appointee tell us about GOP democratic backsliding — The January 6th hearings have illustrated the deep threats to American democracy such that only the most die-hard Trumpists can deny them.
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Associated Press:
Putin: Western leaders would look ‘disgusting’ topless — MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin shot back at Western leaders who mocked his athletic exploits, saying they would look “disgusting” if they tried to emulate his bare-torso appearances.
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
‘Certainly possible’: Illinois governor says Biden could face primary challenge — CHICAGO — Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker told NBC News on Wednesday “it's certainly possible” that President Joe Biden could face a primary challenge should he run for re-election in 2024.
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SpyTalk:
‘Italygate’ Conspiracy Pusher Was Fired by CIA — SpyTalk's new ‘Live Drop’ feature highlights on Bradley Johnson and other intelligence items of interest — The Live Drop — Bradley Johnson, Agent 006 — The former CIA man at the heart of “Italygate,” the pro-Trump …
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Anna Peele / Washington Post:
The Pandemic Is Waning. Anthony Fauci Has a Few More Lessons to Share. — America's most famous doctor on mitigating covid, giving your adversaries the benefit of the doubt and working way too much — You gotta f—ing suck it up," Anthony Fauci tells me from the deck of his home in Washington …
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Arielle Mitropoulos / ABC News:
Fauci says he's taking 2nd course of Paxlovid after experiencing rebound with the antiviral treatment
Fauci says he's taking 2nd course of Paxlovid after experiencing rebound with the antiviral treatment
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Marcel Plichta / The Daily Beast:
Putin Should Be Very Worried About Ukraine's New Kamikaze Drone — These new, cheaply made drones only need to get lucky once. — The war in Ukraine is no stranger to drones, but the kamikaze drone strike on the Russian city of Rostov last week marked the beginning of a whole chapter in drone warfare.
Andy Meek / Forbes:
The Daily Wire, Which Now Boasts 890,000 Paid Subscribers, Signs Jordan Peterson To Its New DailyWire+ — Over the past three months, The Daily Wire has added tens of thousands of new paying subscribers — pushing the overall subscriber number for the conservative news and media empire founded …
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Associated Press:
1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest — JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping …
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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 …
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New York Times:
Behind the Scenes, McKinsey Guided Companies at the Center of the Opioid Crisis — The consulting firm offered clients “in-depth experience in narcotics,” from poppy fields to pills more powerful than Purdue's OxyContin. — In patches of rural Appalachia and the Rust Belt …
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Democrats push for campaign reset in the most pro-abortion rights swing state — Vulnerable Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan is hitting the airwaves with a direct appeal to New Hampshire voters after the end of Roe v. Wade: Return her to office or risk a nationwide abortion ban at the hands of Mitch McConnell.
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