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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Chicago shooting person of interest left online trail of violent imagery — Robert “Bobby” E. Crimo III, the person of interest identified by police after Monday's shooting in a Chicago suburb left 6 dead and 38 hurt, left a long trail of tributes to mass shootings and public killings …
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Ben Bradley / WGN-TV:
Highland Park shooting suspect was ‘known to law enforcement’ — Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, the suspect in the Highland Park parade shooting Monday was taken into custody around Monday evening. — WGN Investigates looked into Crimo's background. — Crimo was a prolific poster online …
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
GOP Guv Candidate Darren Bailey Says 'Let's Move On' After Parade Shooting
GOP Guv Candidate Darren Bailey Says 'Let's Move On' After Parade Shooting
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Politico:
New Jan. 6 Trump documentary footage revealed — POLITICO has exclusively obtained a trailer for Alex Holder's “Unprecedented,” the British filmmaker's upcoming Discovery+ docuseries about the Trump family. — The two-minute-plus trailer was included among the hours of footage that Holder turned …
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Christopher Kang / Slate:
Democrats Are Headed for a Disaster With Unfilled Judicial Vacancies — At the end of his first year in office, President Joe Biden's staff rightly trumpeted the fact that he had nominated and confirmed a historic number of judges at the start of his first term in office.
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
With pressures mounting, Biden thinks GOP will make his midterm case for him
With pressures mounting, Biden thinks GOP will make his midterm case for him
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Doug Mastriano's Election-Takeover Plan — Stop the Steal is only a pretense for seizing control. — By now, political junkies are familiar with the rucksack of election-denying baggage that Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano schleps around: He organized …
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Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Democrats look to raise $10M for key governors' races with abortion access fund
Democrats look to raise $10M for key governors' races with abortion access fund
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
More Americans Struggling; Inflation, Gas Prices Top Family Concerns — Majority say federal government actions are hurting them — West Long Branch, NJ - The number of Americans who are financially struggling has increased by double digits in the past year as inflation and gas prices top …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Confidence in U.S. Institutions Down; Average at New Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are less confident in major U.S. institutions than they were a year ago, with significant declines for 11 of the 16 institutions tested and no improvements for any. The largest declines in confidence …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Republican states are trying to use federal covid aid to cut taxes — In Florida and elsewhere, GOP leaders have sued to tap pandemic funds for tax cuts, defying the Biden administration — As gas prices climbed toward record highs this May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …
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Ben Cost / New York Post:
Joe Rogan reveals if he will ever host Donald Trump on his podcast — He claims he'll never pull the Trump card. — Despite hosting a smorgasbord of polarizing figures on his show, pot-stirring podcaster Joe Rogan claimed there's one person that'll never appear on his podcast: Former US president Donald Trump.
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
'I'm terrified': Brittney Griner sends Biden handwritten letter amid trial in Russia — WNBA star Brittney Griner asked President Joe Biden to bring her home from detention in Russia, where she is being tried on drug smuggling charges, telling the president in a handwritten letter: “I'm terrified.”
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Abortion fight strains Democratic alliance with Gen Z — A debate is raging inside the Democratic Party about whether it's giving its base — especially those under 30, the generation that most strongly supports abortion rights — enough motivation to keep voting for the party …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Will the Abortion Debate Keep Moderate Women in the Democrats' Camp?
Will the Abortion Debate Keep Moderate Women in the Democrats' Camp?
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Romney 2.0: Glenn Youngkin explores 2024 presidential run — Glenn Youngkin, the former Carlyle Group co-CEO turned Virginia governor, is kicking tires on a 2024 presidential bid, as first reported by the Washington Post. … - Consider that the stuff of nightmares for Carlyle, and for private equity more broadly.
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Katherine Stewart / New York Times:
Christian Nationalists Are Excited About What Comes Next — Ms. Stewart has reported on the religious right for more than a decade. She is the author of “The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism.” — The shape of the Christian nationalist movement …
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Los Angeles Times:
The Supreme Court is poised to cut the heart out of majority rule — The Supreme Court's extremist justices are aiming their next dagger at the heart of the entire democratic enterprise: voters' right to pick leaders of their choice. — On Thursday, the court announced that it will hear Moore vs. Harper …
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Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times:
Crypto collapse reverberates widely among black American investors — Higher exposure to digital assets leaves owners vulnerable to downturn — The widespread losses caused by the cryptocurrency crash are even broader among black investors. — A quarter of black American investors owned cryptocurrencies …
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
On Conservative Radio, Misleading Message Is Clear: ‘Democrats Cheat’ — Election fraud claims from 2020 are widespread on talk radio, contributing to the belief that the midterm results cannot be trusted. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Stuart Thompson writes about online information flows.
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Russians Fear Commanders Are Selling Their Own Troops' Locations for Cash — An intercepted phone call reveals that Russians believe their own commanders are selling out troops for cash, according to the Ukrainian intelligence agencies. — A Russian colonel was accused of selling information …
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Piers Morgan Uncensored / YouTube:
“You're NOT A WOMAN Just Because You Got Surgery!” Macy Gray on Transgender Identity — American R&B and soul singer Macy Gray joins Piers Morgan Uncensored to discuss issues on racial inequality, transgender identity and even the advice success...
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Mick Mulvaney / The Charlotte Observer:
Former Trump chief of staff: Republicans should pay attention to Jan. 6 hearings — The significance of last week's Congressional Jan. 6 committee hearings cannot be overstated. — For the first time, evidence was presented that former President Trump knew some of the protesters were armed …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Fox News Potentially Facing Major Financial Damage In Dogged Suit Over Election Lies — Discovery in the case could reveal bombshell messages among the Trump White House, Fox personalities, and even Rupert Murdoch. — A massive $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by a voting machine company …
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Oriana Gonzalez / Axios:
Health experts see rise in maternal mortality post-Roe … Each had “trigger” laws, or abortion bans that took effect in the immediate aftermath of the Supreme Court eliminating a federal right to the procedure. — Maternal death rates in states with “trigger” laws are on average almost …
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Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Richard Nephew Named as Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption — Today we are announcing Richard Nephew as our Coordinator on Global Anti-Corruption. This position, pledged on International Anti-Corruption Day, will integrate and elevate the fight against corruption across all aspects of U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance.