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NBC News:
Cipollone corroborated virtually everything from Hutchinson, Jan. 6 panel member says — WASHINGTON — Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone corroborated virtually all of the revelations from previous witnesses, including former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, in lengthy testimony …
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Politico:
Judge shreds Bannon defenses ahead of contempt trial — A federal judge on Monday eviscerated nearly all of Steve Bannon's defenses against a charge that he criminally defied a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee, leaving the longtime Donald Trump ally with few options to fight the contempt of Congress case against him.
ABC News:
Accused Jan. 6 rioter who warned of possible ‘civil war’ expected to testify to House committee Tuesday — Tuesday's Jan. 6 hearing is expected to focus on the rise of radical extremism. — Stephen Ayres, who pleaded guilty to a federal charge of illegally entering the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is seen in an updated photo.
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New York Times:
Hutchinson Testimony Jolts Justice Dept. to Discuss Trump's Conduct More Openly — A key witness's account helped accelerate a shift in the agency's inquiry: Overt talk about Mr. Trump and his behavior had been rare, except as a motive for the actions of others. — Give this article- - - Read in app
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Ties between Trump allies and extremist groups to be focus of Jan. 6 panel hearing
Ties between Trump allies and extremist groups to be focus of Jan. 6 panel hearing
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge rejects Bannon's bid to delay trial, executive-privilege claim
Judge rejects Bannon's bid to delay trial, executive-privilege claim
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Oath Keepers lawyer says Stewart Rhodes wanted her Trump contacts before Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Oath Keepers lawyer says Stewart Rhodes wanted her Trump contacts before Jan. 6 Capitol attack
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NPR, The Hill, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The dispute between Trump's and Bannon's legal teams
The dispute between Trump's and Bannon's legal teams
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Politico and Occupy Democrats
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Joe Biden Is Too Old to Be President Again — I can't help feeling very sorry for Joe Biden. He's wanted to be president for most of his life, first running 34 years ago. Had his son Beau not died in 2015, Biden might have entered the Democratic primary then; as vice president …
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Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Half of G.O.P. Voters Ready to Leave Trump Behind, Poll Finds — Far from consolidating his support, the former president appears weakened in his party, especially with younger and college-educated Republicans. Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is the most popular alternative. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Politico:
Trump 2024? Not just yet, some Republicans say
Trump 2024? Not just yet, some Republicans say
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The Hill, CNN, We Love Trump and The Signorile Report
David Siders / Politico:
Progressive group to press Biden not to run in 2024
Progressive group to press Biden not to run in 2024
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Rob Garner / NASA:
NASA's Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet — NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has produced the deepest and sharpest infrared image of the distant universe to date. Known as Webb's First Deep Field, this image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 is overflowing with detail.
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WebbTelescope.org:
Webb's First Deep Field Unveiled (NIRCam Image) — Read the Release: — 2022-038 — Permissions: — Content Use Policy — Download Options: — Full Res, 4537 X 4630, TIF (26.74 MB) — Full Res, 4537 X 4630, PNG (28.51 MB) — 1960 X 2000, PNG (5.52 MB) — Text description, PDF (80.29 KB)
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Ed Yong / The Atlantic:
Is BA.5 the ‘Reinfection Wave’? — Well, here we go again. Once more, the ever-changing coronavirus behind COVID-19 is assaulting the United States in a new guise—BA.5, an offshoot of the Omicron variant that devastated the most recent winter. The new variant is spreading quickly …
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CNN:
US officials working on a plan to allow second Covid-19 boosters for all adults — US health officials are urgently working on a plan to allow second Covid-19 boosters for all adults, a senior White House official confirmed to CNN on Monday. — The US Food and Drug Administration is making it a high priority, the official said.
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New York Times, ABC13 and Political Wire
Ashitha Nagesh / BBC:
Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child — Sir Mo Farah was brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant, he has revealed. — The Olympic star has told the BBC he was given the name Mohamed Farah by those who flew him over from Djibouti.
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CNN, ImmigrationProf Blog, New York Post, New York Times and The Hill
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Beware Of The ‘Recent Monticello Visitor’ — Getting outraged over Fox News holds little allure these days, but occasionally the network will do something so quintessentially Fox News that you have to sit back and marvel at the layers of mendacity. — Today's little Fox News gem was a segment …
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Politico:
‘Even if it hurts’: Biden's Middle East trip could bring short-term pain for long-term gain — President Joe Biden had different plans for engaging the Middle East. But the world has a way of intervening. — Biden had spent the last 18 months mainly ignoring the region …
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Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
‘I do support BDS’: Yuh-Line Niou lays out her Middle East policy approach
‘I do support BDS’: Yuh-Line Niou lays out her Middle East policy approach
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The Forward, New York Post and Washington Examiner
Danielle Battaglia / Raleigh News & Observer:
Trump rally in North Carolina canceled as former president summoned to court — Former President Donald Trump and a host of Republican personalities have canceled their scheduled appearances Friday in Greensboro. — News of the cancellation comes as Axios reports Trump, his son …
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WSB-TV:
Sen. Lindsey Graham ordered to testify in front of special grand jury in Trump election probe — ATLANTA — A Fulton County judge has ordered U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a special grand jury looking into possible election tampering by former President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.
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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
If Herschel Walker wins in Georgia, America will have lost its mind — Listen — Gift Article — It's not yet clear who will be the weirdest and most unfit Republican Senate candidate in November. But my early pick is Herschel Walker in Georgia. If he wins — and he could — this nation has truly lost its mind.
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New York Times:
How Elon Musk Damaged Twitter and Left It Worse Off — Mr. Musk swooped in and exposed Twitter's lack of business and financial prospects. After criticizing the company's weaknesses, he now wants to back out of buying it. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
I asked about abortion at a Texas gun show. The answer I got was grim. — Listen — Gift Article — DALLAS — Standing next to a display of military-grade weapons, I wondered aloud to the dealers at the gun-show booth if more women should get guns in Texas to protect themselves …
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Biden admin looks to protect doctors providing emergency abortions, and warn those who don't — The Biden administration released updated guidance on Monday, reminding doctors around the country that they're protected by federal law if they terminate a patient's pregnancy as part of treatment …
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Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden admin: Docs must offer abortion if mom's life at risk
Biden admin: Docs must offer abortion if mom's life at risk
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Talking Points Memo and Wall Street Journal
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Wokeness Is Putin's Weapon — Russia and China capitalize on the West's moral and political confusion. — 1x — Five months into the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's army continues to flounder. Kyiv's defenders are making up for their smaller numbers and artillery shortages with better commanders …
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NBC News:
Secret Service says it's ‘aware’ of alleged Hunter Biden iCloud hack — The Secret Service said Monday it's “aware” of a potential hack of an iCloud owned by Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, after some of its alleged contents were posted to the online forum 4Chan.
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Big League Politics, Snopes.com, Twitchy and National Review
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden could face prostitution charges for transporting hookers across state lines and disguising checks to them as payments for ‘medical services.’ First Son spent $30k in five months on ‘the girlfriend experience’ — Documents, texts and videos obtained …
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Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
The Case Against Judicial Review — If Democrats don't bring the Supreme Court to heel, Americans will live under judicial despotism for the foreseeable future. … In just a one-week span in June, the Supreme Court dealt several terrific blows to American freedom and self-government.
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Jerusalem Post:
Biden won't be shaking hands in Israel due to COVID surge — The White House has reportedly told Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office that due to the surge in COVID-19 infections in the US and Israel, the president will refrain from shaking hands. — There are surely a number of Israeli ministers …
Rikki Schlott / New York Post:
Trans woman returns to life as man and hits out at the ‘activist’ doctor who turned his life upside down — “Coming out of my transition was like leaving the twilight zone, but the rest of society is still in it.” — After living nearly a decade of his life as a transgender woman named Brianna …
Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
An Anti-Trump Republican Group Is Back for the Midterms — The group, the Republican Accountability PAC, plans to spend at least $10 million to beat candidates who embrace Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election. — Give this article- - - Read in app
New York Post:
Mexican cartel smugglers nabbed with $1.2M worth of meth in NYC — then released thanks to lax bail laws: feds — A pair of suspected Mexican drug-cartel smugglers was busted with a $1.2 million stash of crystal meth — but had to be freed thanks to New York's lax bail laws, authorities said Monday.
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