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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge won't delay Steve Bannon's trial after his last-minute offer to cooperate with Jan. 6 panel  —  WASHINGTON — A judge said Monday that he would not delay the contempt of Congress trial of Steve Bannon, just one week before it is set to begin.  —  Bannon was indicted last year for refusing …
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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.
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Judge rejects Bannon's bid to delay trial, executive-privilege claim  —  The former Trump adviser offered to testify before Jan. 6 House committee days before his trial on charges of criminal contempt of Congress  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  A federal judge on Monday refused …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump lawyer interviewed with FBI about Bannon contempt case
wusa9.com:
'What's the point in going to trial' | Judge blocks Steve Bannon from blaming Trump in contempt case
Discussion: Just The News and The Right Scoop
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Has a Very Bad Day in Court
Discussion: Associated Press
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The dispute between Trump's and Bannon's legal teams
Discussion: The Hill
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Senator Graham ordered to testify in front of grand jury in Trump election probe  —  A judge ordered U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham to testify in front of a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump's alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Discussion: Mediaite
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Oath Keepers lawyer says Stewart Rhodes wanted her Trump contacts before Jan. 6 Capitol attack  —  The Jan. 6 Committee will explore links between the Trump White House and right-wing militia groups on Tuesday.  They've spoken to Kellye SoRelle, who might be a key.
Discussion: NPR, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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ABC News:
Accused Jan. 6 rioter who warned of possible ‘civil war’ expected to testify to House committee Tuesday
Discussion: NBC News
Juliegrace Brufke / Washington Examiner:
Jan. 6 panel to hold hearing next week after Tuesday focus on extremist groups
Discussion: Politico, HuffPost and CBS News
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.
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Maybe Americans Should Stop Giving the Democrats What They Want  —  One wrinkle to the “Should the Democrats dump Biden in 2024?” talk that doesn't get enough attention: In early 2020, out of Democratic primary field which consisted of a small army of candidates, more than half …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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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
Discussion: Lawfare
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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 …
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden admin: Docs must offer abortion if mom's life at risk  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday told hospitals that they “must” provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, saying federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws …
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden's Approval Hits 33 Percent; Democrats Want 2024 Options, Poll Shows  —  With the country gripped by a pervasive sense of pessimism, the president is hemorrhaging support.  —  President Biden is facing an alarming level of doubt from inside his own party, with 64 percent …
Washington Post:
Biden officials push to offer second booster shot to all adults  —  Plan would make coronavirus shots available to millions more amid rising cases, hospitalization  —  Listen  —  Gift Article … Biden administration officials are developing a plan to allow all adults to receive …
Discussion: Political Wire
Joanna Weiss / Politico:
The New Trump Documentary Shows Us Exactly What He's So Good At  —  Spoilers first: When it comes to breaking news, “Unprecedented,” the new documentary series about the Trump family that's streaming on Discovery Plus, is kind of a nothingburger.  Despite the hype about deep access to Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Ron DeSantis Would Kill Democracy Slowly and Methodically … During the Donald Trump era, democracy itself has become the preeminent question of American politics.  Yet Trump himself has played a paradoxical role in this development.  While his overtly authoritarian personality brought …
Sam Adler-Bell / New York Magazine:
Is the January 6 Committee Really Saving Democracy?  —  Here's something I'm slightly ashamed to admit: I've barely watched any of the January 6 hearings.  Given the significance the committee's work holds for many segments of the mainstream media, I've assumed that I'll be made aware …
Discussion: Wired
Olivia Rubin / ABC News:
Former Attorney General Bill Barr subpoenaed in Dominion 2020 election lawsuit  —  The subpoena has been issued in Dominion's defamation lawsuit against Fox News.  —  Attorney General Bill Barr holds a news conference at the Department of Justice December 21, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Curt Levey / Washington Post:
Democrats are overreacting about the Supreme Court  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  Curt Levey, president of the Committee for Justice, is a constitutional law attorney.  —  With the end of the Supreme Court's term, Democrats are denouncing the court as ideologically motivated, extreme, undemocratic, even destabilizing.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Is Investigating PGA Tour Over Potential Antitrust Violations in LIV Golf Battle  —  The probe shows that the DOJ is watching the PGA Tour's fight to retain players in the face of new competition from the Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit  —  The Department of Justice …
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Musk, Trump, and the Rule of Law  —  All of the systems are being tested.  —  1. JVL Is Always Right  —  There's a reason we sell the shirt. … Here's your Bloomberg report from June 8: … Who am I kidding?  Ain't no way I'm letting go of this mic.
Discussion: NPR, Bloomberg and The Big Picture
Roland Oliphant / Telegraph:
Russia suffers ‘wild shell hunger’ as Ukraine hits arms depots with long-range Western rockets  —  Vladimir Putin's forces face ‘out of the blue’ ammunition shortages as warehouses destroyed ‘one by one’ using Himar and MLRS weapons  —  Russia is running short of ammunition for its armies fighting …
Discussion: HotAir, MSN, NPR and National Review
Thomas Wolf / The Atlantic:
The Case That Could Blow Up American Election Law  —  Members of the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just last week took the next step in a little-noticed, but extremely dangerous, project: attempting to jam into law a radical misinterpretation of the Constitution's elections and electors clauses …
Dusan Stojanovic / Associated Press:
US rejects ‘Serbian world’ advocated by Serbian minister  —  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A senior Serbian minister on Monday advocated the creation of a “Serbian world” that would unite all Serbs in the Balkans into a single state, rejecting a U.S. warning that such calls could fuel tensions …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
An expert in political violence urgently warns: The worst is coming  —  Listen  —  Gift Article  —  The Jan. 6 House select committee hearings this week are among the most important of all, because they will foreground a topic that many Americans ordinarily don't associate with their democracy …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Discussion: IJR
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
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