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Zach Despart / The Texas Tribune:
“Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details — The most extensive account of the shooting to date says that after the Uvalde schools police chief failed to take charge, better-equipped departments should have stepped up to fill the leadership void.
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Texas House report on Uvalde shooting blames all agencies at the scene — Listen — Gift Article — The most exhaustive report yet on the May 24 mass shooting inside a Uvalde, Tex., elementary school spread blame across every law enforcement agency responding to the attack …
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Associated Press:
Uvalde report: 376 officers but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions
Uvalde report: 376 officers but ‘egregiously poor’ decisions
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Brian Chasnoff / San Antonio Express-News:
Report: Police took ‘lackadaisical approach’ in responding to Uvalde mass shooting
Report: Police took ‘lackadaisical approach’ in responding to Uvalde mass shooting
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Azi Paybarah / New York Times:
9/11 Families Call on Trump to Cancel Saudi-Backed Golf Event — The LIV Golf tournament is set for the end of July at Donald Trump's Bedminster course in New Jersey. — Give this article- - - Read in app — Relatives of people killed on Sept. 11 are urging former President Donald J. Trump …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Cut Biden some slack. U.S. presidents have to deal with dictators. — Listen — Gift Article — It was the fist bump that sent shock waves around the world. — On Friday, Biden was photographed — by the Saudis, naturally — engaging in that greeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, popularly known as MBS.
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
Contradicting Biden, Saudis deny opening of airspace is step toward ties with Israel
Contradicting Biden, Saudis deny opening of airspace is step toward ties with Israel
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Biden shows no regrets over fist bump with MBS: ‘Happy to answer a question that matters’
Biden shows no regrets over fist bump with MBS: ‘Happy to answer a question that matters’
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Karen Attiah / Washington Post:
Biden's fist bump with MBS was a crass betrayal
Biden's fist bump with MBS was a crass betrayal
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Tyler Kingkade / NBC News:
Moms for Liberty's conservative activists are planning their next move: Taking over school boards — TAMPA, Fla. — Eighteen months after a pair of former school board members in Florida founded Moms for Liberty, the group's first national gathering drew 500 people, including major Republican figures …
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Laura Cassels / Florida Phoenix:
Betsy DeVos calls for abolition of federal Education Department she once led
Betsy DeVos calls for abolition of federal Education Department she once led
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Julia Shapero / Axios:
Betsy DeVos calls for abolishing the Department of Education
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Kinzinger says Trump would probably lie under oath to Jan. 6 committee — Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Sunday said he saw little value in attempting to have Donald Trump testify before the committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol because he did not trust the former president would tell the truth, even under oath.
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Merdie Nzanga / USA Today:
Jan. 6 committee expects Secret Service to meet Tuesday deadline on text messages
Jan. 6 committee expects Secret Service to meet Tuesday deadline on text messages
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Associated Press:
No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds — ATLANTA (AP) — The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed …
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David French / The Dispatch:
The God Gap Helps Explain a ‘Seismic Shift’ in American Politics — The most important religious divide isn't between right and left, but between left and left — There's talk of realignment in the air. If you think all the way back to 2012, you might remember a certain phrase—the coalition of the ascendant.
Rolling Stone:
Trump Tells Team He Needs to Be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes — The former president is planning on running for the White House — and away from the law — When Donald Trump formally declares his 2024 candidacy, he won't just be running for another term in the White House.
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Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Trump won't blunt January 6 inquiry by entering 2024 race, panel member says — ‘No one is above the law,’ says Elaine Luria in response to whether Trump could shield himself from threat of prosecution by simply announcing run — Donald Trump won't blunt the investigation …
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Victoria Eavis / Casper Star-Tribune:
For Wyoming Democrats, voting for Cheney is another chance to vote against Trump … Tanner Ewalt and his friends have a saying. — “We all have to vote for Liz Cheney. I'm so sorry.” — Ewalt is a 20-year-old University of Wyoming student from Casper majoring in political science.
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Katelyn Caralle / Daily Mail:
DC homeless shelters are filling up with migrants from Arizona and Texas Mayor Muriel Bowser claims as she hits back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for shipping migrants to nation's capital rather than their final destinations — Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser slammed Texas and Arizona's governors …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Gottlieb says window for containing monkeypox ‘probably has closed’ — Former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said on Sunday he wouldn't be surprised if there are thousands of monkeypox cases in the United States, warning that the window to get control of the virus may be closed.
Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
Just 3 Weeks Post-Roe, The Stories Emerging Are Worse Than Anyone Imagined — We knew it would be awful. We knew women's lives would be threatened. We didn't know it would all happen so fast. — Reproductive rights advocates have long warned that women would die if abortion were banned again …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Focus groups: Wisconsin swing voters say Trump guilty for Jan. 6 — The House select committee's Jan. 6 hearings are cementing the views of some voters who once backed former Predident Trump and now believe he should face criminal prosecution, according to our latest Axios Engagious/Schlesinger focus groups.
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Kelly Hooper / Politico:
Sanders says Manchin 'sabotaged the president's agenda' — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday blasted Sen. Joe Manchin for what he called “sabotaging” President Joe Biden's agenda by rejecting Democrats' party-line spending bill last week. — “He has sabotaged the president's agenda,” Sanders (I-Vt.) said on ABC's “This Week.”
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