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Washington Post:
Secret Service cannot recover texts; no new details for Jan. 6 committee — Listen — Gift Article — The U.S. Secret Service has determined it has no new texts to provide Congress relevant to its Jan. 6 investigation, and that any other texts its agents exchanged around …
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NBC News:
Steve Bannon thought he was ‘above the law,’ prosecutors say in contempt trial — “It wasn't optional. It wasn't a request, and it wasn't an invitation. It was mandatory,” a federal prosecutor said of the Jan. 6 committee's subpoena to Bannon during opening statements.
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CNN:
Secret Service hands over thousands of documents — The US Secret Service produced an “initial set of documents” to the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection on Tuesday, in response to a subpoena last week that was issued amid reports of potentially missing text messages …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Alan Dershowitz's Martha's Vineyard Cancellation — Recently, the emeritus Harvard law professor has felt shunned at his usual haunts. Is it “cancel culture,” or something else? — Alan Dershowitz became one of the most famous lawyers in America by representing high-profile clients …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House passes bill protecting marriage equality, with 47 GOP members voting ‘yes’ — The House passed a bill on Tuesday to protect marriage equality, a direct response to an opinion from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last month that called for reversing multiple decisions that enshrined LGBTQ rights.
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ABC News:
Ocasio-Cortez, other House Democrats arrested in abortion rights protest at the Supreme Court
Ocasio-Cortez, other House Democrats arrested in abortion rights protest at the Supreme Court
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Haris Alic / Fox News:
47 House Republicans back bill to protect same-sex marriage
47 House Republicans back bill to protect same-sex marriage
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP faces conscience vote on marriage equality
GOP faces conscience vote on marriage equality
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Sen. Lindsey Graham agrees to accept subpoena in Trump election meddling case — Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina will accept a subpoena for his testimony issued by a Georgia grand jury investigating possible election meddling in the 2020 presidential election by then-President Donald Trump.
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Georgia fake electors seek to quash election probe subpoenas
Georgia fake electors seek to quash election probe subpoenas
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NBC News:
White House begins the search for fresh communications team — Longtime Biden adviser Anita Dunn is interviewing candidates to replace departing top communications members. — The White House is considering a major overhaul of its press and communications shop in the coming weeks …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Bidens welcome Ukrainian first lady to the White House
Bidens welcome Ukrainian first lady to the White House
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Axios:
White House holds out hope for Manchin climate deal — The White House and some Senate Democrats aren't giving up on Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) just yet — and are leaving the door open to pursuing climate legislation in a potential second reconciliation package, Axios has learned.
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Billy Binion / Reason:
Manhattan DA Drops Murder Charge Against Jose Alba. It Never Should Have Been Filed. — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has dropped a murder charge against a bodega worker who stabbed a customer during a highly publicized altercation that reinvigorated a debate around self-defense and victimization.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Hogan-Trump proxy war and crowded Democratic governor fight on display in Maryland — Democrats and Republicans are shaping the future of their parties in Maryland Tuesday, as they choose their nominees for governor and for a pair of key congressional seats outside Washington.
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Profile of a GOP voter: Meddling Dems target hunters, country music lovers
Profile of a GOP voter: Meddling Dems target hunters, country music lovers
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: Trump will face ‘crowded’ GOP field if he runs for president — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says former President Trump will face a lot of competition in a Republican primary if he runs for president in 2024. — McConnell, who usually avoids commenting …
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Jacob Silverman / The Baffler:
Elon's doomed-to-succeed Twitter buy … In May, the world's richest troll questioned Twitter's reporting on spambot numbers and generally poo-pooed his potential investment, declaring that his takeover of the company was “temporarily on hold.” Whether he wants to scrap the deal entirely …
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Matt Hilburn, who fought to ‘Unsuck’ Metro, dies at 54 — His social media accounts, called Unsuck DC Metro, were among the most tartly entertaining and avidly followed by competitors — Listen — Gift Article — Matt Hilburn, a journalist and communications specialist best-known …
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Washington Examiner
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Scoop: GOP's oil reserve amnesia — The Trump administration sold oil from the U.S. strategic reserves to China's largest oil producer in 2017, according to government data reviewed by Axios. … - Former President Trump and conservative media personalities have also criticized the sale …
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Lia Thomas is not a woman and should not be honored as one — Years from now, people will look back at the left-wing elite that sought to dictate to everyone else that men can be women just by wanting to. Unfortunately, we live in the present, in perilous times, when radical left-wing elitists …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Facing Tepid Support, Bill de Blasio Drops N.Y. House Bid — Polls showed Mr. de Blasio, the former mayor of New York City who also prematurely ended a 2020 presidential bid, trailing in a crowded Democratic primary. — Bill de Blasio, the former mayor of New York City …
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
DeSantis Plays the Silicon Valley Money Machine — Ron (and Casey) DeSantis have been spending some time with the Thiels and Musks of the world as the tech industry rallies around a potential new 2024 favorite. — A great fiction about the 2024 election season is that it hasn't yet begun …
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Alec MacGillis / The Atlantic:
The Cause of the Crime Wave Is Hiding in Plain Sight — This article is a collaboration between The Atlantic and ProPublica. — On December 31, 2020, a 40-year-old man named Leon Casiquito walked into Kelly Liquors on Route 66 in Albuquerque and tried to shoplift a bottle of tequila.
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Top spokeswoman for Nevada Republican Senate nominee marched on Jan. 6 with Oath Keepers, including one charged with sedition — Courtney Holland, sixth from left behind the man in the hat, can be seen walking toward the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. — (CNN)The new communications director …
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Political Wire
Insider:
US military leaders followed the January 6 attack through news reports and journalists' tweets, according to new Pentagon emails released to Insider under the Freedom of Information Act — Insider obtained 48 pages of internal emails from the Department of Defense.
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Raw Story and Political Wire
Maya King / New York Times:
Amid Campaign Revamp, Herschel Walker Stumps Without a Stumble — OCILLA, Ga. — Herschel Walker, Georgia's Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, gave a 10-minute stump speech on Tuesday in which he told no new whoppers, made no obvious mistakes and allowed reporters to witness the whole thing.
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CNN:
Why the January 6 hearings could be a game changer — Former AG Barr slams Trump's election fraud claims — Katherine Clayton is a PhD candidate in political science at Stanford University. Her research focuses on public opinion about democracy in the US and abroad.
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The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on FDA and CDC Authorizing Novavax's COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults — Today is another step forward in our nation's fight against the virus. Following an independent scientific review by the Food and Drug Administration last week and today by the Centers …
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New York Times:
After Indiana Mall Shooting, One Hero but No Lasting Solution — When a bystander fatally shot an assailant at an Indiana mall, the country again debated the wisdom of easier access to guns. — Give this article- - - Read in app — It was an act of pluck and composure worthy of a scene in the movies.
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