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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden says Republicans must move from ‘extreme positions’ on debt ceiling talks — He noted that the 14th Amendment was an option, but probably couldn't be “invoked in time.” — HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Joe Biden wrapped up three days of meetings with G-7 leaders and other allies …
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Washington Post:
GOP rejects White House compromise to limit spending as talks stall — Talks broke down on Friday but resumed later that night. A deadline to raise the borrowing cap is fast approaching. — Republican negotiators rejected a White House offer to limit spending next year on both the military …
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Political Wire, Wall Street Journal, The Hill and The Guardian
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Debt ceiling talks break down and attacks escalate as deadline approaches — The GOP wants to raise spending for the military, veterans care and border security; the White House wants to spread the impact of cuts across the board. — Debt ceiling negotiations deteriorated …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling — President Biden on Sunday said he believes he has the authority to use the 14th Amendment to unilaterally address the debt ceiling, but he acknowledged potential legal challenges could still lead the nation to default if he went that route.
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Eduard Gismatullin / Bloomberg:
White House Calls Republican Budget Pact Offer ‘A Big Step Back’ — The budget offer made by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's team on May 19 was “a big step back” and contained a set of extreme partisan demands that could never pass both Houses of Congress, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
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ABC News:
Biden to call McCarthy to discuss debt ceiling after G7 summit
Biden to call McCarthy to discuss debt ceiling after G7 summit
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
McCarthy signals debt limit negotiations can't move forward until Biden returns
McCarthy signals debt limit negotiations can't move forward until Biden returns
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New York Times:
Former Trump Lawyer Describes Conflict Inside Legal Team — Timothy Parlatore, who withdrew this past week from representing the former president in the special counsel investigations, said he stepped aside over differences with a Trump adviser, Boris Epshteyn.
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Kaanita Iyer / CNN:
Former key Trump attorney says he left because of legal team infighting — Former Donald Trump attorney Timothy Parlatore, who departed the former president's legal team earlier this week, said Saturday he left because of infighting among the group. — “It had nothing to do with the case itself …
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NAACP:
NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Contact: Chyna Fields cfields@naacpnet.org — WASHINGTON - Today, the NAACP Board of Directors issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida. The travel advisory comes in direct response …
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’ — The NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida on Saturday, saying the state has become “hostile to Black Americans” under Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) leadership.
Gillian McGoldrick / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Doug Mastriano says he'll announce next week if he'll run for U.S. Senate, teasing ‘crazy good news’ — State Sen. Doug Mastriano plans to make an announcement next week about the decision he has made on whether he will run for U.S. Senate, in what he teased as “crazy good news.”
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Tensions Flare Inside The Messenger, a Fledgling News Site — The company's high-volume approach to digital publishing has led to duplicated stories and alienated some of its journalists. At least one editor has already resigned. — Executives at The Messenger, a news start-up …
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Nicole Carr / ProPublica:
He Became Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender Bullshit.” He Ended Up Arrested — and Emboldened. — An image of a shooting target — with two bullet holes to the head and five scattered around the chest — serves as a warning to visitors who climb the brick steps and pass …
Charlotte Lytton / Washington Post:
Long-hidden ruins of vast network of Maya cities could recast history — In Guatemala, scientists map well-organized network of 417 cities dating to circa 1,000 B.C. — Beneath 1,350 square miles of dense jungle in northern Guatemala, scientists have discovered 417 cities that date …
Dana Kennedy / New York Post:
Daniel Penny, charged in NYC subway chokehold death, breaks silence: ‘I am not a white supremacist’ — Ex-Marine Daniel Penny insisted to The Post Saturday that the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely had nothing to do with race — and everything to do with a broken system “that so desperately failed us.”
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Mike Lofgren / Salon:
The GOP's heart of darkness: Why Ron DeSantis can never beat Donald Trump — No Republican can beat Trump, because no one else can command his coalition of damaged, discarded, marginal people — In the last few weeks the mainstream media have not only buried the presidential ambitions …
The White House:
Statement from White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt on a Reasonable Bipartisan Budget Agreement — President Biden has made clear for weeks that Congress must act to prevent default. Earlier this week, the President met with the four Congressional leaders at the White House …
Susie Blann / Associated Press:
Russia says Wagner private army, with help from Russian troops, seized Bakhmut — Russia's defense ministry said early Sunday that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, seized the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. The ministry statement on the Telegram channel came …
New York Times:
Even Flirting With U.S. Default Takes Economic Toll — Financial markets are still betting that Congress and the White House will strike a deal. But the uncertainty alone is having consequences. — As negotiations over the debt limit continue in Washington and the date on which the U.S. government …
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Dwight Garner / New York Times:
Martin Amis, Acclaimed Author of Bleakly Comic Novels, Dies at 73 — In books like “Money” and “The Information,” he created “a high style to describe low things,” as he put it. He found more renown as a critic, and a measure of unease as his famous father's son.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Russia's Latest Sanctions on U.S. Officials Turn to Trump Enemies — Among the 500 people singled out for travel and financial restrictions were Americans seen as adversaries by former President Donald J. Trump. — Russia has expanded its list of sanctioned Americans in a tit-for-tat retaliation …
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The White House:
Memorandum on Delegation of Authority Under Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 621 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA) …
David Sims / The Atlantic:
Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon Is a Triumph — The highly anticipated adaptation of David Grann's book is extraordinary filmmaking—and a big win for Apple TV+. — David Grann's nonfiction book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI …
Politico:
Prosecutor connected to Jan. 6 probe takes on lawyer for tech companies in mystery appeals court fight — Lawyers for prominent firm WilmerHale were spotted leaving the courthouse Friday after sealed oral arguments in the special counsel-connected matter. — A Justice Department attorney …
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Jason Burke / The Guardian:
Russian mercenaries behind slaughter of 500 in Mali village, UN report finds — Report implicates Wagner group fighters in Moura atrocity, including the torture and rape of civilians — First came a single helicopter, flying low over the marshes around the river outside the village …
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Colorado GOP fears it's ceding ground to Democrats — Republican worries are growing that Colorado is slipping further into the hands of Democrats after recent defeats and close calls in the most conservative parts of the state. — The latest blow to the GOP in the Centennial State came …
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