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Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder's Affair With Russian Bridge Player — The disgraced financier was trying to set up a philanthropic fund that he hoped would include the billionaire as an anchor donor — Jeffrey Epstein discovered that Bill Gates …
New York Times:
Here's What's Dividing Republicans and Biden in Debt-Limit Talks — Discussions meant to avoid a default have bogged down amid disagreements over spending caps, work requirements and new Republican proposals. — President Biden said on Sunday that he believed he had the authority to challenge …
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Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden ratchets up the pressure as the debt ceiling fight strains his presidency
Biden ratchets up the pressure as the debt ceiling fight strains his presidency
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Biden and McCarthy set to meet again to try to close distance on debt
Biden and McCarthy set to meet again to try to close distance on debt
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NBC News:
Yellen says early June is ‘hard deadline for’ raising debt limit, warns bills will go unpaid
Yellen says early June is ‘hard deadline for’ raising debt limit, warns bills will go unpaid
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Hill, Fortune and Breitbart
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling
Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden says Republicans must move from ‘extreme positions’ on debt ceiling talks
Biden says Republicans must move from ‘extreme positions’ on debt ceiling talks
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Washington Times, National Review and Talking Points Memo
Wall Street Journal:
Brutal Battle for Bakhmut Leaves Russia With an Uncertain Victory — Nine months of attrition warfare cost both sides dearly — The nine-month battle for the small Ukrainian city of Bakhmut effectively came to an end on Sunday, as Russian forces finally captured the last significant Ukrainian strongholds on its western edge.
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NAACP issues travel advisory for Florida, saying the state is ‘openly hostile toward African Americans’ under Gov. DeSantis' administration — Another advocacy group is warning people of color about traveling to Florida - but for different reasons. — The NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state …
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NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida
NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida
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Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Ron DeSantis's context-free history book vanished online. We got a copy. — In the lead-up to this spring's release of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's book “The Courage to Be Free,” a funny thing happened on the internet: His first book, published in 2011 before his political career began, disappeared.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump's 2025 vision, revealed — Former President Trump's second-term governing plans are coming into clearer focus, as he lays out a vision for a dramatic expansion of federal power — particularly the presidency. … - Such pardons would effectively nullify what Attorney General Merrick Garland …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Thune, No. 2 Senate Republican, set to endorse Tim Scott's presidential bid — The minority whip will appear when Scott launches his campaign on Monday, and is making good on his hopes of turning the party away from former President Donald Trump. — Sen. John Thune, the Senate's No. 2 Republican …
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Washington Examiner, CNN, The Hill, The Messenger and Fox News
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Federal inquiry details abuses of power by Trump's CEO over Voice of America — On the day after his confirmation as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media in June 2020, Michael Pack met with a career employee to discuss which senior leaders at the agency and the Voice of America …
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Uber's Diversity Chief Put on Leave After Complaints of Insensitivity — The executive hosted sessions about race and being a white woman that were titled “Don't Call Me Karen,” prompting an employee uproar. — Uber has placed its longtime head of diversity, equity and inclusion on leave …
Susan Stubson / New York Times:
What Christian Nationalism Has Done to My State and My Faith Is a Sin — CASPER, Wyo. — I first saw it while working the rope line at a monster-truck rally during the 2016 campaign by my husband, Tim, for Wyoming's lone congressional seat. As Tim and I and our boys made our way down the line …
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
The man in charge of knowing when the U.S. runs out of money — As the debt ceiling deadline approaches, a team at the Treasury Department is tracking the cash very carefully — At the beginning of every workday, from his second floor office in the U.S. Treasury Department …
Mike Freeman / USA Today:
Dodgers fail miserably, crumble under pressure by disinviting Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — Before we discuss the remarkably cowardly move by the Los Angeles Dodgers, where they crumbled under pressure and disinvited the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride Night on June 16 …
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Balloon Juice and ABC7
Jennifer Maloney / Wall Street Journal:
How Bud Light Blew It — With one blunder after another, the brewing giant behind the brand became a case study in how not to handle a culture-war storm — Budweiser's famous Clydesdale horses still live in St. Louis, Mo., where its brewer, Anheuser-Busch, has been making beer since the 1850s.
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Trending Politics Conservative, The Post Millennial, Political Wire, TheBlaze and BizPac Review
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 …
Samuel Braslow / Rolling Stone:
The ‘Beverly Hills Insurrectionist’ and the Big Myth About Jan. 6 — Gina Bisignano became famous for participating in the Capitol riot clad in a Louis Vuitton sweater and Chanel boots, but her insurrection story reveals a deeper truth — THE FIRST TIME Gina Bisignano ran afoul of the law in Washington …
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US Department of Justice, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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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Jim Daley / The TRiiBE:
‘Fox and Friends’ staged Naperville interview criticizing Mayor Brandon Johnson — The morning of Mayor Brandon Johnson's inauguration, “Fox and Friends” aired a live segment from a Naperville diner featuring two Black men whom Fox's correspondent said happened to be from Chicago.