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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Licht's Out — The embattled CNN C.E.O. will be leaving the company, and long-time beloved top executive Amy Entelis will steady the ship until Zaz picks a new leader. It's been a hell of a week since The Atlantic story dropped, and yet here goes another reinvention.
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Oliver Darcy / CNN:
CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht is out — New York CNN — Chris Licht, the embattled chief executive and chairman of CNN, whose brief one-year tenure at the network was stained by a series of severe missteps, will depart the company. — “I met with Chris and he will be leaving CNN …
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New York Times:
Chris Licht Is Out at CNN — Mr. Licht had a turbulent tenure that lasted slightly more than a year. — Chris Licht, the former television producer who oversaw a brief and chaotic tenure as the chairman of CNN, is out at the network, according to a person briefed on the decision.
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Wall Street Journal:
Top CNN Anchors Criticize CEO Chris Licht's Leadership — Jake Tapper, Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper are among personalities voicing concerns about embattled chief executive — Some of CNN's highest-profile hosts are expressing concerns to management about Chris Licht's ability …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Multiple witnesses subpoenaed in Florida in Trump Mar-a-Lago case — Involvement of top prosecutor Jay Bratt in the Florida grand jury could suggest questions about Espionage Act violations — Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed multiple witnesses to testify before a previously unknown grand jury …
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New York Times:
Grand Jury in Florida Hints at Unknown Complexities in Trump Documents Inquiry — Prosecutors have started calling witnesses to a federal grand jury in Miami after months in which activity in the investigation was centered on a separate grand jury in Washington.
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Former Trump aide arrives at Miami courthouse to appear before grand jury in classified documents probe — Taylor Budowich, who has worked as a spokesman for Donald Trump, has arrived at the federal courthouse in Miami to appear before a grand jury as part of special counsel Jack Smith's investigation …
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Robinson Meyer / Heatmap News:
The East Coast's Wildfire Smoke Is On Par With the West's Worst Days — “I pulled the data for the past 18 years, and it's almost off the charts.” — Air pollution in New York and across the eastern United States, driven by an outbreak of wildfires across Quebec and Nova Scotia …
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
NYC tells vulnerable residents to mask up as wildfire smoke engulfs city
NYC tells vulnerable residents to mask up as wildfire smoke engulfs city
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Mark Gongloff / Bloomberg:
New York City's New Climate Hazard Is Wildfire Smoke
New York City's New Climate Hazard Is Wildfire Smoke
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New York Times:
Wildfire Smoke Blots Sun and Prompts Health Alerts in Much of U.S.
Wildfire Smoke Blots Sun and Prompts Health Alerts in Much of U.S.
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ABC News:
7 people shot following high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia: Police — Six people were also injured in the aftermath of the shooting, police said. — Seven people were shot following a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, police said.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
CNN's Chris Licht showed the problem with anti-woke centrism — In a roughly 15,000-word profile published last week by the Atlantic, CNN chief executive Chris Licht, who has complained that the network's journalists were too opinionated when Donald Trump was president, gave a lot of, well, opinions.
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New York Times:
Mark Meadows Testified to Grand Jury in Special Counsel Investigation of Trump — Mr. Meadows, the final White House chief of staff under Donald Trump, is seen as a potentially key witness in the documents and Jan. 6 inquiries. — Mark Meadows, the final White House chief …
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Doug Burgum / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Running for President in 2024 — America needs new leadership to unleash our people's potential. — When Joe Biden released his video announcing his re-election campaign, it was shocking what was missing. He failed to articulate any economic vision for the country …
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Washington Post:
What to look for if Trump is indicted by the DOJ — Andrew Weissmann, a law professor at New York University, previously served as general counsel of the FBI and as a senior prosecutor in the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Associated Press:
White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida — A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.
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Wall Street Journal:
Instagram Connects Vast Pedophile Network — The Meta unit's systems for fostering communities have guided users to child-sex content; company says it is improving internal controls — Instagram, the popular social-media site owned by Meta Platforms, helps connect and promote a vast network …
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David McAfee / Raw Story:
Far-right ‘Moms for Liberty’ listed as a hate group for first time — Moms for Liberty, the far-right parental group known for protesting at school board meetings, has been identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “hate group” for the first time ever.
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Matthew Rodriguez / CBS News:
Fights break out outside Glendale school district meeting as protesters battle over gender studies — Protests outside a Glendale school district meeting turned violent as groups began several brawls as administrators discussed recognizing Pride Month, while the public debated gender and sexual identity studies.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
An uncomfortable truth about GOP anti-trans bigotry — This is how genocide begins. — At her CNN town hall on Sunday, GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley joined in her party's vicious anti-trans campaign. — “How are we supposed to get our girls used to the fact that biological boys …
Damian Carrington / The Guardian:
‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails — Exclusive: UN conference president Sultan Al Jaber is also head of oil firm, which was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry — The United Arab Emirates' state oil company has been able to read emails …
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National Review:
Mike Pence's Leap of Faith — Mike Pence is the latest entrant to the 2024 presidential race. He is a good man, a solid conservative, and as qualified and prepared for the job as anyone in the field, including the current and former president. He undoubtedly would make a fine president.
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Jonathan Swan / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Has Drifted, but Mike Pence Is as Conservative as Ever
The G.O.P. Has Drifted, but Mike Pence Is as Conservative as Ever
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
The paranoid style in American politics — Robert Kennedy Junior's appeal to conspiracists poses a genuine threat to Joe Biden — When Karl Marx said that history repeated itself first as tragedy then farce, he could have been thinking of the Kennedy family.
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Daniel Libit / Sportico:
With LIV Pairing, PGA Tour Preserves Contentious Tax-Exempt Status — Last August, journalist Alan Shipnuck reported that during a “secret meeting” of top PGA Tour players, convened by Tiger Woods, the discussion turned on the organization relinquishing its tax-exempt status …
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Barr Confirms Rep. Jamie Raskin Lied About Biden Family Corruption Investigation — ‘The FBI is attempting a coverup, and Democrats are doing their bidding by lying to the American people,’ Rep. James Comer told The Federalist. — “It's not true.
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NBC News:
How Ron DeSantis found a home in Florida's swamp — The governor has ushered in sweeping changes to state institutions, some of which run contrary his self-described small government philosophy. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Ron DeSantis promised to drain the swamp in Tallahassee.
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The Colorado Sun:
Mike Johnston beats Kelly Brough to become Denver's first new mayor in 12 years — Former state Sen. Mike Johnston will be Denver's next mayor after winning a decisive victory Tuesday over Kelly Brough, the former CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, in the city's runoff election.
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Axios:
Scoop: Senator Hawley enters the AI chat … - Creating a legal avenue for individuals to sue companies over harm caused by AI models. — Imposing stiff fines for AI models collecting sensitive personal data without consent. — Restricting companies from making AI technology available to children or advertising it to them.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Through Ties to Saudis, Golf Deal Promises Benefits to Trump — The new alliance between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf is the latest example of how the former president's relationship with Saudi Arabia has yielded gains, and criticism, for both. — Reporting from Washington
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Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
A Ukrainian zoo survived through war. The Kakhovka flood ended it. — Over the past year, the keepers at the Kazkova Dibrova zoo in southern Ukraine battled to safeguard their charges under Russian occupation. — The park surrounding the zoo was mined and access routes blocked, making evacuating the animals impossible.
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NBC News:
Long Island funeral home owner arrested two years after Jan. 6 sleuths ID'ed him — Peter G. Moloney was arrested by the FBI after he was identified by the online network of “Sedition Hunters,” who have found hundreds of Capitol rioters since Jan. 6, 2021. — WASHINGTON — The owner …
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
China's EV Juggernaut Is a Warning for the West — Competitive pressure and creativity have made Chinese-designed and -built electric cars formidable competitors — China rocked the auto world twice this year. First, its electric vehicles stunned Western rivals at the Shanghai auto show with their quality, features and price.
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult Pro:
Tracking the 2024 Republican Primary — Responses shown among potential GOP primary voters, who said they would vote for each of the above if the 2024 Republican primary or caucus were held in their state today. — Survey conducted June 2-4, 2023, among 3,545 potential Republican primary voters …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Fox News is trying to keep Jeanine Pirro away from conservative events — The Scoop — Fox News is keeping one of its most visible figures on a tight leash as she promotes her new book, infuriating her publisher and some Christian conservative activists.
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