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5:50 PM ET, June 17, 2023

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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Now she's out of a job.  Her struggle is just beginning.  —  Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.  —  BUFFALO — Lexi Rizzo was cleaning dishes in the back of her Starbucks store on March 31 when she noticed that her manager was printing a document, her hands shaking.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Pence vows to ‘clean house’ at Justice Department if elected, citing trust issues  —  Former Vice President and 2024 candidate Mike Pence said he would “clean house” in federal law enforcement if he was elected president.  —  “The American people have lost confidence in the Department of Justice.
Discussion: NBC News and Political Wire
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Jon Levine / New York Post:
Mike Pence promises to fire FBI Director Chris Wray, blasts ‘puppet master’ Soros in Post interview  —  Donald Trump “was” his friend, President Biden is a “disaster” and Democratic mega-donor George Soros is a “puppet master,” former Vice President Mike Pence said during an exclusive interview with The Post.
Jack Date / ABC News:
Trump compares his Espionage Act case to Clinton, Biden.  Winner's may be more apt  —  Reality Winner's case may be more instructive on the stakes Trump faces.  —  When former President Donald Trump appeared in court Tuesday in Miami, where his attorney pleaded not guilty on his behalf …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump's legal defenses draw derision — even from some conservatives
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Bloomberg
Anna Merlan / VICE:
Spotify Has Stopped Even Sort of Trying to Stem Joe Rogan's Vaccine Misinformation  —  As a recent conversation between the podcast host and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes clear.  —  A broad swath of the anti-vaccine universe celebrated Thursday, when Joe Rogan, the biggest podcaster in the country …
Discussion: Fox News and IJR
The Mirror:
First ever Partygate video revealed as Tories drink, dance and laugh at Covid rules  —  The Conservatives face the threat of a new police probe as an exclusive video shows officials joking about their rule-bending Christmas bash at the party's headquarters in London during lockdown
Discussion: The i Paper and The Guardian
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
I-95 will reopen ‘within two weeks,’ Gov. Shapiro says; Biden tours I-95 collapse site  —  What you should knowPresident Joe Biden will be in Philadelphia on Saturday for his first political rally since he announced his 2024 reelection campaign.Biden will speak at a rally during …
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Axios:
First look: Inside Biden's economic pitch to unions
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
The Dad Canon (Circa Now)  —  The Dad Canon  —  (Circa Now)  —  Our highly specific, clearly subjective taxonomy of what today's dads can't stop wearing, reading, and talking about.  —  In the spring of 2020, a few months after we became parents, my wife asked what I wanted for Father's Day.
Mackenzie Mays / Los Angeles Times:
‘All we received was abandonment’ Migrants sent to Sacramento by DeSantis speak out  —  They saw themselves in the video that Florida officials offered up as proof of their consent to travel to California, but they said it's not what it seemed.  —  They were happy, yes.  That part was true.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans love Tim Scott.  They just can't say so politically.  —  So far, just two Senate colleagues have endorsed Scott's presidential bid.  Some say many are afraid of backlash from Donald Trump.  —  Congressional bureau chief  —  His fellow Republican colleagues can't say enough …
Discussion: Insider and Political Wire
Associated Press:
Nikki Haley's husband begins Africa deployment as she campaigns for 2024 GOP nomination  —  Michael Haley, the candidate's husband of 26 years, has been a constant at his wife's campaign events since she became a White House candidate.  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nikki Haley's husband deployed Saturday …
Discussion: The Hill, CNN, ABC News and Political Wire
Robin Buller / The Guardian:
US rightwing group planned $6m for anti-trans messaging in 2022 midterms  —  Independent Women's Voice turned resources to fighting trans rights in 10 key swing states, documents reveal  —  In the months leading up to the 2022 US midterm elections, hundreds of thousands of Facebook users …
Clark Mindock / Reuters:
US judge orders Enbridge to shut down portions of Wisconsin pipeline within three years  —  A U.S. judge has ordered Canadian energy company Enbridge (ENB.TO) to shutter portions of an oil pipeline that runs through tribal land in Wisconsin within three years and to pay the tribe nearly $5.2 million …
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump cruises, DeSantis flatlines in polling even after bombshell indictment  —  Three polls conducted after his second indictment show Trump in a comfortable first place.  —  One might be forgiven for expecting the past three-and-a-half weeks to have produced a healthy shakeup of the race for the GOP presidential nomination.
David Enrich / New York Times:
3 Charged With New Hampshire Public Radio Attacks  —  The homes of New Hampshire Public Media journalists were vandalized after they aired a sexual harassment investigation involving a prominent businessman in the state.  —  Federal prosecutors in Boston unveiled criminal charges on Friday …
Discussion: Boston Herald, KION546 and WWLP-TV
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Andrew Osborn / Reuters:
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The Intercept:
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Zachary Stieber / theepochtimes.com:
Girl Sues Hospital for Removing Her Breasts at Age 13
Discussion: New York Post, HotAir and TIMCAST
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Oath Keepers attorney is found incompetent to stand trial in Jan. 6 case
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New York Times:
The Business of Being Chris Christie
Discussion: Bloomberg and WEB OF EVIL
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Jim Jordan Notes 'We Don't Know For Sure If These Tapes Exist' When Asked About Impeaching Biden Over Probe
Discussion: Newsbusters
Jared Gans / The Hill:
More than 50 letters sent to Kansas state officials contained ‘suspicious’ white powder
Vivian Chow / KTLA:
Thousands protest Dodgers' Pride night event honoring LGBTQ+ ‘nun’ group
 

 
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Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Meta will also block sharing of Ken Klippenstein's newsletter and other sources with the JD Vance dossier, citing foreign meddling and hacked materials policies

Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR is making changes to Morning Edition and All Things Considered, including shorter stories, a broader range of topics, and a more conversational tone

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast's European pay-TV company Sky sues WBD, accusing it of violating a 2019 deal giving Sky exclusive rights to shows, including a new Harry Potter series

 
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