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4:40 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.
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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Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Biden excuses China's spy balloon flight as Blinken visits Beijing  —  President Biden kicked off his first day of campaigning for re-election by making excuses for communist China — saying that President Xi Jinping never meant to fly a spy balloon over sensitive American military sites earlier this year.
Axios:
First look: Inside Biden's economic pitch to unions
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
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 …
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.
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 Guardian
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 …
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
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.
Reuters:
Waking to Water  —  In the predawn hours of June 6, residents living close to the dam in both Russian-controlled and Ukrainian-controlled territory heard explosions and strange rumblings, they said later.  —  They were no strangers to the sounds of fighting.
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.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump holds clear lead in GOP primary field after indictment: poll
Discussion: Raw Story and NH Journal
The Intercept:
Pentagon's Secret Service Trawls Social Media for Mean Tweets About Generals  —  When the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley enters into his scheduled retirement later this year, one of the perks will include a personal security detail to protect him from threats — including “embarrassment.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Michigan teen arrested for plotting mass shooting at synagogue  —  A Michigan teenager has been arrested over an alleged plot to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue, according to a criminal complaint filed against the teen.  —  The complaint charges 19-year-old Seann Pietila with transmitting …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, WGN-TV and WSVN-TV
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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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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans love Tim Scott. They just can't say so politically.
Discussion: Political Wire
Andrew Osborn / Reuters:
Putin says Russia positions nuclear bombs in Belarus as warning to West
Zachary Stieber / theepochtimes.com:
Girl Sues Hospital for Removing Her Breasts at Age 13
Discussion: HotAir and TIMCAST
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Oath Keepers attorney is found incompetent to stand trial in Jan. 6 case
Discussion: Insider and Associated Press
New York Times:
The Business of Being Chris Christie
Discussion: Bloomberg and WEB OF EVIL
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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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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

 
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