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6:25 PM ET, June 18, 2023

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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Biden's weird words  —  President Biden often uses old-timey expressions that confound even his own staff.  That happened again Friday when he ended a speech on gun violence with “God save the queen, man.”  — Even Olivia Dalton, the White House's principal deputy press secretary, didn't know what her boss meant.
Discussion: HotAir, RedState and Instapundit
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Chip Muir / The Hill:
Nine reasons Biden should pardon Trump  —  Conventional thinking suggests that under no circumstances would President Joe Biden consider, let alone offer, former President Trump a pardon for the charges in his June 9 indictment.  No one has made the suggestion.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
As Trump Battles Charges, Biden Focuses on the Business of Governing
Daily Mail:
Juneteenth holiday horror: Four people are shot dead and at least 42 others injured so far this weekend as gun violence erupts across the nation - from Illinois to Missouri  — At least 20 people were shot, one fatally, during a Juneteenth celebration early Sunday morning in Willowbrook, Illinois
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CNN:
1 dead, at least 20 hurt in a shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois, police say
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
DeSantis Takes Clear Aim at Trump in Nevada, an Important Early State  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida avoided mentioning Donald Trump at a G.O.P. fund-raiser in Nevada, but he took clear aim at the former president.  —  Reporting from Gardnerville, Nev.  —  In black boots …
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New York Times:
Ron DeSantis Is Young, Has Little Kids and Wants America to Know It
CNN:
Christie calls GOP presidential debate pledge a ‘useless idea’  —  Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday it was a “useless idea” to force 2024 GOP contenders to sign a pledge to back the party's ultimate nominee in order to participate in primary debates.
Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
Trump lacked power to declassify secret nuclear arms document, experts say  —  Even when he was president, Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to declassify a U.S. nuclear weapons-related document that he is charged with illegally possessing, security experts said, contrary to the former U.S. president's claim.
Discussion: Political Wire
NBC News:
Pence: 'I'm still waiting for the rash of prosecutions of people involved in the BLM riots' of 2020  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence says “the vast majority of Republicans have lost confidence” in the DOJ in an exclusive interview with Meet the Press.
Ruby Cramer / Washington Post:
Tracing the power of Casey DeSantis  —  As Ron DeSantis pursues the presidency, his wife's role is limitless.  Casey, 42, isn't a typical political spouse.  Why does that inspire so much fear?  Her rise in TV and insular marriage tell the story.  —  Where's Casey?  —  Ron was asking.
Discussion: Insider and Daily Mail
Politico:
House GOP flirts with Jan. 6 extremism  —  Far-right conservatives have entertained false conspiracy theories about the Capitol attack — but so have some House GOP leaders and key committee chiefs, without outright embracing them.  —  House Republicans don't want to talk about Jan. 6.
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Why NYC Suburbs Increasingly Resent the City  —  Tension between the city and its surrounding areas over issues like crime, immigration and congestion pricing has grown since the pandemic.  —  Ed Day says he proudly remembers his days as a New York City police commander, fighting crime and helping to restore the city's luster.
Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Man, 71, charged with setting massive Yosemite park fire initially blamed on climate change  —  A 71-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly starting a devastating massive forest fire in Yosemite National Park that was previously thought to have been caused by climate change.
Discussion: New York Daily News
Brett Forrest / Wall Street Journal:
Russia's Grim ‘Fashion Colony’: Americans Describe Harsh Life in Remote Labor Camp  —  IK-17 inmates struggle with hazardous work and meager medical care.  It could be the next destination for jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich.  —  The Russian national anthem blares from loudspeakers each morning …
Discussion: Insider
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Morality Is for Trump What Colors Are to the Color-Blind  —  The majority of his enablers, though, still know right from wrong.  —  Earlier this week, Donald Trump was arraigned in Miami on charges that he willfully retained documents containing some of the nation's most sensitive secrets …
Washington Post:
How government rules for classified papers could help Trump delay his trial  —  Graymail, ‘Goldilocks rule’ and silent witnesses could help the former president put off case until after 2024 election  —  As former president Donald Trump prepares for trial on charges that he repeatedly …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
 
 
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Fiona MacDonald / Bloomberg:
Kuwait Appoints New Oil, Defense Ministers in Latest Cabinet
Discussion: Reuters
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Emancipation Proclamation to be placed on permanent display in National Archives Rotunda
Discussion: National Archives
Llazar Semini / Associated Press:
After escaping the Taliban, hundreds of Afghans languish in Albania in a prolonged US visa process
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Joni Ernst says she knows what Iowans want in a 2024 GOP nominee
Discussion: Washington Examiner
The Guardian:
‘They enjoyed this’: Ukrainian woman recounts five-month nightmare of torture and imprisonment
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The “anti-intellectual attack” on higher ed will take years to undo
Discussion: Washington Examiner
USA Today:
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