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11:50 AM ET, June 18, 2023

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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  —  At 44, he is more than three decades younger than Donald Trump and Joe Biden.  He is subtly playing up that age gap, even if his right-wing views leave him out of step with many younger voters.
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.
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
As Trump Battles Charges, Biden Focuses on the Business of Governing  —  The past week appears to provide a blueprint for the way the White House wants to handle the politically touchy subject of former President Donald J. Trump's legal troubles.  —  Reporting from Philadelphia
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Trump's indictment plus candidacy could endanger democracy and the rule of law  —  The collision of former president Donald Trump's criminal indictment with the presidential campaign could further undermine confidence in democratic principles and institutions of government, experts say
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden kicks off reelection bid with union rally in Philadelphia
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
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 …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump's legal defenses draw derision — even from some conservatives
The Guardian:
‘They enjoyed this’: Ukrainian woman recounts five-month nightmare of torture and imprisonment  —  Russian occupiers have unleashed a reign of terror in the city of Enerhodar, detailed here by one survivor of the secret police  —  Dan Sabbagh and Artem Mazhulin in Zaporizhzhia
Frederick Clarkson / Salon:
“Unfriending” America: The Christian right is coming for the enemies of God — like you and me  —  Rising far-right Christian movement linked to GOP calls for “kingdom revolution” led by an “army of believers”  —  “You've got a friend in Pennsylvania!” was the theme of the state's ad campaign to promote tourism in the 1980s.
USA Today:
Exclusive: Support for legal abortion rises a year after Roe v. Wade overturned-Poll  —  Susan Page Rachel Looker Miles J. HerszenhornUSA TODAY  —  In what was surely a case of unintended consequences, the landmark Supreme Court decision one year ago overturning Roe v. Wade …
Discussion: Breitbart and Political Wire
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Joni Ernst says she knows what Iowans want in a 2024 GOP nominee  —  Voters want someone who can ‘pull together’ a divided country, Ernst said  —  Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa says voters want a presidential candidate who can “pull together” a divided country as GOP 2024 hopefuls …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Deadnaming Children Would Be Allowed Under School Policy  —  The leader of New Brunswick, Canada, is pushing his province to roll back a rule that required teachers to use a child's preferred name and pronouns.  —  For almost two years, the province of New Brunswick has had a policy …
New York Times:
Biden Administration Engages in Long-Shot Attempt for Saudi-Israel Deal  —  The president and his aides are pressing an aggressive diplomatic effort as Riyadh makes significant demands in exchange for normalization, including a nuclear deal and a robust U.S. security pact.
Samantha Michaels / Mother Jones:
Native Americans Are Major Victims of Minneapolis Police Racism: DOJ  —  The Justice Department observed “deeply disturbing” conduct, Attorney General Merrick Garland said.  —  After George Floyd's murder in 2020, Native Americans stood beside Black protesters in Minneapolis and called for changes to policing.
 
 
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Fabiola Cineas / Vox:
The “anti-intellectual attack” on higher ed will take years to undo
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New York Times:
Blinken in China: What to Know  —  There's much to talk about, but it's not clear if it will be constructive.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
A Year After Dobbs, Advocates Push in the States for a Right to Birth Control
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