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8:50 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.
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
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Biden kicks off reelection bid with union rally in Philadelphia  —  President Joe Biden kicked off his reelection campaign Saturday at a union rally in his frequent haunt of Pennsylvania, the state that remains an intersection of his personal and political identities that he hopes can propel him to a second term.
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Biden excuses China's spy balloon flight as Blinken visits Beijing
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
I-95 will reopen ‘within two weeks,’ Gov. Shapiro says; Biden tours I-95 collapse site
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The Memo: Trump's legal defenses draw derision — even from some conservatives  —  Former President Trump and his allies have been throwing up defenses over the Mar-a-Lago documents since an indictment leveling 37 criminal charges against him was unsealed June 9.
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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
Jack Date / ABC News:
Trump compares his Espionage Act case to Clinton, Biden. Winner's may be more apt
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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: Political Wire and Breitbart
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.
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.  Meetings in Beijing will offer clues as to whether the two nations can smooth over tensions.  —  Edward Wong reported from Beijing, and David Pierson from Singapore.
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: Raw Story, Insider and Political Wire
 
 
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Fabiola Cineas / Vox:
The “anti-intellectual attack” on higher ed will take years to undo
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
A Year After Dobbs, Advocates Push in the States for a Right to Birth Control
Associated Press:
Rising rents and diminishing aid are fueling a sharp increase in evictions in many US cities
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US judge orders Enbridge to shut down portions of Wisconsin pipeline within three years
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