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9:25 AM ET, June 19, 2023

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Washington Post:
FBI resisted opening probe into Trump's role in Jan. 6 for more than a year  —  In the DOJ's investigation of Jan. 6, key Justice officials also quashed an early plan for a task force focused on people in Trump's orbit  —  Hours after he was sworn in as attorney general …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Barr Says Documents Case Against Trump Is ‘Entirely of His Own Making’  —  The former attorney general, who has become a vocal critic of Donald Trump, was one of two people who served in the former president's cabinet to question his judgment on Sunday.  —  Reporting from Washington
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Politico:
The GOP field discovers there are only side acts in the Trump show  —  When Trump's challengers did make a splash last week, it only came in response to Trump.  —  The problem for Donald Trump's rivals with the wall-to-wall media coverage of his indictment isn't just that Trump is once again drawing …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Why Robert Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 Bid Is a Headache for Biden  —  The unexpected polling strength of an anti-vaccine activist with a celebrated Democratic lineage points to the president's weaknesses, which his team is aiming to shore up.  —  Reporting from Washington
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Washington Post:
Blinken holds ‘candid’ talks with China's Xi amid effort to ease tensions  —  BEIJING — Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed his discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials as “very candid, very in-depth” and “constructive” on Monday and raised the prospect …
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Glen OwenDaily Mail / PerthNow:
Chinese military scientist Zhou Yusen ‘thrown to his death’ at Wuhan lab for leaking COVID lab information  —  A Chinese military scientist who was reportedly thrown to his death from the roof of a Wuhan institute is at the centre of mounting evidence that the COVID pandemic resulted from a lab leak.
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New York Post:
It's becoming undeniable: COVID came from a Chinese lab
Discussion: Power Line and Mediaite
Ben Samuels / Haaretz:
U.S. ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Israeli Settlement Plans That Violate Commitment to Biden  —  The U.S. opposes the move, as has been its ‘longstanding policy’ for actions it considers ‘obstacles to peace’  —  WASHINGTON — The United States on Sunday said it was “deeply troubled” …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Some Top Republicans Embrace Early Voting, Reversing After Years of Claiming Fraud  —  Former President Donald J. Trump has said that until Republicans gain power and can change the law, they have “no choice” but to support voting by mail.  —  After years of deriding early and mail-in voting …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida  —  A failed plot to assassinate a C.I.A. spy in 2020 in part led to expulsions of the agency's chief in Moscow and his Russian counterpart in Washington.  —  As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has pursued enemies abroad …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Flat-out lying’: Legal analyst fact-checks Mike Pence claiming no BLM protesters were arrested  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence faced off against an angry crowd of Donald Trump's supporters who built a gallows on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol and chanted “Hang Mike Pence.”
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NBC News:
Pence: 'I'm still waiting for the rash of prosecutions of people involved in the BLM riots' of 2020
Discussion: HuffPost
Harriet Williamson / PinkNews:
Rishi Sunak mocks trans women in leaked video footage  —  British prime minister Rishi Sunak has been secretly filmed mocking trans people in footage shared exclusively with PinkNews.  —  Sunak was caught on video joking about “women having penises” and making fun of Lib Dem leader Ed Davey for supporting trans rights.
Discussion: Bloomberg and GB News
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CNN:
1 dead, at least 20 hurt in a shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois, police say
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.
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Why the Pentagon Papers Leaker Tried to Get Prosecuted Near His Life's End  —  When Daniel Ellsberg was 42, a judge threw out Espionage Act charges against him.  At 90, he sought such charges again in hope of challenging their constitutionality.  —  Reporting from Washington
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
National security lawyer thinks Trump is too scared to have cameras show his trial  —  National security lawyer Bradly Moss doesn't think that former President Donald Trump wants any of his federal trial to be public.  Typically there are no cameras in federal courts, and to get them would take a willingness …
 
 
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