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7:55 AM ET, June 19, 2023

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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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CBS News:
Transcript: Former Attorney General William Barr on “Face the Nation,” June 18, 2023  —  The following is a transcript of an interview with former Attorney General William Barr that aired on “Face the Nation” on June 18, 2023.  —  ROBERT COSTA: We're joined now by William Barr.
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
Discussion: Conservative Brief, CNN and The Hill
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
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CNN:
1 dead, at least 20 hurt in a shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois, police say
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 …
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 …
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.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Fox News' Howard Kurtz says the network's ‘wannabe dictator’ chyron ‘went too far’  —  Howard Kurtz, host of Fox News's “Media Buzz,” acknowledged the controversy around a Fox News chyron that called President Biden a “wannabe dictator” this past week, saying the banner “went too far.”
Discussion: The Wrap, Mediaite and Crooks and Liars
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Bank of China halts transfers from Russia to EU, US, UK, and Swiss banks  —  The Bank of China has restricted transactions for Russian bank clients to banks located in the EU, US, Switzerland, and the UK, RBC reports, citing Modulbank and Finam representatives.  —  UniCredit and Akibank also reported the same limitations.
Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Sen. Tim Scott says there's ‘no higher compliment than being attacked by President Obama’  —  WASHINGTON — South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday pushed back at former President Barack Obama's criticism of Republican African Americans candidates who don't give an “honest accounting” of racism in the United States.
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 6-18-23: Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse  —  A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, June 18, 2023 on ABC News is below.  This copy may not be in its final form, may be updated and may contain minor transcription errors.
 
 
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New York Post:
It's becoming undeniable: COVID came from a Chinese lab
Discussion: Power Line and Mediaite
Xiao Wang / Los Angeles Times:
The Supreme Court is making religion an all-purpose excuse for ignoring the law
Fiona MacDonald / Bloomberg:
Kuwait Appoints New Oil, Defense Ministers in Latest Cabinet
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Reuters
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Emancipation Proclamation to be placed on permanent display in National Archives Rotunda
Brett Forrest / Wall Street Journal:
Russia's Grim ‘Fashion Colony’: Americans Describe Harsh Life in Remote Labor Camp
Discussion: Insider
Llazar Semini / Associated Press:
After escaping the Taliban, hundreds of Afghans languish in Albania in a prolonged US visa process
 Earlier Items: 
NBC News:
Pence: 'I'm still waiting for the rash of prosecutions of people involved in the BLM riots' of 2020
Discussion: Raw Story
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Why NYC Suburbs Increasingly Resent the City
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Morality Is for Trump What Colors Are to the Color-Blind
 

 
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
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Yifan Yu / Nikkei Asia:
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