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12:40 PM ET, June 25, 2023

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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Putin Is Caught in His Own Trap  —  After spending years cultivating public apathy, the Russian president found his people indifferent to his fate.  —  The Wagner Group mercenaries marched 800 kilometers across Russia, shot down planes and helicopters, took over a regional military command …
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Washington Post:
U.S. spies learned in mid-June Prigozhin was plotting Russia uprising  —  The intelligence fed concerns about whether Vladimir Putin would remain in power and what any instability could mean for control of Russia's nuclear arsenal  —  U.S. spy agencies picked up intelligence …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Putin looked into the abyss Saturday — and blinked  —  President Vladimir Putin looked into the abyss Saturday and blinked.  After vowing revenge for what he called an “armed mutiny,” he settled for a compromise.  —  The speed with which Putin backed down suggests that his sense …
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Wagner's Aborted Mutiny Leaves No Winners in Russia  —  The authority of the Russian state has sustained lasting damage, inviting future challenges  —  Shaken by the Wagner mutiny, Russia began addressing the damage of Saturday's bout of violence as its citizens tried to understand …
NBC News:
Full Blinken: Russia mutiny is Putin's ‘latest failure’ in Ukraine war  —  The mutiny by Russia's Wagner Group threatens Russian President Vladimir Putin's political standing in his country and the world.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken discusses the implications of Yevgeny Prigozhin's actions …
Institute for the Study of War:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 24, 2023  —  June 24, 2023, 10pm ET  —  Click here to see ISW's interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report.  —  Click here to access ISW's archive of interactive …
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Putin's Weakness Unmasked  —  How Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebellion exposed the Russian President.  —  In recent years, Vladimir Putin has run much of his Presidency in the most splendid isolation, bunkered away in palaces from the wooded suburbs of Moscow to the shore of the Black Sea.
Financial Times:
Wagner troops withdraw as Russian uprising leaves Putin weakened
Associated Press:
Russian mercenaries' short-lived revolt could have long-term consequences for Putin
Politico:
Wagner fighters leaving Rostov and Voronezh after aborted mutiny
Wall Street Journal:
Putin's War on Ukraine Backfires, Leading to Wagner Uprising at Home
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Ukraine Will Be the Big Winner of Prigozhin Turning On Putin
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Trump's GOP lead grows after latest indictment, poll finds  —  But a new national NBC News poll shows the party is split over whether Trump should remain the leader of the GOP.  —  Former President Donald Trump has expanded his lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the rest …
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J. Michael Luttig / New York Times:
It's Not Too Late for the Republican Party  —  Judge Luttig was appointed by George H.W. Bush and served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1991 to 2006.  —  Donald Trump this month became the first former or incumbent American president to be charged with crimes …
ProPublica:
Behind the Scenes of Justice Alito's Unprecedented Wall Street Journal Pre-buttal  —  The Journal editorial page accused ProPublica of misleading readers in a story that hadn't yet been published.  —  Around midday on Friday, June 16, ProPublica reporters Justin Elliott and Josh Kaplan sent …
Diana Falzone / Rolling Stone:
Newsmax Staffers Hit With Subpoenas in 2020 Election Defamation Suit  —  Court filings rife with internal communications exposed Fox News' post-election misinformation push.  Newsmax could be next  —  DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS' defamation lawsuit against Fox News laid bare …
New York Times:
As Legal Fees Mount, Trump Steers Donations Into PAC That Has Covered Them  —  A previously unnoticed change in Donald Trump's online fund-raising appeals allows him to divert a sizable chunk of his 2024 contributions to a group that has spent millions to cover his legal fees.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
Nicholas Kerr / ABC News:
After being booed for Trump criticism, Christie says Trump voters ‘need to hear the truth, too’  —  The former governor has made attacking Trump a major part of his campaign.  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday that he expected to get booed for attacking Republican primary …
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Celeste Maloy wins Utah Republicans' nomination for special congressional election  —  After five rounds of voting, GOP delegates chose Maloy over former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes to run in Utah's 2nd Congressional District special election this fall.  —  Delta
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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