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Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Russian agents' threat to family made Prigozhin call off Moscow advance — Details offer clue as to why Wagner Group abandoned coup attempt that revealed ‘real cracks’ in Putin's authority — Russian intelligence services threatened to harm the families of Wagner leaders …
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Washington Post:
Officials question whether truce will hold in Kremlin, Wagner standoff — Many are watching to see if Vladimir Putin sacks his military leadership — and if Yevgeniy Prigozhin remains quietly in exile — As the dust settled on the most serious challenge in decades to Russian President …
Valerie Hopkins / New York Times:
Belarus President Lukashenko Emerges as a Winner in Russia-Wagner Clash — The strongman leader of Belarus, a dependable ally of Vladimir Putin's, may see a chance to rebrand himself as a statesman. — Vladimir V. Putin is known for his tight control over the news media in Russia.
Elliot Ackerman / The Atlantic:
Prigozhin's Loss Is Ukraine's Gain
Prigozhin's Loss Is Ukraine's Gain
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The Guardian, Semafor, The Kyiv Independent, CNN, UnHerd, The Economist, Washington Post and New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
Why Wagner Chief Prigozhin Turned Against Putin
Why Wagner Chief Prigozhin Turned Against Putin
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The Sun, Digby's Hullabaloo, Breitbart and Voice of America
Max Seddon / Financial Times:
‘A huge humiliation’: failed putsch exposes deep flaws in Putin's regime
‘A huge humiliation’: failed putsch exposes deep flaws in Putin's regime
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Washington Post, UPI, Bloomberg, The Moderate Voice, Politico, New York Post, CBS News, Associated Press, FOX31 Denver and NewsNation
Politico:
'It's just stupid': DeSantis stumbles in New Hampshire — It once looked like Ron DeSantis might be poised for a breakthrough in New Hampshire. Not anymore. — For several months this year, Ron DeSantis seemed poised for a breakthrough in New Hampshire.
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New York Magazine, Washington Times, Raw Story, Florida Politics and The Hill
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Jacob Rubashkin / Inside Elections:
Tim Scott's Iowa Play Is Working — A little over a month into his presidential campaign, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has managed to do something no other hopeful has yet accomplished: show some momentum. — Seven months before the Iowa caucuses, the 2024 Republican presidential primary field …
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New York Magazine
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Trump takes aim at EV industry during speech to Michigan Republicans
Trump takes aim at EV industry during speech to Michigan Republicans
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The Messenger, Fox News, Joe.My.God., New York Times, Michigan Advance, Washington Examiner, al.com and The Gateway Pundit
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, DeSantis and Negativity Dominate Early 2024 GOP Campaign Ads
Trump, DeSantis and Negativity Dominate Early 2024 GOP Campaign Ads
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Fox News, American Wire News, Florida Politics and Politico
Laura Bassett / Jezebel:
Ron DeSantis Tanks in the Polls As Voters Get to Know Him
Ron DeSantis Tanks in the Polls As Voters Get to Know Him
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NBC News, RedState, PoliticusUSA, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Supreme Court allows for Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district. — The justices reversed plans to hear the case themselves …
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The Guardian, Washington Times, Raw Story, Balloon Juice, Joe.My.God., Orlando Sentinel and Outside the Beltway
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court paves the way for Louisiana congressional districts to be redrawn — The decision was expected in light of the court's ruling affirming a key part of the Voting Rights Act in a similar case from Alabama. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Louisiana's appeal seeking …
Meredith Newman / delawareonline:
Sarah McBride announces run for US House seat to become first trans member of Congress — State Sen. Sarah McBride, the country's highest-ranking transgender elected official, announced her candidacy Monday to become Delaware's next sole congresswoman. — McBride, if elected …
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Washington Examiner, NBC News, Politico, The Hill, Fox News, UPI, New York Times, Joe.My.God., Rolling Stone and The Daily Caller
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Delaware lawmaker seeks to become first transgender member of U.S. House — Sarah McBride, a Democratic state senator in Delaware, announced Monday that she is running for the state's sole U.S. House seat, a bid that, if successful next year, would make her the first transgender person to serve in Congress.
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HuffPost, NPR, New Republic, Forbes and The 19th
John Frank / Axios:
Larry Fink “ashamed” to be part of ESG political debate — BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said he's no longer using the term “ESG” (environment, social and governance) because it is being politically “weaponized” and he's “ashamed” to be part of the debate on the issue. … BlackRock manages $9.2 trillion.
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Washington Examiner, RedState, American Wire News, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Louder With Crowder and Frontpage Mag
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The breathtaking hypocrisy of Alito — He's a Fox News talking head masquerading as a Supreme Court justice. — ∙ Paid … Another week, another story about a hard-right Supreme Court justice being more than happy to vacation with billionaires who have business before the court.
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Chicago Sun Times
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Breccan F. Thies / Washington Examiner:
Group targeting conservative Supreme Court justices propped up by left-wing megadonors
Group targeting conservative Supreme Court justices propped up by left-wing megadonors
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Insider and The Daily Caller
Associated Press:
Supreme Court lets lawsuits over team doctor's sexual abuse proceed against Ohio State — The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a decision that allows more than 230 men to sue Ohio State University over decades-old sexual abuse by a university doctor, the late Richard Strauss.
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NBC News, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg and WDTN-TV
New York Times:
How Review-Bombing Can Tank a Book Before It's Published — The website Goodreads has become an essential avenue for building readership, but the same features that help generate excitement can also backfire. — Cecilia Rabess figured her debut novel, “Everything's Fine,” would spark criticism …
Ori Nir / New York Times:
A Dangerous Shift Is Underway in the West Bank — Mr. Nir is a former West Bank correspondent of Israel's Haaretz newspaper. — In April 1988, as a reporter for Haaretz, I attended the funeral of a 15-year-old West Bank settler, Tirza Porat, who was accidentally shot to death by a fellow settler.
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Times of Israel
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
The next president's $4 trillion problem — Whoever is in the White House in 2025 will quickly face a series of legislative deadlines with impossible price tags: $3.6 trillion in tax cuts and $350 billion in Affordable Care Act subsidies are expiring — and that's after the debt limit will need to be addressed again.
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Washington Examiner
Sarah Weaver / The Daily Caller:
New York City LGBT Activists Chant 'We're Coming For Your Kids' — Activists at a New York City drag march Friday can be heard chanting, “We're coming for your children,” in videos of the event. — “We're here, we're queer, we're coming for your children,” the activists shouted as they marched.
Politico:
A debt deal twist is shifting Congress' shutdown gameplan — The debt deal forces a 1 percent cut to government spending on Jan. 1 if a short-term funding bill is in place. So, lawmakers say, that's the REAL deadline to pass new spending bills. — It's only June, and already Congress is threatening to ruin New Year's Eve.
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The Messenger
David Gauthier-Villars / Reuters:
Special Report: US, Swedish prosecutors study graft complaint naming son of Turkey's Erdogan — Anti-corruption authorities in the United States and Sweden are reviewing a complaint alleging that the Swedish affiliate of a U.S. company pledged to pay tens of millions of dollars in kickbacks …
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Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
The Candidate of the ‘Tucker-Rogan-Elon-Bannon-Combo- Platter Right’ — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s speech is warbling, crackling, scratchy—sort of like Marge Simpson's. His voice, he told me, is “fucked up.” The official medical diagnosis is spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary spasms in the larynx.
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The Messenger, Washington Examiner and Media Matters for America