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10:55 AM ET, June 26, 2023

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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 …
Associated Press:
Russian defense minister makes first public appearance since mercenary revolt as uncertainty swirls
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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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, DeSantis and Negativity Dominate Early 2024 GOP Campaign Ads
Discussion: Fox News, Florida Politics and Politico
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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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 …
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.
Discussion: HuffPost, Forbes and The 19th
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
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Breccan F. Thies / Washington Examiner:
Group targeting conservative Supreme Court justices propped up by left-wing megadonors
Discussion: Insider and The Daily Caller
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.
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.
Discussion: The Messenger
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
The Candidate of the ‘Tucker-Rogan-Elon-Bannon-Combo- Platter Right’  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., MAGA world's favorite Democrat, is feeding Americans' appetite for conspiracies.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s speech is warbling, crackling, scratchy—sort of like Marge Simpson's.  His voice, he told me, is “fucked up.”
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.
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.
Discussion: 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.
New York Post:
Mama Mia!  NYC rules crack down on coal, wood-fired pizzerias — must cut carbon emissions up to 75%  —  Mamma Mia!  —  Historic Big Apple pizza joints could be forced to dish out mounds of dough under a proposed city edict targeting pollutant-spewing coal-and-wood-fired ovens, The Post has learned.
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 …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
House Republicans think Democrats' abortion rights strategy could backfire  —  New York and California Republicans aren't sweating the onslaught of abortion spending.  —  One year after their party was pummeled over abortion restrictions on the campaign trail, vulnerable Republicans …
The Guardian:
Queen was asked to block Evgeny Lebedev's peerage, claims documentary  —  Exclusive: Channel 4 film says officials contacted the palace in 2020 owing to concerns about Lord Lebedev's father's links to Putin regime  —  Government officials asked whether the late Queen would block Evgeny Lebedev's peerage …
Discussion: Politico and Guido Fawkes
 
 
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Gordon Corera / BBC:
New images show Chinese spy balloons over Asia
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
For Workers, Unions and Public Pressure Get the Goods
Discussion: New Republic
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Early testing shows no threats after train carrying hazardous materials falls into Yellowstone River
Discussion: Associated Press and Fox News
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Sen. John Fetterman is ‘grateful’ to be alive and back in the fight
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Chase Woodruff / Colorado Newsline:
Down the Line: Tracing the route — and risks — of Utah's proposed Colorado-bound oil trains
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden admin reverses Trump policy that allowed funding to research in Israeli settlements
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Elinda Labropoulou / CNN:
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis wins repeat election in early results, securing clear parliamentary majority
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Democrats have confirmed 4 judges during Tim Scott's campaign absences
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and Political Wire
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court set for furious round of decisions in final days of June
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Airline ground crew member killed by engine of a jet at San Antonio International Airport
Erik Uebelacker / The Daily Beast:
Biden and Zelenskyy Discuss ‘Recent Events in Russia’
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney said Disney+ Q4 ARPU in the US and Canada, down 1% QoQ to $7.70, was affected partly by new wholesale arrangements with some distributors

The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

Liam Scott / Voice of America:
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