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12:55 PM 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
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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 …
Discussion: New York Magazine 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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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.
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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NBC News:
Democrats warn party: The threat of Trump winning in 2024 is ‘very real’  —  New NBC News polling shows President Joe Biden with a relatively narrow 49% to 45 % lead over Donald Trump — which is within the survey's margin of error.  —  WASHINGTON — The idea is somewhere between conventional wisdom …
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David Byler / Washington Post:
Why Democrats still need Joe Biden
Discussion: PJ Media and HuffPost
Axios:
Biden's 2024 vision: Play 2020 again
Discussion: The Dispatch and Raw Story
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Fox News Names Jesse Watters to Replace Tucker Carlson as Anchor of 8 p.m. Hour  —  Network announces series of changes in prime time  —  Jesse Watters will be the new host of Fox News's 8 p.m. hour, replacing ousted star anchor Tucker Carlson, one of several prime-time changes the network announced on Monday.
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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Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Richard Ravitch, Rescuer of the Subways and New York's Finances, Dies at 89  —  He helped New York City avoid bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, ran the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and later served as lieutenant governor.  —  Richard Ravitch, a politically savvy, civic-minded developer …
Discussion: PIX11
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
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Five or six Secret Service agents have testified before Jan. 6 grand jury, sources say  —  It is not known what the agents' proximity to Trump was on Jan. 6 or what information they may have provided to the grand jury.  —  About half a dozen Secret Service agents have testified before the grand jury …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Biden administration announces $1.7 billion for electric and ‘traditional’ buses  —  The Biden administration announced Monday it will disperse $1.7 billion for more than 1,700 new buses around the country, some of which are expected to be electric.  —  Outlining the funds on a press call last week …
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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.
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
John B. Goodenough, 100, Dies; Nobel-Winning Creator of the Lithium-Ion Battery  —  An unassuming professor who remained active into his 90s, he is credited with the breakthrough that gave rise to the batteries powering today's electronic devices.  —  John B. Goodenough …
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Biden announces $42 billion to expand high-speed internet access  —  The funding — a centerpiece of the recent bipartisan infrastructure law — marks the largest-ever federal push to help an estimated 8.5 million families and businesses  —  President Biden on Monday announced more than $42 billion …
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NPR:
Mitch Landrieu is Biden's man to rebuild America and deliver broadband to millions
Discussion: Forbes and Bloomberg
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 …
 
 
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CNN:
Club Q shooting suspect pleads guilty to 5 murder charges with life sentences
Alexey Kovalev / New Lines Magazine:
Inside the World of Russian ‘War Reporters’ Demanding More Blood Than the Kremlin Can Deliver
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court dismisses House Democrats' dispute over Trump hotel documents
Washington Post:
Documents reveal justices' long-running tensions over ethics
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Why Mark Ruffalo and Wendell Pierce Are Fighting for a Crumbling Church
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
A year after Dobbs, the pro-choice movement has never been stronger
David Gauthier-Villars / Reuters:
Special Report: US, Swedish prosecutors study graft complaint naming son of Turkey's Erdogan
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
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 Earlier Items: 
Gordon Corera / BBC:
New images show Chinese spy balloons over Asia
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
House Republicans think Democrats' abortion rights strategy could backfire
Politico:
A debt deal twist is shifting Congress' shutdown gameplan
Discussion: The Messenger
The Guardian:
Queen was asked to block Evgeny Lebedev's peerage, claims documentary
Discussion: Guido Fawkes and Politico
Sarah Weaver / The Daily Caller:
New York City LGBT Activists Chant 'We're Coming For Your Kids'
New York Post:
Mama Mia! NYC rules crack down on coal, wood-fired pizzerias — must cut carbon emissions up to 75%