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12:35 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
Alexey Kovalev / New Lines Magazine:   Inside the World of Russian ‘War Reporters’ Demanding More Blood Than the Kremlin Can Deliver
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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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 …
David Byler / Washington Post:
Why Democrats still need Joe Biden  —  Joe Biden might look like a relic.  He's an 80-year-old, White, establishment liberal leading an increasingly young, diverse and progressive party, which is why many journalists and even Democratic politicians often cast him as a purely transitional figure.
Discussion: HuffPost
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court dismisses House Democrats' dispute over Trump hotel documents
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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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
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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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.
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
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Biden administration announces 1.7 billion for electric and ‘traditional’ busses  —  The Biden administration announced on Monday that it will be dispersing $1.7 billion for more than 1,700 new buses around the country, some of which are expected to be electric.
Discussion: New Jersey Online
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
The US government is awarding $1.7 billion to buy electric and low-emission buses
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Why Mark Ruffalo and Wendell Pierce Are Fighting for a Crumbling Church  —  Congregants of the West Park Presbyterian Church, a Manhattan landmark, want to tear it down to be replaced by condos.  Celebrities are joining the fight to save it.  —  For years, a conflict over whether to tear …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Documents reveal justices' long-running tensions over ethics
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:
The next president's $4 trillion problem
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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
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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'
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Mama Mia! NYC rules crack down on coal, wood-fired pizzerias — must cut carbon emissions up to 75%
 

 
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