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Daniel Boguslaw / The Intercept:
Samuel Alito's Wife Leased Land to an Oil and Gas Firm While the Justice Fought the EPA  —  A year ago this month, Martha Ann Bomgardner Alito decided to see if a 160-acre plot of land in Grady County, Oklahoma, would produce.  In a lease filed with the Grady County clerk …
New York Times:
Russia-Ukraine War  —  A Visibly Angry Putin Stresses Failure of Wagner Revolt  —  The Russian president made brief public remarks on Monday, his first since the end of the Wagner mercenaries' brief rebellion.  —  Here's what to know.  —  With palpable anger, President Vladimir V. Putin …
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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 …
Valerie Hopkins / New York Times:
In his first remarks since his revolt, Prigozhin claims he wasn't trying to overthrow Putin.
Miami Herald:
Ron DeSantis says he'll end birthright citizenship as president  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday unveiled a sweeping plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system and ramp up border enforcement, vowing to end birthright citizenship, “repel the invasion” at the U.S. southern border and use the …
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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.
NBC News:
DeSantis' GOP support declining in new NBC poll
Jeremy Herb / CNN:
Exclusive: CNN obtains the tape of Trump's 2021 conversation about classified documents  —  CNN has exclusively obtained the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey, where President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify.  —  Hear the conversation
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Roger Parloff / Lawfare:
703 Ways Trump's Mar-a-Lago Conduct Bears No Resemblance to Hillary Clinton's Emails  —  “When caught, Hillary [Clinton] then deleted and acid washed ... 33,000 emails in defiance of a congressional subpoena already launched,” ex-President Donald Trump lamented on the evening after his federal arraignment …
Emma Uber / Tampa Bay Times:
Dunedin man fired 30 AR-15 rounds at pool cleaner he thought was intruder, sheriff says  —  Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said Florida's Stand Your Ground Law is applicable to the situation and the man who fired won't face charges.  —  A Dunedin man will not face charges …
Discussion: Raw Story and WFLA-TV
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 …
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Jesse Watters Takes Over Tucker Timeslot in Fox News Primetime Overhaul  —  Jesse Watters, the wisecracking conservative who got his start with man-on-the-street interview segments for Fox News opinion host Bill O'Reilly's 8 p.m. program, is about to enjoy a homecoming of sorts.
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Fox News announces new primetime lineup with Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity, and Greg Gutfeld
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
The First MAGA Democrat  —  This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday.  Sign up for it here.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s speech is warbling, crackling, scratchy—sort of like Marge Simpson's.
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Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
Here's a Conspiracy Theory: RFK Jr. Is a Tool of Pro-Trump Agitators
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Freedom Caucus takes key vote on Marjorie Taylor Greene's future  —  It's not yet clear whether the conservative group will formally eject her, but people familiar with the matter pointed to a consensus against her.  —  House Freedom Caucus members took a momentous vote Friday …
Discussion: Raw Story, PoliticusUSA and Joe.My.God.
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Tim Scott's standing on the rise among GOP voters, poll finds  —  A new NBC News poll found a sharp uptick in voters picking GOP Sen. Tim Scott as their second-favorite candidate in the Republican primary.  —  South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is getting the attention of Republican primary voters.
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Jacob Rubashkin / Inside Elections:
Tim Scott's Iowa Play Is Working
Discussion: New York Magazine
Slate:
The Timing of Alito's Private Jet Scandal Couldn't Be More Damning  —  Cast in light of a recent ruling, the justice's self-serving duplicity looks even worse. … It's not always simple to contrast what happens on the Supreme Court's docket with the justices' own lives, but an unusually clear double standard is emerging this month.
Discussion: The Hill and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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.
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher Gives Anti-Vaxxer RFK Jr. Another Big Boost  —  The HBO host praised Robert F. Kennedy for sticking to his beliefs after a recent New York Times article.  —  Add Bill Maher to the list of podcasters sympathetic to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s fledgling campaign—anti-vaccine sentiments be damned.
Discussion: Mediaite
NBC News:
Officials say they can't win a murder case in shooting death of Florida mother who came to neighbor's door  —  Susan Lorincz will be prosecuted for manslaughter in the slaying of Ajike “AJ” Owens, who officials say was killed amid a feud over her kids playing in a nearby field.
Karen McVeigh / The Guardian:
'It's absolutely guaranteed': the best and worst case scenarios for sea level rise  —  Even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, ocean levels would continue to rise  —  Seascape: the state of our oceans is supported by  —  Not only is dangerous sea level rise …
Wall Street Journal:
White House Condemns Harassment of WSJ Reporter for Questioning Modi About Rights  —  Biden spokesman says harassment of journalist is unacceptable after attacks by officials from Indian prime minister's party  —  The White House is condemning the harassment of a Wall Street Journal reporter …
Discussion: NBC News, The Messenger and The Hill
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jan. 6 defendant, representing himself, questions son who turned him into the FBI  —  The trial of Brian Mock, who the government says was captured on video assaulting officers on Jan. 6, turned into a family therapy session.  —  WASHINGTON — The trial of a Jan. 6 defendant turned into a kind …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin Wants To Physically Fight Committee Witness  —  The feisty internet poster and freshman U.S. senator wants an MMA match with Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien.  —  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Monday challenged a labor union president to a physical fight in response to some mean tweets.
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 it torn down and replaced by condos.  Celebrities are joining the fight to save it.  —  For years, a conflict over whether to tear …
NBC News:
FBI Director Christopher Wray to testify before House Judiciary Committee in July  —  The hearing is scheduled for July 12, after the July 4 congressional recess, two sources familiar with the plan confirmed to NBC News on Monday.  —  WASHINGTON — FBI Director Christopher Wray is expected …
Benjamin Hart / New York Magazine:
Why Pedestrian Deaths Are Skyrocketing in America  —  The number of people killed while driving in America has ticked up since the beginning of the pandemic, but is still in line with totals from ten years ago — and significantly down from the 1990s and earlier.
Discussion: NPR and New York Daily News
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 …
Christopher F. Schuetze / New York Times:
In a First, Germany's Far Right Will Take Control of a District  —  The election victory was a breakthrough for the Alternative for Germany party: It gained a majority in a district, albeit a tiny one, and will have bureaucratic authority over it.  —  Reporting from Berlin
Mike Stone / Reuters:
US keeps up weapons shipments to Ukraine with new $500 mln package  —  The United States plans to announce as soon as Tuesday a new military aid package for Ukraine worth up to $500 million, keeping up U.S. resolve to help Ukraine against Russia as Moscow deals with a mutiny by some of its soldiers.
The Messenger:
House Judiciary Committee Republicans Express Support for AG Garland Impeachment Inquiry  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy opened the door to the possibility following IRS whistleblower testimony in the Hunter Biden case  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article …
 
 
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