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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
World Central Kitchen Says U.S. Citizen Among 7 Staff Killed in ‘Targeted’ Triple Israeli Attack — ‘UNFORGIVABLE’ — José Andrés' international aid organization said it would pause its work in Gaza in the wake of the killings. — A dual U.S.-Canadian citizen …
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Politico:
Why the strike killing World Central Kitchen workers is different — With help from Alex Ward, Paul McLeary, Lara Seligman and Phelim Kine — The Israeli airstrike that killed aid workers in Gaza is resonating especially in Washington national security circles for two reasons …
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NBC News, The Hill, Axios, CBS News, The Times of Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Al-Monitor and Washington Examiner
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Israel faces outrage from Democrats over strike that killed aid workers … - “It's time to pull the plug on unconditional aid to Israel. … - “The WCK team was traveling in a deconflicted zone in two armored cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle,” the statement said …
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Associated Press:
Middle East Crisis
Middle East Crisis
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Politico:
Blinken calls for ‘swift, impartial investigation’ into killing of aid workers in Gaza airstrike
Blinken calls for ‘swift, impartial investigation’ into killing of aid workers in Gaza airstrike
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Politico, Voice of America and Middle East Monitor
Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel:
Israel acknowledges killing 7 aid charity workers in ‘tragic, unintentional’ airstrike
Israel acknowledges killing 7 aid charity workers in ‘tragic, unintentional’ airstrike
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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
JUST IN: Ex-Trump Election Lawyer John Eastman Has Been Disbarred — John Eastman, the former Donald Trump election lawyer behind the so-called “fake electors” scheme, was officially disbarred by the state of California on Tuesday. — The California State Bar recommended last Wednesday …
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
‘Start the Steal’: Trump Once Again Planning to Overturn an Election — THERE IS A PLAN AFOOT to overturn the results of the November election, and for both parties it is fast becoming a major concern. The scheme is being hatched by Republicans on behalf of Donald Trump, who seeks to steal the election if Joe Biden defeats him again.
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NBC News:
Arizona abortion rights amendment backers says they've gathered signatures needed for 2024 ballot — First to NBC News: Arizona for Abortion Access says it's exceeded the state petition signature threshold by over 120,000, with plans to keep gathering until a July 3 deadline.
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Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
‘No help here’: Florida abortion ruling leaves women with few options
‘No help here’: Florida abortion ruling leaves women with few options
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House Republicans push to rename DC international airport after Trump — ‘In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J Trump’: Reschenthaler — FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans is pushing to rename Washington, D.C.'s …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Republicans push to rename Dulles airport after Trump … - The airport is currently named for John Foster Dulles, a former secretary of state under President Dwight Eisenhower who fought against communism during the early stages of the Cold War. — The bill was first reported by Breitbart News.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Misinformation-spouting RFK Jr. muses that Biden is threat to democracy — In late January 2021, with thousands of people dying from covid-19 each day and the first vaccines targeting the coronavirus rolling out, baseball legend Hank Aaron died. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. rebuked for calling Biden bigger threat to democracy than Trump
RFK Jr. rebuked for calling Biden bigger threat to democracy than Trump
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Raúl Grijalva:
Rep. Grijalva Statement on Cancer Diagnosis — TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, U.S. Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07) issued the following statement: — “A few weeks ago, I sought medical treatment for a persistent cough which was initially diagnosed as pneumonia.
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Washington Examiner and KDFX-TV
The Guardian:
Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped — Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff's deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them — Newly released law enforcement footage captures the moment California police fatally shot …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
With enthusiasm, Raffensperger advises Larry David to curb attacks on voter law — Top elections official responds to HBO show's brush with Georgia ban on distribution of food or drink to voters with pretty, pretty, pretty cutting letter — Larry David, heading into his final episode of HBO's …
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Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
The Republican party has become a full-fledged anti-sex movement — The conservative obsession with purity and control is being achieved by increasingly punitive means — The US supreme court justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas cited the Comstock Act, named after the 19th-century …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
‘The threat is very real’: Trump's defense of his attacks is rejected — Donald Trump has and continues to benefit enormously from the overlap of his campaign and his legal travails. — For all of his complaints about the timing and his insistence that his various indictments and trials …
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Scott G. Nelson / Public Notice:
Manufacturing discontent — This special free edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please click the button below to support our work. — 🇺🇸 Subscribe to Public Notice 🇺🇸 — It's become something of a cottage industry …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
Arizona Democrat announces cancer diagnoses — Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. — Grijalva, who has represented Arizona's 7th Congressional District since 2003, said in a statement that he had sought treatment for a persistent cough several weeks ago.
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Roll Call, Associated Press and The Daily Caller
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Corporate profit bonanza — In the last three months of 2023, after-tax corporate profits reached an all-time high of $2.8 trillion. This is part of a long-term growth in corporate profits that began in the 1980s, picked up steam at the turn of the millennium, and exploded since 2020.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Being in the House is undoubtedly terrible — but is it unusually so? — From the outside, being a member of the House of Representatives seems like a uniquely crummy job. Sure, you have some ostensible power, but it doesn't actually manifest very often for many people, thanks to the chamber's general antipathy toward consensus.
Politico:
McConnell: I'll stay in the Senate and fight the GOP ‘isolationist movement’ — The minority leader indicated that would still be a major priority for him until his term ends in 2026.
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Politico:
Allies consider moving Ukraine arms group into NATO to shield it from Trump — Officials are expected to discuss gradually moving the organization — called the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — into the alliance's control. — The U.S. and other Western countries are considering transferring …
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Reuters, Politico, Euractiv, The Kyiv Independent, Bloomberg and Agence France-Presse
Greg Allen / NPR:
A federal judge says migrants can sue the company that flew them to Martha's Vineyard — MIAMI — A federal judge in Boston has ruled that migrants flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in 2022 can proceed with a lawsuit against the Florida company that took them there.
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Biden administration announces requirement for 2-person crews on freight trains — The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a final rule Tuesday increasing the minimum size for train crews to two people, a longtime ask for rail worker unions, which nearly led to a strike in 2022.
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David Axe / Forbes:
The Russian Army Just Launched The Biggest Tank Assault Of The War — Forty-eight tanks and fighting vehicles attacked along a single road west of Avdiivka—and got massacred — On Saturday, the Russian army launched what may have been one of the largest-scale tank assaults of Russia's 25-month wider war on Ukraine.
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New Republic:
Why Trump's Lunacy Is Suddenly Raising GOP Fears of Down-Ballot Losses — GOP members of Congress facing tough races are suddenly worried that having Donald Trump at the top of the ticket might present them with a problem, according to new reports. They fear having to answer for Trump's degeneracy …
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Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:
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