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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Biden to Give Legal Protections to Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens — Undocumented spouses of American citizens will be shielded from deportation, provided work permits and given a pathway to citizenship, according to officials briefed on the plan. — President Biden on Tuesday …
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Politico:
Playbook: Trump the team player — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BIDEN'S IMMIGRATION ZAG — “Biden to take sweeping election-year action shielding estimated 550,000 from deportation,” by Myah Ward: “The president is taking a page from the Obama playbook.
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden to take sweeping election-year action shielding estimated 550,000 from deportation — The president is taking a page from the Obama playbook. He's also rounding out am immigration portfolio that has increasingly leaned rightward. — President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a major …
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Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden
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House Committee on Ethics:
Statement Regarding the Matter of Representative Matt Gaetz — Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement: — On April 9, 2021, the Committee announced it had initiated a review into allegations that Representative Matt Gaetz …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Clarence Thomas's disgracefully unserious bump stock opinion — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. Appreciate our independent journalism? Then please sign up to support us. — 🏛️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🏛️
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Associated Press:
New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case — New York's top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump's gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month.
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Robert C. O'Brien / Foreign Affairs:
The Return of Peace Through Strength — Making the Case for Trump's Foreign Policy — Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin phrase that emerged in the fourth century that means “If you want peace, prepare for war.” The concept's origin dates back even further, to the second-century Roman emperor Hadrian …
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Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Ex-Trump Adviser Urges Him to Cut Ties With China, Restart Nuclear Tests
Ex-Trump Adviser Urges Him to Cut Ties With China, Restart Nuclear Tests
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
But his emails: Trump's increasingly unhinged calls for violence — Trump claims he may face death sentence, threatens Joe Biden with “DAY OF RECKONING.” This really isn't normal — Donald Trump is on the warpath. Following his historic felony conviction on hush-money …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Steve Bannon won't be spending his prison term in a ‘Club Fed’ as he had hoped, sources say — When former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon goes to prison, he won't be serving time at what's known as a “Club Fed,” the most comfortable type of facility in the federal system, as he had wanted …
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Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian:
Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague's bag over months — Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll — A Vermont lawmaker was compelled to apologize publicly after being caught on video pouring water …
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Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
John Kerry warns that Project 2025 would be “absolutely unimaginable and destructive” — Biden's former top climate change adviser spoke with Salon about the stakes for climate change in the election — During a sweltering rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 9, former President Donald Trump complained …
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Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
Secret Service destroyed video of Biden's dog Commander biting agent in brutal attack that forced White House to stop tours so blood could be wiped off the floor — Commander Biden was banished from the White House for biting agents — Video of one attack no longer exists, DailyMail.com has learned
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Why so many Americans have misconceptions about crime trends — According to the latest FBI data, violent crime and property crime are down sharply in 2024. The new data shows substantial drops in every category, including murder (-26.4%), rape (-25.7%), robbery (-17.8%), and property crime (-15.1%).
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Ellis Simani / ProPublica:
How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes — In September 2020, the Federal Trade Commission joined regulators in four states to sue four men behind a notorious telemarketing company called Outreach Calling.
Politico:
Why the Biden campaign finally decided to whack Trump on his New York verdict — The ad hitting Trump followed weeks of polling and focus groups by Biden's campaign and its allies. — President Joe Biden's campaign had been restrained in its attacks on Donald Trump's New York criminal conviction …
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Al Jazeera:
Thailand passes landmark bill to legalise same-sex marriage — Country will become first in Southeast Asia to recognise marriage equality. — Thailand's Senate has passed a marriage equality bill, paving the way for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to recognise same-sex marriage.
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Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Top Republican demands answers after WH protests yield 0 arrests; questions ‘political sympathy’ with vandals — Sen John Barrasso calls on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to respond ‘immediately’ — The top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee demanded answers …
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Giuliani Faces Pressure in Bankruptcy Court Hearing — Creditors, the judge and a Justice Department official signaled that they were running out of patience with the former New York mayor's accounts of his financial condition. — Rudolph W. Giuliani's creditors and the judge overseeing …
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New York Times:
Trump's ‘Wartime Consigliere’ Now Faces Legal Peril of His Own — Boris Epshteyn routinely surfaces as a lesser character in Trump-related indictments. In a case in Arizona on Tuesday, he will be a major figure. — Boris Epshteyn, who is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Misleading GOP videos of Biden are going viral. The fact-checks have trouble keeping up. — “The lie is sprinting the 100-meter dash and the fact-check is taking a stroll on the beach. So it's never going to catch up,” said one Democratic strategist. — More Americans may think Joe Biden tried …
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New York Times:
The Gun Lobby's Hidden Hand in the 2nd Amendment Battle — Case after case challenging gun restrictions cites the same Georgetown professor. His seemingly independent work has undisclosed ties to pro-gun interests. — In the battle to dismantle gun restrictions, raging in America's courts …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Fauci sees ‘degree of schizophrenia’ in US — Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci said Monday night that he sees a “degree of schizophrenia” in the U.S. — Fauci joined CBS's “The Late Show,” where host Stephen Colbert asked the doctor if he was going to “diagnose America as a patient right now” what would it be?
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