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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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Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz over alleged drug use and sexual misconduct — The House panel is continuing its review of Gaetz's conduct, including possible obstruction. The Florida Republican has denied any wrongdoing. — WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
House Ethics Committee expands probe into Matt Gaetz — The rare, detailed update from the bipartisan panel clarified the status of the investigation and detailed new lines of inquiry into the Florida lawmaker. — The House Ethics Committee is still investigating allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz …
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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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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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Myah Ward / Politico:
Biden to take sweeping election-year action shielding estimated 550,000 from deportation
Biden to take sweeping election-year action shielding estimated 550,000 from deportation
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Josephine Rozzelle / CNBC:
DJT shares tumble 13% as Trump Media stock sell-off accelerates … Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group dropped more than 13% on Tuesday, continuing the stock's tumble following the conviction of former President Donald Trump, the company's majority shareholder.
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Kerry Breen / CBS News:
Former CNBC analyst-turned-fugitive arrested by FBI after nearly 3 years on the run — A former CNBC analyst who ended up on the FBI's Most Wanted list for white-collar crimes was arrested over the weekend after being charged with defrauding investors, federal prosecutors announced Monday.
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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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Alayna Alvarez / Axios:
Club Q shooter pleads guilty to 74 federal hate crimes, avoids death penalty … - If U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney accepts the plea deal, Aldrich will serve “multiple concurrent life sentences plus additional consecutive sentences totaling 190 years imprisonment,” court filings show.
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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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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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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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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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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 …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
This Is Why You're Exhausted by Politics — Housekeeping: I'll have a short newsletter tomorrow for Juneteenth and then I'm off Thursday/Friday for Denver and the live show. — Tim, A.B., and I recorded a Dark Side/Next Level mash-up last night. I think the Mistress of Despair and I may have broken Tim.
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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 …
Phred Dvorak / Wall Street Journal:
Biden's Tough-on-China Stance Threatens Green America Push — President tries to balance building clean-energy industries and curbing Chinese imports such as batteries and solar-panel parts — The Biden administration is hoisting barriers to Chinese clean-energy imports to protect domestic industries …
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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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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 …
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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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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US Department of Justice:
Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking — For Immediate Release — China and Mexico Took Law Enforcement Actions Following Justice Department's Investigation of Alleged Scheme to Violate U.S. Drug and Money-Laundering Laws
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