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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump told chief of staff Hitler ‘did a lot of good things’, book says — Remark shocked John Kelly, author Michael Bender reports — Book details former president's ‘stunning disregard for history’ — On a visit to Europe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the first world war …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: Trump to sue Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey — Former President Donald Trump, who has complained about censorship by social media giants, plans to announce class action lawsuits today against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, sources tell Axios.
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Associated Press:
Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home — PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence, the country's interim prime minister said in a statement Wednesday, calling it a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.”
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New York Times:
After the killing of Haiti's president, the threat of further political violence escalates. — President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti was assassinated in an attack in the early hours of Wednesday at his home on the outskirts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, the prime minister said.
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Washington Post:
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated overnight in his home by gunmen, says acting prime minister
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated overnight in his home by gunmen, says acting prime minister
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Jacqueline Charles / Miami Herald:
Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in middle-of-the-night attack at his home
Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in middle-of-the-night attack at his home
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Neil Irwin / New York Times:
A Planned Biden Order Aims to Tilt the Job Market Toward Workers — Noncompete clauses, licensing requirements and corporate mergers have tended to strengthen the hand of business. — According to an increasingly influential school of thought in left-of-center economic circles …
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New York Times:
Biden is preparing an executive order targeting noncompete clauses for workers. — President Biden will push federal regulators to crack down on noncompete clauses, occupational licensing requirements and other measures that administration officials say hurt workers' ability to pursue better jobs …
Wall Street Journal:
Taliban Attack on Afghan City Allows 200 Prison Inmates to Escape — Police surrender as insurgents storm provincial capital Qala-e-Naw: “It's a frightening moment” — KABUL—The Taliban attacked the capital of Afghanistan's northwestern province of Badghis, enabling more than 200 inmates …
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CNN:
What Nikole-Hannah Jones's job decision reveals — Nikole Hannah-Jones explains why she rejected UNC tenure — Peniel E. Joseph is the author of “Stokely: A Life” and “The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.” The views expressed here are his own.
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Dominic Green / spectatorworld.com:
The rights and wrongs of Nikole Hannah-Jones
The rights and wrongs of Nikole Hannah-Jones
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Weeks after Holocaust Museum visit, Rep. Greene makes new Nazi-era comparison in opposing vaccination push — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday used a Nazi-era comparison in opposing the Biden administration's push to encourage all Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus …
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Riot Leader Had ‘Fully Constructed U.S. Capitol Lego Set’ at Home, FBI Says — PLAYING SOLDIER — Federal investigators seized an unusual piece of evidence from a Pennsylvania man indicted last month for his role in the Capitol riot—a Lego replica of the building he allegedly stormed.
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CNN:
FBI infiltrates group whose members wanted to test homemade bombs, surveil Capitol, secede from US, court records show — Dramatic Capitol riot videos used in court tell a harrowing story — (CNN)The FBI has infiltrated a “Bible study” group in Virginia that after the January 6 riot …
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Bloomberg:
Russia ‘Cozy Bear’ Breached GOP as Ransomware Attack Hit — Hackers part of ‘Cozy Bear,’ people familiar with matter say — RNC official says ‘no indication’ computer systems hacked — Russian government hackers breached the computer systems of the Republican National Committee last week …
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Washington Post:
All Marylanders who died of covid in June were unvaccinated, data shows — Unvaccinated people made up all of Maryland's reported coronavirus deaths last month, as well as the vast majority of new cases and hospitalizations, the state reported Tuesday — data that public health officials say demonstrates the effectiveness of vaccines.
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Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Eric Adams wins Democratic primary in NYC's mayoral race — NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City after appealing to the political center and promising to strike the right balance between fighting crime and ending racial injustice in policing.
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Debra Nussbaum Cohen / The Forward:
Max Solomon Lewis, 20, killed by stray bullet in Chicago — Max Solomon Lewis, a 20-year-old University of Chicago student, was commuting home from his summer internship last Thursday evening when a stray bullet pierced the window of his train car and hit him in the back of the neck.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Toyota vies to become Official Car of Insurrectionists. Will Oath Keepers swear their brand loyalty? — Oh, what a feeling! (And it isn't a good one.) — Approaching Tuesday's six-month anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, the liberal watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics …
Eric Kaufmann / National Review:
Political Discrimination as Civil-Rights Struggle — Viewpoint neutrality should be legally mandated — When a sample of nearly 1,500 female Ivy League students was asked whether they would date a Trump supporter, only 6 percent said yes (after excluding the small minority of the sample who support him).
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Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
Ivanka Trump Is Probably Next on the Chopping Block: Former Federal Prosecutor — Experts say the Manhattan District Attorney's Office is likely looking into “consulting fees” paid to Ivanka despite her having been a full-time employee of the Trump Organization.
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Henry Fountain / New York Times:
North America Has Its Hottest June on Record — An analysis by European scientists found that other parts of the world didn't fare much better, with Europe logging its second-hottest June. — Last month was the warmest June on record in North America, researchers said Wednesday …
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Jade Bremner / The Independent:
Trump stunned aides by saying he wanted to use Covid as excuse to delay 2020 election, new book claims — 'I'm thinking about calling it off,' president reportedly said — Trump still bragging about ‘woman, man, tv, dog’ cognitive test results — In his third exposé of Donald Trump …
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Wall Street Journal:
Air Force Found Largely Responsible for Texas Church Shooting — Military branch failed to enter the gunman's criminal history into federal background check database used for gun purchases, judge finds — A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Air Force bears most of the responsibility …
Josh Blackman / Newsweek:
Conservative Justices Warn Kavanaugh and Barrett Lack ‘Fortitude’ — , PROFESSOR, SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — For the first time in a generation, there are six conservative justices on the Supreme Court. In time, this sextet will incrementally push the Court to the right.
Washington Examiner:
Biden's fight for racial discrimination — With another defeat in the courts for President Joe Biden, a simple fact must be acknowledged: The Democratic Party's top priority is pushing racially discriminatory policies. — On Thursday, a judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing …
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Six-Month Anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection on the Capitol — Not even during the Civil War did insurrectionists breach our Capitol, the citadel of our democracy. But six months ago today, insurrectionists did.
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