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11:25 AM ET, June 1, 2022

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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
D.C. gun seizures are soaring — but charges aren't sticking  —  Police say there are legal hurdles to securing convictions even when they recover a weapon.  Defense attorneys say they are bringing weak cases.  —  A D.C. police officer pulled over the driver of a Pontiac Bonneville …
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Tim Pearce / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Majority Of Americans Believe Armed Educators Make Schools Safer
Adam Wren / Politico:   How the gun debate will be won or lost in the suburbs
Joseph R. Biden Jr / New York Times:
President Biden: What America Will and Will Not Do in Ukraine  —  The invasion Vladimir Putin thought would last days is now in its fourth month.  The Ukrainian people surprised Russia and inspired the world with their sacrifice, grit and battlefield success.
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Bloomberg:
Biden Says US Will Provide Ukraine Advanced Rocket Systems
Alexander Martin / Sky News:
US military hackers conducting offensive operations in support of Ukraine, says head of Cyber Command  —  In an exclusive interview with Sky News, General Paul Nakasone confirmed for the first time that the US had “conducted a series of operations” in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Sinéad Baker / Insider:
Zelenskyy shuts down Newsmax interviewer who tried to get him to say there would be no war if Trump were president  — A Newsmax host asked Zelenskyy if Russia's invasion may have been prevented with Trump as president.  — Zelenskyy said it was not important which party was in power in the US.
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
'It's going to be an army': Tapes reveal GOP plan to contest elections  —  Video recordings of Republican Party operatives meeting with grassroots activists provide an inside look at a multi-pronged strategy to target and potentially overturn votes in Democratic precincts …
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Politico:   POLITICO Playbook: Secret recordings reveal GOP ‘precinct strategy’
NBC News:
Texas school police chief hasn't responded for days to state investigators about Uvalde shooting  —  Police response to Uvalde school shooting under review, as funeral services begin  —  A local police chief in Uvalde, Texas, hasn't responded for a follow-up interview in a state investigation …
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Jeremy Wallace / Houston Chronicle:
Texas police union calls for Uvalde authorities to cooperate with mass shooting inquiries
Discussion: CNN and The Western Journal
Guillermo Contreras / San Antonio Express-News:
Lawyer: Uvalde teacher did not leave door open that gunman used to enter Robb Elementary School
Dennis Aftergut / The Bulwark:
The Humiliation of John Durham  —  Hired by Bill Barr to investigate the Trump investigators, the prosecutor had little to show for his work even before his defeat in court yesterday.  —  John Durham, the special counsel appointed days before the 2020 election by Donald Trump's attorney general William Barr …
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Washington Post:
Opinion John Durham's flop is only the latest of many Trump coverup failures
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Anatomy of a fake  —  What a viral fake news story about “race-based grading” tells us about our media ecosystem  —  This is the tale of a fake news story, widely shared by a lot of smart people who so badly wanted for it to be true that they didn't care that it wasn't.
BuzzFeed News:
Here's The DOJ Report Finding That Obama Officials Didn't Improperly Unmask Gen. Flynn  —  A Justice Department probe found that members of the Obama administration did not seek to reveal the identity of General Michael Flynn “for political purposes or other inappropriate reasons,” a newly disclosed report reveals.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   The final, brutal collapse of GOP's big Michael Flynn conspiracy theory
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
The White House has one problem that rules them all: Gas prices  —  For the past several months, a White House-led team of economic specialists has marked each day in the same way: With a painstaking, state-by-state examination of gasoline prices and the intricate market forces pushing them relentlessly upward.
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CNN:
Treasury secretary concedes she was wrong on ‘path that inflation would take’
Washington Post:
White House scrambles on inflation after Biden complains to aides
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Blocks Texas Law Regulating Social Media Platforms  —  The law, prompted by conservative complaints about censorship, prohibits big technology companies like Facebook and Twitter from removing posts based on the views they express.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: GOP plots '23 probes  —  Top Republican congressional aides huddled this month with conservative think-tank leaders on Maryland's Eastern Shore to hone tactics and messaging for Biden administration probes, Axios has learned. … Republicans plan to draw on investigative power from allies across Washington.
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Same-Sex Marriage Support Inches Up to New High of 71%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy-one percent of Americans say they support legal same-sex marriage, which exceeds the previous high of 70% recorded in 2021 by one percentage point.  —  These data are from Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs poll, conducted May 2-22.
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Nate Hochman / National Review:   After Letter from Rubio, U.S. Air Force Base Cancels ‘Drag Queen Story Time’
Associated Press:
Biden's ex daughter-in-law opens up about marriage to Hunter  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kathleen Buhle, the ex-wife of President Joe Biden's son Hunter, says she has “total control over my life now,” five years after her divorce, as she opens up about her marriage in a new memoir.
Discussion: People.com
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Dems sweat GOP surge in South Texas special election  —  Democrats already had a South Texas problem — and it's on the verge of getting worse.  —  Republicans are well-positioned to flip former Rep. Filemon Vela's (D-Texas) seat in a special election this summer, a victory …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Opinion MBS stands on the verge of getting what he wants  —  The dictionary defines “realpolitik” as “policy based on power rather than ideals or principles.”  We are about to see a version of this in action when President Biden visits Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Peter Navarro subpoena suggests DoJ may be investigating Trump  —  Justice department seeks former aide's communications with ex-president and his attorneys  —  Peter Navarro, a top White House adviser to Donald Trump, is being commanded by a federal grand jury subpoena to turn …
Brianna Abbott / Wall Street Journal:
Covid-19 Can Leave You Infectious After Five or Even 10 Days  —  CDC recommends at least five days of isolation, but some people are testing positive well past that  —  Seeing that bright red line appear on an at-home Covid-19 test can feel inevitable during a surge like the one under way now.
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New York Times:
During the Omicron Wave, Death Rates Soared for Older People
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Andrew Brinker / The Boston Globe:
Hackers linked to Iran targeted Boston Children's Hospital, FBI director says  —  Hackers sponsored by the Iranian government last year attempted to conduct a “despicable” cyber attack against Boston Children's Hospital, but the FBI acted quickly to help the hospital thwart the planned intrusion …
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
ABC News:
Trump has few followers as election claims grow more preposterous: The Note  —  It should no longer be a surprise that Trump amplifies false fraud claims.  —  Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Casper, Wyo., May 28, 2022.  —  The claims have gotten more outlandish.
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Joe Biden Is Too Old to Be President  —  On the menu today: As President Biden continues to misstate his own policies, it is a painful sign that the next president must be someone who has enough youth and energy to handle the pressures of the job.  —  The Wrong Man for a Tough Job
 
 
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
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NBC News:
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Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal:
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
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Discussion: The Hill
Kevin Bogardus / Articles Archive:
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