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9:05 AM ET, June 5, 2022

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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee set to make its case public with prime-time hearings  —  Sessions this month mark the culmination of a year-long investigation, with insider testimony and new video footage expected  —  Almost a year after the formation of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 …
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Top White House aide warned of security risk to Pence before Jan. 6 … - A source with direct knowledge confirmed to Axios the report was accurate.  — Short did not have knowledge of the specifics of the security threat and it's not clear what steps, if any, Giebels took to respond to the warning.
The Daily Beast:
Slain Judge John Roemer Sentenced His Alleged Killer to Prison Years Ago, Records Show  —  Slain Judge John Roemer was zip-tied to a chair and shot as police confirm to The Daily Beast that his murderer had a high-profile kill list.  —  The man accused of gunning down former Wisconsin judge John Roemer …
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Jessica McBride / Heavy.com:
Douglas K. Uhde: Social Media Shows Pro Trump, Gun Posts
Discussion: UPI
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
'I didn't think it was going to stop': 3 dead, 11 wounded in South Street mass shooting  —  Three people were killed and 11 others wounded in a mass shooting late Saturday night on South Street amid chaos that erupted on legendary blocks that have long been among the region's most popular gathering places.
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Milley visits Sweden in show of support for NATO bid  —  STOCKHOLM — The United States prepared Saturday to launch a sprawling naval exercise in the Baltic Sea with Sweden, Finland and 13 NATO allies, a visible sign of an expanding partnership as Stockholm and Helsinki apply to join …
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas GOP donors urge Congress to act on gun control measures like red flag laws, expanded background checks  —  More than 250 self-declared gun enthusiasts, including donors who have contributed to Gov. Greg Abbott's campaigns, have signed onto an open letter supporting Sen. John Cornyn's efforts at bipartisan gun reform legislation.
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. will allow two companies to ship Venezuelan oil to Europe  —  Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain's Repsol SA could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, five people familiar with the matter said, resuming oil …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump on the brink?  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is bored at Mar-a-Lago and anxious to get back in the political arena — as a candidate, not a kingmaker — but advisers are divided over whether he should launch a third bid for the presidency as early as this summer.
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Trump allies explored sending armed private contractors to seize voting machines in 2020 election  —  Supporters on the fringes of former President Trump's circle explored seeking sweeping authority after the 2020 election to enlist armed private contractors to seize and inspect voting machines …
BBC:
Russian man accused of Alexander Litvinenko killing dies of Covid-19  —  One of the main suspects in the murder of the former Russian spy and Kremlin critic, Alexander Litvinenko, has died of Covid-19.  —  Dmitry Kovtun was one of two men UK authorities say fatally poisoned Mr Litvinenko in London in 2006.
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Natalie Prieb / The Hill:
Graham: ‘It is time to mobilize our retired and former service members’ to secure schools  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday called for retired and former military members to step up to enhance security in schools following the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last week.
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court has 33 opinions remaining in one-month sprint to end controversial term  —  (CNN)As the Supreme Court rounds the final weeks of the term it has yet to decide an unusually high number of cases including disputes over abortion, gun rights, religious liberty, immigration and the environment …
Zachary Petrizzo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Endorses Kevin McCarthy, Pisses Off His Own Supporters  —  ‘WHAT THE HECK’  —  Despite Donald Trump's own followers booing and calling Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) a “RINO,” the ex-president sent out a statement late Saturday night endorsing McCarthy in his quest for 2022 re-election.
Discussion: Political Wire
Conor Dougherty / New York Times:
California's Housing Crisis and the Fight Over 20 Townhomes  —  Suburban homeowners like Susan Kirsch are often blamed for worsening the nation's housing crisis.  That doesn't mean she's giving up her two-decade fight against 20 condos.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Althouse
Rachel Wolfe / Wall Street Journal:
I Rented an Electric Car for a Four-Day Road Trip.  I Spent More Time Charging It Than I Did Sleeping.  —  Our writer drove from New Orleans to Chicago and back to test the feasibility of taking a road trip in an EV.  She wouldn't soon do it again.  —  I thought it would be fun.
Washington Post:
Inside John Fetterman's changing health scare story  —  The Pa. Senate candidate's heart condition is much more serious than first revealed, raising concerns among some Democrats  —  With five hours left to vote last month, John Fetterman's Pennsylvania Senate campaign released a confusing primary …
Alex Traub / New York Times:
Ex-Air Force Sergeant Sentenced to 41 Years for Murder of Federal Officer  —  Steven Carrillo pleaded guilty to a premeditated attack on law enforcement officers motivated by his support for an online anti-government movement.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Discussion: Law & Crime and Mercury News
Gabriel Hays / Fox News:
Florida's Ron DeSantis smeared as ‘authoritarian leader,’ ‘next Grand Wizard of GOP’ by MSNBC ReidOut guests  —  Joy Reid's guests claimed Gov. Ron DeSantis' ‘cruelty’ is turning Florida into ‘DeSantistan’  —  MSNBC ReidOut guests smear Florida as ‘authoritarian state,’ DeSantis ‘next Grand Wizard of GOP’
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Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
DeSantis makes it harder for transgender people to get Medicaid support
Discussion: NBC News
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Trump ‘Ultimate Target’ as DOJ Goes Up ‘Criminal Food Chain’: Kirschner  —  Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner assessed Friday that former President Donald Trump is the “ultimate target” of the Justice Department's probe of the January 6, 2021, attack against the U.S. Capitol …
Discussion: Insider
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Bidens evacuated from Delaware residence after plane flies into restricted airspace  —  The president and the first lady are now back at the beach house with no threat apparent.  —  Joe Biden boards his plane at New Castle Airport on October 22, 2020 in New Castle, Delaware.  Getty Images
Discussion: Fox News, RedState, UPI and Washington Post
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Catherine Lucey / Wall Street Journal:
Biden Moved From Beach House After a Plane Enters Restricted Airspace
Discussion: WTMJ
 
 
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New York Times:
The Mass Shootings Where Stricter Gun Laws Might Have Made a Difference
Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg:
Starbucks Illegally Closing N.Y. Cafe to Retaliate, Union Claims
Discussion: The Daily Dot and NPR
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Empty clinics, no calls: The fallout of Oklahoma's abortion ban
Discussion: Twitchy
Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
Abbott restarts baby formula plant linked to contamination
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israel Builds a Laser Weapon to Zap Threats Out of the Sky
Aziz El Yaakoubi / Reuters:
Two Saudi delegations to visit U.S. as ties improve
Discussion: Agence France-Presse
Washington Post:
Climate change is forcing schools to close early for ‘heat days’
Discussion: Twitchy
 Earlier Items: 
Elise Solé / Yahoo News:
Dad surrenders AR-15 to police after Texas school shooting: ‘I want a safer future’
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Democrat Max Rose blasts Hunter Biden, says Post got ‘raw deal’ in reporting
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lachlan Markay / Axios:
The gun lobby's growing divide
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Subpoena wars: Washington is on a path to mutually assured destruction
Discussion: CNN, Occupy Democrats and RedState
Susan Hartman / New York Times:
How Refugees Transformed a Dying Rust Belt Town
John Blake / CNN:
The evangelical church faces a ‘state of emergency’ over the pandemic and politics, Andy Stanley says
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Donald Trump and His Adult Children Will Spend Seven Hours Apiece in Depositions for a Suit Accusing Them of Promoting a Pyramid Scheme: Doc
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
White Christian Nationalism ‘Is a Fundamental Threat to Democracy’
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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