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2:40 PM ET, June 12, 2022

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Washington Post:
Senators strike bipartisan gun deal, heralding potential breakthrough  —  A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators is set to announce Sunday that it reached a tentative agreement on legislation that would pair modest new gun restrictions with significant new mental health and school security investments …
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Politico:
Senators strike bipartisan gun safety agreement  —  A group of 20 senators struck a bipartisan gun safety framework on Sunday, marking a significant breakthrough in Congress' attempts to address recent back-to-back mass shootings.  —  In a Sunday morning statement, 10 senators in each party announced support for the deal.
Discussion: The Hill and Los Angeles Times
CNN:
Bipartisan group of senators announce agreement on gun control  —  (CNN)A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement on principle for gun safety legislation Sunday, which includes “needed mental health resources, improves school safety and support for students, and helps ensure dangerous criminals …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Senators reach gun safety deal  —  A group of bipartisan senators have reached a gun safety framework, which includes enhanced background checks for those under 21, funding for mental health and school safety and state grants for “red flag” laws.  —  Why it matters: The deal falls short …
Discussion: USA Today and Deadline
Daniel Walters / New York Times:
Dozens of White Supremacists Arrested in Idaho Had Planned to Riot, Authorities Say  —  Members of the right-wing group Patriot Front who were charged on Saturday were preparing to disrupt a nearby Pride event, according to the police.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Vincent Saglimbeni / KXLY-TV:
Police: 31 members of white nationalist group arrested near Coeur d'Alene pride event
Discussion: YouTube and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Capitol attack pardon revelations could spell doom for Trump and allies  —  Disclosure that many House Republicans sought presidential pardon may show they believed election fraud claim was false  —  he House select committee investigating the Capitol attack revealed at its inaugural hearing …
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Brad Dress / The Hill:
GOP governor says Trump is ‘politically, morally responsible’ for Jan. 6  —  Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Sunday said former President Trump is “politically, morally responsible” for the Jan. 6 riot last year and called for Republicans to do some “soul-searching” after the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Washington Post:
How Shireen Abu Akleh was killed  —  A Washington Post analysis of available visuals, audio and witness statements shows an Israeli soldier likely fired the fatal shot  —  “We are now at the doors of the Jenin refugee camp,” Ali al-Samoudi, an Al Jazeera news channel producer …
Washington Post:
Court filing offers new evidence of post-election breach in Coffee County, Ga.  —  A cybersecurity executive who has aided efforts by election deniers to investigate the 2020 vote said in a recent court document that he had “forensically examined” the voting system used in Coffee County …
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
How Fashion Giants Recast Plastic as Good for the Planet  —  An influential system overseen by retailers and clothing makers ranks petroleum-based synthetics like “vegan leather” as more environmentally sound than natural fibers.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  It's soft.  It's vegan.
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
The Secret Pentagon Photos of the First Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay  —  GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — For 20 years, the United States military has tightly controlled what the world can see of the detainees at Guantánamo Bay.  —  No images of prisoners struggling with guards.
New York Times:
Poland Shows the Risks for Women When Abortion Is Banned  —  Poland's abortion ban has had many unintended consequences.  One is that doctors are sometimes afraid to remove fetuses or administer cancer treatment to save women's lives.  —  PSZCZYNA, Poland — It was shortly before 11 p.m …
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
The town crier  —  Deepening suspicions.  A parallel voting system.  Dumpster diving for documents.  In northwest Georgia, a woman known as ‘Burnitdown’ portends what the Trump movement is becoming.  —  In ROME, Ga.  —  The dumpster was at the end of a parking lot alongside the county election office.
Discussion: Althouse and Raw Story
 
 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast will launch StreamSaver, a bundle with Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly discounted price”

Josh Ye / Reuters:
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Hadas Gold / CNN:
Sam Feist, CNN's longtime Washington bureau chief and senior vice president, will leave the network at the end of June to become C-SPAN CEO

 
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