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NBC News:
Cassidy Hutchinson's Jan. 6 testimony comes under increased scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans and other sources are rebutting elements of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, handing Donald Trump and his allies ammunition as they seek …
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Politico:
Secret Service: Jan. 6 panel didn't reach out before Hutchinson's explosive Trump testimony  —  The Jan. 6 committee didn't reach out to the Secret Service in the days before it aired explosive testimony about an alleged physical altercation between Donald Trump and his security detail on the day of the riot …
CNN:
First on CNN: Cassidy Hutchinson stands by her testimony amid pushback  —  (CNN)Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, released a new statement Wednesday provided exclusively to CNN standing by her blockbuster testimony revealed in a hearing …
Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
‘Trump tantrum’: Late-night hosts recap Cassidy Hutchinson's ‘wild’ Jan. 6 testimony  —  Warning: Some of the videos below contain profanity.  —  Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's stunning testimony in the Jan. 6 hearings was the talk of late-night TV on Tuesday.
John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Are we supposed to believe the Republicans didn't know?  —  Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony casts new light on the Republicans who chose to defend and protect an enemy of the Constitution.  —  T  —  Liz Cheney, the vice chairwoman of the J6 commitment, knows that powerful eyewitness testimony …
Discussion: HuffPost, Vox, Puck and Occupy Democrats
Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former White House counsel Pat Cipollone  —  The panel has been ramping up the pressure, believing his testimony about former president Donald Trump could be explosive  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection issued a subpoena …
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Jan. 6 Poll: 52% already say Trump should be prosecuted. How that number could grow after Cassidy Hutchinson's bombshells.
Discussion: Associated Press and Mediaite
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
12-Year-Old Incest Victims Should Birth Dad's Child, House Speaker Gunn Says  —  Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says abortion should be illegal even for a 12-year-old rape victim carrying her father or uncle's child.  He made the remark to reporters in the hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck …
Discussion: al.com and The Hill
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Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
Sen. Marco Rubio supported banning almost all abortions in a newly uncovered 2010 questionnaire
Discussion: Reason
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
The fall of Roe is the culmination of the Democratic establishment's failures  —  The overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the underwhelming reaction from senior Democratic leaders to that huge defeat, make the case even clearer that the party's too-long-in-power leaders — including President Biden — need to move aside.
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Jim Newell / Slate:
Democrats Finally Figured Out Their Post-Dobbs Message
Washington Post:
Antiabortion lawmakers want to block patients from crossing state lines  —  Some advocacy groups and their allies are crafting legislative language that could be adopted in Republican-led state capitals.  —  Several national antiabortion groups and their allies in Republican-led state legislatures …
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Public Policy Polling:
Masters Leads by Double Digits in Arizona Senate Primary  —  PPP's newest poll of the Republican primary for the Senate in Arizona finds a clear leader- Blake Masters tops the field at 29% to 15% for Mark Brnovich, 10% for Jim Lamon, and 5% for Michael McGuire.  This represents quite a shift in the field compared to March.
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Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Scott Pruitt, Trump's Disgraced Former EPA Chief, Gets Crushed In Senate Primary
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Cornell University removes Gettysburg Address, Lincoln bust from library after alleged complaint  —  A biology professor says the display was removed after ‘someone complained’  —  Lincoln Memorial celebrates 100th anniversary  —  A bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a plaque …
Discussion: National Review
Associated Press:
1955 warrant in Emmett Till case found, family seeks arrest  —  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping …
Sean Coughlan / BBC:
Charles charity cash donation ‘would not happen again’  —  The cash donation accepted by the Prince of Wales for his charity would not happen now, a royal source says.  —  “That was then, this is now,” the source said, following reports Prince Charles had accepted around £2.5m in cash in a suitcase and carrier bags.
Discussion: The Guardian and New York Times
Anna Peele / Washington Post:
The Pandemic Is Waning.  Anthony Fauci Has a Few More Lessons to Share.  —  America's most famous doctor on mitigating covid, giving your adversaries the benefit of the doubt and working way too much  —  You gotta f—ing suck it up," Anthony Fauci tells me from the deck of his home in Washington …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Arielle Mitropoulos / ABC News:
Fauci says he's taking 2nd course of Paxlovid after experiencing rebound with the antiviral treatment
NBC News:
R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex trafficking case  —  R. Kelly, the disgraced R&B superstar, was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, months after he was convicted on all nine counts against him in a high-profile sex trafficking case.  —  U.S. District Court Judge Ann …
Politico:
Karine's tough debut  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  —  It's been a rocky first month for White House press secretary KARINE JEAN-PIERRE.  —  Her answers have baffled reporters, and even made some of her White House colleagues wince.
Discussion: Fox News and Twitchy
SpyTalk:
‘Italygate’ Conspiracy Pusher Was Fired by CIA  —  SpyTalk's new ‘Live Drop’ feature highlights on Bradley Johnson and other intelligence items of interest  —  The Live Drop  —  Bradley Johnson, Agent 006  —  The former CIA man at the heart of “Italygate,” the pro-Trump …
Discussion: Global Times and Washington Post
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New York Times:
Israel's Spies Have Hit Iran Hard. In Tehran, Some Big Names Paid the Price.
Discussion: The Times of Israel
New York Times:
Behind the Scenes, McKinsey Guided Companies at the Center of the Opioid Crisis  —  The consulting firm offered clients “in-depth experience in narcotics,” from poppy fields to pills more powerful than Purdue's OxyContin.  —  In patches of rural Appalachia and the Rust Belt …
Rita Omokha / Vanity Fair:
Val Demings Is on a Mission  —  The former police chief helped impeach Donald Trump and survived an insurrection—now the third-term congresswoman has her eyes on the Senate.  “In Val there's hope,” says fellow representative Robin Kelly, “that we can move closer to that promise of America.”
Jordan Uhl / I Hate It Here And Never Want To Leave:
Rent Prices Growing Four Times Faster Than Income  —  The median national rent exceeded $2,000 in May for the first time ever. … Housing is a human right.  The idea that only people with sufficient income should be able have a place to live, let alone live comfortably, is ludicrous.
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pelosi receives Communion in Vatican amid abortion debate  —  ROME (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received Communion during a papal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, witnesses said, despite her position in support of abortion rights.
RSLC:
New Polling Shows The Dobbs Decision Won't Save State Democrats in November  —  TO: State Legislative Candidates and Elected Officials  —  RE: New Polling Shows The Dobbs Decision Won't Save State Democrats in November  —  The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision …
Daniel Desrochers / Kansas City Star:
Former Jan. 6 committee counsel to run as independent in Missouri  —  John Wood, the former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Wednesday officially entered the U.S. Senate race in Missouri, adding an independent candidate to an already crowded field of Congressional hopefuls.
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
‘Ordinary self-defense’ doesn't exactly apply to Black people  —  Before the reality of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade made my blood boil, Justice Clarence Thomas had turned my blood to ice with his myopic majority opinion on guns.
 
 
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
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Reuters:
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