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9:20 AM ET, June 7, 2023

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Dylan Byers / Puck:
Licht's Out  —  The embattled CNN C.E.O. will be leaving the company, and long-time beloved top executive Amy Entelis will steady the ship until Zaz picks a new leader.  It's been a hell of a week since The Atlantic story dropped, and yet here goes another reinvention.
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New York Times:
Chris Licht Is Out at CNN  —  Mr. Licht had a turbulent tenure that lasted slightly more than a year.  —  Chris Licht, the former television producer who oversaw a brief and chaotic tenure as the chairman of CNN, is out at the network, according to a person briefed on the decision.
Wall Street Journal:
Top CNN Anchors Criticize CEO Chris Licht's Leadership  —  Jake Tapper, Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper are among personalities voicing concerns about embattled chief executive  —  Some of CNN's highest-profile hosts are expressing concerns to management about Chris Licht's ability …
New York Times:
Mark Meadows Testified to Grand Jury in Special Counsel Investigation of Trump  —  Mr. Meadows, the final White House chief of staff under Donald Trump, is seen as a potentially key witness in the documents and Jan. 6 inquiries.  —  Mark Meadows, the final White House chief …
New York Times:
Grand Jury in Florida Hints at Unknown Complexities in Trump Documents Inquiry  —  Prosecutors have started calling witnesses to a federal grand jury in Miami after months in which activity in the investigation was centered on a separate grand jury in Washington.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Pence announces presidential run: ‘Different times call for different leadership’  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence announced he's running for president on Wednesday, setting up a battle for the Republican nomination with his former boss, Donald Trump.  —  In a launch video released ahead …
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New York Times:
Chris Christie Announces '24 Run, Taking Square Aim at Trump  —  At his New Hampshire kickoff, the former New Jersey governor called Donald Trump “a bitter, angry man” and said his time in office was a failure.  —  Trip Gabriel reported from Goffstown, N.H.
ABC News:
7 people shot following high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia: Police  —  Six people were also injured in the aftermath of the shooting, police said.  —  Seven people were shot following a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, police said.
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Politico:
Conservatives surprise McCarthy with floor rebellion over debt deal anger  —  A band of House conservatives derailed a bill that takes aim at gas stove regulation.  It could be just the beginning of moves to undercut the speaker.  —  A band of House conservatives mounted an extraordinary rebellion …
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David Morgan / Reuters:
McCarthy faces sudden challenge from hardliners after US debt ceiling bill
Discussion: East Bay Times
NBC News:
Republicans angry with McCarthy over debt deal join Democrats to block gas stove bills
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
DeSantis Stays Silent on Whether Florida Arranged Migrant Flights to California  —  The silence from Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican running for president, on such a high-profile incident is unusual.  —  Reporting from Miami  —  In his first public appearance since officials in California accused …
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Newsom's feud with DeSantis turns ugly
NBC News:
How Ron DeSantis found a home in Florida's swamp
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Rachel Pannett / Washington Post:
A Ukrainian zoo survived through war.  The Kakhovka flood ended it.  —  Over the past year, the keepers at the Kazkova Dibrova zoo in southern Ukraine battled to safeguard their charges under Russian occupation.  —  The park surrounding the zoo was mined and access routes blocked, making evacuating the animals impossible.
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Benjamin Parker / Bulwark+:
Ukraine Dam Disaster: What Does It Mean for the War?
Yahoo News:
U.S. eyes Russia in destruction of Ukraine's Kakhovka dam
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
WATCH: Fights Outside California School Board Meeting over LGBT Curriculum  —  LOS ANGELES, California — Fights broke out Tuesday between a group of conservative protesters and left-wing counter-demonstrators outside a school board meeting in Glendale, California, that discussed LGBT issues in the curriculum.
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Brody Levesque / Los Angeles Blade:
Glendale school district meeting about LGBTQ studies gets violent
Discussion: Insider
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Doug Burgum, Wealthy North Dakota Governor, Enters Presidential Race  —  As the leader of a deep-red state, Mr. Burgum has promoted staunchly conservative policies, signing into law a near-total ban on abortion.  —  Gov. Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota who rose …
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
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CBS News:
White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor through front door arrested on manslaughter and other charges  —  Ocala, Fla. — A White woman who fired through her front and killed a Black neighbor was arrested Tuesday, authorities said, in a case that's put Florida's divisive “stand your ground law” back in the spotlight.
Discussion: WCJB-TV and The 19th
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Washington Post:
Family calls for arrest of White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
NYC tells vulnerable residents to mask up as wildfire smoke engulfs city  —  New York City officials on Tuesday night urged at-risk residents to wear high-quality masks outdoors as smoke blankets the city.  —  “If you are an older adult or have heart or breathing problems and need to be outside …
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New York Times:
Wildfire Smoke Blots Sun and Prompts Health Alerts in Much of U.S.
Washington Post:
These academics studied falsehoods spread by Trump.  Now the GOP wants answers.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan is demanding emails and meetings with leading disinformation researchers, part of a flurry of records requests, subpoenas and lawsuits that academics say have become a means of harassment.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
An uncomfortable truth about GOP anti-trans bigotry  —  This is how genocide begins.  —  At her CNN town hall on Sunday, GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley joined in her party's vicious anti-trans campaign.  —  “How are we supposed to get our girls used to the fact that biological boys …
Raymond Zhong / New York Times:
Arctic Summer Could Be Practically Sea-Ice-Free by the 2030s  —  In a new study, scientists found that the climate milestone could come about a decade sooner than anticipated, even if planet-warming emissions are gradually reduced.  —  The first summer on record that melts practically …
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
CNN's Chris Licht showed the problem with anti-woke centrism  —  In a roughly 15,000-word profile published last week by the Atlantic, CNN chief executive Chris Licht, who has complained that the network's journalists were too opinionated when Donald Trump was president, gave a lot of, well, opinions.
PGATOUR.COM:
PGA TOUR, DP World Tour and PIF announce newly formed commercial entity to unify golf  —  Agreement establishes common goal to promote and grow the game globally for the benefit of all stakeholders, ends litigation
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult Pro:
Tracking the 2024 Republican Primary  —  Responses shown among potential GOP primary voters, who said they would vote for each of the above if the 2024 Republican primary or caucus were held in their state today.  —  Survey conducted June 2-4, 2023, among 3,545 potential Republican primary voters …
 
 
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NBC News:
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
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Jonathan Haidt / The Atlantic:
Get Phones Out of Schools Now  —  They impede learning, stunt relationships, and lessen belonging.