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Rachel Cohrs Zhang / Bloomberg:
Trump Gets Revenge Against Republican Who Voted to Convict Him  —  President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. succeeded in their efforts to defeat Senator Bill Cassidy in Louisiana's Republican primary, a signal of the enduring strength of the president's hold …
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Cassidy Loses His Primary in Louisiana, as Trump Vanquishes Another G.O.P. Foe  —  Senator Bill Cassidy, a two-term Republican who voted to convict President Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, could not muster enough votes to continue to a runoff next month.
Discussion: Mother Jones and MS NOW
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Sen. Bill Cassidy's defeat shows the price of dissent in Trump's Republican Party  —  The senator lost his primary in Louisiana Saturday night, five years after voting to convict Trump on impeachment charges following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy's primary loss Saturday brings …
Axios:
Sen. Bill Cassidy loses Louisiana Republican Senate primary  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy failed to finish in the top two spots in Louisiana's Republican Senate primary on Saturday, AP projects.  — The race now goes to a June 27 runoff between Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming.
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
Trump seeks passage of SAVE America Act via housing and FISA bills
Discussion: Politico, WLT Report and NewsMax.com
NBC News:
Sen. Bill Cassidy faces a primary for the first time since his Trump impeachment vote
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Trump Calls Xi a ‘Friend.’ But He Left China Without Any Breakthroughs.  —  The lack of concrete agreements with Beijing shows the risks of President Trump's personality-driven foreign policy, which rests on the belief that he can defend U.S. interests through charm and force of will.
Discussion: Mercury News
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Sarah-Jane Collins / The Daily Beast:
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Who Vowed to ‘Bring Violence’ Arrested Again  —  LAW AND DISORDER  —  The number of pardoned Jan. 6 rioters re-arrested is starting to add up.  —  Yet another pardoned Jan. 6 rioter has been arrested—the latest for allegedly threatening a man with a gun in a church parking lot.
Discussion: MS NOW
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Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:   At least five people pardoned by Trump for Capitol attack accused of new crimes
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
She was deported without her toddler.  Then ICE blamed her for his killing.  —  ICE accused Wendy Hernandez Reyes of leaving her child with a violent uncle, but she says her son would still be alive if officers hadn't detained and deported her.  —  Summary
NBC News:
Fmr. government watchdog says Trump stock trades are ‘completely unprecedented’  —  NBC News Senior National Political Reporter Jonathan Allen and Don Fox, former acting director and general counsel of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, join Meet the Press NOW to discuss the new scrutiny …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Ballroom security money nixed by Senate parliamentarian … “While we expect Republicans to change this bill to appease Trump, Democrats are prepared to challenge any change to this bill,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the top Budget Committee Democrat, said in a statement Saturday.
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
As global crises multiply, scores of US diplomats say they have been forced out  —  The Middle East Federal agencies Donald Trump  —  Amid ongoing foreign policy crises around the globe and as the Trump administration struggles to reach a deal to end the war with Iran …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Mechanic / Mother Jones:
Suing His Own IRS?  Creating a $1.8 Billion Slush Fund?  What the Hell Is Trump Trying to Pull?  —  Whatever it is, it's staggeringly corrupt, and possibly very dangerous.  —  Sen. Ron Wyden, longtime Oregon Democrat and ranking member of the Senate Finance Commitee, has never been a fan of President Donald Trump.
Gabrielle Fahmy / New York Post:
Minnesota ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar knew about $250M COVID meal fraud, scheme ‘mastermind’ claims in jailhouse interview  —  The Minnesota “mastermind” of the state's massive COVID meal fraud claims “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar was in on the $250 million scam.  —  Aimee Bock, founder of nonprofit Feeding …
Brad Brooks / Reuters:
Trump says Iran war is worth the economic pain.  These rural voters agree.  —  Perched behind the cash register at Stubs liquor store, Amy Van Duyn gazed out the window at a red-and-green gasoline price sign, which she said seemed to tick up daily.  —  The price was $4.34 per gallon …
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
At Supreme Court, Virginia Democrats Pressed Legal Theory Embraced by Trump  —  A long-shot emergency request to restore a voting map was the latest salvo in an all-out legal war over control of the House.  —  Virginia Democrats suffered a stinging loss in their state Supreme Court this month.
Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Farmers growing desperate amid rising energy and fertilizer prices  —  Farmers across the Midwest are entering planting season under mounting financial pressure, as the Iran conflict drives up diesel and fertilizer prices — deepening an agricultural downturn that some say is the worst since the crisis of the 1980s.
Discussion: Raw Story, Newsweek and Mother Jones
 
 
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