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• January 6 hearings outlined ‘inner workings of political coup in service of Trump’, panel chair says – as it happened

  23-06-2022 23:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Committee ends fifth hearing, with next sessions expected in JulyBarr feared Trump might not have left office had DoJ not debunked fraud claimsDoJ seek delay in duelling Proud Boys conspiracy casePanel to focus on Trump’s pressure on justice departmentSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailGun rights have been in the news for weeks following two shocking mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York — a fact that has not escaped the supreme court.I
  
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• Key takeaways from the fifth day of January 6 hearings

  23-06-2022 23:38 via cnn.com
  
  The January 6 select committee's latest public hearing on Thursday shed considerable new light on former President Donald Trump's attempts to weaponize the Justice Department in the final months of his term as part of his plot to overturn the 2020 election and stay in power.
  
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• New documentary footage reveals Pence reacting on the night House pushed for him to invoke 25th Amendment

  23-06-2022 23:37 via cnn.com
  
  The documentary film crew subpoenaed by the January 6 committee interviewed former Vice President Mike Pence on January 12, 2021, a day before the House of Representatives voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump for inciting the US Capitol riot.
  
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• Barr feared Trump might not have left office had DoJ not debunked fraud claims

  23-06-2022 23:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Former attorney general says ‘I am not sure we would have had a transition at all’ if investigation had not immediately taken placeDonald Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, thought Trump might have refused to leave office at all had the Department of Justice not immediately investigated and disproved his lies about electoral fraud in his defeat by Joe Biden.“I am not sure we would’ve had a transition at all,” Barr said, in startling video testimony played
  
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• Struggle for food after deadly Afghan quake

  23-06-2022 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Secunder Kermani reports from Paktika, Afghanistan, where one survivor says he lost 20 relatives.
  
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• Ukrainians who come to UK illegally could be sent to Rwanda, Johnson says

  23-06-2022 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  PM had previously said deportations were ‘simply not going to happen’ but now admits in theory they couldUkrainian refugees face being sent to Rwanda if they travel to the UK without authorisation, Boris Johnson has said in an escalation of government plans to deport those who travel across the Channel seeking sanctuary.During a visit to the Rwandan capital, Kigali, the prime minister also urged Nato and G7 countries not to settle for a “bad peace” in the conflict between
  
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• Analysis: A damning Trump quote you need to hear

  23-06-2022 23:27 via cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump said and did a whole lot of things on and around January 6, 2021, as he sought to use the levers of government to push his false election fraud schemes and remain in power.
  
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• This wordless comedian is now the most-followed person on TikTok

  23-06-2022 23:25 via cnn.com
  
  Comedian Khaby Lame has become the king of TikTok -- all without uttering a word.
  
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• Dominic Cummings attempts career reboot as political speaker

  23-06-2022 23:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-adviser to Boris Johnson holds forth about his hero Otto von Bismarck at Orwell Festival of Political WritingMore than a year since walking out of Downing Street clutching his possessions in a cardboard box, Dominic Cummings has emerged in public again, recasting himself as a political speaker,From No 10 to a lecture hall in the Darwin Building at University College London, the man who was once Boris Johnson’s senior adviser and de facto chief of staff, appeared on Thursday night in a p
  
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• Simon Case admits discussing work ‘opportunities’ for Carrie Johnson

  23-06-2022 23:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Cabinet secretary says he had ‘informal’ conversations with the Earthshot prize about available roles for the PM’s wifeCabinet secretary Simon Case has admitted discussing “opportunities” for the prime minister’s wife, Carrie Johnson, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Earthshot prize, but denied recommending her for any paid role.Case’s account followed reports that he had sought to secure a job for Carrie Johnson at their charity, the Royal
  
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• Ukraine receives long-range rocket system; Russian official threatens strike on US embassy in Kyiv

  23-06-2022 23:17 via foxnews.com
  
  High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems arrived in Ukraine this week, prompting the Ukrainian Defense Minister to thank the U.S. 'for these powerful tools.'
  
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• Capitol attack panel details Trump’s pressure on DoJ to support fraud claims

  23-06-2022 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-president told officials to declare election ‘corrupt’ and ‘leave the rest to me and Republican congressmen’Donald Trump relentlessly pressured top officials at the justice department to pursue groundless claims of voter fraud in an extraordinary but ultimately unsuccessful effort to cling to power, according to testimony the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection heard on Thursday.Three former justice department officials who served during Trump&rsqu
  
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• NASA wraps up moon rocket test; to set launch date after fix

  23-06-2022 23:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A date for the first flight will be set after a leak is fixed, the agency said.
  
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• First official joint portrait of Prince William and Kate unveiled

  23-06-2022 23:09 via cnn.com
  
  The first official joint portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has been revealed to the public at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England.
  
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• What the FDA's Juul ban means for the vaping industry

  23-06-2022 23:03 via cnn.com
  
  The Food and Drug Administration has ordered the popular e-cigarette brand Juul to remove its products from the U.S. marketplace. "The Wall Street Journal" reporter Jennifer Maloney joins 'Nightcap's' Jon Sarlin to explain what this means for the industry.To get the day's business headlines sent directly to your inbox, sign up for the Nightcap newsletter.
  
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• Boris Johnson’s future in the frame as polls close in byelections

  23-06-2022 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Loss of Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton could push backbench Tories towards restarting efforts to oust PMPolitics latest – liveVoting has closed for two crucial byelections, in Wakefield and in Tiverton and Honiton, the results of which could play a pivotal role in Boris Johnson’s political future.Defeat in both of what were previously Tory-held seats could reignite a challenge to the prime minister from disgruntled Conservative MPs, particularly if the Liberal Democrats overturn
  
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• Elon Musk says Tesla factories are 'losing an insane amount of money'

  23-06-2022 22:56 via cnn.com
  
  During an interview with a Tesla owner group, Elon Musk said supply chain issues are affecting Tesla factories in Germany and Texas. He claimed that the issues are causing the factories to lose billions of dollars.
  
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• See record-breaking python caught in Florida Everglades

  23-06-2022 22:53 via cnn.com
  
  Biologists in Florida have caught an 18-foot long, 215-pound python. The snake was the biggest Burmese python ever recorded in the state, according to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
  
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• SUV belonging to woman suspected of killing cyclist found

  23-06-2022 22:45 via abcnews.go.com
  
  U.S. Marshals found Kaitlin Marie Armstrong's jeep over a month into their search.
  
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• Oxford high school shooting evidence, including surveillance, to be released

  23-06-2022 22:38 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A judge ruled that the sheriff's office and school district must release the evidence.
  
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• See the notes DOJ official took on Trump phone call

  23-06-2022 22:27 via cnn.com
  
  Former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue testifies about notes that he took during a phone call with President Trump about 2020 election fraud claims.
  
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• Haiti: dozens of inmates starve to death as malnutrition crisis engulfs prisons

  23-06-2022 22:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Prison in Les Cayes that ran out of food two months ago reports deaths as UN urges government to tackle food and water crisisAt least eight inmates have starved to death at an overcrowded prison in Haiti that ran out of food two months ago, adding to dozens of similar deaths this year as the country’s institutions crumble.Hunger and oppressive heat contributed to the inmates’ deaths reported this week by the prison in the south-west city of Les Cayes, Ronald Richemond, the city&rsquo
  
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• Woman who had miscarriage on Malta trip can't get abortion

  23-06-2022 22:18 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete partial miscarriage while vacationing in Malta is getting airlifted to a Spanish island because Maltese law prohibits abortion under any circumstances
  
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• Inside a key meeting depicting Trump's pressure on officials

  23-06-2022 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  Testimony from a pre-produced video from the January 6 committee reveals top Justice Department and White House officials eviscerated Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark during a high-stakes Oval Office meeting in early January 2021, where then-President Donald Trump considered installing Clark as attorney general so he could use the powers of the Justice Department to overturn the 2020 election.
  
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• I own a concealed carry gun license in NY state. The Supreme Court is wrong.

  23-06-2022 22:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  Supreme Court expands gun rights in New York gun law case decision about concealed carry and the Second Amendment by rewriting history.
  
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• Paris court convicts eight men over the theft of Banksy artwork from Paris attack site

  23-06-2022 21:57 via cnn.com
  
  Eight men were convicted Thursday by the Paris Criminal Court for stealing Banksy artwork from the Bataclan concert hall, one of the sites of the November 2015 Paris attacks.
  
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• Netflix cuts 300 more jobs after subscriptions fall

  23-06-2022 21:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In April the streaming giant reported its first subscriber loss in more than a decade.
  
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• What to know: Jesuit priests killed in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

  23-06-2022 21:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Two Jesuit priests were killed in northern Mexico this week. The shooter was following a tourist guide when he entered the church and killed the two priests and the guide.
  
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• Late night hosts roast senator's bad day at January 6 hearings

  23-06-2022 21:35 via cnn.com
  
  Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson was the butt of late night comedy jokes after the House select committee unveiled new information showing his alleged role in pushing "fake" electors for then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021.
  
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• Man convicted last year of killing 2 in 1976 dies in prison

  23-06-2022 21:24 via abcnews.go.com
  
  He was serving two life terms for the slayings that went unsolved for decades.
  
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• Ukraine war round-up: A harrowing trial and EU breakthrough

  23-06-2022 21:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Russian soldier is tried in his absence for rape and Ukraine moves closer to EU membership.
  
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• Labour unveils plans to seek limited changes to Brexit deal

  23-06-2022 21:03 via theguardian.com
  
  David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, confirms party won’t seek to rejoin single market or EU blocLabour has broken its long silence on Brexit, laying out detailed plans to improve, not scrap, the deal Boris Johnson struck with the EU, in a move it concedes will enrage remain supporters.On the sixth anniversary of the Brexit referendum, the shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, confirmed the party would seek only limited changes and would not seek to rejoin the single market which wo
  
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• New footage shows contrast in Ivanka Trump's comments

  23-06-2022 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  In documentary footage from filmmaker Alex Holder, former presidential adviser Ivanka Trump says she supported the count of every vote in the 2020 election despite former President Donald Trump's attempt to stop the vote count. CNN's Jake Tapper and Pamela Brown break down how her comments differ from her interview with the January 6 committee.
  
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• New footage shows contrast in Ivanka Trump's 2020 election comments

  23-06-2022 20:57 via cnn.com
  
  In documentary footage from filmmaker Alex Holder, former presidential adviser Ivanka Trump says she supported the count of every vote in the 2020 election despite former President Donald Trump's attempt to stop the vote count. CNN's Jake Tapper and Pamela Brown break down how her comments differ from her interview with the January 6 committee.
  
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• ‘Ukraine’s future is in the EU’: Zelenskiy welcomes granting of candidate status

  23-06-2022 20:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Move opens door to EU membershipamid outrage over the brutality of the unprovoked Russian attackRussia-Ukraine war – latest newsEuropean leaders have granted Ukraine candidate status, in a historic decision that opens the door to EU membership for the war-torn country and deals a blow to Vladimir Putin.EU leaders meeting in Brussels approved Ukraine’s candidate status on Thursday night, nearly four months after the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, launched his country&
  
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• Ukraine granted EU candidate status

  23-06-2022 20:46 via cnn.com
  
  • Russia is gaining advantage in eastern Ukraine, US officials say
  
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• Beanie Feldstein engaged to girlfriend Bonnie Chance Roberts

  23-06-2022 20:44 via cnn.com
  
  There will be no raining on Beanie Feldstein's parade today: She's engaged!
  
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• At least 7 people have died in this state's meningococcal outbreak

  23-06-2022 20:41 via abcnews.go.com
  
  At least 24 cases and 7 deaths have been confirmed in a meningococcal outbreak among gay and bisexual men in Florida.
  
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• 'Elvis' drowns Austin Butler's spot-on performance under a frenetic flood of style

  23-06-2022 20:40 via cnn.com
  
  "Elvis" has entered the theaters, but in a package that often recalls the excesses associated with his Vegas-residency years: Looking bloated, gaudy and at times bordering on self-parody. Those missteps, courtesy of director Baz Luhrmann and an ill-used Tom Hanks, squander Austin Butler's brilliant moments in the title role, which deserve a much better movie.
  
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• Pope Francis orders online release of second world war-era ‘Jewish’ files

  23-06-2022 20:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Vatican archive of 2,700 cases of requests for help by Jewish people renews debate on Pope Pius XII legacyPope Francis has ordered the online publication of 170 volumes of files relating to Jewish people from the recently opened Pope Pius XII archives, amid renewed debate about the legacy of the second world war-era pope.The archive of 2,700 cases “gathers the requests for help sent to Pope Pius XII by Jewish people … after the beginning of Nazi and fascist persecution”, said
  
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• LIVE: Jan. 6 hearing: ABC News Live

  23-06-2022 20:25 via abcnews.go.com
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• WATCH: Lamb and dog become lifelong besties

  23-06-2022 20:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  When Beau the lamb was rejected by her mom, Max the dog took her under her wing.
  
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• The Supreme Court just vastly expanded gun rights. Here’s what happens next.

  23-06-2022 20:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  One in 4 Americans will feel the impact of the Supreme Court's landmark decision to expand gun rights — a ruling that could also affect the Senate's bipartisan
  
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• Trump talks about January 6 attack in never-before-seen footage

  23-06-2022 20:17 via cnn.com
  
  In documentary footage from filmmaker Alex Holder, former President Donald Trump speaks about the January 6 attack on the Capitol and appears to downplay the actions of his followers.
  
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• WATCH: Dedicated dog escapes from pet hotel, returns home

  23-06-2022 20:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A dog escaped the pet hotel he was staying at and found his way back to his Kansas home while his owners were on vacation.
  
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• Apple and Android phones hacked by Italian spyware, Google says

  23-06-2022 20:10 via cnn.com
  
  An Italian company's hacking tools were used to spy on Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet's Google said in a report on Thursday.
  
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• World's largest bacterium discovered is the size of a human eyelash

  23-06-2022 20:05 via cnn.com
  
  These are bacteria like you've never seen before -- likely because, until now, all known bacteria could only be seen using a powerful compound microscope.
  
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• SpaceX says 5G expansion would make Starlink 'unusable' for most Americans

  23-06-2022 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  SpaceX, Dish Network and other 5G providers are locked in a heated battle over radio frequencies, which SpaceX says it needs for its orbital internet service, Starlink, and which Dish says it needs for its own customers.
  
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• WATCH: Illegal dirt bikes destroyed by NYPD bulldozer

  23-06-2022 19:51 via abcnews.go.com
  
  About 2,000 illegal vehicles have already been impounded by New York City Police this year, an 88% increase from last year.
  
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• WATCH: Tesla vehicle sparks fire weeks after crash

  23-06-2022 19:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Firefighters in California say a Tesla vehicle sparked a fire at a junkyard three weeks after sustaining major damage in an accident.
  
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