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VOA chief national correspondent/former White House bureau chief; Author, ‘Behind the White House Curtain.’ Adjunct asst. professor, Shenandoah Univ.; Adjunct lecturer in journalism, Univ. of Richmond; 2022-23 @JURISTnews journalist-in-residence, Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Law; Kiplinger Fellow, Ohio Univ.; American Foreign Service Assoc. governing board; Nevada Broadcasters Assoc. Hall of Fame; W7VOA on ham radio.

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Water cannon used on people protesting against Delhi water crisis. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/video-water-cannon-used-on-people-protesting-against-water-crisis-2556653-2024-06-22

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(Yonhap) -- The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) arrived at a naval port in the southeastern city of Busan on Saturday, the Navy said, in a show of force against evolving North Korean threats emboldened by the North's deepening military cooperation with Russia. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240622001300315

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Wired - Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-plagiarized-our-story-about-how-perplexity-is-a-bullshit-machine/

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“I felt compelled today to voice my profound concerns about escalation between Israel and Hezbollah along the Blue Line. Escalation in continued exchanges of fire. Escalation in bellicose rhetoric from both sides as if an all-out war was imminent. The risk for the conflict in the Middle East to widen is real -- and must be avoided,” UN Secretary General António Guterres tells reporters.

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We had an engaged audience last evening for our book discussion in Santa Fe. Here's the replay of the livestream from Collected Works bookstore: https://fb.watch/sRkY1w38zk/

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A dozen executives of Kaspersky Lab sanctioned by the US government. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2420

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SCOTUS upholds a federal law preventing those subject to domestic-violence restraining orders from having firearms. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-915_8o6b.pdf

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"The decision today in United States v. Rahimi upholds Congress’s longstanding prohibition on the possession of firearms by people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders. That law protects victims by keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals who pose a threat to their intimate partners and children." - US Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement.

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"No one who has been abused should have to worry about their abuser getting a gun. As a result of today’s ruling, survivors of domestic violence and their families will still be able to count on critical protections, just as they have for the past three decades." - President Biden in a statement https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/06/21/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-u-s-v-rahimi/

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Robert Winnett, the British journalist recently tapped to become editor of The Washington Post later this year, will not take the job and will remain at the Daily Telegraph in London.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/06/21/robert-winnett-steps-down-washington-post-lewis-buzbee/

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FBI raids in Oakland include the home of the mayor of the California city. https://eastbaytimes.com/2024/06/20/reports-fbi-raids-home-of-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao/

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Freelance photojournalist Linda Tirado, the recipient of the National Press Club's 2020 domestic John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, is dying and has entered hospice care as a result of injuries sustained during her coverage of the Minneapolis protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd. https://www.press.org/newsroom/club-urges-members-donate-aubuchon-winners-hospice-care

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On Thursday, June 27, President Biden will travel to Atlanta, Georgia. Later that evening, the president and the first lady will travel to Raleigh, North Carolina for a campaign event on Friday, June 28. - White House

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Next Thursday’s Biden-Trump CNN debate in Atlanta will also simulcast on ABC, CBS, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, Newsmax, NewsNation, Scripps News and Telemundo.

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FAA investigating after a Southwest Airlines plane descended to a dangerously low altitude as it made its approach to OKC.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/faa-investigating-after-southwest-airlines-plane-descended-dangerously/story?id=111301021

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CBS News - Video obtained by 60 Minutes raises new questions about Saudi Arabia’s connection to the 9/11 terror attacks.

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Details on the new evidence that raises questions about whether the Saudi government provided crucial assistance to the hijackers during the 9/11 terror attacks. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bayoumi-video-examined-as-september-11-evidence-60-minutes/

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US “condemns the latest reckless and indiscriminate attacks on civilian ships by the Houthis.”

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A former top Florida law enforcement official accuses Gov. Ron DeSantis and top aides of forcing him to retire after he refused to carry out orders he says were illegal or inappropriate. https://abcnews.go.com/US/top-florida-law-enforcement-official-sues-desantis-alleging/story?id=111258138

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Two federal judges privately urged Aileen Cannon to decline the Trump documents case when it was assigned to her. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/us/politics/aileen-cannon-trump-classified-documents.html?smid=url-share

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Actor Donald Sutherland has died. https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-sutherland-dead-mash-hunger-games-1236043323/

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I'm in Santa Fe for this event today: https://globalsantafe.org/dialogue-diplomacy/speaker-events/

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US Treasury OFAC sanctions eight Mexico-based targets affiliated with La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine into the US. https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240620

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President Biden has been briefed on Tropical Storm Alberto and is being regularly updated on the ongoing wildfires here in New Mexico and in California and the actions that FEMA, the US Forest Service, and the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs are taking in response to the needs of impacted New Mexico communities, according to the White House. It adds Biden "has also been briefed on the extreme heat affecting communities nationwide."

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Hezbollah leaders threatens an attack on Cyprus. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-why-hezbollah-threatened-attack-cyprus

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Cyberattack on a software provider has disrupted operations at car dealerships across the US. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2024/06/19/cdk-cyber-attack-hits-automotive-dealers/74150427007/

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At least one person is dead from the wildfires in New Mexico. https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/albuquerque-metro/first-look-of-damage-from-ruidoso-fire/

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Ruidoso cannot catch a break. Now areas in or around the New Mexico resort town are being evacuated not because of the wildfires, but due to flash flooding. https://www.koat.com/article/ruidoso-evacuations-flash-flood-emergency/61178584

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Wildfires here in New Mexico have now claimed at least two lives. https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/latest-south-fork-fire-salt-fire-and-wildfires-near-ruidoso/

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President Biden has approved Governor Lujan Grisham’s request for an expedited Major Disaster Declaration here in New Mexico.

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It is now law in Louisiana there be a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” in every public school classroom, from kindergarten to state-funded universities. https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-ten-commandments-displayed-classrooms-571a2447906f7bbd5a166d53db005a62

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US Central Command says its airstrike on Sunday in Syria killed Usamah Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim al-Janabi, a senior ISIS official and facilitator.

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"We remember Willie Mays as part of the long-line of Black patriots who have helped us see a better version of ourselves as Americans and as a Nation." - President Biden in a statement https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/06/19/statement-from-president-joe-bidenon-the-passing-of-willie-mays/

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Wired - Perplexity’s chatbot, which is capable of accurately summarizing journalistic work with appropriate credit, "is also prone to bullshitting, in the technical sense of the word." https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-is-a-bullshit-machine/

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Join us in person in Santa Fe or via Zoom on Thursday. https://calendar.sfreporter.com/calendars/all-events/3711616?proxy_host=calendar.sfreporter.com&proxy_slug=santa-fe-reporter

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Chinese coast guard personnel boarding a Philippine government ship — wielding machetes and knives to puncture navy boats and seizing disassembled rifles — is an act of “piracy” and Beijing should pay for the damage, says the chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/chinese-coast-guard-boarded-philippine-ship-says-brawner/

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Beijing's escalatory actions in the South China Sea "undermine regional peace and stability and underscored the United States’ ironclad commitments to the Philippines under our Mutual Defense Treaty." - State Department

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A group of American lawmakers has met the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala amid cheers from Tibetans in exile and an angry reaction from China. https://www.voanews.com/a/us-lawmakers-meet-dalai-lama-as-china-slams-visit-/7661821.html

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CBP seizes 1,500 toys from China “containing high levels of toxic material and possible laceration hazards.” https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-seized-1500-toys-violated-federal-safety-requirements

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US Central Command continues to target Houthi drone systems in Yemen.

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Mississippi man pleads guilty to federal criminal charges for making threatening phone calls to synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses in Pennsylvania. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mississippi-man-pleads-guilty-cyberstalking-and-making-antisemitic-threats-targeting

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The 911 calling system is down statewide in Massachusetts. https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/911-outage-massachusetts-system-down/

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On Thursday, Treasury Secretary Yellen in Atlanta is to "make a major announcement alongside regional law enforcement leaders on new actions by the Treasury Department to combat fentanyl trafficking."

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Someone attending today's White House press briefing passed out in the back of the room, according to print pool reporter Christian Datoc of the Washington Examiner. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre left the podium and assisted other White House staff in administering to the person.

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DoJ announces a 10-count superseding indictment charging L.A.-based associates of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel with conspiring with money-laundering groups linked to Chinese underground banking to launder drug trafficking proceeds. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-indictment-alleges-alliance-between-sinaloa-cartel-and-money-launderers-linked

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Rep. Matt Gaetz may have "engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct." - House Ethics Committee https://ethics.house.gov/press-releases/statement-regarding-matter-representative-matt-gaetz

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“One woman, who ABC News is not identifying, told the committee that a payment from Gaetz was for sex, while others have said they were paid to attend parties that Gaetz also attended and that featured drugs and sex, multiple sources told ABC News.” https://abcnews.go.com/US/witness-tells-house-ethics-committee-matt-gaetz-paid/story?id=111217102

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VP Harris’ trips home to California have “become so common that the president himself joked about it…” https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2024/06/17/california-dreamin-00163766

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