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Today's Top News Compilation - Monday, June 29, 2020

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Distancing from Trump? Some Republicans step up critiques
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House Democrats approve health bill, seeking contrast with Trump’s Obamacare assault
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From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump's phone calls alarm US officials
Multiple intelligence streams suggest Russians paying bounties for US troops, Trump not briefed: official
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Roberts a pivotal vote in the Supreme Court’s big opinions
Fox's Gasparino: GOP operatives raising possibility Trump 'could drop out of race' if polls don't rebound
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Fact check: Dishonest Trump video twists Democrats' quotes to make it sound like they endorsed riots
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George Floyd protests could be most expensive civil disturbance in US history, experts say
Supreme Court ruling could unleash new legal challenges to consumer bureau
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Judge explains decision to reject delay in Roger Stone’s sentence
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White House briefing on Russia bounty reports raises more questions than it answers about Trump and US intelligence
Starbucks joins growing list of companies boycotting Facebook over online hate speech
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Abortion foes vent disappointment after Supreme Court ruling
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Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion law
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Supreme Court refuses to block upcoming federal executions...

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Trump taps conservative podcaster Dan Bongino to be deputy FBI director

  • News source: Ken Dilanian and Nnamdi Egwuonwu | NBC News
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President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the selection of conservative commentator and former Fox News host Dan Bongino to serve as deputy FBI director, filling a position typically held by a career FBI agent with an influential media personality who has called for mass firings at the bureau.

Bongino will lead the bureau alongside Kash Patel, who was narrowly confirmed as FBI director by the Senate last week.

"Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love and passion for our Country, has just been named the next DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, by the man who...
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Boston councilwoman sounds off after Tom Homan's CPAC promise to 'bring hell': 'We don't scare easy'

  • News source: FOX News
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A member of the Boston City Council called out Border Czar Tom Homan in a post on social media, calling his promises to enforce President Donald Trump's border policy "laughable."

Councilwoman Sharon Durkan posted her response on X after Homan said he would "bring hell" to Beantown after Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox recently doubled down on the city’s sanctuary policies.

"You said you doubled down on not helping the law enforcement officers of ICE. I'm coming to Boston, and I'm bringing hell with me," Homan said at the Conservative...
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Love, loss and duty: Ukraine's photojournalists share stories of war

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Moving accounts of some of the men and women behind the striking images that have encapsulated the war.
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The unseen map that promised to bring peace to the Middle East

  • News source: BBC News - World
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In 2008, Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert urged the Palestinian leader to agree to a two-state solution. The map he drew has never been revealed to media - until now.
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Trump names right-wing commentator Dan Bongino as deputy FBI director

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Trump said Bongino was "a man of incredible love and passion for our Country" and would serve under newly confirmed FBI director Kash Patel.
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Pope Francis remains 'critical' and has kidney problem, Vatican says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The pontiff "continues to be alert and well oriented" and has not had any further respiratory crises, the Vatican said.
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Huge crowds gather for Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's funeral

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The coffin of the late Hezbollah leader was paraded through huge crowds of mourners.
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Why a mega river-linking plan has sparked massive protests in India

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The project aims to channel surplus Ken river water to a drought-prone region.
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The Kenyans saying no to motherhood and yes to sterilisation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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A growing number of women are choosing to be sterilised, bucking traditional norms.
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Jane Fonda supplies SAG Awards with a moment of fiery political resistance

  • News source: Jake Coyle | The Associated Press
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The papal thriller “Conclave” won best ensemble at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, a surprise twist that added one final wrinkle in an unusually unpredictable awards season.

In winning the guild’s top award, Edward Berger’s Vatican-set drama triumphed just as the Catholic Church was praying for the health of Pope Francis, who remained in critical condition Sunday after an asthmatic respiratory crisis. “Conclave” dramatizes the fictional election of a new pope.

Timothée Chalamet won best male actor, upsetting Adrien Brody and putting...
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Democratic Sen. Reed says Trump is trying to politicize the military

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Sen. Jack Reed, ranking Democrat on Armed Services Committee, said Trump’s purge of senior Pentagon leaders is a threat to the nonpartisan nature of the military.
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Dan Bongino tapped for FBI deputy director

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who has penned best-selling books, ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has been chosen to serve as FBI deputy director.

President Trump announced the appointment Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as "a man of incredible love and passion for our Country." He called the announcement "great news for Law Enforcement and American Justice."

The selection places two staunch allies of Mr. Trump atop the...
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Conservative opposition wins German election, far right is second

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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German opposition leader Friedrich Merz’s conservatives won lackluster victory.
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Trump announces Dan Bongino will be deputy director of the FBI

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump announced that Dan Bongino will serve as the next deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

"Great news for Law Enforcement and American Justice," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Sunday night. "Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love and passion for our Country, has just been named the next DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI, by the man who will be the best ever Director, Kash Patel."

NEW FBI LEADER KASH PATEL TAPPED TO RUN ATF AS ACTING DIRECTOR

The president said Bongino has a Master’s Degree in...
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Germany's conservatives celebrate, but far right enjoy record result

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Friedrich Merz will try to form a coalition after his Christian Democrats won less than 30% of the vote.
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