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Via press release from the White House: During Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Pride Month, we reflect on the progress we have made as a Nation in the fight for justice, inclusion, and equality while reaffirming our commitment to do more to support LGBTQI+ rights at home and abroad. I often say that America can be defined …

CNBC reports: House Democrats will try to advance a raft of gun control bills on Thursday in the wake of two high-profile mass shootings that rocked the nation earlier this month. House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., has called committee lawmakers back from a break to mark up gun legislation that combines eight separate bills. Nadler intends to bring …

The Associated Press reports: An Associated Press analysis of early voting records from data firm L2 found that more than 37,000 people who voted in Georgia’s Democratic primary two years ago cast ballots in last week’s Republican primary, an unusually high number of so-called crossover voters. Even taking into account the limited sample of early votes, the data reveal that …

CNN reports: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was arrested and charged with driving under the influence after being involved in a collision Saturday night, law enforcement officials said. Paul Pelosi, 82, was arrested at 11:44 p.m. PT and charged with driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08% or higher, according to the Napa County …

Politico reports: It’s a standard political ploy, straight out of a challenger’s playbook: demand a series of debates the moment the primaries are over. Only in Georgia, it was incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock who issued the call for three televised debates, as soon as his fall Senate election match-up with Herschel Walker was set. Warnock’s move made sense in light …

TMZ reports: Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was arrested this weekend for DUI … TMZ has learned. The House Speaker’s spouse was arrested just before midnight Saturday night in Napa County, and then booked hours later into jail on two counts — driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content level of 0.08 or higher … both …

CBS News reports: Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut sees the opportunity for Congress to pass “something significant” on gun safety for the first time in decades, he said on “Face the Nation” Sunday. Murphy, who is leading bipartisan talks on a gun safety measure now, told moderator Margaret Brennan that he’s seen more Republicans “coming to the table and talking …

Reuters reports:  Two blazes that grew into New Mexico’s largest ever wildfire were both started by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), the agency said on Friday, prompting the state’s governor to demand the federal government take full responsibility for the disaster. Forest Service investigators determined the Calf Canyon Fire was caused by a “burn pile” of branches that the agency …

The Hill reports: Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) is leading fellow New York Democrat, Rep. Jared Nadler, by double digits in the primary to represent the state’s newly drawn 12th congressional district, according to a new WPIX/Emerson College/The Hill poll. Maloney and Nadler are both longtime heavyweights in New York City politics, having represented neighboring districts in Manhattan for decades. But …

Gothamist reports: An organized ring of shoplifters stole more than $3.7 million worth of retail goods — ranging from luxury clothing and handbags to cosmetics and coffee pods — and then resold them on eBay, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James. “These individuals stole millions of dollars of luxury goods and massive amounts of over-the-counter-medications and products from …

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams came under unfriendly fire Wednesday for his role in a bizarre day of negotiations with a subway murder suspect, with critics suggesting the ex-cop needed to let the NYPD handle things. Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead, a controversial figure with a pair of criminal convictions, said he brokered discussions about the suspect turning …

Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke just crashed Gov. Greg Abbott’s press conference on the Ulvalde school massacre, where he and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was issuing the usual thoughts and prayers blather and even saying that the massacre could have been worse. Moments after O’Rourke approached the dais, multiple Abbott flacks began shouting at him, with one calling him a …

The Hill reports: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Tuesday — hours after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas — wrote on Twitter that she was “horrified and heartbroken” by the massacre. Just over one hour later, Rep. Ruben Gallego told Sinema to “just stop,” pointing to her stance on the filibuster, which requires bills …

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden plans to make remarks on the Texas elementary school shooting that left 14 students and one teacher dead after he returns to the White House on Tuesday evening from his trip to Asia. Biden was briefed on the shooting aboard Air Force One, the White House said. It’s been exactly one week since Biden …

“Sandy Hook will never, ever be the same. This community in Texas will never, ever be the same. Why? Why are we here? If not to try to make sure that fewer schools and fewer communities go through what Sandy Hook has gone through. What Uvalde is going through. “I am here on this floor to beg — to literally …

Yahoo News reports: Eight years after New York City’s failed attempt to host the Democratic National Convention, Mayor Eric Adams is giving it another shot. The Democratic mayor is entering a national contest with his counterparts from Chicago, Atlanta and other cities to host the presidential nominating convention in 2024. The mayor’s team is finalizing its application ahead of a …

Florida Politics reports: Democratic gubernatorial candidate and current U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist on Friday staked a strong pro-abortion rights stand, pledging an executive order banning state agencies from interfering with abortion access. The proposed order, which Crist said he would sign on his first day as Governor, would prohibit state agencies from doing anything to prevent abortions that would meet …

CNBC reports: A military cargo plane carrying the first shipment of infant formula from Europe to address a critical shortage in the United States landed in Indianapolis on Sunday. A Feb. 17 recall by top baby formula maker Abbott Laboratories and the closing of its manufacturing plant in Sturgis, Michigan have created one of the biggest infant formula shortages in …

Philadelphia’s NBC News affiliate reports: John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor and the Democratic party’s candidate for the 2022 race for U.S. Senate, left a Lancaster County hospital Sunday morning after spending more than a week there following a stroke. Fetterman’s wife Gisele posted a brief Twitter video of herself and Fetterman leaving Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital Sunday. Fetterman can …

The New York Post reports: Mayor Adams may be eyeing a White House run if President Biden doesn’t seek a second term, confidantes and City Hall insiders told The Post. “Eric has told me repeatedly that he thinks that he has a platform to run for national office, for president in 2024. He has said that repeatedly. He thinks New …