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Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth, day commemorating the end of slavery, a federal holiday; Jon Stewart goes all-in on the lab leak theory; 21 House Republicans vote against awarding Congressional Gold Medal to all police officers who responded on Jan. 6; Senate committee to hold D.C. statehood hearing on June 22; Lieberman to speak; 'Pure insanity': Here's perhaps the craziest election fraud conspiracy the Trump team pushed; Generals cast military response to Capitol riot as an 'unforeseen' change in mission; Biden, E.U. end 17-year Airbus-Boeing trade dispute, seek to calm relations after Trump; In new letter, Democratic Rep. Cuellar urges Harris to travel to the border; New emails detail Trump's efforts to have Justice Department take up his false election-fraud claims; The Scholar Strategy: How 'critical race theory' alarms could convert racial anxiety into political energy; Rep. Schneider says he will withdraw censure resolution after Rep. Greene's apology for comparing face masks to the Holocaust; Trump administration's hunt for pandemic 'lab leak' went down many paths and came up with no smoking gun; The Trailer: Waiting for a California recall date, Republicans are still trying to get traction ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Introductory offer: Get one year of digital access for just $29.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The most important politics stories today.     (Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg) Biden to meet with Putin in Geneva amid post-Cold War low in U.S.-Russia relations No major breakthroughs are expected from the meeting, but there are hopes that at least ambassadors will be returned to their posts. By Isabelle Khurshudyan and John Wagner ●  Read more »   Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth, day commemorating the end of slavery, a federal holiday The unanimous Senate passage of the bill was an anticlimactic culmination to a long effort to commemorate the emancipation of American enslaved people during the Civil War. The bill heads to the Democratic-led House. By Mike DeBonis and Felicia Sonmez ●  Read more »   Jon Stewart goes all-in on the lab leak theory Stewart promoted the idea that it's just too much of a coincidence, which will probably stir further debate. Here's what we know. Analysis ●  By Aaron Blake ●  Read more »   21 House Republicans vote against awarding Congressional Gold Medal to all police officers who responded on Jan. 6 Their opposition to the bill drew condemnation from some of their House colleagues, with one calling it 'a sad commentary' on the House Republican Conference. By Felicia Sonmez ●  Read more »   Senate committee to hold D.C. statehood hearing on June 22; Lieberman to speak Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will also hear from Bowser, Norton. By Meagan Flynn ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   'Pure insanity': Here's perhaps the craziest election fraud conspiracy the Trump team pushed It involves Italian satellites changing votes. And it's something the White House thought warranted the Justice Department's attention. Analysis ●  By Aaron Blake ●  Read more »   Generals cast military response to Capitol riot as an 'unforeseen' change in mission Gen. Charles Flynn said he was "shocked and outraged" by the violence that overwhelmed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. By Dan Lamothe, Karoun Demirjian and Devlin Barrett ●  Read more »   Biden, E.U. end 17-year Airbus-Boeing trade dispute, seek to calm relations after Trump President Biden met E.U. leaders in Brussels on Tuesday, but all the Trump-era disputes will not be resolved immediately. By Michael Birnbaum, Anne Gearan and David J. Lynch ●  Read more »   In new letter, Democratic Rep. Cuellar urges Harris to travel to the border "I write to invite you to the U.S. Southern Border to observe the ongoing humanitarian crisis and share the perspective of Americans who live there," writes the Texas Democrat. By Sean Sullivan and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   New emails detail Trump's efforts to have Justice Department take up his false election-fraud claims The documents shed light on how allies of the president contacted multiple Justice Department officials as part of a campaign to reverse the outcome of the race. By Karoun Demirjian and Matt Zapotosky ●  Read more »   The Scholar Strategy: How 'critical race theory' alarms could convert racial anxiety into political energy Many parents are sincerely concerned. Many activists probably aren't. Analysis ●  By Philip Bump ●  Read more »   Rep. Schneider says he will withdraw censure resolution after Rep. Greene's apology for comparing face masks to the Holocaust In a statement Tuesday night, the Illinois Democrat said he was 'pleasantly surprised' to learn that Greene had visited the Holocaust Museum and apologized for her remarks. By Felicia Sonmez ●  Read more »   Trump administration's hunt for pandemic 'lab leak' went down many paths and came up with no smoking gun The quest by spy agencies and public health officials relied on public reports and intelligence from foreign governments. Now, President Biden has reinvigorated the search, ordering a fresh intelligence review. By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Shane Harris ●  Read more »   The Trailer: Waiting for a California recall date, Republicans are still trying to get traction Caitlyn Jenner hits the campaign trail, documents reveal more about Trump's plans to undo the 2020 election, and New York's mayoral primary turns into a four-way race. Analysis ●  By David Weigel ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Coronavirus Updates for news to help you stay safe and informed during the pandemic. Access to all stories in the newsletter is free. Sign up »

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