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A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Matthew McConaughey calls on lawmakers to find a "middle ground" on gun reform:
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 7, 2022
"People in power have failed to act…Can both sides rise above? Can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit we have a life preservation problem on our hands?" pic.twitter.com/xkITZFZDmP
EXCLUSIVE: Arnulfo Reyes, teacher wounded in Uvalde shooting, to @arobach: “I will not let these children and my coworkers die in vain. I will not. I will go to the end of the world to not let my students die in vain.” https://t.co/0pvPuyw2g1 pic.twitter.com/uj1yZRAsAK
— Good Morning America (@GMA) June 7, 2022
NEW: Sen. Chris Murphy meets with Pres. Biden at the White House to personally update him on ongoing gun negotiations in the Senate as lawmakers try to reach a deal this week. https://t.co/IVDNsn0npo pic.twitter.com/O07OznUjJ0
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 7, 2022
Ukrainian officials warn that Russian-occupied Mariupol could now be facing a deadly cholera outbreak. https://t.co/tx6hKgfxlB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 7, 2022
Family and fellow servicemen buried Ukrainian Colonel Oleksandr Makhachek, who was killed in Mykolayivka in the Luhansk region.
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 7, 2022
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the country is losing between 60 and 100 soldiers a day in the fighting against Russian forces. pic.twitter.com/4l5VvtzNEu
Trevor Reed, who was held in a Russian prison for years, is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to increase efforts to release Brittney Griner.
— Axios (@axios) June 7, 2022
He added that she's likely "in a worse position" than he was because she's Black and gay. https://t.co/SpvOjh7TFL
The Jan. 6 select committee has interviewed the top Secret Service agent on then-President Donald Trump’s protective detail during the Capitol attack, according to sources.https://t.co/x7F3bM7NMF
— POLITICO (@politico) June 7, 2022
The Oversight Committee is now requesting information from the National Archives about the foreign gifts that Trump and members of his family received during the former President's term https://t.co/2TjXoLAiRu
— CNN (@CNN) June 7, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security is warning of an increased threat of violence driven by misinformation from domestic extremists and potential civil unrest around the ultimate SCOTUS decision on abortion rights. https://t.co/dmCnDpuFZu
— Axios (@axios) June 7, 2022
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen conceded that inflation is at "unacceptable levels," but she also sought to underscore that this is not a problem exclusive to the United States https://t.co/hbgvosqzTX
— CNN (@CNN) June 7, 2022
Three Arizona police officers have been placed on "non-disciplinary" paid leave after watching a man drown in a lake last month.https://t.co/S7oyuCYA6C
— NPR (@NPR) June 7, 2022
An American woman is set to plead guilty Tuesday to leading an all-female battalion of Islamic State militants in Syria, court records show. https://t.co/P14SMCCZky
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 7, 2022