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Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials and movies coming to TV this week, June 19-25. Details and times are subject to change.

BLACK POP: CELEBRATING THE POWER OF BLACK CULTURE 8 p.m. on E! The N.B.A. star Stephen Curry is an executive producer and the actress La La Anthony the narrator of this four-part docu-series exploring the influence of Black celebrities and entertainers on pop culture. With a spotlight on Black icons including Muhammad Ali, Serena Williams and Spike Lee, the series demonstrates how figures like these have shaped music, film and sports and American culture at large.

JUNETEENTH: A GLOBAL CELEBRATION FOR FREEDOM 8 p.m. on CNN and OWN. The second iteration of this commemorative celebration of Black culture and survival aims to educate and uplift viewers. The presentation includes preshow coverage of Black trailblazers and creators (beginning at 7 p.m.), and performances from artists like Miguel, Kirk Franklin, SWV, Davido, Coi Leray and Jodeci. The three-hour special will be streamed live from the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) 6 p.m. on AMC. Set in 1985, this Oscar-nominated film turned cult classic follows the teenage Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) after he is accidentally sent back in time, to the year 1955, and encounters his parents as high schoolers who havent fallen in love yet. After inadvertently causing his mother to fall for him instead, Marty must find a way to secure his future existence by bringing his parents together while also figuring out how to get back to the year 1985. In less resourceful hands, the idea might quickly have worn thin, Janet Maslin wrote in her review of the film for The New York Times. But the films director, Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, The Polar Express"), she writes, is able both to keep the story moving and to keep it from going too far, concluding that one of the most appealing things about Back to the Future is its way of putting nostalgia gently in perspective.

LA FIRE & RESCUE 8 p.m. on NBC. This new docu-series from the producers of the fire and rescue squad drama Chicago Fire tells the real-life stories of members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Through footage of rescues and interviews with firefighters, the series documents the lived experiences of those working on the front lines of Californias (and the nations) most populous county.

CHINAS CORPORATE SPY WAR 10 p.m. on CNBC. Featuring interviews with government officials and lawmakers, including the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, and the U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio, as well as a number of intelligence experts, this hourlong documentary explores the world of economic espionage, focusing on Chinas campaign to steal trade secrets from some of the biggest businesses in the United States. Reported by Eamon Javers, a veteran Washington correspondent and author of a book on corporate spying, the documentary argues that the campaign is more malicious than a desire for information in order to compete with American companies maintaining that its rooted in Chinas wish to destroy key businesses in its pursuit of global economic domination.

BELOW THE BELT: THE LAST HEALTH TABOO 10 p.m. on PBS. Four women ranging in age and background share their stories in this feature-length documentary about the struggles of patients with endometriosis, a chronic condition that the World Health Organization has said affects 10 percent of women and girls. Hillary Clinton is one of the executive producers of the film, which explores how patients often fight to have their symptoms believed, diagnosed and treated in a broken healthcare system.

TRIPPIN WITH ANTHONY ANDERSON AND MAMA DORIS 10 p.m. on E! In this eight-episode mini-series, the Emmy Award-nominated actor Anthony Anderson (Black-ish, Law & Order) takes his mother, Doris Hancox, on a six-week vacation through England, France and Italy. The mother-son duo navigate new cultures, and their clashing personalities, in a series of adventures like walking in African Fashion Week and hunting for truffle as their relationship deepens.

ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: BODIES OF KNOWLEDGE 10 p.m. on PBS. This Peabody Award-winning series about contemporary visual art follows a group of 12 artists who share their thoughts and creative processes while painting, designing and sculpting pieces of artwork inspired by the current moment. The second episode of Season 11 which premiered in April focuses on the artists Anicka Yi, Tauba Auerbach, Hank Willis Thomas, and the Guerrilla Girls as they explore the concepts of truth and historical record through art.

ON THE WATERFRONT (1954) 8 p.m. on TCM. Inspired by a series of Pulitzer Prize-winning articles by Malcolm Johnson on terrorism and racketeering on New Yorks waterfront, written for The New York Sun in 1948, this Academy Award-winning crime drama focuses on union violence and corruption among a group of longshoremen in Hoboken, N.J. The film stars Marlon Brando (who won Best Actor for his role) as Terry Malloy, a boxer turned dock worker who becomes embroiled in the murder of his colleague Joey (Ben Wagner). With the rest of the longshoreman afraid to speak out after rumors spread that Joey was killed because he planned to testify against their corrupt boss and the union, the film follows Brandos Malloy as he wrestles with how to move forward. A review in The Times described the drama as an uncommonly powerful, exciting and imaginative use of the screen by gifted professionals.

2023 BET AWARDS 8 p.m. on BET. Streaming live from Los Angeles, the BET Awards an annual ceremony that celebrates the work of Black artists and athletes will commemorate hip-hops 50th anniversary with a lineup of hip-hop performances spanning decades and styles. Featured artists include Fat Joe, Soulja Boy, DJ Unk, E-40, and Lil Uzi Vert, among many others.

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What's on TV This Week: 'Below the Belt' and a Juneteenth ... - The New York Times

To varying degrees and from varying perspectives, news media cover many boilerplate issues: the economy, immigration, abortion, racism, foreign policy, defense, crime, gender identity, parental rights, election integrity, and bureaucratic meddling in the political process among them.

These and other issues impact our lives to varying degrees, but the way they are covered - or not covered - often exposes media bias that fuels the debate and brings the nation's political temperature to a rapid and perilous boil.

An October 2022 Gallup Poll reported that nearly two-thirds of those surveyed have little or no trust in the media to report "fully, fairly and accurately." Of those, 38 percent said they have "no trust at all" in the media while only 7 percent expressed "a great deal of trust" in the media.

Before conservatives nod in agreement, however, it should be noted that media bias exists at both ends of the political spectrum. Fox News is at least as guilty from the right as any liberal outlet like CNN or MSNBC is from the left. Both sides abandoned objectivity and subtlety a long time ago, and they're not likely to ever go back.

Witness Thursday night's political "town hall" with former President Donald Trump and Fox News pal Sean Hannity. The only unknown coming into the event was whether Hannity would bring roses or a box of Godivas to the one-hour lovefest. Hannity and, later, Trump supporters in the audience lobbed soft questions at their favorite candidate and teed him up with criticism of incumbent President Joe Biden. Hannity couldn't resist showing a replay of Biden falling down earlier in the day during his commencement appearance at the Air Force Academy.

It was a far cry from CNN's 90-minute "town hall" on May 10 when interviewer Kaitlan Collins grilled the former president but got run over by him any time she tried to dispute his false claims about a stolen 2020 presidential election.

Last year, Hannity was an on-air cheerleader for Trump-endorsed Senate candidates, including football star Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee in Georgia. Just before the election, Walker appeared on Hannity's prime-time show with South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who not only rooted for Walker but urged viewers to contribute to his ultimately unsuccessful campaign.

And this is what passes for political commentary on Fox News.

However, liberal media - a redundancy if ever there was one - have nothing to be proud of, either. Their bias is almost as conspicuous and as much omission as commission.

Once upon a time, objective media would have pounced on evidence that the FBI had pre-emptively hoodwinked media into blocking news coverage about Hunter Biden's incriminating laptop. Instead of investigating even a little, most media willingly believed the FBI's pre-election lie that the laptop story was merely Russian disinformation - nothing to see here.

Real and social media either panned, ignored - or in some cases outright censored - the story shortly before the 2020 election when it first appeared in the conservative New York Post. They made little if any effort to verify its authenticity, even after the election. Such verification and subsequent coverage of what the laptop supposedly contains might have changed the election outcome, but the FBI left nothing to chance. A year later, CBS News quietly acknowledged the laptop does in fact belong to Hunter Biden. Better late than never? Not really.

However, there has been no sense of urgency outside of the New York Post and its corporate partners Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, to report what the laptop contains and its possible links to the president himself.

That Trump lies is a foregone conclusion, and media are justified in pointing that out. But when President Bill Clinton looked the nation in the eye in 1998 and said he hadn't had sexual relations with Monica Lewinski, his lie was rarely if ever called that by the media. It was, instead, called a "denial," "a claim," or at worst a "false claim," as was Hillary Clinton's simultaneous insistence that the scandal was merely a "vast, right-wing conspiracy."

More recently, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, past-chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said there was "plenty of evidence of collusion or conspiracy in plain sight" between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia. Outside of Fox, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal, no one in the mainstream media has said Schiff lied after a lengthy federal investigation turned up no evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia. That the investigation even originated under false or flimsy circumstances has also been largely ignored by most of the mainstream media, most conspicuously the major television networks.

Some media bias is less tangible. It's often not difficult on Sunday mornings, for example, to determine the political persuasion of guests on NBC's Meet the Press. Liberals/Democrats are greeted like close friends by host Chuck Todd, and the questioning more resembles an amiable lounge chat than a news interview. Conversely, conservative/Republican guests often spend most of their air time on the defensive, often interrupted and challenged during Todd's more pressing interrogation.

During his record 16+ years as host of Meet the Press, the late Tim Russert would affably grill guests from all persuasions. Russert was a liked and respected newsman whose interviews could take guests to hell and back, but most of them enjoyed the ride. Despite having worked for Democratic officials before joining NBC, Russert never showed his political stripes on the air.

At ABC, the Sunday morning news program is anchored by George Stephanopoulos, who served as communications director and senior advisor during Clinton's first term as president. Like Todd, Stephanopoulos often comes off as an attack dog with Republican guests and a lap dog for Democrats.

In fairness, though, they at least invite differing political views. On Sunday mornings, Fox's Maria Bartiromo all but waves pom poms for her exclusively Republican guests while chiming in to advance their conservative views. You won't see many Democrats on other Fox News programs, either.

American viewers, however, seem to be voting with their cable boxes. CNN, which long ago lived up to its claim as "the most trusted name in news," is now a shell of its former self. Having veered hard left with its commentators and content, CNN now ranks a distant third in ratings behind Fox and MSNBC.

It would be nice to find a TV network that simply reports the news, the way Fox once claimed it did with those "fair and balanced" and "We report, you decide" schticks or the way CNN did when it really was "the most trusted name in news."

We know that a house - and a nation - divided cannot stand. Sadly, however, if we're waiting for any media to heed and adhere to that by simply reporting instead of editorializing and taking sides, it's not likely to happen anytime soon.

The time for some very intensive news media introspection is at hand, but don't hold your breath waiting for that, either.

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Those afraid that the 2024 GOP presidential contest will become a repeat of 2016 need not worry. The race is radically different this year; it will not play out the same.

First, former President Donald Trump is greatly diminished compared to 2015, when he first glided down his escalator in front of all those paid "volunteers."

Second, the rest of next year's budding GOP candidates are well-acquainted with the former president's playbook and will know how to fight him.

Third, the "unstoppable" sheen that Trump once had has vanished after losses in every major election from 2018 onward. He must now labor under the worst label any politician can have: Loser.

Instead of a repeat of 2016, 2024 looks more like a continuation of what we saw in 2020: Trump cannot compete anywhere new, and he cannot put any new voters or states in play. In short, he's playing a losing game of being able to attract only voters who had previously supported him.

While he can still persuade many GOP donors to send their hard-earned dollars to his campaign, his political message now falters more than it inspires. Plus, the party has produced a few non-Trump grievance candidates, so voters still attracted to that style of messaging now have options they didn't have in 2016.

More GOP primary voters will cast strategic votes in the 2024 primary because they know we need a stronger general election candidate than Trump. And now the balance of the Republican field can't be snuck up on, as so many of them were back in 2016.

Trump is a one-trick pony. His trick is a good one, but, simply put, his opponents know what's coming.

(A word of advice to them: Don't go easy on Trump out of fear that his voters won't return to you in the fall. None of them will ultimately vote for President Joe Biden.)

Finally, Trump's opponents know the American people have rejected him, not once but three times: In 2018, when the GOP lost the House; in 2020, when it lost the presidency and the Senate twice (on election night and again on runoff day in Georgia); and once again last year. Trump's invincibility cloak is tattered, torn and useless.

This is driving the entry of so many new candidates and so much new funding.

And don't forget the myriad legal issues Trump faces in multiple jurisdictions from local, state and federal prosecutors. Unlike the civil trial he legally skipped recently in New York, he would need to actually attend any criminal trial, say in Fulton County, Georgia, or in federal court. Besides sapping his time, this would forcefully reiterate to the country in general, and to Republican primary voters in particular, that Trump is damaged goods, on the decline and -- most important -- the only GOP nominee who could lose to Biden.

In 2016, Trump barely beat Hillary Clinton, the most compromised Democratic nominee in modern history. In 2020 he lost decisively to the second most compromised Democrat nominee. Let's hope the other candidates in the Republican field act accordingly and that GOP voters realize our 2024 nomination needs to be stronger and more decisive.

Christopher Nicholas is president of Eagle Consulting Group Inc. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

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Secretary Hillary Clinton defended her friend and former colleague Senator Dianne Feinstein, whose advanced age and failing health have prompted calls for her to resign from the Senate, saying that Feinsteins resignation would not be worth the tradeoff when it comes to judicial appointments.

In a wide-ranging interview Monday at the Chicago Humanities Festival, I asked the former Secretary of State why so many of her fellow Democrats were staying in office well into their 80s, even as the party has strengthened its bench of young talent. I specifically asked about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who refused to retire under a Democratic president and whose death at age 87 in September 2020 gave President Donald Trump a third Supreme Court appointment, and Feinstein, age 89, whose absence from the Senate for months has prompted questions about her fitness to serve. Clinton said she had a very negative response to my question.

Let me say a word about my friend and longtime colleague Dianne Feinstein, she continued. First of all, she has suffered greatly from the bout of shingles and encephalitis that she endured. Here is the dilemma for her: she got reelected, the people of California voted for her again, not very long ago. That was the voters decision to vote for her, and she has been a remarkable and very effective leader.

Heres the dilemma: the Republicans will not agree to add someone else to the Judiciary Committee if she retires, she continued, referencing Feinsteins powerful committee membership. (When Feinstein was absent from the Senate for nearly three months this year recovering from health issues, it created a logjam on the narrowly divided Judiciary Committee, since Democrats were unable to confirm President Joe Bidens judicial nominees without Republican support.) I want you to think about how crummy that is. I dont know in her heart about whether she really would or wouldnt, but right now, she cant. Because if were going to get judges confirmed, which is one of the most important continuing obligations that we have, then we cannot afford to have her seat vacant.

If Republicans were to say and do the decent thing and say, well this woman was gravely ill, she had just lost her husband to cancer of course we will let you fill this position if she retires. But they wont say that, she continued. So what are we supposed to do? All these people pushing her to retire: fine, we get no more judges? I dont think thats a good tradeoff.

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When I asked her again about the broader question of whether Democrats have allowed their leadership to get too old, she pushed back. I do not believe in broad questions about age, Clinton, age 75, said, adding that she also didnt believe in term limits. If you dont want to vote for somebody, dont vote for them. But dont impose some artificial check on the voters. I dont buy this whole debate. And frankly, a lot of the people pushing it, I dont understand what their real agenda is, because part of it is a bank shot against Joe Biden. And I think Joe Biden has done a very good job.

The comments came shortly after Clinton appeared at the Financial Times Weekend Festival in Washington D.C., where she was asked about the moment Biden, age 80, almost fell during the G-7 summit in Japan. There, she acknowledged his age could be an issue in the election. Well, I mean, its a concern for anyone. And weve had presidents whove fallen before who are a lot younger, and people didnt go into heart palpitations, Clinton responded. But his age is an issue. And people have every right to consider it.

At the Chicago Humanities Festival, Clinton did not mince words when she spoke about former President Donald Trump, age 76, currently running for president again in 2024. You have to think of him not as a former president or even as a presidential candidate so much as a cult leader, she said. He has a hold on a significant portion of the Republican Party.

He will most likely be the Republican nominee again, she continued. And be defeated by Joe Biden again.

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Good Tuesday morning, Illinois. And what a pleasure to meet the deputy ambassadors of the EU countries based in D.C. who are visiting Chicago. I hope you get a chance to try the deep dish.

Hillary Clinton acknowledges the applause at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago with interviewer Charlotte Alter on Monday, May 22, 2023. | POLITICO's Shia Kapos

Hillary Clinton played all the hits at the Riviera in Chicago on Monday.

Striking a chord: The former U.S. senator, secretary of state and presidential candidate called former President Donald Trump a cult leader who will likely win the GOP presidential nomination. She pushed back at a question about older lawmakers not knowing when to hang it up.

And Clinton took vindication in a New York Times report that the Trump administration spent four years investigating the Clinton Foundation and didnt find a file a single charge.

Singing the blues: Of course, Clinton talked about feeling crummy about losing the 2016 election and disbelief after the 2020 election so dystopian, she said. And she hopes that bipartisanship can one day be a reality.

I remain an optimist, but an optimist who worries a lot, said Clinton, echoing her friend, the late Madeleine Albright.

The Q&A: Clintons comments came during an interview with Charlotte Alter, a Time correspondent and granddaughter of the late Joanne Alter, who in 1968 was the first woman to win a countywide election in Chicago when she was elected in commissioner for the Metropolitan Sanitary District,

The Chicago Humanities Festival sponsored the event, which was held at the 2,500-seat Riviera Theatre, built in the early 1900s as a movie theater.

First lady of Illinois MK Pritzker, who with husband Gov. JB Pritzker was a major donor to Clintons presidential campaign, attended Mondays event. The first lady also hosted a reception for Clinton at her home. The governor was in Springfield, where lawmakers are still trying to nail down a budget.

On Trump, Clinton said hell benefit from the winner-take-all rule that most GOP primaries follow in awarding delegates. So, he will most likely become the Republican nominee again, and he will be defeated by Joe Biden, Clinton said to applause from the crowd.

On ageism: Alter, who is 33, referred to Democratic disconnect with the younger generation and asked why smart people often make sort of foolish retirement choices. Specifically, Alter pointed to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and to Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

Clinton bristled. You know, I have a very negative response to that question, she said, adding Ginsberg was energetic and sharp to the end and made the same judgment that a lot of men have made about staying on the job. Ginsberg had planned to retire had Clinton been elected president, Clinton noted.

As for Feinstein, Clinton said the Democratic senator from California has suffered greatly from the bout of shingles and encephalitis. But the real challenge is that Republicans will not agree to add someone else to the Judiciary Committee if she retires, Clinton said. Right now, she cant if were going to get judges confirmed.

SPOTTED: All the big names attended the reception for Clinton at the Pritzkers Chicago home: Ariel Investments John Rogers Jr., Black Opal CEO Desire Rogers, Johnson Publishing veteran Linda Johnson Rice, Conlon Public Strategies Kevin Conlon, businessman Kevin OKeefe, Northwestern Universitys Valerie Alexander, real estate developer Elzie Higginbottom, restaurateurs Karen and Phil Stefani, businessman Lee Miller, SPAAN Tech CEO Smita Shah, commentator Laura Schwartz, state Rep. Margaret Croke, attorney Lisa Duarte, businessman Raj Fernando, DSC Logistics CEO Ann Drake, business consultant Donna Zarcone, AmeriCorps board member Leslie Bluhm and environmentalist Wendy Abrams.

GUN TALK: Illinois and Chicago are strict about trying to clamp down on guns, yet crime rates are still higher than they should be. The thinking is that guns are harder to curb when theyre brought in from other states.

So when those states address gun issues, Illinois watches.

In Memphis, Tenn., federal investigators and local law enforcement officers are trying to slow down the proliferation of switches as a way to curb gun violence, according to The Associated Press. Illinois has already done that. Switches are devices that convert semiautomatic firearms into machine guns.

And get this: The Tennessee legislature is also planning a special session to focus on gun-related legislation. So what, you say, Illinois Democratic-led legislature has already done that. Yes, but Tennessees legislature is controlled by Republicans.

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Senate passes Don Harmons bill to end courtroom venue shopping: The bill says only courtrooms in Sangamon and Cook counties can hear cases alleging a constitutional violation brought on by legislation or executive orders. Its to prevent efforts to take cases to counties that are more sympathetic, reports State Journal-Registers Patrick Keck.

Lawmakers approve bill requiring schools to notify parents of bullying within 24 hours, by NBC 5s Matt Stefanski

State Sen. Mattie Hunter celebrates resolution creating task force on Black immigrants, via The Defender

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Chicagos top cop ends training agreement with Texas firm with ties to ex-police superintendent: Professional Law Enforcement Training has been paid more than $1.3 million and is owned by a colleague of former Chicago Police Supt. David Brown, by Sun-Times Tom Schuba.

Dozens of new immigrants joining Chicago Public Schools as school year nears end: As many as 50 immigrant children staying temporarily at Piotrowski Park joined Zapata Academy in South Lawndale, and about a dozen youths may enroll in Little Village Lawndale High School, by Sun-Times Michael Loria.

Environmental racism is real. Ask Chicago: Like many cities, its coping with brownfields, pollution and minority neighborhoods with ill-health conditions, by Merrill Goozner for Washington Monthly.

FYI: Indicted former Ald. Carrie Austin is collecting more than $114K annual city pension, records show, via WTTWs Heather Cherone and Jared Rutecki

Northwest Sides Marshall Fields complex is being transformed into a film studio, by Tribunes Brian J. Rogal

Millennium Park fox family is the latest Chicago wildlife to go viral, by Sun-Times Emmanuel Camarillo

Deal would allow Schaumburg police to access school cameras in emergencies, by Daily Heralds Eric Peterson

Bloomingdale mayor leads effort to go big in remaking Stratford Square, by Daily Heralds Katlyn Smith

We asked what you remember from your first day on the job.

Lisa Brasch: My boss left a vase of fresh cut lilacs on my new desk.

Lucas Hawley: I started at the Board of Review as an analyst on the same day as a Cook County Board meeting, so I was able to stop by and surprise Commissioner Deborah Sims, who I knew when I was going to school.

Conny Moody: As an analyst for the Illinois Bureau of the Budget (now called GOMB), I was handed a $1 billion proposed budget for a state agency and being told Please analyze this and be ready to present your analysis to Director [Joan] Walters at the end of the week. I met the deadline!

Jennifer Olaya, with the Illinois Secretary of State Securities Department: I was conferencing a case that was going to trial when one of the lawyers asked me, How long have you been working here? I looked at the courtroom clock and said, about 10 minutes. I ended up working at that job for six years!

Golnar Teimouri, former policy adviser to the mayor: On my first day at City Hall straight from Mayor Lori Lightfoots inauguration, I asked where the coffee was. I was told, Honey, this is the government. You go buy your own coffee.

Alison Pure-Slovin: Meeting the founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Rabbi Marvin Hier, in his L.A. office. I noticed the two Academy Awards he won for Holocaust documentaries and he then pointed me to the nearby bookcase, saying, what keeps the spirit of the Jewish people alive is contained in our sacred books, not the shiny awards

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Bruce Rauner, the former governor of Illinois, is weighing in on education issues in Florida, where hes now a resident, via South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Kara Demirjian Huss has been appointed to the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board. In her day job, Demirjian Huss is VP and global marketing director for TCCI Manufacturing, a technology and electric vehicle component manufacturing firm.

Driver arrested and Nazi flag seized after truck crashes into security barriers near the White House, via NBC News

Why the debt talks are McCarthys second job interview, by POLITICOs Olivia Beavers

Blood in the water for DeSantis: Trump world embraces Tim Scotts candidacy, by POLITICOs Meridith McGraw

Many transgender health bills came from a handful of far-right interest groups, The Associated Press finds

Exclusive: Paul Whelan tells CNN hes confident wheels are turning toward his release

COLUMN: Vivek Ramaswamy came to Chicagos South Shore to talk migrants. South Shore mostly stayed away, writes Sun-Times Rummana Hussain

Lesbian Icon Marge Summit Dies At 87: She was a community organizer and bar owner, who forced people to reckon with their prejudice against LGBTQ+ people in creative ways, writes Block Clubs Kayleigh Padar.

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Boston Scientific has added Sarah Macchiarola as director of international affairs and Whitney Craig as director of federal affairs. Macchiarola was VP of federal policy and government relations at the Illinois Health and Hospital Association. Craig was VP of federal affairs at AHIP.

MONDAYs ANSWER: Congrats to Matthew Beaudet for being first to answer that in 1842, William Bissell, a partner at Bissell and Shields law firm, was offended by a letter that Abraham Lincoln wrote to a local newspaper, so he challenged Lincoln to a duel. Lincoln accepted, though the two resolved the issue before it came down to a fight. In 1850, now Congressman Bissell infuriated Jefferson Davis, who challenged Bissell to a duel. Davis then decided against it.

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Chicago Buildings Department Commissioner Matthew Beaudet, who celebrates the big 6-0; Barrington Hills Plan Commissioner Kelly Mazeski, former Congressman Tom Corcoran and Jeremy Ennis, chief of staff to state Rep. Maurice West.

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