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New Jersey Gov. Murphy appoints 2 Democrats, 2 Republicans to election watchdog posts

Fox News Exercising his power under a new campaign finance law, New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has appointed four new commissioners to the state’s campaign finance watchdog agency. The bipartisan slate of new Election Law Enforcement Commission members include a former state bar association president — who was the group’s first openly gay leader…

Judge Orders Lawyers in Trump Case to Start Getting Security Clearances

New York Times Judge Aileen Cannon gave the defense team until Tuesday to begin the process, underscoring how classified information will be fundamental to the trial. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/us/politics/judge-trump-documents-security-clearances.html

Notable & Quotable: ‘Non-Man’ at Hopkins

Wall Street Journal ‘While past definitions refer to ‘lesbian’ . . . this updated definition includes non-binary people who may also identify with the label.’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-non-man-at-hopkins-gay-lesbian-college-johns-hopkins-6eb13180

‘Ridley’ and ‘Endeavour’ Review: Eccentric Sleuths of the British Isles

Wall Street Journal Though they differ in scale, PBS’s American premiere of ‘Ridley’ and its last season of ‘Endeavour’ continue the border-crossing tradition of quirky detectives. https://www.wsj.com/articles/ridley-and-endeavour-review-eccentric-sleuths-of-the-british-isles-3fa37969

New Ports Contract Would Raise Pay 32%, Bring Dockworkers $70 Million in Bonuses

Wall Street Journal This week’s tentative agreement at West Coast ports is the latest union deal to bring sizable wage increases to transport workers. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-ports-contract-would-raise-pay-32-bring-dockworkers-70-million-in-bonuses-22be80a9

UK, Denmark, Netherlands, US to ship hundreds of air defense missiles to Kiev — statement

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The statement underscores that Kiev has sharp demand for air defense systems in order to deflect Russian cruise missile and drone strikes https://tass.com/world/1633137

Irma Capece Minutolo, Opera Singer and Partner to Exiled King, Dies at 87

New York Times The former Naples beauty queen became famous as the companion to the playboy Farouk I of Egypt, then carved out a successful opera career. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/world/europe/irma-capece-minutolo-dead.html

Pentagon leak suspect Jack Teixeira indicted by federal grand jury

Fox News Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday. Teixeira, 21, faces six counts in the indictment of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. He was arrested in April on charges of sharing highly classified military documents…

US ready to work constructively with Russia on New START — US State Department

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS earlier that Moscow and Washington in recent weeks engaged in direct communication about the treaty https://tass.com/world/1633135

Five Meerkats Mysteriously Die at the Philadelphia Zoo

New York Times Zoo officials suspect that a marking dye caused the deaths, but they said it could take weeks for tests results to confirm. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/15/us/meerkats-philadephia-zoo.html