New York Times (June 12)
“Something truly terrible happened on Jan. 6, and confronting it is essential to healing our divided nation.” The hearings aren’t “simply about holding Mr. Trump, his allies and the flag-draped thugs storming the halls to account. The hearings challenge all Americans to recommit to the principles of democracy, ask how important those values are to us and face the threats posed to our democratic way of life.”
Tags: Challenge, Democracy, Divided nation, Essential, Healing, Hearings, Jan. 6, Recommit, Terrible, Threats, Thugs, Trump, Values
USA Today (June 12)
“A historic heat wave in the West was forecast to roll eastward this week after Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver joined a plethora of cities and towns posting record temperatures and more than 50 million Americans sweltered under heat advisories.” Across a large swathe of the country, temperatures are “ranging from 10 to 30 degrees above normal for this time of year.”
Tags: 50 million, Denver, Heat advisories, Heat wave, Historic, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Record, Temperatures, U.S.
