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“The ex-husband of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Wednesday after separate altercations with his ex-wife at a local restaurant and their son at home earlier this year,” the AP reports.

“President Joe Biden’s most likely path to re-election is a narrow one that relies on the same three states that gave Donald Trump the Oval Office in 2016 and then yanked it away from him in 2020 — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — along with a single electoral vote from an Omaha-based congressional district,” NBC News reports. “Put another way, if Trump takes any of the Big Three Rust Belt states in November, it is probably an indication that he has won back the White House.

Hillary Clinton is backing George Latimer (D) in his primary challenge of Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) later this month, NBC News reports. “The primary between Bowman — a Black progressive member of the self-described ‘Squad’ of young lawmakers who have won House seats in the last six years — and Latimer, the 70-year-old Westchester County executive, has exposed deep divisions in the Democratic Party and fueled intrigue ahead of this month’s election.”

“Protesters are no longer expected to be allowed in a large Milwaukee park near the arena where the GOP will host its July convention after a months-long pressure campaign by the party,” the Washington Post reports. “The Secret Service is expected to expand its security perimeter around Fiserv Forum after the Republican National Committee said it would use another facility located near the park for some convention activities.”

Tom Nichols: “Perhaps the greatest trick Donald Trump ever pulled was convincing millions of people—and the American media—to treat his lapses into fantasies and gibberish as a normal, meaningful form of oratory. But Trump is not a normal person, and his speeches are not normal political events.” “For too long, Trump has gotten away with pretending that his emotional issues are just part of some offbeat New York charm or an expression of his enthusiasm for public performance.

Matt DePerno (R), a former attorney general nominee who’s been charged with felonies for allegedly mishandling voting equipment, said Wednesday he’s running for a seat on Michigan’s top court, the Detroit News reports.