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Last Notes npub1te0ryczt2wzqgl0nvdp6djvenhug9sw3l4ew7r5sfwr8vd4gxl5slt7n6y Flipboard News Desk A federal judge in Washington, D.C., orders former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon to report to prison on July 1 for defying Jan. 6 subpoenas. npub1te0ryczt2wzqgl0nvdp6djvenhug9sw3l4ew7r5sfwr8vd4gxl5slt7n6y Flipboard News Desk A woman will be president of Mexico for the first time in the country’s history. npub1te0ryczt2wzqgl0nvdp6djvenhug9sw3l4ew7r5sfwr8vd4gxl5slt7n6y Flipboard News Desk North Korea will stop sending trash-carrying balloons into South Korea after Seoul threatens “unbearable” retaliatory steps over its balloon activities and other recent provocations. Read more from AP: https://flip.it/cLU5-x npub1te0ryczt2wzqgl0nvdp6djvenhug9sw3l4ew7r5sfwr8vd4gxl5slt7n6y Flipboard News Desk India is in the middle of its sprawling 6-week election season, where nearly a billion eligible voters will take part in the world’s largest democracy. Some of them will give their vote for a price. 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