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Politico:
Detention and that border ‘shutdown’: What's really in Biden's bipartisan immigration deal  —  Breaking down 12 major points in the border deal, including the parameters of a border shutdown, increased visas and work permits for asylum seekers.  —  The bipartisan border security deal that's headed …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
In Huge Reversal, GOP Poised To Kill The Border-Ukraine Package It Demanded  —  Republican Sen. James Lankford, who spent months negotiating the border provisions the GOP demanded, said he may vote against his own bill this week.  —  LOADING  —  WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans …
Julie Tsirkin / NBC News:
As conservatives balk, U.S. Border Patrol union endorses Senate immigration deal  —  The National Border Patrol Council, which endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2020, said the new bipartisan bill “will drop illegal border crossings nationwide.”  —  WASHINGTON — As conservatives …
Associated Press:
Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it ‘dead on arrival’
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson: Border bill is ‘even worse than we expected’
Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Schumer ‘hopeful’ Senate will pass bipartisan border bill despite opposition from GOP hard-liners
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Republicans confirm their unseriousness about the border
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Why The Border Deal Happened: Republicans Held Europe For Ransom
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Trump Now Falsely Claims He Didn't Endorse Immigration Bill Co-Author  —  Oklahoma Senator James Lankford, who helped draw up the immigration bill that Trump hates, received Trump's “Complete and Total Endorsement” in 2022.  —  Donald Trump said during an interview Monday that he did not endorse …
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Politico:   Dems gear up for final stretch on judges — worrying they won't catch Trump
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Global Business Empire Is Growing Again
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
Sean Coughlan / BBC:
King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says  —  King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer, says Buckingham Palace.  —  The type of cancer has not been revealed - it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate.
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Matt Honeycombe-Foster / Politico:
King Charles III has cancer  —  Prince Harry due to fly in as British monarch steps back from “public-facing” aspects of his role.  —  LONDON — King Charles III has cancer, Buckingham Palace announced Monday evening, sending shockwaves through the British establishment.
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Asks for Secret Service Protection After Increase in Threats  —  Former South Carolina governor is final hurdle between Trump and the Republican presidential nomination  —  AIKEN, S. C.—Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has applied for Secret Service protection …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Chutkan contemplates Trump trial extending deep into 2024, as case remains in limbo  —  It was the judge's first acknowledgment that Trump's federal trial could could extend into the general election.  —  The judge presiding over Donald Trump's Washington, D.C. criminal case acknowledged Monday …
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Politico:
Supreme Court Shocker?  Here's What Happens if Trump Gets Kicked Off the Ballot  —  Legal scholars, national security experts and political analysts imagine the extraordinary fallout that would ensue.  —  “Increase its perceived public legitimacy”  —  “Rip the country apart”
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Garrett Epps / Washington Monthly:
It's Not Just the Border: The Trump-Abbott-Republican Nullification Crisis Is Here
Discussion: HuffPost
Rick Reilly / Washington Post:
Look who moved in Nextdoor: another spying, suspicious, paranoid snoop  —  Are you bummed you weren't around when the Stasi ruled?  Do you wish you could've been one of Mao Zedong's millions of neighborhood snitches?  Maybe watch the Red Guards drag off your least favorite aunt?
Jordan Rubin / MSNBC:
Why Jack Smith wants to ‘clear the air’ in the classified documents case  —  Donald Trump “paints an inaccurate and distorted picture of events,” the special counsel tells Judge Aileen Cannon.  Will she care?  —  Though the classified documents case is playing out partly behind closed doors …
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Larry David Breaks Georgia's Voting Law in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’  —  Comedy's crankiest star usually breaks social norms.  This time, he ran afoul of voting legislation passed in Georgia in 2021.  —  Television comedies like “Veep” and “Parks and Recreation” have long poked fun …
Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
A GOP Senate Candidate Blames “Liberal” Judges for His Labor Violations.  Just One Problem With That.  —  The judges were largely appointed by Republicans.  —  Bernie Moreno, the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate for US Senate in Ohio, focuses his campaign on a central theme.
Raymond Zhong / New York Times:
Scientists Use Sea Sponges to Study Global Warming Back to 1700  —  Research on a long-lived but rarely seen species in the Caribbean is helping scientists piece together a revised history of climate change.  —  Since the dawn of the industrial age, our species has warmed the planet …
Discussion: Grist, Associated Press, DNyuz and NBC News
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Biden appears to mix up Macron with French president Mitterrand, who died in 1996  —  President Biden on Sunday appeared to mix up French President Emmanuel Macron with Francois Mitterrand, the former president of France who died in 1996.  —  The apparent mix-up took place during …
 
 
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Rasmussen Reports:
59% See Biden in Mental Decline
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Breitbart
Kyle Morris / Fox News:
Kristi Noem shares vision for America in new book amid speculation about running as Trump's VP
Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Hill and DNyuz
Reuters:
Kremlin gives nothing away about why Tucker Carlson might be in Russia
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Luxury spending, internal strife leave NRA staggering into 2024 election
Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Are Planning to Totally Privatize Medicare — And Fast
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Samuel Robinson / Axios:
Rashida Tlaib outraises entire Michigan congressional field
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden condemns ‘anti-Arab hate’ after Wall Street Journal op-ed labels Michigan city 'America's jihad capital'
 

 
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