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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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Nicole Narea / Vox:
Democrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won't let them  —  Senate negotiations revealed what some Democrats are willing to give up on immigration in 2024.  —  A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators has reached a $118 billion deal that trades sweeping border security measures …
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 …
Washington Post:
Border-for-Ukraine deal on life support as GOP opposition mounts  —  House speaker calls it ‘DEAD’ while GOP senators start to defect en masse ahead of Wednesday vote  —  A bipartisan package of border reforms and funding for Ukraine and Israel appeared close to collapse on Monday …
Politico:   Dems gear up for final stretch on judges — worrying they won't catch Trump
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
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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NBC News:
Trump says he wants to debate Biden  —  The Republican National Committee decided in 2022 to withdraw from the quadrennial events set up by the Commission on Presidential Debates.  —  Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he wants to debate President Joe Biden ahead of November's general election.
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
Sandra Fish / The Colorado Sun:
Lauren Boebert gets restraining order against her ex-husband  —  The order applies to the Republican congresswoman and the couple's three minor children.  A hearing is scheduled for Thursday to make the order permanent.  — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)  — Original Reporting
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Sheila Flynn / The Independent:
Lauren Boebert abandoned her district and voters are rejoicing
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer McRae / CBS News:
Lauren Boebert granted restraining order against ex-husband in Colorado
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
 
 
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Discussion: DNyuz, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Reuters:
Kremlin gives nothing away about why Tucker Carlson might be in Russia
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