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Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Body-language experts break down the dramatic Trump-Zelensky meeting  —  The row between Trump and Zelensky was heightened by the lack of an interpreter, the power imbalance, and the men's TV backgrounds, body-language experts say.  —  The shocking Oval Office row between President Donald Trump …
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Wall Street Journal:
Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle  —  Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia's dictator.  —  Toward the end of his on-camera, Oval Office brawl with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, President Trump quipped that it was “great television.”
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
A Day of American Infamy  —  In August 1941, about four months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill aboard warships in Newfoundland's Placentia Bay and agreed to the Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration by the world's leading democratic powers on …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Break Between U.S. and Ukraine Reverberates  —  European leaders lined up to support Ukraine after the blowup between its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and President Trump.  Mr. Zelensky sought to appeal to the U.S. with expressions of gratitude.  —  Here is the latest.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Zelenskyy Forgot the First Rule of Dealing With Trump  —  Flattery will get you everywhere.  Insults will get you kicked to the curb.  —  When President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was first elected in 2019, he proved to be a quick study on how to try to win over his American counterpart.
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
President Trump Embarrassed Himself, the Nation, and Every Thinking Human on Earth  —  In the Oval Office on Friday, Donald Trump and JD Vance behaved like angry children.  Volodymyr Zelenskyy acted like a man.  —  (Permanent Musical Accompaniment to the Last Post of the Week from the Blog's Favourite Living Canadian)
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Why the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting imploded  —  The News  —  President Donald Trump's perception that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was overtaking the day's planned emphasis on a US-Ukraine minerals deal partly set off Friday's Oval Office blowup, according to a White House official.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Is Rootin' for Putin  —  It was a sickening spectacle: the man who tried to upend democracy bullying the man who is fighting for democracy.  —  The air seemed to turn flame red as the TV stars-turned-pols sat side by side in elegant yellow armchairs and had the wildest dust-up ever televised from the Oval Office.
The Kyiv Independent:
A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn't Zelensky
Ross Douthat / New York Times:   Trump and Vance Are Stripping Away Foreign Policy Illusions
David Frum / The Atlantic:
At Least Now We Know the Truth  —  Sign up for Trump's Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency.
Nandika Chatterjee / The Daily Beast:
MTG's Boyfriend Dresses Up as Reporter to Confront Zelensky
Politico:
‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
New York Times:   10 Columnists and Writers Rate What Mattered in Trump's First Full Month
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
‘This Is Going to Be Great Television’: Trump Sums Up His Zelensky Showdown
The Guardian:
‘Dummies for Putin’: Democrats defend Zelenskyy after ‘shameful’ Trump meeting
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Musk's Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie  —  It has a dry, bureaucratic name, but Ready to Use Therapeutic Food has functioned for over a decade as a lifeline for countless starving children around the globe.  Manufactured in the United States and distributed …
New York Times:
Cuomo Enters N.Y.C. Mayor's Race, Upending Contest to Unseat Adams  —  The comeback attempt, three years after Andrew M. Cuomo resigned as governor in scandal, will test New Yorkers' appetite for second chances, and change.  —  Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Saturday that he would run …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo launches NYC mayoral campaign  —  Cuomo has been teasing a campaign launch for weeks, jumping back into politics just four years after he resigned from his role as governor following allegations of sexual harassment.  —  Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo …
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Some government employees are instructed — again — to not respond to 5 things email as Musk doubles down  —  Agencies and departments dealing with national security had told employees to not directly respond to Musk's first request.  —  The State Department has again instructed its employees …
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon orders up to 3,000 troops and Stryker combat vehicles to border  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved orders on Friday to further militarize the U.S. southern border with Mexico, officials said.  —  Just now  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an additional 2,500 …
Discussion: New York Times
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
‘Let him stew in his own juice,’ Pelosi advises ahead of Trump's speech  —  The ex-speaker tore apart a copy of Trump's 2020 address to Congress.  This time, she says Democrats need to coalesce on one, short message.  —  Just now  —  Nancy Pelosi still recalls the precise nature …
Discussion: NPR and USA Today
CNN:
FBI Deputy Director Bongino repeatedly said pipe bombs planted ahead of Jan. 6 were ‘inside job’  —  Dan Bongino, the incoming deputy director of the FBI, suggested on his popular podcast in January that the agency he is now about to help lead was complicit in planting pipe bombs around Washington ahead …
Danny Nguyen / Politico:
General Services Administration cuts tech unit  —  18F employed researchers, website designers and product managers.  —  The General Services Administration cleaved one of its technology units Saturday morning as part of a Trump administration directive to cull the federal workforce and reduce government spending.
Discussion: Nextgov/FCW and The Guardian
New York Times:
Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Trump Comments  —  The broadcaster placed a longtime journalist on leave amid growing concerns about its editorial independence.  —  Voice of America, the federally funded broadcaster to the world, has long prided itself on serving …
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth  —  President Donald Trump's plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a federal judge's ruling in Seattle late Friday.
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘I was in shock’: DC gallery pulls exhibits of Black and LGBTQ+ artists amid Trump DEI crackdown  —  Art Museum of the Americas' abrupt cancellation after anti-diversity order is ‘how fascism unfolds’, curator says  — Don't let a billionaire's algorithm control what you read.
Discussion: PinkNews
 
 
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Adrienne Matei / The Guardian:
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Nicholas Creel / The Hill:
Pax Americana is over. What comes next will be worse.
The Hill:
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Discussion: CNN
Politico:
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Ronald Bailey / Reason:
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Discussion: CBS News
Ali Bianco / Politico:
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NBC News:
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Musk and Republican Lawmakers Pressure Judges with Impeachment Threats
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
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Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / NBC News:
Special counsel who prosecuted Hunter Biden quietly resigned in January
Axios:
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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