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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
A GOP congressman is peppered with questions about Trump during raucous town hall — Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler's suburban New York swing district heaped criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night, peppering him with questions around President Donald Trump's aggressive agenda …
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Washington Post:
These 6 Republican ‘red lines’ could complicate Trump's policy plans
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Semafor, Raw Story and Press Herald
Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler faces another rowdy town hall as police carry away audience member
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler faces another rowdy town hall as police carry away audience member
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Rockland/Westchester …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Lawler town hall devolves into chaos
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
‘60 Minutes’ Thumbs Its Nose at Trump With Scathing Segment — NOT SCARED OF YOU — The show brought on lawyers and firms targeted by President Donald Trump's sweeping executive orders. — 60 Minutes examined Donald Trump's revenge tour against Big Law in a scathing episode on Sunday …
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MSNBC:
Would take ‘Herculean effort’ to rebuild: Voice of America employee speaks out amid Trump order — An appeals court put a ruling on pause that ordered Voice of America employees to return to work. Now, workers face uncertainty about the future of their jobs as President Trump's executive order winds its way through courts.
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Fox News and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Trump says trade deals ‘could very well be’ announced this week
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CBS News and Wall Street Journal
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He Asked Mexico to Let U.S. Military In to Fight Cartels
Trump Says He Asked Mexico to Let U.S. Military In to Fight Cartels
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Shares of Disney, Netflix and Other Studios Fall After Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Movies ‘Produced in Foreign Lands’ — Shares of entertainment companies including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global took a hit Monday as investors assessed Hollywood's potential exposure …
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Andreas Wiseman / Deadline:
Industry Reacts To Trump's “Insane” Movie Tariff Threat: “This Would Destroy The Independent Film Sector”
Industry Reacts To Trump's “Insane” Movie Tariff Threat: “This Would Destroy The Independent Film Sector”
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The Guardian, The Transom, IJR, Reason and Variety, more at Mediagazer »
Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Calls for 100% Tariff on Movies Made Overseas
Trump Calls for 100% Tariff on Movies Made Overseas
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CNBC, Washington Post, The Hill, Fox News, Reuters, The Wrap, New York Times, Deadline, Washington Times, The Hollywood Reporter and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump — The president's older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing deals, many of which will financially benefit their father.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump promised no new business deals with foreign governments. He lied.
Trump promised no new business deals with foreign governments. He lied.
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Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists Shunned by the U.S. — The continent's leaders are hoping to benefit as the Trump administration cuts support for research and threatens universities such as Harvard and Columbia with the freezing of federal funds.
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Financial Times, The Hill, The Guardian, Euractiv, Associated Press and Al Jazeera
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked — A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages, 404 Media has learned.
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Eschaton, The Free Press, The Independent and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Kristin Wright / NPR:
An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters — An exhibit showing victims of gun violence has been taken down at the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice has confirmed.
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Memorial to victims of gun violence taken down at ATF headquarters
Memorial to victims of gun violence taken down at ATF headquarters
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Townhall
Scott Bessent / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Three Steps to Economic Growth — His tariffs, tax cuts and deregulation efforts make up a coherent strategy to benefit Main Street. — Readers of this paper know better than anyone: Wall Street has experienced historic success over the last four decades. Since 1980, the S&P 500 has increased more than 5,500%.
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
How Trump could make Americans permanently poorer
How Trump could make Americans permanently poorer
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Politico, City A.M., The Information and New York Times
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Trump Tells Hate Leader And J6 Seditionist ‘I Love You Guys’ At Mar-A-Lago: Report — The president chatted with the former extremist group boss as he was dining at Trump's country club. — Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys and convicted seditionist in the Jan. 6 …
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New York Times, Raw Story and Hartford Courant
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Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump Throws a Tantrum After Getting Roasted by Karl Rove — LATE-NIGHT RANT — The president was stung after the Republican strategist ripped into him on tariffs, communications, and the AI image of Trump as the pope. — President Donald Trump ripped into Republican strategist Karl Rove …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Wrap, New Jersey Online, Raw Story and The Independent
Andres Picon / Politico:
GOP may be closer than ever to enacting a massive rule-busting bill — “For those who say it would make a radical change ... I'd say, ‘Thank heaven above for that,’” says Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee. — Conservative Republicans have spent more than a decade working toward a wholesale rollback …
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Raw Story
Associated Press:
Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say — Israel approved plans on Monday to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, in a move that if implemented would vastly expand Israel's operations …
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The Hill, CBS News, New York Times, HotAir, Fox News, CNN, Middle East Monitor, Jewish Insider, Columbian, The Forward, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, NPR, New York Post, VINnews, Bloomberg, The Defense Post and WBUR
Janet Lorin / Bloomberg:
Ackman Slams Harvard for Failures, Calls to Remove Pritzker — Bill Ackman rattled off a list of concerns over how his alma mater Harvard University has handled the conflict with President Donald Trump, arguing it needs a change in board leadership. — The Pershing Square Capital Management …
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Trump and Harvard Both Want ‘Viewpoint Diversity.’ What Does It Mean?
Trump and Harvard Both Want ‘Viewpoint Diversity.’ What Does It Mean?
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The Hill, CBS News and RealClearPolitics
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump administration offers $1,000 to migrants who self-deport — The Trump administration announced Monday it would give migrants a $1,000 payment if they “self-deport” using a government app. — The announcement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called the funds a way to …
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Jennie Taer / New York Post:
Trump admin set pay illegal migrants $1,000 to self-deport, DHS says it will save taxpayers a ton
Trump admin set pay illegal migrants $1,000 to self-deport, DHS says it will save taxpayers a ton
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Associated Press and Fox News
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
We need a way to aggregate what Donald Trump is doing to this country — News organizations, along with good-government groups and other interested parties, are doing a commendable job of chronicling the damage the Trump regime is doing to the government, the country, and the world.
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Pence says January 6 attack's failure ‘became a triumph of freedom’ as he receives JFK Profile in Courage Award — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday while receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award that January 6, 2021, “became a triumph of freedom” …
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Bloomberg:
The Trade War Is Coming for Your Plumbing — Sweeping tariffs will harm makers of plumbing products — just like other manufacturers. — A fair summary of the president's kaleidoscopic vision for the American economy might go something like this: Workers should have rewarding manufacturing jobs …
Politico:
Senators unveil bipartisan plan to lower drug costs — Sens. Josh Hawley and Peter Welch are teaming up on bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering drug costs by barring drug companies in the U.S. from charging higher prices than the international average. While their bill is different …
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr's national autism database — US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse — Autism researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The most disturbing aspect of Trump's first 100 days — Too many American businesses are acting like he's already a dictator — Almost everything Donald Trump does becomes a bizarre, larger-than-life spectacle. — But precisely for that reason, it's important to remember that “normal” …

