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Punchbowl News:
Ed Martin confirmation in doubt even after Trump weighs in … Late Monday night, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans noticed an executive business meeting for Thursday that didn't include Martin's nomination.  Time is running out for Martin, who can only serve 120 days as the interim U.S. attorney …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP leader: Trump pick to serve as US attorney for DC won't reach floor  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Ed Martin, President Trump's controversial pick to serve as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, will “probably” stay stuck in the Senate Judiciary Committee given …
Discussion: Breitbart, RedState and Mediaite
NBC News:
Key GOP senator won't support Trump loyalist Ed Martin to be D.C.'s top prosecutor  —  North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis' decision likely derails Martin's nomination as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said he wouldn't support Ed Martin …
Politico:
Tillis says he'll oppose Ed Martin, dealing grave blow to Trump's DC prosecutor pick
Reuters:
Exclusive: Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard  —  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - Roughly a week after Donald Trump started his second term as president, the U.S. military issued an order to three freight airlines operating out of Dover Air Force Base in Delaware …
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Kenneal Patterson / The Daily Beast:
Hegseth Accused of More Chaos After Sudden Ukraine Aid Halt
Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
FAA suspends work of independent panel reviewing air traffic control  —  A panel of experts, including the former chair of the NTSB and former head of NASA, had been asked to evaluate the FAA's oversight of traffic control operations.  —  The Federal Aviation Administration halted the work …
Discussion: CBS News
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Wall Street Journal:
America's Air Traffic Fiasco
Tim Marchman / Wired:
Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years  —  Now the US director of national intelligence, Gabbard failed to follow basic cybersecurity practices on several of her personal accounts, leaked records reviewed by WIRED reveal.  —  Tulsi Gabbard …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military ban  —  The blanket ban, expanding on a similar policy Trump proposed in his first term, has been blocked nationwide by lower courts.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to implement his ban …
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Politico:
Supreme Court lets Trump ban transgender people from military  —  Neither the majority nor the dissenters provided any reasoning for their positions.  —  President Donald Trump can proceed with his plan to ban transgender people from the military, including by removing transgender troops currently serving …
CNN:
The first boats carrying Chinese goods with 145% tariffs are arriving in LA. Shipments are cut in half.  Expect shortages soon  —  American consumers are on the cusp of tough choices because of President Donald Trump's trade war.  —  Ships now pulling into US harbors from China …
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Exclusive: Democrats target Trump family's crypto empire  —  Senate Democrats are unveiling a sweeping new proposal to ban presidents, lawmakers and their families from issuing, endorsing or sponsoring crypto assets, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Concerns over the Trump family's crypto ventures …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Brags About Gold-Plated Office While Telling Americans to Cut Expenses  —  The president gloated about his “24-karat gold” White House renovation as his nonsensical tariff agenda drives up prices for consumers  —  Austerity for thee but not for me.  As Donald Trump advises …
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Alan Rappeport / Reuters:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Canada Is ‘Not for Sale,’ Its Leader Says. Trump Replies, ‘Never Say Never’
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Elon Musk's Grok AI Will ‘Remove Her Clothes’ In Public, On X  —  Elon Musk's Grok, an AI chatbot that people can interact with via X, is being used to undress photos women are posting to the social media platform, as first flagged t0 404 Media by Kolina Koltai, a researcher and trainer at Bellingcat.
Micah Lee / micahflee:
Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs  —  Despite their misleading marketing, TeleMessage, the company that makes a modified version of Signal used by senior Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs from its customers.
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CNN:
Trump admin plans to shut down money-saving Energy Star program soon, sources say  —  The Trump administration is preparing to eliminate two key Environmental Protection Agency divisions focused on climate change and energy efficiency, including its consumer-facing Energy Star program, according to two sources familiar with the plan.
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Jessica Sidman / Washingtonian:
ICE Agents Are Targeting DC Restaurants  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are targeting DC restaurants today in what is shaping up to be one of the city's most high-profile examples yet of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.  Millie's in Spring Valley …
Reuters:
India says it attacked nine sites in Pakistan, Pakistani Kashmir  —  Multiple loud explosions were heard in several places in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday as India said it had attacked “terrorist infrastructure” in nine sites and Pakistan vowed to respond to the attacks.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ohio governor moves to keep the state GOP from endorsing Trump-backed Vivek Ramaswamy to succeed him  —  The Ohio Republican Party is slated to take a Friday vote on whether to give Ramaswamy its endorsement in the 2026 race for governor.  —  CLEVELAND — President Donald Trump endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:   Ohio Governor Candidate Wanted to Save Face With a Trump Appointment. Then He Turned It Down.
Fox News:
Anti-Israel protesters occupy University of Washington building, 30 arrested  —  A group of anti-Israel protesters occupied a building at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle on Monday before police in riot gear intervened and arrested at least 30 of them, according to officials.
Annie Nova / CNBC:
Trump administration to garnish wages of 5.3 million defaulted student loan borrowers this summer … The Trump Administration resumed collection efforts on defaulted student loans Monday after a roughly five-year hiatus — and affected borrowers could begin feeling the financial consequences sooner than experts expected.
Naomi LaChance / Rolling Stone:
‘What Are They Doing Illegal?’  Officer Says Before Arresting Pro-Palestine Students  —  Audio reveals an officer admitting UT Austin students weren't breaking the law before they were arrested.  The students are now suing Greg Abbott  —  A police officer questioned the legality …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
What do disengaged voters think about Trump now?  —  In the 2024 election, Donald Trump gained a surprising edge from an unlikely group: Americans who typically don't vote.  According to a New York Times analysis, these low-turnout voters backed Trump by a double-digit margin …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump picks Rudy Giuliani's son for key World Cup post  —  The younger Giuliani worked as a special assistant to the president and associate director of the Office of Public Liaison during Trump's first term.  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped Andrew Giuliani — the son of Rudy Giuliani …
Washington Post:
Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, documents show  —  The extraordinary request illustrates the administration's aggressive bid to identify willing partners who will accept people expelled by the U.S.  —  The Trump administration earlier this year urged the Ukrainian government …
Discussion: MSNBC, The Independent and CBS News
Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Trump Finds Solution to Aviation Woes—Fire a Democrat  —  GROUNDED  —  Since January, President Donald Trump has moved swiftly to purge board members overseeing independent agencies.  —  The White House on Monday ousted the vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) …
MSNBC:
Is the White House for sale?  New reports on Trump's crypto ventures raise concern.  —  A UAE-backed investment group and an international trucking logistics firm are pouring millions into cryptocurrencies linked to the president.  —  Investors appear to be getting a little impatient for some good news on Donald Trump's trade war.
Discussion: NBC News and NOTUS
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House Republicans warn Trump administration on Social Security cuts  —  A group of House Republicans is sounding the alarm over recent staffing cuts and plans for more cut-backs across the Social Security Administration — a target of the Department of Government Efficiency's rampage across the federal bureaucracy.
Elise A. Spenner / The Harvard Crimson:
Far-Right Thinker Curtis Yarvin Argues for Remaking of Harvard at Faculty Club Debate  —  The far-right thinker Curtis Yarvin joined University Professor Danielle Allen for a debate Monday evening, where Yarvin in turn derided Harvard as “an essentially oligarchic institution” …
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
President Trump's Media Company Is Offering Movies About ‘Lizard People’ And Other Wild Conspiracy Theories  —  Less than two minutes into the movie, the narrator makes a shocking claim.  —  “The evidence we are about to present to you has the potential to rewrite thousands of years of human history.
Jessica Bartlett / The Boston Globe:
One year after Steward bankruptcy, Warren, Markey demand criminal probe  —  Senators are pushing the Justice Department to investigate Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre for contempt of Congress  —  One year after Steward Health Care filed for bankruptcy protection, Massachusetts lawmakers …
Teri Christoph / RedState:
Loudoun County Is Still Insane: Boys Face Title IX Probe After Girl Allegedly Films Them in Locker Room  —  When you see the words “Loudoun County Public Schools” in the news, you know your blood pressure is about to skyrocket.  Such is the case with a new report out of Loudoun County ("LoCo" …
 
 
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Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Former DOJ Lawyers Fear Department 'Doesn't Plan to Enforce Voting Rights Laws at All'
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
SCOOP: Trump ally's Gulf of America bill sparks frustration in House GOP
Discussion: New York Post and Mediaite
Sara Tenenbaum / CBS News:
President Trump calls Chicago's Obama Presidential Center “a disaster,” blames “woke” construction
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and USA Today
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Won't Appeal Judge's Order Against Trump's Anti-Voting Decree
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emptywheel:
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Angry White Men:
Matt Walsh Defends White People Using The N-Word
Rebecca Hersher / NPR:
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ABC News:
Justice Department investigating 2022 Abrego Garcia traffic stop: Sources
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