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Wall Street Journal:
Judges Weigh Taking Control of Their Own Security Amid Threats — U.S. marshals, sworn to protect federal judges, ultimately answer to President Trump, who has ramped up criticism of the judiciary
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Rolling Stone
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Zac Anderson / USA Today:
How Trump's clash with the courts is brewing into an ‘all-out war’
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Lincoln Square Media and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Profits Like No Other President, as Outrage Is Muted … President Trump at a business round-table meeting in Abu Dhabi this month.Doug Mills/The New York Times — When Hillary Clinton was first lady, a furor erupted over reports that she had once made $100,000 from a $1,000 investment in cattle futures.
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The Guardian, Mediaite and No More Mister Nice Blog
New York Times:
Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex — As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects. — As President Trump blurs …
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The Independent
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is a big risk for House Republicans. Many of them hope otherwise. — As the 2026 midterms loom, voters are restless and eager to penalize those in power. Every election starting with 2006, with the exception of 2012, has been a change election.
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Daily Mail, NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
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Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
GOP senator hits Trump tax bill, says there are ‘enough’ Republican votes to ‘stop the process’
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The Guardian, Axios, Fox News, CNBC and The Hill
Clyde McGrady / New York Times:
5 Years After George Floyd's Murder, the Backlash Takes Hold — The Black Lives Matter movement, kicked into high gear after Mr. Floyd's murder on May 25, 2020, has given way to the politics of “white grievance” championed by President Trump. — NEWS ANALYSIS
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The Guardian, Bloomberg, New York Daily News, Reuters and The Hill
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Wilfred Reilly / spiked:
How George Floyd dragged America to the right
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Donald Trump Has Remade America's Political Landscape — Donald J. Trump's victory in 2024 was not an outlier. — It was the culmination of continuous gains by Republicans in much of the country each time he has run for president, a sea of red that amounts to a flashing warning sign …
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era — The president said the graduating cadets would enter a service no longer subject to “absurd ideological experiments” or “nation-building crusades.” — President Trump told cadets in a commencement address …
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The Guardian, CNBC, NewsMax.com and The Atlantic
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Administration Highlights: President Stresses New Era in Speech to West Point Graduates
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James Waterhouse / BBC:
Russia launches largest drone attack yet on Ukraine — Russia has intensified strikes on Ukraine, with the highest number of drones and missiles launched in a single night yet. — At least 12 people, including three children, were killed and dozens injured, Ukrainian officials said.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Six Months Later, Democrats Are Still Searching for the Path Forward — The party's standing is startlingly low after a defeat that felt like a cultural rejection. What comes next? — OUT OF POWER — The party's standing is startlingly low after a defeat that felt like a cultural rejection.
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NewsMax.com
Kate Shaw / New York Times:
Why Is This Supreme Court Handing Trump More and More Power? — Since taking his second oath of office, President Trump has been on a firing spree. In violation of numerous laws or longstanding presidential practice (or both), he has ordered the removal of many high-level officials …
Travel And Tour World:
Europe Freezes US Travel as Lufthansa, British , Air France, KLM and More Slash Routes to Major Cities Including New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago to Tap Soaring Demand Across Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Caribbean — European airlines are freezing their transatlantic growth and pulling …
Associated Press:
Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them — As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants — and governments and universities around the world spotted an opportunity.
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Associated Press
The Times:
JD Vance's Irish ancestry claim hits a genealogical dead end — DUP-commissioned report fails to find a link between Donald Trump's vice-president — a self-declared Scots-Irish — and Ireland — JD Vance takes pride in declaring himself to be a “Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart” …
Jessica Priest / The Texas Tribune:
Political appointees would have more control over Texas universities' courses and hiring under bill OK'd by House — Senate Bill 37 would give more power to university regents, who are appointed by the governor, to vet and veto new curricula and administrators.
Ed White / The Detroit News:
U.S. Justice Department pardon lawyer pledges ‘hard look’ at plot to kidnap Michigan governor … “On the pardon front, we can't leave these guys behind,” Ed Martin Jr. said this week on “The Breanna Morello Show.” — “In my opinion these are victims just like January 6,” Martin said …
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
The US military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls.
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Washington Examiner and Fox News
New York Times:
Trump Allies Look to Benefit From Pro Bono Promises by Elite Law Firms — Veterans, in particular, are seeking free legal work from firms that cut deals with the White House like Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Weiss. — President Trump has tossed around many ideas about how elite law firms …
Wall Street Journal:
The Week That Derailed Joe Biden's Post-Presidency — A fight against cancer and a struggle to amass an inheritance for his family are setting up a somber final chapter — When Joe Biden left office in January, he sought to follow the template set by his predecessors for a post-presidency …
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