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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
President Speaks of Sacrifice and Boasts of His Successes in Memorial Day Address  —  Where Things Stand  — Memorial Day speech: President Trump highlighted the sacrifices of military veterans during a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery.
Discussion: Axios
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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Trump honors fallen troops and Gold Star families at Arlington National Cemetery
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Says Putin Has ‘Gone Crazy’ After New Russian Attacks on Ukraine  —  President Trump says that the Russian president has “gone absolutely CRAZY” with attacks in Ukraine, but has so far refused to join Europe with its newest sanctions.  —  “I don't know what the hell happened to Putin …
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Russia Intensifies Attacks on Ukraine as U.S. Steps Back  —  With diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire appearing remote, and President Trump apparently abandoning the process, Russia has been escalating its assaults on Ukrainian cities and on the battlefield.
Associated Press:
Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine as Trump says Putin has ‘gone crazy’
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Putin Accuses Trump of ‘Emotional Overload’ After His Wild Rant
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Charles B. Rangel, Longtime Harlem Congressman, Dies at 94  —  As the dean of New York's delegation and the first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he was a powerful political force for decades.  —  Charles Rangel spoke at a news conference outside the Bronx County Courthouse in 1985.
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Erik Ortiz / Associated Press:
Charles Rangel, former longtime N.Y. congressman who represented Harlem, dies at 94
Stacey Dec / ABC News:
Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges  —  Scott Jenkins, who was sheriff in Culpeper, was to report to jail on Tuesday.  —  Culpeper County, Virginia, Sheriff Scott Jenkins speaks during a gun rights rally organized by The Virginia Citizens Defense League …
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Bo Erickson / Reuters:
Trump pardons former sheriff convicted of bribery  —  President Donald Trump issued a pardon on Monday for a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted last year of federal bribery charges, averting prison time for the officer.  —  “Sheriff Scott Jenkins, his wife Patricia …
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
‘Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal’: Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault ‘War Crimes’  —  “What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination,” former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.  —  Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he now believes …
Discussion: Haaretz
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Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
Trump's Comments on Gaza Reflect Israel's Growing Isolation
Discussion: Semafor
Stephanie Armour / Washington Post:
E. coli outbreak sickened more than 80 people, but details didn't surface  —  Food safety inspections are being scaled back and the public was not notified after an investigation into E. coli contamination.  —  Colton George felt sick.  The 9-year-old Indiana boy told his parents his stomach hurt.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Reuters:
Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools.
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
7 ways Republicans are split over Trump's ‘big bill’  —  Getting Trump's tax and immigration bill through the Senate won't be easy.  —  House Republicans barely passed a massive bill last week containing much of President Donald Trump's domestic agenda after months of tense negotiations between feuding factions.
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Politics of Plunder  —  The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America's aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.  —  To understand the vagaries of power in Washington, pay attention to where the powerful congregate.  When Teddy Roosevelt was ascending …
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
Tech's Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades  —  Apple's chief executive has gone from winning President Trump's praise to drawing his ire, deepening the company's woes in a very bad year.  —  In the run-up to President Trump's recent trip to the Middle East …
New York Times:
What to Know About the Deportees the U.S. Is Trying to Send to South Sudan  —  Experts say the administration may be trying to shape the behavior of immigrants through fear.  —  The Trump administration is trying to deport a group of eight migrants to South Sudan, a country on the brink of civil war.
Discussion: Newsweek
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Members Only: A New Trump Club, Ned's Club and the Enduring Old Guard  —  In a Washington rived by political differences, four private clubs reflect the sorting of the city's establishment into separate corners at a turbulent time.  —  In a Washington rived by political differences …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
 
 
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
FBI agents who covered up Hunter Biden's laptop in 2020 must not get away with it
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
King Charles III arrives in Canada to underscore its sovereignty after Trump annexation threats
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Filibuster takes center stage as GOP tees up vote to nix California EV rule
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Thomas E. Ricks / Politico:
What Pete Hegseth Gets Wrong About ‘Warfighting’
Discussion: Raw Story
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
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Villaraigosa, despite climate credentials, pivots toward oil industry in run for governor
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Ivan Penn / New York Times:
Electric Vehicles Died a Century Ago. Could That Happen Again?
Discussion: Althouse
Christopher Purdy / The UnPopulist:
Let's Rededicate Ourselves to a Nonpartisan Military Free of Domestic Entanglements this Memorial Day
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Will Sommer / @willsommer:
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