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Christopher Maag / New York Times:
Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents — Captured on video, the episode occurred in the congressman's Manhattan office, shortly after the aide observed agents detaining immigrants outside a courtroom. — Federal officers entered Representative Jerry Nadler's office …
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
‘It can happen to anyone’: Nadler rebukes DHS after staffer detained in Manhattan office
‘It can happen to anyone’: Nadler rebukes DHS after staffer detained in Manhattan office
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New York Post, Raw Story and Gothamist
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Unease at F.B.I. Intensifies as Patel Ousts Top Officials … The F.B.I. headquarters in Washington.Erin Schaff/The New York Times — Before being confirmed as the director of the F.B.I., Kash Patel made clear his intent to remake it in his own image, reflecting a larger desire by the White House to bend the agency to its will.
Chris York / The Kyiv Independent:
‘Russian bombers are burning en masse’ — Ukraine's SBU drones hit ‘more than 40’ aircraft in mass attack, source claims — Editor's note: This is a breaking story and is being updated. — An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has hit “more than 40” Russian bombers at air bases …
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Ted Kerasote / New York Times:
Will America's National Parks Survive Trump? — Like a cinnamon river overflowing its banks, thousands of elk have been making their way across Jackson Hole, Wyo., to their summer range below the high, jagged peaks of Grand Teton National Park. — This is one of the world's most spectacular migrations …
New York Times:
Trump to Withdraw Musk's Ally as Nominee for Top NASA Job — Jared Isaacman was a close associate of Elon Musk, whose SpaceX company has multiple contracts with NASA. — President Trump plans to withdraw his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a billionaire entrepreneur and close associate of Elon Musk's …
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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
White House to pull NASA nominee Isaacman
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Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
Jared Isaacman told his nomination as NASA administrator will be withdrawn
Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Wes Moore and Tim Walz Go to a Fish Fry and Spatter 2028 Gossip Everywhere — As the two governors made buzzy appearances in South Carolina, Democrats in the influential state were already looking to the next election and wondering: Who can win? — Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland played …
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Blake Jones / Politico:
Tim Walz tells Harris' home-state Dems that 2024 was a ‘primal scream’
Tim Walz tells Harris' home-state Dems that 2024 was a ‘primal scream’
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Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Gabbard Wants Fox Hosts to Feed Trump Top Secret Intel: 'Doesn't Read' — BURN AFTER WATCHING — Because the president is “on broadcast all the time,” the director of national security plans to revamp his daily intelligence briefings. — Director of National Security Tulsi Gabbard wants …
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
RKF Jr. May Have Just Ruined Our Best Weapon Against Bird Flu — He just made two bad decisions on vaccines, and he made them in the worst way possible. — IMAGINE BEING HANDED the ultimate weapon to win a future war and throwing that weapon away. — That's a fair description …
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Helen Branswell / STAT:
FDA approves a next-generation Covid vaccine from Moderna, with restrictions
FDA approves a next-generation Covid vaccine from Moderna, with restrictions
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Emily Herbert / Financial Times:
Dollar's correlation with Treasury yields breaks down — Investors' concerns about US policymaking and Fed independence weigh on greenback and bonds — Simply sign up to the US economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. — The close relationship between US government bond yields …
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg:
Immigrants Rebuilt a Pennsylvania Town — Then Became Targets — Haitians in Charleroi filled pews and revived stores. Now they face deportation and backlash. — Larry Celaschi summons me to look at his cell phone, which displays a photo of a truck. The picture, which someone shared with Celaschi …
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Hated ‘TACO’ Nickname Is Catching On: CNN Data Guru — WHAT'S IN A NAME? — The president is not happy with his new Wall Street-inspired moniker. — CNN's resident data guru says President Donald Trump's hated “TACO” nickname is gaining popularity.
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
‘TACO’ Is the Secret to Trump's Resilience
‘TACO’ Is the Secret to Trump's Resilience
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Raw Story, The Independent, Grabien, Twitchy and No More Mister Nice Blog
Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Birthday Military Parade Will Do $16M in Damages to D.C. Streets — BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT — Armored vehicles rolling down Constitution Avenue are expected to tear millions of dollars' worth of holes in the tarmac. — Pothole repair is about to be big business in Washington …
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David Smith / The Guardian:
Why Trump is really going after Harvard — If the US's oldest university bends the knee, the door to authoritarianism opens and democracy fades, experts warn — In mortarboards and crimson-fringed gowns, thousands of students were joined by smiling families for the centuries-old ritual of graduation day.
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Anna Gifty / Public Notice:
How the “pink tariff” hurts women — Trump's trade war makes being a woman, and especially a Black woman, much more expensive. … 💯 — “Trump Tariffs will make you a man?” wondered a Fox News chyron as host Jesse Watters spoke days after Trump's announcement of his “liberation day” tariffs.
Eunki Seonwoo / The Martha's Vineyard Times:
Federal agent's tattoo stokes fear — ICE denies connections between the officer and white supremacy. — A federal immigration enforcer's tattoo that matches the description of a symbol used by white supremacists has caused some Vineyarders to sound alarm bells.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
May 31, 2025 — “I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition,” Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine told her colleagues on June 1, 1950. “It is a national feeling of fear and frustration that could result in national suicide and the end of everything …
Jean Mackenzie / BBC:
North and South Korea are in an underground war - Kim Jong Un might now be winning — The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard posts. But dotted among them is something even more unusual: giant, green camouflaged speakers.
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Washington Post:
It's called the Library of Congress. But Trump claims it's his. — The case is the latest example of efforts by the Trump administration to erase the traditional lines that separate the branches of government. — The Trump White House has a new target in its campaign to expand executive power: the Library of Congress.
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate rankings: The 5 seats most likely to flip — The 2026 midterm cycle is already bustling with activity as Senate Republicans gear up to defend their majority and Democrats try to reverse course from a difficult few years and chart a path forward. — The fields are starting to take shape …
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
Can the ‘Abundance Agenda’ Save the Democrats? — Dispirited liberals are embracing—and feuding over—a new book's call for cutting red tape — SAN FRANCISCO—A raging political fad has taken over the Democratic Party, coalescing politicians, activists and rank-and-file partisans around …
Ephrat Livni / New York Times:
Muhammad Sinwar, a Top Military Leader of Hamas, Is Dead, Israel Says — He was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the former Hamas leader killed by Israel last year. Hamas did not immediately respond to the claim of his death. — The Israeli military announced on Saturday night …
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