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Denver Post:
8 people set on fire in ‘targeted act of violence’ on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall  —  BOULDER — Eight people marching in support of Israeli hostages held in Gaza were burned Sunday by a man wielding what authorities called a “makeshift flamethrower” and an incendiary device.
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Christa Swanson / CBS News:
FBI director calls incident at Boulder's Pearl Street Mall in Colorado a “targeted terror attack;” multiple injured  —  Colorado police are responding to what they called an attack at Boulder's Pearl Street Mall that left multiple people injured.  —  Authorities said the violent incident happened …
New York Times:
Police Respond to Attack at a Colorado Event Raising Awareness of Israeli Hostages  —  A joint statement from the Jewish community in Boulder, Colo., said that an “incendiary device” was thrown at walkers at the event.  —  The authorities responded on Sunday afternoon to an attack in Boulder …
Politico:   Playbook: Russia's Pearl Harbor
Fox News:
Suspect in Boulder terror attack determined to be Egyptian man in US illegally: FBI
Colleen Slevin / Associated Press:
FBI and law enforcement respond to ‘terror attack’ in Boulder, Colorado
Jordain Carney / Politico:
A surprising coalition of GOP senators holds all the megabill leverage  —  An ideologically diverse clutch of Republicans have found rare alignment — and significant leverage.  —  The Senate's deficit hawks might be raising the loudest hue and cry over the GOP's “big, beautiful bill.”
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’ heads for showdown with Senate parliamentarian
Discussion: Breitbart and Magnolia Tribune
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
For Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Trump's big bill is a big test
Discussion: The Federalist
Wall Street Journal:
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients  —  After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere  —  At a recent luncheon at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan, a top lawyer for Citadel delivered a message …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump was not informed of Ukraine attack on Russia  —  President Trump was not informed of a recent Ukrainian attack on Russia, The Hill's sister network NewsNation confirmed Sunday.  —  According to NewsNation's Tanya Noury, an administration official said the president was not given a heads …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Ukraine just rewrote the rules of war
Discussion: Sky News and UK Defence Journal
The Guardian:
Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russian bombers, security official says
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
ICE Barbie's List of ‘Sanctuary’ Cities Yanked After Furious Backlash  —  WALKING IT BACK  —  The pro-Trump National Sheriffs' Association had called the list “arbitrary” and a betrayal.  —  Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security has taken down a list of dozens of “sanctuary” …
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Associated Press:   List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from US government website following criticism
Ted Hesson / Reuters:
DHS removes list of ‘sanctuary’ cities after sheriffs push back on non-compliant label
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Conservative Karol Nawrocki wins Poland's presidential election  —  Conservative Karol Nawrocki won Poland's weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count on Monday.  Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a very tight race against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who received 49.11%.
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Paige Winfield Cunningham / Washington Post:
Shhh.  Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again.  Sort of.  —  They're not branding it an Obamacare repeal this time around, but congressional Republicans are pursuing cuts to programs that are part of the 15-year-old health-care law.  —  Congressional Republicans are pursuing changes …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:   Republicans face new pressure to extend expiring Obamacare tax credits
Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
RFK Jr. says autism ‘destroys’ families.  Here's what those families want you to know  —  Emery Eversoll and her mother shared a good laugh when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that some autistic children will never write poems.  The 16-year-old's bedroom is full of notebooks featuring her prose.
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:   Kennedy's autism crusade ignores history, including his own family's
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Amplifies Another Outlandish Conspiracy Theory: Biden Is a Robotic Clone  —  President Trump reposted another user's false claim that the former president had been “executed” in 2020 and replaced by a robotic clone.  —  President Trump shared an outlandish conspiracy theory on social media …
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump shares unfounded conspiracy theory claiming Biden was ‘executed’ in 2020
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Musk Fends Off Trump Questions in Tense Interview Exchange  —  DONALD WHO?  —  The Tesla CEO bristled when asked about politics.  —  A CBS interview with Elon Musk went off the rails after he was asked about President Donald Trump's crusade against Harvard.
Discussion: The Hill, The Wrap, NewsMax.com and Mediaite
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Emily Peck / Axios:
Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative  —  U.S. trade policy is making China great again — at the United States' expense, per an analysis from Morning Consult that looks at global favorability ratings, and finds China's rising while America's falls.
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Trump and his crew are nuts  —  It's time to stop rationalizing the craziness  —  According to a jaw-dropping New York Times report, during the 2024 campaign, Elon Musk “told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use.”
Aaron Glantz / The Guardian:
Exclusive: US veterans agency orders scientists not to publish in journals without clearance  —  Move that seeks political control of doctors' and scientists' published research fits a pattern of censorship by the Trump administration, veterans advocates say
New Republic:
Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town  —  Ming Li Hui, who goes by the name of “Carol,” has lived for 20 years in the town of Kennett, Missouri, after coming here from Hong Kong.  She has been raising a family there and works as a waitress …
Washington Post:
Israeli troops kill over 30 near U.S. aid site in Gaza, health officials say  —  Over 170 were wounded heading to a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid point, the Health Ministry said.  Israel's military said it was “unaware of injuries caused by IDF fire.”  —  JAFFA, Israel …
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The Guardian:
Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Mike Johnson's bogus attack on CBO's score of the 2017 tax bill  —  The House speaker says the CBO missed by $1 trillion, but even the CBO couldn't predict a pandemic. … — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), interviewed on Fox News, May 29  —  The CBO is a nonpartisan agency …
 
 
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The big, bad bond market could derail Trump's big, beautiful bill
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