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Associated Press:
What we know about the suspect and victims in the Boulder, Colorado, attack  —  Eight people calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured at an outdoor mall in Boulder, Colorado, by a man who police say used a makeshift flamethrower and hurled an incendiary device into a crowd.
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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.
New York Times:
Live Updates: 6 People Burned in Attack on Event for Israeli Hostages in Colorado  —  Two were airlifted to a burn unit with serious injuries.  Officials said the attacker, who used a “makeshift flamethrower,” was in custody and had yelled, “Free Palestine,” according to witnesses.  —  Here's what to know.
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
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: Newsweek and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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
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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Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 142.
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.
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%.
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Trump always chickens out on foreign policy too  —  Despite his rhetoric about fire and fury, the president is nervous about the use of force  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free  —  Your guide to what Trump's second term means for Washington, business and the world
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.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Tesla Takedown takes down Musk
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 …
Nick Carey / Reuters:
Tesla's European sales rout continues but new Model Y boosts Norway deliveries  —  Tesla's (TSLA.O) car sales fell sharply in several European markets including Sweden and Portugal in May, a fifth consecutive monthly decline that has been blamed on CEO Elon Musk's political activities and an outdated model lineup.
Discussion: Electrek
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Fiery Brief Fueled by Conservatives Helped Put Trump's Tariffs in Peril  —  A coalition including leading figures on the right said the president's program did violence to the Constitution.  One judge cited it eight times.  —  A powerful sign that President Trump's tariff-driven trade war …
Discussion: Alternet.org
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
Martin Fornusek / The Kyiv Independent:
Ukraine, Russia begin second round of peace talks in Istanbul  —  Editor's note: The story is being updated.  —  Ukrainian and Russian delegates had begun the second round of peace talks in Istanbul, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry announced on June 2, with Kyiv reportedly aiming to discuss a ceasefire and an all-for-all prisoner exchange.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The unaccountable fist of an unaccountable president  —  With Trump's blessing, DHS is turning ambiguity into a weapon against immigrants — and opponents.  —  I keep thinking about the White House press briefing on March 17, St. Patrick's Day.  It was the first in the wake …
 
 
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