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Konstantin Toropin / Military and Veteran Benefits …:
Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Navy to take the rare step of renaming a ship, one that bears the name of a gay rights icon, documents and sources show.  —  Military.com reviewed a memorandum …
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Eleanor Watson / CBS News:
Navy set to rename USNS Harvey Milk, mulls new names for other ships named for civil rights leaders  —  Washington — The U.S. Navy plans to rename the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler named after the slain gay rights leader and Navy veteran, and is considering renaming multiple naval ships named …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth moves to rename Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk  —  The directive could be expanded to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.  —  The Pentagon is making plans to strip the name …
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS News
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Hegseth orders renaming of ship named after gay rights icon Harvey Milk  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the secretary of the Navy to rename the oiler ship USNS Harvey Milk, according to a defense official.  —  The ship, which was launched in 2021 and named after the gay rights activist …
Discussion: Blaze Media
Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Hegseth orders Navy to rename ship honoring gay rights activist Harvey Milk  —  A DOD official said the decision's timing, during Pride month, was intentional.  —  The John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO-206) conducts a replenishment at sea, Dec. 13, 2024.  —  MC2 Maxwell Orlosky/Dvids
New York Times:   U.S. May Strip Harvey Milk's Name From Navy Vessel
Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
MTG Admits She Didn't Read Trump Mega Bill She Voted For  —  Diehard MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she wished she had not voted for President Donald Trump's “One Big, Beautiful” spending bill, explaining that she wasn't aware of its contents.  “Full transparency …
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NPR:
Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting  —  President Trump took yet another step Tuesday to place NPR and PBS at the center of his broader clash with major cultural institutions, formally asking Congress to take back the $1.1 billion it has set aside for all public broadcasters for the next two years.
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk Calls Trump Megabill a ‘Disgusting Abomination’  —  Billionaire sides with GOP critics who say measure doesn't cut spending enough  —  WASHINGTON—Former White House cost-cutting czar Elon Musk called President Trump's “big, beautiful” tax and spending package a “disgusting abomination …
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
‘Disgusting abomination’: Elon Musk tears into Trump megabill  —  Billionaire Elon Musk ramped up his criticism of the megabill of President Trump's tax cut and spending priorities, calling the legislation a “disgusting abomination.”  —  “I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Four reasons Musk attacked Trump's “big beautiful bill”  —  Elon Musk blasted President Trump's legacy legislation Tuesday, casting it as a bloated mess, but those who have spoken to the billionaire say he was frustrated at failing to win favorable treatment in the bill and the administration at large.
Associated Press:
Trump pushes a July 4th deadline for big tax bill as senators dig in
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Musk blasts Trump's signature bill as “disgusting abomination”
Associated Press:
Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions  —  The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it would revoke guidance to the nation's hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions for women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.
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Carter Sherman / The Guardian:   Trump rescinds Emtala guidance protecting women in need of emergency abortions
Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
Democrats Will Hand Out Free Tacos to Mock Trump  —  The Democratic Party has commissioned a taco truck to serve free lunch outside the Republican National Committee's DC headquarters beginning at noon on Tuesday. … The giveaway is not just to mark taco Tuesday, says a Democratic National Committee staffer …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: DNC rents taco truck to mock Trump on ‘TACO’ slogan
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Washington Post Plans an Influx of Outside Opinion Writers  —  A new program, known internally as Ripple, would open The Post to journalists at other publications and influential writers on Substack.  —  The Washington Post has published some of the world's most influential voices …
Matt Krupnick / ProPublica:
Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing  —  ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year.  Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say.
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Boulder suspect's family detained by ICE, set for expedited removal, Kristi Noem says  —  Family members of the man charged with Sunday's attack in Boulder, Colorado, have been taken into custody, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday.
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CNN:
Family of Colorado attack suspect taken into ICE custody
Luke Barr / ABC News:
2 Chinese nationals charged with smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism’ fungus into US: DOJ  —  Authorities said it was in connection with work at the University of Michigan.  —  This photo released by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan shows what authorities …
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Robert Snell / The Detroit News:
Chinese scholar at UM tried to smuggle biological pathogen into the U.S., feds say
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Joni Ernst's Medicaid Quip Could Cost Iowa GOP  —  Up until now, Iowa has been the poster state for Donald Trump's alleged electoral revolution.  Prior to Trump's first race, it went Democratic in six of the seven presidential elections (and went Republican only by an eyelash in the other).
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Kennedy Center subscription sales fall 36 percent from previous year  —  Sales for ticket packages across all genres are down about $1.6 million year over year, a window into the arts center's challenges following President Donald Trump's takeover.  —  Sales of subscriptions for the coming season …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Denouncing Antisemitism, Trump Also Fans Its Flames  —  President Trump's effort to punish Harvard over antisemitism is complicated by his extensive history of amplifying white supremacist figures and symbols.  —  In the Oval Office one day last week, President Trump renewed his no-holds-barred attack …
Reuters:
Exclusive: CDC expert resigns from COVID vaccines advisory role, sources say  —  Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the U.S. CDC resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency …
Discussion: CBS News
Time:
Google's New AI Tool Generates Convincing Deepfakes of Riots, Conflict, and Election Fraud  —  Google's recently launched AI video tool can generate realistic clips that contain misleading or inflammatory information about news events, according to a TIME analysis and several tech watchdogs.
Representative Crockett:
Rep. Jasmine Crockett Officially Announces Candidacy for Ranking Member of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform  —  WASHINGTON - Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially announced that she is running to serve as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Axios and The Hill
Andrea Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Bakersfield girl who faced deportation and loss of lifesaving medical care is allowed to stay in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The family of a 4-year-old Bakersfield girl with a rare medical condition has been granted humanitarian protection from deportation, allowing her to continue receiving lifesaving treatment in the United States.
Politico:
Fetterman's chief of staff leaves amid string of departures  —  Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman's chief of staff is leaving her post, two people familiar with the matter confirmed to POLITICO on Tuesday.  The move is yet another key departure for a congressional office that's been marked …
Discussion: Axios and KRDO
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 1.4 Million, Study Finds  —  With high casualty figures and the slow pace of Russia's territorial gains, President Vladimir V. Putin could face years more of a grinding war of attrition in Ukraine.  —  Nearly one million Russian troops have been killed …
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Bowser hit with ethics complaint over travel paid for by Qatar  —  Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser faces a possible investigation over her alleged acceptance of lavish gifts from Qatar during several trips.  —  A complaint filed by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust …
CNN:
Trump privately complains about Amy Coney Barrett and other Supreme Court justices he nominated  —  President Donald Trump has privately complained that the Supreme Court justices he appointed have not sufficiently stood behind his agenda, according to multiple sources familiar with the conversations.
American Banker:
The Senate's stablecoin bill risks repeating past legislative mistakes  —  In 2000, various forms of over-the-counter derivatives were emerging fast into the financial mainstream, and Congress passed the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, or CFMA, which purported to encourage financial innovation …
Tess McClure / The Guardian:
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists' horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects  —  A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species' collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides  —  The age of extinction is supported by
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Defendant accused of faking Trump death threats so witness would be deported  —  Demetric Deshawn Scott wrote letters threatening to kill President Donald Trump, in an attempt to get Ramón Morales Reyes deported, Wisconsin prosecutors said.  —  A Wisconsin man is facing charges …
Molly White / Citation Needed:
UPDATED: Trump to launch branded crypto trading application  —  Trump to launch branded crypto trading application  —  Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later.
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
The White House Gutted Science Funding.  Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.  —  Thousands of scientists, academics, physicians and researchers have responded to the administration's executive order about “restoring a gold standard for science.”  —  Who could argue with setting a “gold standard” for science?
Politico:
Jasmine Crockett makes House Oversight bid official  —  Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett officially kicked off a bid to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, making her the fourth contestant in a crowded race to succeed the late Rep. Gerry Connolly.
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
Benedict Smith / Telegraph:
Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin  —  Darren Beattie, who alarmed the State Department with his pro-Moscow views, is married to a woman whose uncle has ties to Vladimir Putin  —  A senior official who dismantled the US government's Russian disinformation unit …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and New Republic
Wall Street Journal:
Some of Trump's Biggest Inaugural Donors Benefit From Early Government Actions  —  Pilgrim's Pride, Ripple, other big givers see favorable U.S. decisions in the new administration  —  The biggest contributor to President Trump's inauguration was chicken processor Pilgrim's Pride, which gave $5 million.
Discussion: Alternet.org
CNN:
Ukraine strikes bridge connecting Russia to Crimea with underwater explosives  —  Ukraine said on Tuesday that it had hit the bridge connecting Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula with explosives planted underwater, in its third attack on the vital supply line for Moscow's forces since the full-scale war began in 2022.
 
 
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