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Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance — It was supposed to be a routine appearance, a visit from the commander in chief to rally the troops, boost morale and celebrate the Army's 250th-birthday week …
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Alternet.org, Talking Points Memo, KRDO, The Independent and Washington Post
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness — With President Donald Trump sending more troops into Los Angeles amid protests there, a remarkable image has gone viral on social media. It shows members of the National Guard crowded into a sterile-looking office …
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
National Guard troops have temporarily detained civilians in LA protests, commander says — National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests over immigration raids, the commander in charge said Wednesday, but they quickly turned them over to law enforcement.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Be a Strongman, but He's Actually a Weak Man — President Trump thinks it is a sign of strength to send in troops to deal with protesters in Los Angeles. To that end, he has federalized a portion of the California National Guard and mobilized nearby Marines to support Immigration …
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The Atlantic, HuffPost, Axios, The Root and Alternet.org
Marlene Lenthang / NBC News:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to deploy National Guard across the state in response to protests — The move comes ahead of a planned protest in San Antonio and follows days of protest in L.A. and across the nation. — Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he'll deploy the National Guard to locations across the state …
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Politico:
‘He does love being commander in chief’: Trump leans in on the military
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Rick Wilson's Intel …, NBC News, The Independent, Axios, Scripting News, Newsweek, PennLive, Plain Dealer, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, The Hill, Bangor Daily News and PBS NewsHour
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Justice Department calls Newsom National Guard lawsuit a ‘crass political stunt’
Justice Department calls Newsom National Guard lawsuit a ‘crass political stunt’
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Fox News, Washington Examiner, MSNBC, The Hill, CBS News, Breitbart, New York Times and The National Pulse
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's ludicrously sloppy legal rationale for occupying LA
Trump's ludicrously sloppy legal rationale for occupying LA
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Politico, Just Security, Rolling Stone, Pepperspectives, Roll Call and The Independent
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Fulbright Board Resigns After Accusing Trump Aides of Political Interference — The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers. — The dozen board members of the prestigious Fulbright program …
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MSNBC, Bloomberg and The Guardian
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Adam Nichols / Raw Story:
Entire Fulbright board quits in mass revolt over Trump assault — In a stunning institutional revolt against Donald Trump, the entire 12-member board overseeing America's most prestigious international scholarship program resigned en masse Wednesday, blasting the administration …
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New York Times
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Fulbright board quits, claims Trump administration politicized scholarships
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Wall Street Journal, ABC News and Reuters
Rolling Stone:
Some Trump Officials Now Fear Elon's ‘Burn Book’ — “What does he have on us?” — It's been less than a week since the explosive, extremely public breakdown in relations between Donald Trump, the most powerful person on the planet, and Elon Musk, the world's richest man.
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Raw Story, Reuters, CBS News and NewsMax.com
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Diana Glebova / New York Post:
Donald Trump responds to Elon Musk's late-night apology after ugly public feud — WASHINGTON — President Trump is feeling good about Elon Musk's apology after the former “first buddy” admitted late Tuesday he had gone “too far” in his personal attacks on the commander-in-chief.
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New York Times:
Musk Spoke to Trump Privately Before Posting Message of ‘Regret’
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USA Today, ABC News, Reuters, The Hill, Metro.co.uk, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Axios
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Majority Of Voters Oppose GOP Budget Bill, With Just 67% Of Republicans In Support, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Trump Job Approval: 38%, His Handling Of Russia - Ukraine War Lowest Among List Of Issues — mail_outline — As the Senate debates the GOP tax …
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Raw Story, The Hill, National Review, New Jersey Online, PoliticusUSA, Jewish Insider, masslive.com and The Liberal Patriot
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Senators Freak Out When Asked About Trump's Military Parade Costing $45 Million — Some ducked into elevators. Some stared into space. “I answered the question I wanted to answer!” Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) snapped. — WASHINGTON - They snapped. They stared off into space.
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New York Daily News, CBS News and TheGrio, more at Mediagazer »
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Politico:
'America's reputation is on the line': Republican senators chide Hegseth over Ukraine
'America's reputation is on the line': Republican senators chide Hegseth over Ukraine
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The Hill, New Republic, CBS News, New York Times, Raw Story, PBS NewsHour, ABC News, NewsMax.com, Mediaite, Grabien and The Kyiv Independent
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Many Republicans Plan to Skip Trump's Military Parade
Many Republicans Plan to Skip Trump's Military Parade
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Vanity Fair, NewsMax.com, Roll Call, New Jersey Online, New Republic, Mock Paper Scissors, MSNBC, USA Today, Politico, Alternet.org and The Independent
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: The GOP's latest megabill casualties — House Republicans will vote to make difficult changes to the GOP megabill Wednesday in an attempt to keep the bill on track in the Senate. The House Rules Committee teed up a provision Tuesday night that would scrub the House-passed bill …
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Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Senate Republicans Want to Trim Some of Trump's Populist Tax Cuts
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Politico, Washington Post, NOTUS, Alternet.org, CBS News, The Hill and Washington Times
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Cramer: GOP has no ‘stomach’ for Medicare changes in Trump megabill
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
‘There is no Plan B’: Republicans make a daring bet on the debt limit
‘There is no Plan B’: Republicans make a daring bet on the debt limit
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CBS News
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82 — Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems …
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Associated Press:
US prepares to order departure of all nonessential staff from Baghdad embassy, officials say — The State Department is preparing to order the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad due to the potential for regional unrest, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. evacuating personnel from the Middle East amid growing tensions with Iran
U.S. evacuating personnel from the Middle East amid growing tensions with Iran
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Breitbart, Jewish Insider, Blaze Media, The Gateway Pundit and The National Pulse
Sophie Gardner / Politico:
CDC backtracks on layoffs, rehires more than 400 people — Around half of those employees are in the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reinstating more than 400 people who had received layoff notices …
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Associated Press and Fox News
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Pew Research Center:
U.S. Image Declines in Many Nations Amid Low Confidence in Trump — Table of Contents Table of Contents — This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of the United States and President Donald Trump in 24 countries across North America, Europe, the Middle East …
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NBC News, Axios, Raw Story, Plain Dealer and The Guardian
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Yurii Stasiuk / Politico:
US's worldwide popularity plummets thanks to ‘arrogant’ Trump
US's worldwide popularity plummets thanks to ‘arrogant’ Trump
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Pew Research Center and Advocate
Jake Spring / Washington Post:
EPA moves to repeal limits on greenhouse gas emissions by power plants — The EPA announced proposals to significantly loosen Biden-era regulations on pollution from power plants, including mercury and carbon dioxide. — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday a proposal …
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press, The Hill, Wired, KRDO, Daily Caller News Foundation, New York Post, Heatmap News, E&E News and Bloomberg
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New York Times:
Rubio Is Pressing to Open Sanctions Investigation Into Harvard — Experts and former officials said it was unusual for a cabinet secretary to try to influence the Treasury Department's sanctions process to target a domestic entity. — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is pushing …
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Daily Caller News Foundation, Reuters and NewsMax.com
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Rubio knocks allies for sanctioning Israeli officials
Rubio knocks allies for sanctioning Israeli officials
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United States Department …, Washington Examiner, Melanie Phillips, Breitbart, VINnews, Fox News, HuffPost, NewsMax.com, BBC, New York Times, Bloomberg, The Forward, Al Jazeera and The Times
Wall Street Journal:
X's Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We'll Sue — Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino launched a campaign to strong-arm advertisers back onto the platform — Late last year, Verizon Communications got an unusual message from a media company that wanted its business: Spend your ad dollars with us or we'll see you in court.
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The Information, Quartz, Ars Technica and Above the Law, more at Mediagazer »
Sid Garcia / ABC7:
ICE agents chase after farmworkers as they flee fields during latest raid in Ventura County — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeted workers on produce farms in Ventura County Tuesday morning in one of the latest raids in Southern California. — OXNARD, Calif. (KABC) …
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Washington Examiner, Reason and The Guardian
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Ari Hawkins / Politico:
Trump ‘likely’ to push back July tariff deadline, Bessent says — President Donald Trump is “highly likely” to push back his July 8 deadline to reach deals with top trading partners, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told lawmakers Wednesday. Speaking before the House Ways and Means Committee …
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Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Bessent floats extending tariff pause for countries in ‘good faith’ trade talks
Bessent floats extending tariff pause for countries in ‘good faith’ trade talks
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New York Post, Axios and NewsMax.com
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘No Kings’: Millions to Protest Trump's ‘Dictator-Style Birthday Parade’ — A national day of protest is set for June 14. Can non-violent resistance counter Trump's authoritarian show of force? — Even before Donald Trump militarized his crackdown on pro-immigrant protesters in Los Angeles …
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USA Today, Washington Examiner, MLive.com, NewsMax.com, Vanity Fair, MSNBC, New York Times, SFist, The Hill, Axios, Newsweek, New York Sun, Adam Kinzinger, Alternet.org, The Social Contract …, SanDiegoVille and Forbes
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
The secret police descending on Small Town, U.S.A. — Masked immigration officials are storming towns and arresting people. — GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Maybe they really were immigration officers, just as they claimed. Or maybe they were a ragtag vigilante group, arbitrarily snatching brown-looking people off the street.
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NextDraft
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
This Is What Trump Does When His Revolution Sputters — His military deployment in Los Angeles follows a long, disturbing tradition. — Revolutions have a logic. The revolutionaries start with a big, transformative, impossible goal. They want to remake society, smash existing institutions, replace them with something different.
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The Hill and No More Mister Nice Blog
Washington Post:
Hegseth resists when pushed to explain Trump's Air Force One deal — Democrats demanded clarity on the president's rationale for pursuing the Qatari luxury jet, but his defiant defense chief gave them little in return. — Just now — Summary — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …
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Bloomberg and New York Sun
Elle Kehres / Radio World:
NOAA Weather Radio Disruptions Highlight Need for EAS Backups — Over the last few months, broadcasters across the U.S. have learned about a series of rolling software updates that are causing NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) stations to experience periods of downtime.
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The Dispatch
Eric Holthaus / The Guardian:
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired — Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content — A major US government website supporting public education on climate science looks likely …
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Washington Examiner
