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11:50 AM ET, June 13, 2025

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New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  The Israeli government has been making preparations for weeks for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.  —  Here's the latest.  —  Explosions rocked Tehran early Friday morning, and Israel's defense minister said his country's warplanes had carried out an attack on Iran …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
As Israel launches a major attack on Iran, Trump's pre-election rhetoric runs into reality  —  The president spent four years saying “This would never have happened if I was president” in response to foreign violence.  Now he's haunted by the claims.  —  About a month before Election …
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Israel strikes Iran, killing 3 commanders; Trump urges Tehran to ‘make a deal’  —  Israel strikes Iran; explosions rock Tehran  —  President Donald Trump urged Iran to “make a deal” with Israel “before it is too late,” after Israel launched what it called a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear program and military targets.
Axios:
Israel's strike on Iran was 8 months in the making  —  Israel's stunning and sprawling operation overnight targeting Iran's nuclear facilities, missile sites, scientists and generals followed eight months of intensive clandestine preparations.  —  Why it matters: The operation launched …
Michael R. Gordon / Wall Street Journal:
In Twist, U.S. Diplomacy Served as Cover for Israeli Surprise Attack  —  Talks seen as a way to keep the peace gave Israel the opportunity to land heavy military blows  —  U.S. negotiations with Iran aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear program were widely seen as an important way to preserve regional peace.
Paul McLeary / Politico:
US moves warships closer to Israel  —  The move comes as Israel braces for a retaliatory attack from Iran.  —  The Pentagon is moving two U.S. destroyers toward the Eastern Mediterranean as Israel braces for a retaliatory attack from Iran after Friday's airstrikes on Iranian military targets.
Discussion: Defense One, Bloomberg and Reuters
Associated Press:
Israel attacks Iran's capital with explosions booming across Tehran
Zac Anderson / USA Today:
'Before there's nothing left': Trump pushes Iran to make nuclear deal; live updates
Yonah Jeremy Bob / Jerusalem Post:
IDF intercepts massive drone attack from Iran, pummels Tehran's air defenses
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Humiliated as Israel Strikes Iran Right After Last-Ditch Plea
Axios:
Israel strikes nuclear and missile sites across Iran
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Israel launches strike against Iran
NBC News:
Live updates: Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facilities as fears of war mount
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Israel's strikes on Iran show Trump is unable to restrain Netanyahu as Middle East slips closer to chaos
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Sen. Alex Padilla Tells MSNBC FBI ‘Escorted’ Him To Trump DHS Presser They Claim He Crashed  —  Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) told MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff that he was “escorted” to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference by FBI agents, where he was then manhandled by agents under the claim they didn't know who he was.
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Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
Sen. Alex Padilla disputes Trump administration's account of incident that led to federal agents handcuffing him
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Noem Says National Guard Occupation Is Meant To ‘Liberate’ LA From Its Mayor And Governor
Discussion: MSNBC, Mediaite and The Dean's Report
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Democrats make a mark in their rowdy pushback to Trump
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
Sen. Padilla Pushed to Ground, Handcuffed for Demanding DHS Not Lie
NBC News:
Trump administration can keep control of California National Guard troops for now, appeals court rules  —  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has paused an order for the National Guard to leave Los Angeles.  —  The Trump administration can maintain control of several thousand National Guard troops …
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Washington Post:
Appeals court says Trump can keep California National Guard deployed for now
Wall Street Journal:
Hundreds of ‘No Kings’ Rallies Planned in Opposition to Trump  —  Progressive groups hope to cast a ‘split screen’ with the president's military parade  —  Boasting tanks, cannons, soldiers and fireworks, President Trump's military parade Saturday is designed to be a spectacle.
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
All the polls on the LA protests and Trump's response so far  —  I have struggled to come up with more to say on the Los Angeles protests that isn't repetitive of some of the great things other people are writing on the subject.  But then it struck me that it may be useful to readers …
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:   Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump?
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Millions in US expected to protest against Trump in ‘No Kings’ demonstrations
Discussion: CBS News and NBC News
New York Times:
Trump's Big Bill Would Be More Regressive Than Any Major Law in Decades  —  The authors reviewed distributional analyses from bills over the last 35 years.  —  The Republican megabill now before the Senate cuts taxes for high earners and reduces benefits for the poor.
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Paul Krugman:
Reverse Robin Hood and Trumpian Totalitarianism  —  House Republicans have passed Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.  After having spent decades covering Republican domestic policies, I have a pretty jaundiced view of their intentions.  But this bill is so cruelly regressive that it shocked even me.
Discussion: Politico
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate GOP Strips Provision From Tax Bill That Would Let Trump Rule As A King  —  They removed jarring language from the House GOP's “big, beautiful bill” that would have limited the ability of courts to enforce contempt orders.  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans have quietly removed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump Org Keeps Bringing In Foreign Workers To Staff Its Clubs And Winery  —  Topline  —  On Thursday, President Donald Trump acknowledged concerns from the agriculture and hospitality industries that his strict immigration policies are making it harder to retain long-time workers …
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Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions.  The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.  —  Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems.  For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to overturn E. Jean Carroll verdict  —  A federal appeals court in an 8-2 vote Friday declined President Trump's bid to rehear his appeal of a jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, leaving the Supreme Court as Trump's only remaining pathway.
Discussion: NOTUS and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
How vaccine critics appointed by RFK Jr. could limit access to shots  —  Staff who provide data to the vaccine panel have been pushed aside, according to health officials, raising doubts about the availability of coronavirus and other vaccines.  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
How Kennedy's Purge of Advisers Could Disrupt U.S. Vaccinations
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and MSNBC
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
ICE agents get green light to make unjustified warrantless arrests  —  The agency announced an accountability policy has been rescinded. … On Wednesday an email landed in the inboxes of all ICE employees with the subject: “Termination of Castañon-Nava Settlement Agreement.”
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
The Assault on Los Angeles Brought Jorge Ramos Back  —  THE LOS ANGELES ICE PROTESTS have revealed a little-understood dimension of mass deportation and the social reality of many Hispanic communities.  —  In certain areas, immigrants have become so embedded in the culture that it is only natural …
Jacqueline Sweet / The Intercept:
ICE Agent Fled From Angry Residents Outside New York School — and Got in a Car Crash  —  A dozen or more masked men, some with long guns, tried to enter a men's homeless shelter without identifying themselves in a rural town with a long-standing immigrant community on eastern Long Island in New York.
 
 
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