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10:40 AM ET, June 14, 2025

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Ryan Pattee / KSTP-TV:
Sources say two Minnesota lawmakers have been shot  —  Sources have told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS' Tom Hauser that two Minnesota Lawmakers have been shot.  —  Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot …
Discussion: HotAir
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Melissa Turtinen / FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Rep. Melissa Hortman, Sen. John Hoffman shot in ‘targeted’ shootings: Sources  — Two Minnesota lawmakers were shot by someone impersonating a police officer early Saturday morning.  — Sen. John Hoffman and Rep. Melissa Hortman, as well as their spouses, were shot, sources told FOX 9.
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Minnesota lawmaker shootings: Legislators targeted by suspect impersonating police  — A shelter-in-place order is in effect in Brooklyn Park after two state lawmakers and their spouses were shot by someone impersonating a police officer.  — Sources say Sen. John Hoffman and Rep. Melissa Hortman were shot.
Briana Bierschbach / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Brooklyn Park police searching for suspect in ‘multiple targeted shootings’  —  Gov. Tim Walz said there were targeted shootings in both Brooklyn Park and Champlin on Saturday. … Emergency vehicles were on the scene of a reported shooting in Brooklyn Park on Saturday morning.
Discussion: BNO News, KSTP-TV and MPR News
NBC News:
‘Targeted shootings’ in eastern Minnesota, Gov. Walz says  —  The Brooklyn Park Police Department issued a shelter-in-place alert for an area surrounding the Edinburgh Golf Course Saturday morning in its quest for a suspect.  —  There have been “targeted shootings” in eastern Minnesota, according to Gov. Tim Walz.
Discussion: The Guardian
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Relishes Troops in American Streets While Shunning Conflict Overseas  —  The seemingly disparate postures of recent days speak to the president's complicated relationship with the military.  —  When President Trump first sought to stage a military parade in Washington …
Discussion: Michael-In-Norfolk
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Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Blasts Trump for Being ‘Complicit’ in Israel's Attack on Iran  —  CALLED OUT  —  The former Fox News star broke ranks to call on the president to put America first and drop Israel as an ally.  —  Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson made waves on Friday when he criticized …
Ben Johansen / Politico:
US scrambles to bring back VOA's Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict  —  President Donald Trump ordered the service to shut down in March.  —  Employees of Voice of America's Persian-language service who were sidelined by the Trump administration have been hastily called back to duty …
Brian Stelter / CNN:   Voice of America brings back Farsi-speaking staff amid Israel-Iran conflict
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Voice of America brings back 50 staffers amid Iran-Israel conflict
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries  —  The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump's presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.  —  The Trump administration …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Accidentally Reveals a Dark MAGA Truth—and Hands Dems an Opening
Discussion: Slate and Washington Monthly
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
A Miscalculation by Iran Led to Israeli Strikes' Extensive Toll, Officials Say  —  Interviews with half a dozen senior Iranian officials show that they were not expecting Israel to strike before another round of talks.  —  Iran's senior leaders had been planning for more than a week …
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Associated Press:
Israel-Iran live updates: US helps shoot down missiles heading toward Israel
Barak Ravid / Axios:
How Israeli spies and pilots crippled an Iranian counterstrike
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Can Trump Prevent A Massive Middle East War?
Reuters:
Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows  —  Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention …
Wall Street Journal:
Extremist's Advice for ‘No Kings’ Protests: ‘Shoot a Couple, the Rest Will Go Home ’  —  Proud Boys and other far-right groups capitalize on planned demonstrations against Trump policies  —  “Shoot a couple, the rest will go home,” said a meme circulating on Telegram channels of groups affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy / USA Today:
Trump brought in $57 million from crypto venture, millions from sneakers and bibles  —  President Donald Trump's sources of income range from luxury properties around the world to royalty payments and license fees for using his name and likeness on everything from sneakers to bibles …
Discussion: CNN and Pravda Trump
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Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Police arrest roughly 60 veterans and military family members protesting outside US Capitol after group crosses police line  —  A group of roughly 60 individuals were arrested outside the US Capitol on Friday evening after breaching a police line of bike racks and moving toward steps leading …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump, a Self-Styled Peacemaker, Gets Drawn Into Foreign Entanglements  —  Conflict in the Middle East is exacerbating a schism between conservatives over foreign policy  —  WASHINGTON—On the first day of his second term, President Trump predicted he would be remembered as a peacemaker and a unifier.
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New York Times:
Republicans Are Divided Over Iran. Will Trump Pick a Side?
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
REGARDING THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION BY NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (section 721), 50 U.S.C. 4565, it is hereby ordered:
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Brandi Buchman / HuffPost:
Trump Administration Won't Release Mahmoud Khalil Despite Ruling That He Be Let Go  —  Even after a judge ordered his release, the Trump administration says it found a loophole to keep the Columbia University graduate detained.  —  The Trump administration told a federal judge on Friday …
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Politico:
An old Capitol Hill troublemaker is trying to clinch a megabill deal  —  Mark Meadows has re-emerged as a behind-the-scenes sounding board for Republican hard-liners.  —  It's a scene jarringly familiar to many Republicans on Capitol Hill: a high-stakes piece of legislation …
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Every Senate Dem demands Trump withdrawal military from Los Angeles  —  Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) led the entire Senate Democratic in writing to President Trump Sunday, demanding he remove all military forces from Los Angeles and cease threats to further deploy troops, Axios has learned.
Discussion: CBS News
Dell Cameron / Wired:
‘No Kings’ Protests, Citizen-Run ICE Trackers Trigger Intelligence Warnings  —  Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.  —  As protests continue to swell across the United States …
BBC:
Hiding in the fields - farm workers fearing deportation stay in California's shadows  —  The women crouch down motionless, kneeling between endless rows of fruit bushes, almost hidden from view.  —  “Are you from ICE?” one of the women, a farm worker in a hat and purple bandana, asks us fearfully.
Discussion: NPR, Daily Kos, Jacobin and New York Sun
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Demonstrators Are Trying to Make Sure ICE Agents Can't Sleep  —  “Time to pull out the trumpet.”  —  Car horns.  Tambourines.  Trumpets.  Call-and-response chants.  Wacking a spoon against a metal folding chair.  Demonstrators outside Los Angeles-area hotels—where Immigration …
Ryan Enos / Social Notes:
Stop Looking for Red Lines.  You no Longer Live in a Full Democracy  —  People want to know when we have crossed the line from one state of existence to another.  In watching our democracy die, many people are wondering when we will have crossed the line from life to death, from democracy to autocracy.
Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:
Federal prosecutors now charging immigrants who don't submit fingerprints under dormant 1940s law  —  The Alien Registration Act requires non-citizens to register with the federal government.  That provision hadn't been enforced in 75 years.  —  Federal officials have begun carrying …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Jack Jenkins / RNS:
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Financial Times:
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