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Washington Post:
Tanks, troops and flyovers in D.C. as Trump gets his military parade  —  For its 250th birthday, the Army put on the largest show of military might in the capital in more than three decades.  —  Summary0  —  Planes roared over the heart of Washington on Saturday evening …
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Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
‘No Kings’ rallies draw big crowds to protest Trump and his policies  —  Across the country, relatively few disruptions were reported during protests and marches where the mood ranged from joyful to defiant.  —  Summary2689  —  Americans turned out en masse in communities across the country Saturday …
New York Times:
Fox News Hosts Gushed Over the Parade, With No Protests in Sight  —  Cable networks covered President Trump's Army parade on a busy day of protests, a political assassination and Middle East strikes.  ABC, CBS and NBC aired other programming on their affiliates.
New York Times:
The Clintons and Kamala Harris Descend on a Hamptons Wedding of Liberal Royalty
Discussion: Page Six
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Takeaways From Trump's Military Parade in Washington
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Melania Appears to Doze Off During Trump's Birthday Military Parade
Discussion: New York Times
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
A few hundred gathered to protest Trump in D.C., in the shadow of the parade.
Wired:
Suspect in Minnesota Shooting Linked to Security Company, Evangelical Ministry  —  The alleged shooter is a 57-year-old white male; according to his ministry's website, he “sought out militant Islamists in order to share the gospel and tell them that violence wasn't the answer.”
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New York Times:
What We Know About the Suspect in the Minnesota Lawmakers Shootings  —  The suspect, Vance Boelter, was appointed more than once to the Workforce Development Board, where he served with State Senator John A. Hoffman, who was shot on Saturday.  —  The man suspected of shooting …
Cameron Arcand / Fox News:
Minnesota rep killed made headlines days earlier over vote on benefits for illegal aliens
Washington Post:
What we know about the at-large suspect in Minnesota lawmaker shooting
Grace Panetta / The 19th:
Rep. Melissa Hortman, killed in targeted attack, was a champion for Minnesotan families
New York Post:
Former appointee of Tim Walz sought in deadly shootings of Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, had ‘No Kings’ flyers in car: sources
Liam Archacki / The Daily Beast:
Dem Assassin Is Armed Guard Boss With Anti-Abortion Hit-List
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
“No Kings Day” protests turn out millions, rebuking Trump  —  The “No Kings Day” nationwide rallies against Donald Trump/for democracy on Saturday turned out millions of people.  —  That's per a collective crowdsourcing effort led by Strength In Numbers, and involving many members of the independent data journalism community.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel urges U.S. to join war with Iran to eliminate nuclear program  —  Israel has asked the Trump administration over the past 48 hours to join the war with Iran in order to eliminate its nuclear program, according to two Israeli officials.  —  The big picture: Israel lacks the bunker buster bombs …
Reuters:
Live Updates: Israel and Iran Launch Another Round of Missiles at Each Other
Washington Post:
Trump reports over $600 million in income in latest financial disclosure  —  The president reported making millions from cryptocurrency, his golf properties, foreign licensing deals and other sources.  JD Vance also filed forms disclosing Bitcoin holdings.  —  Summary172
Discussion: Reuters, The Independent and Bloomberg
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Wall Street Journal:   Trump Disclosure Shows $57 Million in Earnings From Early Crypto Push
Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Trump Raked in $57.3 Million From Crypto Venture, Per White House Financial Disclosures
Discussion: Forbes
Elissa Salamy / WTTG-TV:
Man drives into crowd of protesters at ‘No Kings’ rally in Virginia  — Police say 21-year-old Joseph R. Checklick Jr. intentionally drove an SUV into a crowd of protesters in Culpeper, hitting at least one person.  — Checklick Jr. was arrested and charged with reckless driving …
Catie McLeod / The Guardian:
Australian deported from US says he was ‘targeted’ due to writing on pro-Palestine student protests  —  Alistair Kitchen says he was detained and questioned about views on Israel and Palestine before being deported from LA to Melbourne  —  An Australian man who was detained upon arrival …
Madalaine Elhabbal / Catholic News Agency:
House launches probe of Catholic nongovernmental organizations' role aiding migrants  —  The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability have announced the launch of an investigation into more than 200 nongovernmental organizations …
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
Yes, They're Going After Medicare Too  —  A wonky change in Trump's Big Beautiful Bill would hammer some of the very people Republicans insist they are protecting.  —  ∙ Paid  —  REPUBLICANS SAY THE HEALTH CARE CUTS in their One Big Beautiful Bill wouldn't touch Medicare.  —  That is not true.
Chicago Tribune:
'We're all people': Chicago ‘No Kings’ demonstration sees giant crowd march peacefully around Loop  —  The sounds of one of Chicago's largest protests in recent memory reverberated throughout downtown streets Saturday afternoon, as tens of thousands gathered in a united admonishment …
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The Boston Globe:
Protesters crowd into streets, parks, and plazas at anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across US. Follow live updates.
San Francisco Chronicle:
No Kings protests: Photos show L.A. police clashing with protesters
New York Times:
Inside Trump's Extraordinary Turnaround on Immigration Raids  —  President Trump's decision to pause most raids targeting farms and hospitality workers took many inside the White House by surprise.  It came after intensive lobbying by his agriculture secretary.
Christopher Miller / Financial Times:
Russia air attack damaged Boeing offices in Ukraine  —  Aerial strikes hit US aerospace giant's premises in Kyiv, raising questions about Moscow's intent  —  A building used by Boeing in Kyiv was badly damaged in a recent large-scale Russian air attack, in what appeared to be a deliberate strike …
Discussion: Reuters
Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Gunman Opens Fire on ‘No Kings’ Protest in Salt Lake City  —  ‘DEEPLY TROUBLING’  —  One person has been taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.  —  A gunman opened fire on thousands of protesters in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday evening.
Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
Trump Says He Decides What ‘America First’ Means  —  When I caught Donald Trump by phone this morning, the president wanted to make one thing clear: “America First” means whatever he says it does.  “Well, considering that I'm the one that developed ‘America First,’ and considering that the term …
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Associated Press:
Putin and Trump discussed Middle East tensions, Ukraine war in phone call
Ilya Somin / Reason:
GOP Senate Version of the Big Beautiful Bill Includes an Ugly Attack on Courts' Ability to Protect Constitutional Rights  —  A provision inserted into the Senate GOP version of Trump's “Big Beautiful Bill” would, if enacted, pose a serious threat to federal courts' ability to protect your constitutional rights.
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Clint Bolick / The UnPopulist:
The Judiciary Will Become Virtually Powerless in Protecting Your Rights if the Current Budget Bill Becomes Law
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
 
 
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