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7:50 AM ET, June 17, 2025

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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Mike Lee confronted by Minnesota colleague over shooting comments  —  Sen. Mike Lee of Utah was confronted by a Senate colleague Monday over his social media post that blamed the Minnesota shootings over the weekend that killed a former Democratic legislative leader on “Marxists.”
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Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
Minnesota senator confronts colleague for ‘terrible’ post on shooting  —  In a post on Sunday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), appeared to blame the killings on the political left.  Sen. Tina Smith sought him out to chat.  —  Summary1  —  Less than 72 hours after the murder of a state representative …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Mike Lee Draws Outrage for Posts Blaming Assassination on the Far Left  —  The Republican senator from Utah suggested in social media posts that the killings were the work of “Marxists,” and mocked Minnesota's Democratic governor.  He later issued a more sober condemnation of the violence.
ABC News:
Chilling details emerge in Minnesota shootings as Vance Boelter faces federal charges: ‘Stuff of nightmares’  —  Two state lawmakers were spared, authorities said.  —  Authorities gather at a baseball park in Green Isle, Minnesota, June 15, 2025.  —  The man suspected of shooting and killing …
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
MAGA Whips Up Conspiracy Theories To Muddy An Act Of Right-Wing Violence
Discussion: Wired and Salon
New York Times:
Trump Renews Embrace of Putin Amid Ongoing Rift With Allies  —  President Trump opened his remarks at the Group of 7 gathering of industrialized nations by criticizing the decision to expel Russia from the bloc after Moscow's 2014 “annexation” of Crimea.  —  President Trump could have opened by talking about trade.
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Anniek Bao / CNBC:
Trump signals escalation in Israel-Iran conflict as he leaves G7 summit early … U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his early departure from the Group of Seven summit was owed to “much bigger” things than planning a ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Tehran, after urging Iranians to “immediately evacuate Tehran.”
Axios:
Trump team proposes Iran talks this week on nuclear deal, ceasefire  —  The White House is discussing with Iran the possibility of a meeting this week between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to four sources briefed on the issue.
Politico:   Playbook: Trump's moment of truth
Troy Matthews / MeidasTouch News:
Trump at 1AM Posts ‘Stay Tuned!’ on US Action in Iran, After Advising Citizens of Tehran to Evacuate
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Does Jews Another Mitzvah
Discussion: The Forward
Washington Post:
Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids  —  ICE agents have been advised to continue conducting workforce enforcement operations on agricultural businesses despite concerns the raids will negatively affect the food industry.  —  Summary21
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Caroline Haskins / Wired:   Companies Warn SEC That Mass Deportations Pose Serious Business Risk
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Senate unveils trickiest text of Trump's “big, beautiful bill”  —  Senate Finance Committee Republicans published their text of President Trump's “one big, beautiful bill” Monday evening, which includes major tax reforms and even steeper Medicaid cuts than the House called for.
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Kaitlin Sullivan / NBC News:
Proposed Medicaid cuts could lead to thousands of deaths, study finds
Discussion: STAT and The Hill
The Hill:
Here's what's in the Senate GOP's version of Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’
David Pierce / The Verge:
The Trump Mobile T1 Phone looks both bad and impossible  —  It's supposedly made in the US, cheap, and coming this fall.  I doubt it all. … It costs $499, and you can reserve one now with a $100 down payment.  It is, according to the website, coming in September.  —  That's about all I feel confident saying.
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Omar Gallaga / CNET:
Trump Mobile Launches: What to Know About the T1 Phone, 47 Calling and Data Plan
AppleInsider:
Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China
Colleen Slevin / Associated Press:
Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company  —  A federal jury in Colorado on Monday found that one of the nation's most prominent election conspiracy theorists, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company …
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New York Times:
Israel attacks Iran's state television, live on the air.
Axios:
Israel bombs Iranian state TV during live broadcast
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
FIFA Club World Cup Ticket Sales TANK After DHS Says Agents Will Be At Stadium  —  Tickets to the opening match that were once $349 (and up) could be had for just $4.  —  Turns out authoritarianism can be bad for business.  —  Sales for the FIFA Club World Cup, a series of precursor games ahead …
Discussion: New York Post
Adam Crafton / New York Times:
FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup  —  FIFA has decided not to show any videos, signage or marketing assets in venues hosting the Club World Cup in the United States which explicitly mention challenging racism or discrimination.
New York Times:
Only Nonviolence Will Beat Trump  —  For Saturday's No Kings protests, an estimated five million people marched in over 2,000 cities and towns.  The marches were a striking display of nonviolent dissent amid an increasingly volatile political environment.  —  Together with the military deployment …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Stating the obvious: Mass protests are not going to help Trump
Discussion: New York Times and MSNBC
JP Store / Jerusalem Post:
Explosions seen across Tehran after Trump warns Iranians to evacuate  —  At the same time as explosions were being reported, US President Donald Trump called on Iranian civilians to “immediately evacuate Tehran.”  —  Iranian media reported several explosions and heavy air defense fire in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Tuesday.
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump ‘Reamed Out’ Hegseth for Flop Birthday Parade: Author  —  P***ED OFF  —  The president wanted a “menacing” military parade but got the opposite instead, Michael Wolff tells The Daily Beast Podcast.  —  President Donald Trump was unhappy with his sparsely attended military parade …
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press:
Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years  —  A federal judge ruled Monday it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants, adding that the cuts raise serious questions about racial discrimination.
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Carter Johnson / Bloomberg:
Many Exporters No Longer Want Dollars, US Bank Executive Says  —  When Paula Comings, the head of currency sales for US Bancorp, talks to US importers, she increasingly hears the same message: Their foreign counterparties no longer want to be paid in dollars.
 
 
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
White House Eyes Rarely Used Power to Override Congress on Spending
John Ellis / Wall Street Journal:
The Public Needs Campus Viewpoint Diversity
Rebecca F. Elliott / New York Times:
Trump's Trade and Tax Policies Start to Stall U.S. Battery Boom
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
US and UK announce a trade deal, but steel imports are still being negotiated
Axios:
“She's missing stuff”: Norton's colleagues see signs of decline
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
US Department of Justice:
After Two-Day Manhunt, Suspect Charged with Shooting Two Minnesota Lawmakers and Their Spouses
US Department of Justice:
Duluth Man Indicted for Threatening Two U.S. Senators and their Families
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
William Langewiesche, the ‘Steve McQueen of Journalism,’ Dies at 70
Andrew Solender / Axios:
More Dems from outside Minnesota found in shooting hit list
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Tyrant Test  —  A leader who uses military force to suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern.
Discussion: Alternet.org
 

 
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