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1:45 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.”
Discussion: PolitiFact, Alternet.org and Raw Story
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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.
Salt Lake Tribune:
‘This is not a joke’: Sen. Amy Klobuchar rips Mike Lee for posts about a deadly Minnesota shooting  —  “This isn't funny,” Sen. Klobuchar says of Lee's misleading posts about targeted slaying.  —  After spending the weekend on lockdown to protect against a gunman who shot …
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 …
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 …
US Department of Justice:
After Two-Day Manhunt, Suspect Charged with Shooting Two Minnesota Lawmakers and Their Spouses
FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul:
Minnesota lawmaker shootings: Who was on Vance Boelter's hit list?
Alfred Ng / Politico:
Alleged shooter found Minnesota lawmakers' addresses online, court docs say
Discussion: KSTP-TV
Wall Street Journal:
A Battered Iran Signals It Wants to De-Escalate Hostilities With Israel and Negotiate  —  Messages passed by Tehran through intermediaries seek a return to talks if the U.S. stays out of the fight  —  DUBAI—Iran has been urgently signaling that it seeks an end to hostilities and resumption …
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Vivian Yee / New York Times:
How Tough Is Iran?  A String of Military Losses Raises Questions.  —  Iran is often portrayed as one of the world's most dangerous actors, but with its attacks on Iranian defenses, nuclear sites and proxy militias, Israel has exposed a compromised and weakened adversary.
Axios:
Israel bombs Iranian state TV during live broadcast  —  Iranian state television was broadcasting live on Monday when a massive explosion rocked the studio, with the anchor fleeing her desk amid smoke and rubble.  The broadcast then went dark.  —  The big picture: Israel's strike …
New York Times:
Israel attacks Iran's state television, live on the air.
ABC News:
Netanyahu tells ABC he's not ruling out taking out Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:   Pentagon pizza account reported high activity before Israel's attack on Iran
Associated Press:
Israel strikes state-run Iranian TV during live broadcast while Trump issues warning to Tehran
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
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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator says he will oppose Senate tax, Medicaid bill  —  Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson (R) says he cannot support the Senate bill to enact President Trump's agenda to cut taxes, secure the border and boost defense spending because it doesn't do enough to reduce the federal deficit, telling reporters he's a “no” on the legislation.
Kaitlin Sullivan / NBC News:
Proposed Medicaid cuts could lead to thousands of deaths, study finds
Discussion: STAT and The Hill
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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Smartphone Can't Be Made in America for $499 by August  —  Trump Mobile's phone shows some specs that would beat Apple's biggest, priciest iPhone models  —  When the Trump Organization said it would launch a mobile-phone service, it also said it would sell a $499 T1 Phone beginning …
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Post
AppleInsider:
Trump Mobile's made-in-US iPhone 17 competitor is really made in China  —  The Trump Organization has launched Trump Mobile and plans to release the T1, a smartphone that it says is “made in USA” at the same time that the iPhone 17 will launch.  The problem is, the phone was 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:
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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Associated Press:
US and UK announce a trade deal, but steel imports are still being negotiated
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 …
Steph Solis / Axios:
Terminated National Institute of Heath grants must be restored, judge orders  —  A federal judge Monday ordered the National Institutes of Health to restore grants that the agency cut based on gender ideology or diversity, equity and inclusion, calling the move illegal.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Stating the obvious: Mass protests are not going to help Trump  —  Republicans continue to stand by Trump, while the rest of the country is getting fed up.  —  It's understandable that media coverage of Saturday's events would focus on an obvious political contrast: While President Donald …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:   Trump Has Reawakened the Resistance
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
It sure looks like anti-Trump protest fatigue has vanished
Discussion: The Nation
Aaron Glantz / The Guardian:
‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans  —  Department of Veterans Affairs says the changes come in response to a Trump executive order ‘defending women’  —  Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) …
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:   White House denies reporting by Guardian on VA benefits: ‘Totally FALSE story’
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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Jason Lange / Reuters:
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: Alternet.org
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