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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
‘Two Weeks’ Is Trump's Favorite Unit of Time — “Two weeks” is one of President Trump's favorite units of time. It can mean something, or nothing at all. — “Within the next two weeks.” — That is when President Trump now says he will be ready to make his decision about bombing Iran or not.
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Rebecca Rosman / NPR:
Trump to decide on Iran action ‘within two weeks,’ White House says — President Trump will make a decision on whether the U.S. will strike Iran “within two weeks,” the White House said Thursday. — “Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place …
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump is silent about Juneteenth on a day he previously honored as president — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “famous.”
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New York Post:
Trump's fear of Iran becoming ‘another Libya’ stalls decision on nuke site strikes for two weeks: sources — WASHINGTON — President Trump's wariness over bombing Iran is due in part to concerns about creating “another Libya” if Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is toppled …
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Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump administration boosts monitoring of possible Iran-backed cells in U.S. — as Trump weighs strikes, sources say — As President Trump is contemplating potential U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, law enforcement officials have stepped up surveillance of Iran-backed operatives …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump caution on Iran strike linked to doubts over ‘bunker buster’ bomb, officials say — Exclusive: The likelihood of a successful US strike on the Iranian nuclear facility buried deep underground at Fordow is a topic of deep contention, defense officials say
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Reuters:
Live Updates: Trump Will Decide on Iran Attack ‘in the Next Two Weeks,’ White House Says — European officials, who have been effectively sidelined in the war between Israel and Iran, will try to exert limited leverage in a meeting with Iranian officials on Friday in Geneva. — Tehran
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Abbie Cheeseman / Washington Post:
Live updates Trump says he'll decide on Iran strike within two weeks
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Americans largely disapprove of U.S. involvement in Israel and Iran war: Poll
Americans largely disapprove of U.S. involvement in Israel and Iran war: Poll
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New York Times:
Trump Buys Himself Time, and Opens Up Some New Options
Trump Buys Himself Time, and Opens Up Some New Options
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Alexandra Hutzler / Associated Press:
Iran has what it needs to produce a nuclear weapon in ‘a couple of weeks,’ White House says
Iran has what it needs to produce a nuclear weapon in ‘a couple of weeks,’ White House says
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Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship explodes on test stand — The failure sent a giant fireball into the sky over the company's South Texas launch site. — SpaceX Starship explodes on test stand — SpaceX's Starship spacecraft exploded ahead of an engine test late Wednesday …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Appeals court extends order allowing Trump to deploy National Guard to L.A. — Washington — A federal appeals court on Thursday extended its block of a judge's order that directed President Trump to return control of California's National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Associated Press:
Appeals court lets Trump keep control National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles during protests — An appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Trump says U.S. has ‘too many non-working holidays’ on Juneteenth — Meanwhile, former President Joe Biden celebrated the federal holiday he signed into law at a celebration at a historic Black church in Galveston, Texas. — President Donald Trump did not formally mark Juneteenth on Thursday …
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Michelle Watson / CNN:
How cities are scaling back Juneteenth celebrations after Trump-era DEI rollbacks
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Trump on Juneteenth: US has ‘too many non-working holidays’
Trump on Juneteenth: US has ‘too many non-working holidays’
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
LA Dodgers says it denied ICE access to stadium grounds — The Los Angeles Dodgers said Thursday it denied Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents entry to their stadium grounds. — “This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Parsing ICE's mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims — ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify anonymity. — Last month, I wrote a column questioning why Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were increasingly disguising their identities as they conducted sweeps and arrests.
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Nicolae Viorel Butler / Migrant Insider:
Inside the Dystopia of Covering Immigration
Karl Vick / Time:
A New Middle East Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes … That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines. The Assad family had fled the country months earlier, helpless to keep rebels out of Damascus without Hezbollah.
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
The Three Dramatic Consequences of Israel's Attack on Iran
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
An Islamic Republic With Its Back Against the Wall
An Islamic Republic With Its Back Against the Wall
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Where is the outrage over Skrmetti? — On the far right's campaign to create uncertainty over gender-affirming medical care for minors — and the powerful institutions that helped along the way. — The response to Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Tennessee's law barring transgender minors …
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M. Gessen / New York Times:
The Supreme Court's Blindness to Transgender Reality
The Supreme Court's Blindness to Transgender Reality
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Karen Aguilar / WZTV:
ICE agents say posting names endangers them, Nashville mayor says real problem is masking — The Mayor's office releasing the names of ICE agents has brought scrutiny from GOP lawmakers, DHS, and ICE over the concern that it endangers federal immigration officers.
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twitchy.com, The Independent and Townhall
Michael Gold / New York Times:
ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits — The policy says that ICE field offices are not subject to a federal law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise house aliens.” — The Department of Homeland Security …
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Bloomberg:
Maduro Locks Up Economists Sharing Data on Venezuela's Decline — President Nicolás Maduro has intensified his crackdown on independent economists and consultants, detaining at least eight people in what critics call a bid to control data exposing Venezuela's decline.
Luke Goldstein / The Lever:
Trump Tax Bill Bails Out Private Equity's Layoff Scheme — Lawmakers quietly added a line that effectively subsidizes Wall Street buying up companies, slashing wages, closing factories, and firing workers. — Congressional lawmakers have inserted a line into President Donald Trump's …
NBC News:
Focus groups: Latino Trump voters diverge on deportations but largely still back the president — The focus group participants broadly supported Trump's actions on immigration and the economy, but some divisions emerged over the focus of his deportation program.
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Jarvis DeBerry / MSNBC:
ICE agents covering their faces should rattle all Americans — A California bill that restricts local and state law enforcement officials from covering their faces is a necessary, if symbolic, rebuke of the encroaching police state. — As sickening as it is to see Immigration …
Thomas Clouse / Spokesman.com:
Washington cherry growers struggle to find pickers — The threat of federal immigration agents raiding orchards in central Washington is causing a labor shortage that has compelled some Washington producers to leave cherries unpicked or delay their harvests until the fruit overripens and is worth less money.
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Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News:
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline by another 90 days — The latest ban extension is the third Trump has given to TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance. — President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, to sell the short-form video app to an American owner by another 90 days.
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Financial Times:
Spain threatens to derail Nato summit over Trump defence target — Madrid balks at US president's request for members to increase security spending to 5% of GDP — Spain is threatening to derail a Nato summit intended to appease Donald Trump by refusing to commit to the US president's request …
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Isabel van Brugen / Newsweek:
Trump's Nuclear Attack ‘Doomsday Plane’ Arrives In Washington — A U.S. Air Force “Doomsday Plane” arrived at Joint Base Andrews Tuesday night, fueling speculation of a potential U.S. role in the escalating Israel-Iran crisis. — The E-4B Nightwatch aircraft landed at the military facility …
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Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Trump Insists MAGA ‘HATES’ Fox News After Embarrassing Network Poll — HURT FEELINGS — He couldn't believe what voters really think of his “miraculously perfect” border. — President Donald Trump savaged Fox News and declared that his MAGA base hates the network after a poll showed his approval ratings tanking.
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Leavitt: Jasmine Crockett's comments on Trump supporters were ‘incredibly derogatory’ — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt piled on Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) Thursday for recent comments the latter made about supporters of President Donald Trump.
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Charles Gasparino / New York Post:
Paramount delays $35M settlement with Trump as media giant fears bribery backlash: sources — A potential $35 million settlement of President Trump's lawsuit against Paramount's CBS affiliate has been delayed after the company's management continued to fear a potential legal backlash, The Post has learned.
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Heather Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Whoopi Goldberg says black Americans have it just as bad as people in Iran — A fiery debate broke out on ABC's The View Wednesday morning after moderator Whoopi Goldberg pushed back on comparisons between human rights conditions in Iran and the United States, arguing that black Americans …
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