Top Items:
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
What the New York Mayoral Primary Means for Democrats — Zohran Mamdani's success might give the party a few ideas about how to move forward—to a point. — After its demoralizing defeat in November, the Democratic Party has undertaken an agonizing, months-long self-autopsy to determine …
Discussion:
New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Truthout, The Nation, NBC News, The.Ink and Wall Street Journal
RELATED:
Rebecca Kirszner Katz / New York Times:
Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes. — On Tuesday night, Zohran Mamdani shocked the political establishment. There are lessons that national Democrats should take from his strong showing in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City.
Discussion:
Politico, Slate, The Banter, CNN, Deseret News, Time, Axios, Hell Gate, Commentary Magazine, Semafor, Pluribus News, Washington Post, The Guardian, USA Today, Fox News, PoliticusUSA, Jewish Insider and twitchy.com
Eric Levitz / Vox:
What Democrats can (and can't) learn from Zohran Mamdani's triumph — Four takeaways from the socialist's shocking defeat of Andrew Cuomo. … It's hard to overstate how much this was not supposed to happen. — On Tuesday night, Zohran Mamdani — a 33-year-old socialist and state lawmaker …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Zohran delivered the Democratic establishment the thrashing it deserved
Kyle Khan-Mullins / Forbes:
Here's How Much New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Is Worth
Here's How Much New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Is Worth
Discussion:
New York Post, USA Today, Racket News, New York Times, National Review and The Philadelphia Inquirer
Mara Gay / New York Times:
Mamdani's Win Is More Striking When You Look at How He Won
Mamdani's Win Is More Striking When You Look at How He Won
Discussion:
Axios, The Hill, Washington Post, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Nation and Must Read Alaska
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump to limit sharing classified info with Congress after leak on Iran bombing damage … - The FBI also is investigating the leak, the sources said. … - “We are declaring a war on leakers,” a senior White House official said Wednesday. — “The FBI is investigating the leak,” the source said.
Discussion:
Reuters, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, The Hill, New Republic, Raw Story, Mediaite, The Independent and NewsMax.com
RELATED:
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Leavitt says Israel and Iran have debunked claims nuclear sites weren't destroyed — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joined members of the Trump administration in firmly rebuffing reports that Iran's nuclear sites were not completely destroyed, citing information from the two countries involved in the conflict.
Discussion:
NewsNation, The Hill, Newsbusters, CNN, The Daily Caller, NewsMax.com, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall, The Post Millennial and El País
New York Times:
Rubio Fleshes Out Trump's Case That Iran Nuclear Capacity Was Eliminated — Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. strikes had destroyed a facility that is key to turning highly enriched nuclear fuel into a working bomb. He railed against a less optimistic U.S. intelligence report.
Discussion:
Politico, Newsweek, Washington Examiner, PBS NewsHour, The Hill, Diplomatic,, RedState, The Dispatch, Rolling Stone, Fox News, USA Today, Townhall and Reuters
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Pentagon launches probe into Iran strike intel leak
Discussion:
Axios, NOTUS, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, Politico, Daily Mail, NBC News, Salon, The Guardian, twitchy.com, Vanity Fair, Washington Times, Townhall, New Republic and NewsMax.com
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump wages all-out fight for control of Iran strike narrative
Trump wages all-out fight for control of Iran strike narrative
Discussion:
CNBC, The Hill, NBC News, CBS News, National Review, Washington Examiner, New York Magazine, The War Zone, Blaze Media, The Daily Caller, RedState, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Roll Call, New Republic, Scripps News, The Forward, USA Today, The Independent, Al Jazeera, MSNBC, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, NPR, NewsMax.com and Reuters
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Thune faces brewing megabill mutiny — Sen. Thom Tillis warned his colleagues during a closed-door meeting Wednesday that he would not vote to take up the party's sweeping domestic policy bill without further clarity on Medicaid changes, a person granted anonymity to disclose private discussions said.
Discussion:
Axios, Semafor, Talking Points Memo and Punchbowl News
RELATED:
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Johnson warns about a Medicaid backlash
Discussion:
Associated Press, Daily Kos, MSNBC, Media Matters for America, PoliticusUSA, Washington Examiner and NBC News
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Democrats slam McConnell over 'they'll get over it' quip on Medicaid cuts
Democrats slam McConnell over 'they'll get over it' quip on Medicaid cuts
Discussion:
Axios, Truthout, The Hill, Courier-Journal, Media Matters for America, Breitbart, Raw Story and Newsweek
Washington Post:
Trump DOJ sues all federal judges in Maryland over deportation order — Legal experts said the unusual lawsuit marks an escalation in the Trump administration's attacks on the U.S. judiciary. — Summary907 — The Justice Department sued all 15 federal district court judges in Maryland …
Discussion:
NewsMax.com, Truthout, Washington Times and The Hill
RELATED:
Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
RFK Jr. says US won't donate to global vaccine effort — Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit. — The United States won't contribute anymore to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, until the global health organization has “re-earned the public trust …
Discussion:
The Hill, STAT, Vox, ABC News, CNBC, Reuters, NPR, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and New York Times
RELATED:
Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
RFK Jr. Accuses Gavi, Global Vaccine Agency, of Ignoring Science
RFK Jr. Accuses Gavi, Global Vaccine Agency, of Ignoring Science
Discussion:
Reuters, CBS News, Bloomberg, NPR, Daily Kos, Washington Post, PennLive, The Independent, Newsweek, Washington Examiner, NewsNation and ABC News
Jack Silvers / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Border Czar Claims Death Threats Have Driven Him From Wife — DISPLACED — President Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan says he has received so much hate for his positions on immigration that he is unable to live safely with his family. In a podcast interview with the New York Post …
Discussion:
New York Post and NewsMax.com
RELATED:
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Trump border czar Homan, wife ‘living separately’ because of death threats
Trump border czar Homan, wife ‘living separately’ because of death threats
Discussion:
Daily Mail, New York Post, NewsMax.com, One America News Network and Fox News
Andrew Griffin / The Independent:
Something is ‘pulsing’ beneath the Earth, scientists say - and could tear a continent apart — Rhythmic surges are like a ‘heartbeat’ under the ground — Scientists have detected deep pulses in the Earth beneath Africa - and it could tear the continent apart.
U.S. Department of Education:
U.S. Department of Education Finds California Department of Education and California Interscholastic Federation in Violation of Title IX — Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the conclusion of its Title IX investigations into the California Department …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
National Science Foundation to Be Requisitioned as Mansion for HUD Secretary (And Also HUD Office) — I'm still trying to find out more about this. But as I do, I just wanted to put it on your radar because it's completely crazy and epitomizes the Trump presidency.
Discussion:
ALXnow, Esquire, NOTUS, New York Times, UPI, New York Post, The Hill, GovExec.com, Federal News Network, E&E News, Scientific American, Fox News and Washington Examiner
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
‘Criminal immigrant’ means whatever the administration says it means — Trump's deportation goals are being met by targeting non-criminal immigrants. — President Donald Trump being President Donald Trump, it certainly seems possible that he believed that the Maryland resident …
Wired:
'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls — Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers obtained by WIRED—including audio recordings—show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
First Reports Are Always Wrong. The Iran Strike Is No Exception. — EARLY IN MY CAREER, AS A YOUNG LIEUTENANT, I made a mistake that still haunts me. After a high-tempo mission, I rushed to assess the outcome and tell my boss about what I believed was our overwhelming success. Without full intelligence.
Discussion:
Al Jazeera, NewsNation, Washington Monthly, NewsMax.com and New Republic
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Considers Naming Next Fed Chair Early in Bid to Undermine Powell — Warsh, Hassett and Bessent are among those under consideration as Trump evaluates their commitment to cutting rates—and ‘made-for-TV’ appeal — President Trump's exasperation over the Federal Reserve's take-it-slow approach …
Discussion:
NewsMax.com, Daily Mail and American Prospect
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Voters 51 - 42 Percent Oppose U.S. Joining Israel In Military Strikes On Iran's Nuclear Sites, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Vast Majority Concerned U.S. Will Get Drawn Into A War With Iran — mail_outline — Days after the United States military targeted nuclear sites inside Iran …
Discussion:
Fox News, PennLive, The Hill, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and NewsMax.com
Elizabeth Goitein / Just Security:
Trump's Use of Federal Troops in Drug Raid Outside of Los Angeles: An Alarming Escalation — Editor's Note — This piece is part of Just Security's Collection: Just Security's Coverage of the Trump Administration's Executive Actions. — Last week, federalized National Guard forces …
Discussion:
Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Oliver Darcy / Status:
A Word to the Weiss … Late last year, during a trip to New York City, David Ellison quietly made time for a meeting that said as much about his worldview as it did about his interest in media. According to people familiar with the matter, the Hollywood scion set time aside on his busy calendar …
Discussion:
New York Post and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
James Finn / NOLA.com:
Iranian immigrant who has lived in New Orleans nearly 50 years arrested outside Lakeview home — The arrest highlights how Trump's immigration crackdown has ensnared people who were long allowed to stay in the U.S. as their cases unfolded. — 5 min to read
Discussion:
Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Mediator Proposes $20 Million Settlement in Trump's CBS Suit — Potential package would include a donation, legal costs and public service announcements — A mediator has proposed that President Trump and Paramount Global settle his lawsuit over a CBS News “60 Minutes” …
Discussion:
Deadline, Fox News, HotAir, Raw Story, The Wrap and NewsMax.com, more at Mediagazer »
Carrington Walker / Dublin Live:
Man ‘refused entry into US’ as border control catch him with bald JD Vance meme — A 21-year-old tourist has described the horrendous treatment he allegedly received after being denied entry to the USA due to a meme depicting JD Vance as bald being found on his phone
Discussion:
Salon, Mediaite, The Independent, New York Post and Daily Mail
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Kyle Rittenhouse Steps Away From Public Eye, Deletes Social Media Accounts, Leaves Gun Shop Job — Kyle Rittenhouse quietly shuttered his social media accounts and stepped back from the spotlight at some point during the past few months, an about-face from the slew of public speaking appearances …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Military-Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest — Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded that she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job. — Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor at a university …
Discussion:
@amuse
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Emil Bove Avoids Telling the Senate Much of Anything About DOJ — Trump's former personal lawyer, up for a powerful judicial seat, was hammered by Senate Democrats over his role as the president's legal enforcer. — Copy — The defining feature of Justice Department official Emil Bove's trip …
Discussion:
Politico, Esquire, Associated Press, NPR, The Guardian, Washington Times, Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal, RealClearPolitics, NewsMax.com, New Republic and ABC News
Meg Tirrell / CNN:
Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative — A presentation slated to be shared at this week's meeting of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that a study in animals suggested …
Discussion:
CBS News, The Atlantic, Ars Technica, Reuters, Scientific American, New York Sun, UPI, MSNBC and New York Times
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Jill Biden's top aide bails on House investigation in Biden fitness — Anthony Bernal, the top aide to Jill Biden, abruptly withdrew from his scheduled interview with the House Oversight Committee after President Trump's White House waived his ability to invoke executive privilege to protect private conversations.
Washington Post:
Trump administration is preparing to test budget law, U.S. officials say — Internal dissent among federal employees is coming to the surface as President Donald Trump's budget chief aims to rebalance spending authority. — The Trump administration is preparing to test a 1974 budget law …
Discussion:
NewsMax.com
Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr / CourtListener:
District Court, M.D. Tennessee — Citation: United States v. Garcia, 3:25-cr-00115, (M.D. Tenn. Jun 25, 2025) ECF No. 55 — Add Note Search this PDF Download PDF — MEMORANDUM OPINION as to Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia: The Government's Motion for Stay of Release Order (Doc.
Discussion:
Axios

