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Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Newsom Sues Fox News for Saying He Lied About Call With Trump  —  The lawsuit, which seeks at least $787 million in damages, comes as the California governor adopts an increasingly combative style with the president and his allies.  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom of California sued Fox News on Friday …
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Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call  —  The amount is nearly identical to Dominion Voting's 2023 defamation settlement with Fox News.  —  Gavin Newsom is taking a page right out of Donald Trump's media playbook.  —  The California governor accused Fox News …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Cuomo Doesn't Blame Himself for Losing the Primary.  Others Do.  —  Even some of his supporters say Andrew M. Cuomo ran an aloof campaign for mayor that underestimated his chief rival, Zohran Mamdani.  —  For Andrew M. Cuomo, the rally rolling out a $20-an-hour minimum wage proposal …
Discussion: Newsweek
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Cuomo will stay on NYC mayor's ballot after conceding Democratic primary to Mamdani, sources tell CNN  —  Andrew Cuomo will not drop out of the New York City mayoral race by the Friday deadline to remove himself from the general election ballot, sources tell CNN.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Plenty of Jews Love Zohran Mamdani  —  In 2023, a branch of the Palestinian restaurant Ayat opened in Brooklyn's Ditmas Park, not far from where I live.  The eatery trumpets its politics; the seafood section on the menu is headed “From the River to the Sea,” which I found clever but some of its Jewish neighbors considered threatening.
Discussion: Althouse
New York Times:
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign  —  The Justice Department has demanded that James E. Ryan step down to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school, three people familiar with the matter said.  —  The Trump administration has privately demanded …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
Where Are the University Presidents?  —  Mostly playing with live ammo and coping with existential threats.
Axios:   Trump administration tries to oust the University of Virginia's president
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  The justices found federal judges had exceeded their power by issuing temporary pauses on President Trump's order ending birthright citizenship.  But they made no ruling on the constitutionality of the order itself.  —  Here's the latest.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court curbs injunctions that blocked Trump's birthright citizenship plan  —  The Trump administration wants to end automatic birthright citizenship as enshrined in the Constitution's 14th Amendment.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration …
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court limits nationwide orders that have blocked Trump's birthright citizenship ban  —  The case focused on nationwide injunctions, not the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's ban on birthright citizenship.  —  The Supreme Court on Friday backed President Donald Trump's request …
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and CBS News
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
On Iran, a reminder that party trumps values  —  Last week, I wrote in my weekly chart article “The myth of Republican isolationism” that the GOP is not in fact the party of isolationism, despite the conventional wisdom about Donald Trump and his coalition.  I pointed out that support …
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive poll: Most voters back Iran strikes, but worry about attacks on U.S.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Nir Hasson / Haaretz:
'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid  —  Zen Read
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Gun Silencer Provision In GOP Tax Bill Violates Rules, Says Senate Rules Ref  —  The parliamentarian ruled that the provision making it easier to get silencers, rifles and shotguns is irrelevant to the budget bill and has to come out.  —  WASHINGTON — A provision in the GOP's tax …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy's New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines  —  Critics saw in the move the beginnings of a more restrictive approach to providing vaccines to Americans.  —  An advisory panel recently appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted on Thursday to walk …
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Associated Press:
CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOGE enters ATF with mandate to slash gun regulations  —  The agency is working with the ATF general counsel to cut upwards of 50 regulations as the administration drastically reduces the number of inspectors.  —  The U.S. DOGE Service has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco …
Discussion: Raw Story and MSNBC
Wired:
‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration  —  Edward “Big Balls” Coristine's placement at the SSA comes after a White House official told WIRED on Tuesday that the 19-year-old had resigned from his position in government.  —  Edward “Big Balls” Coristine …
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Harvey Milk's Name Is Stripped From U.S. Navy Vessel  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the decision to rename the replenishment vessel was “taking the politics out of ship naming.”  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the U.S. Navy was changing the name of the U.S.N.S. Harvey Milk …
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Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening  —  Madonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans  —  A 64-year-old Iranian woman, who has lived in the US for 47 years, was detained by immigration agents …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Public Is Resisting Trump.  The Elites Aren't.  —  Back in April, the White House took a sledgehammer to America's trading relationships with the rest of the world, pledging that a shiny new trade regime would be in place within three months: “90 deals in 90 days.”
Politico:
California donors cool on Kamala Harris: ‘No one is incredibly pumped.’  —  Some party funders have privately shared their ambivalence as the former vice president ramps up her outreach ahead of a potential run for governor.  —  LOS ANGELES — Kamala Harris is ramping up her outreach …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
June 26, 2025  —  This morning's press conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth featured an apparently angry Hegseth yelling at the media for contradicting President Donald Trump's claim that last weekend's strikes against Iran had “completely obliterated” its nuclear weapons program.
Discussion: The Dispatch, CNN, CBS News and Raw Story
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Trump's Border Policies Leave Some Farms Empty and Workers Fearful  —  As federal immigration sweeps have prompted protests across the nation, the border is eerily quiet, as would-be migrants stay away and undocumented workers hide at home.  —  Alexandra, a 55-year-old undocumented immigrant …
NBC News:
Republican senators propose slashing size of intel office led by Tulsi Gabbard  —  A bill by Sen. Tom Cotton would cut the Office of the Director of National Intelligence by 60%.  The move comes as Gabbard appears to have fallen out of favor in the Trump administration.
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Hill
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court backs parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books in elementary schools  —  Parents sued Montgomery County, Maryland, schools after it said they couldn't opt their children out of exposure to LGBTQ books in the classroom.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
Andy Olsen / Christianity Today:
ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution … On June 19, as Iran and Israel exchanged volleys of missiles and officials secretly finalized plans to dispatch American bombers to strike Iranian nuclear sites, pastor Ara Torosian published a letter to his church.
Discussion: ABC7
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
Trump's secret police are terrorizing American streets  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us.  👇  —  Narciso Barranco was trimming the grass with a weed whacker …
Nikole Hannah-Jones / New York Times:
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months  —  In my two decades covering race in America, I've never witnessed an assault on civil rights by the federal government like the one President Trump has undertaken this year →  —  Trump is using the now-tarnished language of …
Sonny Bunch / The Bulwark:
How Zombies Help Explain Political Theory  —  On this week's episode, I'm joined by Daniel Drezner—cohost of the Space the Nation podcast with Ana Marie Cox and proprietor of the Drezner's World Substack—to discuss the eternal popularity of zombies (most recently via the hit movie 28 Years Later …
Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
School choice, religious school tax carveouts run afoul of Senate's Byrd rule  —  A Republican proposal to enact a multibillion-dollar private school tax credit program would be subject to a 60-vote threshold if it is included in conservatives' domestic policy megabill, the Senate parliamentarian …
The Atlantic:
How Trump Lives With the Threat of Iranian Assassination  —  Hours before launching B-2 bombers at Iran, President Donald Trump stood on a secured airport tarmac 40 miles west of Manhattan, under the watchful guard of the U.S. Secret Service and a militarized counterassault team.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court endorses Obamacare panel that requires free preventive care  —  The case grew out of a conservative religious challenge to the approval of HIV prevention treatments that insurers are required to provide at no cost to patients.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected …
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
A Week for the Ages in the Annals of Trump Suck-Uppery  —  The nato Secretary General goes all-in on strategic self-abasement while meeting with his American “Daddy.”  —  Over the past decade, as I watched ambitious, embattled, fearful, or just plain weak interlocutors deal with Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Economist and The Guardian
Alex Rogers / Financial Times:
Eric Trump opens door to political dynasty  —  'If there's one family that hasn't profited off politics, it's the Trump family,' president's son says in an interview  —  Eric Trump has said that “the political path” for a family dynasty “would be an easy one”, opening the door for another Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Right-Wing Republicans in Congress Attack Mamdani With Islamophobic Comments  —  The responses to Zohran Mamdani's showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.
Discussion: New York Daily News
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds phone and internet subsidy program for underserved areas  —  The Federal Communications Commission policy requires telecommunications companies to spend billions of dollars to subsidize service in poor and rural areas.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected …
 
 
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Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
US State Department adviser wanted to boost French far-right leader Marine Le Pen
Discussion: The Guardian
Associated Press:
Migrant family sues over US detention in what may be first challenge to courthouse arrests involving kids
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Kevin Jennings / Advocate:
After 10 years of marriage equality, the fight continues for LGBTQ+ rights
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