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New York Times:
Paramount to Pay Trump $16 Million to Settle ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit  —  President Trump sued Paramount over a “60 Minutes” interview with his opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris.  —  Paramount has agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing …
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Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
CBS owner Paramount settles Trump lawsuit over Harris interview for $16M  —  The network will not apologize as part of the agreement.  The lawsuit stemmed from the editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.  —  Paramount, the parent company of CBS News, has agreed to pay $16 million …
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit  —  Paramount Global has agreed to pay $16 million to end President Trump's lawsuit over edits to a “60 Minutes” interview — a legal tussle that roiled CBS News, spurred high-level departures and threatened to derail the company's hoped-for sale.
Fox News:
Paramount, CBS forced to pay eight figures, change editorial policy in settlement with President Trump  —  Result of the agreement on lawsuit could reach north of $30 million with $16 million upfront  —  FIRST ON FOX - Paramount Global and CBS agreed on Tuesday to pay President Donald Trump …
Reuters:
Paramount settles with Trump over ‘60 Minutes’ interview for $16 million  —  CBS parent company Paramount (PARA.O) on Wednesday settled a lawsuit filed by U.S. President Donald Trump over an interview broadcast in October, the latest concession by a media company to a president who has targeted outlets …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Paramount will pay $16 million in settlement with Trump over ‘60 Minutes’ interview
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The Disaster That Just Passed the Senate  —  This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Meets GOP Hardliners as Tax Bill Hits Resistance in House
Paul Krugman:   Muskenfreude  —  When an oligarch confronts an autocrat, guess who wins?
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
House Rules Committee advances Trump megabill as potential GOP revolt looms
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Thune's big, bold bill has rattled House Republicans
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Analysis shows Trump's tariffs would cost US employers $82.3 billion  —  An analysis finds a critical group of U.S. employers would face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from President Donald Trump's current tariff plans, a sum that could potentially be managed through price hikes, layoffs, hiring freezes or lower profit margins.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump announces trade deal with Vietnam
Aaron Krolik / New York Times:
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia  —  President Trump has issued no new restrictions on Russia this year, in effect allowing Moscow to acquire the money and materials it needs in its conflict with Ukraine.  —  Since President Trump returned to office in January …
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Politico:
Pentagon halting some promised munitions for Ukraine
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban  —  The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state's 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.
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Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidates the state's strict 1849 abortion law
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Bloomberg:   US Private Payrolls Fall for First Time in Two Years in ADP Data
Kara Carlson / Bloomberg:
Tesla Sales Fall 13%, Putting Carmaker on Course for Annual Drop  —  Tesla Inc. shares jumped after the carmaker posted a less drastic decline in vehicle sales than the most pessimistic analysts feared.  —  The company delivered 384,122 vehicles during the last three months, down 13% from a year earlier.
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Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
The Grand Opening of an American Concentration Camp  —  What were you doing the day the president attended the opening of an American concentration camp in the Everglades?  Dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” by Republican officials because of the predators living in the surrounding swampland …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
How to Turn the U.S. Into an Immigration Police State in One Big Bill
Emily Peck / Axios:
Immigration crackdown ripples through economy  —  President Trump's immigration crackdown is hitting key pockets of the economy, disrupting workplaces and communities around the country. … - There will be fewer workers to produce goods and services, slowing down growth and putting pressure on wages.
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Local officials grow wary of helping ICE detain immigrants
Discussion: KTOO
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Trump's Finances Were Shaky.  Then He Began to Capitalize on His Comeback. … An attendee posed with a cutout of President Trump at a Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas at the end of May.Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times  —  Last spring, even as Donald J. Trump's march back toward …
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
CNN:
Trump pick to run federal watchdog: A 30-year-old who once shared a 9/11 conspiracy video and has ties to a Holocaust denier  —  The man President Donald Trump wants to put in charge of protecting whistleblowers - and rooting out government corruption - is a 30-year-old lawyer with barely …
Emma Epperly / Idaho Education News:
Attorney general: ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ sign cannot be displayed in Idaho schools  —  (UPDATED, 3:30 p.m., Monday, with comments from Sarah Inama.)  —  The “Everyone is Welcome Here” sign that sparked a viral nationwide controversy can no longer be displayed in Idaho schools …
Discussion: East Bay Times
New York Times:
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.  —  The pardoned rioter, a former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol, is a counselor to Ed Martin, the director of the so-called weaponization committee.
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Trump is ‘working the phones’ to get megabill over the finish line  —  President Donald Trump is ramping up a pressure campaign on House Freedom Caucus members as he tries to get his “Big Beautiful Bill” across the finish line ahead of his July 4 deadline.  A White House official …
Discussion: The Hill and Roll Call
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NBC News:
Fox News, MAGA hats and cookies: Inside Trump's West Wing  —  Trump likes to see whom he wants and call whom he chooses, and in the new term, he presides over a White House that mirrors the man, current and former aides say.  —  WASHINGTON — The military leaders who came to the Oval Office …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Inside the Dysfunction at Rubio's Shrunken National Security Council  —  Fewer meetings, more top-down demands and worries some officials may go rogue are upending the system.  —  When the Pentagon recently launched a review of a landmark security pact with Australia and the United Kingdom …
Discussion: Drezner's World and Raw Story
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ Opens Door To Stripping Citizenship Over Politics  —  It's the latest example of the Trump administration's assault on citizenship.  —  Throughout the campaign, Republicans teased an idea: the next Trump government would start to remove the citizenship of naturalized Americans.
 
 
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