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Marc Caputo / Axios:
3 ways Trump might try to defuse the Epstein mess — President Trump isn't ready to course-correct over how his administration has handled the Jeffrey Epstein evidence. — But officials and advisers are considering at least three ways Trump could try to defuse an issue that …
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Bongino still in limbo as Trump fumes and JD Vance seeks to play mediator, sources say — Several of President Donald Trump's top officials went to work on Monday with a key question unanswered: would Dan Bongino show up today? — The deputy FBI director did not go into the office Friday …
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Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Demands Trump Use Teen Sex Accused Gaetz to Probe Epstein — WHO BETTER?! — The push comes as the idea of a special counsel is being war-gamed in the White House. — President Donald Trump is under pressure from his MAGA base to appoint right-wing firebrand Matt Gaetz …
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Playbook: Trump's Epstein headache isn't going away
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Tucker Carlson leads MAGA's worried warriors in questioning Trump
Tucker Carlson leads MAGA's worried warriors in questioning Trump
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
On Jeffrey Epstein, Trump rolls out a new conspiracy theory about the conspiracy theory
On Jeffrey Epstein, Trump rolls out a new conspiracy theory about the conspiracy theory
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Wall Street Journal:
Now Trump Says Forget Jeffrey Epstein
Now Trump Says Forget Jeffrey Epstein
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Carlson: Bondi ‘made up a bunch of ludicrous’ Epstein files claims
Carlson: Bondi ‘made up a bunch of ludicrous’ Epstein files claims
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats try to force release of Epstein files
House Democrats try to force release of Epstein files
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump finds himself on the wrong side of a conspiracy theory
Trump finds himself on the wrong side of a conspiracy theory
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Democrat demands House vote on ‘FULL Epstein files’ release
Democrat demands House vote on ‘FULL Epstein files’ release
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Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit — The U.S. Justice Department unit charged with defending against legal challenges to signature Trump administration policies - such as restricting birthright citizenship and slashing funding to Harvard University …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's ‘major’ announcement on Russia sounds familiar — and falls far short — For the fifth time, the American president has threatened Russia with economic sanctions. The first four times, Trump failed to follow through. — In recent days, Americans have repeatedly been told …
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Axios:
Trump to announce “aggressive” Ukraine weapons plan
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Russia It Has 50 Days to Make Peace With Ukraine
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Russia It Has 50 Days to Make Peace With Ukraine
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Lauren McGaughy / ProPublica:
Why Gov. Greg Abbott Won't Release His Emails With Elon Musk — We asked Abbott for his and his staff's emails with Elon Musk and Musk's companies. The governor's office won't turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
The Young GOPer Behind “Alligator Alcatraz” Is the Dark Future of MAGA — The other day, Stephen Miller went on Fox News and offered a plea that got surprisingly little attention given its highly toxic and unnerving implications. Miller urged politicians in GOP-run states to build their own versions of …
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Safid Deen / USA Today:
Chelsea put on show in Club World Cup final — only to have Trump steal their moment — EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Chelsea star Cole Palmer was like much of the world wondering why President Donald Trump was obliviously standing in the middle of their trophy celebration after winning the FIFA Club World Cup.
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Trump Kept Gold Club World Cup Trophy for Himself So FIFA Had to Give the Winners a Replica
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Andy Hampson / Yahoo News:
Confusion as Donald Trump joins Chelsea on stage after Club World Cup win
Confusion as Donald Trump joins Chelsea on stage after Club World Cup win
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Adam Gurri / Liberal Currents:
Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor — A recent leak of venture capitalist Marc Andreessen's group chats has revealed that he's quite happy to see our university system destroyed if it will keep out foreigners and humiliate the elites who “actively discriminated against” people like him.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Marc Andreessen and the Billionaire Victims Club
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
America Thirst — Twitter may be a shell of its former self these days, but we've got to admit it's still a place for experiences you'd struggle to replicate anywhere else. Like this weekend, when the account of Sesame Street's Elmo was hacked and the fuzzy red muppet started posting antisemitic garbage …
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New York Times:
Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions That Were Recorded With Autopen
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump tariffs don't cause inflation because of ‘patriotism’ buying: WH advisor … White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett speculated Monday that new tariff policies are not yet sparking widespread price inflation because President Donald Trump has convinced more people to buy American.
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New York Times:
The Economy Has Been Resilient. The New Round of Tariffs May Hit Harder.
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
It's No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump
It's No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump
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Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Defense Department to begin using Grok, Musk's controversial AI Model — Elon Musk's artificial intelligence start-up said its models are now available to federal agencies. — The U.S. Department of Defense will begin using Grok, the AI chatbot built by Elon Musk's start-up xAI, the company announced in a post on Monday.
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Arlette Saenz / CNN:
Obama's blunt message for Democrats: ‘Toughen up’ — Former President Barack Obama issued a call to action for Democrats at a private fundraiser in New Jersey on Friday evening, urging those frustrated by the state of the country under President Donald Trump to “stand up for the things that you think are right.”
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Mark Cuban Reveals A Cold Truth About Why Democrats Are Flailing — “That's not the way to win. It's just not,” said the billionaire. — Billionaire investor and “Shark Tank” alum Mark Cuban pulled no punches when talking about what he sees as the Democratic Party's current failings.
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Jonathan Alter / Washington Monthly:
America Is Now a Police State — If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And if you have $75 billion over four years in new funding for ICE, you—Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and Tom Homan—will use it to fund a huge domestic army to round up four million people in the next three years …
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Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
The Situation: The Case of Erez Reuveni — What if America had checks and balances and nobody came? — benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org — Meet The Authors … The Situation on Wednesday predicted that the so-called investigation of John Brennan and James Comey will prove to be a ghost …
Caroline Graham / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Jeffery Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is ready to reveal ‘truth’ of the pedophile client list, say insiders. So, why are Republicans blocking her? — Ghislaine Maxwell is willing to speak in front of Congress about The Epstein Files, sources tell Daily Mail.
New York Times:
Cuomo to Fight On in Mayor's Race After Bruising Primary Loss to Mamdani — Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to announce his commitment to a third-party run against Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who soundly defeated him in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.
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Washington Post:
Camp Mystic's leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later. … Camp Mystic Executive Director Richard “Dick” Eastland did not begin to evacuate the young campers asleep in cabins near the rapidly rising Guadalupe River for more than an hour after he received …
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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
The right-wing outrage machine gears up, and a cartoonist gets death threats — Here are some possible reasonable responses to seeing an editorial cartoon you don't agree with: — Write an email to the journalist who created it, expressing your opposing view.
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Peter Behr / Politico:
DOGE told regulator to ‘rubber stamp’ nuclear … The meeting was held after President Donald Trump signed a May 23 executive order that would supplant the NRC's historical role as the sole agency responsible for ensuring commercial nuclear projects are safe and won't threaten public health.
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