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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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CNN:
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 …
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 …
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Why Trump Can't Make the Epstein Story Go Away
Discussion: Salon
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 …
Axios:
Trump to announce “aggressive” Ukraine weapons plan  —  President Trump will announce a new plan to arm Ukraine on Monday that is expected to include offensive weapons, two sources with knowledge of the plans tell Axios. … - U.S., Ukrainian and European officials hope the weapons will shift …
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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 …
Discussion: Townhall and CBS News
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Russia It Has 50 Days to Make Peace With Ukraine
Politico:
Trump agrees to send weapons to Ukraine
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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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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Lauren McGaughy / KUT Radio, Austin's NPR Station:
Gov. Greg Abbott says emails with Elon Musk are too ‘intimate and embarrassing’ to make public
Discussion: The Verge
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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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
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
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
Fox News:
Biden chief of staff reportedly gave approval for autopen pardons on final day in office
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.”
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: RedState
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / New York Magazine:
The Canadians Are Furious  —  Trump accomplished what was once considered impossible: Our northern neighbors have united against us.  —  In May, I reoriented my algorithms to flood me with Canadian content, turned on push notifications from The Globe and Mail, and temporarily moved my family north of the border.
Discussion: twitchy.com
 
 
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Jim Wyss / Bloomberg:
Trump Piles Fresh Sanctions on Cuba's Flailing Tourism Industry
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Plan to Indefinitely Displace Palestinians Threatens to Derail Gaza Truce
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Releases Guidance on Implementing President Trump's Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of the United States
Discussion: Florida Politics
Jerry Dunleavy / Just The News:
Pentagon pulls all military speakers from ‘globalist’ Aspen Security Forum
Robert Frank / CNBC:
Tax cuts for private jet buyers expected to lead to surge in sales
The Economist:
Climate change is a by-product of progress, not an existential crisis, says Trump's energy czar
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
The CIA reveals more of its connections to Lee Harvey Oswald
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Jonathan Alter / Washington Monthly:
America Is Now a Police State
New York Times:
We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.
Ruchir Sharma / Financial Times:
The markets are signalling a clear winner in the Middle East
Discussion: New Yorker
Bianca Vázquez Toness / Associated Press:
More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reuters
Politico:
Trump's megabill is creating a budget nightmare for states
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrat floats radical solution to Congress' age problem
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Bloomberg Media COO Julia Beizer is leaving the company, a source says to lead Microsoft's AI news product, working under Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman

 
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