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Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News poll finds support for Trump's deportation program falls; Americans call for more focus on prices  —  After six months that included a string of achievements on President Trump's legislative goals, views of his second term are increasingly defined by the difference between his political base …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Consumed by Epstein, Trump has lost ground on the economy and immigration
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:   Trump survived many scandals, but the Epstein story poses a new test
Zack Stanton / Politico:   Playbook: Six months in
New York Times:
An Accuser's Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files … Maria Farmer in August 2019.  Ms. Farmer said in an interview with The New York Times that she twice told the F.B.I. about a troubling encounter she had with Donald J. Trump, and about how close he was with Jeffrey Epstein.Andrea Morales for The New York Times
Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Trump once hosted party for ‘young women’ where Epstein was the only guest, says report  —  President under pressure to release all files related to his former friend Epstein  —  Donald Trump once hosted a party with “young women” where the disgraced late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein “was the only other guest,” according to a report.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Amy Klobuchar ‘feeling better and better’ about Democratic prospects in future elections
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways  —  After a Seattle immigration judge dismissed the deportation case against a Colombian man — exposing him to expedited removal — three people sat with him in the back of the courtroom …
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Daniel Trotta / Reuters:
Trump threatens Washington stadium deal unless NFL team readopts Redskins name  —  U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to interfere with a deal to build a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team, now known as the Commanders, changes its name back to Redskins.
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Annabella Rosciglione / Washington Examiner:
Trump calls for Redskins and Cleveland Indians to change names back: ‘Times are different now’  —  President Donald Trump called for the Washington Commanders and Cleveland Guardians to return to their original team names.  —  “The Washington 'Whatever's' should IMMEDIATELY change their name …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Push Behind Trump Agenda Has Congress in an Uproar … Republicans' relentless marathon to force President Trump's agenda through Congress over objections from Democrats and some in their own ranks is taking a toll on the institution and its members, prompting tempers to boil …
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Associated Press:
Officials say 85 Palestinians seeking aid are killed in Gaza as Israel widens evacuation orders  —  At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach food at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the territory's Health Ministry said, on the deadliest day yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war.
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senator Blames ‘Radical’ Leftists for Trump's Cankles  —  CHOLESTEROL?  NO, COMMUNISM!  —  Tommy Tuberville says even at the ripe old age of 79, the president's only ailing because every day's “almost like a fistfight” with pesky liberals.  —  Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville thinks it's not age …
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Miriam Waldvogel / The Hill:
Tuberville says Trump health issues exacerbated by ‘fighting the radicals’
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI  —  As many of you know by now, Senator Dick Durbin penned a letter to Pam Bondi two days ago asking questions about information his office received from a protected whistleblower.  The letter read, in part: … This letter was made public right after I had filed …
Discussion: NewsNation
Caroline Graham / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton sent ‘warm and gushing’ letter for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday - as Trump sues over claim he also wrote a ‘bawdy’ note for paedophile's half-century  —  Bill Clinton wrote a ‘warm and gushing’ letter which was included in Jeffrey Epstein's infamous 50th ‘birthday book’, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Sunday Pages: “Superman”  —  I first saw the trailer for the new James Gunn Superman a few months ago, during the NBA playoffs.  My first reaction was an eye-roll and a dismissive, “Do we really need another Superman?  Really?  Why?”  —  Seriously: why do we keep recycling the same old tired movie franchises?
Tomas Weber / Financial Times:
What happens once we spot the asteroid that will hit Earth? … In January, at a US Space Force Base in the Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs, an operator received an unusual email.  It was an alert — but not one triggered by the military's network of space-based sensors.
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Ice chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks during arrest raids  —  Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear  —  The head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday …
Katherine Weaver / Chicago Tribune:
Little Village buildings spray-painted with swastikas, pro-ICE statement  —  Swastikas were spray-painted on several buildings in Little Village over the weekend, and one building was tagged a second time with a pro-immigration enforcement statement, community members said.
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times
New York Post:
Off-duty CBP officer shot in face during robbery at NYC park by suspect ID'd as illegal migrant, career criminal - who got freed after every bust  —  An off-duty US Customs and Border Protection officer was shot in the face after being robbed by a moped-riding illegal immigrant in a New York City park …
David French / New York Times:
Trump's Perversion of Justice Has Reached a New Phase  —  President Trump's Justice Department is turning civil rights enforcement upside down.  —  Last week, Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, asked a federal judge to sentence a former Louisville police officer named Brett Hankison to one day in prison.
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Antitrust and the Anti-Vaxxers  —  The Justice Department boosts a theory claiming that similar editorial judgments are collusive.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Matt Stopera / HuffPost:
This ‘Then And Now’ Picture Of The Oval Office Is Going Viral And Says So, So Much About The Trump Administration
The Atlantic:
Trump's ‘Gold Standard’ for Science Manufactures Doubt
Discussion: Futurism
Berny Belvedere / The UnPopulist:
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Chris Feliciano Arnold / The Atlantic:
Naturalized Citizens Are Scared
Tej Parikh / Financial Times:
The US economy is more fragile than it appears
George Chidi / The Guardian:
Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: 'I'm seeing what absolute power can do'
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Rachel Wells / Nashville Banner:
Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The War on Women  —  When we said women and people who loved them needed to vote …
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another
New York Times:
After a Chaotic Start, a U.S. Attorney's Time May Be Running Out
Discussion: Raw Story
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
JD Vance flew to Montana for secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News executives