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Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Trump Posts Fake Video Showing Obama Arrest  —  President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video of former President Barack Obama being detained in the Oval Office.  —  President Trump reposted a fake video showing former President Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office …
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
As MAGA world focuses on Epstein, Trump seeks focus on anything else  —  In the last 48 hours, Trump has unspooled comments on a litany of controversies, all of which seem designed to distract attention from the Jeffrey Epstein case.  —  Just now  —  Over the last 48 hours …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Guardian
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Is Trump Really Turning the Tables on the Epstein Story?  The Beltway Press's Favorite Source Thinks So.  —  Let's look at who exactly is making this claim in, uh, every media outlet in the United States. … Over the weekend, every outlet with a Washington newsroom seemed to be wondering the same thing …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Trump's Big Epstein Distraction Isn't Working  —  Hope and Change the Subject  —  FACED WITH CONSERVATIVE backlash over the end of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, Donald Trump over the past week has engaged in what can only be described as a monumental distraction campaign.
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Talks About Anything but Epstein on His Social Media Account
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Politico:
House Republicans at standstill over Epstein drama  —  House Republicans may choose to scrap several floor votes this week as internal party drama over the release of Jeffrey Epstein files is derailing the work of the Rules Committee.  The panel came to a standstill, again …
Discussion: emptywheel
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Johnson Says He Won't Hold Vote Calling on Trump to Release Epstein Files This Summer  —  The Republican speaker of the House had said last week that the government should release “everything” in the Jeffrey Epstein files, in a rare break with the president that turned out to be short-lived.
Axios:
House grinds to a halt as GOP tries to shut down Epstein votes
Discussion: Puck
National Archives:
Records Related to the Assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  —  On This Page  —  The National Archives' Role in Fulfilling Executive Order 14176  —  How is the National Archives Making These Records Available?  —  2025 Release  —  Release Notes  — Contact Us
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family's opposition  —  The Trump administration has released records of the FBI's surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate's family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Tulsi dumps COINTELPRO files on MLK  —  Speaking of recurring themes in the conservative movement, Trump and Gabbard have decided to go J. Edgar Hoover with a Trump scandal getting traction: … Relatedly, his taking the FBI's smear campaign at face value was a clear sign that David Garrow was well on the way to crankdom.
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and New Republic
Washington Post:
Trump administration releases thousands of files on MLK Jr.'s assassination
Discussion: twitchy.com
Dylan Lovan / Associated Press:
Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time  —  A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid five years ago …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Judge Sentences Ex-Officer in Breonna Taylor Raid to Nearly 3 Years in Prison
Discussion: UPI and WFAA-TV
Politico:
White House removes Wall Street Journal from Scotland press pool over Epstein bombshell … The White House is removing the Wall Street Journal from the pool of reporters covering the president's weekend trip to Scotland, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told POLITICO.
Associated Press:
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ actor, dies at 54 in Costa Rica drowning  —  Malcolm-Jamal Warner the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said.  Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department …
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Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Sexual Bragging Comes Back to Haunt Him  —  NO AGE LIMIT??  —  An eyebrow-raising comment Trump made on “The Howard Stern Show” is making the rounds on social media.  —  President Donald Trump's boasts about dating younger women are making waves as renewed attention falls …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Trump's Stunning Response When Asked if He Has Sexual ‘Age Limit’ Resurfaces as Epstein-Mania Boils
Discussion: The Wrap
Gabe Cohen / CNN:
FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response  —  The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
Amanda Castro / Newsweek:
Pam Bondi Grants Hillary Clinton Email Probe Request Amid Epstein Furor  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday that the Justice Department has released documents related to the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.  —  The Context
Financial Times:
Donald Trump: six months in six charts  —  US president has had profound impact at home and abroad with tumultuous start to second term  —  It has been six months since Donald Trump began his second term as US president.  —  In that time he has shaken trading relations with US allies …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Art of the Settlement … For weeks, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, the executives had held firm at $15 million.  But Trump's legal team—apparently spooked by a looming court deadline that could move the case out of Amarillo, Texas—had begun dropping their demand.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Treasury Secretary Bessent calls for a review of ‘the entire’ Federal Reserve … Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday suggested a review of the Federal Reserve that would go beyond the current controversy over building renovations and look at its overall function.
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Alicia Chen / New York Times:
U.S.-Based Orange Juice Importer Sues Over Trump's 50% Tariff on Brazilian Goods  —  Orange juice prices in the U.S. are already high.  The suit argues that the tariff would lead to retail price hikes of up to 25 percent.  —  A U.S.-based juice company is suing over President Trump's pledge …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Why Colbert got canceled  —  There was a time not so long ago when going on TV with Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert was pretty much the best thing I could imagine.  —  According to IMDb, I appeared on The Daily Show seven times, The Colbert Report three times, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert …
Berny Belvedere / The UnPopulist:
Only Three Weeks Left to Register for LibCon2025  —  Space is filling up fast for ISMA's second annual ‘Liberalism for the 21st Century’ conference—so you should sign up now without delay  —  There are only three weeks left till our parent organization, the Institute for the Study …
Discussion: The Dispatch
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
Prominent US anti-vaxxer says he caught measles and traveled back home  —  Brian Hooker seems to not have alerted authorities of his illness after leaving west Texas  —  One of the most prominent anti-vaccine activists in the US says he caught measles in west Texas and traveled back home …
Louise Perry / New York Times:
The Perverse Economics of Assisted Suicide  —  In June, lawmakers in my native country, Britain, approved plans to legalize assisted suicide.  If the bill becomes law, England and Wales will join more than a dozen countries and 11 U.S. states in permitting medically assisted dying.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Michael Flynn floats ‘military trial for Obama’ despite presidential immunity  —  Disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn suggested former President Barack Obama should face a “military trial” after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused him of a …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices … The Federal Communications Commission is ditching Biden-era standards for measuring progress toward the goal of universal broadband deployment.  —  The changes will make it easier for the FCC to give …
Washington Post:
Divorce, adultery allegations against Paxton jolt Senate race in Texas  —  In one of the biggest GOP primaries of the midterms, Sen. John Cornyn and his allies are attacking Ken Paxton over his personal life, and some backers are rethinking their support.  —  Firebrand Texas Republican Ken …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jim Jordan subpoenas DOJ prosecutor who helped investigate Donald Trump
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Trump Sharpens Attacks on a Favorite Foe: The News Media
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Hunter Biden Trashes Democrats He Saw as Betraying His Father
Cristian Farias / New Yorker:
A Federal Trial Reveals the Sprawling Plan Behind Trump's Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Students
Discussion: USA Today and Associated Press
Jessica Kutz / The 19th:
Women's contributions and men's racism erased from history of national monument
Lindsay Clark / The Register:
Radio geeks reveal how to access crucial hurricane data after US Department of Defense cut it off
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Trump lashes out at federal judge presiding over Harvard case
New York Times:
Marines Will Begin Withdrawing From Los Angeles
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
GOP's Murkowski says she feels ‘cheated’ by administration following megabill's passage
Discussion: New Republic, Daily Kos and Esquire
Jon Fortt / The Verge:
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