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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Ghislaine Maxwell files Supreme Court brief appealing Epstein conviction … - The Trump administration has faced weeks of bipartisan backlash after reneging on promises to release all files related to the now-deceased sex trafficker. — MAGA activists have suggested that Maxwell …
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New York Magazine, The Guardian, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Durbin Demands Tapes of Ghislaine Maxwell Interviews — The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee also pressed the Justice Department for a promise that Ms. Maxwell will not be pardoned for her cooperation in matters related to the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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The Hill, USA Today, Washington Examiner, New Republic, MSNBC, Daily Mail, New Jersey Online, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
John Fritze / CNN:
Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell urges Supreme Court to overturn her conviction
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USA Today, New York Post, Washington Examiner, MSNBC, The Post Millennial and Newsweek
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Trump won't rule out pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
Trump won't rule out pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
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MSNBC, ABC News, New York Post, New York Sun, USA Today, Daily Mail, New Republic, The Hill, Washington Times and CBS News
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump trade deals prove access to the U.S. still matters above all else — In the Trump-dominated global economy, the U.S. gets plenty but gives nothing in return. … - In return, those countries get some assurance on their tariff rate — both 15%, and both of which could have been worse …
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Wall Street Journal:
Companies Welcome EU-U.S. Trade Deal as Least Bad Outcome — The preliminary agreement cements tariffs that are bad for Europe, but many businesses say the pact is better than a trade war — BRUSSELS—Business leaders on both sides of the Atlantic breathed a sigh of relief that the U.S …
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Gregorio Sorgi / Politico:
EU admits it can't guarantee $600B promise to Trump
EU admits it can't guarantee $600B promise to Trump
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The Hill, New York Times, New York Sun, The Independent, Raw Story, Townhall, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit and NewsNation
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents — Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals — US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports …
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Raw Story
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump rejects Netanyahu's claim that kids in Gaza aren't starving — President Trump said Monday that he disagrees with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim that there is no starvation in Gaza. … Later he said, “There is real starvation in Gaza - you can't fake that.”
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Israel's Zones of Denial
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The Times of Israel, The Cipher Brief, Israpundit and Haaretz
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says he wants Netanyahu to ‘make sure they get the food’ in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis
Trump says he wants Netanyahu to ‘make sure they get the food’ in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump says he turned down visit to Epstein's island
Trump says he turned down visit to Epstein's island
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Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump administration's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood — A federal judge on Monday ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the nation's largest abortion provider fights President Donald Trump's administration …
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Indefinitely Blocks Withholding of Medicaid Funds to Planned Parenthood
Judge Indefinitely Blocks Withholding of Medicaid Funds to Planned Parenthood
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Roll Call
Politico:
Alina Habba's authority as New Jersey's top prosecutor questioned in new legal filing … In a nine-page filing, Mirigliano said his client is “facing an imminent criminal trial proceeding under questionable legal authority” and asked for the charges to be thrown out or that Habba and her assistants …
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CBS News and New Jersey Globe
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How Axios rebranded conservative ideology as objectivity — The biggest lie in media is the one that it tells about itself. — Journalists at many mainstream media publications insist that their coverage is objective and unbiased. This isn't true. — Two of the biggest purveyors …
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The Present Age
Associated Press:
Project 2025 author Paul Dans will challenge Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina — A chief architect of Project 2025, Paul Dans, is launching a Republican primary challenge to Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, joining a crowded field that will test the loyalties …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Project 2025 architect to challenge Lindsey Graham for Senate in South Carolina
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Advocate
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
Paul Dans, ex-director of Project 2025, will challenge US Sen. Lindsey Graham in SC GOP primary
Paul Dans, ex-director of Project 2025, will challenge US Sen. Lindsey Graham in SC GOP primary
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HuffPost, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and UPI
Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
JD Vance demands viral street fighters be ‘prosecuted’ — Vice President JD Vance condemned fighters captured in a viral video and called on law enforcement to “throw their a**es in prison.” — Vance was in Canton, Ohio, on Monday to visit Metallus's steel plant in the area.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
On Epstein, Democrats have Mike Johnson running scared — 🗣️ Paid subscribers keep Public Notice free. If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please sign up and support us. 👇 — Last week, Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson recessed the House early.
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Josephine Harvey / The Daily Beast:
Trump in Rage Mode as Epstein Storm Refuses to Die Down
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Raw Story
Cristina Laila / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: Two Dead, Multiple People Injured in Mass Shooting at Casino in Reno, Nevada - Suspect Shot — Update: Two people are dead and three were hospitalized in the mass shooting, according to AP. — Multiple people were shot outside a Reno, Nevada, casino on Monday morning.
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Aaron Boxerman / New York Times:
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide — Israel says it is fighting against Hamas, not Palestinians as a group. But two of Israel's best-known rights groups — long critical of Israeli policy — now say they disagree. — Two of Israel's best-known human …
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Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Delta co-pilot reportedly arrested on plane for child sexual abuse materials — Several passengers told various media outlets that law enforcement officers removed co-pilot from plane in San Francisco — A co-pilot with Delta Air Lines was reportedly arrested by federal agents …
Heather Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Former Trump aide tapped to help lead Megyn Kelly's growing media empire — Hope Hicks, a former aide to President Donald Trump, is joining Megyn Kelly's media company as its new chief operating officer, marking a powerful partnership. — Hicks was named COO of Devil May Care Media on Monday …
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
This construction project was on time and on budget. Then came ICE. — Under a broiling Alabama sky a frustrated Robby Robertson, a construction site superintendent, surveys an 84,000 square foot, mostly built recreation center close to the Gulf coast port city of Mobile. — The site is eerily quiet.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump seeks quick deposition of Rupert Murdoch in Jeffrey Epstein letter defamation case … Lawyers for President Donald Trump asked a judge on Monday to order Rupert Murdoch to sit for a deposition soon in Trump's $10 billion lawsuit accusing the media mogul of defaming him in a Wall Street Journal article …
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New Jersey Online and The Independent
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
The Real Reason for Zohran's Success Should Rattle National Democrats — Despite being mired in a cutthroat New York mayoral campaign, Zohran Mamdani recently released a video announcing that he was taking a vacation. A vacation, that is, in his childhood home of Uganda.
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The Mahablog
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Total Mental Collapse’: Trump Ripped After ‘Insane’ New Ramble In Europe — Critics tore into the president after an unexpected digression against a familiar target. — President Donald Trump spent part of his weekend in Scotland reviving his old grievances against wind power …
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New York Post, New Republic, The European Conservative, America, America, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, RedState and Grabien
Ruchir Sharma / Financial Times:
What the world got wrong about tariffs — No economy rises or falls for just one reason, even a shock as big as Trump's trade policy … At the beginning of the year, the world was in striking agreement on one point: if Donald Trump went ahead with tariffs, it would strengthen the dollar and trigger stagflation.
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The Hill
New York Times:
The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions — Federal judges are not elected by the public. Nor are they supposed to make decisions based on their ideological preferences. Our political system instead vests them with the power to decide whether the president …
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One First, CNN, Washington Times and Raw Story
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Western liberalism's waning star — Lack of conviction and intolerance are character defects that augur badly for centrist and centre-left parties — The laws of hydraulics are broken. Donald Trump's approval ratings have dropped to second-term lows yet the Democratic party's have fallen even further.


