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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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New Republic and Raw Story
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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The Guardian, The Hill, NewsMax.com, New York Magazine, The Mahablog, Raw Story, The Independent 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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Axios, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, New Republic, Daily Mail, New Jersey Online, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, MSNBC, USA Today and Mediaite
John Fritze / CNN:
Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell urges Supreme Court to overturn her conviction — Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, urged the Supreme Court on Monday to take up her pending appeal and overturn her sex-trafficking conviction, claiming she was covered …
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Washington Post, NBC News, Scripps News, New Republic, USA Today, Washington Examiner, New York Post, The Post Millennial, Fox News, MSNBC and Newsweek
Politico:
Another Trump clash with the courts is already spinning out into criminal cases … 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 …
Discussion:
The Independent and CBS News
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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UN News, Lawfare, CNN, The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali, RNS, Al Jazeera, Zeteo, Reuters and Middle East Monitor
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Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian:
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, say Israel-based human rights groups
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Associated Press, Haaretz, UPI, Jacobin, Washington Examiner and Al Jazeera
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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Reuters, Fox News, CNN, Breitbart, Democrats, Townhall, American Thinker, The Guardian, IJR, Bangor Daily News, MeidasTouch News, Washington Examiner, twitchy.com, PoliticusUSA, The Daily Signal, The Post Millennial, New York Post, RedState, Advocate, Al Jazeera, Newsweek and LifeNews.com
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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
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Judge orders Medicaid funding temporarily restored to all Planned Parenthood affiliates
Judge orders Medicaid funding temporarily restored to all Planned Parenthood affiliates
Discussion:
Associated Press, Salon, Axios, Daily Kos, USA Today, The Post Millennial, New Republic and Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Washington Post:
Whistleblower evidence suggests Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove misled Senate — A third whistleblower has new information about a Justice Department official the president has nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. — A new whistleblower has come forward to challenge …
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The Hill, Fox News, Daily Kos, New Republic, NewsMax.com, Techdirt, UPI and CNN
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Cara Anna / Associated Press:
Israel's leader claims no one in Gaza is starving. Data and witnesses disagree — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says no one in Gaza is starving: “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza. We enable humanitarian aid throughout the duration …
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New York Post, The Daily Signal, Al Jazeera, NPR, Washington Post, Associated Press, The Guardian and Reuters
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Israel's Zones of Denial
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The Times of Israel, Financial Times, The Cipher Brief, Israpundit and Haaretz
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump rejects Netanyahu's claim that kids in Gaza aren't starving
Trump rejects Netanyahu's claim that kids in Gaza aren't starving
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HuffPost, New York Times, Associated Press, NewsNation, New Yorker, NBC News, Washington Post, The Atlantic, PBS NewsHour, The Independent, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, Politico, Jewish Insider, NPR, Metro.co.uk, Mother Jones, New Jersey Online, israelhayom.com, Washington Examiner, MSNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, Salon, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, USA Today, Middle East Monitor, New York Times, Semafor, Al Jazeera, Haaretz and Telegraph
New York Times:
Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up to $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute — The sum sought by the government is more than twice as much as the $200 million fine that Columbia University said it would pay when it settled its clash with the White House last week.
Discussion:
New York Post and The Hill
Benjamin Oreskes / New York Times:
In Fight for House, New York May Follow Texas in Redrawing Maps — Democrats in three states are now considering moves to counter a push by Texas Republicans to redraw their state's maps. — If Texas lawmakers follow through on President Trump's call to redraw state congressional maps …
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NewsMax.com, The Hill, Associated Press and New York Sun
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Gary D. Robertson / Associated Press:
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will run for the US Senate in North Carolina in 2026
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper will run for the US Senate in North Carolina in 2026
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HuffPost, Punchbowl News, Politico, NOTUS, Raw Story, USA Today, The Daily Caller, The Daily Signal, New York Sun, Fox News, NewsNation, Roll Call, IJR, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, ABC News, Daily Kos, Townhall, New York Post, CBS News, NewsMax.com, WHQR, Talking Points Memo and The Hill
Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
Trump administration urges federal employees to talk religion at work — The guidance from the Office of Personnel Management builds on the administration's efforts to bolster faith's presence in the federal workforce. — Federal employees can display religious items at work …
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Fox News, Federal News Network, New York Times, The Hill, Politico, The Independent, Al Jazeera, The Daily Caller and Townhall
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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
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.
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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CNN, Politico, Salon, The Independent, Newsweek, Raw Story, USA Today, Forbes, Blaze Media, The Guardian, Advocate, The Hill, New Republic and NewsMax.com
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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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New York Times, Esquire, NBC News, HuffPost, Raw Story, UPI, IJR and Washington Examiner
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Justice Department Scrutinizes George Mason Faculty's Diversity Stance — The Faculty Senate at George Mason University in Virginia adopted a resolution supporting the school's president and his work related to diversity. The Justice Department says it will investigate.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
The White House:
Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal — MAKING GLOBAL HISTORY: Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union (EU), fundamentally rebalancing the economic relationship between the world's two largest economies.
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 …
Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Texas Attorney General Paxton sues New York county clerk over abortion ruling — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against a New York county clerk for refusing to file a judgment and court summons against a doctor who allegedly prescribed and mailed abortion medication to a woman in Texas.
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Texas Attorney General and Washington Examiner
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
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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New York Post, The Wrap, The Daily Caller, Megyn Kelly, The Hill, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline and Variety, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
Associated Press:
Trump seeks quick Murdoch deposition in Wall Street Journal lawsuit over Epstein story — President Donald Trump is asking a federal court in Florida to force Rupert Murdoch to give a deposition for the president's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal within 15 days, citing the media mogul's age and physical condition.
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CNBC, Reuters, Business Insider, New York Sun, The Hill, Mediaite, All Rise News, Forbes, Deadline, The Independent, Washington Examiner, New York Times, Raw Story and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Republican Nancy Mace says she likes to watch videos of Ice detaining people — Congresswoman says she ‘can think of nothing more American’ than Ice dragging people out of court — Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace has claimed she cruises the web for videos of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Discussion:
The Independent and Daily Kos
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls' sports — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg offered one of the most carefully worded responses yet to the debate over transgender youth participation in sports on Monday morning in an NPR interview.
Discussion:
NPR, The Hill, The Daily Caller and Washington Examiner
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.
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Balls and Strikes and Reason
ABC News:
2 shot, including officer, outside office building in Midtown Manhattan; suspect dead: Sources — The shooting occurred outside an office building, police sources said. — A police officer and a civilian were shot outside an office building on Park Avenue on Monday, police sources told ABC News.
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WNYW-TV, CNN, NewsNation, Townhall, RedState, The Sun, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, The Post Millennial 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 …
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Takes Break From $10 Million Golf Vacation To Put Forward New Jeffrey Epstein Explanation — The president also announced new taxes on American importers and consumers during his trip to Scotland. — President Donald Trump on Monday took a break from his $10 million taxpayer-funded golf vacation …
Discussion:
New York Magazine, New Republic and Mediaite
New York Times:
A Maine Resort Town Feels the Pressure of Trump's Immigration Crackdown — Wells, like many U.S. tourist spots that rely on foreign labor, is fearful of immigration raids. The local police department's agreement to collaborate with federal agents only adds to the anxiety.
Discussion:
Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and The Maine Wire
The Free Press:
Amy Coney Barrett and Bari Weiss Live in NYC: Get Your Tickets Now — A rare conversation with the Supreme Court justice on the future of the judicial branch, the Constitution, and the country—live at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. — By The Free Press
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Washington Examiner
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.

