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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 NewsMax.com
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
The Ivy League shakedowns
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
More than 60,000 people killed in Gaza war, local health officials say  —  The toll announced by the Gaza Health Ministry is likely to be an undercount as Israel pursues its war and starvation spreads.  —  The number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli military campaign against Hamas …
Discussion: Reuters and New York Times
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Aaron Boxerman / New York Times:
In a First, Leading Israeli Rights Groups Accuse Israel of Gaza Genocide
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
Israel Returned to War in Gaza Hoping to Break Hamas. It Achieved Few, if Any, Goals.
Financial Times:
Donald Trump's tariff blitz brings US levies to highest levels since 1930s  —  Washington has locked in tariffs on almost 45% of American imports  —  Donald Trump has pushed US tariffs on foreign goods to the highest level since before the second world war as he enacts his sweeping protectionist agenda.
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: The United States and European Union Reach Massive Trade Deal
Fox News:
Bondi DOJ files complaint alleging misconduct by Federal Judge James Boasberg  —  Second official complaint against a federal judge since Bondi took office as Attorney General  —  The Department of Justice has filed an official complaint alleging misconduct by US District Court Chief Judge James Boasberg.
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Justice Department files formal complaint against Judge Boasberg
Discussion: NBC News
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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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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Mitchell Hartman / Marketplace:
Federal data has been disappearing under Trump … Government data is at risk.  Federal funding for the main statistical agencies — like the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Commerce Department — has been tight for years.  —  But since the Trump administration took office in January …
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 …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Heather Hunter / Washington Examiner:
Trump blasts ‘nasty’ London mayor in front of Starmer: 'He's done a terrible job'  —  President Donald Trump reignited his long-running feud with London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday, delivering a fresh round of criticism while seated beside U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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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 …
Anastasia Obis / Federal News Network:
‘A never-ending nightmare.’ Federal workers detail mental health toll of government downsizing  —  Since the start of the Trump administration, federal workers across the country have experienced mass layoffs as part of a broader effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce and cut spending.
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Taylor Telford / Washington Post:
Trump administration urges federal employees to talk religion at work
Politico:
Playbook: Trump's turning point on Gaza  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  Good morning.  It's Tuesday, and I'm Adam Wren.  Let's get to it.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — The populist right has run roughshod over countless Republican orthodoxies.
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Obama Official Files Bombshell Demand for Epstein Files and Secret Trump Messages  —  OBAMA DARE  —  Norm Eisen, the former White House ethics chief, has filed a wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act request.  —  One of President Donald Trump's most persistent legal foes is going after the Epstein files.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Mail
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Why Dems are suddenly confident about 2026 … - Cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act are expected to make the “big, beautiful bill” even more unpopular.  — Prices are still high despite Trump promising to bring them down. … - Trump's deportations are getting blowback …
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Meet the out-of-state investors funding a Christian nationalist community in Tennessee  —  For the politically connected investors behind the project, our NewsChannel 5 investigation has now discovered, it's about business, power and creating an alternative view of America.
Washington Post:
We texted nearly 1,100 Americans about Trump and the Epstein files.  Here's what they said.  —  How closely are Americans following news about government files from the federal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, and what do they think about President Donald Trump's handling of the issue?
Politico:
Judges press Trump administration on deportation quotas … “Not to my knowledge, your honor,” replied DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth, who urged the court to lift the order focused on surprise immigration enforcement at places like home improvement store parking lots and car washes.
Discussion: Washington Times
Bryan Metzger / Yahoo News:
Apple's iOS 26 text filters could cost political campaigns millions of dollars, top GOP group warns … iOS 26 includes a new feature that allows users to filter text messages from unrecognized numbers into an “Unknown Senders” folder without sending a notification.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daring Fireball
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.
Andy Barron / Associated Press:
Shooter opens fire outside Reno casino, killing 3 and injuring several others  —  Police in Nevada say a gunman opened fire just outside the Grand Sierra Resort casino in Reno and shot multiple people.  The conditions of the victims were not immediately known.
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.
Janet Lorin / Bloomberg:
Duke University Probed by Education Department Over Civil Rights Violations  —  The US Education Department said Monday that it has launched an investigation of Duke University and the Duke Law Journal over allegations of civil rights violations, the latest move by the Trump administration …
Associated Press:
Oklahoma authorities investigate reports of explicit images on state education chief's TV  —  An Oklahoma sheriff's office Monday opened an investigation over reports that images of nude women were displayed on the state's school superintendent office television during a meeting with education board members.
Washington Post:
Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to challenge Lindsey Graham for Senate  —  “This is ultimately a steel-cage match for the future of MAGA,” said Dans, the former director of the right-wing blueprint that has informed Trump's second term.  —  Paul Dans, a key architect of the Project 2025 …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Says He Declined Epstein's Invitation to Visit His Island: ‘I Never Had the Privilege of Going’  —  The comments came as part of the president's efforts to distract, deny and deflect from his long-running relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.  —  President Trump said on Monday that he had …
 
 
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Rebecca Robbins / New York Times:
Tariffs on Medicines From Europe Stand to Cost Drugmakers Billions
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Associated Press:
Ex-officer who mistook a Black man's keys and phone for a gun gets 15 years to life for murder
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Judge orders Medicaid funding temporarily restored to all Planned Parenthood affiliates
Stefanie Dazio / Washington Post:
Morton Mintz, Post reporter with a muckraker spirit, dies at 103
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Republican Nancy Mace says she likes to watch videos of Ice detaining people
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Independent
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Ghislaine Maxwell files Supreme Court brief appealing Epstein conviction
 

 
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