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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ underage victim Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago spa leading to feud  —  President tells reporters he cut off contact with Epstein because he was poaching employees from his club … President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he ended his friendship …
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emptywheel:
Did Trump Just Confess He Learned about Virginia Giuffre before Jeffrey Epstein Recruited Someone Else at Mar-a-Lago?
Discussion: Raw Story, New Republic and Salon
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Trump says Jeffrey Epstein ‘stole’ Virginia Giuffre from him when she worked at Mar-a-Lago spa
New York Times:
In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding  —  The proposal is President Trump's most consequential step yet to derail federal climate efforts and appears to represent a shift toward outright denial of the scientific consensus.
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Ben Geman / Axios:
EPA seeks to cancel scientific basis for climate regulations
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Maxwell offers to testify before Congress but with major conditions, including immunity  —  Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has offered to testify before Congress, but with major conditions, including immunity, according to a list of her demands sent to the House Oversight Committee by her attorneys.
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Politico:
Ghislaine Maxwell plays hardball with lawmakers on giving Epstein testimony  —  Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted co-conspirator of the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is asking to postpone her scheduled congressional deposition — and making a series of other demands as conditions of her cooperation with Hill investigators.
Strength In Numbers:
The Democratic image is underwater — but they're not losing  —  Polls show the party near a 30-year low, yet they're favored in the House popular vote.  —  ∙ Paid … A new poll from the Wall Street Journal has Democrats in a panic.  According to the WSJ's pollsters …
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Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Voters See Dems as More Corrupt Than Republicans Despite Trump's Grifting  —  The poll, taken by a respected liberal firm, is another sign of trouble for the Democratic brand  —  On Tuesday morning, the White House posted a livestream of the “Grand Opening Ceremony” of his newest golf club …
Dan Ruetenik / CBS News:
There was no “missing minute” in the original Epstein jail video, government source says  —  The “missing minute” from the surveillance video at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center where Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 may not be missing after all, CBS News has learned.
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Dan Ruetenik / CBS News:   CBS News investigation of Jeffrey Epstein jail video reveals new discrepancies
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Burchett kicked by horse, breaks rib  —  Rep. Tim Burchett is on the mend after suffering a horse-related snafu.  —  The Tennessee Republican was “accidentally kicked by a horse” while working on his farm over the weekend, according to his office.  —  While the 60-year-old Congress member's …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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David Sivak / Washington Examiner:
Tim Burchett treated for broken rib after horse-kicking incident
David Weigel / Semafor:
Poll: New York Dems side with Mamdani on Israel, Netanyahu  —  The Scoop  —  New York City's Democratic primary voters overwhelmingly believe that Israel is “committing genocide” in Gaza and that the United States should stop arming the Jewish state, according to new polling from a pro-Palestinian group and shared first with Semafor.
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Politico:
Nominations pileup has Senate Republicans threatening rules changes  —  Senate Republicans are privately discussing whether to change the chamber's rules amid growing frustration with Democrats' slow-walking of President Donald Trump's nominees.  The discussion, which came to a head during …
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Associated Press:
Gunman who killed 4 at NYC building was targeting NFL offices but took wrong elevator, mayor says  —  A gunman who killed four people at a Manhattan office building before killing himself was trying to target the headquarters of the National Football League but took the wrong elevator, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday.
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abc7NY:
4 killed, including off-duty officer, in Midtown office shooting; suspected gunman dead by suicide
Bloomberg:
Discussion: E&E News
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Trump lawsuit against Murdoch and ‘Wall Street Journal’ turns personal  —  President Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and its powerful owner has taken a personal turn.  —  In the legal filings — and on social media — Trump says he personally told media mogul Rupert Murdoch …
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James D. Zirin / The Hill:
Trump may rue the day he sued Murdoch for libel over Epstein's birthday card
Steve Vladeck / One First:
170. DOJ's (Ridiculous) Misconduct Complaint Against Chief Judge Boasberg  —  DOJ's complaint that Chief Judge Boasberg engaged in “misconduct” would be laughably stupid if it didn't reflect such a transparently obvious and dangerous attempt to delegitimize the federal courts.
Michael Lowry / Eye on the Tropics:
Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week  —  The U.S. Navy will permanently cut its stream of data from three weather satellites essential to hurricane forecasters this Thursday, with the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season just weeks away.
NBC News:
Renaming the Kennedy Center for Donald and Melania Trump would violate the law that created it  —  The Kennedy Center can't include new memorials or plaques — for donors or presidents — under U.S. law.  Republicans would need to change that to rename it for the Trumps.
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Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says  —  Tae Heung Kim, a Korean citizen studying in the United States, is being held in San Francisco after returning from his brother's wedding overseas.  —  A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident …
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
FTC eyes trans youth care providers, seeking input on alleged deceptive practices investigation  —  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday launched a public inquiry into whether providers of gender-affirming health care are violating federal consumer protection laws.
BBC:
UK will recognise Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire and other conditions  —  Summary  — Keir Starmer says the UK will recognise a Palestinian state at a UN meeting in September unless Israel meets certain conditions  — He says the recognition …
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Brian Bennett / Time:
Exclusive: Inside the Preparations for Trump's Next Supreme Court Nominee  —  Updates on Manhattan shooting, Gaza, and more  —  White House officials and a close circle of conservative lawyers are preparing for President Donald Trump to be able to hit the ground running if a Supreme Court vacancy opens …
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
The Biggest House GOP Bullies Are Now Impotent  —  From the moment they formed in early 2015, the far-right House Freedom Caucus has been a pest, but one to be reckoned with on Capitol Hill.  Any time government funding was in jeopardy, or a fiscal cliff loomed, or a Republican party boss …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump-CBS deal is even worse than you thought  —  Every so often there comes a moment of clarity about what immigration really means in America, often wrapped in tragedy.  The essential work that immigrants do was hammered home last year when six of them perished in the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge.
Matt Szabo / Los Angeles Times:
Chris Kluwe, fired as football coach, sues Huntington Beach Union High School District  —  High school football practices started all across Southern California on Monday.  —  One person not on the gridiron this year at Edison High is former NFL punter Chris Kluwe.
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
The FBI's Leaders 'Have No Idea What They're Doing'  —  A casualty of Trump's purge speaks out.  —  michael feinberg had not been planning to leave the FBI.  But on May 31, he received a phone call from his boss asking him about a personal friendship with a former FBI agent who was known for criticizing President Donald Trump.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
GOP Senator Roasted Over This ‘Idiot’ Take On Manhattan Mass Shooting  —  Social media critics reminded Sen. John Kennedy exactly how he could respond to such violence.  —  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Fox News on Monday to dismiss the idea of legislation aimed at preventing gun violence …
Bernadette Breslin / Josh Hawley:
Hawley Introduces Legislation to Send Rebate Checks to Working Americans  —  Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the American Worker Rebate Act, legislation that would send rebate checks to working Americans following the historic revenue accrued through President Trump's tariff policy.
 
 
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Grace Yarrow / Politico:
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Huckabee: ‘No break’ between Trump, Netanyahu on Gaza aid
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
Soraya Nadia McDonald / New York Times:
There's a Name for What Trump Is Doing. Juan Crow.
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 Earlier Items: 
Robert Conlin / Democracy Docket:
Maine Sec. of State to Trump DOJ: ‘Go Jump in the Gulf of Maine’
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Husband of Wisconsin Trump Delegate Charged With Child Porn
David Strom / HotAir:
The Most Dangerous Class in America? High Education/Low Income Voters
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