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Associated Press:
Bondi names DEA head as DC's ‘emergency police commissioner,’ but capital leaders push back  —  The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the nation's capital, on Thursday named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington's “emergency police commissioner” …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
D.C. Mayor Heads to Martha's Vineyard as Trump Takes Over City  —  Muriel Bowser's office says she is heading to the luxe vacation destination for a day to pick up her daughter  —  As President Donald Trump and his administration pursue a hostile takeover of Washington, D.C., the city's mayor is skipping town for a bit.
Tyler Thrasher / WTTG-TV:
DC Mayor Bowser flies to Martha's Vineyard while city is under federal control
Matt Gregory / WUSA:
DC man accused of throwing sandwich at federal officer released from custody  —  Sean Dunn, accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal officer, is released on his own recognizance as the judge finds the felony charge excessive. … WASHINGTON — A man accused of throwing a Subway sandwich …
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
DC man charged with felony assault after hitting federal agent with Subway sandwich  —  WASHINGTON — This perp ate too fresh.  —  A man who used a Subway sandwich to attack a federal agent on the streets of DC earlier this week has been charged with felony assault.
Washington Post:
Man who threw sandwich at law enforcement was DOJ employee, Bondi says
Los Angeles Times:
Border Patrol agents stage show of force at Newsom's ‘big beautiful press conference’  — Newsom was announcing California's response to President Trump's efforts to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives  — Mayor Karen Bass asks why border patrol ‘thumbed their nose’ at the governor's event
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New York Times:
Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally  —  The armed and masked agents assembled outside a museum where the governor was speaking in what Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called “a provocative act.”  —  More than a dozen Border Patrol agents turned up in downtown Los Angeles …
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Feds Conduct Immigration Raid Outside California Redistricting Press Conference  —  Masked and armed federal agents made arrests outside of a Los Angeles museum in which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday was announcing plans to redraw the state's congressional map to offset the GOP's redistricting efforts in Texas.
Discussion: YouTube, NewsMax.com, Mediaite and CBS News
Politico:
Leaked chart reveals winners and losers in California's Democratic gerrymander … The new maps could also see more Democrats added into the Central Valley district of GOP Rep. David Valadao, who has already been able to defy gravity in a seat with a Democratic registration advantage.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Post Millennial
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NBC News:
Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for a special election to allow for a new congressional map in California
Oren Oppenheim / Associated Press:
Newsom to make announcement on redistricting after threatening to end Trump's presidency
Associated Press:
Texas Democrats set plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over Republicans' redraw of US House maps
Jordan Fischer / WUSA:
US Attorney Pirro's office admits grand jury refused ICE interference charges — twice  —  Federal prosecutors told a judge they had failed twice to secure an indictment against Sydney Lori Reid for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest.
New York Times:
Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin  —  The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.
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Alexander Smith / NBC News:
Putin praises Trump's ‘energetic and sincere’ peace efforts ahead of Alaska summit
The Guardian:
Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to Jeffrey Epstein  —  First lady threatens to sue Joe Biden's son after he said sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump  —  Melania Trump has demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Wary of the Wolff … In a video published Thursday morning, Hunter Biden sat in the shade of a large tree, facing YouTuber Andrew Callaghan with a lake stretching behind them.  The severely overexposed shot showed the two perched on black metal chairs in the grass, docks jutting into the water …
Pew Research Center:
1. Trump's job approval and views of his personal traits  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  — Trump's Tariffs and ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips  — 3. How Americans view the Trump administration's tariff policies and the GOP's budget and tax bill
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Pew Research Center:
Trump's Tariffs and ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips
Zac Anderson / USA Today:   Trump's approval rating dips again in new Pew survey, hits 38%
Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Trump reportedly called Norwegian minister ‘out of the blue’ to ask about Nobel prize  —  US president told Norway's finance minister he wants the Nobel peace prize, according to the Norwegian press  —  Donald Trump cold-called Norway's finance minister last month to ask about a nomination …
Discussion: Raw Story and Reuters
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Staff Mutiny Forces Pub to Turn Away JD Vance  —  NO ROOM AT THE INN  —  The vice president had reportedly attempted to dine at The Bull in Charlbury, Oxfordshire, weeks after the venue hosted Kamala Harris.  —  A staff mutiny forced the management of a plush British countryside pub to turn away JD Vance …
Discussion: New York Daily News
Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Meta's AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with kids, offer false medical info  —  An internal Meta policy document, seen by Reuters, reveals the social-media giant's rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex, race and celebrities.
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Hawley calls for congressional probe into Meta chatbots
Megan Cerullo / CBS News:
Costco says it won't sell mifepristone abortion pill  —  Costco will not sell the abortion pill mifepristone at its pharmacy locations, the shopping club told CBS News.  —  The wholesaler said its decision not to sell the prescription medication was based on a “lack of demand from our members and other patients.”
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Guardian
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Reuters:
Costco to stop selling abortion pill mifepristone at its US pharmacy stores
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump claims credit for fixing Social Security as it barrels to insolvency  —  Many of the president's claims were misleading and ignored months of turmoil at the embattled agency.  —  President Donald Trump marked the 90th anniversary of Social Security on Thursday with an Oval Office signing …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time  —  Members of a law enforcement group chat including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies inadvertently added a random person to the group called “Mass Text” where they exposed highly sensitive information …
New York Times:
D.C. Homeless Camps Are Cleared Ahead of Federal Raids  —  City officials and advocates spent much of the day trying to clear the city's dozens of homeless camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of federal raids.  —  Authorities are sweeping homeless encampments in northwestern Washington …
 
 
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Brandy Zadrozny / MSNBC:
How RFK Jr. alienated MAGA, MAHA and the White House in a single week
Discussion: Forbes
Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP populists plot to repeatedly bypass Mike Johnson
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Sadie T.M. Alexander, caught in the crossfire of a war to control America's past
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David Brooks / New York Times:
America's New Segregation  —  America's democracy is under threat.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Axios:
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