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Washington Post:
Bowser, D.C. attorney general reject push by Bondi to name emergency police commissioner — In a signed order, Bondi said Terry Cole will assume all powers and duties of the chief of police, and that the department's top brass “must receive approval” from him before issuing any directives.
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The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali and Associated Press
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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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Scripps News, The Hill, Fox News, Politico, Townhall, CBS News, WTTG-TV, Associated Press, NBC News, Axios, The Gateway Pundit, WUSA, NPR and NewsMax.com
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
D.C. Attorney General sues over Trump takeover of local police — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed DEA Administrator Terry Cole as the “emergency police commissioner” of the Metropolitan Police Department. — WASHINGTON — Brian Schwalb, the attorney general for the District of Columbia …
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Democracy Docket, CNBC, WTTG-TV, The Independent and Associated Press
New York Times:
Bondi Tightens Trump Administration's Grip on D.C. Police
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NewsMax.com, Raw Story, Associated Press and Politico
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: D.C. officials balk at Bondi's order claiming powers over D.C. police
Breaking: D.C. officials balk at Bondi's order claiming powers over D.C. police
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NBC4 Washington, CNN, Washington Examiner, Fox News, The Independent, KVIA-TV and The Daily Caller
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
D.C. Mayor Heads to Martha's Vineyard as Trump Takes Over City
D.C. Mayor Heads to Martha's Vineyard as Trump Takes Over City
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
White House: Bondi has “officially ENDED” D.C. sanctuary policies
White House: Bondi has “officially ENDED” D.C. sanctuary policies
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UPI, IJR, NOTUS, New York Post, American Greatness and The Hill
Tyler Thrasher / WTTG-TV:
DC Mayor Bowser flies to Martha's Vineyard while city is under federal control
DC Mayor Bowser flies to Martha's Vineyard while city is under federal control
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HuffPost, twitchy.com, Fox News, Breitbart, National Review, Daily Mail, New York Sun, NewsMax.com, The Hill, The National Pulse and The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
Playbook: What to expect from the Trump-Putin summit — With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco — On today's Playbook Podcast, Adam Wren and Eli Stokols go deep on the Trump-Putin summit, each side's strategy heading in and what success looks like for both parties.
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NPR
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Politico:
Leaked chart reveals winners and losers in California's Democratic gerrymander
Discussion:
Raw Story and The Post Millennial
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout
Texas Democrats signal they are poised to end redistricting walkout
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American Prospect, Christian Science Monitor, NOTUS, KVIA-TV, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, twitchy.com and CBS News
NBC News:
Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for a special election to allow for a new congressional map in California
Gov. Gavin Newsom calls for a special election to allow for a new congressional map in California
Brittany Shepherd / ABC News:
Texas Democrats get boost from Obama for blocking GOP redistricting plan
Texas Democrats get boost from Obama for blocking GOP redistricting plan
Discussion:
Politico, Townhall, The Hill, CNN, Fox News, RedState, NewsMax.com and New York Post
Marissasaldivar / Governor of California:
Governor Newsom launches statewide response to Trump rigging Texas' elections
Governor Newsom launches statewide response to Trump rigging Texas' elections
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 …
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The National Pulse, Fox News and MyNorthwest.com
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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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ABC7, Washington Post, FOX 11 Los Angeles, Hackwhackers, twitchy.com, Raw Story, Breitbart, RedState, Mercury News, The Daily Caller, CBS News, The Hill, Fox News, HuffPost, Townhall, Bloomberg, New York Sun and NewsNation
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Feds Conduct Immigration Raid Outside California Redistricting Press Conference
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YouTube, NewsMax.com, New Jersey Online and Mediaite
Sophia Bollag / San Francisco Chronicle:
Border Patrol chief crashes Newsom's rollout of California redistricting campaign
Border Patrol chief crashes Newsom's rollout of California redistricting campaign
Discussion:
NBC Los Angeles, The Daily Caller, Fox News, Raw Story, RedState, Mediaite, New York Times, The Post Millennial and New Republic
Oren Oppenheim / Associated Press:
Newsom to make announcement on redistricting after threatening to end Trump's presidency
Newsom to make announcement on redistricting after threatening to end Trump's presidency
Discussion:
Letters from an American, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Los Angeles Times, The Parnas Perspective, Off the Kuff, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, The Guardian, Democracy Docket, The National Pulse, The Daily Caller, Al Jazeera, Mediaite, Washington Times, The Hill, New Republic, NewsNation, MSNBC, HuffPost, ABC News, NewsMax.com and Pluribus News
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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Washington Examiner, Politico, CBS News, The US Sun, The Guardian, NewsMax.com, Bloomberg, Christian Science Monitor, The Hill, American Thinker, Daily Kos and CNN
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Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Russia Seeks to Add Trade and Arms Control Into Trump-Putin Talks
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NBC News, Politico, The Korea Herald, Washington Post, Raw Story, Semafor, Washington Examiner and KVIA-TV
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump to hold historic summit with Putin in Alaska seeking an end to Russia-Ukraine war
Trump to hold historic summit with Putin in Alaska seeking an end to Russia-Ukraine war
Dan Rather / Steady:
Coming to America — Trump invites a war criminal to a meeting on U.S. soil
Coming to America — Trump invites a war criminal to a meeting on U.S. soil
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The Economist, CNBC, The Hill, Washington Post, Reuters, The US Sun, The European Conservative, Newsweek and Breitbart
Veronika Melkozerova / Politico:
Alaskans greet Putin with Ukrainian flags, protest ‘war criminal hanging out here’
Alaskans greet Putin with Ukrainian flags, protest ‘war criminal hanging out here’
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Lawfare, Scripps News, Politico, Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Parnas Perspective, Associated Press, Native Movement, NewsNation and IJR
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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CBS News, Washington Post, New York Post, Rolling Stone, Reuters, RedState, Townhall, Blaze Media, Salon, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, The Post Millennial and WAGA-TV
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Washington Post:
Man who threw sandwich at law enforcement was DOJ employee, Bondi says
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Bloomberg Law, New York Post, CNN, Associated Press, twitchy.com, CNBC, American Greatness, MSNBC, New Republic, One America News Network, Mediaite, Above the Law, NewsNation, The National Pulse, NBC News, Raw Story, The Daily Signal, Blaze Media, New York Sun, Townhall, The Hill and Politico
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.
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 …
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Mediaite, Washington Examiner and NewsMax.com
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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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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 …
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Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Ramble On: Colossal Wreck (video)
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:
Raw Story, Crooks and Liars and New York Daily News
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: White House loyalty rating for companies — The West Wing has created a scorecard that rates 553 companies and trade associations on how hard they worked to support and promote President Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a senior White House official tells Axios.
Pew Research Center:
Trump's Tariffs and ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Face More Opposition Than Support as His Job Rating Slips — Far more Americans say Trump is making the way the federal government works worse than better — Table of Contents Table of Contents — Trump's Tariffs and ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Face …
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The Independent, Lawyers, Guns & Money, PoliticusUSA and Eschaton
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Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Trump's approval rating dips again in new Pew survey, hits 38%
Trump's approval rating dips again in new Pew survey, hits 38%
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NewsMax.com, Raw Story, New York Magazine, National Review and New Republic
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 …
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The Hill, UPI, FOX 11 Los Angeles, Breitbart, KVIA-TV, The Gateway Pundit, Axios, Washington Examiner and Fox Business
Reuters:
Costco to stop selling abortion pill mifepristone at its US pharmacy stores — Costco Wholesale (COST.O) said on Thursday it will stop selling abortion pill mifepristone across all its U.S. pharmacy stores, citing low demand. — “Our position at this time not to sell mifepristone …
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Megan Cerullo / CBS News:
Costco says it won't sell mifepristone abortion pill
Costco says it won't sell mifepristone abortion pill
Discussion:
Bloomberg and The Guardian
Diti Kohli / The Boston Globe:
Harvard tries to eliminate discrimination protections for campus unions — Critics say the move is another example of the university quietly bending to the Trump administration. — INSIDE THE WAR ON HARVARD — As Harvard battles with the White House, it is tussling with campus unions …
Wall Street Journal:
Now We Know Who's Paying the Tariffs — Producer prices surge, and real wages still aren't rising fast enough. — Click for Sound — President Trump knows the public is skeptical about his tariffs, which is why Administration officials are anxious to convince voters someone somewhere else …
Discussion:
Cafe Hayek, Raw Story, NOTUS, Reason and Associated Press
