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Karen Attiah / The Golden Hour:
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. — Last week, the Washington Post fired me. — The reason? Speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America's apathy toward guns. — Eleven years ago, I joined the Washington Post's Opinions department …
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
‘The whole thing is screwed up’: Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers … “The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield. “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”
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New York Times:
China's Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers China's Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers — North Dakota farmers are scrambling to find extra storage space and bracing for land values to fall as soybeans that should be bound for China begin to pile up.
New York Times:
U.S., China Conclude Talks With ‘Framework’ on TikTok Sale
U.S., China Conclude Talks With ‘Framework’ on TikTok Sale
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
We Cannot Excuse Political Violence — We are grateful that Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin is in custody. We unreservedly denounce political violence and underscore that speakers, no matter their viewpoint, should never fear for their lives. Nevertheless, we refuse to pull our punches …
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Trump Gets A Blunt Reminder After Rant About ‘Sick’ And ‘Deranged’ People — Critics offered the president some glaring examples of his own rhetoric. — President Donald Trump on Sunday got a reminder of his own rhetoric and that of his allies after he tried to blame “the left” for the current vitriol levels in the nation.
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Threatens Major Probe of ‘The Left’ Over Charlie Kirk Assassination
Trump Threatens Major Probe of ‘The Left’ Over Charlie Kirk Assassination
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump points to ‘major’ new investigation into people on ‘the left’ following Kirk slaying
Trump points to ‘major’ new investigation into people on ‘the left’ following Kirk slaying
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The Hill, CNN, NewsMax.com and New York Post
Kathy Hochul / New York Times:
Why I Am Endorsing Zohran Mamdani — In the four years since I took office, one of my foundational beliefs has been the importance of the office of New York governor working hand in hand with the mayor of New York City for the betterment of the 8.3 million residents we both represent.
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Lauren Dezenski / Bloomberg:
New York Governor Backs Mamdani, Triggers Trump Funding Threat
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Is Andrew Cuomo toast?
Rusty Weiss / RedState:
Patel Reveals Shocking Note Left by Kirk's Assassin, Debunks Claims He Wasn't Driven by Leftist Ideology — FBI Director Kash Patel revealed new details in the case against Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, including information about a chilling note he allegedly wrote before the shooting.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Patel says he doesn't regret prematurely announcing suspect in Kirk killing was in custody
Patel says he doesn't regret prematurely announcing suspect in Kirk killing was in custody
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Two arrested after incendiary device found under local Fox TV news van in Utah — Two suspects are in custody after an incendiary device was found under a vehicle belonging to KSTU, a local TV station known as Fox 13 News Utah. — The incendiary device “had been lit but failed to function as designed …
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Jacqui Heinrich / Fox News:
Knives are out for embattled FBI Director Kash Patel, despite Trump support — Patel sought meeting with Trump following blunders, as new co-deputy begins work next week — On Monday, former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey - once President Trump's top pick to lead the FBI …
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Reuters:
We set out to craft the perfect phishing scam. — Major AI chatbots were happy to help. — Reuters and a Harvard University researcher used top chatbots to plot a simulated phishing scam - from composing emails to tips on timing - and tested it on 108 elderly volunteers.
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Wall Street Journal:
Charlie Kirk Helped Republicans Break Through to Young People — It was nearly impossible for college students to open social media without being served a video of Kirk — PHOENIX—When Olivia Hubbard left Iowa to attend college, she thought she was going to get a break from the conservatism her dad was always touting.
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University?
Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University?
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Althouse
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump says public companies should not have to report quarterly results — President Trump on Monday suggested U.S. public companies should no longer have to report earnings quarterly, but on a six-month schedule instead. … - The change would require approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump advocates that companies stop reporting earnings on a quarterly basis
Trump advocates that companies stop reporting earnings on a quarterly basis
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching — This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service. FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Two House Republicans oppose Johnson's spending plan amid conservative grumbling — Two House Republicans say they will oppose Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to pass a “clean” stopgap spending bill this week that would punt a possible government shutdown into November, threatening GOP leaders' plan …
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy — More Americans are experiencing joblessness for six months or more, a sign of labor market's weakness ahead of the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated meeting this week. — More Americans are facing stretches …
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The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions — By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply. — Facing pressure from the Trump administration …
Eliana Johnson / The Washington Free Beacon:
Elliott Abrams on Why There Will Never Be a Palestinian State … After they rejected [former Israeli prime minister Ehud] Olmert's 2008 offer. I hated his offer, which would have abandoned Jerusalem, and thought it would never get cabinet or Knesset approval. But even that offer was rejected by the Palestinians.
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Sam Sutton / Politico:
‘Scary’: Why Kevin Hassett's friends are afraid he'll become Fed chair … “I've known him for a very long time. I've liked him and I've respected him, but lately I've seen him go on TV and make arguments that really make no sense in support of this administration's policies,” said Gregory Mankiw …
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Aaron Sibarium / The Washington Free Beacon:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Investigating Social Media Accounts That Appeared To Indicate Foreknowledge of Kirk Assassination — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating social media posts by at least seven different accounts that appeared to indicate foreknowledge of the assassination of Charlie Kirk …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Stephen Miller's Show Now — Kash Patel's lonely one-man crusade to convince everybody he actually did a great job hunting down Charlie Kirk's killer continues. “I made the decision to surge so many resources,” he told Fox & Friends this morning. “I had to expedite the process …
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BBC:
Romania becomes second Nato country to report Russian drone in its airspace — Romania says a Russian drone has breached its airspace - the second Nato country to report such an incursion. — Romanian fighter jets were in the air monitoring a Russian attack in Ukraine on Saturday and were able …
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Holy S**t’: Trump's Outrageously False Claim Gets Hit With Immediate Fact-Check — The president's claim wasn't even remotely close on this one. — President Donald Trump on Sunday tried to justify the fatal U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat by claiming that 300 million people, presumably Americans, died from drugs last year.
Osmond Chia / BBC:
South Korea to probe potential human rights abuses in US raid — The South Korean government says it is investigating potential human rights violations during the raid and detention of Korean workers by US authorities. — South Korea has expressed “strong regret” to the US and has officially asked …
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NBC News, Washington Examiner, Reuters and The Korea Herald
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP momentum grows to force Trump DOJ to release Epstein files — Some Republicans now say privately that it's inevitable that Congress will pass legislation directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all files the Department of Justice (DOJ) has related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
The HHS Officials Being Paid Six Figures to Do Nothing — The Trump administration hasn't fired them but won't let them do their jobs. — When she succeeded Anthony Fauci as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Jeanne Marrazzo felt that she'd landed …

