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Erica Orden / Politico:
Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi … “There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society,” Bondi said. She added that “we will absolutely target you …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Pam Bondi's Ridiculous 24 Hours — It has not been a good 24 hours for Pam Bondi, the attorney general of the United States. Yesterday, on the Katie Miller Podcast, Bondi said: … Actually, she won't. She won't “target” or “go after” anyone for “hate speech,” because, legally …
Robby Soave / Reason:
Pam Bondi Is Really Wrong About Hate Speech — Attorney General Pam Bondi has made quite the First Amendment-related faux pas: In a recent interview about what the federal government could do to deter political violence in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, she said the federal government would …
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Cruz says First Amendment ‘absolutely protects hate speech’ in wake of Charlie Kirk killing
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Trump Threatens ABC's Jon Karl to His Face Amid Grilling on ‘Hate Speech’ Crackdown
Trump Threatens ABC's Jon Karl to His Face Amid Grilling on ‘Hate Speech’ Crackdown
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Raw Story, Daily Mail, New York Sun, New York Daily News and Daily Caller News Foundation
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing — The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Kirk Crackdown Is Underway — President Trump and his allies are capitalizing on the assassination of Charlie Kirk to open up fresh attacks on liberal institutions, donors and foundations. They seek to portray many on the left as traitors. — Appearing on Kirk's podcast on Monday …
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MSNBC, CNN, USA Today, The Cross Section and The Federalist
Politico:
House again votes to surrender tariff powers to Trump — House Republicans voted in near lockstep Tuesday to again cede congressional power over tariffs to President Donald Trump. A measure that effectively blocks challenges to Trump's sweeping global tariff declarations through March 2026 was adopted on a 213-211 vote.
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Politico:
House Republicans roll out 7-week funding patch as shutdown looms
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Politico:
Thune mocks Schumer's shutdown stance: He ‘knows where my office is’
Thune mocks Schumer's shutdown stance: He ‘knows where my office is’
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The Hill, New York Times, Michigan Advance and NewsMax.com
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Top Democrats blast House stopgap proposal
Top Democrats blast House stopgap proposal
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Democrats Oppose Stopgap Bill, Raising Odds of a Shutdown
Democrats Oppose Stopgap Bill, Raising Odds of a Shutdown
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Politico, The Hill, KSTP-TV, Washington Times and NewsMax.com
Politico:
Republican pushes Patel for faster release of Epstein files — Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy pressed FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday to continue the release of files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, specifically information about who other than Epstein, if anyone …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Patel says “original sin” in Epstein case was Acosta's handling
Patel says “original sin” in Epstein case was Acosta's handling
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Patel lashes out at Schiff, calling him ‘political buffoon at best’
Patel lashes out at Schiff, calling him ‘political buffoon at best’
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
Trump Sues The New York Times for Articles Questioning His Success — The lawsuit, filed by the president in federal court in Florida, claims The Times defamed him and sought to undermine his campaign in the 2024 election. — President Trump accused The New York Times and four of its reporters …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's new civil suit against The New York Times is so bizarre — Americans have never had a president who, while in office, sued independent news organizations for publishing reports the White House disapproved of. — About a week ago, for reasons that were not altogether clear …
Politico:
Carr splits from the GOP's social media crackdown after Kirk killing … The FCC chair's restraint is notable amid widespread anger surging among Republicans about the state of online discourse. Social media platforms have come under tremendous pressure from Republicans to crack …
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The Hill, Reason, Washington Examiner and Daily Kos
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Republicans embrace speech limits
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The Bulwark, The Hill, Washington Post, Reason, PennLive and The Intellectualist
TMZ.com:
Fake Charlie Kirk Shooter Hit With Child Porn Charges — FAKE CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTER SLAPPED WITH KIDDIE PORN CHARGES ... After Confessing to FBI — The man accused of obstructing the Charlie Kirk murder probe is in even more hot water ... he's now been charged with possessing child porn.
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Associated Press:
Suspect in Kirk killing charged with aggravated murder as prosecutor says DNA found on gun trigger
Suspect in Kirk killing charged with aggravated murder as prosecutor says DNA found on gun trigger
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Danielle Ofri / New York Times:
Kennedy Said He Wouldn't Take Away Vaccines. This Week Will Be the Test. — I was recently counseling a patient who was planning to become pregnant. In addition to prenatal vitamins, I discussed the vaccines recommended by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
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Politico:
Trump wants GOP lawmakers to embrace RFK Jr. They're having trouble.
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Washington Post, New York Times and The Week
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Trump Says Republicans Will Host a Midterm Convention Next Year
Trump Says Republicans Will Host a Midterm Convention Next Year
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Axios, The Hill and One America News Network
Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump says the GOP will hold a midterm convention
Trump says the GOP will hold a midterm convention
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Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 — He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power. — Robert Redford in 2013. With a distaste for Hollywood's dumb-it-down approach to moviemaking …
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Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89
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Politico:
Georgia Supreme Court declines to hear Fani Willis' appeal of her removal from Trump election case … Willis said she disagreed with the court's decision, but would direct her office to make the case file and evidence available to the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia so it can appoint a new prosecutor to replace her.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China — Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are part of consortium that would control 80% stake — TikTok's U.S. business would be controlled by an investor consortium including Oracle , Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz under …
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Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times:
Trump Delays TikTok Ban Again
Trump Delays TikTok Ban Again
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Ken Klippenstein:
Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin — “Hey guys, I have bad news for you all ... it was me at UVU yesterday.” Thus Tyler Robinson messaged his friends on Discord, seemingly apologizing for murdering Charlie Kirk. “I'm sorry for all of this.”
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Wired, Talking Points Memo and Techdirt
Ken Dilanian / MSNBC:
Trump's deportations divert FBI agents off child predator cases — Officials warn that President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown is leaving domestic terrorists, including online extremists who prey on children, unpoliced. — President Donald Trump's promise to carry out the …
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Bloomberg, New Republic and Raw Story
Zachary Pleat / Media Matters for America:
Fox continued Trump's campaign to fire Fed board member Lisa Cook just before reports seemed to exonerate her — The Trump administration and Fox have accused Cook of mortgage fraud as part of a long-running effort to influence or seize control of the Fed
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Washington Post:
More Epstein documents come from the Hill — The House Oversight Committee released a list of contacts, a deposition with former Attorney General Bill Barr and other documents. — just now — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released documents from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's estate …
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Max Rego / The Hill:
House Republicans release more Epstein documents, Barr testimony
House Republicans release more Epstein documents, Barr testimony
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Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
South Korea to examine Georgia ICE raid for possible human rights abuses — South Korea vowed to investigate whether U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement violated human rights after it detained hundreds at a Hyundai-LG plant. — SEOUL — The South Korean government said it will look …
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New Republic, Scripps News, Boston.com and Associated Press
Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
Homeless Man Found Hanging From Tree in Vicksburg, Raising Fears After Earlier DSU Hanging — Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — The body of 35-year-old Cory Zukatis was found hanging from a tree in a wooded area off of Washington Street in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Monday afternoon.
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Yahoo Entertainment, TheGrio, The Economic Times and New Republic
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will run for a third term in 2026 — The Democrat, who was his party's vice presidential nominee in 2024, made the announcement Tuesday morning. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday announced that he would seek re-election to a third term in 2026.
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
New York judge tosses terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, lets murder count stand — A judge on Tuesday dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in New York state's case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but he kept the state's second-degree murder charges against him.
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Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action — A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, issuing a report Tuesday that calls on the international community …


