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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates — The president's complaints about negative coverage undermine the rationales offered by his own officials. — As President Trump threatens a wide-ranging crackdown on mainstream media institutions and political opponents …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
“Path to a dictatorship”: Democrats flame Trump's public pressure on Bondi … - Trump, who has declared himself the nation's “chief law enforcement officer,” has stacked the DOJ and other agencies with loyalists who are now leading probes into Democrats and other Trump critics.
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
“Show me the man and I'll find the crime”
“Show me the man and I'll find the crime”
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Republicans walk tight rope in defending Trump, condemning weaponization of DOJ
Republicans walk tight rope in defending Trump, condemning weaponization of DOJ
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Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Trump Makes Bonkers Demand for Bondi to Lock Up His Enemies
Trump Makes Bonkers Demand for Bondi to Lock Up His Enemies
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Washington Post:
Trump administration set to tie Tylenol to autism risk, officials say — Officials will also tout the drug leucovorin as a potential autism treatment, in what President Donald Trump has billed as a “very important” announcement. — The Trump administration is expected to unveil new efforts …
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Politico:
Trump administration to link Tylenol use to risk of autism … In a statement Sunday, White House spokesperson Kush Desai said the “announcement will make historic progress” in addressing rising autism rates. — Finding the condition's cause is a major priority of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
Gillian Brockell / Rolling Stone:
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights — At least one of the flights dumped people in a prison camp in Ghana, a country where they had no ties — Two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa this month on flights that appear …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Rupert Murdoch, Michael Dell part of U.S. TikTok buyer group, Trump says — Media moguls Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch and tech entrepreneur Michael Dell are among the U.S. investors who will be part of the deal for TikTok, President Trump said on Sunday. … I hate to tell you this, but a man named ‘Lachlan’ is involved.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Sets Off Scramble Across Corporate America — Companies urgently order workers back to the U.S. before Sunday; White House seeks to clarify that the fee doesn't apply to current visa holders — The Trump administration's moves to upend the immigration system set off …
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Trump's new $100,000 visa fee sets off panic and confusion
Trump's new $100,000 visa fee sets off panic and confusion
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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Trump aide Homan accepted $50,000 in bribery sting operation, sources say — Justice Department shut down Homan bribery probe — Acting AG Bove criticized Homan probe as ‘deep state’ operation — In undercover sting, Homan allegedly promised government contracts for bribe
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The Guardian:
Trump border czar Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents
Trump border czar Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
For Erika Kirk, a Husband's Life Cut Short by Violence He Seemed to Foresee — In an interview, the wife of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk said she had implored him to wear a bulletproof vest. But she sees divine work in his death. — During the past 11 days of heartache and anger …
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Olha Hlushchenko / Ukrainska Pravda:
Czech president: NATO must respond militarily to Russian violations — Czech President Petr Pavel has stated that in the event of violations by Russia, NATO must respond accordingly, including militarily, such as shooting down an intruding aircraft. — Source: Pavel in an interview …
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Steve Hendrix / Washington Post:
U.K., Canada, Australia recognize Palestine as a state, breaking with U.S. — The three major U.S. allies reversed decades of unwillingness to accept Palestinians as a sovereign nation until their conflict with Israel was settled. — LONDON — Britain, Canada and Australia formally recognized …
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Adrienne Matei / The Guardian:
From Nazi Germany to Trump's America: why strongmen rely on women at home — Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women's unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies — In 1980, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. Rand Paul says FCC chair's comments threatening ABC over Jimmy Kimmel were ‘absolutely inappropriate’ — The Kentucky Republican said that FCC chair Brendan Carr had ‘no business weighing in on’ Jimmy Kimmel's comments. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said that Federal …
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Associated Press:
Man is arrested and charged in New Hampshire country club shooting — NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in a New Hampshire country club on Saturday as a wedding was taking place, killing one person and wounding two others, authorities said. — The person who died at the Sky Meadow Country Club …
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
ICE Plans To Evacuate Chicago-Area Facility Following Immigration Protests — Homeland security communications show officials want to move operations following a protest in which demonstrators said they were hit with teargas. — The Trump administration plans to evacuate an Immigration …
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Trump is breaking US diplomacy, State Department staffers say … The overall impact of the changes remains unclear. But many diplomats said they feel both powerless and resigned to the circumstances. There's a sense that if Trump's political appointees don't want diplomats' advice …
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Axios:
Rise of the new radical internet — While policymakers and headlines have traditionally zeroed in on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and X, young people are increasingly gathering on gaming platforms — and having conversations that are typically anonymous and largely invisible to the outside world.
Max Rego / The Hill:
Former acting CDC director says he 'can't look to' center for trusted info — Richard Besser, the former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says he “can't look” to the CDC for trustworthy medical information on Sunday. — “My biggest takeaway as a doctor …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Here's what happens when big-time lobbyists become big-name Trump officials … Before Pam Bondi was sworn in as Trump's attorney general, the former Florida AG spent six years as a lobbyist at Ballard, where she was a partner in its D.C. office and chaired the firm's corporate regulatory …



