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Politico:
Trump's Tylenol diatribe was rooted in frustration … Still, Trump's address from the White House Monday, full as it was with errors and overstatements, is causing headaches for his advisers.  They are uneasy with Trump's willingness to raise women's alarm when the evidence is mixed …
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Jonathan Lambert / NPR:
World health officials reject Trump's claims that Tylenol is linked to autism  —  Health officials around the globe are rejecting President Trump's assertion that pregnant women should avoid taking acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, during pregnancy because of unfounded links to autism.
Morgan Rimmer / CNN:
Republican senator publicly questions Trump announcement linking autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy  —  Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana doctor who chairs the Senate health committee, is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to release any evidence tying …
Discussion: The Hill, NOTUS, Raw Story and New York Post
Washington Post:
‘Based on what I feel’: Trump escalates attack on childhood vaccines
Discussion: Vox and MSNBC
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Autism, MAHA, and the Face of God
New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Attacks U.N. and Lectures Nations in Address to General Assembly  —  President Trump's speech, filled with grievances and false claims, comes as the United States has withdrawn funding and support for U.N. programs.  Speaking before him, the U.N.'s secretary general warned …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Blasts UN Over Immigration, Climate in Combative Speech
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:   ‘Your Countries Are Going to Hell’: Trump Airs His Grievances at the U.N.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Migration and Climate Change Policies Are Destroying the West
Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Trump goes scorched earth on UN and accuses it of not being fit for purpose
Wired:
‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague.  A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say  —  The agency says it found a network of some 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards—enough to knock out cell service in the NYC area.  Experts say it mirrors facilities typically used for cybercrime.
Discussion: CNN
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United States Secret Service:
U.S. Secret Service dismantles imminent telecommunications threat in New York tristate area
NBC News:
Secret Service agents dismantle system used to convey assassination threats
Discussion: Associated Press and IJR
Politico:
Trump cancels meeting with Schumer and Jeffries … Trump decided to cancel the meeting after House GOP leadership relayed their concerns about it to the White House, according to two people granted anonymity to describe private conversations.  —  Earlier Tuesday, Jeffries and Schumer …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Trump Cancels Meeting With Top Democrats Ahead Of Government Shutdown  —  The president initially agreed to the meeting at the White House, but then changed his mind, citing “ridiculous demands” made by Democrats.  —  WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump on Tuesday canceled …
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump cancels White House meeting with Schumer and Jeffries despite risk of a government shutdown
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Local TV Giants Boycott Jimmy Kimmel's Return to Late Night  —  Together, the two TV station groups, Sinclair and Nexstar, control more than 20 percent of ABC's local affiliates.  —  Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show is returning to ABC on Tuesday night after a tense standoff from remarks …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to his late-night show after ABC lifts suspension
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Ted Cruz Plays the Long Game by Defending Jimmy Kimmel
Discussion: New Republic, The Bulwark and HuffPost
NBC News:
Ryan Routh found guilty in Trump golf course assassination attempt  —  Routh started stabbing himself in the neck with a pen in the courtroom after the verdict was read.  —  FORT PIERCE, Fla. — The trial of Ryan Wesley Routh came to a dramatic end Tuesday when he started stabbing himself …
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Randi Kaye / CNN:
Would-be Trump assassin tries to stab himself after guilty verdict  —  Fort Pierce, Florida —  Ryan Routh, the 59-year-old accused of attempting to kill Donald Trump as the former and future president played a round of golf on his Florida course last year - the second attempt …
Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
Drones shut major airport in ‘serious attack’ as U.S. allies weigh tougher Russia action  —  Authorities did not immediately assign blame Tuesday for the two to three large drones that shut Copenhagen Airport.  —  Mysterious drones that forced the closure of a major European airport were part of a …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
In major shift, Trump says he now thinks Ukraine can win back all of its territory taken by Russia
Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
DeSantis offers Miami land for Trump's presidential library … “President Trump has achieved results for the American people and made a lasting impact on our nation's history,” he said in a statement.  —  The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Trump settles on downtown Miami for his presidential library
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
How Arizona voters are set to put Mike Johnson in a corner … Grijalva — who is heavily favored to succeed her late father, Raúl Grijalva, in a district Trump lost by 22 points — said she will be pleased to force the issue.  She would be eligible to sign immediately after she is sworn in, likely early next month.
Discussion: Esquire, KQCA-TV and UPI
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
ICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family says  —  The girl's father, Edward Hip, has lived in the United States for the last 22 years, according to his wife.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents held a 5-year-old autistic girl outside …
Discussion: NBC Boston, RedState, Fox News and Gizmodo
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Can Liberalism Be Saved?  —  The legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues for a more expansive definition of an ideology under threat.  —  For several decades, Cass Sunstein has been one of the most prominent and prolific legal scholars in the United States.  A onetime faculty member at the University …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The most unprecedented presidency in 250 years  —  Not since America's founding 250 years ago has a U.S. president expanded power — and punished critics — in more unprecedented ways than Donald J. Trump. … But Trump has veered, often suddenly, proudly and loudly …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:   How Fox covers for Trump administration malfeasance
The Atlantic:
Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise  —  No matter how hard ideologues try to exclusively blame their political foes for acts of political violence, the truth is that violent extremists today emerge from across the political spectrum.  We have studied this problem and believe that our data …
Discussion: The Post Millennial, IJR and Townhall
Caroline Davies / The Guardian:
Jeffrey Epstein ‘threatened to destroy’ Sarah Ferguson before her apology  —  Duchess's then spokesperson recalls disgraced financier's ‘Hannibal Lecter-style’ phone call after she disowned him  —  The Duchess of York allegedly sent an email apologising to disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump posts his Watergate tapes  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🌊🌊 Subscribe to PN 🌊🌊  —  One of the biggest lessons we can take from the Trump era is that Richard Nixon thought way too small.  —  Watergate?  Pffft.
Discussion: Washington Post and Techdirt
Reuters:
‘Guess what?’  Macron calls Trump after being blocked by US leader's motorcade  —  Even presidents are subject to the annoyances of New York City traffic, as French President Emmanuel Macron learned late on Monday, when a New York City police officer stopped him crossing the street because of U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade.
 
 
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
YouTube reinstating creators banned for COVID-19, election content
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
Fact-Checking Trump's U.N. Speech
Discussion: PolitiFact and The Guardian
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump's mathematically impossible promise to cut drug prices by ‘1,000%’
MSNBC:
Kamala Harris' book ‘107 Days’ gets the reason she lost all wrong
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Rid me of this meddlesome priest, Pam!
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Kari Lake said she learned of Trump dismantling VOA the day of his order
 Earlier Items: 
Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Georgia senators demand answers on more than a dozen deaths in immigration detention
Discussion: WAGA-TV
Stevie Glaberson / Lawfare:
The Department of Homeland Security Is Unlawfully Collecting DNA
Discussion: Wired
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
This Greenland Is Red  —  The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
America's accelerating exit from itself
Discussion: To the Contrary
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Kamala Harris gives Zohran Mamdani a tepid endorsement: ‘I endorse the Democrat in the race’
John Yoo / Washington Post:
What's wrong with a military campaign against the drug trade
Discussion: Raw Story and twitchy.com
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

New York Times:
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the First Amendment Watch's SLAPP Back Initiative, a US SLAPP tracker; in 2024, 69 of 500 cases involved the media, of which 46 were dismissed

 
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