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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 …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Max Rego / The Hill:
GOP senator on Trump linking autism, Tylenol: ‘Not the case’
Associated Press:
Global health authorities, US lawmakers rebut Trump's Tylenol claims
Discussion: CNN, Reuters and The Hill
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
On Covid and Autism, Trump Strays From the Science
Discussion: STAT and MSNBC
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Trump's UN Address Was a Tragedy of Shakespearian Proportions  —  ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE  —  Of course, the president's main messages today were ones of irrationality and instability, so who knows what the plot points and soliloquies will be tomorrow or next week.  —  OPINION
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
With bizarre remarks at the U.N., Trump embarrasses himself and the United States  —  In 2018, officials at the U.N. laughed at Trump because they thought he was kidding.  In 2025, they stopped laughing because they know he isn't kidding.  —  Seven years ago this week …
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Turns Out Trump's Own Team Messed Up U.N. Escalator and Teleprompter … President Trump repeatedly blamed the United Nations for his teleprompter issues and a malfunctioning escalator in a spiteful Tuesday speech to the General Assembly.  But it seems that both issues were caused directly by his own team.
Axios:
Trump's middle finger to the UN: “Your countries are going to hell”
New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Attacks U.N. and Lectures Nations in Address to General Assembly
Washington Post:
Trump upbraids U.N. in speech, claiming ‘your countries are going to hell’
Adam Kredo / The Washington Free Beacon:
Trump to UN: Stop Propping up Iran and Hamas, Stop Your Members From Buying Russian Oil, and Fix Your Damn Escalators
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from TV station owners over pulling Jimmy Kimmel's show  —  ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” returns Tuesday night, but Nexstar and Sinclair are keeping the show off their affiliate stations.  —  Four Democratic lawmakers are opening a probe into Nexstar and Sinclair …
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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 …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
MAGA Rages Over Jimmy Kimmel's Return—and Reveals a Big Trump Weakness  —  Now that Disney and ABC have bucked President Trump's authoritarian censorship regime and reinstated comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show, MAGA personalities are in a seething fury.  They're claiming the move insults Charlie Kirk's memory …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
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 …
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NBC News:
Ryan Routh found guilty in Trump golf course assassination attempt
Eric Vilas-Boas / Vulture:
Apple Pulls The Savant From Its Release Schedule  —  The latest series debut from Apple TV+ has been put on ice.  The Savant, a buzzy new Jessica Chastain-led thriller which features themes and storylines that echo recent politically sensitive real-life events, was originally set to premiere this Friday …
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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Politico:
House centrists attempt quiet rescue of Obamacare subsidy talks
Discussion: The Daily Signal
NBC News:
Trump cancels meeting with top Democrats on how to prevent a government shutdown
New York Times:
Elon Musk's Father, Errol Musk, Accused of Child Sexual Abuse  —  Errol Musk has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993, a Times investigation found.  Family members have appealed to Elon Musk for help.  —  12 MIN READ  —  ABOUT OUR REPORTING
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Trump's stunning pivot on Ukraine thrills hawkish Republicans  —  Senate Republican foreign policy hawks praised President Trump on Tuesday for posting that he believes Ukraine can “win” the war against Russia and take back all of its lost territory. … Several key GOP congressional leaders …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, The Hill, Mediaite and NOTUS
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Axios:
In extraordinary shift, Trump says Ukraine can win war with Russia
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands placed on National Mall  —  The work is the latest installation in Washington by an anonymous group of artists critical of the president.  —  A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” that depicts President Trump …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands appears on National Mall
Lucas Frau / NorthJersey.com:
NJ PBS and state unable to reach deal.  Will this be the end of the local news network?  —  WNET Group, the company that runs local broadcasting channel NJ PBS and the media outlet NJ Spotlight News, will not sign a new contract with the state, possibly marking the end of an era for the local news network.
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Scott Jennings Forwards Alleged Threat From Well-Known Commentator To FBI  —  The conservative CNN pundit reacted to terse words from the former MSNBC host.  —  CNN conservative foil Scott Jennings alerted FBI Director Kash Patel to a perceived threat from fellow media figure Keith Olbermann on Monday.
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.
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Rid me of this meddlesome priest, Pam!  —  How mob boss Trump sped through all of Watergate in just a single weekend. … We are watching a Watergate-level presidential scandal unfold basically every day — and they're happening so quickly and so blatantly it's nearly impossible to process.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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: IJR, The Post Millennial and Townhall
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 …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump wants piece of company in charge of America's biggest lithium mine  — Trump seeks equity stake in largest planned lithium mine in US  — Thacker Pass seen as key to U.S. lithium supply chain  — GM invested $625 million, holds 38% stake in Nevada project
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 …
Dekleptocracy / The Dekleptocracy Substack:
Trump's Shell Game Threatens American Security  —  When a phantom foundation with no address, no registration and a founder who might not exist, wires $100 million to the president's crypto company, America has a problem.  When that payment arrives just weeks after Trump visits the UAE and announces …
Associated Press:
After cost-cutting blitz, Trump administration rehires hundreds of laid-off employees  —  Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk's cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.  The General Services Administration has given the employees …
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
76 percent of Americans say Trump does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize  —  Most Americans also say former president Barack Obama did not deserve to win the prize in 2009.  —  As President Donald Trump continues his campaign to win a Nobel Peace Prize, Americans are broadly skeptical that he merits the honor.
Discussion: Politico and Newsweek
Politico:
FBI says it found classified documents in John Bolton's DC office … FBI agents also carried out a search warrant the same morning at Bolton's Bethesda, Maryland, home.  The inventory from that search contained no outward indication that classified information was located.
 
 
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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
Legacy media's destructive addiction to describing Trump's ‘winning’
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Oklahoma's Ryan Walters announces plan to establish Turning Point chapters at all state high schools
Discussion: One America News Network and UPI
Frances Robles / New York Times:
Drone Strike in Haiti Kills 8 Children at a Birthday Party
Discussion: Reuters
Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:
Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide
Jonathan Rauch / The UnPopulist:
Why Is the American Experiment in Trouble? Simple: A Demagogue Has Ignited the ‘Dark Passions’ of the People
 Earlier Items: 
Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Texas Officially Walks Back Justification For Redistricting, Throws DOJ Under Bus
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump Hit by Devastating Polls on Issues That Won Him the Election
Discussion: Reuters and New York Magazine
Vox:
RFK Jr. is running a dangerous experiment on all of us
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump's mathematically impossible promise to cut drug prices by ‘1,000%’
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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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

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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