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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Democrats Open Inquiries Into Handling of Homan Investigation  —  President Trump's border czar was investigated for potential bribery after accepting a bag with $50,000 in cash, but the case was closed after Mr. Trump took office.  —  House and Senate Democrats have opened separate investigations …
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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 …
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Trump Cancels Meeting With Top Democrats Ahead Of Government Shutdown
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Live chat  —  Updates about tonight's presidential race  —  🌖Our chat has ended, but you can still read it back.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
EU, WHO confirm drug's safety during pregnancy after Trump links it to autism  —  Officials from the European Union (EU) and World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday rebuked claims from President Trump and his administration linking acetaminophen use to the development of autism.
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Maya Goldman / Axios:
Trump's Tylenol warning could fuel new lawsuits  —  President Trump's linking Tylenol to autism could stoke a new round of litigation against the manufacturer of the painkiller and its generic versions. … - Publicly asserting a connection the way Trump did may also encourage lawsuits around Tylenol use …
NPR:
Trump blames Tylenol for autism. Science doesn't back him up
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
‘Pay no attention’: global health agencies dismiss false Trump claim on everyday painkillers
Alex Wickham / Bloomberg:
UK Tells Patients 'Don't Pay Attention' to Trump on Tylenol
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Axios
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump's Pick to Replace Ousted U.S. Attorney Lacks Prosecutorial Experience
United States Secret Service:
U.S. Secret Service dismantles imminent telecommunications threat in New York tristate area  —  Published By U.S. Secret Service Media Relations  —  NEW YORK - The U.S. Secret Service dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used …
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NBC News:
Secret Service agents dismantle system used to convey assassination threats  —  Agents discovered a system in five locations in and around New York that could be used to disable cell phone towers.  —  NEW YORK -U.S. Secret Service agents have dismantled a network of electronic devices located …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Verge
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
Secret Service Thwarts Telecoms Threat in NYC Area Ahead of U.N. General Assembly
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
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Cache of Devices Capable of Crashing Cell Network Is Found Near U.N.  —  Elon Musk's Father 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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to his late-night show after ABC lifts suspension  —  Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension that triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech and President Donald Trump's ability to police …
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CNN:
Kimmel's show to return Tuesday, but Sinclair will continue to keep it off its ABC stations
John Koblin / New York Times:
Jimmy Kimmel's Show to Return to ABC on Tuesday Night
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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Valerie Volcovici / Reuters:
Trump tells UN that climate change is ‘greatest con job’ globally
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization  —  Section 1.  Antifa as a Terrorist Threat.  Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.
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Christopher Mathias / MSNBC:
Trump's new anti-antifa panic is the start of something much more dangerous
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 …
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NBC Boston:
ICE agents held 5-year-old girl outside Leominster home to get father to surrender, family says
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
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: KQCA-TV, UPI, Raw Story and New Republic
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.
Washington Post:
‘Based on what I feel’: Trump escalates attack on childhood vaccines  —  Trump promoted long-debunked claims that vaccines can cause autism as he called for changes to the childhood immunization schedule sought by anti-vaccine activists.  —  Public health experts were already on edge …
John Yoo / Washington Post:
What's wrong with a military campaign against the drug trade  —  Trump's boat strikes against the cartels risk crossing the line between law enforcement and war.  —  John Yoo is a law professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Vilas-Boas / Vulture:
Disney Sure Picked a Great Week for a Big Streaming Price Hike  —  The last time Disney raised prices on almost every streaming plan it had was just over a year ago, so guess what time it is!  Hot on the heels of a uniquely messy PR week given the company's ongoing Jimmy Kimmel saga …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Kamala Harris gives Zohran Mamdani a tepid endorsement: ‘I endorse the Democrat in the race’  —  The former vice president also said of the New York mayoral candidate, “as far as I'm concerned, he's the Democratic nominee and he should be supported.”  —  Former Vice President Kamala Harris offered …
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.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
America's accelerating exit from itself  —  After the Kirk murder, Trump is pulverising the country's founding principles with astonishing ease  —  Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four, said George Orwell.  By that standard, the US is hurtling towards unfreedom.
Discussion: To the Contrary
 
 
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Grace Yarrow / Politico:
USDA ends food insecurity survey
Discussion: HuffPost and New Republic
CBS News:
WIRED global editorial director on tech's growing political power under Trump
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Can Liberalism Be Saved?  —  The legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues for a more expansive definition of an ideology under threat.
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
This Greenland Is Red  —  The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios …
Caleb Ecarma / Oligarch Watch:
Billionaire surveillance enthusiast set to acquire TikTok's US operations
Discussion: New York Times, The Register and Time
 Earlier Items: 
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
New poll: Percent saying America on the “wrong track” hits new high
Discussion: Florida Politics
Bloomberg:
China Floods the World With Cheap Exports After Trump's Tariffs
Discussion: New York Times and Deseret News
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Conservative writer Bill Kristol took to social media today to say: “So many coverups. …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Playbook: Trump vs. the world
Discussion: Breitbart
David Gilbert / Wired:
Nick Fuentes' Plan to Conquer America
Mike Allen / Axios:
Chad Mizelle to leave as DOJ chief of staff
Discussion: The Dispatch and NewsMax.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

Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person
 
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