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Iona Cleave / Telegraph:
Mormon church gunman was Marine ‘who supported Trump’ — Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, killed by police after ramming truck into Michigan church and opening fire on worshippers — The gunman who rammed his truck into a Mormon church and opened fire on worshippers was an Iraq war veteran who had previously shown support for Donald Trump.
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USA Today:
What we know about Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Michigan church shooting suspect — Joey Garrison Chris Quintana Dinah Voyles PulverUSA TODAY … Michigan law enforcement authorities identified 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, Michigan as the suspect who killed four people …
Robert McCoy / New Republic:
Was the Mormon Church Gunman a Trump Supporter? What We Know. — Thomas Jacob Sanford, the 40-year-old Iraq War veteran identified as the suspect in a fatal Sunday attack on a Mormon church in Grand Blanc, Michigan, seemed to own Donald Trump memorabilia, with a campaign sign on display outside his house.
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Mormon Church Shooter Had a Trump Sign Outside His House — GUNMAN'S LAIR — Authorities stressed that they have yet to identify a motive for the attack on the Mormon church amid social media speculation. — The Mormon Church shooter who killed at least four people in an attack on Sunday …
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Karoline Leavitt Says MAGA Shooter Just Hated Mormons — SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS — Trump's press secretary made the claim as officials continue to probe the motive. — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed on Monday that the Mormon church shooter “hated” members of the faith.
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Meg Hilling / NewsNation:
Michigan church shooting leaves at least 4 dead, 8 injured
Michigan church shooting leaves at least 4 dead, 8 injured
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Chicago Sun Times:
Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’ — Dozens of federal agents took individuals into custody during a winding patrol Sunday through downtown Chicago, and a top U.S. Border Patrol official told WBEZ the agents were arresting people based on “how they look.”
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Brad Heath / Reuters:
Exclusive: Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations — Federal drug prosecutions drop 10% in 2025 as agents focus on immigration — Number of new cases being filed is lowest in decades, according to Reuters analysis
New York Times:
'I'm From Here!': U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump's Dragnet — As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens. — U.S. citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody …
MSNBC:
Democratic voters are furious with party leaders. And that disaffection has a cost. — The Trump era has put the Democratic Party in an unprecedented bind. — By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock”
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John Thune / Washington Post:
What Democrats are demanding isn't negotiation
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Politico:
‘Nothing has changed’: Leaders dig in ahead of crucial White House shutdown meeting
‘Nothing has changed’: Leaders dig in ahead of crucial White House shutdown meeting
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Comey and the lessons of pre-capitulation — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🔥 Subscribe to PN 🔥 — Former FBI Director James Comey was arguably one of the first consequential establishment figures to comply in advance with Donald Trump.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
“No one is safe”: Democrats fear Trump will prosecute them next
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
In Going After His Foes, Trump Sets a Precedent That Could Haunt His Allies
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Schumer: 'I have no faith in Donald Trump's judicial system'
Schumer: 'I have no faith in Donald Trump's judicial system'
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The Federalist
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats — Exclusive: Miller's homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say — Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has played a leading role in directing US strikes …
Robert Reich:
Again: Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's growing dementia? — Trump's increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.” — 2,913 — Friends, — Over the weekend, on his Truth Social, Trump shared a video purporting to be a segment on Fox News …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
A January 6 “false flag” claim made it to the president
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump says he “would think” the DOJ is investigating ex-FBI chief Wray
Trump says he “would think” the DOJ is investigating ex-FBI chief Wray
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire — A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary — Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced …
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The American Conservative
Akash Sriram / Reuters:
Trump says US to impose 100% tariff on movies made outside the country — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood's global business model. — The step signals Trump's willingness …
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Elisabeth Buchwald / CNN:
Trump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies
Trump announces 100% tariff on foreign-made movies
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Politico:
Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying state's National Guard in Portland … “When the president and I spoke yesterday, I told him in very plain language there is no insurrection or threat to public safety that necessitates military intervention in Portland or any other city in our state,” Kotek said.
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Anna Griffin / New York Times:
Trump's Plan to Send Troops to Portland, Oregon, Prompts Frustration
Trump's Plan to Send Troops to Portland, Oregon, Prompts Frustration
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pbump:
How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left — It is stipulated at the outset that there have been gruesome acts of political violence in recent months that appear to have been motivated by hostility to right-wing politics or the administration. This is not really contestable and rarely seriously contested.
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New Republic:
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President. These Brutal New Polls Confirm It. — What if we told you that Donald Trump is a really unpopular president? Would that surprise you? It's not something you hear much in the media. Yet in recent days new polls from the Associated Press, Gallup …
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Politico:
‘Bibi is on his own island’: Trump will try to secure peace with an isolated Netanyahu … On Monday, when the two leaders meet again at the White House, the U.S. president will try to close the gap with a Netanyahu who Trump believes is losing his grip on power, according …
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Axios:
Netanyahu inches toward Gaza deal under pressure from Trump
Netanyahu inches toward Gaza deal under pressure from Trump
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Fox News:
Editorial overhaul: Washington Post's new opinion chief feels the weight of the challenges ahead … But that's the situation 33-year-old Adam O'Neal has found himself in at The Washington Post. — “I just feel a tremendous responsibility to get this right,” O'Neal told Fox News Digital …
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The U.S. is not a Functional Democracy — We are no longer at a “tipping point” or “an inflection point.” We are no longer “sliding” toward autocracy. Donald Trump no longer “aspires” to be an autocrat. Last week, in case you had any doubt, the Trump regime went full-bore authoritarian.
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
She Was Fired for a Comment on Her Private Facebook Account … Two days after Charlie Kirk was killed, Suzanne Swierc, an employee at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., woke up to a cascade of missed calls, texts and voice mail messages from numbers she did not know.
CBS News:
Criminal investigation launched after feds fire pepper ball at CBS Chicago reporter's truck — The Village of Broadview said they've launched a criminal investigation after a CBS News Chicago reporter had a projectile fired at her vehicle by an ICE agent late Sunday morning.
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Felicia Schwartz / Politico:
An Entire Generation of Americans Is Turning on Israel … President Donald Trump is often at his most frank when he plays pundit, and so it went with his recent musings about Israel's war with Hamas and the political fallout. — “They had total control over Congress, and now they don't …
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