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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump's Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan — U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump's approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday they spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump …
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Associated Press:
Ukraine and Western allies meet to discuss a US peace plan that has sparked alarm in Kyiv and Europe — Top European and Ukrainian envoys conferred in Geneva on Sunday ahead of talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio over President Donald Trump's proposal to end Russia's war on Ukraine.
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Joe Gould / Politico:
Lawmakers say Rubio distanced US from peace plan … Their comments, at a Halifax press conference, amounted to a massive U-turn for an episode that has dominated the news this week and fueled a mad diplomatic scramble. The release of the plan has prompted questions in Kyiv …
Sean Dilley / BBC:
Trump says Ukraine ungrateful as officials meet to convince Kyiv to accept peace proposals
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Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
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Financial Times:
Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan
Lawmakers say US secretary of state rowed back on Ukraine peace plan
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Ukraine Peace Plan Isn't Final After Criticism It Favors Russia
Trump Says Ukraine Peace Plan Isn't Final After Criticism It Favors Russia
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Associated Press, New York Times, CBS News, The Guardian and Politico
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’
Trump says Zelensky can agree to peace plan or ‘fight his little heart out’
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Daniel Hannan / Telegraph:
Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
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The Kyiv Independent
Reuters:
Trump officials' meeting with Russian in Miami spurs questions about Ukraine proposal
Trump officials' meeting with Russian in Miami spurs questions about Ukraine proposal
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Financial Times, The Hill, Breitbart, The Independent, New York Times, The Kyiv Independent, Phillips's Newsletter, Politico and The Atlantic
Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
Trump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a Win
Trump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a Win
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Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter — DOGE disbanded eight months ahead of scheduled end in July 2026 — Former DOGE employees take new roles in administration — Elon Musk initially led DOGE, promoting its work on social media
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DNYUZ and The Independent
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New York Times:
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend … When Alexis Wilkins, an aspiring country singer dating the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the National Rifle Association's annual convention in Atlanta in the spring …
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Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News poll finds most would oppose U.S. military action in Venezuela, say Trump hasn't explained — The situation around Venezuela has Americans asking to know more. — Across party lines, big majorities say the administration needs to explain what the U.S. intends regarding any action, and that it has not done so clearly yet.
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Politico:
‘Is the price of doing this worth it?’: North Carolina Republicans worry about Trump immigration raids … Former Republican Gov. Pat McCrory warned that recent local coverage, like an incident at a Charlotte shopping center, when masked agents arrested a man who said he was a U.S. citizen …
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Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:
The surprising issue driving a wedge between Trump and his MAGA base — President Donald Trump's attempt to block states from regulating AI sparked pushback from Republicans concerned the tech will displace workers and harm kids. — Just now — SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump faces …
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Bill McKibben / The Guardian:
They're doing to America what they did to Christianity — Trump's wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus's message of radical love to one of hate and aggression — Trumpism's most revealing and defining moments - not its most important …
Associated Press:
Big changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Since it was created in 2018, the federal government's cybersecurity agency has helped warn state and local election officials about potential threats from foreign governments …
Mark Arsenault / New York Times:
At Harvard-Yale Game, Rivals Come Together Against Trump Administration Attacks — Students and alumni set aside rivalries at the 141st Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday to summon support against attacks on higher education under the Trump administration.
Erin Schumaker / Politico:
Kyrsten Sinema Took a 15-Hour Psychedelic Trip. Now She's All in on MAHA. … After infuriating progressives time and again for stonewalling their priorities, the Arizona Democrat-turned-Independent decided not to seek reelection last year and instead became a senior adviser at the law and lobbying firm Hogan Lovells.
Varsha Bansal / The Guardian:
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI — When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say — Krista Pawloski remembers the single defining moment …
David French / New York Times:
Trump Has Put the Military in an Impossible Situation — Imagine, for a moment, that you're an American pilot flying an F-16 over Iraq. The troops on the ground have been pursuing a small group of Iraqi insurgents. They report that they've cornered the insurgents in a small farm house.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
DOJ revives push to release Epstein grand jury records — The Department of Justice revived its push to unseal grand jury records related to the prosecution of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, months after being stymied by the courts. … But it met legal roadblocks from three different federal judges.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's not cutting off NYC, top economic advisor says — The White House is reassured by New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, and President Trump doesn't appear inclined to cut the city's funding, National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday.
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Washington Post:
Border Patrol's Charlotte sting reaches into country clubs, upscale shops — As undocumented immigrants stayed home and federal agents swept through the city, even the wealthiest neighborhoods got a glimpse of what life without migrants might look like. — CHARLOTTE — The gourmet pasta …
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
A sheriff, a billionaire, a tinge of scandal. California governor's race packs drama, uncertainty — The race for California governor features former presidential wannabes, a county sheriff, two women who could become the first female to hold the office, House members current and former …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Zohran Mamdani says he still believes Trump is a ‘fascist’ and ‘despot’ after White House meeting — The New York City mayor-elect said that while he does believe Trump is a fascist, he still plans on working with the White House on New Yorkers' behalf. — New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani …
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William Galston / The UnPopulist:
The Neo-Right's Multi-Front Revolt Against America — Although 's Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right is not a short book, I found myself compelled to read it twice—one time for the ideas, the other time for the author's story. As I discovered, they are related. — The book begins with a bang.
Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Trolls — ROLE PLAY — A new feature on Elon Musk's X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement. — Elon Musk's social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency …
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Yohannes Lowe / The Guardian:
Zelenskyy says ‘we must do everything’ against ‘wicked Russian attacks’ as Ukraine and US meet for emergency talks - live — Officials will discuss 28-point draft plan widely seen as favourable to Moscow, despite Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022
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Jonathan Lis / Haaretz:
Israeli Strike in Beirut Targeted Hezbollah's Chief of Staff, Netanyahu's Office Says — Article printing is available to subscribers only — Zen reading is available to subscribers only — Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format — RECAP: IDF chief to summon top commanders over Oct. 7 failures, some to be dismissed
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