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Wall Street Journal:
Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency — Congress hasn't seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community's watchdog office — WASHINGTON—A U.S. intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Director …
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Daily Mail, Off Message, The Independent and Raw Story, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files — The photos, which showed young women or possibly teenagers with their faces visible, were largely removed after The New York Times began notifying the Justice Department. — The Justice Department published dozens …
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Raw Story
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New York Times:
How Trump Appears in the Epstein Files — The New York Times found more than 5,300 files with references to Mr. Trump and related terms. They include salacious and unverified claims, as well as documents that had already been made public. — The Justice Department looked …
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The Guardian, Mediaite and NOTUS
J. David McSwane / ProPublica:
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting — The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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The Parnas Perspective, Meidas+, The Post Millennial, The Independent, Townhall, The Guardian, LARRY VIP, emptywheel, Mediaite, NewsMax.com and Krassencast
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem divisions over DHS funding spill out in private call — House Democrats splintered on a private call Sunday over whether to vote for legislation that would keep the Department of Homeland Security funded for two more weeks, a half dozen sources on the call told Axios.
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The Guardian, Fox News, Reason, The Hill, Wall Street Journal and Washington Examiner
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Mike Johnson's shutdown gamble
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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive — Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court's inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees. — In November of 2024, two weeks after voters returned President Donald Trump …
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Raw Story
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
207. The Justice Department Beclowns Itself (Again) — The denouement of DOJ's misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg provides useful lessons relating to both the Department's continuing misbehavior and the emptiness of calls for impeachment. — Welcome back to “One First,” …
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CBS News, MS NOW, New York Times and Washington Post
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
ICE halts “all movement” at Texas detention facility due to measles infections — Add CBS News on Google — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement halted “all movement” at a detention center in Texas for families and quarantined some migrants there after medical staff confirmed two detainees had …
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The Independent, Mediaite, Fox News and PBS NewsHour
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Stephanie Koithan / San Antonio Current:
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility — After a week of public outcry over the South Texas Family Residential Center's treatment of young children behind its walls, the Dilley facility is experiencing a measles outbreak, according to immigration attorney Eric Lee.
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The Moderate Voice and CBS News
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Kennedy Center will close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers backlash — President Donald Trump says he will move to close Washington's Kennedy Center performing arts venue for two years starting in July for construction. Trump's announcement …
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New York Times:
Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for 2-Year Reconstruction Project
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Straight Arrow News, Billboard, The Daily Caller, Los Angeles Times, El País and Breitbart
Washington Post:
Trump plans to close Kennedy Center for about two years, starting in July
Trump plans to close Kennedy Center for about two years, starting in July
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HuffPost, UPI, WLT Report, Axios, The Guardian, WAGA-TV, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, NOTUS, The Independent and Mediaite
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for Two Years for Renovations
Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for Two Years for Renovations
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Times, Fox News, CBS News and Political Wire
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Elite Law Firm Boss Who Bent the Knee to Trump Sucked Up to ‘Amazing’ Epstein — FANBOY — The embattled chairman of Paul Weiss has now had his embarrassing emails to Jeffrey Epstein exposed. — The chairman of a major law firm that sparked backlash by caving to President Donald Trump …
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Financial Times:
Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp told Jeffrey Epstein: 'You're amazing' — Department of Justice documents detail relationship between head of Wall Street law firm and child sex offender — Just three months before he was arrested on federal child sex trafficking charges in 2019 …
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New York Post
Thor Benson / madness:
How ICE turned into what it is today — ICE has been a malignant force in American society since it was created in 2003, but it's quite obvious that the agency is worse today than it's ever been. Donald Trump ran on mass deportations as a candidate in 2024, and now the country is seeing what that looks like.
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump has turned his biggest political asset into a liability
Trump has turned his biggest political asset into a liability
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New Republic and The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sebastian Starcevic / Politico:
Trump vows to sue comic Trevor Noah after Epstein island jibe at Grammys — Donald Trump said he will launch legal action against comedian Trevor Noah after the comedian joked about the U.S. president visiting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's island.
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NBC News, Axios, Agence France-Presse, The Hill, Mediaite, New York Post, TMZ.com, Washington Times, Breitbart, IJR, The Daily Wire, The Post Millennial, Billboard, New Republic, RedState, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, UPI, Deadline, NewsMax.com, The Independent, Forbes, HuffPost, Variety, Washington Examiner and The Hollywood Reporter
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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
‘Loser Behavior’: Trump Roasted Over His Post-Grammys Freak-Out
‘Loser Behavior’: Trump Roasted Over His Post-Grammys Freak-Out
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New York Times, Rolling Stone, Syracuse Post-Standard, Associated Press, Daily Mail, Raw Story, TMZ.com, The Hollywood Reporter, Mediaite and Variety
Aidan Sadovi / The Daily Illini:
‘Fell the enemies:’ Illini Republicans support ICE amid Minnesota killings — In a post that included a stylized graphic of a presumed federal officer holding a gun to someone's head, Illini Republicans stated that they “stand with ICE” amid the killings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota.
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The regime moves to make journalism a crime — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🌅 Subscribe to PN 🌅 — Early in his first term, President Trump said that because he thought CNN and MSNBC were too critical of him, that meant “they're illegal, what they do is illegal.”
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Lucid:
Arrests of Independent Journalists Reveal New Media Challenges to Autocrats
Arrests of Independent Journalists Reveal New Media Challenges to Autocrats
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How Things Work and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Jake Lahut / New York Magazine:
Nancy Mace Is Not Okay — “Something's broken. The motherboard's fried. We're short-circuiting somewhere.” — Right up until she lit the fire, some of Representative Nancy Mace's own staff and advisers didn't know what she was going to say on the House floor in February 2025 …
Mary Carolan / The Irish Times:
George Mitchell's name removed from US-Ireland scholarship after Epstein files release — Scholarship was set up in name of former US senator who brokered Belfast Agreement — The release of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has prompted the removal …
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The Portland Press Herald and Bangor Daily News
Washington Post:
Inside Musk's bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator — Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk's xAI loosened its guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern. — Weeks before Elon Musk officially left his perch in government last spring …
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Associated Press, more at Techmeme »
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A 1987 Proposal Could Help Hold ICE to Account for Constitutional Violations — A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution. — The key to holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents accountable …
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Raw Story
The Bulwark:
This Isn't What De-escalation Looks Like — Trump can't tame the monster he made. — Think you've lost your capacity to be shocked by stories of Donald Trump's open corruption? Try this one on for size: The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that a UAE sheikh bought a 49 percent stake …
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Real Patriotism …, The Information and Semafor
Associated Press:
Son of Norway's crown princess arrested before his trial on rape and other charges — The eldest son of Norway's crown princess has been arrested, just before his trial opens on charges including rape in a case that has been an embarrassment to the royal family, police said Monday.
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Reuters, Politico, Daily Mail, Fox News and Associated Press
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
The Tightrope for Defense Contractors: Satisfying Investors and President Trump — Major weapons makers defend dividends as Pentagon pressures them to invest more in factories — U.S. weapons makers are fighting a battle on two fronts: ensuring strong returns for investors and trying to satisfy their biggest customer—the Pentagon.

