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New York Times:
Police Search X's Premises in France as Prosecutors Summon Elon Musk — The move followed a yearlong investigation into X and escalated a wider standoff between European officials and American tech companies over the regulation of social media. — The French police searched the premises …
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The Guardian, NBC News, The Register and Politico
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Liv McMahon / BBC:
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X — The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
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ico.org.uk, Washington Post, Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit, more at Techmeme »
France 24:
Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit raids X's French office over ‘algorithm manipulation’ — The cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor's office on Tuesday launched a search of the French offices of social media platform X. The raid was connected to an ongoing investigation launched …
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CNN:
French offices of Elon Musk's X platform raided by Paris cybercrime unit
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Politico, UPI, IJR and France 24, more at Techmeme »
Sylvie Corbet / Associated Press:
X offices raided in France as prosecutors investigate child abuse images and deepfakes
X offices raided in France as prosecutors investigate child abuse images and deepfakes
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Axios, Straight Arrow News, Reuters, MeidasTouch News, The Information, Associated Press, Human Events, France 24, The Wrap, Washington Examiner, CBS News, Al Jazeera, Forbes, Variety, Raw Story, NewsMax.com, Deadline and Mediaite
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Gabbard says Trump asked her to attend FBI raid at Georgia elections hub — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Monday President Trump requested her presence during an FBI search of an election center in Georgia last week. … - “My presence was requested by the President …
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
GOP leaders labor for support ahead of key test vote on ending partial government shutdown — Speaker Mike Johnson's ability to carry out President Donald Trump's “play call” for funding the government will be put to the test Tuesday as the House holds a procedural vote on a bill to end the partial shutdown.
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New York Times:
Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections — The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his administration to try to exert more control over American elections. — President Trump called in a new interview for the Republican Party to …
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Popular Information, MS NOW, USA Today, Washington Examiner, Throughline, Zeteo, The Good in Us, Straight Arrow News, CBS News, The Guardian, CNN, Washington Post, NBC News, Fox News, NewsNation, Democracy Docket, Mediaite, Reuters, Raw Story, Politico, Salon, ABC News, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, PoliticusUSA, NOTUS, Plain Dealer, The Independent, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Patterico's Pontifications and LGBTQ Nation
Caitlin Dewey / Vox:
Three issues that could sink Trump — This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. — Over the weekend, the Justice Department released yet another tranche of files from its investigation …
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Wired, CNN and Krassencast, more at Techmeme »
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Epstein Assistant Told Feds He Introduced Melania to Trump, Files Reveal
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Despite 3 million files, Epstein release leaves big questions unanswered
Despite 3 million files, Epstein release leaves big questions unanswered
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MS NOW, New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, Mediaite, NewsMax.com, Roll Call, Washington Examiner and Associated Press
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Why the Epstein scandal may never die
Why the Epstein scandal may never die
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UnHerd, Reuters, The Guardian, Washington Post and Associated Press
Jordain Carney / Politico:
No filibuster deal with House conservatives, Thune says — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in an interview Tuesday he has made no decisions about bypassing Senate filibuster rules to skirt the normal 60-vote margin required to advance legislation in the chamber.
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Election Law Blog, NOTUS, The Hill, Florida Politics, NewsMax.com, MS NOW, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Caller News Foundation
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Shutdown hinges on razor-thin rule vote
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Roll Call, Democracy Docket, American Greatness, Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Semafor and Deseret News
New York Times:
Trump Is Said to Have Dropped Demand for Cash From Harvard — Hours after The Times reported that President Trump had lowered the bar for a deal, he denied backtracking and made new threats against Harvard. — President Trump has backtracked on a major point in negotiations with Harvard …
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John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon — In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home. — PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS —
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids — The Handbasket is now on Instagram! Follow here for news updates. — If you want to support my 100% independent journalism, subscribe to The Handbasket for free now. You can also become a premium subscriber or leave a tip.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Despite new curbs, Elon Musk's Grok at times produces sexualized images - even when told subjects didn't consent — Elon Musk's flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualized images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.
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The Japan Times, TechCrunch and The Verge
David Uberti / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Manufacturing Is in Retreat and Trump's Tariffs Aren't Helping — Levies on imports were supposed to bring back a golden age of U.S. manufacturing. They haven't worked, so far. — The manufacturing boom President Trump promised would usher in a golden age for America is going in reverse.
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Washington Post:
‘Crisis’: The fallout from Trump's surprise plan to close Kennedy Center — The president's announcement shocked artists and staff. A message obtained by The Washington Post brought the National Symphony Orchestra's future into focus. — President Donald Trump's surprise Sunday announcement …
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Michaela Towfighi / New York Times:
From ‘Hamilton’ to Issa Rae to Philip Glass: Here's a List of Kennedy Center Cancellations
From ‘Hamilton’ to Issa Rae to Philip Glass: Here's a List of Kennedy Center Cancellations
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Associated Press, To the Contrary, Politico and Los Angeles Times
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
DHS's account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’ — Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims — Immediately after a US border …
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Talking Points Memo, Reason, KGW-TV and HuffPost
Politico:
House GOP leaders set noon deadline for Clintons to reach deal on testifying — Speaker Mike Johnson said in an interview Tuesday morning that Republicans have given Bill and Hillary Clinton a noon deadline Tuesday to provide details of how they plan to comply with a pair of subpoenas issued …
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Election officials grapple with a brain drain as threats rise … The new data on election officials comes at the same time as another report from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue — shared first with POLITICO — found a more than 200 percent increase in violent rhetoric toward public officials …
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Issue One, ISD, Deseret News, Votebeat, Raw Story and Election Law Blog
Chicago Sun Times:
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: ‘I am their voice’ — In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government's failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.
Chadwick Moore / New York Post:
‘Grassroots’ anti-ICE campaigns funded by left-wing billionaire donors: sources — Its the same dark money, with new signs. — Anti-ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be “grassroots” campaigns organized by concerned citizens, but they're really funded with megadonor money — some coming from China.
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Monday's Final Word — Ya got tabs on your face, big disgrace, somebody better put you back into your place ... Fox News: Conservative critics unleashed on Newsom attempting to portray himself as having a struggling childhood when his father worked as a “consigliere” — or trusted advisor …
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
'They Couldn't Break Me': A Protester, the White House and a Doctored Photo — President Trump and the White House regularly circulate imagery that has been manipulated by A.I. But the photo of Nekima Levy Armstrong was different. — When Nekima Levy Armstrong was transported …
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
The Epstein Files — An index of PREVAIL's extensive coverage of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump, and the most notorious child sex trafficking operation in recent memory. … Greg Olear — · — June 7, 2022 — A tale of princes, presidents, and predators.
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Guns for me, but not for thee — Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🌊 Subscribe to PN 🌊 — I screwed up on January 6. — Like tens of millions of Americans, I sat in front of my television set aghast …
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
DHS watchdog investigating use of force by ICE … “Given the urgency of this situation — with communities facing severe, and sometimes fatal, harm from ICE's tactics on American streets every day — we request that your office conduct this review expeditiously and share any preliminary findings …
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New York Times
The Bulwark:
10 Years of Trump, and the Alarm Keeps Going Off — Every day of the past decade has felt like Groundhog Day. — Marjorie Taylor Greene's populist insurgency against Donald Trump continues! The former congresswoman told a radio interviewer yesterday that the president's “Make America Great Again” …
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LGBTQ Nation, WLT Report and NewsNation
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Josh Shapiro to unveil plan for managing the data center boom in Pennsylvania — The Democratic governor and potential presidential candidate is among those wading into new AI-adjacent political issues confronting both parties. — Listen to this article with a free account
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NOTUS and Wall Street Journal
Christopher Tremoglie / Washington Examiner:
Democrats want to unmask ICE officers to cause them violence and harm — Let's stop pretending that the crusade to unmask Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers is anything other than a nefarious attempt to cause them violence and harm. — For months now, Democrats have had an obsession …
New York Times:
Wall St. Lawyer Brad Karp Says He Regrets Epstein Interactions — Newly released emails between Mr. Karp, the chairman of Paul Weiss, and Jeffrey Epstein reveal a number of social interactions between them. — Brad Karp, chairman of the giant law firm Paul Weiss, said on Monday that he regretted …
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Warren, Sanders, Wyden warn Equifax over profiting off Medicaid work requirements — A trio of Senate Democrats are warning the consumer credit reporting agency Equifax against price gouging for its services as a significant number of Medicaid beneficiaries are expected to go into the job market …


