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Cate Brown / The Guardian:
NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump — Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff — Last spring, the National Security Agency (NSA) flagged an unusual phone call between …
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Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Foreign Call About Person Close to Trump — Call intercepted by U.S. formed a key part of a complaint filed last year against the director of national intelligence — A whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard …
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Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Whistle-Blower Report Involved Intelligence About a Trump Contact — Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, moved to lock down an intelligence intercept that referred to someone close to President Trump, the report said. — Members of Congress were briefed this week …
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NBC News:
Tulsi Gabbard responds to senator's criticism over handling of whistleblower complaint — Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., condemned the director of national intelligence for not providing the May 2025 complaint to lawmakers until this month. — Listen to this article with a free account
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New York Times:
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure — Mr. Lewis will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D'Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer, the company said. — Will Lewis, the embattled chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday.
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Financial Times:
Will Lewis steps down as Washington Post publisher and CEO after job cuts — British journalist's tenure was controversial after Jeff Bezos appointed him to turn around the newspaper — Christopher Grimes in Los Angeles, Daniel Thomas in London and Anna Nicolaou in New York
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Jon Passantino / Status:
Conflict of Disinterest … Last month, just ahead of the devastating layoffs at The Washington Post …
Conflict of Disinterest … Last month, just ahead of the devastating layoffs at The Washington Post …
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Reaction to Trump's Racist Post Shows He Is Not Always Immune to Politics — With the midterm elections nearing, President Trump has found himself in the uncomfortable position of backtracking, even if only by degrees, at key moments. — President Trump has seemed immune to the usual rules of politics.
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Joseph Ramos / The Bulwark:
Trump 2.0's Most Racist Moments, Ranked — AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP POSTED a video on Thursday depicting former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama as apes, a few Republicans joined in the widespread criticism of the post's racism and urged its deletion.
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David Nir / The Downballot:
Democrats resoundingly defend red district in Louisiana, denying GOP its first pickup — Democrats successfully defended a conservative seat in rural Louisiana on Saturday night, as Chasity Martinez defeated Republican Brad Daigle by a dominant 62-38 margin—a massive 37-point overperformance compared to the 2024 presidential result.
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Quinn Coffman / The Advocate:
Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez wins District 60 seat, replacing Chad Brown — Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez won Saturday's special election for State House District 60, defeating Republican Brad Daigle. — Martinez, a member of the Iberville Parish Council, earned 62% of the vote against Daigle …
Miami Herald:
Who were the other men in the Epstein files? This is the FBI's own list — After the Justice Department shut the door on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files in July 2025, FBI agents worked on drafts of a 21-page presentation of all the evidence the FBI had gathered in the case, including a summary of allegations against 11 men.
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Amelia Gentleman / The Guardian:
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein's sordid men's club
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein's sordid men's club
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Politico:
‘The sugar high will be short lived’: Trump's big bet on tax refunds might not pay off … “The sugar high will be short-lived if [the refunds], in fact, go toward paying and supporting prices of things like additional health care costs, additional insurance costs, additional electricity costs …
Washington Post:
Zelensky says Russia is proposing huge economic deals with U.S. — The Ukrainian president said the Trump administration was pushing for a June deadline to end Russia's war. — KYIV — Days after negotiations to halt Russia's war in Ukraine ended inconclusively in Abu Dhabi …
New York Times:
For $1 Million, Donors to U.S.A. Birthday Group Offered Access to Trump — A new organization blessed by the president is raising money for events and projects that will put a Trumpian spin on the nation's semiquincentennial. — President Trump's allies are offering access to him and other perks …
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Mike Hixenbaugh / NBC News:
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says — The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
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Washington Post:
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny's star turn at the Super Bowl — The halftime show will illustrate the nation's immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump's deportation drive. — Puerto Rican native Ray Sanchez generally …
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Rylee Kirk / New York Times:
Ohio Man Is Charged With Threatening to Kill JD Vance — During the investigation, the man was found to have child sex abuse materials on his phone, federal prosecutors said. — An Ohio man was charged with threatening to shoot and kill Vice President JD Vance, federal prosecutors said on Friday.
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Los Angeles Times:
Councilmember Nithya Raman to run for L.A. mayor, challenging onetime ally Karen Bass — 8 min Click here to listen to this article — L.A. City Councilmember Nithya Raman jumps in the race for mayor, challenging former ally Karen Bass in the June primary.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu to hold urgent meeting with Trump Wednesday amid Iran negotiations — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved up his visit to Washington and is expected to meet with President Trump on Wednesday to discuss the negotiations with Iran, the prime minister's office said in a statement.
Colleen DeGuzman / The Texas Tribune:
Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility — Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many “chronic issues.” — TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!
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New York Times:
Top ICE Lawyer in Minnesota Departs as Immigration Lawsuits Overwhelm Courts — Jim Stolley, the chief counsel for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minnesota, has left as government prosecutors grapple with a crush of cases. — The top lawyer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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Sam McKeith / Reuters:
Australia's opposition coalition reunites after split over hate laws — Australia's conservative opposition coalition reunited on Sunday after the junior partner National Party severed ties last month with the Liberal Party over its decision to back government hate speech laws drafted in the wake of the Bondi massacre.
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Green Day frontman calls out ICE ahead of Super Bowl: ‘Quit that s-tty job you have’ — Green Day's lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong on Friday called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to “quit that s-tty job you have” during a pre-Super Bowl LX party in San Francisco ahead of their performance before Sunday's game.
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Trump administration equity stakes pose risks to U.S. companies and markets … The Trump administration's portfolio of equity stakes in U.S. companies has reached a scale that is unprecedented outside economic crisis or wartime. — The administration has taken stakes or has agreements …

