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Politico:
‘I came, I saw, I conquered:’ Trump set to claim victory in Iran at primetime address … “Two, three weeks, definable objectives. ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’ — and we are hanging around a couple of weeks to conquer some more — maybe even then a ceasefire, while reiterating …
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Financial Times:
Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition — Nato's top official urged key alliance members to offer help to US to reopen key waterway — Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons for Ukraine in order to pressure European allies to join a …
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NewsMax.com, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, The Hill, The Guardian and Politico
Connor Stringer / Telegraph:
Trump interview: I am strongly considering pulling out of Nato — Exclusive: US president tells The Telegraph alliance is a ‘paper tiger’ and claims UK does not even have a navy — Donald Trump has told The Telegraph he is strongly considering pulling the United States out of Nato after it failed to join his war on Iran.
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Telegraph:
Trump interview: The King would have stood by me over Iran — His Majesty would have ‘taken a very different stand’ from Starmer on Iran, insists US president in exclusive interview with The Telegraph — Donald Trump has said he believes the King would have stood by him over the war in Iran.
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The Hill, The Guardian, The US Sun and The Independent
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
Donald Trump faces deep public skepticism about Iran war ahead of White House speech, CNN poll finds
Steve Holland / Reuters:
US to leave Iran ‘pretty quickly’ and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters
US to leave Iran ‘pretty quickly’ and return if needed, Trump tells Reuters
New York Times:
Iran Is Skeptical About Diplomacy for Now, U.S. Intelligence Says
Iran Is Skeptical About Diplomacy for Now, U.S. Intelligence Says
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The Guardian, The Times of Israel, NewsMax.com and Breitbart
NBC News:
What the polls say about the Iran war ahead of Trump's speech: From the Politics Desk
What the polls say about the Iran war ahead of Trump's speech: From the Politics Desk
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Washington Post and NewsMax.com
Bloomberg:
Rubio Co-Sponsored Law That Blocks Trump From Pulling Out of NATO
Rubio Co-Sponsored Law That Blocks Trump From Pulling Out of NATO
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The Hill, The Guardian, Politico, Salon, WNYW-TV, NewsMax.com, RedState, RealClearPolitics, Mediaite, New York Sun and Fox News
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Liberation Day Brought Us Here
Liberation Day Brought Us Here
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France 24, The Hill and Digby's Hullabaloo
Stephen I. Vladeck / New York Times:
Trump Will Lose the Birthright Citizenship Case. But in a Way, He's Already Won. — If anything was clear during Wednesday's Supreme Court oral argument in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, it's that President Trump is going to lose. The justices' questions were skeptical enough …
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DeLong's Grasping Reality and Fox News
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship as he attends arguments — Live oral arguments from the Supreme Court of the United States as justices hear arguments over President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship and its compatibility with Constitution's 14th Amendment.
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Hears Landmark Challenge to Birthright Citizenship
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Justices Express Skepticism Over Birthright Citizenship Case They Never Should Have Taken in the First Place
Justices Express Skepticism Over Birthright Citizenship Case They Never Should Have Taken in the First Place
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Los Angeles Times, JURIST, Slate, Mother Jones, Daily Caller News Foundation, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and New Republic
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Inside the Supreme Court, as Trump faced the justices he's criticized
Inside the Supreme Court, as Trump faced the justices he's criticized
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Salon, Deseret News, UPI, Mediaite, SCOTUSblog, Washington Post, CBS News and The Hill
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Mike Johnson caves on Senate's DHS deal, paving way to end shutdown — Just days after labeling the Senate deal to end the record-breaking shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security a “crap sandwich,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., appears ready to swallow it whole.
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Raw Story, Newsweek, The Hill, Tom LoBianco, PoliticusUSA and The Gateway Pundit
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate and House Republicans Strike Deal to End Homeland Security Shutdown — Legislation to reopen the department, which the House G.O.P. angrily rejected on Friday, could be approved as early as Thursday morning. It represents a sharp turnaround by them and President Trump.
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The Guardian, NPR, Bloomberg, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, The Daily Signal, NewsMax.com and Congressman Hakeem Jeffries
Politico:
House GOP relents on DHS funding plan after Trump weighs in
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
The D.H.S. shutdown is the longest in history.
The D.H.S. shutdown is the longest in history.
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Associated Press, WXIA-TV and Mediaite
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Has Discussed Firing Attorney General Pam Bondi — President Trump has not made a final decision, but he has floated the idea of replacing Ms. Bondi with Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator. — President Trump has discussed firing Attorney General Pam Bondi in recent days …
Washington Post:
Risky commando plan to seize Iran's uranium came at Trump's request — A plan briefed to Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran's nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime. — The U.S. military has given the president …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
'I Don't Care About That': Trump Says Iran's Enriched Uranium Is Not a Concern — President Trump's statement was the second time in 24 hours that he had declared that the nuclear problem with Iran had been solved, despite all evidence to the contrary. — For more than a decade President Trump …
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New Republic, Israpundit, Ace of Spades HQ, The Independent and Associated Press
Julia Métraux / Mother Jones:
Nurul Amin Shah Alam's Death Was a Homicide — County medical examiners announced the ruling on Wednesday. New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating. — On Wednesday, the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office announced that it ruled the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam …
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Reuters and NY State Attorney General
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Suffers His Fourth—and Worst—Legal Blow in Just Hours — President Trump has been dealt his fourth legal loss in less than 24 hours, as the federal judiciary rebukes his various abuses of presidential powers. — On Tuesday evening, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Trump's claim …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
‘Haters gonna hate’: A top FEMA official defends his claim that he was teleported — The top official in charge of the federal government's disaster response has taken to social media to double down on his claim that he's experienced “teleportation” - an experience he insists was real …
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Mediaite, Straight Arrow News, Raw Story, MS NOW, New Republic, The Independent and The Lever
Jim Pattiz / More Than Just Parks:
BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service — Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency's 121-year history.
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The Guardian, Washington Times, Fox News, Salt Lake Tribune and High Country News
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Border Patrol chief Michael Banks hit with prostitution allegations by agents — EXCLUSIVE — The national chief of the Border Patrol, Michael Banks, was known among colleagues for taking regular trips abroad to engage in sex with prostitutes, according to six current and former Border Patrol employees …
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Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Actual Danger of Trump's Phony Vote-by-Mail Executive Order — Sometimes it's the chaos, not the cruelty, that's the point. — That certainly seems true of President Donald Trump's second executive order on elections, issued on Tuesday. The order purports, among other things …
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Nick Turse / The Intercept:
“Casualty Cover-Up”: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Losses Under Trump in the Middle East — Almost 750 U.S. troops have been wounded or killed in the Middle East since October 2023, an analysis by The Intercept has found. But the Pentagon won't acknowledge it.
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New York Times, The Hill, Christian Science Monitor, The Independent and Raw Story
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records … - The law, passed in the post-Watergate era as a hedge against government corruption, states that every official record regarding a president's decisions or policies belongs to the U.S. government, not the president.
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The Gateway Pundit
TMZ.com:
30 Members of Congress In Scotland On Taxpayers' Dime Amid Shutdown — 2:40 PM PT — We've ID'd another legislator in the Edinburgh Castle crowd ... Michigan's Rep. Bill Huizenga is the guy in the blue jacket sitting against the wall. His spokesman told local outlet, Michigan Advance …
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Raw Story
Alexandra Petri / The Atlantic:
I Am Here to Watch the Birthright-Citizenship Arguments, but Not in a Threatening Way — Can't a president go watch his justices? — Subjects! — Yes, I am here watching the oral arguments in Trump v. Barbara. What of it? Can't a sitting president come watch an oral argument …
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Associated Press, Reason and Mediaite
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Democrats risk a historic upset in California … “We know there's this risk ahead — a 15 percent chance of calamity. It's not a 15 percent chance of stubbing your toe, it's a 15 percent chance of losing the governorship, losing the down-ballot races,” said Paul Mitchell, a leading Democratic data strategist in the state.
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The Bulwark and NewsMax.com
Politico:
Federal prosecutors indict close associate of Eric Adams … Petrosyants was among the former mayor's closest friends during his time leading the city. — Adams frequented several restaurants run by Petrosyants and his twin brother. The former mayor sometimes stayed over at a condo unit rented …
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The City and New York Times
