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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
MAGA Dolt Hegseth Accidentally Reveals Big Hole in Trump Victory Claim — Now that Donald Trump has backed off his threat to obliterate a nation of 93 million people, his propagandists are already retconning it into proof of his Solomon-like foresight and wisdom.
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Politico:
‘Seems like losing’: What the US hasn't won in Iran … Yet the hardliners who have ruled Tehran for the past 47 years are still in charge. Iran still possesses its stockpile of highly enriched uranium — one of President Donald Trump's key reasons for starting the war.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Vows to Keep Troops in Persian Gulf Before Iran Talks
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Associated Press:
Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats
Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats
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Erika Solomon / New York Times:
What Is In Iran's 10-Point Proposal, and How Does It Compare to U.S. Demands?
What Is In Iran's 10-Point Proposal, and How Does It Compare to U.S. Demands?
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The Beclowning of the Madman Theory
The Beclowning of the Madman Theory
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New York Times, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, UPI and Wall Street Journal
Financial Times:
Shipping stalls as Tehran dictates terms in Hormuz
Shipping stalls as Tehran dictates terms in Hormuz
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Michael Crowley / New York Times:
New Deadline Looms for U.S. and Iran as Truce Wavers
New Deadline Looms for U.S. and Iran as Truce Wavers
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Jonathan Tamari / Bloomberg:
JD Vance Gets His Big Moment Leading Peace Talks With Iran
JD Vance Gets His Big Moment Leading Peace Talks With Iran
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Washington Examiner and The Hill
New York Times:
Is Strait of Hormuz Open Again? Maybe, but Few Ships Are Using It.
Is Strait of Hormuz Open Again? Maybe, but Few Ships Are Using It.
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Metro.co.uk, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, Raw Story and Wall Street Journal
Politico:
Oil industry pleads its Hormuz case with White House
Oil industry pleads its Hormuz case with White House
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Peter Eavis / New York Times:
What to Know About the Strait of Hormuz Under the Cease-Fire
What to Know About the Strait of Hormuz Under the Cease-Fire
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Associated Press:
US, Israel and Iran agree to a 2-week ceasefire but much remains unclear and some attacks continue
US, Israel and Iran agree to a 2-week ceasefire but much remains unclear and some attacks continue
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Cate Martel / The Hill:
Trump, Iran claim victory under shaky ceasefire deal
Trump, Iran claim victory under shaky ceasefire deal
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New York Times:
White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project — ArcelorMittal, a European steel maker, is donating tens of millions of dollars of foreign steel for President Trump's new ballroom. — President Trump has championed the U.S. steel industry, promising to strengthen …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Automatic registration for US military draft to begin in December — Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money. — The Selective Service System (SSS) …
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US Department of Justice:
Former Army Employee and Top Secret Clearance Holder Arrested and Charged with Leaking Classified National Defense Information — For Immediate Release — The FBI arrested Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina yesterday and a federal grand jury indicted her today in connection …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Army veteran charged with disclosing classified Delta Force tactics
Army veteran charged with disclosing classified Delta Force tactics
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Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
Trump Has a War Crimes Problem. It's His Mouth. — He can't stop freestyling about plunder and atrocities. — DONALD TRUMP IS A WAR CRIMINAL. He has used military force to extract oil from Venezuela. He has extorted Ukraine, tried to “own” Gaza, and demanded “right, title, and ownership” over Greenland.
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Paul Krugman:
Job Growth on ICE — The employment slowdown: Causes and consequences — Armageddon may (or may not) be on hold for a little while, so let's talk about other issues, like the state of the economy — in particular, what's going on with job growth, where important things are happening.
Politico:
‘We lose the midterms’: Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress … “This war in Iran almost cements the fact that we lose the midterms in November — the Senate and House,” the person said. — The concerns are compounded by Republicans' underperformances in a spate …
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Politico:
Inside the battle to be Trump's next attorney general … GOP veteran with a key ally — At the center of the battle is Harmeet Dhillon, a media savvy veteran of Republican Party politics who has led DOJ's Civil Rights Division in the second Trump term. Dhillon's eponymous law firm spent years taking …
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Rick Perlstein / Rickipedia:
Hip-Hinged to the Unhinged — When it was not yet clear whose weapons flattened the Minab girls's elementary school and produced 150 tiny corpses, I noted that it didn't matter who did it, when it came to the danger the atrocity presented to America and Americans, should Iran decide to retaliate.
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights — The court is the first since at least the '50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows. — The sharply conservative Supreme Court …
Politico:
Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement … One of these wallets, created Tuesday around 10 a.m. ET, placed roughly $72,000 in bets at an average price of 8.8 cents. The buy-in for each betting event ranges from $0 to $1 each …
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Christopher Hale / Letters from Leo:
The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy — The Free Press has documented a closed-door Pentagon meeting in which a senior Trump official lectured Pope Leo XIV's ambassador on American military supremacy. — ∙ Paid … Make A One-Time Gift to Support My Work
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Pete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military — “Color-blind and merit-based” now seems to be anything but. — Service in wartime has long been a reliable path for Americans denied full citizenship to secure their rights. Black troops' contributions to the Union cause during …
Sharon Yoo / KING-TV:
UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers — A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa's student visa was rescinded without explanation. … SEATAC, Wash. — A protest broke out at SEA International Airport on Wednesday …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
A regime of idiots: A complete inventory of Trump stooges — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — While the end point is unclear, Trump's would-be dictatorship is politically broken.
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Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC delays publishing report showing covid vaccine benefits — The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness. — The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication …
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Fed's Inflation Woes Preceded the War With Iran — An energy shock stemming from the fighting has added a layer of complexity to the Federal Reserve's decision-making around interest rates. — Early on in the war with Iran, Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve …
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Scott Lincicome / Bloomberg:
EVs Represent All That's Wrong With US Industrial Policy — Almost five years after the start of the US's big experiment with industrial policy, we can begin to assess the results. Zeroing in on electric vehicles, the results are not good - losses have mounted, American tech supremacy has slipped and …
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France 24
Jonah Kaplan / CBS News:
Army survivors of deadly attack in Kuwait dispute Pentagon's account, say unit “was unprepared” to defend itself — Add CBS News on Google — Survivors of the deadliest Iranian attack on U.S. forces since the war began have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit …


