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NBC News:
House effort to end Trump's war with Iran fails by one vote — The nearly party-line vote of 213-214 shows that Republicans are sticking with the president's military campaign in Iran. Every Democrat except one voted to order an end to the war. — WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled …
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Semafor, Democracy Docket, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Washington Times, Fox News, The Contrarian, CBS News and Washington Post
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The Atlantic:
Trump Voters Are Over It — Tomas Montoya has sold festival foods—funnel cakes, burgers, hot dogs—across the American Southwest for years. But lately, business has been rough. Costs are up, so he's increased his prices. Employees are begging for hours he can't give them.
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Roll Call
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House hands Trump a win with failed Iran war powers vote
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New York Post, The Guardian and Jewish Insider
Wall Street Journal:
GOP-Led House Rebukes Trump on Expelling Haitian Immigrants
GOP-Led House Rebukes Trump on Expelling Haitian Immigrants
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NBC News, Reuters, Washington Examiner, New York Times, Al Jazeera, RedState, The Daily Wire, Townhall, Los Angeles Times, Raw Story and CBS News
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
House narrowly rejects limits on Trump as Iran war drags on
House narrowly rejects limits on Trump as Iran war drags on
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NOTUS, Washington Post, The Hill, Bangor Daily News, Bloomberg and Reason
Washington Post:
Justin Fairfax increasingly erratic weeks before murder-suicide, court records show — Fairfax was once a favorite to become Virginia governor before sexual assault allegations arose. The couple's teenage son called 911, officials said. — Summary — Former Virginia lieutenant governor …
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TMZ.com, WSET-TV, WTTG-TV, WUSA, The US Sun, Bangor Daily News, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Us Weekly, The National Pulse and Mercury News
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WUSA:
Former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his wife and himself in Annandale, police confirm — Justin Fairfax was elected lieutenant governor of Virginia in 2017 and his time in office was marred by scandal and several sexual and rape allegations. … ANNANDALE, Va. — Former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot …
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Daily Mail, WTTG-TV, Associated Press, WXIA-TV, Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Magazine and The Gateway Pundit
New York Post:
Ex-Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife, shoots himself in murder-suicide at million-dollar home amid ‘messy divorce,’ cops say — WASHINGTON — Embattled former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself inside their million-dollar home outside the nation's capital early Thursday, cops said.
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills wife, self amid divorce proceedings, police say
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The Daily Wire, WXIA-TV, WUSA, Us Weekly, RedState, The US Sun, Mediaite, Straight Arrow News and Townhall
The Economist:
J.D. Vance's theory of Trumpism is no match for the practice — This White House is a graveyard for grand strategies — Vice-president j.d. vance loves big ideas, or at least the idea of big ideas. Unlike President Donald Trump, he reads books and even writes his own, and he talks …
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Associated Press:
County prosecutor charges ICE agent with assault for pointing gun at people on Minneapolis highway — The prosecutor believes it is the first criminal case brought against a federal immigration officer involved in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown that surged federal authorities …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Aliya Rahman Files Complaint Against DHS, Sets Stage For Federal Lawsuit — The Minneapolis resident was in a viral video of federal immigration enforcement agents dragging her out of her car on her way to a doctor's appointment. — WASHINGTON — Minneapolis resident Aliya Rahman …
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MacArthur Justice and Mother Jones
Sarah Ewall-Wice / The Daily Beast:
Hegseth Unleashes Bonkers Religious Meltdown at ‘Pharisees’ Media — CHURCH & STATE — The defense secretary went on a biblical tirade against the press that cast Donald Trump as Jesus. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth went on a rant against the press where he told not just Iran …
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
The Department of Justice Is Investigating Sexual Assault Allegations Against Eric Swalwell — Swalwell is also under investigation in Los Angeles and New York. — Copy — The Department of Justice is investigating allegations of sexual assault against former Rep. Eric Swalwell …
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Fox News, New York Post, LAist, The Hill, RedState, MS NOW, The Post Millennial, The Daily Wire, Townhall and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Federal judge sets new limits on Trump ballroom construction — Judge Richard Leon clarified that some national security work can continue while the overall project is halted. — Summary — A federal judge set new limits on President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom …
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New York Magazine, Raw Story, New Republic, The Independent, NewsMax.com and The Hill
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Again Halts Aboveground Construction on Trump's Ballroom
Judge Again Halts Aboveground Construction on Trump's Ballroom
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Politico, NBC News, Fox News, NewsMax.com, Above the Law, Associated Press, CNN, New York Magazine, RedState, Forbes, CBS News, Deadline, Raw Story, Newsweek, The Gateway Pundit, MS NOW, CNBC and WTTG-TV
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
‘Pray With Me Please’: Pete Hegseth Reads Fake Bible Quote From ‘Pulp Fiction’ During Pentagon Prayer Service — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth read a fake Bible quote from Quentin Tarantino's 1994 movie Pulp Fiction during a prayer service at the Pentagon on Wednesday.
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John Leicester / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Europe has ‘maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,’ energy agency head warns — Europe has “maybe six weeks or so” of remaining jet fuel supplies, the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging interview, warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war.
Christopher Hale / Letters from Leo:
After Trump's Attack on Pope Leo, a Bomb Threat Came for His Brother in Suburban Chicago — Make A One-Time Gift to Support My Work — On Wednesday evening, Pope Leo XIV's older brother, John Prevost, was the victim of a bomb threat. — Officers from the New Lenox police …
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NBC Chicago, The Hill, TMZ.com, Reuters, Newsweek, LAmag, The National Pulse, NewsMax.com, MS NOW, Blaze Media and WUSA
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts — NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network's existence, totaling $113 million. They will go toward fueling innovation in NPR's use of digital technology, increasing its connection with audiences …
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Washington Post, CBS News, The National Pulse, Fox News, Washington Examiner and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
GOP, Democrats blast Vought for holding back cash: 'You don't have the authority to impound' — Senators from both parties chided the Trump administration Thursday for continuing to withhold funding Congress has approved, more than a year after the White House first froze billions of dollars for temporary “review.”
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HuffPost and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
ICE Has Detained Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé, an 85-Year-Old Widow — Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé moved to Alabama to wed a long-lost friend. But after her new husband died, an inheritance battle exploded and his son used his influence to have her arrested, a probate judge said.
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The Hill
Politico:
Arts commission green-lights Trump's giant arch … “I've been watching very carefully, and the designs just get better and better and better and better and better,” said James McCrery II, an architecture professor at the Catholic University of America and the commission's vice chair.
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NOTUS, NBC News, Washington Examiner, New York Times, Washington Post and ABC News
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
California 2026 Poll: Swalwell Exit from Governor Race Opens Lane for Democrat Xavier Becerra — Home Polls California 2026 Poll: Swalwell Exit from Governor Race Opens Lane for Democrat Xavier Becerra — Economy Top Issue for 41% of Voters, Highest Since April 2025
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Reuters, The Hill, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, RedState, The San Francisco Standard, Newsweek, The Daily Wire, Mercury News and Blaze Media
Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says He'll Nominate Erica Schwartz to Lead CDC — President also names three others to help lead the agency — President Trump said Thursday he will nominate Dr. Erica Schwartz to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — The CDC has been without …
Megan Cerullo / CBS News:
Trump administration set to launch tariff refund portal. Here's what to know. — Add CBS News on Google — The U.S. government is set to launch an online portal next week that lets businesses request refunds for tariffs deemed illegal by the Supreme Court.
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National Review, NewsMax.com, The National Pulse, Reason and Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
Cuba Tried to Deliver Secret Letter Directly to Trump Via Businessman — Analysts saw missive as an attempt to go around Marco Rubio, though it's unclear whether message reached president — In an unusual attempt to get President Trump's ear, the grandson of Cuban leader Raúl Castro tapped …
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Raw Story
Chris Sommerfeldt / Politico:
Mamdani and his wife made less than $145,000 last year, tax filings show … Since becoming mayor, though, Mamdani is living quite comfortably under that parameter, drawing more than $258,000 in salary and living rent-free at Gracie Mansion with Duwaji. — Mamdani's office released …
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Associated Press, Business Insider, New York Times and City & State New York
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji apologizes for tweets sent as teenager — Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has apologized in an interview published Wednesday over tweets she made as a teenager. — Duwaji was criticized after old tweets unearthed in March showed her using …
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New York Times, The Independent, Fox News, Townhall, Newsweek and The National Pulse
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Pope James David Vance the First — The vice president has decided he's a more accomplished theologian than Leo XIV. — The Trump administration doesn't seem to have many rules, but one of them is that once the president picks a fight, his posse must show up to support him, no matter how ill-advised the conflict.
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Providence and NextDraft
Sam Blum / The Athletic:
This statue was too controversial for a Dallas airport. Why did the Texas Rangers give it a home? — MANSFIELD, Tex. — The Texas Rangers have rarely been an organization that shies away from controversy. But when they prepared for their latest announcement earlier this year …
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Washington Examiner, Townhall and The Federalist
Finya Swai / Politico:
Franklin Graham defends Trump from backlash over image depicting himself as Jesus … While several pro-Trump Christians moved to publicly condemn the president for the post, which they called “blasphemous,” Graham — who is the son of evangelist Billy Graham — instead took a different approach …
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The Hill, Breitbart, Washington Times, New Republic, Raw Story, Newsweek, Mediaite and Adam Kinzinger
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasts progressivism as threat to America — He said values in the Declaration of Independence have “fallen out of favor.” — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Wednesday delivered a televised broadside against progressivism …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Republicans in Congress back Army secretary amid clash with Hegseth — Dan Driscoll, the top political appointee in the Army, gave his first public testimony since Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forced out the service's top officer. — Summary — House Republicans on Thursday threw …


