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Washington Post:
With GOP wins on election maps, Democrats have a steeper climb to victory  —  Democrats said a House majority is still within reach after losing a court challenge in Virginia.  —  Summary  —  Republicans are eight seats closer to keeping control of the House since President Donald Trump …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Republicans Are Building an Advantage in Redistricting.  How Much Is It Worth?  —  Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.  —  The redistricting wars heading into the November midterm elections had been in a stalemate, with each party's tit-for-tat gerrymanders roughly canceling each other out.
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
This powerful Democrat's job is on the line over redistricting  —  Like the Indiana Republicans who lost their primaries this week, Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson defied his party leaders on redistricting and drew the most competitive challenger of his career.  —  Summary
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
How Minority Districts Fueled the G.O.P.'s Southern Ascendancy in Congress  —  The “majority-minority” House districts struck down by the Supreme Court last week sent a surge of Black and Hispanic lawmakers to Congress.  They also opened opportunities for the G.O.P.
Discussion: The Atlantic and OutsideTheBeltway
New York Times:
Two Court Decisions Have Unleashed an Era of Perpetual Redistricting  —  Four states are considering drawing new maps in the coming weeks.  Another dozen or more could join the fray next year.  —  A coast-to-coast sprint of partisan one-upmanship in which eight states have redrawn …
Discussion: Politico and Althouse
New York Times:
Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Allow it to Use New Voting Map
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
The Virginia Ruling Was a Gut Punch. Democrats Can Still Win the House
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Republicans Don't Need to Win Elections Anymore. They Just Need Their Judges.
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
Hantavirus misinformation runs rampant as the US is unequipped to respond to infectious disease health scare  —  The US's withdrawal from the WHO - and cuts to the country's health system - stymie officials' response  —  The outbreak of hantavirus on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius illuminates major gaps …
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Mike Stobbe / Associated Press:
Experts wonder ‘Where is the CDC?’ as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
Quinn Yeargain / The Downballot:
How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court  —  Virginia Democrats are looking for a way to overturn the state Supreme Court's Friday decision invalidating the constitutional amendment temporarily adopting new congressional districts that a majority of voters ratified last month.
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Trump throws his base a UFO bone, but critics say it's Iran ‘smoke and mirrors’  —  President Donald Trump's release of declassified UFO files on Friday drew excitement from longtime transparency advocates — and immediate skepticism from critics on both the Left and Right who argued the timing …
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Pentagon releases dozens of UFO files offering transparency on ‘alien and extraterrestrial life’
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOJ sees fallout after push to prosecute former FBI director James Comey  —  Several prosecutors have left the Justice Department, others are considering doing so, and at least one major case has been disrupted.  —  Summary  —  More than a half-dozen prosecutors have been demoted or pushed …
Discussion: Fox News
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump's ruthless midterm power play  —  President Trump is flexing his dominance over the Republican Party to stamp out primaries that would bleed party coffers and fracture the GOP ahead of a treacherous midterm election. … - He endorsed 95 percent of the 217-member House GOP Conference …
Discussion: Our Revolution
Paul Sonne / New York Times:
Russia Has Lost More Than 350,000 Soldiers, New Estimate Finds  —  The number raises the prospect that about half a million soldiers in total have died on the Russian and Ukrainian sides.  —  About 352,000 Russian soldiers had died in the war against Ukraine through the end of 2025 …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Ballroom Suddenly Faces GOP Opposition in Surprise Blow to MAGA  —  After a gunman allegedly attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last month, Senator John Fetterman seized on the moment to accuse his fellow Democrats of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Politico:
Wiles cracks down on leaks  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
Chris Buckley / New York Times:
How China's Leader Lost Faith in His Generals  —  Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States.  But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to run them.  —  The purge China's leader, Xi Jinping …
Astead Herndon / Vox:
The progressive plan to reclaim the working class  —  For years, one of the bedrock adages of electoral politics was “it's the economy, stupid.”  The quip, coined by former Bill Clinton strategist James Carville, warned party leaders that economic concerns will always outrank other issues in the mind of voters
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US imposes sanctions on Chinese companies for allegedly helping Iran  —  State department says groups provided satellite imagery that enabled Tehran to strike American forces in Middle East  —  The US has imposed sanctions on three Chinese commercial satellite companies for allegedly providing support …
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Justice Department moves to strip 12 Americans of their citizenship  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday it is seeking to denaturalize a dozen people from various parts of the country who are accused of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship.
Matt Viser / The Atlantic:
Is Marco Rubio the Happiest Cabinet Member?  —  It's a low bar, perhaps, but no one in the Trump administration seems to be having more fun at the moment than Marco Rubio.  Last weekend, he was acting as a DJ at a family wedding, headphones to his ear with head and hand pumping to the beat.
Discussion: Semafor and Politico
Politico:
‘Mild panic will set in soon’: GOP donors left to wonder about Trump's $300 million war chest  —  Trump's top advisers insist that it is still early to discuss battle plans for MAGA Inc. … “There is an expectation funds are coming soon,” said a GOP donor, who like others in this story …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Inside the Justice Department's shakeup of the John Brennan investigation
Rebecca Carballo / Politico:
Education Department launches hiring spree in key office, roughly a year after mass layoffs
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Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
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Politico:
White House's ‘lack of organization’ has AI lobbyists fretting
Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
Facing Pressure, Trump Officials Reject Claims They're Softening on Immigration
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Robert Gehrke / Salt Lake Tribune:
Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen resigns amid Utah Legislature's investigation
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Public Notice:
What the Virginia ruling does — and does not — mean for 2026
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Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
US intel community agreed before war 'Iran wasn't developing a nuclear weapon': ex-counterterrorism chief
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