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New York Times:
Hegseth to Campaign for a Republican House Candidate  —  What We're Covering Today  — Justice Department: The Justice Department said that it had created a $1.8 billion fund to compensate supporters of President Trump who felt they had been mistreated by Democratic administrations.
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US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Announces Anti-Weaponization Fund  —  For Immediate Release  —  Part of settlement agreement in President Donald J. Trump v. Internal Revenue Service  —  The U.S. Department of Justice today announced that as a part of the settlement agreement in President Donald J …
Associated Press:
Trump moves to dismiss $10B suit over leak of tax returns after reports of a resolution  —  President Donald Trump on Monday moved to withdraw his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns after reports that a resolution of the case was close at hand.
New York Times:
Trump Withdraws His $10 Billion Suit Against the I.R.S.  —  The dismissal appears to be part of the Trump administration's effort to effectively settle the case, which stemmed from the leak of his tax returns in 2019.  —  President Trump withdrew his lawsuit demanding at least $10 billion …
Washington Post:
Trump's deal to drop suit against IRS creates $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
Discussion: CNN and Sean Hannity
Politico:
DOJ rolls out nearly $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization fund’ as part of Trump's IRS settlement
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:   House Democrats accuse Trump of ‘corruption unparalleled’ over IRS settlement talks
New York Times:
Trump's Approval Sinks Amid Unpopular War, Darkening G.O.P. Prospects  —  With the midterms nearing, President Trump's approval rating has hit a second-term low as voters question his handling of the economy, according to the latest New York Times/Siena poll.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Crack in the Polling Floor Puts Trump in New Territory  —  A 37 percent approval rating in a new Times/Siena poll suggests the G.O.P. is facing a big midterm problem despite recent redistricting gains.  —  Over the last decade, it's often been said that President Trump's support has a low ceiling but a high floor.
Discussion: Wonkette, twitchy.com and The Hill
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump's economic polling is in freefall … - About 37% of voters approve of Trump's job performance, per a New York Times/Siena poll released Monday, down 3% from the last poll conducted in January.  — While Republicans still broadly back the president, 69% of independents …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:   Trump's Fox Cabinet urges escalation as he ponders a return to war in Iran
Politico:
War's peril for Trump — and the world
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
A Different Kind of Fading President  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  When Donald Trump took the oath of office last January, he was the oldest president to begin a term, clocking in at 78 years and 220 days.
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Trump Has Done More Than Misjudge Iran  —  In January, Stephen Miller gave a blustery and revealing interview to the CNN journalist Jake Tapper.  Flush with the triumph of the military raid to abduct Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, Miller was taking a victory lap.
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Rages Wildly at Journo—and Exposes Big Iran Blunder
Discussion: New York Times and Robert Reich
Darius Tahir / KFF Health News:
Trump Bought Stock in Drugmaker as His Government Boosted Its Obesity Drugs  —  President Donald Trump earlier this year bought as much as $680,000 in stock of Eli Lilly, the maker of blockbuster obesity drugs, as the agencies he oversees undertook an agenda that largely benefited the company.
Discussion: STAT
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The smoking guns in Trump's new financial disclosure
Discussion: Raw Story and The Bulwark
New York Times:
Over 100,000 Family Separations in Deportation Push, Report Estimates  —  The Brookings Institution suggests that federal statistics are an undercount because immigrant parents are not being asked about or not disclosing their American children.  —  Ledy Ordonez was on the job …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Tillis pops up against GOP's new reconciliation bill  —  Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has told his colleagues in unequivocal terms that he will not vote for the budget reconciliation bill if the Senate considers it this week, according to two people familiar.
New York Times:
ICE Agent Charged in Shooting of a Venezuelan Immigrant in Minnesota  —  The agent is the second federal officer to face felony charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.  —  State prosecutors on Monday charged a U.S. Immigration …
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Washington Post:
Trump plans to build helipad at White House  —  The longtime helicopter owner is addressing a persistent problem: The new Marine One helicopters have a history of burning grass.  —  Summary  —  For decades, U.S. presidents have stood, waved and boarded Marine One — the call sign …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers  —  Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.  —  The FBI wants to buy access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) nationwide, which would likely allow the agency to track …
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Trump Gloats About “Making a Fortune” While Americans Suffer  —  As his war in Iran wreaks havoc, Trump is fixated on personal glory and enrichment.  —  Pocket  —  Donald Trump is annoyed that he can't celebrate the massive profits oil companies are making due to the war he launched in the Middle East.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran's new offer is insufficient, risks war resumption: Senior U.S. official  —  Iran has given an updated proposal for a deal to end the war, but the White House believes it is not a meaningful improvement and is insufficient for a deal, a senior U.S. official and a source briefed on the issue told Axios.
Wall Street Journal:
Dad Books Are a Dying Breed  —  Sales have been sliding for nonfiction titles about politics, biographies and other books often aimed at men
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
Trump's MAGA Supreme Court lawyer breaks tradition, but the justices embrace it  —  Supreme Court Donald Trump Supreme Court justices Voting rights  —  Over the past year, US Solicitor General D. John Sauer has been pushing the boundaries of the law at the Supreme Court with a delivery that is quickfire …
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The real reason RFK Jr. is coming for your antidepressants  —  The HHS Secretary's attacks on psychiatric medication follow a pattern of putting politics over public health  —  The siren call was apparently irresistible.  “Kennedy Starts a Push to Help Americans Quit Antidepressants,” …
Discussion: New Republic
Jack Birle / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court to decide if Title IX discrimination protections include employees  —  The Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear a case determining if employees of a federally funded school may sue for sex discrimination under Title IX, something students at those schools may already do under federal law.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and The Hill
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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Colin Meyn / The Hill:
Pentagon pauses Canada joint military board, pointing to Carney remarks
Discussion: NOTUS, UPI and Jacobin
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
FDA's top drug regulator ousted amid agency upheaval
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court sends closely watched Native American voting rights decision back to lower court
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