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NBC News:
Chuck Schumer lays out Democrats' plan to fight Trump's ‘anti-weaponization’ fund in the Senate — The minority leader told members that Democrats would force Republicans to vote on the $1.8 billion fund. … “This week, Senate Democrats will launch a coordinated effort to kill the slush fund …
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Politico:
Capitol agenda: Trump fund angst keeps GOP agenda in limbo — Welcome back to the bad place. After leaving town late last month for a one-week recess, House and Senate GOP leaders are returning to a slew of familiar problems threatening to leave their midterm-year agenda stalled in perennial limbo.
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Fox News
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Trump's Moves Illustrate How Much He Cares About the Midterms
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The Argument and Raw Story
Punchbowl News:
6/1/26☀️ AM: — The Senate is in session today. The House doesn't return until Wednesday.
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Raw Story
Jack Fitzpatrick / MS NOW:
Democrats plan to put Republicans in the hot seat with Trump's $1.8 billion fund
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The Hill, Associated Press, The Independent, Newsweek and The Daily Caller
Yomna Ehab / Reuters:
US says it struck Iranian military sites, Tehran responds with air base attack — The U.S. said it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend and Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday it had targeted a U.S. base in response, the latest exchange of attacks amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war.
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Reuters, The Japan Times, The Independent and NewsMax.com
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
US bombs Iranian military sites and Kuwait is hit by drone and missile fire — The United States said Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran then said it launched a strike of its own, and Kuwait reported incoming fire.
Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
U.S. Says It Hit More Military Targets in Southern Iran
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The Hill, CBS News, Straight Arrow, Washington Examiner and Middle East Monitor
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
A Democrat in Iowa tests whether attacking Schumer pays off — The race is the first of three Senate primaries that will show whether midterm voters prefer a moderate message or a fiery indictment of the establishment. — Summary — MASON CITY, Iowa — Two Democrats running …
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Politico
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Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
In Trump's Physical Report, Doctors See Gaps in Details — What's absent from the readouts of presidential checkups has gained attention since Biden was diagnosed with cancer after leaving office — The White House memorandum describing President Trump's recent physical examination lacks details …
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The Independent
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Hits the Stalemate Phase of His International Interventions, and It Stings — In Ukraine, Gaza and now Iran, President Trump's early declarations of easy wins have given way to harsh reality. — President Trump likes his military and diplomatic victories quick, clean and decisive.
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NewsMax.com and Semafor
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Mike Zapler / Axios:
Platner tests Democrats' tolerance for scandal — Donald Trump shattered long-held political norms when Republicans elected him twice despite scandals that would have sunk most candidates. Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is testing whether Democrats are willing to play by the same rules.
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Slow Boring, Breitbart, New York Post, Fox News, The Guardian, NewsMax.com and MS NOW
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Washington Post:
The Platner sexting controversy and what it could mean for Democrats
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Mikie Sherrill's state police riot in Newark is a national disgrace — When Donald Trump was first elected president in 2016 and the United States began its decade-long spiral into authoritarian madness, there arose a popular meme: Whatever you think you would have done to stop the rise …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump is taking a wrecking ball to U.S. alliances around the world — Trashing America's European partners while undermining its Asian allies' security. — The “secret sauce” of American power in the post-1945 era has been the country's network of alliances.
Esther Webber / Politico:
Steve Hilton smashed up UK politics — now he wants to upend California's — The onetime British Conservative Party adviser has a shot at making the top-two runoff in next week's gubernatorial primary. — LONDON — If Steve Hilton succeeds in making it past next week's gubernatorial primary in California …
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Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
He Was Satirized on British TV. Now He's Trump's Pick to Lead California.
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The Daily Sceptic and Breitbart
Matt Laslo / Raw Story:
Convicted pedophile and Trump insiders handed Congress access in credentialing mess — EDITOR'S NOTE: Raw Story writer Matt Laslo's congressional bureau, The LCB, has been credentialed by the Radio-Television Correspondents' Association (RTCA) since 2012. — WASHINGTON — America's …
Associated Press:
Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into the country in 26 years — Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday.
ProPublica:
“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden's Crackdown on Gun Trafficking — Reporting Highlights — Less Gun Enforcement: The ATF referred 30% fewer gun-trafficking charges during Trump's first year than the year prior. The number of referrals prosecutors declined also rose.
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California is drowning in internet campaign ‘slop.’ 2028 is next. … Ahead of this year's elections, the Golden State thought it was prepared to regulate a new wave of internet activity on the campaign trail. But the novel tactics are exploiting glaring weaknesses in California's ability …
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Washington Monthly
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Ex-Biden aides give Jill's new book a frosty review … - The backlash comes as excerpts from the book — “View from the West Wing: A Memoir” — appeared online and the former first lady sat for her first interview since her husband left office in January 2025.
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Townhall, Althouse, NewsMax.com and New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Promise to Wreck the Supreme Court — Thirteen Justices. No control over the docket. They're serious about it. — Click for Sound — Democrats are likely to retake the House and maybe the Senate in November, which is reason to ask: What would they do with that power?
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Raw Story
Matt Friedman / Politico:
New Jersey's House primaries show rising influence of money over bosses … “There's a little bit of a perfect storm happening,” Altman said in a phone interview, citing the influx of outside money, the district's dearth of past competitive elections and a depleted press corps to keep tabs on such a huge field.
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Associated Press
Iran International:
Iran's president offers resignation, citing total takeover by IRGC commanders — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has submitted an official letter of resignation to the Office of the Supreme Leader, a source familiar with the matter told Iran International.
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Jerusalem Post, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein's Sperm May Have Survived Him — Mr. Epstein banked his sperm several years before his death and said that if he died, it should be left in the control of his estate. — Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019, but his genetic material may live on. — Emails and records …
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Raw Story
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