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5:30 PM ET, June 2, 2026

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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Trump to Get Audit Immunity as $1.8 Billion Fund in Doubt  —  The agreement would bar the government from probing past tax filings from the president and his businesses.  —  US officials are continuing with an agreement that bars the government from probing past tax filings from President Donald Trump …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is dead, acting AG says … But Republican senators have been hopeful Blanche would make clear in his testimony that the administration would abandon this effort altogether, which could clear the way for Congress to vote on the party-line package with fewer political headaches.
Reuters:
Trump's $1.8 billion ‘weaponization’ fund is not moving forward, acting AG Blanche says  —  The Trump administration is abandoning the president's nearly $1.8 billion “weaponization” fund, U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers on Tuesday, after an intense and rare backlash from Republican senators.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Corrupt IRS Shakedown Backfires Badly as GOPers Turn on Him
ABC News:
How Trump has used the presidency to benefit himself and his allies
Discussion: The Independent
Jordain Carney / Politico:
DOJ's ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ backtrack fails to calm Senate Republicans
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
DOJ fund is ‘being set aside,’ Johnson says amid GOP confusion
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Housing Official and Enforcer Named Top Intelligence Chief  —  What We're Covering Today  — National Intelligence: President Trump announced on Tuesday that he was naming Bill Pulte, a home-building heir who runs the Federal Housing Finance Agency …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Top US spy agencies feud over turf, mission
Discussion: Straight Arrow
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump loyalist Pulte gets oversight of vast U.S. intel
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump names William Pulte as acting intelligence head
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Roger Stone helped Trump choose an unorthodox new intel adviser
Discussion: Mediaite and Los Angeles Times
Reuters:   Trump appoints ally Bill Pulte as acting US intelligence director
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:   Johnson on Pulte  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said he is deferring to President Donald Trump …
Politico:
Trump names Bill Pulte acting director of national intelligence
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Mullin refuses to commit to following court orders for DHS  —  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin repeatedly refused Tuesday to commit to following court orders from judges who rule that the Department of Homeland Security is acting illegally.  In his first appearance …
Tony Romm / New York Times:
New Proposal Would Allow Administration to Block Grants if They Don't Support Trump's Agenda  —  A new proposal would allow the administration to block grants if they do not satisfy President Trump's agenda or support what it calls “anti-American” values.  —  The White House is seeking …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Pentagon hires convicted Jan. 6 rioter for sensitive counterterrorism job  —  The Trump administration's appointment of Elias Irizarry, who was 19 at the time of the Capitol attack, has alarmed some in the Defense Department.  —  Summary  —  A convicted Jan. 6 rioter who later …
The White House:
Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  The United States continues to lead the world in Artificial Intelligence …
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Woman held by ICE for 25 days, despite U.S. citizenship claim, gets a passport  —  Attorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales had presented a Maryland birth certificate and other documents as proof of her U.S. citizenship.  —  The Maryland woman arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump to speak at the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner  —  The rescheduled dinner will take place on July 24 at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, Trump said. … “I was asked to be there, and speak, by Weijia Jiang, President of The White House Correspondents' Association …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
White House Correspondents' Dinner rescheduled to July 24
Discussion: Washington Times, ABC News and Mediaite
Eric Katz / NOTUS:
The Federal Government's Insect-Defense Agency Is Infested With Bed Bugs  —  The department sent staff home twice, but has declined to do so a third time after the insects returned.  — Copy  —  A bed bug infestation at an Agriculture Department building is riling agency staff …
Calen Razor / Politico:
Schumer shares few details on meeting with Platner  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer would share no details Tuesday afternoon of his meeting earlier in the day with Graham Platner — the embattled candidate for a Maine Senate seat who was not the New York Democrat's first choice …
Christopher Maag / New York Times:
A Congressman Was Suddenly Absent.  So We Looked.  And Looked.  —  Will the mystery of Tom Kean Jr., a New Jersey representative, finally be solved on Tuesday?  The reporters covering the story will have questions.  —  Representative Tom Kean Jr. has not been seen in public for nearly three months.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Scott Pelley Is the Hero We Need  —  Before we start: Later this week I'll be answering your questions on politics, news, parenting, life, baseball, pinball, watches, backpacks, etc. in a new Triad Video Mailbag.  Get your questions in today, please.  Go here, read the comments …
Ali Winston / Wired:
The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI.  Now It's Coming for Protests  —  The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.  —  A right-wing think tank responsible …
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Ken, Angela Paxton's divorce trial canceled  —  A divorce trial between Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton and his estranged wife will no longer proceed after a state district judge canceled the public proceedings on Tuesday.  —  Collins County judge Lindsey Wynne canceled …
Erin Doherty / Politico:
Trump ally admits political risk of Iran war at campaign event … It's a stark acknowledgement for a representative who has positioned herself as a loyal ally of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, including on the ongoing war, and repeatedly voted against limiting the president's military powers.
NBC News:
30 gallons of fuel spilled on National Mall after event for America's 250th birthday  —  Cleanup efforts are underway as Freedom 250, a group created by the Trump administration that organized the event, blames “vandalism.”  —  WASHINGTON — More than 30 gallons of fuel spilled onto …
New York Times:
Rubio Suggests U.S. Return to Global Vaccine Program in Rebuke of Kennedy  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated in pointed testimony to senators that he was reclaiming control of the U.S. relationship with Gavi, an international vaccine alliance.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated …
Discussion: New Republic and Reuters
 
 
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Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Ken Paxton to Meet Trump at White House as Senate Race Heats Up
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Conservative group alleges 6 million were fraudulently enrolled in ACA
Discussion: ACA Signups and NewsMax.com
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
New York plans to help Democrats retain the House in 2028
Discussion: The Hill
Zeeshan Aleem / MS NOW:
Trump's attention span is a huge problem for his Iran crisis
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft - 🤫 ‘Reservoir Dogs’: Trump's Massive Leak Hunt Stalled Out For This Hilarious Reason
Discussion: Raw Story
Chicago Sun Times:
Durbin, Duckworth want Chicago's top federal prosecutor to resign over botched ‘Broadview Six’ case
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and New Republic
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Why young America is trending socialist
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Wall Street Journal:
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James Gallagher / BBC:
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