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Duaa Eldeib / ProPublica:
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth — They entered the world the way babies should, with piercing cries announcing their arrival. They passed their newborn screening tests. Some made it to their 2-week wellness visits without concern.
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Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
FBI probing leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel, sources say — The FBI has launched a criminal leak investigation focusing on an Atlantic magazine journalist who wrote a deeply unflattering account last month of Director Kash Patel's work habits, two people familiar with the matter told MS NOW.
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
A Dangerous New Attack on Press Freedom — According to MS NOW, the FBI has launched an investigation into an Atlantic reporter. — The Trump administration's war against freedom of the press has reached a startling new low. — According to a report this morning from MS NOW …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: U.S. and Iran closing in on one-page memo to end war, officials say — The White House believes it's getting close to an agreement with Iran on a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations, according to two U.S. officials …
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Gulf States Fear an Emboldened Iran Is Taking Advantage of a Hesitant U.S.
Reuters:
Iran says it wants a ‘comprehensive agreement’ with US
Iran says it wants a ‘comprehensive agreement’ with US
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Washington Post:
Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show … Iranian airstrikes have damaged or destroyed at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites across the Middle East since the war began, hitting hangars, barracks, fuel depots …
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The Scandal That Should Be the End for Fratboy Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — BLOWING UP YOUR SPOT — If this massive Iran cover-up doesn't cost Pete Hegseth his job, nothing will. — OPINION — Not since Vietnam have we seen a more systematic effort by an administration to lie about the nature …
Associated Press:
FBI searches Virginia Senate leader's office as part of corruption probe, AP source says — The FBI searched the Virginia state Senate leader's office on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation, a person familiar with the matter said. — The search at Virginia …
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Elissa Salamy / WTTG-TV:
Virginia lawmaker's office raided in FBI probe — PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The FBI is executing search warrants at the office of a top Virginia lawmaker as part of a corruption investigation, according to FOX News. — The Brief — The FBI is executing search warrants at the office …
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
F.B.I. Agents Raid Virginia Politician's Office
F.B.I. Agents Raid Virginia Politician's Office
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CNN:
CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87 — Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises.
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NBC News:
Republicans propose $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to secure Trump ballroom — The president said repeatedly that the White House ballroom would be privately funded but has raised security concerns, particularly in light of the correspondents' dinner shooting.
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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Exclusive / GOP risks ‘distraction and liability’ with East Wing money
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Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
Wait. What? A *$1 Billion* Ballroom?
Wait. What? A *$1 Billion* Ballroom?
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Ballroom and ICE Bill Would Add $72 Billion To Deficit
GOP Ballroom and ICE Bill Would Add $72 Billion To Deficit
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Republicans Unveil Map Carving Up Tennessee's Majority-Black House District — The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state's lone Democratic district. — Tennessee Republicans on Wednesday proposed …
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Tennessee unveils new congressional map poised to erase Dem seat
Tennessee unveils new congressional map poised to erase Dem seat
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Christopher Hale / Letters from Leo:
“Would It Matter If I Told You I'm Pope Leo?” — The Bank Teller Who Hung Up on Robert Prevost — Thank you for reading! Letters from Leo is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, become a free or paid subscriber. — Subscribe — Make A One-Time Gift to Support My Work
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Corinne Purtill / Los Angeles Times:
RFK Jr. clears path for minors' use of tanning beds, much to the dismay of dermatologists — 6 min Click here to listen to this article — Days before the 2024 presidential election, future Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a statement on X promising to end …
Washington Post:
Poll finds broad rejection of religion-related messages from Trump, Hegseth — Americans rate Pope Leo positively but are deeply critical of the president's social media post that appeared to depict him as Jesus, the Post-ABC-Ipsos poll found. — Summary
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Trump renews offensive against Pope Leo, claims pontiff is ‘endangering’ Catholics
Trump renews offensive against Pope Leo, claims pontiff is ‘endangering’ Catholics
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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
A Look Inside the Case That Enshrined Political Power for Billionaires … For a brief moment in American history, the rich didn't control politics. — Back in 1974, in the wake of the Watergate scandal, Congress passed new campaign finance restrictions that would have largely eliminated …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
John Roberts Believes in an America That Doesn't Exist — “Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield,” President Lyndon Johnson declared as he signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965. “This act flows from a clear and simple wrong,” he continued.
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CNN:
Exclusive: Deleted tweets reveal new surgeon general pick criticized Trump and RFK Jr. health policies — Donald Trump Vaccines Trump appointments Disability issues — Just two months before she was selected as President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier suggested …
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Nature:
Systematic partisan content skews in TikTok during the 2024 US elections — Hazem Ibrahim orcid.org/0000-0003-2165-214X 1 na1, - HyunSeok Daniel Jang orcid.org/0009-0002-6964-5862 1 na1, - Nouar Aldahoul orcid.org/0000-0001-5522-0033 1, - Aaron R. Kaufman orcid.org/0000-0003-3688-0428 2 …
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Sanya Mansoor / The Guardian:
TikTok's algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds
TikTok's algorithm favored Republican content in 2024 US elections, study finds
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Financial Times:
US fuel exports hit record in boon for oil companies and threat to Trump — Hormuz closure prompts surge in buying from Asia and Europe — US fuel exports have surged to a record level as Europe and Asia lean on American energy supplies to make up for the shortfalls caused by the war in Iran.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
I Doubt EPA Head Lee Zeldin Will Do Anything About the Impending Climate Disaster in Louisiana — A new report found that the state's coastal areas have “crossed the point of no return.” — Every product was carefully curated by an Esquire editor. We may earn a commission from these links.
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: Trump blamed for gas prices as Democrats gain midterm edge — With gas prices continuing to surge, more than 8 in 10 Americans said pain at the pump is putting a strain on their household budgets — and a strong majority blames President Trump, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll.
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Alito's Intriguing Footnote — He hints at a delay in releasing the Louisiana v. Callais decision. — Click for Sound — Exchanges at the Supreme Court are getting testier, as one this week between Associate Justices Samuel Alito and Ketanji Brown Jackson attests.
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US Department of Justice:
Texas Man Charged in Shooting at Secret Service Agent Near the Washington Monument on the National Mall — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia — Vice Presidential Motorcade Was Passing Nearby, Just South of the White House
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