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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Search Desperately for a Response After Virginia Map Is Tossed — A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday's ruling in the state. — Democrats are struggling to respond …
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HotAir, RedState, Reason, Blue Virginia, The Downballot, NPR, JONATHAN TURLEY, twitchy.com and Washington Post
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Democrats now have to win the House vote by 4 points due to Republican gerrymandering — A new analysis by Strength In Numbers reveals the impacts of mid-decade and post-VRA redistricting by Republicans, with the now-missing Democratic counter-gerrymander in Virginia
Discussion:
Digby's Hullabaloo and New York Times
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democratic Candidates Scramble in Virginia After Court Tosses Map
Jan Rosenow / Bright Spots:
Spain just became one of Europe's cheapest power markets. Here is how. — How wind and solar quietly pushed gas off the margin, and the wholesale price followed. — In the first four months of 2026, the average wholesale electricity price in Spain was €44 per megawatt-hour.
Avery Schmitz / CNN:
US intelligence-gathering flights are surging off Cuba — The Caribbean National security Terrorism The Middle East — US military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows.
Discussion:
Bloomberg and NewsMax.com
Politico:
Lawyers: Biden to fight DOJ plan to release audio of his talks with ghostwriter … A spokesperson for Biden confirmed Sunday that he plans to resist release of the audio to the public or to lawmakers. — “President Biden cooperated fully with Special Counsel Hur, and agreed to provide audiotapes …
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Axios, Fox News, NewsMax.com, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Charleston Daily Mail
Robert Kagan / The Atlantic:
Checkmate in Iran — Washington can't reverse or control the consequences of losing this war. — It's hard to think of a time when the United States suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored.
New York Times:
Putin's Forces Are Barely Inching Along on the Battlefield — The Russian military has yet to solve a fundamental problem: how to make big advances in eastern Ukraine when drones are everywhere. — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has sought to convince President Trump that his troops …
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Christian Science Monitor, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Reuters and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
AOC vs. Airbnb — Her contempt for entrepreneurs extends to those who benefit from their products. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) is on a tear, spinning yarns about the American Revolution being an uprising against the rich while complaining that The Post is standing …
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Cafe Hayek and The Guardian
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
Trump Promotes Claim He Has A ‘Better Understanding’ Of The Bible Than Pope Leo — Trump shared a clip of a controversial pastor declaring that the pope is “sincerely wrong when it comes to Iran” just days after Marco Rubio's Vatican meeting. — Donald Trump on Saturday promoted …
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The Independent, Los Angeles Times, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Mediaite and The Hill
Bloomberg:
Iran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ Says — Iran offered to transfer some of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium to a third country in its response to the latest US proposal to end 10 weeks of war, but rejected the idea of dismantling its nuclear facilities, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Washington Post, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Daily Caller, NewsMax.com, New York Times, Al Jazeera, Associated Press, MS NOW, CBS News, Israpundit and Grabien
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Politico:
Former Polish Justice Minister Ziobro flees to US — Fugitive former Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro is now in the United States courtesy of a visa from President Donald Trump after fleeing Hungary. — Ziobro had been in Hungary since 2025 after former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán granted the disgraced minister asylum.
Discussion:
Notes From Poland and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Built and Defended a Secret Iran War Base in Iraq — The base, set up for special forces and search-and-rescue teams, was almost discovered early in the conflict — TEL AVIV—Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran …
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NewsMax.com, Breitbart, The American Conservative, Middle East Monitor, Reuters, Los Angeles Times and New York Times
Washington Post:
Republicans who denied 2020 election results could be governors next year — Electing such candidates for governor would give deniers key oversight of the 2028 presidential election in swing states like Arizona, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. — Just now — Summary
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Vance or Rubio? Trump Muses on Successor as the ‘Kids’ Fill Bigger Roles. — Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are boosting their profiles, generating speculation about who's lining up for the 2028 presidential nomination. — Every now and then …
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The Independent, Washington Examiner, No More Mister Nice Blog and Althouse
