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Politico:
GOP calls off votes after contentious meeting on ‘anti-weaponization’ fund — Senate GOP leaders have canceled plans to vote this week on a party-line immigration enforcement bill, a major setback as lawmakers contend with President Donald Trump's personal political agenda.
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Pulls Measure to End Iran War, Lacking Votes to Defeat It — House Republican leaders abruptly scrapped a planned vote on a measure to direct President Trump to end the conflict or win authorization for it, amid party defections and absences. — House Republicans on Thursday abruptly canceled …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Dumb and dumber, Republican-style — Purging Sens. John Cornyn and Bill Cassidy sacrifices intelligence in scarce supply in the GOP. — This week, the Republican Party has accomplished something difficult: It made itself stupider. It subtracted from its already shallow reservoir …
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Newsweek, Alaska Public Media and Raw Story
Axios:
House Republicans scrap vote to rein in Trump's war in Iran — House GOP leadership pulled a scheduled vote Thursday to rein in President Trump's military campaign in Iran after it became clear they did not have the votes to defeat it. … - Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) …
The Hill:
Republicans punt on reconciliation amid furious disagreement over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
Republicans punt on reconciliation amid furious disagreement over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
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New York Times, CBS News, New Republic and Daily Caller News Foundation
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump eyes more GOP targets for revenge in 2028
Trump eyes more GOP targets for revenge in 2028
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Sara Tenenbaum / CBS News:
All charges dismissed against “Broadview Six,” defense says grand jury transcript revealed “gross misconduct” — Add CBS News on Google — All remaining charges against the “Broadview Six” defendants have been dismissed with prejudice, U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros announced in court Thursday afternoon.
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Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
‘Broadview Six’ charges dropped as Chicago's top federal prosecutor admits case was tainted by misconduct — Chicago's top federal prosecutor announced Thursday he was dropping charges against the remaining members of the “Broadview Six” in a stunning hearing that revealed apparent misconduct …
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New Republic and Talking Points Memo
Democratic National Committee:
A Message from DNC Chair Ken Martin on the DNC's 2024 After Action Report — I was elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee three months after one of the most painful and consequential election losses for Democrats in modern history. It was a punch to the gut, and people were pissed off.
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CNN:
Read the DNC's 2024 autopsy obtained by CNN — Democratic Natl Committee Democratic Natl Convention US elections — CNN is publishing a copy of a report into why Democrats lost the 2024 presidential election conducted at the request of Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Autopsy of the autopsy: How the DNC's 2024 post-mortem turned into a crisis — Democratic Natl Committee Democratic Natl Convention US elections Joe Biden — First, the Democratic National Committee's autopsy of the 2024 election was slated to come out last spring.
Politico:
'The report's so stupid': The DNC 2024 autopsy is roiling Democrats
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
DNC releases 2024 autopsy, with chair apologizing for ‘creating an even bigger distraction’
DNC releases 2024 autopsy, with chair apologizing for ‘creating an even bigger distraction’
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UPI, Associated Press, Mother Jones, The Post Millennial, The Hill, New York Post, Townhall, New York Sun, RedState, The Guardian and Mediaite
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
Homeland Security's Plan to Squeeze International Flights — Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term. — In early April, shortly after Markwayne Mullin took over the Department of Homeland Security, he floated an idea on Fox News …
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Politico:
Bipartisan House effort aims to kill ‘anti-weaponization’ fund — A bipartisan House effort is afoot to kill the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund created by the Justice Department that could pay allies of President Donald Trump, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss the effort ahead of a formal announcement.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
GOP Rep. won't rule out tapping into DOJ fund
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will ‘Try and Make’ Son's Wedding, but Timing ‘Not Good’ — President Trump said the war with Iran and “other things” would make it difficult for him to make the wedding this weekend. — It's your classic dilemma. — You are president of the United States, and you've started a war in Iran that's not going your way.
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Robert Kagan / The Atlantic:
Trump's Endgame Is Surrender
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Raw Story, Al Jazeera and Jewish Insider
Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Trump says he'll ‘try’ to make son Don Jr.'s wedding this weekend: ‘Not good timing for me’
Trump says he'll ‘try’ to make son Don Jr.'s wedding this weekend: ‘Not good timing for me’
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NBC News, The Atlantic, Page Six, Washington Times, TMZ.com, New Republic, Raw Story, Mediaite and Newsweek
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump's Fund Shows Blanche Choosing Loyalty Over Pushing Back — Once seen by some as the most conventional of President Trump's political appointees, Todd Blanche has taken off the gloves in his new role as acting attorney general. — Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Ex-Proud Boys Leader: Jan. 6 Rioters Will Use Govt. Payouts for ‘Campaigns’ and ‘Organizations’
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump's allies are already lining up to apply to his $1.8 billion fund
Trump's allies are already lining up to apply to his $1.8 billion fund
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump, facing GOP blowback, sends 5,000 troops to Poland — President Trump said on Thursday that the U.S. is sending 5,000 additional troops to Poland, a week after the Pentagon cancelled the long-planned deployment of 4,000 service members to the Central European country.
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
US sending 5,000 troops to Poland as it draws down forces in Germany
US sending 5,000 troops to Poland as it draws down forces in Germany
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The Gateway Pundit and Newsweek
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Trump says he's postponing signing an executive order on AI out of concern it would hurt AI industry — President Donald Trump called off a Thursday signing ceremony for a new order on artificial intelligence because he worried it could dull America's edge on AI technology.
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Trump approval among Republicans at new low in Fox News poll — A new Fox News poll shows President Trump's approval rating has reached an all-time low with Republicans as the issues of affordability, job growth and the economy remain top of mind for voters across the country.
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The Intercept:
ICE Recruitment Tweets Are So Racist That Cops Feared They Could Incite Neo-Nazi Violence — Colorado law enforcement officials warned their counterparts across the country that social media posts by the Department of Homeland Security recruiting for ICE contained so many white supremacist themes …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
8 Democrats Help Pass GOP Bill Forcing Teachers To Out Transgender Students — The bill requires educators to get parental consent for changing a student's pronouns or preferred names on any school forms. It also bans teachers from talking about trans people at all.
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LGBTQ Nation, Gay City News, Erin In The Morning, Advocate, Deseret News and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Democrats' Midterm Strength Masks Fierce Divides and Frustration, Poll Shows — Democratic voters are in a combative, anti-establishment mood, unhappy with their party and disagreeing about its best path forward, a New York Times/Siena poll found. — The Democratic Party is entering …
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The Daily Caller and The Hill
Politico:
RFK Jr. announces ‘the largest autism fraud bust in American history’ and it's in Minnesota … Minnesota was also at the center of Democratic resistance to President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign. Federal agents killed two protesters in the state earlier this year …
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New York Times, The Guardian, Washington Times and RedState
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New Republic:
Donald Trump Is Finally Cracking Up for Real — Angelo Carusone and Aaron Rupar share a distinction that we imagine many Americans would happily cede to them: They have likely watched more Donald Trump rallies, speeches, and press briefings than any other living Americans.
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
New York City 2026 Congressional Polling: NY-07, NY-10, NY-12 — New Emerson College Polling/PIX 11 surveys measure key New York City Democratic congressional primaries in New York's 7th, 10th, and 12th districts. — NY-07: Valdez 23%, Reynoso 21%, Won 13%
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The Hill, Jewish Insider, New York Magazine and Gothamist
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The New Blood Libel — This is what globalizing the intifada looks like. — the synagogue where I was bar mitzvahed was built in 1963. The Nazi Holocaust of the Jews of Europe had ended only 18 years before. But those nightmares seemed remote from the verdant and prosperous cul-de-sac …
John Hudson / Washington Post:
U.S. bears brunt of Israel's missile defense, Pentagon assessments show — Amid hostilities with Iran, the American military expended far more advanced interceptors to protect Israel than Israeli forces did, according to Defense Department data. — Summary
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The Daily Caller, The Parnas Perspective and Atlantic Council
ACLU of Florida:
Civil Rights Lawyers Secure $485,000 Settlement for FWC Biologist Fired Over Charlie Kirk Social Media Post — Brittney Brown Vindicated After State Terminated Her Employment for Constitutionally Protected Speech on Private Instagram Account … Florida officials have agreed to resolve Brown's claims …
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Associated Press, MS NOW and Reason

