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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 …
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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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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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Alaska Public Media, Newsweek 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, New Republic and CBS News
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
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Audit Immunity for Trump Family Puts I.R.S. in a Bind — Federal law prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from halting an audit at the direction of the president or his aides. — 5 MIN READ — Critics Say the Deal Creates a ‘Slush Fund.’ The Phrase Has a Colorful History. — 7 MIN READ
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New York Times and The Daily Wire
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Democratic National Committee:
A Message from DNC Chair Ken Martin on the DNC's 2024 After Action Report
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Politico:
‘A huge omission’: Everyone is baffled by the exclusion of Gaza in DNC autopsy
‘A huge omission’: Everyone is baffled by the exclusion of Gaza in DNC autopsy
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The Hill, Townhall, Mother Jones and Associated Press
NBC News:
Trump administration live updates: Senate postpones ICE and Border Patrol funding vote; DNC releases 2024 autopsy report
Trump administration live updates: Senate postpones ICE and Border Patrol funding vote; DNC releases 2024 autopsy report
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Raw Story, Washington Times and CBS News
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Autopsy of the autopsy: How the DNC's 2024 post-mortem turned into a crisis
Autopsy of the autopsy: How the DNC's 2024 post-mortem turned into a crisis
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Alayna Treene / CNN:
Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding will be on a small island in the Bahamas — without his father present, sources say — Relationships Trump family The Caribbean — The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., will wed Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson on a small island in the Bahamas this weekend …
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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 — He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat. — The outlines of President Trump's endgame in the Iran war are now emerging. In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday …
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Raw Story and Al Jazeera
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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Just Jared, NBC News, Page Six, New Republic, Mediaite and Newsweek
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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NBC News:
Exclusive: Michael Cohen says he will apply for payments from DOJ's ‘anti-weaponization’ fund — Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer who served nearly three years in prison on tax evasion and other charges, told NBC News he plans to apply for a payout from the Justice Department's so-called anti-weaponization fund.
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CBS News, The Daily Caller, NewsMax.com and IJR
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Politico:
Bipartisan House effort aims to kill ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
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Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, The Daily Caller, Esquire, The Preamble, Mediaite, The Hill, Forbes and NewsMax.com
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
GOP Rep. won't rule out tapping into DOJ fund
GOP Rep. won't rule out tapping into DOJ fund
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CBS News, Fox News, Truthout, PBS NewsHour, Slate, New Republic and Reuters
Matt Friedman / Politico:
Tom Kean Jr.'s absence from Congress makes Democrats bullish they can flip his seat … But others caution they're being “cocky” about taking down Kean, who's never been big on unscripted public appearances anyway. On Thursday, Kean spoke to the New Jersey Globe and reiterated that he'll …
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
Kean says he expects full recovery, confirms re-election bid
Kean says he expects full recovery, confirms re-election bid
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Politico, Raw Story, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Pressure from Silicon Valley helped block Trump's expected order on AI — Industry leaders warned in last-minute calls to the president that the proposed safety vetting system could inhibit development of the pivotal technology. — Summary — Eleventh-hour phone calls with industry leaders …
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Axios, CBS News and Breitbart, more at Techmeme »
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Politico:
Trump yanked AI order after David Sacks raised industry concerns … But during a conversation with Trump, Sacks told the president that companies were already cooperating, and that having the federal government review models before their public release would slow down innovation and harm …
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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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Wall Street Journal, The Gateway Pundit and Newsweek
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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The Guardian, Washington Times, RedState and New York Times
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Washington Post:
Poll shows voter confidence in economy plummeting to a nearly 4-year low — Concerns about rising costs are a problem for Republicans ahead of the midterm elections as Trump struggles to deliver on affordability pledges. — Summary — Americans' confidence in the economy has hit a nearly four-year low …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Acting Navy secretary: Taiwan weapons sales paused to ensure munitions for Iran war — Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said Thursday the U.S. is pausing a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan because of the Trump administration's war with Iran. — Speaking during a Senate Appropriations Defense …
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Responsible Statecraft
CBS News:
Design plan for 250-foot “Arc de Trump” is approved, but 4 lions on the base are now gone — Add CBS News on Google — The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday approved the design for the triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built at an entrance to the nation's capital, a key step in the project's process.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Federal Panel Approves Trump's Plans for a 250-foot Arch in Washington
Federal Panel Approves Trump's Plans for a 250-foot Arch in Washington
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The Guardian, NPR, NOTUS, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Politico, WTTG-TV, The Independent, Associated Press, WUSA, KOB.com and Washington Post
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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Erin In The Morning, Gay City News, Advocate, LGBTQ Nation, Deseret News and Washington Examiner
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 …

