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New York Times:
Bombs, Bargains and Bluster: Trump's Iran Approach Sows Confusion  —  President Trump's pendulum swings on Iran have often seemed driven by mood and moment rather than any discernible strategy.  —  Three months after President Trump launched war on Iran, his seemingly haphazard approach …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Vance says U.S. and Iran are “very close” to a deal
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
U.S. and Iran Move Toward Agreement to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Josephine Walker / Axios:
DOJ probe targets Hoffman nonprofit tied to Carroll case … - Hoffman, a LinkedIn co-founder, has donated millions to Democratic causes and the party over the years and is a longtime Trump critic. … - “It's related to E. Jean Carroll and her deposition, but she is not the subject of the investigation.”
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOJ probes Democratic-allied nonprofit that helped pay E. Jean Carroll's legal bills
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Milli Vanilli and Morris Day say they won't perform at Trump-linked Freedom 250's DC shows  —  A day after the President Donald Trump -affiliated Freedom 250 announced the “first wave” of performers for “The Great American State Fair” shows on Washington's National Mall in June and July …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Artists bail on D.C. bash for America's 250th birthday after being listed on the lineup
Politico:   Trump's Monumental Legacy
Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Bessent blasts Washington Post reporting on Trump appearing on $250 banknote  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was the latest host of the White House press briefing, where on Thursday he took aim at reporting from The Washington Post about a planned commemorative $250 bill with President Trump's face on it.
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Treasury Prepares to Make Trump the Face of a New $250 Bill
Financial Times:
Vietnam moves its dead for Trump golf course  —  Project has become symbolically important for relations between Washington and Hanoi  —  In a small cemetery nestled between fruit farms in northern Vietnam, farmers who for decades buried their dead near family plantations are digging up the graves.
Politico:
‘Why are we talking about this?’:  Democrats are furious that the Bidens won't go away … Leading Democrats say it's an unnecessary distraction as they push to keep their party focused on a critical midterm — and what voters truly care about.  —  “We don't need to be distracted by what the DNC says about the autopsy.
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Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:
Jill Biden says she was ‘frightened’ that Joe Biden was ‘having a stroke’ during 2024 debate
Bloomberg Law:
Eleanor Ross Is US Judge Reprimanded for Sex in Chambers  —  Eleanor Ross is the federal district court judge who was subject to a private reprimand for having sex with a police officer in chambers in earshot of law clerks, according to a person familiar with the situation.
New York Times:
CBS News Names Outsider to Lead ‘60 Minutes’ as Part of Major Shake-Up  —  Bari Weiss, CBS's editor in chief, named Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and filmmaker, as the show's executive producer.  The network also fired two on-air correspondents.  —  In a bid to remake the country's top …
Anna Kramer / NOTUS:
The Trump Administration Is Spending $5 Million to Coat Horse Statues in Gold  —  The Interior Department quickly gave nearly $100 million in contracts in a rush to beautify D.C.  — Copy  —  Four massive bronze horses positioned along the roads surrounding the Lincoln Memorial still shine …
Dan Vergano / Scientific American:
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants  —  These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque  —  On Thursday the White House released long-anticipated draft regulations that …
Discussion: Elizabeth Ginexi and New York Post
Washington Post:
He hasn't been seen in Congress for months.  Now Republicans are worried.  —  Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s New Jersey district is among the country's most competitive, and his absence from the House since March has sparked increasing alarm in his party.  —  Summary
Punchbowl News:
5/29/26☀️ AM: … Iowa has been getting consistently redder for a generation now.  —  But Democrats insist their ambitious plans this year are possible thanks to a massive voter backlash against Trump's policies.  A cost-of-living crisis is wreaking havoc on Iowa's rural counties and agricultural economy.
Discussion: Des Moines Register
Zachary Basu / Axios:
AI billionaires brace for pitchforks … - Populist politicians, particularly on the left, have cast this as capitalism's next great reckoning: an even deeper concentration of wealth and power in an economy already rigged for the elite. … Many suggest the answer is not deceleration or wealth taxes, but shared abundance.
Ben Jacobs / Slate:
Why Was the Chief of Staff for a Leading Republican Senate Candidate on a Group Chat With Famous White Nationalists?  —  The chief of staff for Rep. Mike Collins, the front-runner to be Republicans' Senate nominee in Georgia, said he used his congressional position to attempt to free a Holocaust denier from prison.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Brett Kavanaugh just won a surprising victory for racial justice  —  Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a Republican.  He served in a Republican White House, typically votes with the Court's other Republicans, and even sometimes sides with President Donald Trump in major cases that divide the Republican Party.
New York Times:
Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Finds a New Escape: Argentina  —  The billionaire's new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and a shared ideology with Argentina's right-wing leader.  —  The Saturday tournament …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Ruth Igielnik / New York Times:
Latest Indicator of Political Discontent: 43% of Voters Dissatisfied With Both Parties  —  Persistent frustration over the economy and foreign policy have left many Americans feeling politically homeless, and young voters are particularly frustrated.  —  Forty-three percent of voters …
Discussion: Fox News
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Inside Putin's $26 Billion Quest for Longevity  —  From mini-pigs and organ printing to cryotherapy and genetics, Russia's president has turned antiaging research into a Kremlin priority  —  When Vladimir Putin was captured by a hot mic telling Xi Jinping that humans could achieve immortality …
The Atlantic:
If It Quacks Like a Lame Duck....  Trump's moves against GOP incumbents and his lack of focus on pocketbook issues may hasten his political decline.  —  President trump has never really cared about the Republican Party per se.  He basks in its adulation, and it's beneficial to him when the GOP controls Congress.
Ferdinand Knapp / Politico:
Austrian sentenced to 15 years for planning attack on Taylor Swift concert  —  An Austrian court has sentenced a 21-year-old man to 15 years in prison for planning a jihadist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in 2024.  —  A jury of a court in Wiener Neustadt late Thursday found Beran A. …
Max Rego / The Hill:
‘No Kings’ movement planning nationwide event on Trump 80th birthday  —  The “No Kings” movement announced a nationwide event set for June 14, which is President Trump's 80th birthday.  —  “The next 250 starts with us.  As America approaches its anniversary about what story we tell.
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
Delaney Hall ICE Detainees Take Aim at GEO Group's Bottom Line  —  GEO Group's Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, runs on immigrant labor.  Detainees cook, clean, and repair the facility for as little as $1 a day and sometimes for nothing at all.  —  So when 300 migrants imprisoned …
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Dean Moses / AM New York:
Night of chaos at Delaney Hall as ICE agents shove protester into path of oncoming truck, beat and pepper-spray others
Dillon Collier / KSAT-TV:
Man arrested for threats to kill Erika Kirk ahead of Turning Point USA event in San Antonio, affidavit says  —  Jacob Wenske, 26, faces two felony charges of a making a terroristic threat  —  SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man was arrested early Thursday after he was accused of threatening …
NBC News:
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's home targeted in apparent ‘swatting’ incident  —  Police in Virginia said they “quickly determined that the report was fictitious.”  —  WASHINGTON — An apparent “swatting” incident targeted the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday night, police confirmed to NBC News.
US Department of Justice:
Dual Iranian-Iraqi National Indicted for Providing Material Support to Terrorist Organizations  —  For Immediate Release  —  Al-Saadi Was Allegedly Involved in Nearly 20 Attacks and Attempted Attacks Throughout Europe and the United States That Included Extensive International Planning, Coordination, and Radicalization
Miles Klee / Wired:
The GOP's Attacks on James Talarico Are Straight Out of the Incel Handbook  —  Claims about low testosterone and false accusations of veganism might play well to the online far-right, but will they win an election?  —  On Tuesday, with Donald Trump's endorsement and the backing of the MAGA faithful …
 
 
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Stephen Groves / ABC News:
Pam Bondi to face closed-door questioning from House lawmakers over Epstein files
Clara Harter / Los Angeles Times:
‘We need answers.’ Politicians demand accountability from GKN Aerospace after hazmat crisis
Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
Trump Wants a Gag Order for Every Single Government Worker
Discussion: CBS News
Sam Fortier / NOTUS:
Republican Springsteen Fans Are Torn About Which Boss to Serve
Discussion: Raw Story
John Hendel / Politico:
ABC blasts Brendan Carr for ‘assault’ on its TV licenses
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Madison Mills / Axios:
Exclusive: Kalshi launches an “S&P 500 for politics”
Discussion: Bloomberg
Leslie Josephs / CNBC:
Airlines, hotels warn against Trump admin threat to international flights to ‘sanctuary cities’
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival
Politico:
Factions inside the Trump administration wrestle over how to handle AI
Discussion: NewsMax.com, U.S. Home and Raw Story
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
White House has yet to release results of Trump's latest physical at Walter Reed
Discussion: NBC News and Raw Story
Simón Rios / WBUR:
DOJ sues Massachusetts for refusing to issue ICE confidential license plates
 

 
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CBS News:
A US federal judge allows the Pentagon to fire three Stars and Stripes journalists, ruling the government likely did not violate their First Amendment rights

Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules via an emergency order that political parties are entitled to the same low-cost TV ad rates as candidates, giving an advantage to Republicans

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Maria Bartiromo's lawyer Bryan Freedman, who repped Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo, denies “irresponsible reports” that she was fired and is no longer a Fox employee

 
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