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Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Trump appointees push $250 banknote with his portrait  —  The printing director who resisted the effort said she was reassigned last month.  “The buck stopped here,” she wrote in her goodbye.  —  Summary  —  Trump administration officials have pressed the office responsible for printing …
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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  —  Morris Day and The Time and Young MC said they would not be performing during a 16-day stretch of festivities on the National Mall in D.C. starting in late June.
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Some artists drop out of D.C. concert series for America's 250th anniversary shortly after lineup announced  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — Some artists who were announced as performers for what's being billed as a Great American State Fair amid President Trump's push …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Multiple artists listed for America 250 event on National Mall deny involvement  —  Multiple artists listed as entertainers for a massive bash slated for next month on the National Mall to celebrate America's 250th birthday have pushed back on reports of their participation.
Discussion: USA Today, TMZ.com and HuffPost
Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.  —  When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a small North Carolina startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. and Iran reach deal but need Trump's final approval, officials say  —  U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, but President Trump has yet to give his final approval …
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Cate Martel / The Hill:
US, Iran reportedly on the verge of a deal
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Guardian and MS NOW
Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:   Iran lists its ‘red lines’ — and they're the exact opposite of Trump's
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 …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
May 2026 National Poll: Rubio Rises as 2028 Contender, Buttigieg, Newsom Top Democratic List  —  Majority Oppose US Intervention in Cuba  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey finds President Donald Trump with a 39% job approval rating, while 55% disapprove of the job he is doing in the Oval Office.
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Ali Bianco / Politico:   The progressive playbook for November
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The real lesson of the E. Jean Carroll investigation is Trump's weakness
Discussion: Chicago Sun Times and Mediaite
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll Over Trump Lawsuits
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
Supreme Court sides with Mississippi man on death row in racial bias case  —  In a 5-4 vote, the court found Terry Pitchford should have had the opportunity to challenge the dismissal of four Black potential jurors.  —  Summary  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Mississippi man …
Discussion: Vox, Bloomberg, UPI, MS NOW and CBS News
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Samuel Alito's Son Has Been Quietly Working for Trump's Treasury Department  —  Philip Alito has been working as an attorney with the Treasury's office of the general counsel for months even as the Supreme Court takes up cases involving the department.  — Copy
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   Samuel Alito hit by new scandal as son found secretly working for Trump's Treasury: report
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Samer Kalaf / Defector:
Students For Trump Co-Founder Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges, Allegedly Yelled “Do You Want To Die Today?”  —  Ryan Fournier, the co-founder and chairman of the group Students for Trump, was arrested early Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C., after he allegedly assaulted and threatened a woman …
Discussion: Raw Story
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Exclusive: Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location data  —  U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield.
Toluse Olorunnipa / The Atlantic:
Jill Biden Worried Her Husband Was Drugged on Debate Night  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  As she watched President Biden stumble through the most cringeworthy portion of his disastrous June 2024 debate …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
CBS News:
Jill Biden denies Joe Biden was in cognitive decline, but acknowledges “he was slowing down”  —  Former first lady Jill Biden denied she saw signs her husband Joe Biden was in cognitive decline.  “He was the same, the essence of the same Joe Biden, but yeah, he was slowing down,” …
New York Times:
The Mideast Is Baffled by Trump's Call to Expand Abraham Accords  —  The president said more countries should be required to recognize Israel as part of a deal to end the war with Iran.  Analysts say the chances of that happening are close to zero.  —  The social media post by President Trump made it sound straightforward.
Discussion: Truthout, MS NOW and NewsMax.com
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Dell Gets a $9.7 Billion Defense Contract.  Trump's Portfolio Stands to Benefit.  —  The president's family says his stock purchases are automatically timed, but recent acquisitions of the computer company's shares raise questions.  —  President Trump earlier this year purchased …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Very Low-IQ Trump Too Stoopid to Win War  —  1. Economics  —  Earlier this week Ed Luce noted the similarities between Ukraine and Iran: Both were attacked by much larger powers.  Both have stopped the much larger powers in their tracks.  —  How?  Because both Ukraine and Iran mastered …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump has no way out on Iran  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  💥 Subscribe to PN 💥  —  On May 18, President Trump posted some fan fiction about his ill-fated war against Iran and got pre-mad at the “Fake News Media” …
Eric Levitz / Vox:
MAGA's civil war over immigration is over.  Silicon Valley lost.  —  The Trump administration announced last Friday that US visa holders who want a green card must first return to their home countries and apply from there, “except in extraordinary circumstances.”
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Judge allows Trump to implement mail-in voting executive order  —  A U.S. judge on Thursday declined to block President Donald Trump's executive order tightening rules on mail-in voting in a loss for the Democratic Party, whose lawyers argued that it could disenfranchise millions of voters.
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  —  An ICE agent firing pepper spray at demonstrators and reporters outside Delaney Hall in New Jersey early on May 28, 2026. amNewYork Police Bureau Chief Dean Moses was struck by the chemical upon taking this photo.
Simón Rios / WBUR:
DOJ sues Massachusetts for refusing to issue ICE confidential license plates  —  The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Massachusetts over the state's refusal to issue confidential license plates and registrations to many federal immigration agents.  —  The plates are typically issued …
Bloomberg:
The DOJ Wants to Know Who on Reddit and X Is Criticizing ICE's Tactics  —  In seeking identities of those behind anonymous social media posts, the Trump administration is intensifying its pursuit using grand jury subpoenas.  —  The US Justice Department is seeking the names, addresses …
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
 
 
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Ben Jacobs / Slate:
Why Was the Chief of Staff for a Leading Republican Senate Candidate on a Group Chat With Famous White Nationalists?
Discussion: Raw Story
James A Goldston / The Guardian:
The US has deported thousands to third countries. This must stop
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:
Fairfax County Police Department thwart attempted swatting of Amy Coney Barrett's house
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
5 Southern Democratic chairs say South Carolina should lead off 2028 presidential primary calendar
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
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Discussion: Miami New Times
Ashley Parker / The Atlantic:
The King of Queens  —  President Trump delights in playing what he calls “the gay national anthem” …
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Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump's 'blow ‘em up’ threat to Oman means he's now attacked or threatened 1 out of every 13 countries
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
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Discussion: The Hill, MS NOW and Mediaite
Emily Peck / Axios:
The CEOs are losing confidence
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump's approval plunges among his White working-class base
New York Times:
F.B.I. Arrests C.I.A. Official With $40 Million in Gold Bars in His Home