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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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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
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Rachel Scott / ABC News:
Treasury pushing plans for $250 bill with Trump's portrait and signature, sources say
Treasury pushing plans for $250 bill with Trump's portrait and signature, sources say
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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.
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Politico:
Trump's Monumental Legacy — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Some artists drop out of D.C. concert series for America's 250th anniversary shortly after lineup announced
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Multiple artists listed for America 250 event on National Mall deny involvement
Multiple artists listed for America 250 event on National Mall deny involvement
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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 …
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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.
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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
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rules for Black death row inmate from Mississippi over racial bias in makeup of jury
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Brett Kavanaugh just won a surprising victory for racial justice
Brett Kavanaugh just won a surprising victory for racial justice
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Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Dell inks $9.7 billion Pentagon contract after Trump acquires stock — Ethics experts say Trump's recent investments in and public praise for the tech company create the appearance of a conflict of interest. — Summary — Government ethics watchdogs are sounding the alarm …
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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Colby Smith / New York Times:
Iran War Lifts a Second Inflation Reading to Highest Level Since 2023 — Officials at the central bank have embraced the possibility of higher interest rates to get resurgent inflation under control. — A measure of inflation closely watched by the Federal Reserve accelerated in April …
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Kamaron McNair / CNBC:
Americans' savings rate falls to lowest level since 2022 as inflation outpaces paychecks
Americans' savings rate falls to lowest level since 2022 as inflation outpaces paychecks
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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
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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? — 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.
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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.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The real lesson of the E. Jean Carroll investigation is Trump's weakness — Had you time-traveled back to 2023, and started telling people that President Donald Trump's Justice Department would soon be trying to imprison a woman who had accused him of rape, most would likely have dismissed it as a paranoid #resistance fantasy.
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David Strom / HotAir:
E. Jean Carroll May Be in Real Trouble
E. Jean Carroll May Be in Real Trouble
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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 …
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 …
Noah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Poll shows Bass, Raman and Pratt locked in tight race ahead of Tuesday's mayoral primary — 6 min Click here to listen to this article — The latest UC Berkeley-L.A. Times poll in the L.A. mayor's race has Mayor Bass at 26%, Nithya Raman at 25% and Spencer Pratt at 22% among likely voters.
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Bruce Springsteen calls out the White House and announces a protest festival — Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews, Brittany Howard and Joan Baez will headline a star-studded protest festival set for the Washington, D.C., area a month before the midterm elections.
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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 …
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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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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 …
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.
