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6/1/26☀️ AM: — The Senate is in session today. The House doesn't return until Wednesday. President Donald Trump is at the White House. — These are critical weeks for Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress, with just over five months left until Election Day.
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Jack Fitzpatrick / MS NOW:
Democrats plan to put Republicans in the hot seat with Trump's $1.8 billion fund
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The Hill, Associated Press, The Independent, Newsweek and The Daily Caller
Yomna Ehab / Reuters:
US says it struck Iranian military sites, Tehran responds with air base attack — The U.S. said it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend and Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday it had targeted a U.S. base in response, the latest exchange of attacks amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war.
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Reuters, The Japan Times, The Independent and NewsMax.com
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
US bombs Iranian military sites and Kuwait is hit by drone and missile fire — The United States said Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend. Iran then said it launched a strike of its own, and Kuwait reported incoming fire.
Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
U.S. Says It Hit More Military Targets in Southern Iran
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The Hill, CBS News, Straight Arrow, Washington Examiner and Middle East Monitor
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Hits the Stalemate Phase of His International Interventions, and It Stings — In Ukraine, Gaza and now Iran, President Trump's early declarations of easy wins have given way to harsh reality. — President Trump likes his military and diplomatic victories quick, clean and decisive.
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NewsMax.com and Semafor
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Garrett Downs / CNBC:
U.S. and Iran still without deal to end war after Trump says he's not in a ‘hurry’
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MS NOW, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Raw Story, Modern Diplomacy and HuffPost
Washington Post:
The Platner sexting controversy and what it could mean for Democrats — Democrats consider the Maine race crucial to regain the Senate. Platner's latest controversy, one strategist said, will be “very material.” — Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner's campaign is once again …
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Mike Zapler / Axios:
Platner tests Democrats' tolerance for scandal
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Slow Boring, Breitbart, New York Post, Fox News, The Guardian, NewsMax.com, MS NOW and Dallas Express
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
In Trump's Physical Report, Doctors See Gaps in Details — What's absent from the readouts of presidential checkups has gained attention since Biden was diagnosed with cancer after leaving office — The White House memorandum describing President Trump's recent physical examination lacks details …
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The Independent
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Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
A Democrat in Iowa tests whether attacking Schumer pays off — The race is the first of three Senate primaries that will show whether midterm voters prefer a moderate message or a fiery indictment of the establishment. — Summary — MASON CITY, Iowa — Two Democrats running …
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Politico
Matt Laslo / Raw Story:
Convicted pedophile and Trump insiders handed Congress access in credentialing mess — EDITOR'S NOTE: Raw Story writer Matt Laslo's congressional bureau, The LCB, has been credentialed by the Radio-Television Correspondents' Association (RTCA) since 2012. — WASHINGTON — America's …
Associated Press:
Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into the country in 26 years — Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Mikie Sherrill's state police riot in Newark is a national disgrace — When Donald Trump was first elected president in 2016 and the United States began its decade-long spiral into authoritarian madness, there arose a popular meme: Whatever you think you would have done to stop the rise …
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HotAir, New York Post, Al Jazeera, Breitbart, The Daily Signal, CBS News and Associated Press
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump is taking a wrecking ball to U.S. alliances around the world — Trashing America's European partners while undermining its Asian allies' security. — The “secret sauce” of American power in the post-1945 era has been the country's network of alliances.
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
California is drowning in internet campaign ‘slop.’ 2028 is next. … Ahead of this year's elections, the Golden State thought it was prepared to regulate a new wave of internet activity on the campaign trail. But the novel tactics are exploiting glaring weaknesses in California's ability …
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Washington Monthly
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Ex-Biden aides give Jill's new book a frosty review … - The backlash comes as excerpts from the book — “View from the West Wing: A Memoir” — appeared online and the former first lady sat for her first interview since her husband left office in January 2025.
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Townhall, Althouse, NewsMax.com and New York Post
Juan Forero / Wall Street Journal:
Right-Wing Firebrand Surges Into Colombia Runoff, Shaking Political Establishment — Abelardo de la Espriella, a rich lawyer who promises an iron-fisted crackdown on drug thugs, finishes ahead of ruling movement's leftist hopeful — BOGOTÁ, Colombia—A far-right lawyer who pledged …
Matt Friedman / Politico:
New Jersey's House primaries show rising influence of money over bosses … “There's a little bit of a perfect storm happening,” Altman said in a phone interview, citing the influx of outside money, the district's dearth of past competitive elections and a depleted press corps to keep tabs on such a huge field.
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Associated Press
Iran International:
Iran's president offers resignation, citing total takeover by IRGC commanders — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has submitted an official letter of resignation to the Office of the Supreme Leader, a source familiar with the matter told Iran International.
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Jerusalem Post, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
U.S. Military Is Quietly Guiding Ships Through the Strait of Hormuz — U.S. Central Command has helped around 70 commercial ships pass through the strait in the last three weeks, an official said. — American forces in recent weeks have helped coordinate the passage of dozens …
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Stars & Stripes and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Jeffrey Epstein's Sperm May Have Survived Him — Mr. Epstein banked his sperm several years before his death and said that if he died, it should be left in the control of his estate. — Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019, but his genetic material may live on. — Emails and records …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
How California Redistricting Shrunk the Competitive Map — The state now has just four congressional districts considered safe for Republicans, and four seen as competitive. The rest of its 52 members of Congress are all but certain to be Democrats. — Back in 2010, California created something …
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The Guardian
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Who's leading the wide-open 2028 Democratic presidential field? — No candidate has jumped in, but governors, senators and former contenders are already shaping the race. — Summary — The 2028 Democratic presidential primary has no candidates, no front-runner and no obvious lane.
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CalMatters
Politico:
‘When you break the huddle, you go’: Xavier Becerra's polarizing playbook … But he couldn't help himself. — As a freshman House member in the early 1990s, he had helped preserve welfare payments to blind, disabled and elderly legal immigrants, despite reservations from Rep. Dan Rostenkowski …
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