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2:45 PM ET, June 2, 2026

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Housing Official and Enforcer Named Top Intelligence Chief  —  What We're Covering Today  — National Intelligence: President Trump announced on Tuesday that he was naming Bill Pulte, a home-building heir who runs the Federal Housing Finance Agency …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Top US spy agencies feud over turf, mission  —  The CIA has stopped contributing to some intelligence assessments, including those related to the Iran war, produced by the office of the nation's top spy as disputes over intelligence-sharing and areas of responsibility boil over, say people familiar with the matter.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump names William Pulte as acting intelligence head  —  President Trump named William Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to serve as the acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.  —  In tapping Pulte, Trump turns to an ally …
Politico:
Trump names Bill Pulte acting director of national intelligence
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Trump taps FHFA's Pulte for acting DNI in latest radical personnel move
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:   Trump appoints ally Bill Pulte as acting US intelligence director
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson on Pulte  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said he is deferring to President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Hill
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:   Roger Stone helped Trump choose an unorthodox new intel adviser
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Names Housing Chief Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:   Trump appoints Bill Pulte, unqualified loyalist who targeted his foes, as acting intel chief
Washington Post:
Trump picks mortgage chief Bill Pulte to lead on national intelligence
Discussion: Straight Arrow and Military.com
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Trump to Get Audit Immunity as $1.8 Billion Fund in Doubt  —  The agreement would bar the government from probing past tax filings from the president and his businesses.  —  US officials are continuing with an agreement that bars the government from probing past tax filings from President Donald Trump …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
DOJ fund is ‘being set aside,’ Johnson says amid GOP confusion
Jordain Carney / Politico:
DOJ's ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ backtrack fails to calm Senate Republicans
The White House:
Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  The United States continues to lead the world in Artificial Intelligence …
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Christopher Maag / New York Times:
A Congressman Was Suddenly Absent.  So We Looked.  And Looked.  —  Will the mystery of Tom Kean Jr., a New Jersey representative, finally be solved on Tuesday?  The reporters covering the story will have questions.  —  Representative Tom Kean Jr. has not been seen in public for nearly three months.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Scott Pelley Is the Hero We Need  —  Before we start: Later this week I'll be answering your questions on politics, news, parenting, life, baseball, pinball, watches, backpacks, etc. in a new Triad Video Mailbag.  Get your questions in today, please.  Go here, read the comments …
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley accuses Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ show
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Woman held by ICE for 25 days, despite U.S. citizenship claim, gets a passport  —  Attorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales had presented a Maryland birth certificate and other documents as proof of her U.S. citizenship.  —  The Maryland woman arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
White House Correspondents' Dinner rescheduled to July 24 … The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, was charged with attempted assassination, assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon and two additional firearms counts.  If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Discussion: New York Post, ABC News and WXIA-TV
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Jeff Mason / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'll Attend Rescheduled Correspondents' Dinner
NBC News:
30 gallons of fuel spilled on National Mall after event for America's 250th birthday  —  Cleanup efforts are underway as Freedom 250, a group created by the Trump administration that organized the event, blames “vandalism.”  —  WASHINGTON — More than 30 gallons of fuel spilled onto …
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Anna Kramer / NOTUS:   America's Bipartisan Birthday Commission Is Losing to Trump
Tony Romm / New York Times:
New Proposal Would Allow Administration to Block Grants if They Don't Support Trump's Agenda  —  A new proposal would allow the administration to block grants if they do not satisfy President Trump's agenda or support what it calls “anti-American” values.  —  The White House is seeking …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Axios:
“You're fucking crazy”: Trump fumes at Netanyahu in call on Lebanon  —  President Trump lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's escalation in Lebanon in an expletive-laden call on Monday, two U.S. officials and a third source briefed on the call told Axios.
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New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon After Pulling Back From Threat to Beirut
Eric Niiler / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System  —  The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.  —  The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system …
Eric Katz / NOTUS:
The Federal Government's Insect-Defense Agency Is Infested With Bed Bugs  —  The department sent staff home twice, but has declined to do so a third time after the insects returned.  — Copy  —  A bed bug infestation at an Agriculture Department building is riling agency staff …
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft - 🤫 ‘Reservoir Dogs’: Trump's Massive Leak Hunt Stalled Out For This Hilarious Reason  —  Turns out it's hard to find blabbing snitches when everybody is a snitching blabber.  Also, Trump's slush fund is put on hold and some Democrats belatedly regret marching with genocidal Israelis.
Discussion: Raw Story
Erin Doherty / Politico:
Trump ally admits political risk of Iran war at campaign event … It's a stark acknowledgement for a representative who has positioned herself as a loyal ally of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, including on the ongoing war, and repeatedly voted against limiting the president's military powers.
Chicago Sun Times:
Durbin, Duckworth want Chicago's top federal prosecutor to resign over botched ‘Broadview Six’ case  —  The call from Illinois' Democratic senators comes nearly two weeks after the case against a group of Operation Midway Blitz protesters collapsed amid claims of misconduct by U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' office.
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and New Republic
 
 
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Discussion: IJR
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Discussion: NewsMax.com
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