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12:00 PM ET, June 3, 2026

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Paul Krugman:
Trump Has Given Up  —  Another day of many errands and meetings, so another short, informal post.  —  Donald Trump will never admit that his gratuitous Iran war has been a total disaster.  But the debacle has clearly broken him.  So we are now saddled with a president who has given up governing …
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Mike Zapler / Axios:
Thune hits breaking point with Trump  —  The shift the past few weeks has been subtle but unmistakable: John Thune sounds like a man who's had it with President Trump. … - It's a sign that Trump's sway with congressional Republicans is waning as he approaches the back half of his term.
The Bulwark:
Bill Pulte Is a Putz—But a Dangerous Putz
NBC News:
Trump names William Pulte as acting director of national intelligence
New York Times:
CBS News Fires Scott Pelley of ‘60 Minutes’  —  Mr. Pelley, a longtime correspondent and former “CBS Evening News” anchor, harshly criticized the show's leadership during a staff meeting on Monday.  —  CBS News fired Scott Pelley on Tuesday, he said, jettisoning one of the network's best-known journalists …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Clock Strikes Midnight for Pelley … Around 9 p.m. Tuesday, Scott Pelley was informed via email that he had been fired from the network he had called home for more than three decades. … The correspondent had been scheduled to be on vacation, but I'm told he held back after igniting the five-alarm fire at CBS News on Monday.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Scott Pelley fired by CBS after ‘60 Minutes’ clash with management  —  People in entertainment TV shows Donald Trump Media  —  CBS News fired veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley on Tuesday, one day after he sharply criticized the newsmagazine's new leadership in front of the staff.
Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Scott Pelley Fired by CBS News  —  Pelley's exit comes after he made comments critical of Editor in Chief Bari Weiss  —  Veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley was fired by CBS News, a day after taking aim at Editor in Chief Bari Weiss's leadership during a staff meeting for the show.
Washington Post:
Trump's pick for Iowa governor loses GOP primary in upset  —  Rep. Randy Feenstra's loss to farmer Zach Lahn is a blow to the president's dominance in Republican nominating contests.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump's pick for Iowa governor, Rep. Randy Feenstra …
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Politico:
Establishment Dems surge, MAGA quakes  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Wednesday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, bleary-eyed but buzzing after another compelling night of primaries.  Who needs sleep anyway? … — Trump makes his first 2026 fumble ... while establishment Dems win across the map.
Discussion: NBC News and New Republic
Politico:
Becerra and Bass surge in California as anti-establishment fever breaks … “We've been fighting, because we're not going to let somebody turn back our clock,” Bass said in a fiery victory speech after dancing across the stage to the podium. … In deep-blue San Francisco …
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Josh Turek wins Democratic primary in battleground Iowa Senate race
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance  —  The Heritage Foundation's “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise” — popularly known as Project 2025 — was much more than a wish list of conservative policy preferences.  It was much more, even, than a blueprint for a second Trump administration.
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
DOJ is investigating former congressman George Santos for insider trading on Kalshi  —  In February, four months after being released from federal prison, former Republican congressman George Santos took to social media to express his enthusiasm about attending President Trump's upcoming State of the Union address.
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Trump's intel pick endangers spy powers bill
Discussion: The Hill and Punchbowl News
Politico:
The House GOP majority dwindles, and so does the calendar
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
5 lingering questions about Trump's ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ … Blanche appears to be crossing his fingers that the declaration will end a short-term political headache for the White House, which has struggled to advance key legislative priorities amid bipartisan fury over the fund.
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
The slush fund is dead. Long live the slush fund.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Reuters:
Trump's $1.8 billion ‘weaponization’ fund is not moving forward, acting AG Blanche says
Magan Crane / Bloomberg:
Trump Blames Court Block for Collapse of ‘Weaponization’ Fund
Discussion: Fox News, Reuters and Raw Story
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: The Supreme Court, Over the Dissent of the 3 Liberal Justices, Allows Alabama to Use Maps that a Lower Court Found to Be Intentionally Discriminating Against Black Voters (Now Updated with Analysis-This is a Significant and Very Bad Ruling)  —  June 2, 2026 redistricting, Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
U.S. Support for LGBTQ+ Issues Remains Down From Peak  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — After two decades of rising support for LGBTQ+ issues, U.S. attitudes have plateaued and begun to slide back modestly.  Approval of same-sex marriage, moral acceptance of gay and lesbian relations …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:   Republican support for marriage equality, LGBTQ+ rights sinks: poll
Reuters:
Trump says Iran has agreed to not have a nuclear weapon  —  U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed not to have a nuclear weapon and that he would probably meet with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei at some point if things “work out”.  —  “They've already agreed they're …
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Jonathan Tirone / Bloomberg:
Iran Nuclear Risk Seen Higher Than Before Trump Attacks Began
Discussion: MeidasTouch
Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.  —  In a letter, a group of Democratic Congress members wrote that ProPublica's reporting on the deal “reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence.”
Nate Jones / Washington Post:
Trump library says no Twitter DMs can be found, despite evidence he sent them  —  Records show that Trump's first administration opted not to save DMs in its library archives, raising questions about compliance with the Presidential Records Act.  —  Summary
G. Elliott Morris / Substack:
G. Elliott Morris  —  This chart from the latest YouGov/Economist poll result is really quite stunning.  Trump's net approval is not only deeply negative, but about 15(!!) points below what it was at this point in 2018.  With this data you'd expect this year's midterms to be even worse …
Sarah Todd / STAT:
Top ultra-processed food researchers call for sweeping policy change: ‘The system is rigged’  —  Special issue of American Journal of Public Health lays out the case for government action over personal responsibility  —  The all-star lineup of ultra-processed food researchers who teamed …
Discussion: The Guardian, KRDO and NOTUS
Associated Press:
FBI personnel have fatally shot a man holding hostages in Bakersfield, California, police say  —  BAKERSFIELD, Cali.  A man holding hostages inside a building in California that houses a bank branch and school district office has been shot and killed by the FBI, police said Wednesday.
Politico:
Big Tech's big flop on primary night  —  Tuesday's primary night was a poor showing for California's tech billionaires and founders who viewed statewide politics as the next frontier for their ambitions … The poor early showing amounts to a reality check for the billionaires and founders …
Bloomberg:
Trump Officials Held Millions of Dollars of SpaceX Ahead of IPO  —  SpaceX's initial public offering will likely make President Donald Trump's already wealthy administration even richer.  —  Ten officials ranging from special envoy Steve Witkoff to Small Business Administration head Kelly …
 
 
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Kevin Conway / Marquette Today:
New Marquette Law School national survey finds Trump with declining approval but retaining strong influence on GOP primary voters
Washington Post:
Americans' national parks passes will pay for Trump's July 4 plans, documents show
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Reis Thebault / New York Times:
Deb Haaland Wins Nomination in New Mexico Governor's Race
Discussion: NBC News and Associated Press
Eshe Nelson / New York Times:
Even if Oil Prices Peak Soon, the Global Economy Will Slow This Year
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Axios:
Trump confirms profanity-laced Netanyahu call over Lebanon
J.T. Young / The American Spectator:
Meet the Post-Biden Democrats: Biden's Democrats
Discussion: USA Today
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
Playing Politics with Military Promotions
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 Earlier Items: 
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Inside Trump's Takeover of the American Regulatory Machine
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
The last holdouts at Noem's DHS
The Hill:
5 takeaways on Trump's divisive Medicaid work requirements
Discussion: Pluribus News
Heather Knight / New York Times:
Wiener and Chan Will Face Off in House Race to Succeed Nancy Pelosi
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
War Games and Warnings on Strait of Hormuz Went Unheeded by Trump
 

 
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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount Skydance is open to selling some children's TV network assets to help win EU approval of its $110B bid for WBD ahead of a July 7 deadline

Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline:
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Inside Radio:
Edison Research: a record 58% of Americans age 12 or older consumed a podcast in the last month; YouTube was the most-used service among weekly consumers at 37%
 
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