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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Fuming Trump tears into ‘unpatriotic’ Dems and grandstanding Republicans after war powers vote — See more of our coverage in your search results. — Add The New York Post on Google — President Trump shrugged off the House passage Wednesday of a war powers resolution that would formally end …
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Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
The four Republicans who broke with Trump on Iran and now face his wrath — There are still hurdles before Congress could force the president to end hostilities, but the House resolution reflects lawmakers' growing impatience, including within Trump's own party. — Summary
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Pulte pick sparks a Senate GOP rebellion
Pulte pick sparks a Senate GOP rebellion
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Punchbowl News:
6/4/26☀️ AM: … This will be a difficult nomination for Senate Republicans.
6/4/26☀️ AM: … This will be a difficult nomination for Senate Republicans.
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Aaron Blake / CNN:
Iran war powers rebuke shows how Trump is increasingly boxed in
Iran war powers rebuke shows how Trump is increasingly boxed in
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Republicans Begin to Test the Limits of Trump's Power by Flexing Their Own
Republicans Begin to Test the Limits of Trump's Power by Flexing Their Own
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
House moves forward on new aid for Ukraine package, spurning Trump
House moves forward on new aid for Ukraine package, spurning Trump
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House passes resolution to end Iran War, challenging Trump
House passes resolution to end Iran War, challenging Trump
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Jacqueline Alemany / MS NOW:
Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve in the role permanently. — “We are going to make him permanent attorney general,” Trump said during an event in the Rose Garden.
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Politico:
Oil industry warns Trump administration of price spikes within weeks … Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. and Israel launched military strikes three months ago, kicking off what has become the biggest disruption in crude oil flows ever.
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Omar Tamo / Bloomberg:
Iran Says No Progress in US Talks as Lebanon Sees More Clashes — Iran said there had been no recent progress in talks with the US over an interim peace deal, while fighting persisted in Lebanon despite Washington's declaration of a ceasefire between Israel and the country.
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Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
National Guard has done little to reduce violent crime in D.C., a new study finds — President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. has reduced petty property crimes, but has had little to no effect on violent crime, despite the high cost to taxpayers …
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Why does the media ignore Trump's madness? — This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one 👇 — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — Donald Trump frequently demonstrates a level of malignancy that still manages to shock.
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Eyes Alternative ‘Weaponization’ Payouts After Fund Pushback — Some Trump supporters aim to secure government settlements by suing under 80-year-old law — WASHINGTON—While the Trump administration has reluctantly retreated from its $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund …
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CNN:
Exclusive: John Bolton reaches plea deal over mishandling of sensitive national security documents — John Bolton, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser-turned-adversary, is expected to plead guilty over mishandling classified documents, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
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New York Times:
Bari Weiss Speaks on Scott Pelley's Firing: 'That's the Path That He Chose' — In her first public comments on the firing, Ms. Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief, said that the longtime correspondent had “broken” the trust in the newsroom. — Bari Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief …
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Christopher Mathias / Talking Points Memo:
Greg Bovino's Retirement Plan? Go Full Fascist — Greg Bovino was welcomed like a celebrity at one of the world's pre-eminent fascist confabs this past weekend. The former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-At-Large — whose MAGA star turn came when President Donald Trump cast him as the lead …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Bret Baier said over a year ago that the press had a duty to scrutinize Trump family corruption. He's since given that topic 5 minutes of airtime. — RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ROB SAVILLO & HARRISON RAY … The 5-minute sum of Special Report's coverage of the conflicts of interest created …
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Sherrill Says Immigration Officials Won't Let Her Visit Detention Center — The governor said the Department of Homeland Security's actions at Delaney Hall raise “serious questions.” — Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey said Wednesday that federal immigration officials were continuing …
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Elmira Aliieva / NBC News:
Flesh-eating screwworm returns to U.S. after 60 years, threatening cattle herd — The case of New World screwworm was confirmed in a 3-week-old calf in La Pryor, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said late Wednesday.
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The $9 billion liability across the street from the Capitol … “As these facilities age and kind of reach this tipping point, we start having an increasing number of failures as all these systems age out and we start having series of failures on top of each other,” he told the House Administration Committee at a hearing Wednesday.
Philip Wegmann / Wall Street Journal:
The Kennedy Who Says She Left the White House Over Concerns About CIA Spending — Amaryllis Fox Kennedy says in an interview that there wasn't enough oversight of the intelligence community's use of taxpayer funds — WASHINGTON—Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a former senior Trump administration official …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
The hair-loss drug Trump took for years is now absent from his medical records — White House officials say they are not obligated to disclose all of Trump's medications, including whether he still uses finasteride. — Summary — President Donald Trump's medical reports no longer include …
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Politico:
Capitol agenda: Trump fund drama comes to vote-a-rama — Republicans are on the verge of finally passing their massive $70 billion immigration enforcement bill — but first they'll need to stick together through an obstacle course of tricky votes meant to squeeze their most vulnerable incumbents.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
G.O.P. Revives Immigration Bill, Weighing Ban on Trump's Fund
G.O.P. Revives Immigration Bill, Weighing Ban on Trump's Fund
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Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Cities Dust Off Statues They Hid Away in 2020 — A monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is back up in Charleston, S.C., and a giant Columbus awaits a return in Ohio's namesake capital — COLUMBUS, Ohio—The statue wars that swept away monuments six years ago are back.
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New York Times
Noah Baustin / Politico:
California voters had their first chance to be heard on data centers. They didn't hold back. … “A lot of the other cities that are facing data center proposals are going to follow suit,” Elizabeth Yang, the city's mayor, said on Tuesday. “There's [a] bad reputation across the board …
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New York Times and The Guardian
Paul Krugman:
Illegal Tariffs, Round 3 — Another failing war Trump won't end — Remember tariffs? — Fourteen months ago, Donald Trump announced that he was starting a trade war by imposing sweeping tariffs on almost every nation in the world. His move caused shock waves, and not just because of the economic impact.
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Washington Post:
Video shows Pentagon counterterrorism hire clambering into Capitol on Jan. 6 — Elias Irizarry was filmed moving through restricted grounds and climbing through a broken window, according to a Washington Post analysis. — Summary — A recent appointee to a sensitive counterterrorism job …
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Associated Press:
Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds — Eleven-year-old Ederson Galicia Alva had just stepped off the plane and into the Miami airport's dim hallways when federal agents pulled his mother aside for questioning. Again. — Panic welled up.
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on federal regulation of telecom companies — The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Thursday in a case about the power of federal regulators to enforce data privacy laws on telecommunications companies.
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russia's Elite Is Souring on the War. Putin Doesn't Seem to Care. — Some prominent hawks argue the war is bringing diminishing returns and outright victory is beyond reach — Russia's inability to break through the stalemate in Ukraine is becoming so evident that significant voices …
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