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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
CNN:
House votes to limit Trump's Iran war powers in remarkable rebuke
Punchbowl News:
6/4/26☀️ AM: … This will be a difficult nomination for Senate Republicans.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Independent
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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The Tick-Tock on ‘60’ Correspondents … On Wednesday morning, CBS News Editor …
Christian Toto / Hollywood in Toto:
Journalists Ditch Colbert, Mourn Scott Pelley's ‘60 Minutes’ Exit
Discussion: Newsbusters and KTLA
United States Department of State:
Joint Statement of the United States of America, Republic of Lebanon, and State of Israel on the Latest High-Level Trilateral Meeting  —  The text of the following statement was released by the Government of the United States of America, Republic of Lebanon, and the State of Israel.  —  Begin Text:
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Omar Tamo / Bloomberg:
Iran Says No Progress in US Talks as Lebanon Sees More Clashes
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tells Aides He Won't Resume All-Out War With Iran Unless U.S. Troops Are Killed
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 …
Discussion: NBC News and NewsMax.com
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Popular Information:
No, Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund isn't ‘dead’
Politico:
Todd Blanche's next big fight  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Thursday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Yes, they're still counting in California. … — For Todd Blanche, winning Trump's approval was only half the struggle.  — Senators brace for vote-a-rama.
Discussion: Semafor
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Jacqueline Alemany / MS NOW:
Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general
CNN:
Sen. Booker says Todd Blanche won't have the votes to be confirmed for Attorney General
Discussion: Blaze Media and RedState
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Independent
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 …
Discussion: Wired
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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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David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:   Park Service Awards No-Bid Contract to Cover Bridge Statues in Gold
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Roll Call
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.
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 …
Discussion: New York Times, SFGATE and The Guardian
ProPublica:
In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations  —  Co-published with Minnesota Star Tribune  —  Reporting Highlights  — A National Problem: Old Apostolic Lutheran Church congregations around the U.S. have been forced to deal with child sex abuse.
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
The Men Defending Graham Platner In All The Wrong Ways … Graham Platner is at the center of another scandal, this time after reports he sent sexual messages to multiple women during his relationship with his now-wife Amy Gertner.  The information was initially disclosed to campaign officials …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Scott Waldman / Politico:
A judge said the Trump administration can't dismantle a weather research center.  The damage may already be done. … Courts similarly tried to slow or reverse President Donald Trump's efforts to disband Voice of America or demolish the White House's East Wing, only to realize …
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Russell Contreras / Axios:
The population crisis hiding in California's suburbs  —  California is losing people from suburbs year after year, revealing a deeper demographic shift reshaping America's most populous state. … - The cities losing people generally aren't the ultra-wealthy coastal enclaves typically associated …
Politico:
Tech ‘got spanked’ in this week's primaries.  It could be a preview of more to come. … Tech challengers are also stumbling in congressional races in the tech-heavy Bay Area.  Entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal conceded early Wednesday after coming nowhere close to advancing against Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna …
 
 
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
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Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Tami Luhby / CNN:
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Punchbowl News:
Mamdani infuriates Congressional Hispanic Caucus
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Olivia Ralph / The Daily Beast:
Trump Suffers Crushing Poll Defeat Against Sex Attack Victim
Discussion: USA Today
 

 
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Tyler Falk / Current:
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Adam Rose / The Guardian:
Police at an NJ immigration center's protests treated media inconsistently; the US Press Freedom Tracker counted 30 assaults by officers on reporters in a week

 
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