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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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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Last night, in an unsigned opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded its finding in the recent Louisiana v. Callais decision.  That decision overturned decades of law to declare that states could not construct majority-minority voting districts, as they had done under Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate at a Standstill Over President's $1.8 Billion Payout Fund  —  What We're Covering Today  — Payout Fund: Republicans were deadlocked Thursday over a Democratic effort to permanently block President Trump from creating a $1.8 billion fund …
Discussion: Washington Times and The Stranger
New York Times:
Republicans Defeat Move to Bar Trump From Creating Compensation Fund
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
The four Republicans who broke with Trump on Iran and now face his wrath
Politico:
Todd Blanche's next big fight
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:
John Bolton Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty Over Classified Information
Politico:
John Bolton to plead guilty to mishandling classified documents charge
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CBS News
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.
Katherine Pompilio / Lawfare:
The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?  —  The real count is much higher than the public knew.  —  katherinepomps  —  katherinepomps.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors  —  At least 97 of the more than 1,500 individuals granted clemency by President Trump …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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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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No, Trump's $1.776 billion slush fund isn't ‘dead’
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Arizona AG to seek new indictment in Trump 2020 election case … The brief, unexplained decision closed the book on a two-year-old case that threatened some of Trump's closest allies, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman and nearly …
Page Six:
The real Nick Bilton revealed — from political beliefs of new ‘60 Minutes’ boss to the rivals he beat to top job  —  It turns out Nick Bilton wasn't the only candidate that Bari Weiss considered for the top job at “60 Minutes.”  —  Multiple sources with knowledge of CBS News' hiring practices …
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New York Times:
Bari Weiss Speaks on Scott Pelley's Firing: 'That's the Path That He Chose'
Christian Toto / Hollywood in Toto:
Journalists Ditch Colbert, Mourn Scott Pelley's ‘60 Minutes’ Exit
Discussion: Newsbusters and twitchy.com
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Kennedy Center orders staff to begin removing Trump's name after ruling  —  The Kennedy Center's general counsel instructed staff members in a memo to strip all uses of President Donald Trump's name from signs, brochures, the website and other materials.  —  Summary
Discussion: CBS News, New York Times and Raw Story
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 …
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 …
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.
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: MS NOW, Reason and The Independent
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.
Bret Devereaux / The Bulwark:
Why Stone-Faced Fascists Keep Getting Antiquity Wrong  —  HOMER IS BACK in the discourse on account of Christopher Nolan's upcoming film, The Odyssey.  The latest controversy began with Elon Musk, among others, protesting the supposed inaccuracy of casting Lupita Nyong'o as Helen …
Grace Marion / Mississippi Free Press:
Goon Squad Victims Sue Supervisor Over Remark About ‘People That Raped and Doped Your Daughters’  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  When Rankin County, Mississippi, announced the $2.5 million settlement in the “Goon Squad” police brutality case on May 1, 2025 …
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 …
The Economist:
How to fight back against Gen-Z socialism  —  The me-first doctrine is a threat to prosperity  —  Something new is stirring on the left.  A fresh crop of socialists want to remake the economy with price controls, hefty wealth taxes and a spree of nationalisations.
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 …
New York Post:
Dems replace ‘mother’ with ‘gestating parent’ in latest woke rewrite of NY law  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The New York Post on Google  —  Mom's not the word.  —  A woke new bill erases the terms “mother” and “father” from state child custody and parental laws …
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Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:   New York Assembly sends bill to Hochul's desk to replace ‘mother’ and ‘father’ with gender neutral terms
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Avani Kalra / NOTUS:
Democrats Concede Gun Control Is No Longer Their Top Issue  —  Strong Republican opposition and apathy to repeated shootings makes legislative action challenging.  — Copy  —  After the third apparent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in late April and the killing …
Discussion: Bearing Arms
 
 
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Bloomberg:
H-1B Crackdown on Indian Workers Erodes a Texas Real Estate Boom
Discussion: Reason and Breitbart
Santucci / voteguy.com:
Report: “Understanding How Proportional Representation Might Work in New York City”
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Inside the $850 million Obama Presidential Center ahead of its Juneteenth opening
CNN:
RFK Jr. seeks to peek at Americans' medical records for clues on autism and vaccines
Discussion: STAT
Alan Elrod / Liberal Currents:
The Men Defending Graham Platner in All the Wrong Ways
Discussion: Bloomberg and Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Scott Waldman / Politico:
A judge said the Trump administration can't dismantle a weather research center. The damage may already be done.
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
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russia's Elite Is Souring on the War. Putin Doesn't Seem to Care.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Politico:
Tech ‘got spanked’ in this week's primaries. It could be a preview of more to come.
Russell Contreras / Axios:
The population crisis hiding in California's suburbs
Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The $9 billion liability across the street from the Capitol
Discussion: Raw Story and Roll Call
 

 
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Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Hasbro launches Sixth Wall, an AI studio working with ElevenLabs and voice actors to create and license AI-native versions of its characters and franchises

Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR is overhauling its dues model so that fees are based on news stations' broadcast reach rather than donor revenues and projects dues will fall 15% to 18%

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