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Financial Times:
Trump says Netanyahu will have ‘no choice’ but to accept a deal with Iran — US president tells FT that he ‘calls the shots’ after urging the Israeli leader not to retaliate against Tehran
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The Times of Israel, Mediaite, NewsMax.com and Al Jazeera
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iranian missile launches target northern Israel, Israeli military says — Iran launched missiles at Israel on Sunday in retaliation for the Israeli strike in Beirut earlier in the day, Israeli officials said. — Why it matters: This would be a major regional escalation.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Axios he will ask Netanyahu not to strike back at Iran — President Trump will call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate for Iran's missile attack, Trump tells Axios. — “I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate.
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Financial Times, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Townhall, New York Post, The Hill, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Fox News, NewsMax.com and Semafor
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Israel says it has struck Iran after taking missile fire — Israel launched airstrikes early Monday targeting central and western Iran in response to missile fire from Tehran, attacks that threatened to drag the wider Middle East back into a regional war. Iranian state television reported …
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, UPI, WTTG-TV and The American Conservative
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Netanyahu not to strike Iran … - The senior U.S. official said the Trump administration didn't give a “green light” to the Israeli strike in Beirut. … - Netanyahu pushed back but ultimately “pseudo agreed” to stand down, the official said. — The official said Sunday's call …
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CBS News, Breitbart, The Times of Israel, Bloomberg and The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:
Trump says new Israel, Iran strikes won't affect peace deal
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The Guardian, Raw Story and GV Wire
New York Times:
Live Updates: Iran Fires Missiles at Israel for First Time Since April Cease-Fire
Live Updates: Iran Fires Missiles at Israel for First Time Since April Cease-Fire
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Axios, Wall Street Journal, Haaretz, Stars & Stripes, Associated Press, New York Post, CNBC, The Forward, Mediaite, CBS News and Al Jazeera
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel strikes Beirut after Hezbollah attack, risking Iran response
Israel strikes Beirut after Hezbollah attack, risking Iran response
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The Times of Israel, Associated Press, New York Sun, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, NPR, Straight Arrow, NewsMax.com and Politico
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact-checking Trump's interview with NBC News' ‘Meet the Press’ — Digging into some of the president's claims on the Iran war, the Jan. 6 riots, California's primary elections and more. — President Donald Trump sat for an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker on Friday …
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HuffPost, CNBC, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Crooks and Liars, Mediaite, The Hill and Townhall
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump walks out of ‘Meet the Press’ interview when challenged over false claims — When pressed by host Kristen Welker, the president cited no evidence for claims about Jan. 6 and elections he said were “rigged.” — Summary — President Donald Trump broke off an interview with NBC's …
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New York Times, NewsMax.com, IJR, Democracy Docket, Israpundit, New York Post, Raw Story, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit and Althouse
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
'I've Had Enough!' Trump Storms Out of Meet the Press Interview in Wild Fashion — Explodes On NBC's Kristen Welker After She Hits Him With Fact Checks — President Donald Trump stormed out of a Meet the Press interview Sunday — after moderator Kristen Welker repeatedly fact-checked …
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NBC News, Politico, Fox News, The Guardian, TMZ.com, NOTUS, Raw Story, The Hill, MS NOW, The Last Refuge, RedState, The Hollywood Reporter, The Gateway Pundit, One America News Network, Los Angeles Times, PoliticusUSA, The Wrap, Daily Mail, HuffPost, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Deadline, IJR, Variety, The Daily Wire and Political Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
5 key moments from Trump's cut-short “Meet the Press” interview
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New York Times, NBC News, Mediaite, Jewish Insider, Metro.co.uk, Newsweek, NewsMax.com and Reuters
Max Rego / The Hill:
Trump cuts off interview with Welker: 'I've had enough'
Trump cuts off interview with Welker: 'I've had enough'
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Newsbusters, NBC News, Raw Story, Salon, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, Election Law Blog, Politico, The Independent and Instapundit
Los Angeles Times:
Nithya Raman surges past Spencer Pratt in L.A. mayor's race, closing in on runoff with Karen Bass — Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman surged past reality television personality Spencer Pratt in the city's mayoral primary election Sunday, capping off a five-day turnaround after she fell behind to Pratt on election night.
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Scott Bland / NBC News:
Nithya Raman leaps past Spencer Pratt in tight, unresolved race to make L.A. mayoral runoff — NBC News has not yet projected who will join incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the November runoff election. — Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman, a Democrat, has taken a narrow lead …
Renee DiResta / Agents of Influence:
Red Mirage, Blue Shift, Online Cope
Red Mirage, Blue Shift, Online Cope
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Fox News, Democracy Docket, CNN, Washington Examiner and Los Angeles Times
Wall Street Journal:
The New York Primary That Is All About Israel — From lower Manhattan into brownstone Brooklyn, events 6,000 miles away are dividing neighbors and consuming a Democratic congressional race. 'It's crazy.' — NEW YORK—Not long ago, Dan Goldman was a hero of the resistance.
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Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’ — It's hard to overstate the impact of “60 Minutes” on journalism. It's the most-watched television-news program in America. Since its debut on CBS in 1968, it's been the home of some of the most-storied broadcast journalists …
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Variety, CNN, RealClearPolitics, Newsbusters, New York Magazine, Boston.com, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Townhall, NewsMax.com, The Hollywood Reporter, Mediaite, Fox News, The Guardian, Mother Jones, The Hill, TMZ.com, Raw Story, Deadline, Washington Examiner and Eschaton, more at Mediagazer »
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Lawsuit Aims to Stop U.F.C. Fights at White House on Trump's Birthday — A federal lawsuit said the event, set for June 14, was unlawfully planned and designed to benefit Mr. Trump and his allies. — A political activist and a Vietnam veteran represented by an anti-corruption organization filed …
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NBC News, Raw Story, CNN, The Daily Wire, WJBK-TV, ABC7, The Hill, The Wrap, TMZ.com, CBS News, Al Jazeera, The Gateway Pundit, Variety, Mediaite and HuffPost
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
President Denies He Pledged Not to Start New Wars
President Denies He Pledged Not to Start New Wars
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Associated Press
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Trump drags feet on drone deal with Ukraine, mystifying experts — The Trump administration's hesitancy in signing a major drone deal with Ukraine is slowing the U.S. military down in an area where it's already trying to play catch-up. — Even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky …
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Raw Story
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Ferdinand Knapp / Politico:
Russia strikes near Chernobyl amid exchange of attacks with Ukraine
Russia strikes near Chernobyl amid exchange of attacks with Ukraine
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Financial Times, The Kyiv Independent, Washington Times, UPI, Straight Arrow, CBS News, Metro.co.uk, The Hill, The Moscow Times, Bloomberg and Reuters
Wiktoria Gucia / The Daily Beast:
‘Checked Out’ RFK Jr. Missing as Agency Spirals — MIA — “Thank you for putting up with my dysfunctional self,” Kennedy told staff. — Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has largely stepped back from running the agency, intervening only when issues capture his attention.
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The Independent and The Parnas Perspective
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged on Many Health Department Matters Beyond Vaccines
RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged on Many Health Department Matters Beyond Vaccines
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Raw Story
Telegraph:
Trump considers buying Chagos Islands — US officials draw up proposal to bypass Britain and make its own deal to take control of Diego Garcia — The White House is considering a plan to buy the Chagos Islands from Mauritius, potentially sinking Sir Keir Starmer's plan to cede sovereignty of the territory.
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The Guardian, Reuters, The Independent, NewsMax.com and Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
The Hidden Figure With Close Ties to Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein — Melanie Walker was a confidante to Gates and Epstein. Her lawyer says she was in a ‘coercive relationship’ with Epstein. — It was September 2017, and Dr. Melanie Walker's work with Bill Gates was coming to an end.
Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
Pete Hegseth's D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity’ — Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in Normandy — The US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has been accused by historians and rights campaigners of …
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New York Times:
Knicks Watch Party at Garden Is Canceled, as Game 3 Security Ramps Up — President Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani are expected to attend the game on Monday at Madison Square Garden. A viewing party on Friday led to more than a dozen arrests. — A watch party planned …
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NewsMax.com and Gothamist
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
How Republicans made the House harder for Democrats to win — Republican-led states have redrawn enough congressional districts to force Democrats to outperform their 2024 national results by nearly 5 percentage points if they want to retake the majority in the 2026 midterms.
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NewsMax.com, Associated Press and IJR

