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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, Mediaite, The Hollywood Reporter, Status, New York Times and GV Wire, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Pentagon Sees Growing Espionage Threat From Israel — The Defense Department has increased the counterintelligence threat assessment to its highest level, and Israel is believed to have eavesdropped on American negotiations with Iran. — Recent U.S. intelligence reports have raised concerns …
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IJR, Al Jazeera, The Post Millennial, SpyTalk, Raw Story, NewsMax.com and The American Conservative
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Emma Whitford / Inside Higher Ed:
Auburn Board Takes Full Curricular Control, Dissolves Faculty Senate — The policies mirror the directives laid out in HB 580, which doesn't take effect until October and doesn't apply to the institution. — The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday gave itself complete control …
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Trump Says Iran Has Made a ‘Big’ Nuclear Promise. It Isn't New. — President Trump's boasts of securing a commitment from Iranian leaders not to develop a nuclear weapon have puzzled nuclear experts who note that Tehran has made that pledge for more than 50 years.
Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list — After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers …
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The Independent and Washington Post
Tamarra Kemsley / Salt Lake Tribune:
Are Latter-day Saints Christian? The U.S. Defense Department doesn't appear to think so. — For nearly a decade, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been engaged in a top-down rebrand meant partly to solidify its focus and bona fides as a Christian religion.
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Raw Story, The Independent and Washington Examiner
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Nicholas Slayton / Task & Purpose:
Pentagon cuts 180 faiths from recognized religion list
Pentagon cuts 180 faiths from recognized religion list
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Raw Story, OutsideTheBeltway, Salon, One America News Network and Associated Press
New York Times:
C.I.A. Officer Found With Gold Bars Said to Have Created Fake Spy Program — A federal judge has ruled that David Rush, the C.I.A. employee, must remain in detention. U.S. officials say Mr. Rush funneled millions in federal funds to himself. — A C.I.A. employee who was found recently …
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UPI, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Daily Mail and The Hill
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
RFK Jr. Appears Disengaged on Many Health Department Matters Beyond Vaccines — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has demonstrated little interest in managing his sprawling department as he focuses on food and vaccine policies, according to colleagues.
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Trump Looms Over Pivotal Republican Senate Runoff in Georgia — The president has not yet endorsed Representative Mike Collins or Derek Dooley, a former football coach, in the race to challenge the Democratic senator, Jon Ossoff. — Derek Dooley campaigned in rural Georgia this month …
Tasnim News Agency:
US Denies Visas to Iran National Football Team Officials Ahead of World Cup — The Iranian football team is scheduled to leave Antalya, Turkey, for Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday and set up its camp in Mexico. — However, Tasnim has learned that individuals such as team manager Mehdi Mohammadnabi …
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The Korea Herald, CBS News, Politico, Daily Mail, Al Jazeera and Associated Press
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
The Bidens Return to the Stage: Online, in Bookstores and at a Best Western in South Dakota — The re-emergence of the former first family has been fraught for some Democrats who just want to move on. — “This is the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Anne Kim / Washington Monthly:
Gen Z Has an Antisemitism Problem — Recent polls find that a shocking percentage of young adults harbor antisemitic views. — Among the vilest figures in American politics today is the far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist and Holocaust denier who makes no secret of his hateful views.
Associated Press:
Trump issues pardon to former Republican congressman convicted of insider trading — President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman from Indiana who served nearly two years in prison for making illegal stock trades based on inside information after he left office.
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Washington Post, Washington Times, WTTG-TV, Fox News and The Hill
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Francesca Regalado / New York Times:
Trump Pardons Former Congressman Convicted of Insider Trading
Trump Pardons Former Congressman Convicted of Insider Trading
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UPI, ABC News, The Independent and The Indianapolis Star
Associated Press:
Hegseth invokes immigration and ‘invasion’ in D-Day speech in France — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a D-Day anniversary speech on Saturday to appear to link immigration by sea to the wartime liberation of Europe, warning that the freedom won by Allied troops could prove temporary if leaders failed to defend it.
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Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Hegseth in D-Day speech warns Europe being ‘stormed’ by ‘dangerous ideologies’
Hegseth in D-Day speech warns Europe being ‘stormed’ by ‘dangerous ideologies’
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Politico, Forbes, The Independent and Reuters
Roque Planas / The Guardian:
Trump cries ‘steal’ over slow California vote count, but anti-fraud system works, say experts — State's tortoise-like pace is byproduct of system of verifications and opportunities for voters to fix errors — California's slow vote counting has frustrated political observers eagerly awaiting results …
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Daily Mail, MS NOW and CNN
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Bob Packwood, Senator Forced to Quit in Sex Scandal, Dies at 93 — An unorthodox Republican, he helped shape tax policy and women's rights legislation before resigning in 1995 amid accusations by more than 20 women of sexual misconduct. — Bob Packwood, a moderate Republican senator …
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TMZ.com and Lawyers, Guns & Money

