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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:
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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Bloomberg, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Times of Israel and CBS News
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, Townhall, New York Post, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, 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
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Axios, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, Al Jazeera, UPI, WTTG-TV, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times and The American Conservative
Reuters:
Trump says new Israel, Iran strikes won't affect peace deal
Trump says new Israel, Iran strikes won't affect peace deal
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Raw Story, The Guardian 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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Wall Street Journal, Haaretz, Stars & Stripes, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, New York Post, CNBC, The Forward, Mediaite, Al Jazeera and CBS News
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, NPR, Straight Arrow, Raw Story, NewsMax.com and Politico
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, The Daily Signal, Israpundit, Democracy Docket, New York Post, Raw Story and Althouse
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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
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NBC News, Politico, Fox News, NOTUS, Raw Story, The Guardian, The Last Refuge, RedState, One America News Network, Los Angeles Times, Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, MS NOW, The Wrap, IJR, PoliticusUSA, The Hollywood Reporter, TMZ.com, Washington Examiner, Variety, Political Wire and The Daily Wire, more at Mediagazer »
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
5 key moments from Trump's cut-short “Meet the Press” interview
5 key moments from Trump's cut-short “Meet the Press” interview
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New York Times, Jewish Insider, Mediaite, Metro.co.uk, Newsweek, NewsMax.com, Reuters and NBC News
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fact-checking Trump's interview with NBC News' ‘Meet the Press’
Fact-checking Trump's interview with NBC News' ‘Meet the Press’
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HuffPost, CNBC, Raw Story, Crooks and Liars, Mediaite, The Hill, Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Trump says the U.S. will work with Iran to destroy its uranium if they can make a deal
Trump says the U.S. will work with Iran to destroy its uranium if they can make a deal
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The Hill, Fox News, The Guardian, Straight Arrow, Daily Mail, Washington Examiner, Metro.co.uk and New York Times
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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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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ESPN, Washington Examiner, NBC News, CNN, Raw Story, The Wrap, TMZ.com, WTTG-TV, CBS News, Civil Discourse …, The Daily Wire, Al Jazeera, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, ABC7, 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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The Independent and NewsMax.com
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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The Kyiv Independent, Straight Arrow, UPI, Washington Times, Financial Times, CBS News, Metro.co.uk, The Hill, The Moscow Times, Bloomberg and Reuters
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.
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
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
Irina Anghel / Bloomberg:
New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years on, Poll Finds — A UK poll shows that a new Brexit referendum would reverse the vote that led to Britain's departure from the European Union a decade ago. — Fifty-two percent of Britons think the UK should rejoin the EU …
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Politico
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Maine Dems plot response if Nebraska GOP tweaks Electoral College votes — Democrats in mostly blue Maine are threatening to retaliate if Republican-led Nebraska changes how it awards Electoral College votes for the 2028 presidential election. … - Unlike other states …
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

