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Jennifer Millman / NBC New York:
No walking allowed in heart of Midtown for Monday's Knicks game … Sorry, Knicks fans: No Madison Square Garden watch party tonight. — You won't even be able to walk close. — The NYPD and U.S. Secret Service announced another spate of street closures and security measures in anticipation …
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Gothamist, The City Reporter, Axios and The Athletic
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Associated Press:
NYC imposes stringent security as Trump becomes 1st sitting US president to attend NBA Finals game — Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night.
NBC News:
Trump booed at Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of NBA Finals
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CBS News, TMZ.com, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, CNBC and City & State New York
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Knicks fans warn Trump to expect hostile reception at NBA Finals game
Knicks fans warn Trump to expect hostile reception at NBA Finals game
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Associated Press, Rolling Stone, New York Times, MS NOW, CNBC, New York Post, Washington Times, Newsweek, CBS News, One America News Network, Raw Story, Daily Mail, Townhall, TMZ.com, The Wrap, Gothamist, Mediaite, The Cross Section, The Independent, Deseret News, twitchy.com, Fox News, Forbes, City & State New York, New Republic and The Hollywood Reporter
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Progressive Nithya Raman advances to November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass — Progressive city council member Nithya Raman has advanced to a November runoff against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, setting up an unexpected matchup between two Democrats and former political allies …
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Top DOJ prosecutor is latest to spread lies about California vote counting — Manhattan's top federal prosecutor spread false conspiracy theories Monday about California's still-ongoing primary vote count, suggesting that delayed results may be evidence of fraud.
Richard L. Hasen / MS NOW:
Trump's latest ‘voter fraud’ claims may backfire on him in the fall — During normal times, the president of the United States would not routinely claim, without evidence, an epidemic of “voter fraud.” But Donald Trump is on another tirade about supposed fraud — this time in California's primary elections.
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Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, Politico, Townhall, CNN, Democracy Docket, Votebeat, New York Post and The Daily Beast
Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal:
Spencer Pratt Fails to Advance in Los Angeles Mayoral Race
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The Hill and Daily Mail
New York Times:
Trump Nominates Blanche for Attorney General, Setting Up Confirmation Fight — As acting attorney general, Todd Blanche has shown a willingness to execute the president's maximalist demands. Whether the Senate will confirm him remains unclear. — President Trump on Monday nominated …
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CBS News, The Hill, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Roll Call, Washington Times and Raw Story
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
White House sends Blanche's attorney general nomination to Congress
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JURIST, UPI, CNBC, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and MS NOW
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Court blocks Trump's $100K visa fee — It's a significant victory for states who sued Trump over the proclamation, saying the $100,000 fee had damaged their ability to hire workers … The Clinton appointee's ruling was rooted in two Supreme Court precedents: the ruling that upheld Obamacare …
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Throws Out Policy Imposing $100,000 Fees for Skilled Worker Visas
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Judge tosses Trump bid to restrict renewable energy tax credits
Judge tosses Trump bid to restrict renewable energy tax credits
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GV Wire and NewsMax.com
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Kennedy Center removes Trump's name from website after judge's ruling
Kennedy Center removes Trump's name from website after judge's ruling
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Associated Press, The Guardian, Forbes, UPI, Washington Examiner and The Hill
Brandon Waltens / Texas Scorecard:
Second Capitol Staffer Confirms Past Relationship With Talarico — The revelation comes as the Democrat Senate candidate faces scrutiny over a separate relationship with a former chief of staff. — A former Capitol staffer has publicly confirmed that she was previously in a romantic relationship …
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Townhall
ProPublica:
Trump Administration Killed Criminal Investigation of GOP Senator's Coal Companies — Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, a Republican from West Virginia and a close ally of the president's.
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New Republic
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
How the Drive to Find a Conspiracy Against Trump Rocked the Justice Dept.
How the Drive to Find a Conspiracy Against Trump Rocked the Justice Dept.
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New Republic and emptywheel
Joshua Keating / Vox:
The growing US-Israel split over Iran — At its outset, the war known as Operation Epic Fury in the United States and Operation Roaring Lion in Israel marked a historic first: the first time the two countries' militaries went to war fighting side by side. By all accounts …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92 — In a Pulitzer-winning book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” he wrote that the colonists rose up against an entire worldview, not just against taxation. — Gordon S. Wood, a historian whose decades of research …
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
On campaign promises about foreign wars, Trump rewrites recent history — The candidate who promised not to launch a war has been reduced to “I didn't guarantee ‘no war,’” as if we don't remember the events of two years ago. — Before Donald Trump abruptly ended his latest “Meet the Press” …
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CNN, The Guardian, The Independent, GV Wire, MeidasTouch, Bloomberg, New York Times and IJR
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Matthew Bartlett / MS NOW:
Trump's ‘Meet the Press’ walkout shows a presidency that's already finished
Trump's ‘Meet the Press’ walkout shows a presidency that's already finished
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Raw Story
AP-NORC:
AP-NORC America 250 Poll — Only a third believe the American Dream still exists. … This July 4th will mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. As America approaches this milestone, only a third of the public feel the American Dream, the belief that if you work hard …
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Trump administration launches largest-ever effort to denaturalize U.S. citizens accused of fraud or other crimes — Add CBS News on Google — The Trump administration on Monday plans to announce it is seeking to revoke the citizenship of 17 U.S. citizens accused of immigration fraud …
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ABC News, US Department of Justice, CNN, NOTUS, JURISTnews, The Hill, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Blaze Media, twitchy.com, New York Times, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, RedState, The Daily Wire, The Independent, Daily Caller News Foundation, UPI, Townhall, The Post Millennial and NewsMax.com
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Medical school organizations sign on to RFK Jr.'s nutrition requirements — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday that numerous medical school accrediting organizations and assessors have agreed to increase nutrition requirements for U.S. medical education.
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Washington Examiner and One America News Network
C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:
Bill Introduced in Congress To Codify the First Amendment Right To Film the Feds and Sue for Violations — Two Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill in Congress today that would create a right to sue federal law enforcement officers who stop someone from filming or observing police activity.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Clerical error inadvertently exposes shady donations to Jim Jordan and MAGA groups: report — A clerical error inadvertently revealed a campaign contribution to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) that's now the subject of complaint with the Federal Election Commission.
Kelsey Brugger / Politico:
Republican leading AI effort has ambitious timeline for getting his bill through the House — Rep. Jay Obernolte has an aggressive timeline for getting his new bipartisan Artificial Intelligence proposal taken up in the House — and a path for getting a congressional hearing on a major part of the plan.
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Senate funding action stalled amid partisan stalemate on totals — Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins is accusing Democrats of refusing to negotiate government funding bills ahead of the September shutdown deadline and called off markups Monday night for the second week in a row.
NBC News:
Vance refers Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota attorney general to DOJ for fraud investigation — The Justice Department opened a separate investigation this year into the Democratic governor over allegations he helped impede immigration enforcement. — Vice President JD Vance announced Monday …
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Newsweek, KEYC, MPR News, RedState, NewsMax.com, Washington Times, Fox News, Townhall, The Gateway Pundit, New York Sun, Blaze Media, The Daily Signal and New York Post
Reuters:
Strongest earthquake in nearly 150 years hits off Cuba, shakes Mexico, Florida — A historically strong earthquake struck off Cuba's northwest coast on Monday, according to official reports, shaking parts of Cuba, Mexico and Florida that are typically not prone to quakes.
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Associated Press, FOX 10 Phoenix, NewsMax.com, CBS News, Florida Politics and Deseret News
Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead — In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million. — Almost 30 years ago a farming family deeded land …
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Associated Press:
US carriers spent $6.5B on fuel in April; global profit forecast is cut nearly in half — U.S. airlines spent more than $6 billion on jet fuel in April, up 78% from a year earlier despite using slightly less fuel, government data released Monday showed. Meanwhile, the airline industry's …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, NewsMax.com and Al Jazeera

