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Associated Press:
House is set to fund Trump's immigration actions for the rest of his time in the White House — A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly passed the House on Tuesday and now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, fueling the administration's deportation agenda …
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House Republicans clear $70B go-it-alone immigration enforcement package
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
20 House Republicans cross party lines to pass pro-union bill
20 House Republicans cross party lines to pass pro-union bill
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Politico:
Republicans just took ICE spending fights off the table. It won't end shutdown threats.
Republicans just took ICE spending fights off the table. It won't end shutdown threats.
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Raw Story
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Passes G.O.P.'s $70 Billion Immigration Bill
House Passes G.O.P.'s $70 Billion Immigration Bill
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Washington Post:
Trump's attorney general pick stares down Senate confirmation hurdles
Trump's attorney general pick stares down Senate confirmation hurdles
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Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
House advances ICE and Border Patrol reconciliation bill
House advances ICE and Border Patrol reconciliation bill
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Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
CBS News boss Bari Weiss poised to oversee CNN editorial operations: report — See more of our coverage in your search results. — Add The New York Post on Google — CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance's acquisition …
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New York Times:
Paramount C.E.O. Promises Editorial Independence for ‘60 Minutes,’ Lesley Stahl Says — David Ellison told Ms. Stahl, one of three remaining correspondents for the news program, that he would respect the show's editorial decisions after a tumultuous stretch.
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Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Hilton Beats Steyer to Win Second Spot in California Governor Race — Steve Hilton, a Republican endorsed by President Trump, will face Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, in the general election. Tom Steyer, another Democrat, will not advance. — Steve Hilton, a Republican former Fox News host …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Republican Steve Hilton to face Democrat Xavier Becerra in California governor's race
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Alex Nieves / Politico:
Steyer's exit from the California governor's race could spell bad news for climate policy
Steyer's exit from the California governor's race could spell bad news for climate policy
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
Becerra to face Hilton in California gov's race, after Steyer falls short
Becerra to face Hilton in California gov's race, after Steyer falls short
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Maine voters set up a Senate showdown: Graham Platner versus Susan Collins — Platner and Collins handily won their party nominations in Tuesday's primary, setting up a marquee race with unique dynamics and major implications for control of the Senate. — It's official: Republican …
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Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Sen. Lindsey Graham wins primary over ‘America First’ challenger
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Graham faces pediatrician Annie Andrews in South Carolina Senate race
Graham faces pediatrician Annie Andrews in South Carolina Senate race
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Takeaways From Tuesday's Primary Elections in Maine and South Carolina
Takeaways From Tuesday's Primary Elections in Maine and South Carolina
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump not expected to act on Pulte after Johnson meeting — A key U.S. spy law remains on track to expire at the end of the week after Speaker Mike Johnson met Tuesday with President Donald Trump about the future of a key section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Launches Strikes on Iran in Response to Downed Apache Helicopter — ‘The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,’ U.S. Central Command says — The U.S. launched strikes on Iran Tuesday in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
White House will be closed to reporters during UFC fight — unless UFC lets them in — The White House is ceding control of who gets into the fight event on the South Lawn, in a break with tradition. — Summary — The White House press corps won't be allowed on White House grounds Sunday …
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Derek Hawkins / NOTUS:
Trump's UFC Fight Kicks Off a Summer of Stress for the Secret Service — The Secret Service says it's prepared for what a former official called “a violent Easter Egg Roll.” There's much more to come. — Copy — The UFC cage match at the White House Sunday marks a major test …
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Adam Cancryn / CNN:
Trump family promotes coins commemorating White House UFC fight
Trump family promotes coins commemorating White House UFC fight
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DPA / Yahoo News:
Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack — The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. — The tech billionaire continued overnight …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Longtime Epstein assistant says she set up phone calls between Epstein and Trump — Jeffrey Epstein's longtime assistant Lesley Groff said in a closed-door interview Tuesday that she arranged phone calls between the late, disgraced financier and President Donald Trump, two Democrats …
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Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Nancy Mace loses GOP primary for South Carolina governor … It's the latest victory for Trump on the heels of his success ousting Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Mace's ally on the Epstein files, and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), among other GOP defectors. … Trump only endorsed Evette in the final two weeks …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Dems threaten to withhold DCCC dues over California faceplant — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is facing behind-the-scenes fury and demands for a course-correction after spending $135,000 on what appears to be a failed effort to boost their favored candidate in a Democratic primary.
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Jacob Soboroff / MS NOW:
ICE has detained over 500 babies and toddlers under Trump — In the first years after birth, the human brain develops at a remarkable pace. Every second, more than a million new neural connections spring into being, shaping a person's physical and emotional health for the rest of their life.
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Duffy's push for son-in-law's House campaign sparks backlash — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is going all-out to get his 26-year-old son-in-law elected to a Wisconsin House seat, infuriating Republicans in the district who say he's abusing his office and access to President Trump.
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Few Americans see Trump administration delivering justice in Epstein cases, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds — Few Americans, including just 21% of Republicans, think President Donald Trump's administration has helped deliver justice in cases connected to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Trump officials play Biden blame game as screwworm spreads — As cases of New World screwworm spread and threaten the beef and cattle industry, the Trump administration is rolling out a familiar playbook: Blame former President Biden. — The parasitic fly had been eliminated in the U.S. since the 1960s …
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Tom Steyer:
I'm on your team forever — It's now clear that we do not have the votes necessary to advance to the general election in November. First, before any pride in what we accomplished or disappointment in what we didn't, I want to express my gratitude. To all those of you who knocked doors …


