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Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Live Updates: Inflation Jumps as Iran War Intensifies Price Squeeze — Consumer prices rose at a faster rate for a third-straight month in May, to 4.2 percent annually, as the energy shock put more pressure on the U.S. economy. — What to know about the report.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Consumer prices rose 4.2% annually in May, highest in three years — Inflation accelerated in May as rising energy costs contributed to pain for consumers, though underlying pressures were less intense. — The consumer price index, a broad gauge of goods and services costs across the U.S. economy …
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Financial Times:
US inflation jumped to 4.2% in May amid Middle East energy shock — US inflation jumped to a new three-year high of 4.2 per cent in May as Donald Trump's Middle East war sends energy prices soaring for Americans. — Wednesday's figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was in line …
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Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Inflation rises to a 3-year high on spiking gas prices, highlighting affordability challenges — Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near.
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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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Axios:
U.S. and Iran exchange strikes after helicopter downing
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says Iran Will ‘Pay the Price’ for Delaying Talks
Trump Says Iran Will ‘Pay the Price’ for Delaying Talks
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Trump shares ‘West Wing’ clip dismissing ‘proportional response’ after strikes on Iran
Trump shares ‘West Wing’ clip dismissing ‘proportional response’ after strikes on Iran
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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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The Guardian:
'There's wee girls inside': panic as masked men storm house in Belfast — Protests across the city turned violent on Tuesday night - with some police officers acting as if it wasn't safe to intervene — On a residential street draped in loyalist flags near Belfast's Shankill Road …
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BBC:
Family of Belfast knife victim say ‘unrest is not welcome’ as extra police brought onto streets — Summary — The family of Stephen Ogilvy, the victim in Monday night's knife attack in Belfast, say “unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward”
Kate Lamb / The Guardian:
Anti-immigration protesters in Belfast set bins and vehicles on fire amid unrest over knife attack - live
Anti-immigration protesters in Belfast set bins and vehicles on fire amid unrest over knife attack - live
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Politico:
Capital agenda: Cue shutdown watch after Republicans go it alone on ICE funding — Republicans solved an immediate crisis Tuesday, clearing for President Donald Trump's signature a party-line bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies into 2029. But that hardly improves the chances …
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Politico:
House Republicans clear $70B go-it-alone immigration enforcement package
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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
House is set to fund Trump's immigration actions for the rest of his time in the White House
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Nancy Mace's thrashing in South Carolina governor's race caps a rough downfall — The congresswoman finished fifth in the state's GOP gubernatorial primary, according to unofficial returns, solidly losing even her own home county and district. — June 10, 2026
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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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Anthony L. Fisher / MS NOW:
Nancy Mace lost the South Carolina governor's race. But her legacy of failure runs much deeper.
Nancy Mace lost the South Carolina governor's race. But her legacy of failure runs much deeper.
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National Review, Fox News and Newsweek
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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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump officials lay out aggressive timeline to build triumphal arch — Documents say a 320-foot crane may be used to build the arch, which sits on a flight path to Reagan National Airport. — Summary — Federal officials are laying more groundwork to begin construction …
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New York Times:
Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files … On July 17, 2025, at around 6 o'clock in the evening, President Trump's top officials filed into the White House Situation Room — the secure bunker where classified and high-stakes national security matters are discussed and decided.
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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Edward Ring / American Greatness:
How the Machine Buried Spencer Pratt
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
MAGA's kayfabe meltdown over California primary
MAGA's kayfabe meltdown over California primary
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NOTUS, The Hill, Blaze Media and MeidasTouch
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
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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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Mediaite, Washington Times, MS NOW and Grabien
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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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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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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Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Only one in 10 Europeans now see US as an ally, survey suggests — Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack — European confidence in an American “security guarantee” has hit a historic low, a survey suggests …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Supreme Court's final cases loom over Trump's immigration, election hopes — The last Supreme Court decisions of the term include major tests of presidential power and election law that could have lasting implications on voting and governance. … - The Supreme Court's final slate …
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Reuters:
Trump setbacks fuel lame-duck talk as he turns 80 — U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to project political strength as he turns 80, but setbacks at home and abroad are exposing the limits of his power and pushing him toward the kind of lame-duck status he has told aides he is determined to avoid.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Doesn't Own the Constitution — It is the job of the judiciary, as Chief Justice John Marshall famously wrote, to say what the law is. — Often, this is taken to mean a duty to interpret the Constitution and fix its meaning in place. But to say what the law …
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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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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