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Washington Post:
Enormous etchings of numbers interpreted as threat to Trump appear on National Mall — Police respond to what appears to be the anti-Trump message “86 47″ etched into the grass near the World War II Memorial. — Summary — U.S. Park Police, the D.C. fire department and members …
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Nathan Howard / Reuters:
US authorities investigate huge ‘8647’ marking on grounds of National Mall in Washington — The U.S. Department of the Interior said on Thursday it is investigating what appeared to be a large tracing of “8647” into the grounds of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Michael Williams / CNN:
Huge ‘8647’ etched into grass on the National Mall, aerial images show — The numbers “8647” — a phrase generally used to signal opposition to President Donald Trump — appeared etched into the grass on the National Mall on Thursday, days before massive crowds are expected in the area for a UFC match on Trump's birthday on Sunday.
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Washington Post:
Trump says he has canceled plans to strike Iran — President Donald Trump on Thursday withdrew threats to take Iran's most critical oil terminal “in the not too distant future,” after fresh attacks on U.S. bases in the region. — Summary — President Donald Trump said that he had …
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Politico:
After Trump threatened to attack Iran, a scramble to stop him … The president announced on Truth Social that a deal could be signed as early as this weekend. — “We just made a great settlement of the war in Iran and we'll be subject to finalization of documents,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office later Thursday.
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Bloomberg, New Republic, Axios, Middle East Monitor and Fox News
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Trump's latest Fox interview shows how their relationship has triggered an Iran war doom loop
Trump's latest Fox interview shows how their relationship has triggered an Iran war doom loop
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Raw Story, Stars & Stripes, Trump's Truth and Washington Examiner
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump claims Iran deal reached, Tehran says no “final decision”
Trump claims Iran deal reached, Tehran says no “final decision”
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Dangerous Escalation in a Losing War
Trump's Dangerous Escalation in a Losing War
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The Daily Wire, Byline Times, The Independent, Politico and CNBC
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Kennedy Center board to fight order to remove Trump's name as deadline looms — The Kennedy Center's trustees voted Thursday to seek a last-minute stay of a federal judge's directive to take Trump's name off the center's exterior by Friday. — Summary — The Kennedy Center's board plans …
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Steven Sloan / Associated Press:
Kennedy Center board seeks delay of ruling ordering removal of Trump's name by Friday deadline
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Kennedy Center board plans to appeal judge's ruling over removing Trump's name
Kennedy Center board plans to appeal judge's ruling over removing Trump's name
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Washington Examiner and Washingtonian
New York Times:
Trump Picks Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence After Backlash Over Bill Pulte — The president said he would nominate Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan and the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, for the permanent role.
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Trump says he will nominate Jay Clayton to succeed Tulsi Gabbard as the DNI — If White House officials are expecting this nomination to advance without controversy, they're going to be disappointed. — Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has maintained a rather high profile lately.
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Hailey Bullis / Washington Examiner:
Bill Cassidy calls Trump DNI pick Jay Clayton a ‘very poor choice’ — Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) rebuked President Donald Trump's pick of Jay Clayton, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to succeed Tulsi Gabbard as the next director of national intelligence.
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The Senate: The Race for the Majority is Not a Toss-up, But the Races That Will Decide It Are — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — We are making three Senate rating changes this week, all in favor of Democrats. North Carolina moves to Leans Democratic, and Alaska and Ohio are now Toss-ups.
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Some States Opt Out of Trump's ‘Great American State Fair’ — At least five have declined to participate, the latest sign that the national 250th birthday celebration has become a fragmented and partisan affair as the president seeks his imprint. — At least five states have declined …
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Few Americans back Trump's White House cage match plan, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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The Independent, The Hill and Breaking News USA
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
‘Vegas’ on the South Lawn: Trump Unveils the U.F.C. ‘Claw’
‘Vegas’ on the South Lawn: Trump Unveils the U.F.C. ‘Claw’
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump — In his first extensive interview since his defeat by a Trump-backed challenger, the Texas Republican said the Senate was in for a “bumpy ride” as he and others flex new political freedom.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump and Allies Are Working on Plan to ‘Expunge’ Impeachments — Republican-backed symbolic resolution would put lawmakers on record regarding the two impeachments during Trump's first term — WASHINGTON—President Trump and his allies have discussed pushing lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed …
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Washington Examiner and Mediaite
Marlow Stern / Variety:
Former ‘60 Minutes’ Staffers Unload on Bari Weiss: 'Everything She's Touched Has Turned to S—' — As Bari Weiss lays waste to “60 Minutes,” six former staffers sound off on the damage she's inflicted upon the crown jewel of CBS News. — Staffers have taken to calling it “Black Thursday.”
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CNN:
Group of Epstein survivors announce opposition to Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination — A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors came out in opposition to Todd Blanche's nomination as President Donald Trump's permanent attorney general, citing his participation in secret White House meetings …
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Mediaite, The Contrarian, Raw Story and Politico
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New York Times:
Postal Service Issues Proposal to Block Mail Ballots in States That Don't Turn Over Data — Democrats and voting-rights groups have challenged the proposed rule as a harmful federal intrusion that could affect millions of voters who cast their ballots by mail.
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American Greatness, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com, Ace of Spades HQ, Scripps News, Election Law Blog and CNN
US Department of Justice:
Boelter Pleaded Guilty for His Role in the Stalking and Murder of Minnesota State Legislators — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota — MINNEAPOLIS - United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that Vance Luther Boelter, of Green Isle …
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Associated Press:
Visa plugs its payment network into ChatGPT, letting AI agents shop and pay for users — Betting that people will soon grow more comfortable having artificial intelligence agents shop for groceries, plane tickets or diapers on their behalf, payments giant Visa said Wednesday that it has embedded …
Justin Wolfers / Platypus Economics:
How to Price A Liar — For the 50th time this year, we're on the cusp of peace. Apparently. — Here we go again. — President Trump just announced that he has cancelled the strikes on Iran that he had scheduled for tonight. If you're keeping count at home, this is the fifth …
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The Spectator and Atlantic Council
Brock Marchant / Salt Lake Tribune:
2 former city employees in Utah face federal charges for allegedly helping someone evade ICE — Two former Logan City employees face federal charges after authorities said they helped an immigrant lacking permanent legal status evade arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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KSL-TV, The Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, US Department of Justice and The Gateway Pundit
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The U.S. welcomed this child of the Vietnam War. Why did he die in ICE custody? — Tuan Van Bui's bad luck arguably started the day he was born in 1970 in the city then known as Saigon — the child of a Vietnamese woman and one of the thousands of U.S. soldiers who fought in Southeast Asia for nearly two decades.
Nathan Tankus / Notes on the Crises:
What Ever Happened to DOGE? The “OMBification” of the Trump-Musk Payments Crisis — Dear readers: My deepest apologies for my absence. I got the so-called “Super-Flu” that hit New York in December, then I followed that up with a very debilitating bout of food poisoning in January.
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Politico
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Mike Johnson Just Made a Grave Political Error — Social Security is popular. Cutting it is not. — ∙ Paid — I scream social — Mike Johnson did something very out of character Monday. Normally coy in public, the speaker of the House openly admitted to a radio interviewer …
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New York Times:
Women Who Fled Iran Are to Be Deported to Central African Republic, Lawyers Say — The women are among nearly two dozen people slated to be sent to a country where the U.S. government has advised “Do not travel for any reason.” — The Trump administration is preparing to deport nearly …
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Reuters and Just Security
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Elon Musk's age of impunity — Elon Musk is on the verge of financial immortality: The world's richest man — and potentially its first trillionaire — has built a sovereign corporate kingdom that is too systemic to fail. — And yet, on the eve of SpaceX's monster IPO …
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Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal:
Gabbard Rescinds Finding That Doubted Foreign Involvement in Havana Syndrome — Outgoing intelligence chief says Biden-era reports didn't meet analytic standards — WASHINGTON—Tulsi Gabbard, the outgoing director of national intelligence, revoked two Biden-era intelligence reports …
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New York Post and New York Times
New York Post:
Graham Platner cheated on fiancée and bragged Nazi tattoo was reminder ‘US was the evil bad guy,’ lover tells Post — See more of our coverage in your search results. — Add The New York Post on Google — Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner kept his hideous Nazi tattoo to remind himself …
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Prominent Biden envoy unloads on the White House he served … “There was political failure to understand the reality of the crisis at the border, and the political consequence it would have on Democrats in the 2024 election,” Salazar told POLITICO. — Salazar doesn't want his party to repeat the past.
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The Hill and NewsMax.com
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Judge finds Lander not guilty in 26 Federal Plaza obstruction case … “No offense to Mr. Lander,” the judge said. — Lander — who entered the courtroom in good spirits and holding a Knicks hat — told reporters after the verdict: “I didn't feel tired.” — “I felt an urgency to show …
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Sarah Fitzpatrick / The Atlantic:
Trump Isn't Giving Up on His Slush Fund — Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term. — When Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared before Congress last Tuesday, senior administration officials hoped that his testimony …
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Raw Story, New Republic, NextDraft, The Independent, Wonkette and The Hill


