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1:50 AM ET, June 12, 2026

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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and PBS NewsHour
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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.
NBC News:   Federal authorities investigate giant ‘8647’ markings on National Mall
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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New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Trump Retracts Latest Threats of More Strikes
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
Kennedy Center board plans to appeal judge's ruling over removing Trump's name
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Kennedy Center to appeal Trump name order
Discussion: FOX 10 Phoenix
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.
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.
Discussion: The Hill, Mediaite and Raw Story
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate Democrats' political fortunes have improved.  'It didn't happen by accident,' Schumer says. … But he ticked through moves he oversaw in the past year — from leading opposition to GOP safety-net cuts to picking shutdown fights over health care and immigration enforcement funding …
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Punchbowl News:
Schumer backs Stevens, sees ‘multiple paths’ to majority
Discussion: NBC News and Newsweek
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 …
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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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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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.”
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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CNN:
Man who killed Minnesota lawmaker and her husband pleads guilty to murder in federal case
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 …
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
FBI raids Ohio voting-rights organization  —  FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, according to three people briefed on the search.  —  Agents also fanned out across the state …
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Before-and-after photos: Trump's $14.2m makeover delivers ... a blue pool  —  President steered no-bid contract for project that he said would cost $1.8m to company that worked on his golf resort  —  The final drops of water have been added, and the nanobubbler switched on.
Discussion: Breitbart and CNN
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 …
Discussion: The Spectator and Atlantic Council
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 …
CREW:
DOJ division that should have handled Trump IRS lawsuit has no record of it  —  The Department of Justice's Civil Division claims to have no records of communication related to Trump v. IRS or the following settlement agreement or negotiations, according to a response to CREW's Freedom of Information Act request.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
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.
Discussion: Politico
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 …
Discussion: New York Post and New York Times
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.
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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Jack O'Connor / Chicago Tribune:
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Associated Press:
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New York Times:
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Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
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