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New York Times:
A Dangerous Limbo Leaves Iran, and the World, Between Peace and War — Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal. — In just the past five days, the United States …
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Brussels Signal and Foreign Policy
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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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Washington Post, Axios, Just Security, Breitbart and Reuters
Milena Wälde / Politico:
Trump says Iran war has ended. Tehran isn't so sure.
Trump says Iran war has ended. Tehran isn't so sure.
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Washington Examiner, New York Times, Breitbart, Middle East Monitor, Mediaite, Al Jazeera and Semafor
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.
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MS NOW, RedState, Fox News, PJ Media, The Independent, America, America, The Hill, Raw Story and Mediaite
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, three people briefed on the search told MS NOW. — Agents also fanned out across the state …
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Democracy Docket and NBC News
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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Straight Arrow, Althouse, PBS NewsHour and Raw Story
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Michael Williams / CNN:
Huge ‘8647’ etched into grass on the National Mall, aerial images show
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New York Times, UPI, Dallas Express, The Guardian, Newsbusters, KTLA, ABC News, The Independent, FOX 10 Phoenix, The Gateway Pundit, Forbes, Metro.co.uk, Washington Examiner, New Republic and NewsMax.com
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Democratic voters want the party to be more moderate — and more socialist? — I'm popping my head up from paternity leave for a few hours this morning to write this note on a topical new poll that everyone seems to be reading incorrectly. — If you get value out of data-driven coverage …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
TPUSA's new message to girls: Hate yourself — Speakers at the women's leadership summit continued Charlie Kirk's misogynist mission — Turning Point USA was co-founded by Charlie Kirk and its fundraising apparatus since his death has centered around fading MAGA fantasies that he will be a movement-reviving martyr.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and The Nation
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Sam Sifton / New York Times:
A Trillionaire? — SpaceX is expected to make Elon Musk even richer when its stock begins trading today. — Good morning. Happy Friday. Let's go to the stock market. — SpaceX, Elon Musk's rocket-building, satellite-launching and artificial intelligence company, is set to go public today at $135 a share.
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The Guardian, CBS News, Gizmodo, NewsMax.com, Staff Stories, The Bulwark, HotAir, RedState, Al Jazeera, CNBC, Deseret News and Bloomberg, more at Techmeme »
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New York Times:
U.S. Plan Is Said to Pull a Third of Fighter Jets It Provides NATO for Europe — The plan, outlined by officials and in a written document, provides rare clarity about the extent to which the Trump administration intends to reduce its commitment to NATO. — The United States plans …
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Reason, Military.com, NewsMax.com, Modern Diplomacy, Reuters, GB News and The Independent
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Elon Musk is a real-life Bond villain — The X owner is using his platform to amplify extremist opponents of multiculturalism in Britain — You might have thought the world's richest man had enough on his plate teeing up history's biggest IPO. The SpaceX listing is happening today.
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The Verge
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Elon Musk's age of impunity
Elon Musk's age of impunity
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Washington Post, Associated Press and Truthout, more at Techmeme »
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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MS NOW, Talking Points Memo, The Independent, Reuters, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Breitbart, Daily Mail, Washington Examiner and Mediaite
New Republic:
Trump Hits Record-Breaking Low in Polls as Aides Leak: He's “Furious” — Donald Trump's polling just crashed to new lows. He's hit a net approval on inflation of negative 50 points in numerous surveys, something no other president has done—ever. Trump also is at 80 percent disapproval on gas prices.
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MS NOW, The Daily Caller and HuffPost
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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New York Times, The Hill, Axios, American Greatness and Forbes
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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.
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Breitbart, Washington Post and CNN
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Autistic children injected with unapproved stem cell treatments supported by RFK Jr — Desperate US parents pay up to $20,000 a session for a procedure scientists say could be bogus — Autistic children as young as 18 months old are being injected with human stem cells derived …
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
Will Democrats become the party of faith? — This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🙏 Subscribe to PN 🙏 — Until recently, it seemed Donald Trump would cement the GOP's status as the political home of “faith”-driven voters that it took on decades ago.
Kirk Siegler / NPR:
President Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn — SEATTLE — Few public universities get more federal research funding than the University of Washington. — So as President Trump has already cancelled or suspended about a quarter of all funding …
Jason Furman / New York Times:
Social Security Is Going Broke. Where Is the Outrage? — The first major public policy issue I worked on in the White House, almost 30 years ago, was President Bill Clinton's call to “save Social Security first.” Though the fund wasn't projected to run dry for another three decades, the country seemed gripped by the issue.
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Robert Reich and Paul Krugman
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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Erica Orden / Politico:
Prosecutors ‘on pins and needles’ awaiting Jay Clayton's replacement
Prosecutors ‘on pins and needles’ awaiting Jay Clayton's replacement
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The Bulwark, The Parnas Perspective, All Rise News, Gothamist, CBS News, The Daily Caller and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Supreme Court Blocks Alabama From Executing Inmate Using Nitrogen Gas — The unsigned decision for now spares Jeffery Lee, a convicted murderer, and could lead to a broader fight over the relatively new execution method. — The Supreme Court blocked Alabama on Thursday night from using nitrogen gas …
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Associated Press, Alabama Political Reporter, Metro.co.uk, Civil Discourse …, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, NPR, NewsMax.com, Law Dork, MS NOW, CBS News and SCOTUSblog
Stefan Becket / CBS News:
Pentagon releases 3rd batch of UFO files, detailing mysterious orb sightings: “Are you seeing this?” — Add CBS News on Google — Washington — The Pentagon on Friday released a new group of documents and videos related to UFOs, or UAPs, the third release since the government began a wave of new disclosures last month.
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Axios, New York Post, Washington Times, The Daily Wire, Dallas Express and The Independent
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Aftermath: The Economy Is Propped Up by Government Spending — In today's edition, we highlight an underdiscussed reason why damage from the war hasn't eaten the U.S. economy: fiscal stimulus. — Share on Make us preferred on Google (Opens in new window) Make us preferred on Google …
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis / American Prospect:
New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley-Funded Abundance Movement — The Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement. — Share on Make us preferred on Google (Opens in new window) Make us preferred on Google - Share on Bluesky …
Holland Cotter / New York Times:
David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88 … David Hockney's “Self-Portrait With Red Braces” (2003). He remained unfailingly productive almost to the end of his life.David Hockney, photograph by Richard Schmidt — David Hockney, the English artist whose deftly designed …
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Associated Press, UPI, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, PinkNews, Press Association, The Irish News, RTÉ, Vanity Fair, Al Jazeera, UnHerd, Southampton News … and Variety
NOTUS:
The Pentagon Quietly Delayed PFAS Cleanup Across Nearly 200 Military Sites — The previously unreported delays push back efforts up to 20 years — including at sites where the chemicals have contaminated local drinking water. — Copy — The Defense Department has once again delayed …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
How the UFC conquered Trump's Washington — Dana White likes to say he sells “holy sh*t moments for a living.” — Sunday night, the UFC CEO will attempt his magnum opus on the biggest stage in combat sports history. … - White brought Trump cageside — reintroducing …
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Bloomberg, Chicago Sun Times, Raw Story, MS NOW, Washington Examiner, New Republic, The Hill, Fox News, The Dispatch and Associated Press
Hugo Gurdon / Washington Examiner:
The descent of Britain is a warning to all — It is impossible to avert one's eyes from the United Kingdom's cultural disintegration. It produces horrors that stand as a warning to all Western nations to guard their societies against their current influx of hostile foreigners.
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Wall Street Journal and El País

