Top Items:
Axios:
Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for “Regime Change” — Top White House officials believe New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their forthcoming book, “Regime Change.”
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
US, Iran offer mixed messages on peace deal timing — The U.S. and Iran are offering mixed messages on a possible peace deal, with Iranian officials disputing President Trump's announcement that a ceasefire would be finalized Sunday — Iran's state-run Fars News Agency reported early Sunday that Tehran …
Discussion:
Fars, The Times of Israel, Reuters, The Guardian, Associated Press, NewsMax.com and Straight Arrow
RELATED:
New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Israel and Hezbollah Exchange Strikes, Complicating Possible Iran Peace Agreement — Israel's military said it attacked the southern outskirts of Beirut, the Lebanese capital, after accusing Hezbollah, the Iran-backed armed group, of violating a cease-fire. — Here's the latest.
Bloomberg:
Iran Signals No Deal Will Be Signed by Trump's Sunday Timeline
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Associated Press, NewsMax.com and Al Jazeera
Bloomberg:
Trump Eyes Sunday Iran Deal But Tehran Says Still Reviewing Text
Trump Eyes Sunday Iran Deal But Tehran Says Still Reviewing Text
Discussion:
ABC News, Al Jazeera, NPR, The Guardian, HuffPost, Washington Post, Daily Mail, The Hill, The Times of Israel, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Breitbart, Raw Story, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, MS NOW, New York Times, UPI, Stars & Stripes, CNBC, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com, Townhall, Washington Times, Dallas Express, CBS News, Politico and New York Post
The Guardian:
UFC to pay White House fighters in crypto issued by Trump company — Some fighters will receive bonuses in ‘stablecoins’ issued by Trump family business World Liberty Financial — The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) announced on Friday that it will pay bonuses to fighters in a form …
Discussion:
MMA Fighting
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump at 80: A President ‘Really Uncomfortable’ With Aging … President Trump during a recent trip to attend the NBA Finals in New York.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times — He stays up late, phoning lawyers and lawmakers, while posting up to 150 times a night on Truth Social.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner
RELATED:
David Smith / The Guardian:
As Donald Trump turns 80, he faces a foe he can never defeat: Father Time. That's a problem for us all — Alarm over the judgment and behaviour of the world's most powerful man, and the consequent risks to the world, can only get worse — The main Nuremberg trial ended …
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Deadlocked Wars: How Major Powers Misread the Regions They Attacked — Russia and the United States projected their own centralized views onto Ukraine and Iran, analysts said. As a result, the smaller countries trapped larger ones in a costly confrontation. — NEWS ANALYSIS
RELATED:
Politico:
Ukraine is winning the drone war. Now it needs to win over Trump.
Discussion:
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and Reuters
Mark Landler / New York Times:
It Was Meant to Unify. Now the G7 Is Dogged by Chaos and Divided by Trump.
It Was Meant to Unify. Now the G7 Is Dogged by Chaos and Divided by Trump.
Discussion:
Financial Times, Politico, One America News Network and The Independent
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Kennedy Center is a reminder that we can win, it will be messy, and Trump will be petty — The illegal effort to put Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center has always been a metaphor — but, this weekend, it became a story of how we get through this. — This is what it will mean to win.
RELATED:
Politico:
Trump endorses Mike Collins in Georgia Senate runoff … Dooley said he has “great respect” for Trump in a post on X after the president's endorsement and reiterated his pitch as a political outsider best positioned to beat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, while highlighting his support from Kemp.
Discussion:
NBC News, Associated Press, Washington Times, Fox News and National Politics
RELATED:
Tim Balk / New York Times:
President Trump Endorses Mike Collins in Georgia Senate Runoff
President Trump Endorses Mike Collins in Georgia Senate Runoff
Discussion:
The Hill
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Merger Cleared, David Ellison to Join Trump at U.F.C. Bout — A U.F.C. fight on President Trump's birthday will now double as a capstone for Paramount's successful effort to secure Justice Department approval for a mega media merger. — The Ultimate Fighting Championship bout at the White House …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Status, The American Conservative and Washington Examiner, more at Mediagazer »
Hayes Brown / MS NOW:
The White House UFC fight is a grand pageant for an 80-year-old boy king — A $60 million price tag outstrips even the most lavish spectacles that medieval tournaments provided for feudal lords. — On the White House South Lawn, rising high above the Executive Mansion, a battlefield awaits.
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Guardian and Boston.com
Politico:
France's far-right front-runner rejects Trump's backing — BRUSSELS — If Jordan Bardella becomes France's next president, don't expect him to be Donald Trump's man in Europe. — The 30-year-old leader of France's far-right National Rally — and the favorite to replace Marine Le Pen …
Jack Dura / Associated Press:
A woman's hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide — A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker after being released from federal custody a homicide. An attorney representing her family said he expects her relatives …
Discussion:
Reuters
Politico:
Secretive super PAC funding is skyrocketing in primaries … A record number of groups are exploiting a gap in campaign finance law to flood this year's primary elections with money — without disclosing their donors until long after the race is over. — More than $48 million has already …
New York Times:
Trump Again Picks Personal Lawyer for a Top Job, as U.S. Attorney in Manhattan — James M. McDonald, a veteran former federal prosecutor and regulator, has more recently been part of President Trump's legal team, appealing his criminal conviction. — President Trump said on Saturday …
Discussion:
Associated Press and ABC News
RELATED:
Ella Kipling / BBC:
UK armed forces board Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in English Channel, PM says — British armed forces boarded a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, Sir Keir Starmer has said. — In an operation lasting six hours …
Discussion:
Scripps News, The Hill, GOV.UK, Associated Press, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, GB News, Al Jazeera, The Aviationist, RTÉ and Politico
Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
Early results show Swiss voters reject right-wing's bid to cap population at 10 million — Voters in Switzerland have cast their final ballots on Sunday on an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country's population at 10 million.
Discussion:
Bloomberg, Associated Press, RTÉ, CNN, New York Sun, The Gateway Pundit, CNBC and Lawyers, Guns & Money
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Voters are unhappy about much more than high gas prices … Summary — RALEIGH, N.C. — For Leith Olson, the familiar comforts of middle-class life have moved out of reach. — To save money, he and his wife, Heather, cut back on vacations and switched to less expensive store brands when shopping for groceries.
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
How Redistricting Pit Wasserman Schultz Against Black Democrats in Florida — Four candidates running in a historically Black district risk dividing the Black vote and losing to Ms. Wasserman Schultz, who is white. — Four Black Democrats running for Congress in the same South Florida district met …
Andrew Stiles / The Washington Free Beacon:
Dr Jill Biden Writes What She Knows — REVIEW: ‘View from the East Wing’ by Jill Biden — In her new memoir, Dr. Jill Biden, Ed. D., fondly recounts the moment she had “never felt prouder to be an educator.” You might assume it happened in a classroom. But that's not how the good doctor rolls.
Discussion:
The Washington Free Beacon
New York Times:
Trump Administration Reignites Its Feud With Anthropic Over Latest A.I. Models — The administration's surprise restrictions Friday cut off foreign access to Anthropic's latest models and sparked another round of finger pointing. — The feud between Anthropic and the Trump administration escalated again …
Discussion:
Reuters, The Decoder, Axios, The Information, RedState, Washington Post and Washington Examiner, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
