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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Celebrates While America Capitulates — The peace deal with Tehran is an Iranian victory. — President Trump has announced that the United States and Iran have reached a deal to end their war. “Congratulations to all!” he said in a posting on his Truth Social site on Sunday evening.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
We Can Reject Trump's Orgy of Decline — Donald Trump, still vibrating from the joys of his UFCstravaganza at the White House last night, is feeling himself this morning, and has apparently decided to make the Fourth of July America 250 Party even Trumpier than before: “On July 4th …
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New York Times:
Trump Winds Down the War He Started With Goals Unmet — While the president says the agreement with Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz and provide economic relief, the country's nuclear program is still a subject for negotiation. — Almost immediately after striking a deal with Iran …
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New York Times:
Israel Counts the Ways That Netanyahu's Iran Strategy Failed — The U.S.-Iran framework agreement appears to omit some of the most important provisions that Israel wanted. — For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, the war he had hoped would secure his legacy …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Claims Strait Will Be ‘Permanently Toll-Free’ Under Agreement With Iran — In a call to The New York Times, President Trump praised Russia's and China's leaders and described Israel's prime minister as “a very difficult guy.” — President Trump said in an interview on Sunday afternoon …
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump sought to break Iran's regime. He settled for reopening Hormuz.
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Samia Nakhoul / Reuters:
Gulf recalibrates as Iran emerges intact from war
Gulf recalibrates as Iran emerges intact from war
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Shafiq Najib / ABC News:
Obama says ‘doubtful’ that any Iran deal will be different than past
Obama says ‘doubtful’ that any Iran deal will be different than past
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Associated Press:
Iran and US reach a tentative deal to end the war and open Strait of Hormuz but challenges remain
Iran and US reach a tentative deal to end the war and open Strait of Hormuz but challenges remain
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
This Is the Truth About Trump's Shameful 80th Birthday Gift to Himself
This Is the Truth About Trump's Shameful 80th Birthday Gift to Himself
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New York Times:
Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right — Secret memos show that the White House debated last year, to a greater degree than previously known, whether to limit habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants. — Stephen Miller, left, and Will Scharf, right …
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Daniel De Simone / BBC:
Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals — BBC News Investigations and BBC Panorama — Even after he set fire to Sir Keir Starmer's house, Roman Lavrynovych - convicted on Monday of conspiring to commit arson - seemed to know as much about the prime minister as a bullet knows about its target.
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Washington Post:
President says 250th celebration on July 4 will be a ‘Trump rally’ — The previously planned event for the country's anniversary will feature the president's playlist and his keynote address, he said. — Summary — President Donald Trump said Monday he would be closely involved …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump declares D.C.'s July 4th celebration a “TRUMP RALLY”
Trump declares D.C.'s July 4th celebration a “TRUMP RALLY”
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Paul Krugman:
Meet the New Bosses, Worse Than the Old Bosses — The second Gilded Age is much uglier than the first — Many people have compared our current era to the Gilded Age. But that analogy is deeply unfair to the Gilded Age. Like the robber barons of yore, today's oligarchs are immensely wealthy …
Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:
Trump has a timing problem — and GOP lawmakers are sick of it — They say timing is everything, but for President Donald Trump, it's increasingly becoming a political liability on Capitol Hill. — Frustration with Trump is growing among congressional Republicans, who say a string …
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Al Weaver / NOTUS:
Republicans Wish Trump's Favorite Voting Bill Would Just Die Already
Republicans Wish Trump's Favorite Voting Bill Would Just Die Already
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The 2028 Democratic Ticket May Already Be Taking Shape … Democrats are approaching what could be their most wide-open presidential primary in decades, but I'd venture a confident prediction today: one of the two Georgia senators will be on the party's ticket in 2028.
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Court sanctions far-right lawyers over ‘frivolous’ bid to force Wisconsin out of ERIC — A federal court dismissed a far-right group's lawsuit to ban Wisconsin from sharing voter information with a respected nonpartisan data-sharing network used by a majority of states to maintain accurate voter rolls.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Supreme Court wades into fight over ‘prolonged’ detention of some ICE detainees … The issue reached the Supreme Court 25 years after the justices decided a similar question: how long the government can hold immigration detainees who have final deportation orders.
James Franey / New York Post:
Trump warns France in exclusive interview with The Post: Kill tech tax or face 100% wine tariffs: ‘I have no choice’ — See more of our coverage in your search results. — Add The New York Post on Google — President Trump warned that France is at risk of a fresh trade war with America …
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Vance denies that Iran will receive “billions of dollars of assets” in deal — Add CBS News on Google — Vice President JD Vance denied on Monday that Iran will receive “billions of dollars of assets” as part of a the U.S.-Iran deal that was announced Sunday and is set to be signed later this week.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Vance says ‘a lot’ of Iran deal details to figure out, but U.S. has ‘all the cards’
Vance says ‘a lot’ of Iran deal details to figure out, but U.S. has ‘all the cards’
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New York Times:
Todd Blanche Is a Dangerous Choice for Trump's Attorney General — President Trump has every right to select an attorney general who shares his policy views. Mr. Trump campaigned and won on a platform skeptical of environmental regulation, opposed to racial preferences and supportive …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
New York Times' Kristof quoted former campaign donors in columns — The Scoop — When The New York Times announced that columnist Nick Kristof would return following a scuttled 2021 bid for governor of Oregon, the paper made a promise to readers. — In a response to questions …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court turns away challenge to New York firearms liability law — A 2021 New York law allows gun manufacturers to be sued when their weapons are used in deadly shootings deemed to be a broad threat to public health in the state.
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Axios:
Boris Epshteyn: Trump's “psychiatrist” and counsel … - Epshteyn, the president's senior personal counsel, speaks with “the boss” so often that Trump sometimes puts him on speakerphone without telling others in the room, two people familiar with the routine tell Axios.
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Marty Lederman / Just Security:
The Continuing Saga of Chief Judge Boasberg's Contempt of Court Inquiry Involving Todd Blanche and Emil Bove — As Mattathias Schwartz recently wrote in the New York Times, federal courts increasingly are expressing concern about the litigation conduct of Department of Justice attorneys.
Robert Downen / Texas Monthly:
A Historically Questionable Christian Movement Could Soon Be Taught in Texas Schools — The State Board of Education meets this week to vote on a K-12 curriculum some experts warn elevates Christianity over other faiths. — Bill Cook had a request for the crowd gathered before him just outside the U.S. Capitol.
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Their Lies Must Be Their Undoing — Running against the GOP culture of lying opens the door to every Republican vulnerability. — ∙ Paid — Liberals perked up last week when House Speaker Mike Johnson let slip that Republicans plan to slash Social Security and Medicare if they manage to hold Congress 1.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Vance calls his ‘chidless cat ladies’ comment ‘one of the dumbest things I ever said’ — Vice President JD Vance, who previously stood by the insult of Kamala Harris and other Democrats, writes in his new book that the remarks were “a clear moment where I failed.”
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