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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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and MMA Mania
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 …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump's Iran “Deal” Is a Giant Bag of Dog Sh💩t  —  It's not a deal.  It's a memo of understanding in advance of a surrender of the American-led world order.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Always Right  —  On Friday I explained to my best friend, and later to Catherine Rampell …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Trump's Iran Deal Is a Humiliation for Him—and Good News for the World  —  The negotiations are a stark symbol of the president's failure.  But any deal is better than endless, foolish war.  —  Pocket  —  When it comes to negotiating an end to war, Donald Trump suffers from a severe case of premature proclamation.
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump sought to break Iran's regime. He settled for reopening Hormuz.
Samia Nakhoul / Reuters:
Gulf recalibrates as Iran emerges intact from war
Discussion: MS NOW and Semafor
Shafiq Najib / ABC News:
Obama says ‘doubtful’ that any Iran deal will be different than past
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Claims Strait Will Be ‘Permanently Toll-Free’ Under Agreement With Iran
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 …
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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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.
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Meeting at Vatican last year was ‘unsettling,’ Vance writes in new book  —  The vice president says he preferred direct rebukes from Pope Francis to “trite platitudes” from the Vatican officials he met in April 2025, shortly before Francis's death.  —  Summary
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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 …
Dan Gelston / Associated Press:
Don't expect a repeat.  UFC boss Dana White says ‘never again’ to another White House fight night  —  By the time Justin Gaethje pummeled his bloodied foe to a pulp and celebrated a championship win with a backflip off the top of the wire-mesh cage, then shook hands with President Donald Trump …
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Max Rego / The Hill:
ICE officer struck by vehicle during apprehension attempt, officials say  —  Police in Stafford Township, N.J., said Monday that a suspect fleeing the scene of an arrest struck an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer with their car.  —  The Stafford Township Police Department wrote …
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonas Loesel / Politico:
Hungarian parliament votes for 8-year term limit that would stop Orbán returning  —  The constitutional amendment, if made law, would prevent a repeat of Viktor Orbán's 20-year stint as prime minister.  —  Hungarian lawmakers on Monday passed a constitutional amendment …
Discussion: Reuters and Telex
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.
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 …
Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Epstein paid Palm Beach deputy to get special treatment in jail, ex-aide says  —  Sarah Kellen, a longtime personal assistant to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, has disclosed for the first time that Epstein's preferential treatment at the Palm Beach County jail may have been the result of him paying off Palm Beach sheriff's deputies.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate to confirm Jay Clayton as soon as Thursday  —  The Senate could vote as soon as Thursday on Jay Clayton's nomination to serve as director of national intelligence — a lightning speed pace that will necessitate buy-in from all 100 senators.  Confirming Clayton could help shore …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and CBS News
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Newsom says Trump DOJ investigating him in latest political probe  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating him and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, marking the department's latest high-profile probe against one of President Donald Trump's political foes.
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
The FBI's raid on free and fair elections  —  This piece was originally published for Democracy Docket members only.  We're sharing it more widely because it felt too timely to keep behind the paywall.  Become a member to get Marc's exclusive notes first.  —  On Thursday, more than 100 …
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 …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
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 …
 
 
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Barnini Chakraborty / Washington Examiner:
Taxpayers on hook for $1.1 million for security upgrades at Josh Shapiro's private home
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Spotlight PA
Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Trump's Authoritarian Cringe Is Weighing Down His Popularity, New Poll Finds
Matt Egan / CNN:
US emergency oil stockpile tumbles to lowest since the Reagan administration
Discussion: Washington Examiner
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Gets New Opportunities To Insult America's Allies In Person
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Supreme Court wades into fight over ‘prolonged’ detention of some ICE detainees
Discussion: NOTUS
Megan Specia / New York Times:
Britain Announces Social Media Ban for Children
Foreign Affairs:
How to Beat an Autocrat  —  The Real Lessons of Orban's Defeat  —  For years, Hungary …
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects former Trump adviser Carter Page's bid to revive James Comey lawsuit
Christian Paz / Vox:
What right-wing influencers just did to a major US church
Robert Downen / Texas Monthly:
A Historically Questionable Christian Movement Could Soon Be Taught in Texas Schools
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Ben Taub / New Yorker:
Inside the Ludicrous, Deadly Serious Plan to Take Over Greenland
Discussion: Bloomberg and Althouse
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
Sentinels at the Bacchanal  —  OVER THE WEEKEND, military service members participated …
Tom Ambrose / The Guardian:
Middle East crisis live: US and Iran say peace deal reached but Israel rules out withdrawing from Lebanon
Axios:
Boris Epshteyn: Trump's “psychiatrist” and counsel
Discussion: Raw Story
Hanna Arhirova / Associated Press:
Russia unleashes a major barrage on Ukraine, killing 11 and damaging a renowned religious site