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Washington Post:
U.S. intelligence warns Israel is likely to undermine Iran peace deal, officials say  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces pressure to continue a military campaign in Lebanon, current and former U.S. officials said.  —  U.S. intelligence agencies have warned the Trump administration …
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Linda Kinstler / New York Times:
Our Allies Are Wondering Whether Supporting the American War Machine Is Worth It  —  Is the Iran war an early sign of “superpower suicide”?  —  President Trump was triumphant when he announced that his 106-day war with Iran had ended.  This initial agreement, which Trump signed at Versailles …
Bloomberg:
US-Iran Nuclear Talks Stall Over Lebanon Before They Begin  —  Iran delayed the start of negotiations over a permanent peace deal with the US after fighting intensified in southern Lebanon, a potential setback to Donald Trump's efforts to end the war and curb Tehran's nuclear program.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
MAGA Hates This Holiday  —  Thanks to their operational control of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran was able to get away with murder in setting the terms of further peace talks with the United States—and now they're pushing for even more.  The first round of scheduled peace talks under …
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Israel Is Likely to Continue Attacks in Lebanon, U.S. Intelligence Concludes
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
Trump puts AI industry on edge
Discussion: Mediaite
Vox:   How Iran won the war
Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz closed again after US lifts blockade
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
How Pulte's new role is a win for CIA's John Ratcliffe
NBC News:
U.S.-Iran talks postponed as Vance cancels trip and Israel intensifies strikes in southern Lebanon
Reuters:
US-Iran peace talks postponed, clouding prospects for lasting truce
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Italian foreign minister cancels trip to US over Trump's comments about Meloni  —  US President Donald Trump's comments to an Italian media outlet about the country's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have sparked a fresh diplomatic incident.  —  Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced Friday …
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Reuters:
Meloni fights back after Trump tells Italian TV she ‘begged’ for photo with him at G7  —  Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused her one-time close ally Donald Trump of fabricating a story about her on Friday, after the U.S. President told an Italian TV channel that she had “begged” him to take a photo with her at a G7 summit.
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump says Cuba operation could mirror Venezuela triumph
Discussion: HotAir
Frank Andrews / CBS News:
Italy nixes envoy's U.S. visit as leader Meloni “stunned” by Trump comments: “Neither I nor Italy beg”
New York Times:
Italy Doesn't ‘Beg,’ Giorgia Meloni Tells Trump
Discussion: Mediaite, NewsMax.com and The Hill
CNN:
Trump's new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds  —  Donald Trump National security Tulsi Gabbard Trump appointments  —  President Donald Trump's pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday …
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Reuters:
White House delays release of US voting machine study as midterms near
Discussion: WTTG-TV and Raw Story
New York Times:
Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth's War on Diversity  —  A Black admiral fixed one of the Navy's worst messes.  Mr. Hegseth blocked his promotion anyway.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotions of at least 40 senior officers to general and admiral ranks this year.
Bloomberg:
Trump Displays Refitted Qatar-Gifted Jet to Be Air Force One  —  President Donald Trump on Friday unveiled the Boeing Co. 747-8 that will serve as the new US presidential jet, proclaiming the gifted plane from the Qatari government “virtually double the size” of the previous model.
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Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Trump unveils new Air Force One, a $400 million plane gifted by Qatar
Maura Judkis / Washington Post:
The blue paint is peeling off the Reflecting Pool  —  An “American Flag Blue” paint sheet was seen floating on Thursday as workers cleaned algae after Trump's $14 million renovation.  —  Summary  —  For days, workers have been trying to rid the Reflecting Pool of algae …
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Jasper Ward / Reuters:
The paint is already peeling in Trump's renovated Washington Reflecting Pool
Cuneyt Dil / Axios:
How a democratic socialist swept D.C. … - Unhappiness with the city's direction stood at the highest level (55%) since Marion Barry's reign 28 years ago, per a Washington Post-Schar School poll. … - Washington's influx of white residents, who tend to be younger and more progressive …
Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Exclusive: Son of pro-crypto New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand raises $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange  —  The 22-year-old son of a crypto-friendly senator plans to launch his own exchange for a type of derivative popularized by digital asset traders.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Obama says U.S. may be ‘worse off’ now than before Iran war  —  The former president told NBC's “TODAY” show he questioned the rationale for President Donald Trump's war on Iran.  —  Former President Barack Obama said it seems like the United States has either returned to the status quo or is …
Alice Hancock / Financial Times:
Iran to seek ‘insurance fees’ for passage through Strait of Hormuz  —  Vessels must hold Tehran-approved insurance policy to use vital waterway, says government agency  —  Iran has said it reserves the right to charge ships “insurance fees” for passage through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Federal judge gives DOJ green light to turn Biden's audio files over to the Heritage Foundation … Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, wrote in her ruling that the former president's privacy concerns “though substantial,” paled in comparison to the significant public interest in the case …
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:   Judge Says DOJ Can Hand Biden Recordings to Heritage Foundation
Ben Protess / New York Times:
Inside Trump's Stock Trading Surge  —  Documents show the president outsourced trading decisions to brokers.  But bucking tradition, his assets are not in a blind trust, exposing him to concerns about conflicts.  —  President Trump's brokerage accounts placed more than 3,600 trades …
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Video contradicts FBI agent's account of shooting during undercover sting in Country Club Hills  —  U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling ordered the video's public release Thursday after its discovery prompted federal prosecutors to drop charges related to an attempted robbery of undercover federal agents in the south suburb.
Adam Wollner / NBC News:
Trump endorses a second candidate in the South Carolina governor's race  —  After throwing his support behind Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette last month, Trump said he is now backing both her and Attorney General Alan Wilson in Tuesday's GOP primary runoff. … Trump had endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette …
Daniel Ruetenik / CBS News:
What's missing from the Epstein files?  Questions persist about unexplained redactions, missing documents, email gaps  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  When the Department of Justice released more than 3 million pages of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, survivors …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Alexander Burns / Politico:
The Most Surprising Miscalculation of Trump's Second Term … The populist premier of Alberta, Smith enjoyed lively relationships across the American right, even hosting Tucker Carlson in Western Canada in 2024.  —  Yet when I asked Smith last fall, at a policy summit in Toronto …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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