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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Senate Votes to Check Trump's War Powers, Rebuking Him on Iran  —  A few Republicans joined Democrats in favor of a measure instructing President Trump to halt military operations against Iran or seek congressional authorization.  —  The Senate on Tuesday adopted a resolution instructing President Trump …
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Ronda Kaysen / New York Times:
Congress Clears Housing Bill, Cementing a Rare Bipartisan Feat  —  A lopsided House vote cleared the measure for President Trump's signature after a lengthy back and forth and several nearly fatal blows to the legislation.  —  The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a landmark housing bill …
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Senate for first time approves a war powers resolution in a rebuke to Trump over Iran conflict  —  The Senate for the first time approved a war powers resolution Tuesday seeking to block U.S. military action against Iran, as lawmakers warily watch President Donald Trump's efforts to resolve …
Morgan Rimmer / CNN:
Senate votes to limit Trump's Iran war powers in rare rebuke  —  Congressional news The Middle East Donald Trump  —  The Senate adopted a resolution on Tuesday directing the president to remove military forces from the conflict with Iran, a significant rebuke to Donald Trump and a strong message that the war lacks support in Congress.
Washington Post:
Senate votes to block Trump from resuming Iran war
Discussion: The Lever, New York Post, NPR and Raw Story
Sam Kessler / Wall Street Journal:   Senate Democrats Call for Hearings Into $500 Million Trump Deal With Emirati Royal
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Senate votes to halt Iran war despite Trump's push for peace deal
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com and Reuters
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Prairieland ‘Antifa’ Activists Sentenced to Decades in Prison on ‘Terrorism’ Charges  —  Defendants who dressed all in black hit with max sentences  —  Federal judges in Fort Worth handed down maximum sentences to eight people charged in connection with a July 2025 demonstration outside …
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US Department of Justice:
Leader of Antifa Cell Members in North Texas Sentenced to 100 Years in Prison for Terrorist Attack on ICE Facility
Rachel Kahn / New Republic:
Anti-ICE Protesters Sentenced to Decades in Prison for “Terrorism”
Discussion: Texas Standard and New York Post
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Washington Post:
Alleged antifa members in Texas are sentenced for ICE protest
Discussion: Townhall, Fox News and The Daily Signal
New York Times:
Trump Says Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool.  Internal Documents Raise Doubts.  —  The documents do not indicate that the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally.  —  President Trump says the peeling blue coating and algae blooms that mar his $16.4 million renovation …
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Trump says 6 people have been arrested for damaging the Reflecting Pool
Lizzy Lawrence / STAT:
STAT+: Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient.  Who was it?  —  WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans with obesity are eagerly awaiting a powerful new drug from Eli Lilly called retatrutide, which has demonstrated bariatric-surgery levels of weight loss.
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Lonely 80-Year-Old Trump's Plea to Blonde Aide, 34, Revealed  —  NEVER LET ME GO  —  The aide who has gained outsize influence in the president's second term reportedly holds a special place in his heart.  —  President Donald Trump bragged to his staffers that the adoring young female aide …
Discussion: MS NOW, Raw Story and The Independent
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David Remnick / New Yorker:
Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold  —  Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's “Regime Change” is packed with news about the Trump White House that will stay news.  —  In 1996, Joan Didion unholstered the X-Acto knife that was her pen and went to work on Bob Woodward.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
New Trump book's authors detail how they pried loose White House secrets: ‘We nearly killed ourselves’  —  Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, the reporters behind Regime Change, were up against an administration that is ‘very good at keeping secrets’  —  They cracked the White House situation room …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees  —  The United States is putting together bags with a children's book on so-called reverse racism, and with a document that defends the country's founding on the basis of slavery.  —  In the coming weeks …
Discussion: New Republic
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New York Times:
How Trump Turned America's Refugee Program Into a Pathway for White People
Discussion: Vox and RedState
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOJ issued, then withdrew subpoenas to force Post, WSJ reporters to testify  —  Subpoenas for reporters to appear before a grand jury are exceedingly rare.  The journalists have not testified.  —  Summary  —  The Justice Department took the extraordinary step of seeking to force reporters …
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The Atlantic:
Another Top General Is Out at the Pentagon  —  C. D. Donahue, the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan, is the latest in a long line of military departures.  —  General chris “c. d.” donahue was the last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan during the chaotic 2021 withdrawal.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Social Security Is Running Out of Money, Fast  —  One of us is a Republican from Ohio who built a business that generated hundreds of jobs.  The other is a Democrat from Massachusetts who built a career protecting consumers from financial tricks and traps.  —  We don't agree on everything …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The ‘CBS Mornings’ Mess … Earlier this month, in the immediate aftermath of Scott Pelley's dramatic firing from CBS News, the Bari Weiss-led network appeared to suffer an immediate repercussion in the ratings.  Notably, “CBS Mornings,” the perpetually third-place morning show centered around Gayle King …
Washington Post:
A dead duck was seen in the Reflecting Pool.  Then two more were found nearby.  —  The two ducks that were recovered from Constitution Gardens will undergo necropsies to determine their cause of death.  —  Summary  —  When the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting Pool was replenished this month …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rules Rastafari man can't sue Louisiana prison officials who cut his dreadlocks  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday barred a former Louisiana inmate from suing prison officials who cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs.
Bloomberg Law:
Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights  —  White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department's recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based care, said people briefed on the situation.
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Federal judge blocks Trump policy of making arrests at immigration courts nationwide  —  Immigration Immigration politics Federal agencies  —  A federal judge in California on Tuesday issued a nationwide block against the Trump administration's policy of making arrests at immigration courts …
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Appeals Court Allows Trump to Resume Expedited Deportations Nationwide  —  In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that the president can expand the procedure, previously used primarily near the border, to arrests nationally.  —  A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed …
Jackie Hendry / SDPB:
State senator and GOP delegate faces felony election fraud charges  —  A Republican Party leader is facing felony charges days before the state convention.  —  State Senator Tom Pischke of Dell Rapids is charged with two counts of Offering a False or Forged Instrument for Filing, according to the Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office.
John Hendel / Politico:
‘The View’ is ‘overtly partisan,’ GOP groups tell Brendan Carr … The GOP committees defended the mid-20th-century equal time requirements as “good law” and accused “The View” of overwhelmingly favoring Democrats in its guest lineups.  —  “In short: The View has a deep and deliberate ideological slant …
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Immigration case dealing with green card holders, Supreme Courts sides with Trump administration  —  The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Tuesday in an immigration case dealing with the government's power over green card holders accused of crimes.
Lydia Moynihan / New York Post:
Woman who emptied Knicks trashcan on street— then stole it — fired from JPMorgan Chase, was DEI exec  —  A woman caught on video emptying a public trash can on the street then stealing it during New York City's Knicks championship parade was a director at JPMorgan Chase who was fired Tuesday over the incident, The Post has learned.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
New cope from Iran hawks: Once the midterms pass, Trump will attack Iran again  —  The right-wing hawks who applauded Donald Trump for launching the war with Iran earlier this year are adopting a new argument to avoid criticizing the president as he fumbles toward enacting a weaker …
Discussion: CNN
Aleksandra Vaca / Transitics:
She Changed Her ID to Comply with Kansas' New Anti-Trans Law.  Now, the State is Trying to Put Her in Jail for Having an ‘Inaccurate’ License.  —  Transitics aims to provide grounded news and political explainers on issues affecting the trans community.  If you want to stay up-to-date …
 
 
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Mark Ogden / ESPN:
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Senate NDAA adds protections for ‘political speech’ by military retirees amid Hegseth-Kelly battle
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
N.S.A. Lost Access to Powerful A.I. Model Amid Anthropic Dispute
Discussion: Straight Arrow and Instapundit
Emilio Perez Ibarguen / Politico:
Matt Gaetz announces he's ‘returning to public service’ on Florida nonprofit board
 Earlier Items: 
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC's chief blocked a covid vaccine study. Now it's in a top medical journal.
Discussion: Associated Press
Stephen L. Carter / Bloomberg:
The Supreme Court Just Undercut Homeowners
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Associated Press
Colin Demarest / Axios:
Pentagon leaders observe laser-weapon tests in New Mexico
Discussion: Laser Wars and NewsMax.com
Camille Von Kaenel / Politico:
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Talking Points Memo:
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Alex Cuadros / ProPublica:
I Cold-Called President Trump. Here's What He Told Me About an Oil Tycoon and Major Donor.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times