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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump calls on House GOP hard-liners to end floor blockade — President Donald Trump instructed a band of his GOP hard-liner allies to end their House floor blockade with multiple major bills at risk of being derailed. “House Republicans should unify, and stop voting down ‘Rules’ or …
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: House GOP agenda gets tenuous Trump lifeline — President Donald Trump handed Speaker Mike Johnson a lifeline Thursday to get Republicans' agenda back on track next week. But hard-liners' festering discontent over Trump's stalled election bill could jam the chamber again.
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump hits a wall on voter fraud — President Trump's voter fraud crusade is crashing into the limits of his power ahead of November's midterm elections. … - Trump has retaliated by threatening not to sign any legislation without it. … - A D.C. court on Monday blocked Trump's expansion of the SAVE …
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Johnson Says He Will Send Housing Bill to Trump
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Wall Street Journal:
How Iran Devastated an American Naval Base—and Caused a U.S. Recalculation — Satellite imagery reveals for the first time the extent of what Iran destroyed at Naval Support Activity Bahrain — When the Iranian missiles and drones came for the nerve center of America's naval operations …
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Associated Press:
Ukraine unleashes one of its heaviest drone bombardments of Russia — Russian air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major nighttime attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia's Defense Ministry said Friday.
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James Bikales / Politico:
Hormuz evacuation effort on hold after new ship attack … “I have decided to temporarily pause its implementation in order to reconfirm that the necessary safety guarantees continue to be in place for the ships on our evacuation list and all those in the region,” Dominguez said.
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José Olivares / The Guardian:
Supreme court conservatives accused of advancing ‘white-supremacist agenda’ — Lawmakers and advocates condemn ‘disastrous’ decisions that allow Trump officials to strip away migrant protections — Lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups on Thursday sharply denounced two US supreme court rulings …
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Kate Shaw / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Is Unshackling the Presidency — We have just witnessed another example of the Supreme Court's unshackling of the U.S. presidency. On Thursday morning the court issued a decision allowing the Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of individuals from Haiti and Syria.
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Elora Mukherjee / New York Times:
This Decision Is a Slap in the Face to Immigrants Who Followed the Law
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CNN:
FEMA official who claimed he teleported to Waffle House ousted from agency, sources say — Federal agencies Fighting disinformation — A top FEMA official who had drawn scrutiny for bizarre past remarks — including claiming he teleported to a Waffle House — has been pushed out of the agency, four sources tell CNN.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Judge orders DOJ to release more Epstein files — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to release additional unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records or explain by July 2 why it can't. … - The department has already released 3.5 million pages under the law …
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Janaki Chadha / Politico:
Mamdani delivers promised rent freeze on 1 million rent-stabilized apartments … It caps a triumphant week for the Democratic socialist, who scored a clean sweep in Tuesday's primary elections. The mayor's endorsed candidates won three congressional contests and a handful of state legislative contests …
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Mihir Zaveri / New York Times:
Mamdani's Rent Freeze Is Approved by New York City Board
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dem centrists plot Mamdani Caucus counterattack — Moderate House Democrats are warning they're prepared for “war” if incoming progressives and democratic socialists try to hijack the House floor to secure ideological concessions. … - Despite being generally more closely aligned …
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Associated Press:
WATCH: Stephen Miller says 'America's doors are closed fully to asylum seekers' after Supreme Court rulings — The Supreme Court voted 6-3 on Thursday to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria …
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's New Expansion of the Second Amendment Is Genuinely Deranged … The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Wolford v. Lopez on Thursday confirms our worst fears about the supermajority's Second Amendment jurisprudence: It is a freewheeling policy project utterly unmoored from history …
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Ilya Somin / Reason:
Guns, Property Rights, and the Second Amendment
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William H. McRaven / The Atlantic:
Americans Deserve Answers From Hegseth — The president and the secretary of defense have a right to remove officers, but also an obligation to explain their actions. — In September 1862, General George B. McClellan, the general in chief of the Union Army, had just repelled …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton expected to plead guilty to retaining national security information — Bolton served as White House national security adviser during Trump's first term. — Former national security adviser John Bolton is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Friday …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: JC Vance raises $4.2 million in Silicon Valley — Vice President JD Vance headlined an RNC fundraiser on Thursday night in Palo Alto, California, at the residence of influential investor and All-In Podcast host Chamath Palihapitiya, raking in $4.2 million for the Republican Party, a source familiar with the dinner tells Axios.
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CNBC:
Ex-Apollo CEO Leon Black says Jeffrey Epstein duped him out of more than $60 million … Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news. — CNBC Councils — Join the CNBC Panel — News Tips — Got a confidential news tip?
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Politico:
Wes Moore's vision for America — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner — Good Friday morning. It's Adam Wren, a little bummed after that USMNT loss last night. On to Santa Clara. Get in touch. — In today's Playbook ... — Wes Moore previews his July Fourth plans.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Democrats grapple uncomfortably with World Cup success — The triumph of the World Cup's first two weeks — boosting the U.S.'s global reputation with sold-out stadiums and few logistical complications — has forced Democrats who had criticized President Donald Trump's role in preparations to grudgingly reconsider.
Jason Beeferman / Politico:
A district that went +20 for Trump now in play for Democrats … Constantino, the CEO of a sticker company who's self-funding his campaign with $10 million, earned Trump's endorsement in April, a blow that proved fatal for Smullen's primary campaign. — Constantino is an eccentric …
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Vox:
Trump's plan to run a bank — In the almost year and a half since returning to the presidency, Donald Trump has found plenty of ways to enrich himself and his family and friends. But one scheme in particular, a cryptocurrency venture called World Liberty Financial, is the gift that just keeps on giving.
Wall Street Journal:
Top DOJ Official Tells Staff He Wants to Avoid Antitrust Trials — Trump appointee Stanley Woodward's push for settlements upends how government handles antitrust enforcement — A top Justice Department official has told antitrust enforcers he prefers they stop taking cases to trial …
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NOTUS:
Democrats Brace For Their Gnarliest Presidential Primary in Decades — The 2028 Democratic presidential primary is already a mess, months before the race actually starts. — Consider that “everyone and their mother” could run, per 2024 alum Quentin Fulks, leading to a field of more than 20 candidates.
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Joshua Keating / Vox:
Trump wants the US military to be rent-a-cops — One of President Donald Trump's core political positions has always been that US allies should pay more for the benefits they receive from US military power. This has included demanding that South Korea and Japan pay more for the presence …
Paul Kane / NOTUS:
A Far-Left Freedom Caucus Would Be a Nightmare for Jeffries — Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-New York) has a message for the far-left Democrats who won in Tuesday's primaries and are all but guaranteed to join Congress in January: tone it down. — But Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
The Lincoln Memorial should be green with envy: This reflecting pool stayed clear … Still blue waters, abundant waterfowl, promenading tourists and barely a whiff of mildew — that is the vision President Donald Trump has struggled to turn into reality this month at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's lawless witch hunt of Tim Walz crashes and burns — This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🌲🌲🌲 Subscribe to PN 🌲🌲🌲 — One thing that is becoming increasingly clear …
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