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Trump recommends Lindsey Graham's sister fill his Senate seat  —  President Donald Trump said Monday he wants South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster to appoint Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to serve the remainder of the late senator's term.  —  One Republican familiar …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Lindsey O. Graham, A Politician in Full … When then-Rep. Lindsey O. Graham first ran for the Senate in 2002, it was the end of an era.  Graham was seeking to replace the soon-to-be-100 Sen. Strom Thurmond, and South Carolina's junior senator, Fritz Hollings, was eyeing retirement two years later.
Jack Brewster / Yahoo News:
Inside the family life of Lindsey Graham, the senator who helped raise his little sister  —  Graham, who died Saturday at 71, became his sister Darline's legal guardian after their parents died 15 months apart.  He never married, and called her the closest person in his life.
CBS News:
Breaking down Lindsey Graham's key accomplishments
Dan Merica / Washington Post:
Graham's journey with Trump embodies how the Republican Party has changed
Chris Bradford / New York Post:
Lindsey Graham joked 'I can't die now' after complaining he felt unwell hours before sudden death at 71
Politico:
Tim Scott throws support behind former Rep. Trey Gowdy to finish Graham's term
New York Post:
Lindsey Graham had among the lowest wealth in Congress despite a lifetime at the center of power
Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Graham's death makes a hard month harder
Discussion: Fox News and New York Sun
Morgan Womack / Portland Press-Herald:
Live updates: ICE agents involved in deadly shooting in Biddeford  —  Witnesses described seeing one person being shot in the head.  —  Community:  —  10 min readFont size +  —  One person is dead in a shooting in Biddeford Monday morning involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
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Adam Bartow / WMTW-TV:
Person killed in shooting involving ICE in Biddeford, official says  —  Pool Street in Biddeford was closed Monday morning near Hill Street and there was a significant police presence in the area.  —  Police confirmed the closure to Maine's Total Coverage at 8:15 a.m.  —  Police said there was no threat to the public.
Discussion: CBS News, Breitbart and RedState
Christopher Burns / Bangor Daily News:
ICE agents involved in fatal Biddeford shooting, lawmaker says  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were involved in a fatal shooting in Biddeford.  —  That's according to Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, a Biddeford Democrat, who released a short statement about Monday morning's shooting near Pool Street.
Ariana St Pierre / WGME-TV 13:   Report: ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford leaves one person dead
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge blasts Trump's IRS lawsuit as filed for ‘improper purpose,’ recommends attorney discipline  —  A federal judge said Monday that President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns was filed for an “improper purpose” as she referred attorneys for disciplinary actions.
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Reuters:
U.S. judge voids Trump's settlement with IRS  —  A U.S. judge on Monday voided President Donald Trump's settlement with the IRS that gave him and his companies sweeping tax protections and initially set up a nearly $1.8 billion government fund to pay victims of so-called government weaponization that was later abandoned.
Discussion: All Rise News
New York Times:
Judge Denounces Trump's I.R.S. Suit as Improper Exercise in Self-Dealing  —  The decision also recommended disciplinary action against the lawyers involved, including the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche.  —  A federal judge on Monday ruled that President Trump's lawsuit …
Riya Misra / Politico:
US to take over Strait of Hormuz, charge 20 percent fee for cargo shipped through, Trump says  —  President Donald Trump on Monday said the U.S. will take over the Strait of Hormuz — and will be reimbursed “at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped” for overseeing one of the world's …
Discussion: CBS News, The Hill, The Mahablog and NPR
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Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
US and Iran vie for Strait of Hormuz, waterway key to global energy supplies, in latest attacks
Katharine Jackson / Reuters:
Trump says the US should control the Strait of Hormuz and get paid for it
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Jeffrey Epstein Takes Center Stage  —  Deeply ambivalent about starting out this morning with ongoing Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and retaliatory strikes on Iran by the United States (with attendant rises in oil prices).  On the one hand, it's important information …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
One Weird Trick for Torpedoing Todd Blanche's Hearing
Discussion: emptywheel
Annie Grayer / CNN:
Capitol Police arrest man with a firearm at north barricade of the US Capitol  —  US Capitol Police arrested a man at the Capitol's north barricade who they said had a firearm, which is prohibited on Capitol grounds.  —  CNN captured video of the man being taken into custody.
Discussion: Fox News and The Post Millennial
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Man with firearm arrested on US Capitol grounds: police
Discussion: Washington Times and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Here's how much money EV drivers are saving in your state … The average American drives 943 miles a month.  That driving has become much more expensive since the U.S. went to war against Iran in February: Gas now costs on average $149 a month, a 37 percent increase, according to OPIS …
Daniel Miller / Politico:
California, 11 other states sue to block Paramount's Warner Bros. deal  —  LOS ANGELES — A coalition of 12 state attorneys general is filing a lawsuit in federal court on Monday to block Paramount Skydance's purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery on antitrust grounds, imperiling one of the biggest mergers …
Washington Post:
Trump's sons invest heavily in defense tech as father's administration pours money in  —  Most investments by funds linked to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have taken place since their father's reelection.  —  President Donald Trump's sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have amassed …
Discussion: Staff Stories and New Republic
Politico:
Vance's tough talk on Israel is alienating some Jewish GOP donors  —  JD Vance has an Israel problem.  —  The vice president's pugnacious defense of a ceasefire agreement with Iran that rattled Israeli diplomats — and his tough talk on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government …
Discussion: Raw Story
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Secret Scramble Behind Trump's Embarrassing Vanity Flight Exposed  —  TRUMP AIRLINES  —  President Trump has pushed a tenuous theory that white South African farmers have been subjected to “genocide.”  —  The Trump administration chartered an almost empty flight to take white refugees from South Africa to the U.S.
Discussion: CNN
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Data Lab: What's up with people who disapprove of Trump but won't vote for Democrats?  —  This is the inaugural post for the Strength In Numbers Data Lab, a new section of this publication for sharing extra charts, deep polling nerdery, and writing about methods work etc. for the devoted reader of this newsletter.
 
 
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Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
US creates task force to prosecute leaks to news media, Hegseth says
Discussion: The Hill
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Pentagon Spending on Mexican Border Operations Tops $2.6 Billion
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Trump regulators move to curtail lending to undocumented immigrants
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$6 million a day: Trump's disclosures show he is the swamp's biggest monster
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Schiff Says Newly Uncovered Documents Show Additional Spending on Trump Banners Across Washington
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The United States is currently in the grip of an outbreak of the Cyclospora parasite …
Peter Pinedo / Fox News:
Exposed docs reveal why Tim Walz board awarded repeat child rapist pardon: ‘No future’
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Kelsey Piper / The Argument:
Jonathan Haidt is wrong about age-gating the internet
Eric Levitz / Vox:
The one thing MAGA nativists get right
David Rohde / MS NOW:
Trump election task force to begin releasing classified intel documents
Discussion: USA Today and NBC News
Axios:
The new push to transform America's racist landmarks
Politico:
Top House progressive warns Democrats to get serious on AI messaging
 

 
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Gene Maddaus / Variety:
A coalition of 12 states led by California files an antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount's WBD merger, alleging it lessens competition in three markets

Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Lionsgate's Michael crosses $1B at the global box office, its first film to reach the milestone, per Rentrak, reviving Hollywood's last major independent studio

The Guardian:
Christopher Nolan says there's a “disdain” for AI, the idea that it “replaces” human creativity is “nonsense”, and he expects it to be useful in “imaging tools”
 
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