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New York Times:
Trump's Election Claims and SAVE Act Push Find Muted Response From G.O.P. Lawmakers  —  Most G.O.P. lawmakers had little to say about the president's claims of election vulnerabilities, and he did not appear to move the needle on the voting restriction bill he championed.
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Associated Press:
Trump says these documents prove his false claims of election fraud.  Here's what they really say  —  President Donald Trump released a trove of documents during a primetime address to the nation that allies had hyped as a smoking gun that would prove his long-debunked allegations of mass voter fraud.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatens states over elections  —  The secretary's comments come as the Trump administration is increasingly using government agencies to sow doubts about the nation's electoral system.  —  WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin …
Phelim Kine / Politico:
Trump spares Beijing in probe of alleged Chinese election plot
Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
China slams Trump's accusation of election meddling: ‘Entirely fabricated’
New York Times:
Trump's Homeland Security Chief Threatens Election Officials With Prison Time
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
‘Insane’: Republicans Push To Punish Canada For Wildfires  —  “We will not tolerate this incompetence,” vowed Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, who may not understand how climate change works.  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and other Republicans on Friday threatened to punish Canada as smoke …
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Senator Moreno:
Moreno Announces Bill to Sanction Canada for Wildfire Pollution Emergency  —  WASHINGTON - Today, Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) announced he will introduce legislation to sanction Canada and Canadian officials for their failure to contain wildfires impacting air quality across Ohio and the Great Lakes region.
Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
Trump fumes over Canadian wildfire smoke and issues tariff threat  —  Air quality alerts remain for more than 100 million people across the U.S. on Friday, sparking concerns for Sunday's World Cup final in New Jersey.  —  President Donald Trump on Friday pledged to hold Canada responsible …
Steven Nelson / New York Post:   Trump says Canada must pay new tariffs due to ‘totally unacceptable’ wildfire smoke
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Trump says Canada will face tariffs over wildfire smoke, claiming ‘willful negligence’
Lisa Rubin / MS NOW:
Todd Blanche meeting leaves Epstein survivors stunned and angry  —  On Thursday morning, during the second day of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., dropped an unexpected ultimatum: While he acknowledged he was leaning toward supporting Blanche …
Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir  —  After Medicaid officials improperly shared data about millions of people in January with immigration officials, ICE then shared that data with the data analytics firm Palantir, according to new court filings.
Samuel Benson / Politico:
We Went to a Yacht Party for the Most Pro-Deportation People in DC … It was, they believed, time to party. … “Ahoy!  This is the captain speaking,” piped a cheery voice, not emanating from an actual captain, but rather a video of a former DHS staffer in a captain's hat.  “Where are we going on this boat?
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
Top Tax Official Pushed Out After Clashes With Trump Administration: Report  —  Assistant Treasury Secretary Kenneth Kies will be leaving the administration after reportedly warning that it might be breaking the law.  —  Assistant Treasury Secretary Kenneth Kies has been ousted after warning …
Discussion: Al Jazeera, MS NOW and Reuters
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:   Did Trump fire someone trying to stop IRS abuses?
Forbes:
Taylor Farms Recalls Iceberg Lettuce Traced To Farm In Mexico Amid Cyclosporiasis Outbreak  —  Topline  —  Taco Bell said Friday it removed Taylor Farms lettuce from its restaurants, hours after the popular salad producer—which has been identified as the possible source of a cyclosporiasis outbreak …
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Riley Rogerson / Politico:
AIPAC drops online donations to Dems who backed Israel aid cut  —  The campaign finance arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is curtailing online contributions to House Democrats who voted to cut Israel aid this week, in the latest rift between the party and the influential advocacy group.
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Politico:
Judge rules OMB can't retroactively nix grants based on new rules  —  A federal judge declared Friday that the Trump administration can't cancel grants based on new rules or goals established after the fact — in a blow to its efforts to terminate billions of dollars already promised.
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New York Times:
Trump Faces the Limits of U.S. Firepower and the Lessons of Past Wars  —  Like his predecessors, President Trump has struggled to turn battlefield successes into long-term victories.  —  President Trump has held fast to one belief over the course of the nearly five-month war with Iran …
Discussion: New Yorker
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Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. and Iran Creep Toward a Wider War With Escalating Attacks
Erik Uebelacker / Courthouse News Service:
ICE makes arrests at NYC immigration court despite court ban  —  The agency has made at least six arrests in Manhattan immigration courts since a federal judge restricted the practice in May.  —  MANHATTAN (CN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has made yet another arrest …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Lexi Churchill / ProPublica:
How a Man Once Ordered to Pay Libel Damages Helped Launch an Investigation Into Islamic Private Schools  —  Nearly a decade ago, a British court ordered a man named Sam Westrop to pay the equivalent of more than $173,000 in libel damages after he published an article on his website calling …
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Jay Willis / Balls & Strikes:
Anti-Trans Activists Know What the Supreme Court Will Let Them Do Next  —  In the paragraph that follows, I am going to briefly subject you to something that, if I were not writing a newsletter, I would not ask my worst enemy to read: insights from the mind of Riley Gaines …
Manuel Silvestri / Reuters:
Venice protests greet U.S. Ambassador Fertitta's arrival on superyacht  —  A few hundred people in Venice protested on Friday against U.S. Ambassador to Italy Tilman Fertitta as he arrived in the lagoon city aboard his superyacht, drawing criticism of President Donald Trump's policies.
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Alan Dershowitz cancels on House Oversight ahead of planned Epstein interview  —  Alan Dershowitz, a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School who worked to craft the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's 2008 plea deal, will not appear before the House Oversight Committee for his scheduled …
Discussion: Forbes and Above the Law
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch:   Alan Dershowitz Cancels Planned Epstein Interview With House Oversight Committee
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
ICE Contractor Arrested After Shooting Protester Who Was Walking Away  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement has yet more blood on its hands.  —  An employee at an ICE detention facility in Aurora, Colorado, shot a protester Thursday evening, Aurora Police Department shared in a written news release.
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Appeals court allows USPS to move forward with Trump's anti-mail voting order, for now  —  A federal appeals court Friday temporarily revived the U.S. Postal Service's ability to move forward with a Trump-backed rule that could severely restrict mail voting ahead of the 2026 midterms.
 
 
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David Gelles / New York Times:
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The Bulwark:
Trump Voters Say JD Vance Gives Them the Willies
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mace, Norman still eyeing Senate bids despite Trump snub
Politico:
‘Professional malpractice’: The Platner fallout engulfs the operatives who made him
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Appeals court sets September hearing over dismissal of James Comey and Letitia James cases
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
Pentagon Dangles $400,000 Salaries to Recruit Wall Street Bankers
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Aisha Down / The Guardian:
Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Josh Shapiro goes big for down-ballot Dems
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Judge rules FEMA CFO's firing was illegal
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Politico:
House GOP releases bill to fund government until after the midterm elections
Discussion: New Republic and Axios
Politico:
Massive health insurance upheaval leaves New Yorkers with big new bills
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’
Discussion: Wired
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump's devoted base is really shrinking now
 

 
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