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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump slaps additional 50 percent tariffs on Canada  —  President Trump slapped an additional 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian goods in response to what the administration said were “discriminatory” trade measures from Canada on Monday.  —  A senior administration official told reporters …
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Additional Tariffs on Canada  —  DEFENDING AMERICAN WORKERS AND ENSURING FAIR TRADE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed three Proclamations pursuant to Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose additional 50% tariffs on certain goods …
Discussion: RedState, Newsweek and Townhall
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump imposing 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods over alleged trade discrimination … Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
Discussion: New York Times and NewsMax.com
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, citing disputes over autos, alcohol and cheese  —  President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products.
NBC News:   Trump imposes 50% tariffs on dairy, alcohol, and cars from Canada
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
U.S. Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives  —  The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president's new Air Force One.  The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
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Scripps News:
Trump says Qatari-gifted Air Force One will be ‘maxed out,’ appearing to confirm security issues
Associated Press:
Officials sought phone records of NYT journalists and their relatives in an effort to unmask sources
Discussion: Just Security
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
G.O.P. Boxed In on Iran War as Trump Sidelines Congress  —  Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.  —  President Trump has yet again circumvented the legislative branch as he orders American forces …
Discussion: 19FortyFive
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The United States Has Always Been At War With Eastasi— I Mean, Iran  —  The chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee goes full Orwell  —  My last post on the uncertain future of liberalism sounded a touch more pessimistic than I intended.  The truth is, at the Liberalism Conference …
Discussion: CNN
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House GOP leaders scrambling to set up a briefing on Iran war developments
Discussion: The Economist
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:   Republicans back Trump's legal theory to continue the Iran war without congressional approval
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Pentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War  —  Central Command is not required to release information about injured troops, especially when they quickly return to duty, a military official said.  —  In the week leading up to the Iranian attack on Friday that killed …
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Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Iran War Updates: U.S. launches 10th night of strikes after 3 U.S. troops killed, nearly 100 injured in recent weeks
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Spain Humiliates Trump After He Refuses to Get Out of Victory Photos  —  Spain's World Cup-winning team have made it abundantly clear that they did not want Donald Trump in their victory photos.  —  The official account for Spain's national football league shared an altered image …
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Politico:
FBI Director Kash Patel plans Russia trip  —  FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to visit Russia later this year, likely in mid-October, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the situation.  —  It would be an unusual and sensitive trip for an FBI chief to one of America's top adversaries.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home … The 28-year-old Mexican man who was killed while running from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week was visiting the country on a valid tourist visa.  —  Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran was in a car with three …
NBC News:
Sen. Darline Graham says she is running for a full 6-year term after Trump urged her to jump into the race  —  President Donald Trump said that he had given his “complete and total endorsement” to Graham, who was appointed to finish her late brother's Senate term.
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New Republic:
Trump's Plot to Rig Midterms Gets So Unhinged that Even Fox Is Rattled  —  During his prime-time speech dissembling endlessly about our elections, Donald Trump raged at news organizations for refusing to carry him live.  Then his Homeland Security secretary also smeared the media, a sign Trump's fury continues to deepen.
Discussion: Public Notice and The Contrarian
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Lawfare:
Everything Trump's Election Speech Did Not Prove
Discussion: Washington Times
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Republicans don't want to go there again on Trump's 2020 election fraud claims
Maureen Tkacik / American Prospect:
The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump's Potemkin Gas Stations  —  Five years ago, a manager for a Virginia gasoline distributor opened an invoice for more than 200,000 phantom gallons of gas they had no record of selling.  Truckers on contract with a chain of gas stations …
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Associated Press:
The men behind Trump's $3.47 gas: An NFL coach, a GOP fundraiser and two New Jersey brothers
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Maine Senate Race, Democrats Go From Chaos to Coronation  —  Troy Jackson's emergence as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner spares the party some challenges but points to some new ones.  —  A process to choose a new Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine that began …
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Politico:
‘Not the slick choice’: Maine Dems sweat Troy Jackson despite dominant victory
Washington Post:
Trump continues overhaul of White House grounds with new Rose Garden statues  —  A bronze Thomas Jefferson was installed as the fifth new statue last week.  Three were provided by Harlan Crow, a conservative collector and political donor.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump installed …
Bloomberg:
Saudi-Led Coalition in Yemen Vows to Protect Ships From Houthis  —  The Houthis, an Iran-backed Yemeni group, vowed to impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, prompting the military coalition in Yemen that's led by the kingdom to say it had taken steps to protect vessels sailing the Red Sea.
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy  —  Sergio Furnari said he thought the lifesize sculpture - which no one commissioned - would raise ‘millions’ of dollars  —  A New York sculptor has been left furious after spending $100,000 of his own money …
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
The list of homes owned by Texas' Ken Paxton grows, adding to his political problems  —  James Talarico accused his Republican rival of owning 11 homes.  As it turns out, he was understating matters.  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's real estate holdings were already a political mess.
Discussion: Texas Monthly
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Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Ken Paxton Scrambles to Win Back the GOP's Big-Dollar Donors
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
DVIDS:
NORAD INTERCEPTS MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT VIOLATING TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN NORTHEAST REGION  —  Story by 2nd Lt. Tyler Turnmire  —  CONR-1AF (AFNORTH and AFSPACE)  —  TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - NORAD F-16 fighter aircraft intercepted multiple general aviation aircraft that violated …
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
DOJ's Reflecting Pool “Vandalism” Case Falls Apart With Pool Draining  —  The Trump administration's case against the former Olympic canoeist accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is about to fall apart.  —  Following the draining of the Reflecting Pool last week …
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Scoop: Chuck Edwards gifted pink and blue handguns to young female staffers  —  Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) gave two young female staffers each a personalized handgun as a present while they worked in his office in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the gifts.
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Google Is Censoring Reviews of ICE Detention Centers  —  While they're not as common as reviews for cafes and dry cleaners, reviews have poured into Google Maps by the thousands for the growing network of jails operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Will a Sex Scandal Matter in an Arizona House Race?  —  The contest in a deeply religious part of the state is a test of the power of a Trump endorsement.  —  It is a sprawling and tawdry tale: a former county sheriff accused, among other things, of sexting women outside his marriage …
Discussion: Arizona Republic and Raw Story
 
 
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The Senate GOP's squeaky wheel suddenly has a lot of power
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