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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says New Air Force One Will Be Taken Out of Service to Be ‘Maxed Out’  —  The Qatari-donated plane has been under scrutiny over whether it is fitted with sufficient defensive capabilities to adequately protect a U.S. president and others traveling on it.
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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Lucy Campbell / The Guardian:
Trump says Iran ‘will pay’ for killing soldiers ‘many times over’ after Pezeshkian says country fighting ‘full-scale war’ - Middle East crisis live
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House GOP leaders scrambling to set up a briefing on Iran war developments  —  House Republican leaders are making plans for a Trump administration official to attend Tuesday morning's GOP Conference meeting on Capitol Hill to brief members on the latest developments in the war with Iran …
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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: CNN
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:   Republicans back Trump's legal theory to continue the Iran war without congressional approval
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP fears over shutdown collide with SAVE America Act battle
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Trump globally mocked as Spain seemingly edits his World Cup photobomb: 'That's awesome'  —  President Donald Trump faced global ridicule for photobombing Spain's championship celebration after winning the 2026 World Cup — and he was hit with another round of mockery after the team seemingly edited him out of an official photo.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Spain Wins. Trump Is Losing.
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: The Contrarian
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Republicans don't want to go there again on Trump's 2020 election fraud claims
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:   Trump would love to steal the election. But he's floundering.
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
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Sen. Darline Graham will run for full term to replace brother Lindsey … Sen. Darline Graham, sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, announced she'll run for a full term for her brother's old South Carolina seat.  —  “I've made a decision,” Graham told Fox News' Sean Hannity in an interview …
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James Corrigan / Telegraph:
Bryson DeChambeau threatened to call Trump during Open penalty row  —  American was ready to involve the US president after being found guilty of ‘inadvertently improving lie’ during second round at Birkdale  —  Bryson DeChambeau warned officials at The Open that he was ready to call President Trump …
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 …
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 …
Bloomberg:
Yemen's Houthis to Impose Maritime Blockade on Saudi Arabia  —  The Houthis, an Iran-backed Yemeni group, said they would impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, putting at risk the flow of millions of barrels that the kingdom exports via the Red Sea.  —  The blockade is in response …
Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Ken Paxton Scrambles to Win Back the GOP's Big-Dollar Donors  —  Many wealthy Texas Republicans can't stomach Paxton, but a close race for Senate control may crack their checkbooks open  —  AUSTIN, Texas—A day after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated longtime Sen. John Cornyn …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
The list of homes owned by Texas' Ken Paxton grows, adding to his political problems
Discussion: Texas Monthly
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 …
Associated Press:
US gas prices hit an average of $4 a gallon again as the US and Iran launch attacks  —  U.S. gas prices jumped to an average of $4 a gallon again Monday as the U.S. and Iran launched more attacks.  According to motor club federation AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now back to $4.
Politico:
The Senate GOP's squeaky wheel suddenly has a lot of power  —  Sen. Ron Johnson is jumping directly into a legislative train wreck.  —  The Wisconsin Republican cut his teeth as a fiscal hawk willing to irritate his own party in pursuit of his deficit-shrinking dreams.
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
abc7NY:
‘Makeshift incendiary device’ emits smoke outside 26 Federal Plaza; 1 in custody  —  MANHATTAN (WABC) — There was a scare outside 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan Monday morning when someone released what appeared to be a smoke grenade outside the building.
 
 
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