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Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
White House correspondents' dinner, redux: What will Trump have to say? — President Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner Friday night, delivering a rambling, hour-long speech that praised some journalists, took potshots at others …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump ordered military not to conduct strikes in Iran Friday — President Trump directed the U.S. military not to conduct new strikes in Iran on Friday, breaking a nearly two-week streak of daily attacks, two sources with knowledge of the decision said.
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
‘Is This Supposed to Be Fun?’ Trump Hurls Insults at Correspondents' Dinner — President Trump gave the keynote speech as relations between his administration and the press continue to deteriorate. — The president couldn't help but acknowledge how weird it was.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner — and proved its point — President Donald Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Friday night. He knew he was bombing, too, and he even tried to meta-joke his way out of it. — But no. Even the president's jokes …
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Claire Jones / Financial Times:
Trump attacks journalists at awkward White House press dinner
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Bloomberg:
Trump Headlines Correspondents' Dinner With Jabs at Press
Trump Headlines Correspondents' Dinner With Jabs at Press
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Wall Street Journal:
Five Major Moments From President Trump's Speech at the Correspondents' Dinner
Five Major Moments From President Trump's Speech at the Correspondents' Dinner
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Jacques Berlinerblau / MS NOW:
The White House Correspondents' Dinner used to roast the president. Now it's letting him roast the press.
The White House Correspondents' Dinner used to roast the president. Now it's letting him roast the press.
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Julie Yoon / New York Times:
Trump Speaks at Rescheduled Correspondents' Dinner
Trump Speaks at Rescheduled Correspondents' Dinner
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Mark Osborne / CBS News:
Zelenskyy accuses Russia of assisting Iran with satellite imagery of U.S. bases in Middle East — Add CBS News on Google — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday he will share evidence with the United States showing Russia is assisting Iran in targeting U.S. bases in the Middle East via satellite surveillance.
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Daniella Cheslow / Politico:
Gulf countries want the war to end, but can't agree on how — As the U.S. continues daily strikes on Iran, the Arab states battered by Tehran's retaliatory attacks are trying to unite to chart a path toward peace. Longstanding tensions are getting in the way.
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The Dead End to Trump's ‘Perfect’ War
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Maine, Democrats Pick Troy Jackson to Replace Platner in Senate Race — Mr. Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, clinched the nomination at a hastily arranged state party convention. — Maine Democrats chose Troy Jackson, a progressive former state legislator …
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NBC News:
Democrats poised to nominate Troy Jackson in must-win Maine Senate race — Jackson is expected to be selected as the party's nominee at Saturday's state party convention after all of his major opponents dropped out of the race. — BANGOR, Maine — Former state Senate President Troy Jackson …
New York Times:
After Democratic Shake-Up, Susan Collins Holds Enormous Cash Edge in Maine — Republicans are pouring huge sums behind the Maine senator through a web of billionaire-funded super PACs. Troy Jackson, the likely Democratic nominee, has a lot of catching up to do.
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New York Times:
Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One — A New York Times investigation found that President Trump's push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features. — TIMES INVESTIGATION — A New York Times investigation found …
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Reuters:
Appeals court rejects Trump bid to curb mail-in voting in 23 states — Judge rejects administration's request to lift injunction secured by several Democratic-led states on 25 June — A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to allow Donald Trump's administration to implement in 23 states …
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump's Mail Voting Plan Blocked as Appeals Court Favors States — A US appeals court rejected the Justice Department's request to let federal officials fully move ahead with Donald Trump's overhaul of mail voting ahead of the November midterm elections, leaving in place a Boston judge's order …
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Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
McConnell faces growing questions about absence nearly six weeks after fall — Scant details have not quieted rumors and online speculation about the former Senate Republican leader's condition. — Summary — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) is facing growing calls to be more transparent …
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Annabella Rosciglione / The Daily Beast:
McConnell Aide Drops New Claims About Vanished Senator
McConnell Aide Drops New Claims About Vanished Senator
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Lydia Wheeler / Wall Street Journal:
A Fight Over Dirt Spans Two of Trump's Controversial D.C. Projects — Soil from White House ballroom construction is at center of litigation over president's plan to renovate public golf course — WASHINGTON—Litigants sometimes fight dirty. They don't often fight about physical dirt.
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Bloomberg:
Brazil Blocks Visas of US Envoys Over Election Interference — Brazil has denied visas to two senior US State Department officials whom the Trump administration planned to send to scrutinize the fairness and integrity of the country's electoral system before the October 4 presidential vote.
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Oliver Milman / The Guardian:
Former top US food safety official says US mismanagement of cyclospora is approaching ‘a catastrophic level’ — Frank Yiannas, formerly of the FDA, calls for an independent review of federal response to illness causing explosive diarrhea — Donald Trump's former top food safety official …
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Video and Transcript: President Donald Trump's White House Correspondents' Dinner Speech — President Donald Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, months after the annual gathering was cut short by an assassination attempt against the president.
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
Even Trump Can't Spin This One — You can't post your way out of a war. — If President Trump has one true skill, it is conjuring up alternate realities and getting his supporters to accept them. The examples are everywhere: dismissing stories he doesn't like as “fake news” from corrupt media …
Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Andrew Tate's arrest causes trouble for Trump's youngest son — The manosphere influencer has lost the president's support — but he could pose a threat to Barron — The shift was as swift as it was cold. Standing before reporters in the briefing room on Thursday, White House press …
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Rich Calder / New York Post:
Families of 9/11 victims want to ban Mamdani from sacred 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero: ‘unwelcome guest’ — Families of 9/11 victims are demanding NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani be banned from the 25th anniversary of the attacks at Ground Zero, branding him an apologist …
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