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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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RedState, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Adam Sella / New York Times:
Appeals Court Upholds Blocks on Trump Order Restricting Mail Voting — The ruling on Saturday was the latest rebuke to President Trump's attacks on mail-in voting. The government says it may take the case to the Supreme Court. — An appeals court on Saturday upheld a lower-court ruling blocking key parts …
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
Trump's anti-mail voting order gets blocked again, this time by federal appeals court — The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's request to pause a lower court order that blocks the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from executing the president's March executive order attacking mail voting.
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump's Mail Voting Plan Blocked as Appeals Court Favors States
Trump's Mail Voting Plan Blocked as Appeals Court Favors States
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UPI
New York Times:
Trump Holds Off on Major Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns — Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East. — President Trump has set aside, at least for now …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump ordered military not to conduct strikes in Iran Friday
Trump ordered military not to conduct strikes in Iran Friday
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Samantha Pearson / Wall Street Journal:
Brazil Denies Visas to U.S. Officials Over Election-Interference Fears — Move comes amid concerns Trump delegation could help cast doubt on electronic voting ahead of October's presidential election — SÃO PAULO—Brazil has denied visas to two senior Trump administration officials …
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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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CBS News and Associated Press
David Sirota / The Lever:
Whitmer's War Against Medicare For All — Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced a last-minute endorsement of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in her Democratic Senate primary battle against former Wayne County public health official Abdul El-Sayed.
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David Welch / Bloomberg:
Michigan's Whitmer Backs Haley Stevens in Vital Senate Primary — Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Haley Stevens in the state's Democratic primary for the US Senate, another clear sign the party's establishment wants the congresswoman on the ballot over progressive Abdul El-Sayed.
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Breitbart, Drop Site News, Townhall, New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Bridge Michigan, MS NOW and Politico
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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Washington Examiner and Joe.My.God.
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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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Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Associated Press:
Several people are injured at Berlin's LGBTQ+ march after a car drives into the crowd — A car drove into a crowd during Berlin's famed LGBTQ+ parade on Saturday and injured several people, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital hours after it had begun.
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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and The Mahablog
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
More than 1 million children lost access to food benefits after Trump bill passed — Analysis finds more than 4 million Americans lost Snap benefits, or food stamps, from July 2025 to March 2026 — More than a million children across the US have lost access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program …
Reuters:
Police identify Islamist as suspect in Berlin Pride attack, seeking his arrest — A suspected perpetrator of the apparent car attack on Pride celebrations in Berlin on Saturday night has been identified as a member of the city's “Islamist scene” but he has not yet been arrested, a spokesman for Berlin police said on Sunday.
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Associated Press and RTÉ
Fox News:
Court checks Pritzker as Trump administration scores another immigration win — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was dealt a major legal blow Friday after a federal judge gutted key state laws providing in-state tuition, financial aid and scholarships to illegal immigrants, marking another win …
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Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, The Post Millennial and US Department of Justice
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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Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
Iran's leaders turn on each other as hardliners push for wider conflict — WASHINGTON — Iran's leaders are fighting each other almost as much as they're battling the West, with some senior politicians scrambling to save US talks while the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps leans …
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NewsMax.com and RedState
Christopher Mathias / The Guardian:
'I'm over the moon': New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape — Initiatives including cutting permits just to serve ice-cream amount to a sweeping program of deregulation — Red Scare? The democratic socialist mayor of New York City spent this week talking about red tape.
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 …
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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NewsMax.com, Straight Arrow and MS NOW
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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Reuters and Wall Street Journal
Gabrielle Fahmy / New York Post:
Taxpayer-funded trans dolls with removable genitalia to hit classrooms this fall for kids as young as 4 to ‘learn about different options’ — They're dolling up the trans agenda — and taxpayers are footing the bill. — “First-of-their-kind” transgender dolls — complete with removable genitalia …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, RedState, Washington Examiner, Fox News and The Post Millennial
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
Trump attacks journalists at awkward White House press dinner
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