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Jeffrey Toobin / New York Times:
What's the Worst Thing Trump Can Do in the Midterms?  —  There's a macabre parlor game obsessing many Democrats.  Because they assume that President Trump will be unconstrained by law, ethics, tradition and precedent in trying to preserve the Republican majorities in Congress …
Discussion: Election Law Blog and Raw Story
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Riya Misra / Politico:
Fetterman says Democrats were ‘horribly wrong’ to try eliminating Senate filibuster  —  Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is backpedaling on his previous calls to eliminate the filibuster in the Senate — which is a critical bulwark against “a fill-in-the-blank government with new laws …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Trump tells Thune to keep Senate in session to pass SAVE America Act  —  President Donald Trump ramped up pressure Monday on Majority Leader John Thune, telling him to keep the Senate in session until a GOP election bill passes.  “John Thune should not allow the United States Senate …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Some GOP senators say they will vote to cancel recess over SAVE America Act  —  Senate conservatives led by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) are calling on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to cancel the August recess so that they can debate the SAVE America Act, a sweeping election reform bill …
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Thune tries to focus as Trump fumes
John Fetterman / Washington Post:
Now I see the truth about the filibuster  —  The 60-vote Senate rule forces compromise.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Deadly U.S. boat strikes have failed to curb cocaine supply, Pentagon and DEA officials say  —  The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea.  Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration's deadly …
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
The predictable disgrace of the White House Correspondents Dinner  —  The insults.  The lies.  The extremely unfunny attempts at humor.  —  The lack of respect for the role of the free press.  The lack of respect for the U.S. Constitution, which forbids a Trump run for president in 2028.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Jem Bartholomew / Columbia Journalism Review:
A Tale of Two Speeches  —  The press's responsible handling of Trump's incoherent speech about US election integrity contrasted starkly with Friday's farcical WHCA dinner.  —  Ever since Donald Trump thudded onto the national political stage, the press has had a difficult time handling the frequency …
New Republic:
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids  —  “Zero died because of DOGE.  Zero.  Point.  Zero.”  —  That remarkable claim is from Elon Musk's interview last week with The Economist, in which he reiterated one of his favorite new claims …
Discussion: Truthout
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Multiple people shot as gunfire erupts near Seattle's iconic Space Needle, police say  —  Police arrested one suspect and were looking for another after gunfire erupted at a crowded food festival beneath Seattle's Space Needle, leaving three people dead and four others injured, including a toddler.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
McConnell releases health update, saying he's not ready to return to work yet  —  McConnell has missed the last 38 votes on the Senate floor since his June 14 hospitalization.  He said he's undergoing “intense physical therapy” but didn't offer a timeline for his return.
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
McConnell remains in rehab and says he'll miss key Kentucky political event
New York Times:
Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects.  Trump Isn't Spending It.  —  For decades, the federal government has funneled big-ticket grants to local communities to help them take on ambitious construction projects to expand public transit.  The grants, sometimes in the billions of dollars …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators warn confidence in Hegseth eroding as Iran war drags on  —  Republican senators say that confidence is waning in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership of the U.S. armed forces as the war with Iran drags on without an end in sight.  —  They are also warning that the success …
Sam Sifton / New York Times:
Protected No More  —  Good morning.  Hundreds of thousands of people will lose their protected immigration status today.  —  In 1990, during George H.W. Bush's presidency, Congress established a humanitarian immigration program called Temporary Protected Status.
Discussion: CBS News
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Chad de Guzman / Time:
ICE Reportedly Set to Ramp Up Operations Against Haitian Migrants After TPS Ruling
CNN:
Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records  —  A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation's biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records …
Discussion: New Republic
Bernie Becker / Politico:
Poll: Even Trump voters aren't very impressed by the GOP's tax overhaul  —  Congressional Republicans have a political problem with their signature legislative achievement of the second Trump era: People don't know about it.  —  A new POLITICO Poll finds that nearly half of Americans …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump to Axios: I'm ready for “strong military action” if Iran talks fail  —  President Trump told Axios on Monday that he decided to pause U.S. strikes on Iran in order to give negotiations another chance, but stressed that he could order a return to expanded military operations if diplomacy fails.
Washington Post:
Police vetted dubious allegation only after Buttigieg was separated from children  —  The Michigan attorney general's office is investigating how the accusation that prompted the ex-Cabinet secretary's separation from his 4-year-old twins was handled.  —  Summary
Discussion: Reason and Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees  —  American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The 2026 House Map is No More Favorable to Republicans than the 2018 Map was  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Republicans made the House map better for themselves compared to the 2024 map by winning this cycle's expansive redistricting fight.  — However, comparing this year's map …
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Fauci diary entries: ‘Press is going wild with me’  —  Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci was keenly aware of the media's interest in him early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, and considered some of the attention “flattering,” according to diary entries released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Shares Video Predicting Midterm Meltdown, Chaos, Third Term  —  The Truth Social post promotes an investment newsletter claiming the Trump administration is secretly preparing prosecutions of his political opponents  —  President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account early Monday …
New York Times:
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal  —  A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles.  —  A Louisiana state legislative committee …
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Fauci expressed disillusionment with ‘rambling, crazy’ Trump in journal  —  Former top US health official wrote about challenging interactions with publicity-fixated Trump during Covid  —  Diary entries released by a Republican senator in an attempt to damage Anthony Fauci also show …
Discussion: Fox News
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center.  A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway.  —  In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.  —  Sandy Weiswasser has been guiding tours …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Raw Story
Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
Acting Director of National Intelligence announces 4th wave of layoffs  —  William Pulte described the ODNI cuts as ‘a 4th round of thoughtful, measured layoffs’  —  Acting Director of National Intelligence William Pulte announced Sunday that his office has completed a fourth batch of layoffs.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
2028 Democratic power rankings, right now … She is far ahead of every other contender with Black voters, still the most important voting bloc in a Democratic primary.  Her allies argue that no one else is as prepared for a national campaign.  She was a better candidate in 2024 than in 2020 …
Rob Taub / The Hill:
Compounded GLP-1 drugs creating concern among doctors and FDA  —  (NewsNation) — The growing availability of compounded GLP-1 weight-loss drugs has prompted warnings from doctors and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  —  Last month, the FDA issued 25 warning letters to telehealth companies …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Allison Kiehl / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois woman with green card has been detained by ICE for 12 months.  Her daughters plead for her release.  —  Beata Siemionkowicz spent her first night in Kentucky's Campbell County Detention Center in a cell with black mold covering the air vents and dead bedbugs lingering in the room's corners.
Chris Livesay / CBS News:
Berlin Pride attack suspect raised red flags, group says, amid questions about prior release from prison despite ISIS ties  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The suspect in the Berlin LGBTQ+ Pride parade attack, who officials said was known to have ties to ISIS, was about to be disqualified …
Deena Zaru / ABC News:
Trump ramps up attacks against Smithsonian in executive action ordering new signage outside exhibits  —  The new order comes after a scathing White House report, criticizing the museum.  —  The Smithsonian Museum of American History is pictured on the National Mall in Washington, April 3, 2019.
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
DOJ moves to drop case against California labor leader  —  The U.S. Department of Justice moved to drop its final charge against a California labor leader who protested immigration enforcement, the latest setback for the Trump administration's efforts to punish people who resist its deportation agenda.
 
 
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Addy Bink / The Hill:
Dozens sickened across 17 states in salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs: What to know
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Fox News:
Scalise warns ‘Bolshevik revolution’ taking over Dem Party after socialist primary wins
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Pentagon Changes How It Reports Casualties in Iran War
Julia Curlee / Lawfare:
What They Want to Hear: The Politicization of U.S. Intelligence
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Vaughn Hillyard / MS NOW:
Why Trump's team is letting some Republicans distance themselves from him
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Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Why are Democrats so quiet about the Tate brothers?
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Igor Bobic / NOTUS:
Potential Presidential 2028 Democrats Split Over Russia Sanctions
 

 
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Filing: Paramount and state AGs agree to freeze the WBD merger until an antitrust trial occurs or until June 2027; a preliminary injunction hearing is canceled

Inside Radio:
Nielsen plans to discontinue its radio and TV audience-ratings measurement services for TV and radio in Puerto Rico at the end of 2026

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
At the rescheduled WHCA dinner, Trump praised the press corps' response to the April shooting before insulting journalists and celebrities who criticized him
 
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