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Reuters:
Spain says huge surge across border into enclave has reversed, half of migrants go back — Spain said on Friday that it had reversed a huge rush of migrants into a Spanish enclave in North Africa, with thousands of people who had crossed the border by land and sea already heading back voluntarily.
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Associated Press:
At least 18 die after thousands breach border between Morocco and Spanish territory of Ceuta — About 60,000 migrants have crossed from Morocco into Spain's tiny Ceuta territory in the past 24 hours, Ceuta's president said Friday, a figure that is equivalent to 70% of the population of the city in North Africa.
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Associated Press:
Live Updates: Most of the Migrants Who Crossed Into Spanish Territory Have Returned, Officials Say — About 37,000 of the up to 60,000 people who came into Ceuta from Morocco returned within a day. Still, the sudden influx created a crisis for Spain's pro-immigration government. At least 34 people died.
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New York Post:
Trump warns migrant ‘catastrophe’ in Spain would look ‘small time’ if Dems regain power
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Associated Press:
Spain deploys military to Ceuta after thousands of people breach Morocco's border and at least 9 die
Spain deploys military to Ceuta after thousands of people breach Morocco's border and at least 9 die
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Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
How the Pro-Trump Media Ecosystem Is Splintering Ahead of the Midterms — Once united in support of President Trump, right-wing influencers are embroiled in feuds and losing viewers, creating a problem for Republicans in the midterm elections. — Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster …
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Washington Examiner, New Republic, The Independent and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
Faced with Blanche dilemma, Trump chooses revenge — President Donald Trump has a choice: allow changes to a controversial court settlement and secure the confirmation of his former personal lawyer as attorney general, or thumb his nose at a pair of his few remaining Republican critics in Congress.
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Kit Maher / CNN:
Trump defends DOJ weaponization fund and attacks Cornyn, further imperiling Blanche nomination
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
We Now Have the Leading Charge in Trump's Next Impeachment
We Now Have the Leading Charge in Trump's Next Impeachment
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Ankush Khardori / New York Times:
There Are So Many Reasons to Reject Todd Blanche. Here's Another One.
There Are So Many Reasons to Reject Todd Blanche. Here's Another One.
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The White House, PunchUp and Vox
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Editor of Washington Post Opinion Section Resigns After 1 Year — Adam O'Neal inherited a mandate from the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, to shift toward “personal liberties and free markets.” — Adam O'Neal, the top editor of The Washington Post's opinion section, resigned on Friday …
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic — The Trump administration has a new tactic for trying to isolate cases of alleged voter fraud — digging into the IP addresses of those who went online to register to vote. — The FBI recently obtained the IP address …
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Paul Krugman:
The Bond Market Doesn't Like Bullshit — The Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve meets every six weeks to set interest rates — specifically the federal funds rate, the overnight rate at which banks lend each other money. The Fed funds rate has little direct economic significance …
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Talking Points Memo, Breitbart, Bloomberg and New York Times
New York Times:
How Trump Has Changed, With Maggie Haberman — This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts. — Maggie Haberman is a White House correspondent at The New York Times, a Pulitzer Prize winner and an author …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and MPR News
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Google Earth's New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images — On Thursday, Google introduced a new AI feature into Google Earth which lets anyone fabricate all sorts of misleading or straight up inaccurate satellite imagery, from making it look like a specific place …
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The Verge
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Henk van Ess / Digital Digging with Henk van Ess:
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
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BBC, NPR, Futurism, The Verge, Ars Technica and Google, more at Techmeme »
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
The Tate Brothers' Should Be The Trumps' Second Epstein Scandal — The truth is much worse than most people realize, and they knew a lot of it. — I've had Heidi Blake's lengthy New Yorker exposé about Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan open in a browser tab for over a month.
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Raw Story
Blake Jones / Politico:
Newsom reveals tax returns in run-up to 2028 — SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom disclosed four years of tax returns this week, revealing several steady streams of income for him and his wife that brought in well over $1 million each year and peaked at $3.5 million in 2021, when the couple sold a Marin County mansion.
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Sophie Austin / Associated Press:
Tax returns show California's Newsom earning between $1.7 million and $2 million annually
Tax returns show California's Newsom earning between $1.7 million and $2 million annually
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New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump's Unprecedented Fundraising Operation — Meredith O'Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out president's desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects — WASHINGTON—Almost every night in the White House …
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Alexandra Samuels / Bloomberg:
Indiana Senate Leader Bows Out After Trump Redistricting Fight — Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray won't seek another term as the chamber's top Republican after months of fallout from his fight with President Donald Trump over redistricting. — Bray announced Friday he won't run …
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Associated Press and Indianapolis Star
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Miranda Davis / Bloomberg:
Trump Redistricting Foe to Leave Post Under Fire From Right
Trump Redistricting Foe to Leave Post Under Fire From Right
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Washington Examiner, NOTUS, The Daily Wire, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump takes Cabinet meeting to Camp David as Hamas agrees to his disarmament deal — Trump has wrapped up the public portion of his Cabinet meeting — The president gave a lengthy opening statement, heard from top officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio …
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Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Obama's Refreshingly Frank Verdict on Trump Revealed — BURN BOOK — The former president got extremely candid on a private phone call. — Former President Barack Obama tore into his successor Donald Trump in private as an “idiot” and a “liar,” a secret diary has revealed.
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LGBTQ Nation, Raw Story and The Independent
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Divided Democrats face a moment of truth in Michigan — Democratic socialists look like they're about to rack up a stunning new victory: Their candidate in Michigan's Senate Democratic primary has the momentum heading into Tuesday's primary. … The Michigan primary brings the ideological clash to its biggest stage yet.
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Noah Lanard / Mother Jones:
How Michigan Became the Most Expensive Democratic Primary Ever
How Michigan Became the Most Expensive Democratic Primary Ever
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GZERO, Bridge Michigan, Truthout and Breitbart
Annie Karni / New York Times:
G.O.P. Kills Bid to Expand I.V.F. Access in the Military — In a notable shift, Republican senators voted unanimously against a proposal to expand the military's coverage of fertility treatments. — Republicans in Congress have quietly blocked a proposal to expand military health coverage …
Politico:
'It's beyond embarrassing': Ken Martin and the DNC have a 2028 problem, donors warn — Major Democratic donors are getting really anxious about 2028. — The Democratic National Committee has a massive cash deficit heading into November, and Chair Ken Martin is facing a growing onslaught …
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Washington Monthly, The Gateway Pundit and Political Wire
Davis Giangiulio / CNBC:
New York sues Kalshi, says prediction market is running ‘illegal gambling operation’ … New York state sued prediction market platform Kalshi on Friday, alleging that the company is running an “illegal gambling operation.” — In a case filed in a Manhattan state court …
Billy Kobin / Portland Press-Herald:
Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins' U.S. Senate bid — Musk's America PAC reportedly intends to spend $100 million to $120 million to help Republicans in Senate races in Maine and several other states. — 3 min readFont size +
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
What Susan Collins Just Did on Trump and ICE Should Worry All Dems … Last month, an ICE agent gunned down a 25-year-old immigrant father outside his house in Biddeford, Maine. The shooting was a horror. His three-year-old daughter was seen crying after the killing. The victim has been widely described as a good man.
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Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Kennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service — The decision to suspend tours indefinitely came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump's dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center. — The John F. Kennedy Center …
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Jamie Smyth / Financial Times:
Chevron and Exxon earnings soar as Trump threatens price interventions — Rise in profits comes amid increasing political scrutiny ahead of US midterm elections — ExxonMobil and Chevron reported second-quarter earnings worth a combined $26.5bn, as they cashed in on surging crude and petrol prices caused by Donald Trump's Iran war.
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Anthropic:
Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations — In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environment …
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Wall Street Journal:
Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount — Governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs; presses attorney general to find resolution out of court — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expressed concerns …
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National Review
New York Times:
Larry Ellison Bet It All on the A.I. Boom. Will He Be the Face of the A.I. Bubble? … the first full day of the second Trump administration — Larry Ellison woke up in his 33-bedroom, 34-bathroom oceanfront mansion in Florida, got into his Gulfstream jet and headed up to Washington.
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The Register
