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Max Miller's lawyer admits to accidentally releasing ‘private images’ of daughter — A lawyer for Rep. Max Miller took responsibility Tuesday for inadvertently releasing sensitive photos of the Ohio Republican's daughter in a trove of material Miller published Sunday in a bid to defend himself against domestic abuse claims.
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Max Miller wants House Ethics to probe allegations against him — Rep. Max Miller, facing allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-wife, said he would ask the House Ethics Committee to investigate the claims in an attempt to clear his name. “In light of all the renewed interest …
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Reliably red Ohio suddenly a red-hot mess for GOP
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Axios:
“Things aren't looking good”: Trump tells Max Miller his candidacy is in trouble
“Things aren't looking good”: Trump tells Max Miller his candidacy is in trouble
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Bloomberg:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says — Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, greater oversight …
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
60 Minutes Ended Story About Epstein's Shady Bank Transactions — CBS's 60 Minutes had the scoop on Jeffrey Epstein's sketchy financials—before the Bari Weiss-run network fired the reporter fronting the investigation. — A new report by Democratic Senator Ron Wyden revealed that Deutsche Bank AG …
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
Senate Democrats say banks turned blind eye to suspicious moves by Jeffrey Epstein
Senate Democrats say banks turned blind eye to suspicious moves by Jeffrey Epstein
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Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Pirro brought box of evidence to show Trump what caused Reflecting Pool damage — Add CBS News on Google — The top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital carted a box full of evidence to the White House on Monday, in a bid to prove to President Trump that the damage to the Reflecting Pool …
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Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Jeanine Pirro ‘Folded Like an Umbrella’ in Reflecting Pool Case
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Washington Post:
How Trump's claims of vandalism at the renovated Reflecting Pool crumbled
How Trump's claims of vandalism at the renovated Reflecting Pool crumbled
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Clarence Williams / New York Times:
Prosecutor in D.C. Moves to Dismiss More Reflecting Pool Cases
Prosecutor in D.C. Moves to Dismiss More Reflecting Pool Cases
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
DOJ moves to drop charges against more Reflecting Pool vandalism suspects
DOJ moves to drop charges against more Reflecting Pool vandalism suspects
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CNBC:
U.S. has used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters — The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns …
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Caroline Linton / CBS News:
What to know about primaries in 5 states today: Michigan, Virginia and more — Add CBS News on Google — Voters are going to the polls in five states, including Michigan, where Democrats are watching the expensive and contentious Senate primary contest between populist Abdul El-Sayed and moderate Rep. Haley Stevens.
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Washington Post:
Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work — Contractors have removed the granite seal that had begun to take shape in recent days, after the president complained about the slope of the White House Lawn. — Summary — President Donald Trump has directed contractors …
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David Ellison / New York Times:
Let's Set the Record Straight on the Paramount-Warner Deal — Many people have weighed in on Paramount's agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery — media analysts, power brokers, political commentators, competitors and, of course, lawyers. For a transaction of this size, that is expected and appropriate.
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Todd Blanche is one vote away from confirmation — Todd Blanche picked up an important GOP vote Tuesday for his nomination as attorney general — Sen. John Curtis of Utah — likely leaving him just one vote shy of securing confirmation. Curtis said in a statement he plans to “support” …
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
Todd Blanche clears Judiciary Committee hurdle on party lines
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New York Times:
An Emerging Deal Between Iran and Oman to Reopen Hormuz Would Come at a Cost for Trump — The deal would address President Trump's most urgent political problem by allowing ships to move again. But it would give Iran strategic leverage it did not have before the war.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
NEW: Rubio, Bessent Claim Hormuz Deal Imminent
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Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg:
Trump Tells Iran He Wants Deal on Hormuz Agreed to Immediately
Trump Tells Iran He Wants Deal on Hormuz Agreed to Immediately
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Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing — Anna King was sitting on a bench one afternoon outside her home on a busy street in Washington, D.C., scrolling on her phone when three National Guard members entered her front gate, confronted her and pushed …
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David Strom / HotAir:
Climate Change Started Another Fire With Matches — Climate Change, as we know, is the root cause of all bad things. It has become so destructive that it is whispering in the ears of arsonists, telling them to start fires that burn down vast swathes of nature and not a few homes in places like Los Angeles and Spokane.
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Christopher Miller / Financial Times:
Ukrainian drones hit Wildberries warehouses in overnight strikes — Russian retailer has become key target for Kyiv as it aims to bring Putin's war closer to home — Ukrainian drones struck warehouses belonging to online retail group Wildberries and other targets across Russia overnight …
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Washington Post:
Trump keeps making threats. The world has stopped flinching. — The president's bombast has ceased to rattle world leaders, who have seen him fenced in by courts, rebuffed by Congress and strung along by Iran. — Summary — LONDON — When President Donald Trump strode into the Rose Garden …
Axios:
Poll: Talarico has slim lead over Paxton in Texas Senate race — Three consecutive polls have now shown Democrat James Talarico narrowly ahead of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in that state's crucial race for the U.S. Senate. The latest, released Tuesday morning, has Talarico up 47%-45%.
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Michael Phillis / Associated Press:
Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate program — A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said the Trump administration improperly terminated a multi-billion program to boost clean energy projects, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the Biden-era effort.
Robert King / Politico:
Ron Johnson's handling of budget hearing rankles Dems — Democrats on the Budget Committee were frustrated by Sen. Ron Johnson's (R-Wis.) first turn with the gavel after the new chair rebutted each of their remarks. “Welcome to the chairmanship, but I find you are turning this into a debate committee …
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration — An association of thousands of FBI agents and other groups are backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts …
Myles Miller / Bloomberg:
US Sends Election Monitors to Four Michigan Cities for Primary — The US Justice Department sent election monitors to four Michigan cities on Tuesday as the state holds a closely watched primary that will set the November lineup for an open US Senate seat — one of the most competitive contests of the 2026 midterms.
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Politico:
Bernie Sanders' circle is pretty clear on who his successor will be — The battle to become the country's next progressive leader in the mold of Bernie Sanders is heating up ahead of Democrats' direction-defining Michigan Senate primary. — Nowhere is the jockeying and strategy unfolding behind …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Ronald Lauder, a Billionaire G.O.P. Backer, Closes His Wallet — Ronald S. Lauder, a major funder of conservative political causes, has not given a single dollar this year to Republicans in his home state, and his super PAC has gone idle. — For decades, Ronald S. Lauder …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Senate Democrats Dodge Last Pre-Election Opportunity To Fight Trump — They won't take a big stand to protect the election, or resist Trump's broader lawlessness, before the midterms. — ∙ Paid — This was expected, but it's madness. — Over the weekend, Patty Murray …
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Reuters:
Trump vowed to ‘bring free speech back.’ Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled it — U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly campaigned for his second term as a champion of free expression, vowing in his January 2025 inaugural address to stop what he described as years of “government censorship.”
Jordan Rubin / MS NOW:
California and other blue states warn of ‘extreme’ risk in backing Trump election order — “The consequences of allowing such transformative changes to take effect so close to this fall's elections would be extreme,” 23 states and D.C. argue. — California and other Democratic-led states told …
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Wall Street Journal:
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against Its Critics — Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements — Tired_Thumb is far from alone. — In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour …
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