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Washington Post:
Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat  —  The White House said the president was aboard Air Force One as he left a NATO summit.  Instead, his departure included an elaborate ruse that concealed his travel.  —  Summary
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New York Times:
Trump Said to Have Secretly Used Military Jet to Leave Turkey Amid Threats  —  President Trump hid in an airport catering container and was taken to a military jet for a secret flight out of country after the NATO summit last month.  —  Top administration officials engaged in an elaborate deception …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Reports of Trump's catering-truck transfer in Turkey raise big questions about the recent NYT subpoenas
Discussion: The Hill and MS NOW
The White House:
Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  Pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum of December 5 …
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Washington Post:
Trump demands major changes to childhood vaccine recommendations  —  The president signed an order instructing states to revise their rules.  He also called for narrowing which vaccines are administered to children and splitting shots into multiple appointments.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Cassidy blasts vaccine order, saying Trump has no ‘expertise to make these changes’  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) blasted an executive order signed by President Trump Monday that splits the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shot across three separate visits.  —  “I'm a doctor.  This executive order is wrong.
Max Rego / The Hill:
American Academy of Pediatrics calls Trump vaccine order ‘dangerous’  —  The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics blasted President Trump's Monday executive order calling for fewer childhood vaccines.  —  “As measles cases reach a 35-year high in the U.S. and with cold …
New York Times:   Fact-Checking the Trump Administration's Claims About Vaccines
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Trump dives headfirst back into vaccine minefield
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
Politico:
White House officials tamped down efforts to oust Max Miller in final days  —  Members of President Donald Trump's political team asked Ohio Republicans last week not to wage a public pressure campaign against embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller, after they became increasingly convinced he wouldn't end his reelection bid.
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Emily Davies / New York Times:
Democrats Plan New Push to Defeat Max Miller in Ohio After Abuse Accusations  —  The party's congressional campaign arm added Mr. Miller's opponent, Brian Poindexter, to its highly competitive “Red to Blue” list.  —  The Democrats' congressional campaign arm has added Brian Poindexter …
Alexei Koseff / Washington Post:
National Democrats step up support for Rep. Max Miller's opponent  —  The Ohio Republican denies his ex-wife's abuse allegations, but Democratic nominee Brian Poindexter has been added to the party's “Red to Blue” program.  —  Summary  —  Democrats are betting that domestic abuse allegations …
Discussion: Roll Call and Joe.My.God.
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts Max Miller seat to toss-up
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Trump-Netanyahu rift widens as election pressures pull them in opposite directions  —  While the Israeli leader touts a willingness to defy the U.S. on Gaza, the president needs to show progress in the foreign entanglements weighing on his approval rating.  —  Summary
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Eli Okun / Politico:
Trump fumes over latest Iran demands
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Move On From the Middle East. It's Not Letting Him.
Discussion: Reason
Associated Press:   Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Will the Left Keep Winning in the Midwest?  What to Watch in Tuesday's Primaries.  —  The left and the middle continue to battle in Democratic primaries for governor in Wisconsin and Senate in Minnesota.  In South Carolina, all eyes are on Darline Graham.  —  The Democratic Party's ascendant …
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Julian Mark / Washington Post:
Trump refuses to back down as Supreme Court blocks major policies  —  The president is seeking ways around rulings on tariffs, birthright citizenship and the Fed.  Experts say the moves don't signal outright defiance, but they push the court's limits.  —  Summary
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump is searching for the Supreme Court's breaking point on birthright citizenship
Discussion: The Contrarian
Denver Post:
Lauren Boebert's son arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a child, court records show  —  Tyler Boebert faces 5 felony charges and was released from jail Sunday, records show  —  U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's son was arrested last week on three felony charges related to sexual exploitation of a child, court records show.
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Washington Post:
GOP lawmakers release Fauci texts discussing covid vaccine and pregnancy  —  The senators said the texts are among more than 34,000 recovered from a copy of the former government official's iPhone.  —  Summary  —  Two Republican senators on Monday released the first in a trove of text messages …
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Adele White / U.S. Senator Ron Johnson:
Senators Johnson, Paul Release Initial Texts from Dr. Fauci's Government iPhone
Rebecca Picciotto / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Temporarily Blocks Mamdani's Pied-à-Terre Tax  —  Order came days after homeowners sued to delay the rollout of the tax  —  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new pied-à-terre tax hit a wall on Monday after a Staten Island judge ordered an emergency pause on the implementation of the new surcharge.
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New York Post:
Mamdani forced to pause pied-à-terre tax roll-out — and pull down ‘shame the rich’ list in win for NYC homeowners
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Recount puts Trump-backed challenger in the lead of Indiana state Senate primary  —  State Sen. Spencer Deery, who now trails Republican Paula Copenhaver by three votes, said he will appeal the decision.  —  A recount in a contested May Indiana state Senate primary has put Republican Paula Copenhaver …
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Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:   Indiana recount commission finds Trump-backed challenger victorious
Associated Press:
69 dead and buildings collapsed after 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes western Colombia  —  Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...  A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 69 people, trapping residents under debris of collapsed buildings …
Wall Street Journal:
State Election Officials Tighten Up Voter Rolls Ahead of Showdown With Trump  —  States under pressure to prevent noncitizens from voting fear that even small errors will undermine the midterm elections  —  In President Trump's prime-time address last month declaring U.S. elections vulnerable …
Discussion: WTTG-TV
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New York Times:
Homeland Security Intensifies Pursuit of Noncitizens on Voter Rolls
Discussion: WBUR
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Trump's Russia Ties Was Derailed  —  Documents released by the White House shed new light on the demise of an often-overlooked 2017 F.B.I. investigation.  —  For the last year, the Trump administration's efforts to seek retribution against intelligence officials …
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Mark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence  —  “The future is for everyone,” Zuckerberg says, describing future that is primarily good for Meta.  —  Mark Zuckerberg, whose superyacht apparently spent the weekend ignoring or missing the distress signal …
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Violent crime keeps falling in biggest U.S. cities  —  Violent crime kept falling across many of the nation's largest cities through June, with homicides down 17.2% from the first half of 2025, according to preliminary data reviewed by Axios. … - Trump came into office casting America …
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
Isabella Kwai / New York Times:
U.S. Says It Revoked More Than 175,000 Visas Under Trump  —  Most visas were rescinded over criminal accusations, the State Department said, while some were revoked from people who had celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk.  —  The State Department said on Monday that under …
Wall Street Journal:
Gulf States Accept a New Normal in Hormuz: Iran Is in Control  —  Oil-and-gas exporters dislike the emerging deal to reopen the waterway but see it as the least-bad option  —  DUBAI—Persian Gulf energy producers are concluding that Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz will become permanent …
Discussion: Semafor and Al Jazeera
 
 
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