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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 …
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Reuters:
Trump flew secretly from Turkey due to Iranian threat, the Washington Post reports
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WTTG-TV, Military.com and France 24
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump secretly switched to different plane in Turkey amid Iran missile threat
Trump secretly switched to different plane in Turkey amid Iran missile threat
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CNN, The Independent and The Daily Wire
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 …
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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.
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The White House:
Delivering Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations for Americans
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New York Times:
Fact-Checking the Trump Administration's Claims About Vaccines
Fact-Checking the Trump Administration's Claims About Vaccines
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Trump dives headfirst back into vaccine minefield
Trump dives headfirst back into vaccine minefield
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
He Says Obscene Things About Mothers and Children. Mike Johnson Is Raising Money for Him. — Because this is a family newspaper, I cannot quote the piquant term that Brandon Herrera, a Republican House candidate in Texas, used to refer to children in a 2023 video.
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Washington Examiner
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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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New Republic and Washington Examiner
John Light / Talking Points Memo:
Mike Lindell Has a Real Shot at Becoming Minnesota's Republican Candidate for Governor — Mike Lindell's Big Moment — Amid the wall-to-wall coverage of Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong's personal evolution or possible lack thereof on the topic of Thanksgiving …
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Washington Examiner, MS NOW, KSTP-TV and NPR
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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Associated Press:
Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
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New Republic
Eli Okun / Politico:
Trump fumes over latest Iran demands
Trump fumes over latest Iran demands
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Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Trump Wants to Move On From the Middle East. It's Not Letting Him.
Trump Wants to Move On From the Middle East. It's Not Letting Him.
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Reason
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 …
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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 …
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Roll Call and Joe.My.God.
The Bulwark:
There's No Vaccine for Stupid — Innumerate Republican senators castigate Fauci for something he didn't do. — If there were any hopes left for a prompt deal to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, they're on life support now. Donald Trump and Iran spent Monday making …
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PJ Media, Scripps News, The Gateway Pundit, The Bulwark on YouTube and The Post Millennial
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Adele White / U.S. Senator Ron Johnson:
Senators Johnson, Paul Release Initial Texts from Dr. Fauci's Government iPhone
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
What to Watch in Tuesday's Primary Elections in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Carolina — 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.
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Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:
Darline Graham tries to escape her brother's shadow — and carry on his name
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John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong's Wisconsin Primary Lead Alarms Establishment Democrats
Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong's Wisconsin Primary Lead Alarms Establishment Democrats
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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 …
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CNN, Al Jazeera and Semafor
Jared Malsin / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Fires on Ship Breaking Its Blockade of Iran — American forces shot at the Panama-flagged vessel from a helicopter — U.S. forces fired on a Panama-flagged ship that attempted to run the American blockade of Iranian ports early Tuesday, a U.S. official said, stepping up enforcement …
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The Hill, Reuters and Joe.My.God.
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
Trump is searching for the Supreme Court's breaking point on birthright citizenship
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Slate and The Contrarian
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Republicans roll the dice on anti-Muslim bigotry one more time — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — Six days after the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush visited the Islamic Center of Washington DC …
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Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
Disgraced Anti-Sex-Trafficking NGO Gets $244 Million to Rep Migrant Kids — The founder and CEO of Our Rescue resigned in 2023 amid allegations that he had sexually abused and trafficked women himself. — An anti-sex-trafficking nonprofit in Utah whose founder resigned after multiple women accused …
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 …
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RealClearPolitics
Tech Policy Press:
Separating AI's Technological Problems From its Capitalism Problems — AI represents the first time we humans can do cognitive work outside of our bodies at scale. The only comparable moment is the early years of the industrial revolution, when new technologies like the steam engine provided …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
“Not helpful”: White House winces over conservatives bashing AOC for egg freezing — When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a video Saturday giving herself a shot in preparation to freeze her eggs, she instantly injected issues of fertility, family and feminism into political discourse.
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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 …
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.
Natalie Alms / NOTUS:
Ex-Biden Officials Are Planning How to Rebuild the Government Post-DOGE — Former Biden administration officials are contending with a new reality: Future administrations won't have a choice but to confront the way the Trump administration has disrupted how the government works.
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RedState and Just Security
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 …
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Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades to ‘Curb Mental Health Crisis’ — A pilot program aims to ease pressure on freshmen and help them adjust to demands of college — The University of Michigan will drop grades for first-semester freshmen next year in an effort to …
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