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Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump's Name on Building — The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge's order to remove his name. — The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Thursday …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump-aligned board votes to put his name on the Kennedy Center — again — The Kennedy Center board on Thursday voted to again attach President Donald Trump's name to the performing arts center, two people with knowledge of the vote told POLITICO, its latest attempt to honor the president …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump-allied Kennedy Center board votes to put his name back on building
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Victoria Albert / Wall Street Journal:
Kennedy Center Board Votes to Add Trump's Name to Building Facade
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Kennedy Center board creates ‘Trump Plaza’ and plans to add prez's name back to building
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Angie Orellana Hernandez / NOTUS:
Lawmakers Respond to Reports of Jaw-Dropping Conditions Aboard U.S. Aircraft Carrier — Lawmakers are demanding answers after a series of jaw-dropping reports outlined what sailors and their families claimed were deteriorating conditions aboard an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln …
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U.S. Sending Fresh Aircraft Carrier to Middle East Amid Iran War Strain — USS George Washington is set to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed for more than 250 days — The U.S. is preparing to send the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Middle East to replace …
Ross Adkin / CNN:
Lawmakers demand answers about USS Abraham Lincoln conditions as reports emerge of sailors attempting to jump overboard
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Sammy Westfall / Washington Post:
As poor conditions are reported on USS Abraham Lincoln, Democrats demand answers
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
New aircraft carrier going to Middle East amid questions over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
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Marcus Weisgerber / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Orders Navy to Restore Old Technology in Aircraft Carriers, Costing Billions — The Navy spent years fighting the president's push to go back to steam catapults — President Trump has directed the Navy to tear out a complex system for launching jet fighters from its aircraft carriers …
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Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
TV Star Is Shock Frontrunner to Replace Karoline Leavitt — SPIN CYCLE — The president is turning to an unlikely source for his new press secretary. — A shock name is considered the favorite to replace Karoline Leavitt as the next White House press secretary.
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Daily Mail:
Insiders reveal painful real reason behind Karoline Leavitt's decision to QUIT ‘thankless’ White House... and Trump's pleading messages
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New York Post:
Karoline Leavitt's possible successors emerge after WH press secretary's surprise departure
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Mark Arsenault / New York Times:
Judge Dismisses Federal Government's Antisemitism Case Against Harvard — The government argued the university had not done enough to combat antisemitism during campus protests. A judge called the incidents “isolated and episodic.” — A federal judge in Boston on Thursday dismissed …
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Mark Arsenault / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Dismisses Federal Antisemitism Case Against Harvard
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Mae T. Weir / The Harvard Crimson:
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
DOJ's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in federal stalking case related to health insurance CEO killing: Report … Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday in his federal criminal case, where he is charged with stalking in connection with his alleged killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson …
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New York Post:
Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty to federal charges in assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO — Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday in his federal case tied to his alleged execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — in an apparent bid to dodge a life sentence, sources confirmed to the Post.
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New York Times:
U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown — The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes. — Four days after Alex Pretti was fatally shot …
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Politico:
‘I was not briefed’: Andy Beshear says Trump sidelined him on Kentucky data center plan … Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the Trump administration kept him out of the loop last month as it rolled out plans for a $100 billion data center campus on federal land in his state …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
I re-analyzed the raw data from Wisconsin's primary polls. Here's what actually went wrong. — This is a follow-up post to yesterday's article about the polls in Wisconsin. In that piece, I argue that polling primaries is a big challenge, and distinct from polling general elections …
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Associated Press:
White House border czar defends ICE electric shock gloves as tools to avoid deadly force — White House border czar Tom Homan defended Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks, calling them a tool to help officers end confrontations without using deadly force.
M. Gessen / New York Times:
What's Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All — On Feb. 25, Siobhan Kirchstein received an official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles instructing her to surrender her driver's license. She was one of hundreds of Kansans who received such letters when Senate Bill 244 …
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Associated Press:
U.S. ambassador calls settler siege of Palestinian homes a ‘horrific act of terror’ — JERUSALEM — The U.S. Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Washington Post:
Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats … The mysterious strikes targeting multiple Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galápagos Islands this year were carried out as part of a covert CIA program, The Washington Post has learned.
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Dustin Volz / New York Times:
Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals — The practice would align the United States more closely with countries like China and Russia, where spy agencies have long relied on private-sector hackers to help with national security missions.
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Washington Post:
U.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its Reaper drones as Iran war depletes arsenal — The aircraft, which cost up to $50 million each, have seen heavy use around the Strait of Hormuz — but they are relatively easy targets for Iran and its proxies. — Summary
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Rep Melts Down Over Campaign Cash From Alleged Wife-Beater — NO BACKING DOWN — The New York Republican accused the press of playing “the typical Washington media game.” — A Republican lawmaker wouldn't commit to returning campaign cash he got from a MAGA congressman accused of domestic violence.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge shows signs of frustration with DOJ attorneys over handling of Epstein files — The judge said he had “absolutely no desire” to go down the road of holding government attorneys in contempt, but he gave a history lesson on when he has done so. — WASHINGTON — A federal judge overseeing …
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New York Times:
Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them. — The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months. — Starting last fall, the Department …
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Washington Post:
Prescription drug prices record sharpest drop in more than 60 years — While overall medical costs continued to rise, prescription drug prices fell by 3.1 percent in the year ending in July, the steepest annual decline since 1963. — Summary — Prescription drug prices recorded …
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Alejandro Santos Cid / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. attorney confirms that FBI tests didn't find meth in van driven by man fatally shot by ICE in Houston — Aaron Reitz did not reveal what FBI testing found in bags taken from Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's van after his July 7 shooting death. Other men in the van said the bags contained salt.
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Politico:
Bernie Sanders has a response for progressives upset over Hong's loss in Wisconsin … Sen. Bernie Sanders says he can't be everywhere at once — even though some of his allies want him to be. — Democratic socialist Francesca Hong lost by less than 4,000 votes in Wisconsin's gubernatorial primary …
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