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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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Victoria Albert / Wall Street Journal:
Kennedy Center Board Votes to Add Trump's Name to Building Facade
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump-aligned board votes to put his name on the Kennedy Center — again
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump-allied Kennedy Center board votes to put his name back on building
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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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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
New aircraft carrier going to Middle East amid questions over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
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Sammy Westfall / Washington Post:
As poor conditions are reported on USS Abraham Lincoln, Democrats demand answers
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Lim Hui Jie / CNBC:
U.S. to use economic tactics on Iran ‘that have never been seen’; Navy works to relieve troubled carrier 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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The White House:
Rebuilding the United States Navy and America's Shipbuilding Industrial Base — THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET — THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws …
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USNI News:
New White House Memo Calls for Foreign-Built Warships, Return to Steam Catapults on Ford Carriers — This post has been updated with a statement from the Shipbuilders Council of America. — President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to consider foreign-built warships and auxiliary vessels …
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Trump orders the Navy to return to an older system of launching jets off aircraft carriers
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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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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The presumption of irregularity — There has been lots of talk in recent months, including from federal judges, about the ways in which the Department of Justice has lost the “presumption of regularity” that is generally afforded to government lawyers. — This week has raised …
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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Victoria Balara / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: A Senate battle looms in Michigan — The GOP nominee has an edge in the Senate race, while the Democrat is favored for governor — In Michigan, while more Democrats than Republicans are concerned about their candidates' ideological views, Democrats are also more engaged …
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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.
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Associated Press:
Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network — Flock Safety, the surveillance technology company increasingly under scrutiny from lawmakers from both parties, civil liberties advocates and citizens across the U.S., announced Thursday that it is making changes …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Trump team tells GOP to lean in on health care — President Trump's top political hands had some surprising advice for Senate Republicans last week: Talk more about health care. … But Republican message testing from Trump's own pollster suggests candidates are better off focusing elsewhere.
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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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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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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.
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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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
ICE keeps racking up losses at the appeals courts on mandatory detention — A Boston-based appeals court is the latest to reject ICE's bid to subject millions of people — most of whom have lived in the U.S. for years and have no criminal records — to the prospect of detention without bond.
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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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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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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Reuters:
World War Two memorial in Washington vandalized with bubbles and graffiti — The World War Two memorial in Washington was vandalized with bubbly soap and graffiti on Thursday, prompting vows from the U.S. government to find the perpetrator. — The fountain bubbled over with suds and someone painted …
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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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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
White House says more than 40 nations help China dodge tariffs — The European Union, Mexico, Canada and Japan are among the biggest offenders. — Chinese companies are increasingly routing shipments to the United States via other nations to avoid President Donald Trump's tariffs, the White House said Thursday.
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