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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport. — The case represents a new front in President Trump's mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history. — Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for President Trump three times …
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Eschaton
New York Times:
Is the Democratic Party Facing Its Own Tea Party Moment? — A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its potential limitations. — Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani at a rally last week.Angelina Katsanis for The New York Times
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NewsMax.com, Althouse and Newsweek
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Could El-Sayed Cost Democrats Michigan? — Not all progressives are equal: Candidates of the activist left typically don't perform as well as other Democrats. — When the midterm election campaign began, Michigan seemed like a state that Democrats could take for granted in their pursuit of the Senate.
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Legal Insurrection
Susannah George / Washington Post:
Frustration with Trump grows among U.S.'s Persian Gulf allies, officials say — Gulf leaders worry the president is unable to manage the diplomacy necessary to secure peace with Iran, according to Arab and Western officials. — Summary — Frustration with Washington is growing …
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Middle East Monitor and New York Times
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Financial Times:
Most US voters say they are worse off under Trump — FT poll — Democrats lead Republicans on economy just months ahead of midterm elections — Most US voters say they have become worse off under Donald Trump, according to an FT poll revealing mounting discontent with the president's handling of the economy and cost of living.
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Middle East Monitor
Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump's legal team shrinks — When Donald Trump first hired an elite legal team at Sullivan & Cromwell early last year, it included five of the firm's partners, all of whom had clerked for Supreme Court justices and one of whom had served as acting solicitor general. — Today, all but one is gone.
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit, not him — US president credits himself with lowest drug prices in 60 years, when article says drop is more likely due to Biden — The White House flooded social media on Saturday with an image of Donald Trump showing off …
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling it — As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more. — Summary — One bill proposes increasing the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to 13.
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The Hill
Rhonda Garelick / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Rewrites the Rules — The latest shot heard 'round the world came not from a gun but from a syringe of fertility hormones belonging to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. — Last weekend on Instagram, the congresswoman announced her plan to freeze her eggs and document the process.
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Althouse, New York Post and New York Magazine
Norman J. Ornstein / New Republic:
The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote … One of Ronald Reagan's most famous lines, referring to disarray in his White House, was, “Sometimes the right hand doesn't know what the far-right hand is doing.” More appropriately for the Trump White House …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Trump's secret backchannel to Iran's Revolutionary Guard — In mid-May, U.S. negotiators trying to reach a deal with Iran to end the war ran into a problem: They couldn't tell if the people across the table actually spoke for the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Senate hopeful Talarico touts his faith. Texas Republicans call it blasphemy. — The Democratic nominee is seeking to win over faith-based voters in Texas, the Bible Belt's largest state, but evangelical Republicans aren't sold. — Summary — PLANO, Texas — Talking about Jesus is pretty routine for Texans running for office.
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Fox News
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off — Mr. Hoekstra has been President Trump's faithful messenger in Canada amid a historic low in relations. More than 170,000 Canadians want him gone. — After boycotting American products and shunning vacations south of the border …
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The Independent and Al Jazeera
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In ‘The Brink of War,’ a Return to an Era of Razor-Edge Diplomacy — A new film depicts the 1986 nuclear arms summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, which both offered and dashed hopes of a dramatic breakthrough. — It was, as one person in the room described it …
James Politi / Financial Times:
US aircraft carrier furore is emblem of growing disquiet over Iran war — Reports of poor conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln coincide with depleting stocks of both weapons and voter support — Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, faces a backlash over poor conditions …
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