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CNN:
Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump — Donald Trump Federal agencies US military — The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during …
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can't Prove It. — The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state's voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Effectively Just Told Iran to Get a Nuclear Weapon — He may also have blurted out classified information about North Korea. — Anyone can get distracted now and then, and say things out loud he or she probably shouldn't say. Perhaps an excited friend lets on about a surprise party …
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Shawn Cohen / Daily Mail:
FBI agents confront Eric Swalwell at San Francisco Airport and seize his electronics as part of sexual misconduct investigation — FBI agents confronted Eric Swalwell with a search warrant when he landed at San Francisco Airport Saturday and seized the former congressman's electronic devices including …
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CNN:
FBI raids former Rep. Eric Swalwell's home, seizes devices in probe tied to sexual assault claims — Federal agents seized electronic devices from former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell at the San Francisco airport on Saturday and then raided his home in Washington, DC, the next day as part …
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Megan Stringer / Axios:
GOP's Senate map gets shakier as Texas, Iowa become toss-ups — Two key Senate races in typically Republican states, Texas and Iowa, are a toss-up heading into the midterms, according to the latest projections from The Cook Political Report. … Doing that will require wins in states that aren't typical battlegrounds.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Texas, Iowa Senate races shift to toss-ups: Cook Political Report
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Hugo Lowell / Wired:
Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics
Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics
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New York Magazine and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Trump increasingly lashing out at allies as victory in Iran war proves elusive — Unable to force Tehran's surrender, President Donald Trump appears to be taking his frustration out on Oman and other U.S. partners in greater measure. — Summary — To kick off the week …
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Washington Examiner and The Hill
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Matt Calkins:
I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years. This is why I resigned — I really wanted the column to run. I didn't think it would, but I felt obligated to try to get it in. — Toward the end of last month, before the Seattle Storm hosted the Indiana Fever …
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The Hill, Instapundit, Washington Times, Fox News, RedState, The Daily Wire and Newsbusters
Imran Mulla / Middle East Eye:
Jason Arday's marathon challenge and other claims found to be true after his death — Claims the late academic made which were widely derided as false in media and online discourse this month appear to be true, an MEE analysis has found — Key claims made by Jason Arday …
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Human Events and The Spectator
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Brendan Rascius / The Independent:
FBI stops suspected ISIS plot to blow up New York Capitol building — The suspect, a 35-year-old woman, allegedly purchased bomb materials and spent weeks surveilling the Capitol building — Federal authorities on Thursday arrested a woman accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the New York State Capitol in Albany.
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Carlos E. Castañeda / CBS News:
Aisha Wahab wins special election to serve out remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell's term, AP projects — Add CBS News on Google — In a special election, Bay Area voters have chosen state Sen. Aisha Wahab to carry out the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell's term, The Associated Press projects.
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The Guardian:
Website behind widely shared fake election polls run by 21-year-old — Exclusive: Rahil Prakash tells the Guardian: ‘I wanted to see if fake polls could penetrate the ecosystem that easily’ — A 21-year-old recent college graduate was behind an anonymous website that put …
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CalMatters, American Prospect and Los Angeles Times
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
A fake poll tested media and poll trackers. Here's who passed and failed.
A fake poll tested media and poll trackers. Here's who passed and failed.
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FiftyPlusOne, Straight Arrow, The Independent, Strength In Numbers, The Hill and Truthout
New York Times:
Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter — A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction. — About 73,000 wild horses roam federal public lands in the American West.
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The Hill and The Parnas Perspective
Dustin Volz / New York Times:
Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public — Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election. — The White House in recent weeks …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92 — A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions. — Nancy Kissinger, the wife of former Secretary …
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GOV.UK:
Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers (accessible) — Living in the UK — You are in the United Kingdom (UK) because you are seeking asylum. — We understand that coming to a new country can be diffi cult, and that laws and customs here may be different from your home country.
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The Economist:
Britain would be bonkers to ditch Palantir — Whatever the company's flaws, its critics have taken a worryingly illiberal turn — Making database-management seem transgressive is a feat. Palantir, a technology firm, has managed it by publishing manifestos bemoaning the West's hollowed-out civic culture …
Douglas Gillison / Reuters:
More than 150 Polymarket wallets may have traded on military secrets, research finds — More than 150 wallets on Polymarket International may have traded on inside U.S. military information, attracting copycat bets and raising concerns that the market could broadcast signals exploitable …
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Politico:
Religious groups ask judge to consider contempt over undercover ICE operation — Religious groups are asking a federal judge to consider holding Department of Homeland Security officials in contempt after an undercover agent inadvertently dropped a recording device inside a Minnesota church …
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Sidney Blumenthal / New Republic:
Two Years Ago, They Revered Trump; Now, They Ridicule and Revile Him — Donald Trump has lost his war in reality and virtual reality, not only with Iran but also in the arena where he thought he was the eternal master, in image and myth. He has lost it on land, sea, and air—and in thin air.
Washington Post:
Stars and Stripes publisher announces departure with a parting shot at Pentagon — An active-duty Navy captain was placed in leadership ahead of the publisher's resignation, sparking fears that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might gain control of the newspaper prized for its independence. — Summary
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Throws Her Support Behind Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Settlement — The mayor previously stated that she opposed the $111 billion merger deal unless jobs were preserved in the transaction. … The mayor, who is running for reelection this year …
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
GOP senator places hold on Trump nominees over wetlands policy — Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer (N.D.) is placing a hold on all future Trump nominees over the administration's approach to wetlands. — In a statement shared with The Hill, Cramer expressed disappointment that the administration …
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, NewsMax.com and E&E News
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Texas appeals court won't block GOP-led county from changing voting maps after primary — A Texas appeals court Thursday denied an emergency effort to stop Galveston County from using new voting districts in the November election, allowing the GOP-led county's post-primary map change …
Reuters:
US hits Hezbollah with fresh sanctions, emphasizing ties to Iranian government — The United States on Thursday issued fresh sanctions targeting Lebanon's Hezbollah, including re-designating it over actions on behalf of the Iranian government, according to a statement seen by Reuters.
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Straight Arrow, RedState and NewsMax.com
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Scott Bessent and the Art of the Treasury Tightrope — Plus, U.S. debt reaches $40 trillion, and the Army cuts a much-heralded drone unit as it goes ‘back to basics’ — Good morning. The bond market was going bonkers, and relatively untested Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had to do something.
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The Only Truth About Trump's America Is That Everything Is a Lie — TRIED AND UNTRUE — Our government is braindead. If they get their way, we're next. — OPINION — As bad as you think things are, they're worse. — How do I know? I mean, besides that I am Jewish …
Timothy Cama / Politico:
Republican Mike Rogers backs Michigan data center moratorium — Republican Mike Rogers expressed support Thursday for a “pause” on data center construction as he runs against a progressive Democrat for Michigan's open Senate seat. — Michigan is one of the top Senate battlegrounds this cycle …


