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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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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 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and 19FortyFive
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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Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants a Summit That Kim Jong Un Doesn't Need
Hyung-Jin Kim / Associated Press:
North Korea fires barrage of missiles toward the sea after dismissing overture from Trump
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 …
CBS News:
Early details on FBI seizure of Eric Swalwell's devices in sexual misconduct probe
Discussion: MS NOW
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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Hugo Lowell / Wired:
Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics
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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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
The fatal flaw(s) in Trump's new economic threat to countries assisting Iran
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 …
Discussion: Human Events and The Spectator
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Chris Osuh / The Guardian:
Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university
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.
Discussion: NBC News, The Guardian and WTOP News
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
A fake poll tested media and poll trackers.  Here's who passed and failed.  —  Median Strategies, a fake polling firm, claimed it was a “social experiment.”  The fraudulent poll received some attention but was shunned by mainstream poll aggregators and exposed by a reporter.
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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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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.
Adam Kinzinger:
Why David Jolly's Win Matters Regardless of What Happens In November  —  If you wanted to hear an old-school Republican in Florida on Tuesday night, you had to go to a Democratic victory party.  —  Standing beside his family in Miami Lakes, David Jolly thanked Democrats for welcoming him into their party.
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.
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 …
Washington Post:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott takes aim at Muslim washing stations in airports  —  Legal experts dispute Abbott's claims that the ritual washing stations are discriminatory, with some saying his attack fits a pattern of anti-Muslim actions and rhetoric.  —  Summary
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Simon Shuster / The Atlantic:
Ukraine Planned to Swarm Moscow Airports With AI-Guided Drones  —  The stalled operation, code-named “M&Ms,” sought to isolate Russian elites and force Vladimir Putin to negotiate a truce.  —  Early this year, Ukrainian officials came to President Volodymyr Zelensky with a risky new plan to end the war with Russia.
 
 
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Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
President Trump Has a Pet-Project Docket at the National Parks
Natalie Hausmann / Democracy Docket:
No Chick-fil-A, no voting: One North Carolina county's argument for closing polls on Sundays
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Aircraft carrier arrives in Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln after lengthy deployment
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 Earlier Items: 
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
Trump's FAA picked an unlikely contractor to lead its air traffic overhaul. The agency is having second thoughts.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Dollar, the Dopamine, and JD Vance
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Iran War Is Eating the GOP's Midterm Message Alive
Discussion: HotAir and NewsMax.com
Leo Sands / New York Times:
Trump Threat Puts Focus on Iran's Trading Partners