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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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The Guardian, The Independent and Daily Kos
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NBC News:
Navy discusses renaming aircraft carrier after Trump instead of heroic Black sailor — The USS Doris Miller would be the first aircraft carrier named after a Black and an enlisted sailor. The decision to name the carrier after Miller was made during Trump's first term.
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CNN
Washington Post:
Swing-state Democrats criticize an unpopular institution: Their own party — Multiple candidates seeking Senate seats are running ads critical of their own party, supportive of Republican policies, or both. — Summary — Democrats running for Senate have savaged President Donald Trump …
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Calen Razor / Politico:
All the Democrats' probes — Presented by This newsletter will be on hiatus next week.
Megan Stringer / Axios:
GOP's Senate map gets shakier as Texas, Iowa become toss-ups
GOP's Senate map gets shakier as Texas, Iowa become toss-ups
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The Hill, Newsweek, Daily Kos, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Washington Post, Iowa Starting Line, Bloomberg and NewsMax.com
NBC News:
Donald Trump and Michael Cohen bury the hatchet — The pair publicly reunited on Cohen's radio show after years of legal feuds and name-calling. … President Donald Trump and his former fixer Michael Cohen are putting their contentious past behind them.
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Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Hill, The Independent and MS NOW
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Bo Erickson / Reuters:
Trump, former fixer Michael Cohen have warm interview at political low point for president — U.S. President Donald Trump had a warm public reunion on Thursday with Michael Cohen, his former fixer turned foe whose court testimony contributed to Trump's 2024 conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush-money trial.
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MS NOW, Associated Press, CBS News, TMZ.com, The Guardian, WTOP News, The Independent and Washington Times
77 WABC:
Michael Cohen and President Trump Speak Again
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CNN, New York Times, NewsMax.com, The Wrap, The Independent, Newsweek, The Hill, New York Post, Washington Examiner, MS NOW, One America News Network, Fox News, KQTV-TV, CBS News, Forbes and Politico
Emilio Perez Ibarguen / Politico:
A thirsty Michael Cohen tries to get back into Trump's good graces
A thirsty Michael Cohen tries to get back into Trump's good graces
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Fox News, DUS IZ NIES, New Republic, Daily Mail, 77 WABC and Newsweek
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
President Trump and ally-turned-antagonist Michael Cohen reconcile
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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MS NOW and The Mahablog
Politico:
Trump and Pete face the South Carolina test — With help from Megan Messerly, Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner — Good Friday morning, South Carolina's star turn today on the midterm campaign trail has us playing Jason Isbell's “Palmetto Rose” on repeat. Get in touch. — In today's Playbook ...
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Daily Kos
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Dustin Volz / New York Times:
Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public
Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Trump's biggest political event so far isn't in a battleground state
Trump's biggest political event so far isn't in a battleground state
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The Independent, Associated Press and Rolling Stone
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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HotAir, Fox News, Instapundit and RedState
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story
Seattle Times sports columnist resigns over spiked trans athlete story
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twitchy.com, Washington Times, Political.org, The Daily Wire and Newsbusters
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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Dustin Gardiner / Politico:
Progressive Aisha Wahab wins Eric Swalwell's former House seat
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The Guardian, Reuters, The San Francisco Standard and Jewish Insider
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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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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New York Times, MS NOW, CNBC, Military.com, Deseret News, The American Conservative, UPI and Washington Examiner
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Natalie Harp's Intimate Letters to Trump Revealed in Full — WITH ALL MY HEART — Trump's biographer Michael Wolff is revealing two bombshell letters Harp wrote to Trump, calling him her “Guardian and Protector.” — EXCLUSIVE — Natalie Harp's intimate letters to Donald Trump …
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HuffPost, Straight Arrow, TMZ.com, The Guardian and Vanity Fair
Associated Press:
Why Treasury Secretary Bessent's moves to calm the bond market haven't worked so far — Interest rates rebounded Thursday despite efforts by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to put a lid on longer-term borrowing costs, a sign Wall Street investors remain worried about burgeoning government debt …
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Scott Bessent and the Art of the Treasury Tightrope
Scott Bessent and the Art of the Treasury Tightrope
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Townhall, New York Times, New Republic, The Hill, National Politics and The Japan Times
Rachel Maddow / MS NOW:
Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska, military says — A statement from the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center did not provide details on the specific work the individuals were doing. — A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site …
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Political.org, The Sun, Fox News, Metro.co.uk, Reuters, WTOP News and UPI
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 …
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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Breitbart, The Times, American Greatness, The Federalist, The Daily Wire, RedState, Townhall, Ace of Spades HQ, Human Events, twitchy.com, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
Kimberly Ross / Washington Examiner:
Amy Barrett defies easy categorization, to the dismay of the Left and Right — During her Senate confirmation hearings in October 2020, Justice Amy Coney Barrett enjoyed enthusiastic support from the Right and received harsh criticism from the Left. It was entirely expected.
Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
ICE begins deporting Haitians who lost TPS back to homeland — Community leaders said Thursday's removal flight was one of the largest they had seen and included people who were detained in recent weeks. — The first deportation flight to Haiti since the Trump administration ended humanitarian protections …
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Bloomberg, The Preamble, Political.org, Associated Press, ABC News and NewsNation
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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NBC News, Fox News, ABC News, US Department of Justice, The Sun, Spectrum News 1 Central NY, Townhall, Breitbart, Pluribus News, Legal Insurrection, Blaze Media, PJ Media, Washington Post, twitchy.com, The Daily Wire, The Hill, City & State New York, Metro.co.uk, News Talk 105.9, Washington Times, Ace of Spades HQ, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, CBS News, Political.org, Washington Examiner, WTOP News, UPI, RedState, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, Politico and The Post Millennial
Dan Merica / Washington Post:
Are Flock cameras the next bipartisan political issue? — In today's edition ... The rise of Flock cameras as a political issue ... The disingenuous outrage over the national debt ... but first ... Programming note — This newsletter will take its annual summer break next week and will return …
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LAist, Washington Times and The Daily Caller
Axios:
Oil markets are tuning out Trump's “truths” — Oil price changes in response to President Trump's social media posts about the Iran war have been shrinking over time, an Axios analysis shows. … - Traders weigh whether his comments suggest U.S. moves that would help or hinder oil transit …
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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New York Post and Bloomberg
Zachary Basu / Axios:
America's capital crunch: Soaring debt collides with AI spending spree — America is caught in a historic capital squeeze: … The price it exacts — on taxes, benefits, borrowing and investment — could shape America's prosperity and power for generations.
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Blaze Media, Al Jazeera, Mercury News, Straight Arrow, NBC News, France 24, New York Times and Washington Examiner
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
They're Building The Excuse Now — On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a Department of Commerce “report” that claims more than 24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in the 2020 election. That sounds bad, right? At least, until you hear the response.
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CNN, The Independent, Salon, American Greatness and NPR
Washington Post:
How data centers can stanch the political bleeding — Politicians are stampeding to distance themselves from an important industry. — On Wednesday, President Donald Trump said that the data-center industry needs “a little public relations help.” That's an understatement.
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American Greatness, Watts Up With That?, Reason, Tom's Hardware, ABC News, Axios and Business Insider
Trixie Yap / Reuters:
Hormuz ship crossings hover in single digits, data shows — Ship crossings at the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint were down on Thursday from the previous day, initial shipping data showed, amid growing concern over risks to shipping in the Middle East, with US-Iran peace talks remaining in limbo.

