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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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NBC News:   Navy discusses renaming aircraft carrier after Trump instead of heroic Black sailor
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.
Discussion: MS NOW and The Mahablog
77 WABC:
Michael Cohen and President Trump Speak Again  —  (New York New York) - Years after their relationship collapsed into public warfare and courtroom testimony, Michael Cohen and Donald Trump are speaking directly again—and at moments, the old familiarity is impossible to miss.
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:   President Trump and ally-turned-antagonist Michael Cohen reconcile
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 …
Discussion: HotAir, RedState, Fox News and Instapundit
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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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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
The fatal flaw(s) in Trump's new economic threat to countries assisting Iran
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
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
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Chris Osuh / The Guardian:
Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university
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: Associated Press and WTOP News
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Progressive wins special election to fill Swalwell's California House seat
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
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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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg and New York Post
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Vanity Fair, HuffPost and Daily Mail
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
Liberia Joins Trump's ‘Third-Country Deportation’ Network  —  The African republic says it will take up to 1,200 noncitizen deportees beginning with the flight on Thursday.  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter flight landed in Liberia Thursday, likely carrying immigrants …
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.
 
 
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Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:
In a Big Year for Progressives, Here's Why These Moderates Won Their Primaries
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal:
California Draws More Startup Investment Than All Other 49 States Combined
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Democrats sue Trump DOJ for records on potential ballot seizures in midterms
Associated Press:
Investigators examining foes of Trump seek interviews related to Mar-a-Lago search, AP sources say
Discussion: Reuters
Victor Nava / New York Post:
James Talarico accused of siding with teen killer Karmelo Anthony after lamenting ‘there were no black members of the jury’ at his trial
Ja'han Jones / MS NOW:
Pastors at TPUSA summit push Christian nationalism amid Islamophobia
The Bulwark:
Ex-CIA Officer: Natalie Harp Is an Intelligence Nightmare (w/ Michael Weiss & Marc Polymeropoulos)
 Earlier Items: 
Gustavo Arellano / Los Angeles Times:
In Karen Bass' bad debate night, she even trashed taco vendors
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Texas appeals court won't block GOP-led county from changing voting maps after primary
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
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The Only Truth About Trump's America Is That Everything Is a Lie
The Hill:
Watch: Trump, first lady headline Fostering Future Together event in Rose Garden
Washington Post:
Stars and Stripes publisher announces departure with a parting shot at Pentagon
Politico:
Religious groups ask judge to consider contempt over undercover ICE operation
Discussion: NewsMax.com