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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump's Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms — A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could ‘derail’ midterms — The U.S. Postal Service could “derail” the midterm election if it continues rushing out “untested” technology as part of President Trump's push to restrict mail-in voting, a newly released whistleblower report warns.
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New York Magazine, Daily Kos, The Maine Wire, Straight Arrow, IJR News and Little Green Footballs
Irie Sentner / Politico:
How abortion could shape 2028 — Abortion is simmering as an issue in the background of this year's midterm elections.
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Postal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed and sloppy, a whistleblower contends
Postal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed and sloppy, a whistleblower contends
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Democracy Docket, Fox News, Wonkette, UPI, Forbes, CBS News and Washington Examiner
Politico:
2 House Democrats vote to salvage GOP agenda — A pair of House Democrats voted to rescue the Republican legislative agenda Tuesday as GOP leaders faced an internal revolt, an extremely rare crossing of party lines that pushed a key procedural vote through a closely divided chamber.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and New Republic
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats left reeling after shock defections — House Democrats were left stunned and pointing fingers Tuesday after a pair of centrist lawmakers unexpectedly helped Republican leadership pass a key procedural vote. … - The two centrists, Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrats fume about GOP's anti-socialism bill — House Democrats are grumbling that Republicans are setting one last political trap for them before November by attaching language touting their marquee voter ID legislation to a resolution denouncing socialism.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House votes to pass short-term funding bill and prevent a shutdown before the election — The legislation, which already passed the Senate, now goes to President Donald Trump to become law, checking off the main item on Congress' to-do list ahead of the midterms.
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Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
College student steps into highway traffic, is killed after losing TPS — Pierre Damas Bel's family said he took his own life after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle monitor. — Summary
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Jessica Orozco / SpringfieldNewsSun.com:
Springfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates say — A 20-year-old Wright State student took his own life on Interstate 70 out of anguish over a required ICE ankle monitor, according to local community advocates.
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Cincinnati.com, The Haitian Times, New Republic and The Post Millennial
Anna Betts / The Guardian:
Deported Milo Yiannopoulos says he is ‘ashamed’ of support for Trump — British far-right pundit breaks silence on ICE arrest and deportation and says he was ‘really, really terrified’ — Milo Yiannopoulos, the British far-right commentator who was arrested last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
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The Hill, NOTUS, TMZ.com, The Wrap, Washington Post, Mediaite, The American Conservative and Mother Jones
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Hit With Furious Staff Backlash — INSIDE SCOOP — Disgruntled CBS staff lament another poor editorial decision from Bari Weiss. — CBS News boss Bari Weiss drew intense backlash from her own staff after intervening in a story to tie Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed …
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
CBS' El-Sayed Scandal … At 8:18 a.m. on Monday morning, CBS News published a post on X that immediately drew an avalanche of criticism: “As the nation prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001,” the post said, “Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan …
Tampa Bay Times:
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa — Yasmany Moreno thought he was being transferred. Again.The 32-year-old Cuban who traveled between Tampa and Miami for work had already spent more than a year in immigration detention centers across the United States.
Axios:
Why Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned — Two key reasons led to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll's resignation, announced Monday: the feeling that his modernization initiatives were being blocked, and the chaos created by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's firing of senior generals.
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The Atlantic:
Dan Driscoll's Parting Shot
Dan Driscoll's Parting Shot
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Paul Krugman:
The Plot to Steal Venezuela's Oil — A scam that is both vile and deeply stupid — The United States has an ugly reputation in Latin America — a reputation that, I'm sorry to say, is mostly well deserved. Our government has a long track record of supporting dictators …
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
The secret history of Trump's Venezuelan oil baron
The secret history of Trump's Venezuelan oil baron
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Bloomberg, MS NOW, New York Post, NOTUS, The Atlantic, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera, The Hill, Semafor, NewsMax.com and Financial Times
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Nikki Haley demands Vance ‘choose a side’ between Israel and its critics — Nikki Haley on Tuesday appeared to condemn Vice President JD Vance's defense of former Fox News host and Israel critic Tucker Carlson during his appearance at the Republican Jewish Coalition leadership summit. — “Right is right.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson helped make JD Vance. The VP refuses to condemn his antisemitism.
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The Post Millennial and IJR News
Reuters:
Trump birthright curbs may prompt US passport checks on parents — The U.S. State Department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of President Donald Trump's latest effort to limit birthright citizenship.
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NewsMax.com, Newsweek, Breitbart and IJR News
Ben Finley / Associated Press:
US says it's hitting targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after month with no military action — The U.S. military says it's striking targets in Iran as hostilities flare again after a month without military action. U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that the strikes …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
A Familiar Media Failure — There are only two parties, and only one election; legacy media is once again creating false impressions about the stakes; Democrats once again aren't helping their own cause. — ∙ Paid — Wherever you fall on the question of whether Abdul El-Sayed …
Frank Kendall / New York Times:
The U.S. Military Must Learn to Say No to Trump — I attended a military retirement ceremony last month at which Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the presiding officer and featured speaker. It was eerily, even alarmingly normal.
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Axios and Alternet.org
Marianne LeVine / Wall Street Journal:
An $88,600 Photo With Trump: GOP Hopes to Raise Millions During Convention — Republican National Committee plans pair of high-dollar fundraisers during this month's midterm convention in Dallas — WASHINGTON—Republicans are planning to raise millions of dollars during the coming GOP midterm convention …
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Houston Public Media and Washington Examiner
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Trump approval stuck at lowest level of political career: Survey — President Trump's approval rating has remained stagnant at the lowest point between his two presidencies, according to a new poll. — The latest Reuters/Ipsos survey shows that Trump's approval rating has remained at 33 percent …
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MS NOW, Reuters, NewsNation and New Republic
Chris Marquette / Politico:
House formally shames Chuck Edwards for sexual harassing women on staff — The House moved Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards for sexually harassing young female staffers in his office. — The 413-2 vote was an overwhelming rebuke to the North Carolina Republican …
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David Harsanyi / Washington Examiner:
The ‘Gaza genocide’ is a hoax — In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here.
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump's Lake Ontario order — Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting 'we're not changing it' — A pioneering online mapping app that defied Donald Trump by refusing to rename Lake Ontario …
Joe Anuta / Politico:
Mamdani, Hochul accuse Trump of defunding the police — NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani blasted President Donald Trump on Tuesday for failing to make good on a promise to fully fund New York's counterterrorism efforts. — Last year, the Department …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America's Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 — A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. — Wendell Berry, a Kentucky farmer who plowed his fields behind Belgian draft horses …
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Mickey Djuric / Politico:
‘Stop doing memes’: Carney urges US to drop theatrics — Canada's prime minister said talks can resume once the Trump administration ‘starts being serious.’ — OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney still sees a path to a mutually beneficial trade deal with the U.S. — once Washington stops playing games.
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Politico:
White House prepares for Democratic investigations — President Donald Trump, his family and officials in his orbit are preparing for a Democratic takeover next year — even though the president remains publicly optimistic that his party will retain control of Congress.
Financial Times:
Russia secretly helping Iran develop supersonic cruise missiles — Leaks reveal programme behind one of the most significant known transfers of military technology from Moscow to Tehran — Russia has been secretly helping Iran develop advanced supersonic cruise missiles …
Saul Austerlitz / Liberal Currents:
Bending the Knee at Yale … This spring, I stood in a tent on Yale University's Old Campus, surrounded by classmates marking the occasion of our 25th college reunion. The tent was full of spouses and bored children and the half-eaten remnants of lunch, and thankfully everyone was wearing name tags …
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
Convicted MAGA election denier declines job in California amid pressure from Newsom — 5 min Click here to listen to this article — Clint Curtis, the Shasta County registrar of voters, wanted to hire Tina Peters, who served prison time for tampering with voting machines in Colorado.
Margaret MacMillan / New York Times:
A New World Order Is Coming. We Aren't Ready. — When a storm is coming, there will always be signs. The wind might suddenly drop. The tide goes out farther than usual. Streamers of clouds sail across the sky. — It's possible to misread or even ignore these signs …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Schumer takes aim at Trump's tariffs with new bill — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is trying to call attention to Trump's latest tariffs on Canada. — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is introducing legislation to roll back and refund President Donald Trump's …


