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Tamara Keith / NPR:
After Trump promised to pay $5,000 if Republicans win, here's what to expect Thursday  —  At the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, President Trump made a stunning and implausible pledge: to send every American adult a $5,000 cash dividend.  But only if his party maintains control …
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Axios:
Exclusive: Fetterman to praise Trump in bombshell GOP convention video  —  DALLAS — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) is preparing to make a bombshell appearance Wednesday night at the GOP convention, in a video praising President Trump and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick for helping America's steel industry, Axios has learned.
Ashley Ahn / Politico:
Trump pledges a $5,000 ‘dividend’ to all US adults if the GOP wins the midterms  —  President Donald Trump has pledged to send $5,000 to every adult in the U.S. if Republicans retain control of Congress in the midterms, a payout that would dwarf the amount distributed during the Covid pandemic and likely explode the deficit.
Christopher Hippensteel / The Guardian:
Vance appears to walk back Trump's offer of $5,000 ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms - US politics live  —  Vice-president suggests payment would not go to all and would be paid for by tariff revenues despite supreme court rulings against much of Trump's program
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Desperate Trump Offers Brazen Cash Bribe in Bonkers Speech  —  FUNNY MONEY  —  The vice president insisted it was not a “controversial idea.”  —  President Donald Trump has offered a hefty cash bonus to all American adults in a desperate attempt to retain his grip on Congress in the midterm elections.
Discussion: The Hill and HuffPost
Bloomberg:
Republican Midterm Convention: Trump Urges Voters to Let Him ‘Finish the Job’
Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
Vance strikes back at concern $5,000 Trump dividend will stoke debt: ‘Wealth will go back to the people’
Discussion: Washington Post, Al Jazeera and VINnews
Calen Razor / Politico:   ‘Trump dividend’ wins instant GOP critics
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump makes a familiar promise: $5,000 checks for everyone
Ingrid Fuary-Wagner / Bloomberg:
Can Trump Really Pay Every Adult American a $5,000 ‘Dividend’?
Discussion: Straight Arrow and The Spectator
Elleiana Green / Politico:
Republican chief election officials say it is too late to implement Trump's mail ballot order  —  Republican chief election officials from seven states said that it's too late for President Donald Trump's mail-in ballot order to be implemented before the midterm election …
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Toluse Olorunnipa / The Atlantic:
The Election Deniers' Long Game … in the anxious days following President Trump's 2020 election loss—before his supporters stormed the Capitol, before his vengeful return to the White House, before the mass pardons for cop beaters—some Republican figures sought to cast his attempt to overturn …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
D.O.J. Escalates Threats to States in Battle for Election Records
Discussion: Democracy Docket and NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Top Advisers Confront Possibility That Iran War Lasts Through End of Term  —  The president still says he expects the war will end ‘immediately’ after midterm elections this fall  —  WASHINGTON—Top White House advisers have raised privately with President Trump the prospect …
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Akanksha Khushi / Reuters:
Multiple US military aircraft suffered damage in overnight strikes on Jordan air base, CBS says
Discussion: Sputnik News and Semafor
Kelsey Reichmann / Courthouse News Service:
Supreme Court nixes Missouri GOP-friendly maps for midterms  —  WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from Missouri organizers on Thursday barring the use of Republican-friendly congressional maps in the November election.  —  Led by Richard von Glahn …
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court is asked to settle Missouri dispute causing electoral chaos
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Appeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUS  —  A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected ICE's effort to detain millions of people without bond, comparing it to the “historical stain” of Japanese internment during World War II.  —  “Mass detention …
Discussion: Reuters and Joe.My.God.
Radley Balko / New York Times:
Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen.  We Should Have Listened.  —  Six weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress passed the Patriot Act.  The vote was 357-66 in the House, and 98-1 in the Senate.  Sen. Russ Feingold (D., Wis.), the chamber's lone dissenter …
Ian Ward / Politico:
Charlie Kirk's Lieutenant Has Second Thoughts … Directly to Neff's left, toward the center of the V, sits “Charlie's chair,” the high-back green leather rolling chair favored by the show's namesake, the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk.  Following Kirk's death one year ago during …
Trish Bendix / New York Times:
Jimmy Kimmel to Interview James Talarico ‘Under Unusual Circumstances’  —  A conversation with the Democratic Senate hopeful from Texas will move off air because of what the late night host called F.C.C. “threats” against his show and network. … Jimmy Kimmel told Wednesday night's “Live” …
Daniella Diaz / The Washington Sun:
Security Experts Say NATO Must Plan for a Future Without the United States  —  BERLIN — Trump administration officials have made a flurry of visits to Moscow over the last month, with Europe on edge over a spate of hybrid attacks attributed to Russia.  —  But America's European allies aren't taking the visits as reassurance.
Sam Goldfarb / Wall Street Journal:
Bond Selloff Extends, Putting 5% 10-Year Yield In Sight  —  Rising oil prices are putting further pressure on bonds, pushing the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note above 4.9% and within striking distance of the symbolically important 5% level.  —  Yields, which rise when bond prices fall …
Politico:
What Really Happened at the White House Lunch That Marc Andreessen Says Sent Him to Trump … Since the election of Donald Trump, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has told one podcast after another of a May 2024 lunch in the Biden White House where he claims we and our colleagues shared …
New York Times:
Military Aide Accidentally Deploys Emergency Slide on New Air Force One  —  The mishap occurred while the Qatari-donated jet was parked on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews.  It delayed President Trump's departure to a Republican convention in Dallas.  —  A military aide accidentally deployed …
 
 
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Jimmy Kimmel says his interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will stream on YouTube, not broadcast TV, due to ABC's fight with the FCC

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