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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Vance, Eying 2028, Relishes the Spotlight at Trump's Convention — The vice president, widely seen as a potential White House candidate, sought to use his speech in Dallas to show a more personal side to the MAGA faithful. — Republicans descended on Dallas this week with the ostensible aim …
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Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War — Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly. — Leer en español阅 …
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Out of Gas. Out of Ideas. Out of Time. — Today marks twenty-five years since the September 11th attacks. In many ways, it feels like another age—and the pre-9/11 era even more so. But the pain lingers, especially for those who lost someone that day. They're in our thoughts today.
New York Times:
Some in G.O.P. Balk at Trump's $5,000 Offer: 'We're $40 Trillion in Debt' — The president's call to send a $5,000 “dividend” to every American adult if Republicans win the midterms disturbed some members of his party. — Republicans spent the first five hours of their midterm convention …
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Politico:
Capitol agenda: Trump tells Republicans to vote or ‘go to hell’ — He's promising to pay you $5,000. He's asking you to swear an oath. He's telling you you'll “go to hell” if you don't vote November 3. President Donald Trump spent the last two days in Dallas trying every which way to convince …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump leads convention in pledge: ‘You go to h—’ if you don't vote
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Vance positions himself as a fighter for family values and a ‘national birthright’
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
GOP Embraces Cult Status With Pledge to Trump, Bonkers Video
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Emily Davies / New York Times:
Influencers Invited to the Republican Midterm Convention Largely Avoided Talking About The Economy
Politico:
How Republicans are privately talking about their Senate map at the convention
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New York Times, Washington Post and Slate
Calen Razor / Politico:
Democrats revamp their midterm playbook for GOP's anti-trans attacks
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump keeps telling voters he doesn't care much about affordability
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Veena Ali-Khan / Bloomberg:
Houthi Attacks: How They Threaten Red Sea Shipping and Saudi Oil — By threatening ships in the Strait of Hormuz and attacking the energy facilities of its Gulf neighbors, Iran has imposed economic costs on the US for the war it launched at the end of February.
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Politico:
Iran-backed Houthis seize Red Sea port, putting another key trade route at risk — Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the Red Sea port of Mokha and captured the nearby Perim island on Friday, tightening their grip around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait while the U.S.-Iran war chokes another …
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Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters:
Yemen's Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane — Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Friday reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, potentially tightening their grip on one of the world's vital shipping routes …
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ABC News:
Joe diGenova, loyalist tapped by Trump to oversee controversial DOJ probe targeting his foes, resigns: Sources — DiGenova had been probing officials involved in past investigations of Trump. — Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin, and Luke Barr — A Trump loyalist who had been tapped …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Lead Prosecutor in Trump's ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Abruptly Resigns
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Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Afghan woman in Texas dubbed an “alien terrorist” is deported in DOJ's first case using obscure court — Washington — An Afghan permanent resident living in Texas has been deported after the Justice Department accused her of being an “alien terrorist,” in the first such case of its kind, the department announced on Friday.
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
The U.S. Was Never Going to Win the “War on Terror”
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
JD Vance echoed one of Tucker Carlson's most notorious comments at the GOP midterm convention — Vice President JD Vance used his keynote address to the GOP's midterm convention to echo one of Tucker Carlson's most infamous statements, just one week after publicly refusing to distance himself from the right-wing podcaster.
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New York Times:
Despite Pledges From Musk, Child Sexual Abuse Material Persists on X — Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk. — Elon Musk has long vowed to remove child sexual abuse material …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — When it comes to 9/11, Donald Trump has always had a problem with the truth. Now that he's increasingly detached …
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
Rand Paul and his staff travel by private jet with taxpayer dollars while preaching fiscal restraint — Six staffers for one of Capitol Hill's most outspoken deficit hawks traveled by private jet as part of a bipartisan congressional investigation into the attempted assassination …
Angela Fu / Poynter:
McClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most severe layoffs in years — At least 13 papers — including The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star — lost reporters — McClatchy, whose titles include The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, executed its most severe layoffs …
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Gregory Schmidt / New York Times:
Diesel Jumps Above $6 a Gallon, Adding to Inflation Pressure — The price of U.S. diesel fuel hit to a new high over mounting fears that fighting in the Middle East could further threaten oil supplies. — Mounting fears that widening clashes in the Middle East could further disrupt energy …
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
U.S. diesel price tops $6 per gallon, a record high as Ukraine and Iran wars ripple through economy
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Reuters:
Americans to mark 25 years since September 11 attacks amid enduring grief, reflection — Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on U.S. soil, Americans will pause on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center …
Stephen Witt / New York Times:
This Is Really Bad — The biggest vibe shift in artificial intelligence since the release of ChatGPT is currently underway. Researchers in Silicon Valley — and around the world — are beginning to recognize that A.I. may no longer be entirely within human control.
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Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Kimmel says Talarico interview won't air on TV under regulatory pressure from FCC — Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said the agency that regulates television “threatened” the show and that an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas …
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Alex Cuadros / ProPublica:
EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells — The Trump administration is poised to loosen environmental restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas.
Washington Post:
RFK Jr. uses military aircraft as he campaigns for GOP in midterms — The White House and Department of Health and Human Services lawyers signed off on the plan to let the health secretary use military jets, five people said. — Summary — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Indiana Supreme Court rules for state senator over Trump-backed candidate in GOP primary recount — The incumbent state senator was among a group of Republicans that voted against a redrawn congressional map in Indiana pushed by Trump. — Indiana's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled …
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Acting Navy secretary admits Iran ‘blew the hell’ out of Bahrain logistics hub — Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed this week that a major American military hub in Bahrain was badly damaged by Iranian attacks — and he was unsure whether keeping US forces there is feasible long-term.
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Marion Solletty / Politico:
US excludes French groups from MAGA-aligned grant program — Paris had warned that the program could amount to “foreign interference” in the upcoming presidential election. — PARIS — The U.S. State Department will exclude French applicants from a grant program meant to support MAGA-aligned groups …
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Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Merz Determined to Cling On in Germany and Defy Party Rebellion — Chancellor Friedrich Merz is determined to hold on to power in Germany in defiance of the growing numbers within his party seeking to push him out of office, according to people familiar with his thinking.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress gripped by AI panic after doomsday warnings — Anthropic insiders' warnings this week that AI could end humanity in the next decade have members of Congress frantically seeking answers and trying to cobble together some kind of response. … - Some rank-and-file members in both parties …
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