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Washington Post:
Trump says planned arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers — The president's post about the arch planned near Arlington National Cemetery comes as veterans groups, historic preservationists and others attempt to stop the project. — Summary — President Donald Trump on Sunday …
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The Guardian, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Scripps News, Daily Mail, CBS News, The Independent, Mediaite and KEYT-TV
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump says proposed Washington arch to become sniper, drone facility — President Trump said Sunday morning his proposed “triumphal arch” in Washington will become a dual-use facility housing snipers, drones and ammunition storage.
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Trump's Truth
New York Times:
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center — Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection. — Debris from fallen ceiling plaster soiled the carpet in the Grand Foyer inside …
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MS NOW
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Lydia Wheeler / Wall Street Journal:
The Rust Belt Lawmaker Leading the Fight Against Trump's Kennedy Center Plans — Rep. Joyce Beatty sued the president over renovations; he says she is ‘a destructive person.’ — Rep. Joyce Beatty had just beaten President Trump for a second time in court in their battle over the future …
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Wonkette and The Dean's Report
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
California Cracks Down on Influencers' Undisclosed Political Ads — Under a new law, creators could face fines of $5,000 per post if they don't disclose that they were paid to make political content. — Gov. Gavin Newsom of California signed legislation on Saturday that will penalize …
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
California enacts new election safeguards against potential Trump interference in midterms
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Governor of California
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Newsom Signs Bills Meant to Prevent Trump's Interference in Midterms
Newsom Signs Bills Meant to Prevent Trump's Interference in Midterms
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Los Angeles Times, MS NOW and The Gateway Pundit
Politico:
US military says it killed four in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean — WASHINGTON — The U.S. military attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, killing four people, as the Trump administration continues its monthslong campaign …
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Reuters and Fox News
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Faced Loss After Loss. He Then Turned to a Familiar Target: The Press. — The president's ban of three media outlets from the White House fits a pattern of using the apparatus of government to crack down on his perceived enemies. — President Trump's grabs for power kept falling short …
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Washington Post:
Trump and sons invest heavily in AI economy as he resists calls for slowdown — Trump's decisions as president on one of the most consequential policy debates of his administration could affect the value of his personal investments. — Summary — President Donald Trump's sprawling …
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Angie Orellana Hernandez / The Washington Sun:
Trump Pledges to Appoint an ‘AI Czar’ as He Defends the Technology
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The Hill, NBC News, Mediaite, American Greatness, Washington Examiner, Politico, TechCrunch, Fox News, WJBK-TV and Straight Arrow, more at Techmeme »
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump to form ‘AI Force,’ name AI czar but rejects calls for constraints
Trump to form ‘AI Force,’ name AI czar but rejects calls for constraints
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New York Times, NewsMax.com, RedState, The Guardian and CBS News
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Trump wants a new AI czar and an “AI Force” modeled on Space Force
Trump wants a new AI czar and an “AI Force” modeled on Space Force
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CNN, Politico, ABC News, Daily Mail, The Hill, The Information, TMZ.com, Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner and The Independent
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
RFK Jr.'s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count — Measles showed up at a children's hospital. The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference. — EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human beings who leave the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia—each one of them living …
Sarah-Jane Collins / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Star, 39, Addresses Explosive Lesbian Sex Claims — ‘UTTERLY FALSE’ — A sworn House Ethics complaint accuses Lauren Boebert of having inappropriate relationships with three staffers—and paying one of them $200,000 to keep quiet. — Lauren Boebert has long cast herself as a “family values” crusader.
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Erik Maulbetsch / Colorado Times Recorder:
Complaint Filed With House Ethics Committee Alleges Boebert Slept With Three of Her Congressional Staffers
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New York Post, Sources Say News, RedState, Daily Mail, The Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Breitbart
Daniel Hampton / Raw Story:
Lauren Boebert accused of sex with three staffers in complaint alleging $200K hush payment
Lauren Boebert accused of sex with three staffers in complaint alleging $200K hush payment
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Crooks and Liars and TMZ.com
Nikole Hannah-Jones / New York Times:
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? … Najya Hannah-Jones, 16, the writer's daughter. — I could feel her looking at me. Her body slung in adolescent impertinence against the front passenger seat door, shoulders turned so she could face me fully.
Reuters:
Russian election, cast as test of support for Ukraine war, enters final day — Ukraine launched what Moscow's mayor called the biggest drone attack yet on the Russian capital on Sunday, as Russians voted on the final day of a parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for the war in Ukraine.
Politico:
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control — President Donald Trump is moving to put political appointees in charge of billions of dollars in federal health research grants in another attempt to cut Harvard's funding.
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Reuters, NewsMax.com and Washington Post
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Republican South Dakota secretary of state endorses Democrat to succeed her — South Dakota's Republican secretary of state urged voters to cast their ballots for a Democrat in the November election, arguing she could not back the GOP nominee — and drawing the ire of party leadership.
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South Dakota War College, The Daily Caller and Dakota News Now
Politico:
The Company Trump Can't Ignore — On the evening of April 6, an unusual request began making its way from Washington to some of Wall Street's most powerful executives. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wanted to see them first thing the next morning. — The heads of Bank of America …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
What Exactly Is a Wave Election? And Should Republicans Be on High Alert? — How today's polling numbers compare with the results of some previous midterms. — We've seen a surge of post-Labor Day polls over the last two weeks. If there's any term to describe their findings, it's that Democrats seem poised for a wave election.
Dan Primack / Axios:
How Trump 2.0's stock market stacks up with predecessors — The stock market soared during the first 20 months of President Trump's second term, but slightly underperformed the same period of his first term. … - The gap at 20 months is closer than it was at the one-year mark …

