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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
The Crypto Industry Aims to Crush One of Democrats' Top Senate Candidates — Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio. — The cryptocurrency industry, furious at Democrats for blocking the passage …
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Dan Merica / Washington Post:
Republicans' one clear advantage this November: Money
Republicans' one clear advantage this November: Money
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NBC News and Washington Examiner
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Trump, Republicans launch ad blitz for midterms as races favor Democrats
Trump, Republicans launch ad blitz for midterms as races favor Democrats
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Popular Information, CNN, New York Times and The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP sees battleground map widen amid voter anger over economy
Senate GOP sees battleground map widen amid voter anger over economy
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New York Times
Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to Sue White House Over Reporter Ban — Outlets say they are filing the suit to ‘protect our First Amendment rights’ — CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing the Trump administration after their journalists were denied entry to the White House.
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Associated Press and Al Jazeera, more at Mediagazer »
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue White House over blocked access — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico on Monday said they plan to file a First Amendment lawsuit against the White House, arguing the president and the administration violated their rights by blocking their access over the weekend.
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WTOP News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and HuffPost, more at Mediagazer »
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
White House Removes CNN From TV Pool Duties
White House Removes CNN From TV Pool Duties
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CNN, Mediaite, KEYT-TV and France 24, more at Mediagazer »
Phelim Kine / Politico:
Trump's Taiwan retreat tests his chief China hawk's influence — It's a tough time to be a China hawk inside the White House. Ivan Kanapathy probably knows that better than most. — Kanapathy, the senior director for Asia at the National Security Council, has devoted his career in Washington …
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New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, News Talk 105.9 and Semafor
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump heads into a week of diplomacy, hampered by a lack of allies
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The Washington Sun and KEYT-TV, more at Techmeme »
New York Times:
Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help — The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom's cooperation in his war against Iran.
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Frank Andrews / CBS News:
Live Updates: Iran warns “geography of the war” would expand in response to any new U.S. assault
Live Updates: Iran warns “geography of the war” would expand in response to any new U.S. assault
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CNBC, HuffPost and The Washington Sun
The Texas Tribune:
Federal immigration officer shoots, injures man in Austin, city officials say — The reported shooting in Austin came more than two months after an ICE officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. — TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE! — YOU'RE WELCOME TO REPUBLISH THIS ARTICLE …
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Fox News, FOX 7 Austin, TMZ.com, The Independent, KEYT-TV, Straight Arrow, RedState and Mediaite
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Joe Kottke / NBC News:
ICE officer shoots man in Austin, Texas, officials say
ICE officer shoots man in Austin, Texas, officials say
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Straight Arrow, New York Times, CBS News, MS NOW, FOX 7 Austin, The Independent, KEYT-TV, NPR, Townhall, RedState, twitchy.com, Axios, Breitbart, Bloomberg, The Hill, The Guardian, Reuters, Associated Press, Washington Post, The Washington Sun, Washington Examiner, WTOP News, France 24, The Daily Wire and The Post Millennial
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
White House Plan to Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parents Divides Conservatives — Some praise the idea championed by Vice President JD Vance to direct federal money to support traditional families, while others say it cuts against conservative principles. — Republicans are sharply divided …
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Max Miller threatens legal action over Democratic challenger's ‘defamatory’ ad — Rep. Max Miller is threatening legal action to block a television ad created by his Democratic challenger Brian Poindexter that includes allegations of domestic abuse. A lawyer for Miller is demanding Cleveland …
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Russia's pro-Putin party set to win election as Ukraine exposes war's growing reach into Moscow … Russia's ruling United Russia party is on track to comfortably win a tightly controlled wartime election after Ukraine launched what is thought to be the largest drone attack on the Moscow region on the last day of voting.
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Many ex-aides to Harris betting against a 2028 run … - She's doing “the bare minimum” to stay in the 2028 conversation, as one past aide put it. … - She's a rational actor. … - The money might not be there. … - She isn't an egomaniac. … - Some tea leaves suggest she's lukewarm on running.
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Matthew Eadie / Evanston Now:
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email — Federal agents briefly detained and released a U.S. citizen on Sunday morning in Evanston on Howard Street east of Dodge Avenue, Evanston police chief Schenita Stewart confirmed Sunday.
Wall Street Journal:
Wave of Setbacks Leaves Trump Frustrated and Looking for Credit — The president has told associates that he thinks there aren't enough political allies defending him on television — WASHINGTON—President Trump wants a little gratitude. — At a recent closed-door meeting in the Oval Office …
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Zeteo, Poynter, HuffPost, The Independent, Mediaite and New York Times
Politico:
Huckabee's ‘walking counterintel red flag’ — BREAKING: Earlier this morning, POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW notified the Department of Justice that they are bringing a federal lawsuit to immediately restore access for their journalists who were banned from the White House last week.
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Texas poll: James Talarico holds a narrow advantage for Senate while Greg Abbott leads for governor — The NBC5 Dallas/Telemundo Station Group poll examined likely voters statewide in Texas and also examined Hispanic voters, who favor Democrats after backing Trump in 2024.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
How violent West Bank settlers are threatening Israel's alliance with America — Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, is a Christian Zionist who believes that Israel is biblically entitled to all of the Holy Land. He's pretty much the last person you'd expect to condemn Israeli conduct …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal Court — Administration prepares sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system — The Trump administration is preparing to impose sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court …
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Reuters, Middle East Monitor, The Independent, Daily Mail, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Mediaite and NewsMax.com
Daniel Basteiro / Bloomberg:
Spanish Premier's Wife to Stand Trial for Influence Peddling — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife, Begoña Gómez, will stand trial for influence peddling and misappropriation of public funds. — Gómez must face trial because Judge Juan Carlos Peinado …
New York Times:
White House Moves to Take Control of N.I.H. Grants — Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending. — The White House has begun drafting a new executive order …
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Forbes, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, Straight Arrow and Politico
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Is the blue wave forecast by polling real? — Polls indicate that Democrats are in line for a very good midterm. They're heavy favorites to win the House, poised to do well in gubernatorial races, and stand a good chance of flipping the Senate despite unfavorable geography (unless John Fetterman flips it back).
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's future foretold … - But Trump's vincibility is being exposed. … But it's new for Trump and will only grow more true and more torturous, assuming Democrats win Capitol power in the midterms, 43 days from now. — This is what the beginning of the end looks like …
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Politico, The Guardian and NBC News
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
EPA launches drinking water study looking for traces of abortion pills — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a drinking water quality study that will for the first time look for traces of abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol — something anti-abortion activists …

