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CNN:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access — Media Donald Trump Human rights Trump legal cases — The three national news outlets President Donald Trump banned from the White House — CNN, MS NOW, and Politico — filed a critical First Amendment lawsuit to restore their access.
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NBC News, RedState, MS NOW, The Daily Wire, Los Angeles Times and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue over White House bans — President Donald Trump banned the news organizations from the White House in recent days, calling them “fake news.” — CNN, MS NOW and Politico say they are suing the government after President Donald Trump banned the news organizations from the White House in recent days.
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Washington Examiner, MS NOW, The Hill, CNBC, Reuters, NewsMax.com, Deadline, CBS News, The Independent, Mediaite, Fox News and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »
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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New York Times, Zeteo, Poynter, Wonkette, HuffPost, The Independent and Mediaite
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.
Ali Watkins / New York Times:
White House Removes CNN From TV Pool Duties — The move was an escalation of President Trump's clashes with the news media and left uncertain which network would cover his visit to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. — The Trump administration removed CNN from its duties …
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CNBC, CNN, KEYT-TV and France 24, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
Major TV networks decline White House pool duties Monday — The nation's major television networks are declining to participate in White House pool duties moving forward in response to the Trump administration's decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House …
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RedState
Associated Press:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico Say They're Suing Over Trump's Ban
CNN, MS NOW and Politico Say They're Suing Over Trump's Ban
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NBC News, New York Post, CBS News, The Hill, The Wrap, El País, RealClearPolitics and Al Jazeera
Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue White House over blocked access
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CBS News, twitchy.com, WTOP News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and HuffPost
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Trump's Attacks on the Media Are Self-Defeating
Trump's Attacks on the Media Are Self-Defeating
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New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
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
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Washington Examiner and NBC News
NBC News:
Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
Elon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.
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Slate
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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Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Popular Information, 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
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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CBS News, Straight Arrow, Reuters, The Hill and NBC News
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, FOX 7 Austin, Breitbart, MS NOW, Townhall, RedState, Axios, The Independent, NPR, KEYT-TV, twitchy.com, 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
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
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 »
Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump says Russia ‘lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry’ after Ukraine drone attacks, calls for end to ‘ridiculous’ war — WASHINGTON — President Trump publicly called Monday for an end to Russia's war on Ukraine after a series of attacks by Kyiv on Moscow's energy holdings triggered another spike in diesel fuel prices.
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Trump's Truth
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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 …
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.
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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NewsMax.com
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.
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Agence France-Presse, Politico, France 24, Associated Press, CNN and Reuters
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.
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, Steve Case and Others on What Washington Should Do Now on A.I. — Given the risk that artificial intelligence may spiral out of control, more than 1,300 employees at A.I. companies have called for government intervention. President Trump announced on Saturday that he would create an …
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Trump thumbs his nose at the American voter — When President Trump told AI moguls pleading for government regulation to take a hike, it was just the latest instance of him positioning himself directly at odds with voter sentiment. … But his defiance on many of the things Americans care …
Politico:
Voters are waking up on AI safety. So are these Senate Republicans. — House Republicans have left Washington till November. President Donald Trump is decrying concerns about the issue as a “HOAX.” But a few Senate Republicans are trying to nudge their party into doing something — anything — about artificial intelligence.
Politico:
‘He is kryptonite’: Republicans start breaking with Trump — In late January, when President Donald Trump endorsed his close ally Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin's gubernatorial race, Tiffany said he was “especially honored” and promised to “make Wisconsin great again.” — But in recent weeks, he's taken a different tone.
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American Prospect
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 …
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
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.
