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New York Times:
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN — The move was an escalation of President Trump's showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico. — Major television networks agreed to suspend their pooled coverage …
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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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Politico:
Major TV networks decline White House pool duties — 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, Fox News Washington …
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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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico to Sue Trump Administration Over White House Access
CNN, MS NOW and Politico to Sue Trump Administration Over White House Access
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CNN:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access
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NBC News, MS NOW, RedState, KEYT-TV, The Daily Wire, Los Angeles Times and Mediaite
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, The Hill, CBS News, Salon, RealClearPolitics and Al Jazeera
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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Sara Fischer / Axios:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue White House over blocked access
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue White House over blocked access
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CBS News, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, WTOP News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and HuffPost
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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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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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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Joe Kottke / NBC News:
ICE officer shoots man in Austin, Texas, officials say — The victim was “in serious but stable condition” after the shooting Sunday afternoon, according to Austin-Travis County EMS. — An ICE officer shot and wounded a person Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas, officials said.
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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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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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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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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 …
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Merz Says He Has Backing to Stay On as Germany's Chancellor — Chancellor Friedrich Merz reinforced his message that he'll see through his reform agenda as Germany's leader after his Christian Democratic Union crashed out of a regional parliament for the first time in the country's post-World War II history.
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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.
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The Guardian
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.
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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.
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Axios
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
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
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 …
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Democrats have stumbled onto a new impeachment strategy — If Democrats win control of Congress next year, they'll be faced with a familiar question: Should they impeach President Donald Trump? — But one of the president's most outspoken critics from within his own party has some advice for Democrats …
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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The Guardian
ProPublica:
Watch: The New Supreme Court — The Supreme Court continues to make consequential rulings in the shadows. I analyzed tens of thousands of case files from the court's online archives, parsing through filings to separate simple requests for deadline extensions from challenges to long-established constitutional rights.
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 …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP sees battleground map widen amid voter anger over economy — Senators in both parties say the Senate midterm election battleground map has expanded significantly six months before Election Day, putting the GOP majority in greater jeopardy. — Several solidly Republican-leaning states …
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New York Times
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
JB Pritzker Says He Used GLP-1s to Lose 80 Pounds — Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, widely seen as a potential presidential candidate, revealed in an interview on “CBS Mornings” that he had been on a GLP-1 regimen since 2024. — Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois has traveled to early primary states.
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