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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 …
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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 …
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.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
White House TV pool won't cover Trump after press ban: CNN … Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.  — CNBC Councils  — Join the CNBC Panel  — News Tips  —  Got a confidential news tip?  We want to hear from you.
CNN:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Trump's Attacks on the Media Are Self-Defeating
Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to Sue White House Over Reporter Ban
Discussion: NBC News and WTOP News
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico to Sue Trump Administration Over White House Access
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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Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Iowa Republican Senate Seat at Risk, GOP Super PAC Warns Donors  —  The top Senate Republican political action committee is warning donors that the party faces a high risk of losing a US Senate seat in Iowa, previously a GOP stronghold.  —  It's the latest sign of the headwinds the party …
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Peter Slevin / New Yorker:
A Populist Revival in Iowa
Discussion: STAT
Politico:
‘He is kryptonite’: Republicans start breaking with Trump
Discussion: American Prospect
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.
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.
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 …
Elleiana Green / Politico:
Jared Golden crosses party lines again, endorsing Mike Lawler for reelection  —  Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) endorsed GOP Rep. Mike Lawler in his reelection campaign in suburban New York, Golden wrote in an opinion article published Monday.  Lawler is facing a tough reelection campaign …
Discussion: Breitbart
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The Washington Sun:
Democrats Fume After Jared Golden Endorses a Republican in a Key Race
Discussion: The Hill
Financial Times:
Donald Trump presses Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop hitting Russian refineries  —  US president tells Ukrainian leader in phone call it is all about ‘diesel, diesel, diesel’, according to officials  —  Christopher Miller in Kyiv and Max Seddon in Berlin  —  Donald Trump pressed …
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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 …
Ryan King / New York Post:
Furious Rep. Lauren Boebert blasts claim she had sex with 3 staffers, including 2 women  —  WASHINGTON — Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert is lashing out at the people who repeated the details from an ethics “complaint” against her alleging she had sex with three staffers, including two women.
Discussion: TMZ.com, RedState, Advocate and Daily Mail
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Senior GOP appropriator pours cold water on funding Trump's arch  —  Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, a senior Appropriations Committee Republican, questioned whether federal funds should be spent on construction of President Donald Trump's triumphal arch, which the president claimed over the weekend could be used for military purposes.
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.
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 …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump's Monumental Obsession  —  The president fantasizes about a capital city full of memorials—to himself.  —  Donald Trump is facing multiple challenges.  The United States is losing to one of its worst enemies in a war that has left the American economy mired in the sludge of growing inflation and rising energy prices.
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.
Discussion: Axios, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Far-right AfD wins again as Germany's Merz slides  —  Germany's ruling center-right party, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union, was shut out of a state parliament for the first time Sunday as the far-right Alternative for Germany scored its second victory this month.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
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 …
Bloomberg:
Putin Plans to Attend Xi's APEC Summit and Skip G20 With Trump  —  Vladimir Putin is set to travel to China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit hosted by President Xi Jinping but is likely to skip the Group of 20 in the US with Donald Trump.  —  The Russian president plans …
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins:
Email: Bryan Boughton, who runs Fox News' DC bureau and is the current TV pool chair, says the TV pool will not be covering President Trump's events today

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