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Tim Balk / New York Times:
A ‘Big Problem’: Trump's War With Iran Drags Down Republicans in Midterms — As their November picture darkens, and gas and diesel prices soar, some Republicans who backed the war for months are now changing their tune. — As President Trump warned in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly …
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Talking Points Memo
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Washington Post:
Soaring diesel prices are clobbering Trump's MAGA faithful, exposing rifts — Pain at the pump for rural Republicans is shifting the political map. — SummaryLoading... Diesel prices soaring to record highs this past week have caused Republican candidates in solid-red parts of the country …
Herb Scribner / Axios:
The most pressing midterm issues for rural voters … Cost of living concerns … - 57% of rural voters cited an economic concern — including rising costs, jobs, wages and housing affordability — when asked about the biggest issue facing their local community.
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Washington Post:
Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park — Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, and an agency official scouted Grand Teton this week as a possible location. — SummaryLoading...
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Daily Mail
New York Times:
Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN — The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable. — The major networks are set to resume …
New York Times:
Trump Promotes Criticism of Republican Who Broke With Him on Immigration — The president amplified negative social media comments about Representative María Elvira Salazar of Florida, a move that drew a rebuke from at least one Republican. — President Trump on Saturday amplified …
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MeidasTouch and Washington Examiner
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Reuters:
Police declare major incident at UK's Fairford air base, used by US air forces — British police said on Sunday they had arrested several men on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act and the army was examining a number of vehicles after security was stepped up at a British air base used by US air forces in southwest England.
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Associated Press and Stars & Stripes
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Angela Cullen / Bloomberg:
UK Police Evacuate Area Near US Air Base, Make Arrests After Incident
UK Police Evacuate Area Near US Air Base, Make Arrests After Incident
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CBS News, Politico, Fox News, The Japan Times, Reuters and Associated Press
Fox News:
Iran ‘miscalculating’ by betting on midterms after 3-hour talks, Trump officials warn — NEW YORK — Trump officials say Iran is miscalculating if it believes rising prices and the midterm elections will weaken President Donald Trump's hand in negotiations to end the nearly seven-month conflict.
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Rejects Iranian Proposal for Cease-Fire and Opening of Strait
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Human Events, CNN, NewsMax.com, Mediaite, New York Post, One America News Network, Modern Diplomacy, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Axios and The Hill
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Iran's Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump
Iran's Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Wall Street Journal
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules — New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles. — The Trump administration will move on Monday to sharply scale back fuel-efficiency rules …
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RedState, The Hill, The Washington Sun, NewsMax.com and Politico
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Amelia Lucas / CNBC:
Trump says he approved new fuel economy standards, rolling back Biden-era rules
Trump says he approved new fuel economy standards, rolling back Biden-era rules
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, Reuters, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
White House Claim of Finding $250 Billion in Fraud Uses Questionable Numbers — The ledger used by a task force created by President Trump is difficult to verify and includes cases that were identified and went to trial during the Biden administration. — Since the White House formed …
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New York Times
Politico:
Serving At His Pleasure — What it's like to be in President Donald Trump's Cabinet — President Donald Trump's mind was on Iran. It was the final weekday of May, and shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz were again unnavigable. Trump had just left the Situation Room and was discussing …
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
House Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration. Impeachment is an option — House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda, with investigations of President Donald Trump, his family and his administration if the party sweeps control of the chamber from Republicans in the November elections.
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American Greatness
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: “Delusional” Senate forecast rattles Sea Island retreat … “The mood is not good,” said another. — “I think most attendees down here are politically astute and realistic about the headwinds Republicans face,” said a third. — A fourth attendee described conversations …
New York Times:
As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind … Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, gathered senior officials for an exclusive meeting at a 19th-century palace outside Brussels this month. — The goal was to prepare for a speech outlining …
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Where Republicans are playing offense ahead of the midterms — Donald Trump Congressional news Senate election US elections — The outcome of the 2026 election will be determined primarily by how well Republicans play defense across the growing list of GOP-held House and Senate seats Democrats are targeting.
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Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Vance Woos Skeptical Conservatives With His Own Take on Trump's Messaging — Vice president's appeal to dissatisfied Republicans aims to mend fences and rally supporters against Democrats for the midterms—and beyond — The midterms are approaching and the vice president is Vance-splaining.
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
FBI agents probing threats against Stephen Miller's wife demoted — Two veteran FBI counterterrorism supervisors have been removed from their jobs after a disagreement over an investigation involving alleged harassing phone calls made to the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller …
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Daily Mail, The Parnas Perspective and TMZ.com
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Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller's Family
FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller's Family
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CNN
