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Wired:
Elon Musk's America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms.  We're Tracking It Daily  —  To follow Elon Musk's America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire's overall influence on November's elections.  —  Elon Musk's political operation is focused …
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Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Crypto megadonors play it safe in the House  —  The cryptocurrency industry's leading super PAC is gearing up to deploy millions of dollars to help allies in House races across the country — but not ones who need it most.  —  Of the 32 House incumbents that the Fairshake PAC network plans to support …
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Half a billion dollars in GOP spending does little to move polls  —  Republicans' massive money advantage has yet to reshape the midterm map, as Democrats keep expanding their ambitions.  —  SummaryLoading...  Since Labor Day, when President Donald Trump opened up his war chest for the midterms …
Politico:
Republicans shift further into defensive posture as midterms loom
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
California Leaders Erupt After Trump Suggests Letting Iran ‘Take Out’ Cities  —  The president mused about the obliteration of Los Angeles and San Diego at a rally in Nebraska on Monday  —  The midterm elections are weeks away and Donald Trump is on the campaign trail …
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Lindsey Holden / Politico:
Newsom orders threat monitoring after Trump's remarks
Discussion: The Hill and Associated Press
Paul Cuno-Booth / FactCheck.org:
The Context for Trump's ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego Remarks
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Newsom tags in State Threat Assessment Center over Trump's Iran nuclear comments
John Hendel / Politico:
‘Head on a guillotine’: ABC says Trump's threats are already swaying coverage  —  ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday, but any possible reprieve is still likely weeks away.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Politico:
Brendan Carr's ABC license fight meets a skeptical judge
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks  —  The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Escalates Pressure on Russia Over Siberia Lab Death  —  In démarche, State Department urges Moscow to carry out its international health reporting obligations  —  The U.S. has warned Moscow that its failure to disclose details about the death of a lab worker from a plague research center …
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump says he plans to speak with Putin about possible pneumonic plague case in Russia
Tara Suter / The Hill:
US reups do-not-travel warning for Russia over ‘suspected pneumonic plague’
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Amid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned Government  —  James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president's congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice.  —  As President Trump crisscrossed the country …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Aljean Harmetz / New York Times:
Eva Marie Saint, Oscar Winner for ‘On the Waterfront,’ Is Dead at 102  —  A luminous beauty with dramatic depth, she brought a layered intensity to harrowing roles and seduced Cary Grant in the romantic thriller “North by Northwest.”  —  Eva Marie Saint, who won an Academy Award in 1955 …
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump's commerce secretary to seize voting machines  —  With Election Day less than a month away, anti-voting lawyer Cleta Mitchell and convicted election denier Tina Peters are pushing a scheme to have Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick seize voting machines …
Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
It depends on who you ask: Trump and Vance offer slightly different takes on the economy  —  As Trump touts his economic record, Vance acknowledges Americans' concerns.  —  President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance participate in a Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb …
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Politico:
As Trump voters sour, Vance is changing his tune
Discussion: New Republic and The Hill
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Live Updates: Collins and Jackson Clash in First Debate of Crucial Maine Senate Race  —  Senator Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, faced off on Supreme Court appointees, health care, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and their approach to governing.  —  Here's the latest.
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US Department of Justice:
Former Federal Employee Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Federal Government of Approximately $194 Million  —  For Immediate Release  —  Scheme Included the Fraudulent Acquisition of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Gold Bars and Luxury Properties in Florida  —  David J. Rush, 49, of Ashburn …
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NBC News:
CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign official
Wall Street Journal:
Inside Bessent's Treasury: Tension, Turnover and Unmet Economic Goals  —  Ahead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, secretary dresses down officials  —  WASHINGTON—Scott Bessent was fuming.  —  President Trump had just asked his Treasury secretary …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Christa Pike Regains Consciousness After Her Failed Execution  —  The death row inmate in Tennessee received two doses of a lethal injection drug last week, but lived.  She was taken from the execution chamber in an ambulance.  —  Christa Pike, who survived two doses of a lethal injection drug …
Akayla Gardner / MS NOW:
A private company invited Gov. Wes Moore to a Baltimore event.  Trump had him removed as a speaker.  —  President Donald Trump blocked Maryland Gov. Wes Moore from speaking at a White House event marking the unveiling of a new manufacturing investment in the Baltimore area, reigniting an ongoing partisan tiff between the leaders.
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Joe Gould / The Washington Sun:
Anduril Plans a $3.7 Billion Baltimore Shipyard for Virginia-Class Submarines
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Alito calls same-sex marriage a ‘decisive’ turn ‘against religious liberty’ in new book  —  In a new book, the Supreme Court justice reflects on his “pet issue” of faith.  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative who has long warned of animus against religion in America …
Axios:
Exclusive: Paxton privately blames woes on Iran war, gas prices  —  Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately lamented the impact of the Iran war and gas prices on his campaign in a meeting last month, telling a group of donors and lobbyists, “I don't make the decisions,” according to audio obtained by Axios.
Discussion: Wonkette
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf course into the new Camp David  —  The plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.  —  SummaryLoading...  Much of President Donald Trump's second term has focused on changes to the nation's capital.
New York Times:
As Race Tightens, Republicans Resume Tepid Support for Max Miller in Ohio  —  The embattled congressman, accused of throwing scalding water at his ex-wife and breaking his daughter's collarbone, rebuffed earlier Republican calls to drop out.  —  After Representative Max Miller …
Candace Buckner / The Athletic:
Fever should part with Sophie Cunningham.  She's too turbulent to be paired with Caitlin Clark  —  This season, Royce White showed up to an Indiana Fever game while wearing a long blond wig.  Enes Kanter Freedom, in a shirt that defined the word “Woman,” got into a yelling match with an opposing player at another Fever game.
Julianne Smith / Foreign Affairs:
Russia's Hybrid War Has Entered a Dangerous New Phase  —  And the West Has Done Far Too Little to Deter It  —  For the first few years of the war in Ukraine, Russia's hybrid warfare attacks in Europe remained just below the threshold that might trigger a collective response.
Discussion: Reuters and Politico
Josephine Walker / Axios:
The Iran war's latest price shock could be your heating bill  —  Americans could pay far more to heat their homes with oil this winter than last, a new analysis reviewed by Axios shows, as volatile energy markets and the Iran War deepen the affordability crisis.
 
 
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Politico:
‘Use your majority’: In the unlikely event of a Supreme Court vacancy, Republicans are ready to act
Discussion: Mediaite
Jesse Johnson / The Japan Times:
U.S. military in Okinawa pauses operations and enforces curfew in wake of murder
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Al Jazeera
Justin Wolfers / Platypus Economics:
An Agreement to Agree About an Earlier Agreement
Joey Schneider / The Hill:
Archdiocese of St. Louis sues ICE officials over blocked religious services
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Appeals panel wrestles with block of RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel appointments
Discussion: Mediaite and Political.org
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House GOP leaders admit redistricting fell short
Felicia Schwartz / MS NOW:
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
Discussion: Truthout and Alternet.org
Vox:
Democrats are poised to take the House. Then what?
Cameron Peters / Vox:
Will Trump's diesel order do anything?
Ja'han Jones / MS NOW:
Palm Beach GOP pulls support for candidate accused of molesting child
Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:
Washington resident arrested over alleged ties to deadly Canadian school shooting
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