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Patrick Reevell / ABC News:
Russia strikes power plant in Ukraine after Trump announces energy ceasefire — A thermal power plant was struck at least twice, Ukrainian officials said. — Russia has attacked a power plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv despite President Donald Trump's statement earlier Sunday …
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Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Six Senators Call for Trump to Reverse Course on Russia Diesel Purchase — A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for President Donald Trump's administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices.
Financial Times:
US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries — Officials lobby European capitals and Kyiv following Trump's diesel deal with Putin — The Trump administration is threatening to stop the procurement system that provides Ukraine with weapons in order to press Kyiv …
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Kateryna Tyshchenko / Ukrainska Pravda:
Trump envoys offered Russia release of frozen assets and a Lukoil deal, NYT reports — During negotiations in September, US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner offered Russia three economic incentives to secure a limited ceasefire in its war against Ukraine.
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Clea Caulcutt / Politico:
Europeans back Zelenskyy after Trump calls for new Ukrainian leader
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump bears down on Zelensky as Russia keeps up attacks on Ukraine
Trump bears down on Zelensky as Russia keeps up attacks on Ukraine
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Carter Schroppe / Washington Examiner:
Massie sides with Trump's Russia diesel deal despite fraught relationship
Massie sides with Trump's Russia diesel deal despite fraught relationship
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Tillis says Trump's Russian diesel deal may be illegal
Tillis says Trump's Russian diesel deal may be illegal
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Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Weekend Update #206: Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always Been
Weekend Update #206: Trump Is Free To Be What He Has Always Been
Megan Brand / NBC News:
Sen. Thom Tillis says he believes Trump's fuel deal with Russia could be breaking the law
Sen. Thom Tillis says he believes Trump's fuel deal with Russia could be breaking the law
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
AP source: Trump, Rubio weigh firing U.S. envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct — President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper …
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Stepheny Price / Fox News:
Trump and Rubio weigh firing Kimberly Guilfoyle as misconduct and donor bailout allegations mount — The US ambassador to Greece was accused of offering access to senior administration officials in exchange for payment — U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle may soon be fired amid reports …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump considering firing Kimberly Guilfoyle after embarrassing revelations, source says — President Donald Trump is weighing whether to dismiss Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as US ambassador to Greece after a string of embarrassing revelations about her conduct, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
DOJ does not defend legality of DHS's pro-Trump propaganda ads in fed'l court in N.Y. — In responding to one of two lawsuits challenging the legality of the President Donald Trump-praising Homeland Security Department propaganda ads, the Justice Department on Saturday night did not defend …
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Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads — President Donald Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message, a federal judge ordered Sunday night …
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Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to End Promotional Ads
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The Bulwark:
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Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
MAGA Sleuths' Talarico ‘Bombshell’ Blows Up in Their Faces
William H. McRaven / The Atlantic:
Admiral McRaven: Public Execution Is Shameless and Ignoble — A government livestream of Nidal Hasan's killing would put America in extremely poor company. — A 62-grain, 5.56-mm round leaves the barrel of a standard-issue M4 rifle at approximately 2,900 feet per second.
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
DHS secretary defends livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution, says he doesn't see an “elevated risk” to U.S.
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Finya Swai / The Hill:
Mullin says livestreaming Hasan execution is part of ‘restoring American values’
Mullin says livestreaming Hasan execution is part of ‘restoring American values’
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Tony Atkins / ABC7:
ICE runs over man: ICE agent caught on surveillance video hitting Miguel Parra-Hernandez with car during chase at shopping center, ICE and Harris County, Texas officials say — A man is in the hospital after a vehicle operated by an ICE agent struck him on Saturday morning in northwest Harris County, deputies said.
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Associated Press:
Passenger terminal at Riyadh airport is struck again, a day after 12 were killed — A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Lone debate for South Carolina Senate gets testy: 5 takeaways — Sen. Darline Graham (R) and pediatrician Annie Andrews (D) faced off in their one and only debate on Sunday in the South Carolina Senate race, which quickly became testy as Graham sought to tie the physician to the Democratic Socialists …
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Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
Trump could face a new threat in January: A Democratic Senate — Republicans predict that Democrats will not confirm Supreme Court and Cabinet nominees if they retake the Senate in the midterm elections. — SummaryLoading... In his six years in the White House, President Donald Trump …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
All the Things You're Not Allowed to Say In Texas … Sara spurgeon, an English professor at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, has been teaching literature for 20 years. But May 2025 was the first time she was forced to submit her course materials through a portal to be evaluated by an artificial-intelligence program.
Washington Post:
Justice probe into TV networks rests on thin legal grounds, legal experts say — The Justice Department's antitrust investigation into five TV networks was triggered by their pause of White House pool coverage. Legal experts say portraying that as an illegal boycott is spurious. — SummaryLoading...
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Hamilton says Vance's attacks on his religion are ‘really sad,’ ‘pathetic’ — Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton (D) on Sunday clapped back at Vice President Vance's attacks on his religious beliefs, calling the attacks “really sad” and “pathetic.” — ABC's Jonathan Karl sat …
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