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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law — The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July. — President Trump signed an executive order on Friday night exempting Russia from a new sanctions measure …
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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (22 U.S.C. 10802 et seq.)
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump waives new Russia sanctions in the “national interests”
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Newsweek, Political.org and The Hill
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump issues order to bypass Russian sanctions in bill named for late Lindsey Graham
Trump issues order to bypass Russian sanctions in bill named for late Lindsey Graham
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Politico, Mediaite and The Kyiv Independent
Washington Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar's lawyers say authorities ignored judge's restrictions on home search — In a letter obtained by The Washington Post, attorneys for the Minnesota Democrat condemned a Justice Department inquiry into her immigration history as a politically motivated attack. — SummaryLoading...
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Associated Press, Political.org, KIFI-TV and MS NOW
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Ilhan Omar should be jailed, deported if citizenship fraud proven, Top House Republican says
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Political.org, twitchy.com and New York Post
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Zelensky says Musk-owned satellite system still restricted in Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine's use of the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX satellite system remains partially restricted, despite earlier signs this week that it had been fully restored.
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Telegraph, The Kyiv Independent, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, The Parnas Perspective, The Hill, Diplomatic,, Reuters, Mediaite, MS NOW, The Washington Sun, Joe.My.God. and New Republic
Politico:
Susie Wiles helped set up Fox interview ahead of press secretary's exit — White House chief of staff Susie Wiles helped set up Katie Zacharia's appearance on Fox News Thursday night, when the embattled new press secretary struggled to answer questions about her rocky first days on the job …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Moment Katie Zacharia Found Out Her Five-Day Stint as Press Secretary Was Over
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Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
TikTok “Permanently Bans” the ‘Musk’ Film Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive) — Move comes just as Alex Gibney doc film expands to nearly 500 screens. Distributor Bleecker Street says it is appealing. — TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies.
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Washington Post and New Republic
Brynn Tannehill / Public Notice:
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Yash Roy / Bloomberg:
US Interest Costs Hit Record $1 Trillion, Risking Debt Snowball — The US government's debt interest burden reached a record high for fiscal 2026, eating up a growing share of federal revenue and risking a snowballing of borrowing that could leave the country more vulnerable to economic shocks.
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CNBC, KIFI-TV and New York Times
Suryatapa Chakraborty / The Hill:
Final Trump arch plans submitted to city omit proposed military complex — Final site plans for President Trump's proposed, 250-foot-tall triumphal arch do not mention the military features he previously said he would add to the project, according to documentation the Interior Department submitted …
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Ava Berger / NPR:
No Kings turns its focus to voting this weekend. Here's what we know — No Kings, the coalition known for organizing anti-Trump protests, is trying a different democratic tactic: increasing voter turnout. — On Saturday, grassroot groups across the country will hold over 3,000 “No Kings: Vote Early” marches and other events.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Newsbusters, PoliticusUSA, Political.org, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, CT Mirror and New York Times
Forrest Wilder / Texas Monthly:
Texas Has Been Considering Selling a Beloved State Park to Elon Musk's SpaceX, Sources Say — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission was scheduled to discuss selling Boca Chica State Park, Texas Monthly has learned. — Digital subscribers can listen to this article.
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The Parnas Perspective and Houston Chronicle
Wall Street Journal:
Why Europe's Right Is Breaking Up With MAGA — Nationalist parties have come to see President Trump as a liability and have distanced themselves from him as they have been rising in the polls — Nationalist parties are notching election victories and leading in the polls across Europe.
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The Kyiv Independent
New York Times:
When a Social Media Mob Came for Cornell's Jane Doe — After a former student named seven men in a lawsuit saying they had sexually assaulted her, a movement gained steam online to reveal her identity. — The online campaign to unmask Jane Doe began with pleas on X.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and New Yorker
Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Vance says it'll take time to see economy improve: “We're turning the ship around” — As Americans express frustration with the country's economic outlook, Vice President JD Vance told CBS News this week it could take some time to see improvement. — “I'll be the first person to tell …
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Washington Examiner
Greensboro:
Denied campus voting sites, N.C. A&T and UNCG students hit the streets — After simultaneous rallies held by students on the campuses of UNCG and N.C. A&T students marched to Union Square on Thursday, the first day of early voting, to cast their ballots. — kAmw@=5:? 8 FA QxEVD p3@FE &D[Q 2?
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Omaha World-Herald
Lucia I Suarez Sang / CBS News:
Teacher and 5-year-old student killed in Oregon school shooting identified — Two of the four victims killed in the shooting at an Oregon elementary school on Thursday have been identified as 25-year-old teacher Meghan Lambert and 5-year-old student Rhoam Summer, police announced Friday.
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Metro.co.uk, Daily Mail, KIFI-TV, The Daily Wire, TMZ.com, KTVZ-TV, Fox News, Reuters and WTOP News
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Trump Revives 2020 Election Conspiracy Theories as Midterms Loom — Voting rights advocates fear the Trump administration may use the federal government to cast doubt on the election, discourage participation or try to delegitimize results. — One of President Trump's many false claims …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Thomas Frank / Politico:
FEMA lays groundwork to shift disaster burden to states — The Trump administration plans to reduce state and local dependency on federal disaster aid and could move Federal Emergency Management Agency workers out of Washington, D.C., according to an internal FEMA memo obtained by POLITICO.
Jason Hovet / Reuters:
Czech PM Babis suffers setback in Senate elections — Leading Czech opposition parties won the most votes in Senate elections on Saturday, while Prime Minister Andrej Babis' party failed to secure any of the seats it contested in one of its first big electoral tests since taking power last year.
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Bloomberg

