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Wall Street Journal:
Putin Floats a Summit With Trump and Xi to Decide Ukraine's Fate — The Russian leader is trying to capitalize on warming ties with the president to unlock a favorable resolution to the war with Kyiv — Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed that he, President Trump …
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Reuters, Bloomberg, The Mahablog and NewsMax.com
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Ben Geman / Axios:
Trump team defends Russia energy moves but offers contradictory reasons — President Trump's top aides offered sharply different explanations this weekend of his Russian diesel deal amid a barrage of bipartisan criticism calling the move a gift to Russia.
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ABC News, NewsMax.com, New York Post, NBC News, The Kyiv Independent, Grabien and Bloomberg
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
America Is Now an Ally of Russia — Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order. — In the past week, the president of the United States has conclusively turned America into an ally of the Russian Federation. — Donald Trump has now abandoned pretense and is openly aiding the Kremlin …
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Kyiv Post, The Independent, HuffPost, NewsMax.com, Associated Press and Daily Caller News Foundation
Wendy Benjaminson / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Diesel Deal Aimed to Keep Talks With Russia Going
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The Hill, Washington Post, NewsMax.com, The Kyiv Independent, New York Post, The Parnas Perspective, Mediaite and Daily Mail
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Overtures to Putin Put Republican Candidates in Hot Seat
Trump's Overtures to Putin Put Republican Candidates in Hot Seat
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Newsweek, Business Insider, WTTG-TV, Bloomberg, Mediaite and New York Times
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Bessent says there was no sanctions relief for Russia after U.S. diesel deal
Bessent says there was no sanctions relief for Russia after U.S. diesel deal
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Washington Examiner, Daily Caller News Foundation, NewsMax.com, Mediaite and PoliticusUSA
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Treasury secretary refuses to say if the U.S. sees Ukraine as an ally
Treasury secretary refuses to say if the U.S. sees Ukraine as an ally
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Phillips's Newsletter, The Hill, Straight Arrow, Salon, The Kyiv Independent, RedState, NewsMax.com and Grabien
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Poll: Americans are anxious, pessimistic and deeply unhappy with Trump ahead of the midterms — The share of Americans who believe the country is on the wrong track is at the highest level of the president's second term, according to the NBC News Decision Desk Poll.
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RealClearPolitics and NewsMax.com
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Politico:
‘Little of it was constructive’: GOP bemoans a distracted Trump in midterms' final stretch — Republicans are playing whack-a-mole with President Donald Trump in the final two weeks of the midterms. — GOP candidates are desperate to stick to tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill …
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KIFI-TV
Washington Post:
Trump approval hits record low, handing Democrats a clear midterm edge
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New York Times, MS NOW, ABC News, NewsMax.com, WTTG-TV, Election Law Blog, NBC News and Mediaite
Evan Gorelick / New York Times:
The 2028 Presidential ‘Shadow Primary’ Descends on the Midterms
The 2028 Presidential ‘Shadow Primary’ Descends on the Midterms
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CNN and Washington Post
Liam Dillon / Politico:
Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No. … Before making their way to stalls selling whirligigs, handmade soap, and peanut-butter Buckeye brownies, dozens of people stopped at folding tables where volunteers hawked petitions to abolish property taxes. Few needed much convincing before adding their names.
Matt Schooley / CBS News:
Shawn Oliver, Republican candidate for Massachusetts Lt. Gov., suspends campaign after arrest — Shawn Oliver, a New Bedford City Council member and Republican candidate for Massachusetts lieutenant governor, suspended his campaign after an alleged drunk driving crash late Saturday night led to his arrest.
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Fox News, The Boston Globe, TMZ.com and Washington Examiner
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NBC News:
Massachusetts Republican lieutenant governor candidate suspends campaign after OUI arrest — Police said Shawn Oliver's vehicle overturned after hitting five parked vehicles, two of which were extensively damaged. … A candidate for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, Republican Shawn Oliver …
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The New Bedford Light, The Hill and WTOP News
The Texas Tribune:
Migrant found dead at Laredo ICE facility — The death was confirmed by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who said the 56-year-old Mexican national was found unresponsive in his cell. He's the seventh person in Texas to die while detained by ICE this year. — TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Obama blasts Trump admin's Omar crackdown — Former President Barack Obama issued a forceful denunciation of the Trump administration's legal pursuit of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar over suspicions she fraudulently obtained U.S. citizenship decades ago, an allegation the Minnesota lawmaker has called “disgusting lies.”
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The Guardian, The Hill, RedState, twitchy.com, Townhall, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and American Thinker
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Finya Swai / The Hill:
Homan says investigators have a ‘strong case’ against Omar
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NewsMax.com and Grabien
Jeff Mason / Bloomberg:
Trump Says DC Golf Course Project Moving Ahead Despite Suit — President Donald Trump formally announced the creation of a new pro-level golf course in Washington, DC, on Sunday, despite legal challenges, distress over downed trees and local ire over the loss of an affordable and family-accessible golf spot.
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Wall Street Journal, KIFI-TV, Toledo Blade and NewsMax.com
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Bloomberg:
France Seeks to Curb Unrest as Protest Violence Hits Europe — French President Emmanuel Macron said the country felt anger and shame following widespread violence over the weekend and called for order to be restored. — Protests in several cities descended into clashes between police and demonstrators …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Vanity Fair, Breitbart, France 24, Al Jazeera and Legal Insurrection
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Victor Goury-Laffont / Politico:
Macron vows ‘full transparency’ in France after protests turn to widespread unrest
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Financial Times, Straight Arrow, The Guardian, Reuters, Breitbart, Forbes, France 24, RedState, Legal Insurrection, Fox News, Al Jazeera, New York Times, Semafor, CNN, Euronews and NewsMax.com
Jacopo Barigazzi / Politico:
Macron to address France after Trump describes country as ‘burning’
Macron to address France after Trump describes country as ‘burning’
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Fox News, NewsMax.com, Breitbart, The Japan Times, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, France 24, OutsideTheBeltway and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
The Race Is On for Trump Staffers to Hire Lawyers in Case Democrats Win Midterms — Cabinet officials, ordinary staffers preparing for possibility that Democrats could launch probes if party gains back Congress — Trump administration officials are lawyering up.
Garrett Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Three Shootings in America — A week of our entirely-ordinary *extraordinary* violence … I want to highlight three incidents of gun violence this last week, each very ordinary — and each shocking in its own way. — First: A white nationalist attempted a mass shooting and to assassinate …
Chris Marquis / New York Times:
I Teach at a Business School. It's Time to Shut Them Down. — This fall, another cohort of ambitious young professionals has arrived at business schools around the world for two-year programs with price tags in the six figures. Their presence at some of the nicest and shiniest buildings …
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Althouse
Max Tani / Semafor:
Exclusive / How CBS News' Middle East war spread to the Upper Midwest — Control of the US Senate for the next two years could come down to how much the news media chooses to focus in the final weeks of the midterms on a tweet sent years ago by the younger half-sister of Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate.
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Variety, The Wrap and The Guardian
Washington Post:
Zacharia posts altered photos of Trump's Oval Office desk — Advocates for East Potomac Park said they believe a blurred image on the president's desk is of a golf course at the center of a legal fight. — Loading... Katie Zacharia, who was ousted as White House press secretary on Friday …
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Mediaite
Ally Goelz / New York Post:
Vance reveals 'there's a chance' he won't run for president in 2028: 'We've got 4 little kids' — Vice President JD Vance revealed “there's a chance” he won't run for president in 2028 — and second lady Usha and the couple's four young kids could help make the decision for him.
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NewsMax.com, The Post Millennial, The Daily Wire, The Gateway Pundit, Grabien, CBS News and Washington Examiner
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Democrats' Tejano star sings to swing South Texas — With help from Eli Okun and Irie Sentner — Good Sunday afternoon. This is Ali Bianco, writing in from an uncharacteristically chilly weekend in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. Where's the best lunch spot in McAllen? Get in touch. — DRIVING THE DAY
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Financial Times:
US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions — Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns about ‘devastating’ retaliation if Brussels goes ahead with plans to limit spectrum access for non-EU companies — European companies face “devastating” retaliation from Washington if Brussels presses ahead …
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NewsMax.com

