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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Fox News Suddenly Starts Panicking About Trump's Economy: “Weakening!” — Fox News figures are willing to propagandize on President Trump's behalf on pretty much every horror that he throws our way. Do Fox personalities back Trump when he sells out our allies in tandem with murderous tyrant Vladimir Putin?
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Daily Mail, Politico and TheGrio
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
A Europe in Emotional Shock Grapples With a New Era — It remains to be seen how far President Trump's embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies will go. But “the West” may be gone. — For decades a core objective of the Soviet Union was to “decouple” the United States from Europe.
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NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson unveils funding bill one week before potential shutdown — The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it's unclear if Johnson can pass it with only Republicans. — WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson …
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Politico, Axios, WTOP News, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, The Hill and CBS News
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Infighting Stalls Trump's ‘Big, Beautiful’ Tax Bill — Disagreements on spending cuts, the process and the debt limit combine to slow House-Senate agreement — WASHINGTON—President Trump's tax-cut plans are grinding through Congress in slow motion. The tax cuts themselves aren't really the reason why.
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Townhall, Washington Examiner and Semafor
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Republicans try to go it alone on government funding as shutdown deadline nears
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Bloomberg, Fox News, Washington Examiner, IJR, Scripps News, Axios, E&E News and USA Today
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Makes Aggressive New Claim of Executive Power To Circumvent The Senate — In email obtained by TPM, White House claims that Trump can appoint whoever he wants - absent Congress. — The Trump White House has taken its attempt to seize direct control over the entire executive branch …
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Fox News, Raw Story, Pepperspectives and Above the Law
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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
How A Tiny Federal Agency's Lawsuit Could Provide The Smoking Gun Against DOGE — The U.S. African Development Foundation's standoff with DOGE contradicts the Trump administration's defenses of Elon Musk's operation. — The president of the U.S. African Development Foundation …
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Washington Examiner, Mother Jones and Washington Post
Liz Oyer / Liz Oyer on LinkedIn:
I'm sad to share that I was fired today from the job I have poured my heart and soul into for the last three years. I am so proud of the team we built in the Office of the Pardon Attorney, who will carry on our important work. I'm very grateful for the many extraordinary people I've had the opportunity to connect with on this journey.
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The Gateway Pundit
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Alan J. Keays / VTDigger:
Shelburne police officer had YouTube video playing in cruiser at time of fatal crash, court records say — Kyle Kapitanski is set to be arraigned next week on a felony charge stemming from the crash that killed Sean Hayes, a cyclist, in South Burlington. — A Shelburne police sergeant …
Washington Post:
For some federal workers, Trump and Musk offer a career springboard — Much of the U.S. civil service has recoiled at DOGE's attempts to revamp the government. Others have been promoted. — Just now — Before Donald Trump returned to the White House, Charles Ezell had a mid-level IT job for a Macon …
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Musk Watch
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Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers joins lawsuit against President Trump, calls widespread federal workforce firings illegal — Natalie Eilbert Mary SpicuzzaMilwaukee Journal Sentinel — Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday that Wisconsin has joined a multistate lawsuit against President Donald …
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Associated Press, MPR News, New Jersey Globe and Baltimore Sun
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
States sue Trump administration over mass firings of federal employees
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Daily Kos and Business Insider
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Lauren Boebert Accuses Black Lawmaker of Waving ‘Pimp Cane’ at Trump — Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) suggested that the Black lawmaker who yelled at President Donald Trump during a joint address to Congress is a “pimp.” — During Trump's speech on Tuesday, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) …
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New Republic and The Hill
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Madison Colombo / Fox News:
Democrats confronted over refusal to cheer during Trump address: 'Why didn't you stand?'
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New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and RedState
Marc Santora / New York Times:
With Drones and North Korean Troops, Russia Pushes Back Ukraine's Offensive — Russia has retaken about two-thirds of the territory Ukraine seized last summer in the Kursk region of Russia, but at a fearful cost in lives. — Russian and North Korean forces have made significant battlefield advances …
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The Week, The Defense Post, Reuters, The Kyiv Independent and Politico
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Golf Weekends' Cost To Taxpayers Hits $18.2 million — Donald Trump has played golf at his own courses in Florida on six of the seven weekends since his second term began. — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump's insistence on playing golf at his Florida courses has now cost American taxpayers …
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Insiders Loaded Up On Firm's Stock—Right Before Don Jr. And Eric Trump's Involvement Sent Shares Soaring — Dominari Holdings insiders, as well as Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, acquired 1 million shares through a private placement and bonuses just before the stock surged on news …
Associated Press:
Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans — A group of labor unions are asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk 's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans.
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Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner and HotAir
New York Times:
Musk Doesn't Understand Why Government Matters — Elon Musk's life is a great American success story. Time and again, he has anticipated where the world was headed, helping to create not just new products but new industries. His achievements, from his pioneering role in online payments …
Associated Press:
Meet Amy Gleason, the DOGE administrator who may — or may not — be wielding extraordinary power — When her daughter was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease in 2010, Amy Gleason attacked the challenge. — She carried binders of medical records to doctors' appointments across six …
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Trump names Walt Nauta, co-defendant in classified documents case, other allies to Naval Academy board — The selection comes a month after Trump fired the previous boards of several military academies. — President Donald Trump is nominating his close allies to serve on the board of visitors …
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The Hill, Baltimore Sun and Mediaite
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
Texas cities run short of MMR vaccine as measles outbreak drives demand — Pharmacies are struggling with supplies as fatal outbreak expands and health secretary sows disinformation — As measles cases continue to grow in Texas and New Mexico, with a second death, an unvaccinated adult …
Ryan Murphy / WHRO Public Media:
Controversial military-themed brewery shuts its doors after a year in Norfolk, citing “woke mob” — Financial filings show the brewery was struggling financially before it relocated and had failed to start turning a profit after opening in Norfolk. — A controversial military-themed brewery championed …
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Daily Press
Molly McKew / Great Power:
America needs to stop cheering for the pickled egg — I met up with some friends from the before times — from a core group of conservative think tankers that was together in the Iraq war days. Of the original group, many went on to Hill and government jobs, joined various military reserves forces …
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