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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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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.
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
House Unveils Trump-Backed Bill to Avert Government Shutdown  — Speaker aims to unite GOP on stopgap funding through Sept. 30  — Democrats want short-term stopgap to negotiate compromise plan  —  House Republicans announced a spending bill to keep government agencies open through Sept. 30 …
Aris Folley / The Hill:
House GOP seeks spending cuts, defense increases in plan to avert shutdown  —  House Republicans on Saturday unveiled a six-month stopgap government funding plan, that seeks cuts to nondefense programs while boosting funding for defense.  —  The bill's rollout kicks off a crucial stretch …
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Weekend Update #123: The Week The USA Started Killing Ukrainians  —  Part 1: The Trump Plan to Damage Ukraine and Help Russia  —  Well, I feel that cannot really wait until tomorrow to send the first part of my weekend update out.  What we have seen over the last few days is so extreme …
Discussion: Politico and CNN
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The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak:   Ukraine fought alongside US in Iraq; never demanded minerals
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:   Trump's Affinity for Putin Grows More Consequential Than Ever
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?
Discussion: Daily Mail, Politico and TheGrio
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Bloomberg:   Trump Team Is Pivoting to No Pain, No Gain as Economic Message
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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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:   Putin Won  —  The Russian dictator has bent the world, including the United States, to his vision.
The Kyiv Independent:
US to stop participating in future military exercises in Europe, Swedish media reports
Discussion: Euromaidan Press
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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Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
How A Tiny Federal Agency's Lawsuit Could Provide The Smoking Gun Against DOGE
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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New York Times:   Trump Administration Forces Out More Senior Justice Dept. Officials
Washington Post:   Several top career officials ousted at Justice Department
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 …
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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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
States sue Trump administration over mass firings of federal employees
Discussion: Daily Kos and Business Insider
Madison Colombo / Fox News:
Democrats confronted over refusal to cheer during Trump address: 'Why didn't you stand?'  —  “Jesse Watters Primetime” tracks down Elizabeth Warren, Adam Schiff, Ilhan Omar and others on Capitol Hill  —  Democratic lawmakers faced criticism this week for their behavior during President Donald Trump's address …
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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Lauren Boebert Accuses Black Lawmaker of Waving ‘Pimp Cane’ at Trump
Discussion: New Republic and The Hill
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 …
Discussion: Musk Watch
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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.
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 …
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
'You Can't Pin Him Down': Trump's Contradictions Are His Ultimate Cover  —  President Trump's shifting positions and outright lies have presented the American public with dueling narratives at every turn.  —  What does President Trump really believe?  —  Does he want to run for a third term, or is that just a joke?
Jason Sattler / The Last Billionaires:
Why America is on the verge of committing atrocities against our neighbors  —  People have to be ‘coached’ into evil with propaganda.  Trump and Musk have turned what our right has done for decades up to 11.  —  During Trump's first regime, IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Sinclair Lewis became …
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 …
 
 
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Jonaki Mehta / NPR:
Trump signs executive action targeting public service loan program
David Smith / The Guardian:
What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?
ProPublica:
How the Terrorgram Collective's Neo-Nazi Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill
Discussion: prima donna …
Molly McKew / Great Power:
America needs to stop cheering for the pickled egg
New York Times:
Lawyer Appointed in Adams Case Says Charges Should Be Dropped
Ryan Murphy / WHRO Public Media:
Controversial military-themed brewery shuts its doors after a year in Norfolk, citing “woke mob”
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Stephen Miller's outside army
Kelsey Piper / Vox:
Killing PEPFAR means killing millions of people
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Trump Allies Seek Pardons From an Emboldened White House
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tightens Grip on FBI and Justice Department
Alison Patton / WOUB Public Media:
Many Fulbright scholars say they feel stranded after the Trump administration suspended their funding
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Trump Organization sues Capital One for closing its bank accounts four years ago
 

 
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Sources: G/O Media sold business news brand Quartz and commerce site The Inventory to software firm Redbrick, the fourth Quartz ownership change in seven years

Ashton Pittman / Mississippi Free Press:
A judge dismisses former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today; Bryant sued in 2023 over reporting about a welfare scandal

Fareed Sahloul / Bloomberg:
Sources: connected TV ad platform MNTN, which filed for a US IPO in late February, is among companies pausing listings as Trump's trade war upends the economy
 
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