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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Housing Official and Enforcer Named Top Intelligence Chief — What We're Covering Today — National Intelligence: President Trump announced on Tuesday that he was naming Bill Pulte, a home-building heir who runs the Federal Housing Finance Agency …
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Reuters:
Trump appoints ally Bill Pulte as acting US intelligence director — President Donald Trump appointed federal housing regulator Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence on Tuesday, elevating a political loyalist with no national security experience to lead the sprawling U.S …
Bloomberg:
Trump Picks Loyalist Pulte as Acting Spy Chief After Gabbard — President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as the acting director of National Intelligence, elevating a loyalist with no national-security background to US spy chief.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump names housing chief Bill Pulte acting intelligence director, replacing Tulsi Gabbard
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Trump taps FHFA's Pulte for acting DNI in latest radical personnel move
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Names Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence25 minutes ago
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Trump appoints Bill Pulte, unqualified loyalist who targeted his foes, as acting intel chiefNEW!
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Trump picks mortgage chief Bill Pulte to lead on national intelligence
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Axios:
“You're fucking crazy”: Trump fumes at Netanyahu in call on Lebanon — President Trump lashed out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's escalation in Lebanon in an expletive-laden call on Monday, two U.S. officials and a third source briefed on the call told Axios.
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New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Israel Strikes Southern Lebanon After Pulling Back From Threat to Beirut
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
Trump to Get Audit Immunity as $1.8 Billion Fund in Doubt — The agreement would bar the government from probing past tax filings from the president and his businesses. — US officials are continuing with an agreement that bars the government from probing past tax filings from President Donald Trump …
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6/2/26☀️ AM: … President Donald Trump is suddenly taking losses from his own friends …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump plans to drop “weaponization” fund
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
DOJ's ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ backtrack fails to calm Senate Republicans
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Christopher Maag / New York Times:
A Congressman Was Suddenly Absent. So We Looked. And Looked. — Will the mystery of Tom Kean Jr., a New Jersey representative, finally be solved on Tuesday? The reporters covering the story will have questions. — Representative Tom Kean Jr. has not been seen in public for nearly three months.
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Trump endorses missing lawmaker Tom Kean Jr.: ‘He will never let you down!’
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Trump Claims a Missing N.J. Congressman Has Been ‘Working Tirelessly’
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Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Woman held by ICE for 25 days, despite U.S. citizenship claim, gets a passport — Attorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales had presented a Maryland birth certificate and other documents as proof of her U.S. citizenship. — The Maryland woman arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents …
Tony Romm / New York Times:
New Proposal Would Allow Administration to Block Grants if They Don't Support Trump's Agenda — A new proposal would allow the administration to block grants if they do not satisfy President Trump's agenda or support what it calls “anti-American” values. — The White House is seeking …
NBC News:20 minutes ago
30 gallons of fuel spilled on National Mall after event for America's 250th birthday — Cleanup efforts are underway as Freedom 250, a group created by the Trump administration that organized the event, blames “vandalism.” — WASHINGTON — More than 30 gallons of fuel spilled onto …
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Eric Niiler / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System — The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research. — The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system …
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Chicago Sun Times:
Durbin, Duckworth want Chicago's top federal prosecutor to resign over botched ‘Broadview Six’ case — The call from Illinois' Democratic senators comes nearly two weeks after the case against a group of Operation Midway Blitz protesters collapsed amid claims of misconduct by U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' office.
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The White House:15 minutes ago
Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: — Section 1. Purpose. The United States continues to lead the world in Artificial Intelligence …
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley accuses Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ show — Pelley reportedly rebuked CBS ousting show's executive producer, executive editor and two top correspondents — Scott Pelley, a veteran 60 Minutes correspondent, called out CBS News management in a heated meeting …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cornyn: Paxton ‘absolutely’ endangers Texas Senate seat as GOP nominee — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) says state Attorney General Ken Paxton, his former opponent, will “absolutely” make it tougher for Republicans to defend the Texas Senate seat as the Republican nominee in the general election …
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Dasha Burns / Politico:
Trump to meet Paxton in Washington25 minutes ago
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New York Times:
Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline — Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots. — Doctors around the country say they are seeing more cases of serious …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Why young America is trending socialist — Democrats need to show they can deliver for a disaffected Gen Z — “When they go low, we go high,” is a Democratic mantra. But it only works if people think liberals have the credibility to trumpet high morals. Not enough of America does.
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated — Employees admitted to 404 Media they had cheated to climb the leaderboard's ranks. — Amazon has shut down an internal company leaderboard which ranked employees based on how much they used AI tools at work.
Ali Winston / Wired:
The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It's Coming for Protests — The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech. — A right-wing think tank responsible …
Erin Doherty / Politico:
Trump ally admits political risk of Iran war at campaign event … It's a stark acknowledgement for a representative who has positioned herself as a loyal ally of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, including on the ongoing war, and repeatedly voted against limiting the president's military powers.
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New Republic:
Trump Rages Over Fresh Iran Humiliation as GOP Angst Grows: “Screwed” — Donald Trump is hitting many new difficulties. On Monday, Iran abandoned talks with the U.S., angering Trump. Speaking to CNBC, he raged that he “couldn't care less” if the negotiations die, threatened again to blow Iran …
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Rubio says U.S. is in talks with Iran over nuclear program as senators press for war endgame … Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the U.S. is in talks with Iran and that Tehran has agreed to negotiate parts of its nuclear program it had previously refused to discuss …
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New York Times:
Trump Megadonor Gave $5.5 Million Estate to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Anti-Vaccine Group — A Mellon heir transferred the adjacent Connecticut properties, covering about 300 acres, at no cost to Children's Health Defense last year. — Timothy Mellon, a reclusive banking heir …
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