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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump to Axios: “We are low keying it” with Iran  —  President Trump signaled on Sunday that he's prepared to allow economic pressure on Iran to mount — as opposed to ordering a new military offensive — even as the country continues to defy the U.S. … But in an interview with Axios, he did not make any new military threats.
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Politico:
Trump and the GOP have a new bogeyman  —  President Donald Trump has a new boogeyman — and as the president might say, he's right out of central casting.  —  Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan's divisive Democratic Senate primary last week enables Trump and Republicans to juice the base …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
What we saw in Wisconsin  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Ali Bianco  —  Good Sunday morning.  This is Irie Sentner, writing from Wisconsin where my colleague Meredith Lee Hill and I have each logged hundreds of miles on the road covering the final days of the Democratic gubernatorial primary here.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
GOP senator calls Max Miller allegations ‘deeply troubling’  —  Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Sunday said allegations against GOP Rep. Max Miller (Ohio) are “deeply troubling” and said the lawmaker should ultimately resign if the accusations of abuse raised against him are true.  —  “I live in Indiana.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and NBC News
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Aimee Hancock / SpringfieldNewsSun.com:15 minutes ago
'We're not going to let them do it in the shadows': Hundreds rally at site where Haitians required to check-in, get monitors after end of TPS  —  Hundreds of people gathered outside a federal immigration office Sunday morning to show support for Haitian immigrants from Springfield who were called to report for immigration check-ins.
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Wall Street Journal:
The Republican Party Is Losing Its Edge With Voters on the Economy  —  Cost-of-living worries are eroding GOP's image as economic managers, giving Democrats an advantage  —  Mitchell Brown, a Republican pollster, has noticed something new in the focus groups he runs with voters in battleground states …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
NIH head quarrels with CBS host over loss in public trust on health issues  —  Jay Bhattacharya, head of the National Institutes of Health, on Sunday appeared to blame a growing number of national health concerns on the media and the Biden administration.  —  In a sometimes tense interview with CBS' …
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Scott MacFarlane Reports:
Trump Turns National Parks into Piggybank  —  Cutbacks and Setbacks Hammer America's National Parks in the Shadow of Trump's Vanity Projects  —  There are enormous canyons.  —  Geysers.  —  Majestic cliffs.  —  Waterfalls and wildlife.  —  Rainforests and reindeer.
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Group promoting science urges Kelly to run for president  —  A liberal group working to elect scientists to public office has a 2028 message for Arizona Sen. — and former astronaut — Mark Kelly: Run, Kelly, run.  —  Why it matters: 314 Action Fund has raised its profile this cycle …
Liset Cruz / Politico:
‘Work boots and Subarus’: Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisan  —  Communities across the U.S. are cutting ties with Flock Safety, one of the country's leading producers of license plate readers and other surveillance systems, over concerns around mass surveillance …
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Mike Barnes / The Hollywood Reporter:
Ben Jones, Cooter Davenport on ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ Dies at 84  —  After he overcame a drinking problem, he spent seven seasons on the hit CBS show and represented Georgia during two terms in Congress.  —  Ben Jones, who portrayed the scruffy mechanic Cooter Davenport on all seven seasons …
Discussion: UPI, Page Six, Variety and TMZ.com
Tomas Thor / The Daily Beast:
Melania's Shockingly Light Workload Is Exposed in Audit  —  WHERE'S FLOTUS?  —  The Daily Beast has analyzed Melania's diary and found how little she does.  —  The shocking absence of Melania Trump from public life is laid bare in a Daily Beast analysis of her diary.
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Bloomberg:
Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Disarmament Proposal Touted by Trump
 
 
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Aimee Hancock / SpringfieldNewsSun.com:
'We're not going to let them do it in the shadows': Hundreds rally at site where Haitians required to check-in, get monitors after end of TPS   Find
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Scott MacFarlane Reports:
Trump Turns National Parks into Piggybank   Find
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Kurt Andersen / New York Times:
Has America Already Undergone a Soft Breakup?   Find
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Mike Barnes / The Hollywood Reporter:
Ben Jones, Cooter Davenport on ‘The Dukes of Hazzard,’ Dies at 84   Find
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
GOP senator calls Max Miller allegations ‘deeply troubling’   Find
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Wall Street Journal:
The Republican Party Is Losing Its Edge With Voters on the Economy   Find
 
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Sources: as Spotify tests a skip ahead button that lets some Premium users skip publisher-sold podcast ads and filler content, audio networks raise concerns

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump names Danielle Thumann, an adviser to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, to serve as an FCC commissioner; if confirmed, she'd bring the Republican majority to 3-1

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Scripps' CEO says the company is adopting a streaming news model enabled by AI, including cutting 12% of staff, and praises the FCC's lift of the ownership cap
 
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