ABCNEWS - Karmelo Anthony found guilty of murder over Texas track meet stabbing
The deadly stabbing occurred at a Frisco Independent School District stadium on April 2, 2025, during a track and field competition.
NPR (Brendan Byrne) - NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission
The crew of four — NASA astronaut and commander Randy Bresnik, European Space Agency pilot Luca Parmitano, NASA mission specialists Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas — are scheduled to launch next year.
WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Diamond, Erin Cox) - Trump rails at Gov. Moore over pace of Jack Nicklaus golf course project
The president and the Maryland governor are at odds again — this time over renovations to golf courses at Joint Base Andrews.
ABCNEWS - Former Epstein executive secretary Lesley Groff appearing before Oversight Committee
The House Oversight Committee is interviewing Jeffrey Epstein's executive secretary, Lesley Groff, as part of its ongoing inquiry into the DOJ's Epstein investigation.
NYTIMES (Ezra Klein and Rollin Hu) - Can Democrats Move Beyond Their Failed Foreign Policy?
Matt Duss, Senator Bernie Sanders’s former foreign policy adviser, argues that Democrats need a foreign policy reckoning.
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NYTIMES (Bayliss Wagner) - Democrats Accuse Republicans of Meddling in High-Stakes Maine Primary
A mysterious group has spent $500,000 to elevate a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary race for a key House seat.
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NYTIMES (Alan Feuer) - Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund
The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, doubled down on its request to a federal judge to issue a formal order stopping the fund from being set up.
NYTIMES (Catie Edmondson) - House Votes to Advance $70 Billion G.O.P. Immigration Bill
The test vote cleared the way for final passage of Republicans’ megabill to fund immigration enforcement through the remainder of President Trump’s term.
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AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - House Democrats threaten to withhold DCCC dues after party's California faceplant
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC ) is facing behind-the-scenes fury and demands for a course-correction after spending $135,000 on what appears to be a failed effort to boost their favored candidate in a Democratic primary. Why it matters: Some lawmakers are threatening to withhold their dues to the House Democratic campaign arm if it doesn't change its ways. - "People think the DCCC doesn't care about them other than their dues," a senior House Democrat told Axios. "They have no say where they go, they don't help [safe-seat] incumbents." - Said Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.): "It frustrates me and it's just deeply disappointing that the DCCC tried to tip the scales in a very competitive Democratic primary." Driving…
WASHINGTONPOST (Molly Hennessy-Fiske) - A Texas city was already struggling with racial divisions. Then came a bitter murder trial.
Frisco is one of the nation’s fastest growing cities. That growth — and a partisan election season — has fueled racism and anti-immigrant bigotry.