NYTIMES (Edward Wong and Julian E. Barnes) - Iran Is Skeptical About Diplomacy, U.S. Intelligence Says
Any decision by Iran to keep fighting would complicate President Trump’s stated goal of trying to end the war within weeks.
NPR (Sam Gringlas) - Republicans in Congress say they have a deal to end the record-long shutdown at DHS
The plan would fund DHS, except for immigration enforcement, through September. Republicans would then try to fund the whole agency for three years using a tactic that would not need Democratic votes.
The plan would fund DHS, except for immigration enforcement, through September. Republicans would then try to fund the whole agency for three years using a tactic that would not need Democratic votes.Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Vice President Vance swears in new assistant AG for National Fraud Enforcement
Colin McDonald, a federal prosecutor who was confirmed by the Senate last month, was sworn in as the Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement and will be a critical part of Vance's national fraud task force.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - NYT Dismisses Writer Amid AI Plagiarism Controversy.
The New York Times has cut ties with freelance writer Alex Preston after it was revealed that he used artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in drafting a book review. Published in January, Preston's essay included sections that closely resembled a review of the same book written by Christobel Kent and published in The Guardian last August. The post NYT Dismisses Writer Amid AI Plagiarism Controversy. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The New York Times severed ties with a freelance writer after discovering he used artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in writing a book review, which included unattributed similarities to a review published in The Guardian. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Freelance writer Alex Preston, The New York Times, and The Guardian. WHEN & WHERE: The incident came to light following a January book review and was addressed by the NYT in March with an editor’s note. KEY QUOTE: “Reliance on AI and inclusion of unattributed work by another writer is a serious violation of The Times‘s integrity and fundamental journalistic standards.” – NYT spokesman IMPACT: The case has heightened concerns about AI’s role in journalism and…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Max Rego and The Hill) - Supreme Court Justice Barrett notes ‘messy’ outcomes of Trump’s birthright order
“I can imagine it being messy on some applications,” Barrett told Sauer, regarding Trump’s Day 1 executive order.
NYTIMES (Sonia A. Rao and Emily Cochrane) - Tennessee Library Director Luanne James Fired Over L.G.B.T.Q. Books
The director, Luanne James, was fired at a board meeting for the Rutherford County Library System on Monday after she refused to move certain books to the adult section.
NYTIMES (Scott Cacciola) - For the Superfans of Spaceflight, Artemis II Can’t Launch Soon Enough
Future engineers and former space campers hope to infect people around them with enthusiasm for NASA’s latest moon mission.
THEFEDERALIST (Brianna Lyman) - Dear Justice Roberts: The ‘Same Constitution’ Would Never Authorize Anchor Babies
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ “same Constitution” line during Wednesday’s oral arguments over birthright citizenship at first sounded like a defense of originalism. But in fact, it was the exact opposite. The high court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging the president’s 2025 executive order restricting birthright citizenship. U.S. […]
THEFEDERALIST (Chris Bray) - Media Suck Their Widdle Thumbs Over Trump ‘Intimidation’ At SCOTUS
Not explained: What can Trump do to the Supreme Court? Overturn birthright citizenship or else (fill in blank). If you can't fill in the blank, the argument is not an argument.
AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records
President Trump 's Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring presidential records to be turned over to the government is unconstitutional, a senior White House official tells Axios. Why it matters: The finding is an indication Trump will be reluctant to give all of his official records to the National Archives at the end of his term, as presidents have done for nearly a half-century under the Presidential Records Act of 1978. - The law, passed in the post-Watergate era as a hedge against government corruption, states that every official record regarding a president's decisions or policies belongs to the U.S. government, not the president. Trump has shown that he disagrees with the law. - When he left office in 2021…
President Trump 's Justice Department has concluded that a federal law requiring presidential records to be turned over to the government is unconstitutional, a senior White House official tells Axios. Why it matters: The finding is an indication Trump will be reluctant to give all of his official records to the National Archives at the end of his term, as presidents have done for nearly a half-century under the Presidential Records Act of 1978. - The law, passed in the post-Watergate era as a hedge against government corruption, states that every official record regarding a president's decisions or policies belongs to the U.S. government, not the president. Trump has shown that he disagrees with the law. - When he left office in 2021…Open