The Memo: Trump’s UFC fight night risks landing with a thud

By Niall Stanage

President Trump will celebrate his 80th birthday Sunday with a night of UFC fights on the South Lawn of the White House.

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Supreme Court’s docket loaded as decision season nears climax 

By Zach Schonfeld

The Supreme Court is in its final sprint.

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Trump congratulates New York Knicks on NBA Championship victory

By Sophia Vento

President Trump congratulated the New York Knicks on their first NBA Championship win in over 50 years.

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‘UFC Freedom 250’ at the White House: 5 things to watch

By Dominick Mastrangelo

Anticipation is building for “UFC Freedom 250,” a prime-time fight night set to play out just steps from the White House and seen as an informal kickoff to the “America 250” celebrations the Trump administration is planning this summer.

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Trump creates tricky terrain for Hilton in California governor’s race

By Julia Manchester

President Trump’s voter fraud accusations in California are already highlighting the tricky terrain facing gubernatorial nominee Steve Hilton as he navigates running as a Trump-endorsed Republican in a state where the president is hugely unpopular. 

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‘Time is not on our side’: Ukraine presses Trump for help with children stolen by Russia

By Laura Kelly

Ukraine’s top official responsible for returning children kidnapped by Russia is urging greater U.S. assistance in delivering justice for more than a million families across his country. 

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Trump says Iran deal ‘scheduled to be signed’ Sunday, trashes Obama-era pact

By Sarah Davis

President Trump confirmed plans to sign a new framework for a peace deal with Iran on Sunday.

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House conservatives mount push to codify Trump border policies

By Emily Brooks

Hard-line conservatives in the House are mounting an uphill push to codify President Trump’s border policies, demanding a vote by July 4 and warning that policies that have significantly cut down crossings at the southern border could be easily reversed once he leaves office.

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Rogan vents frustration with Trump agenda: ‘What the f— we doing?’

By Steff Danielle Thomas

Podcaster Joe Rogan voiced fresh frustration with President Trump on Friday, questioning whether his administration is delivering on the promises that helped fuel Trump’s return to the White House.

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AI Is about to escape human control — and nobody has a plan

By John Mac Ghlionn 

OPINION | One of the strangest sentences of the year was uttered last Thursday.

Anthropic, the company that builds Claude, asked the world to consider slowing down the building of machines like Claude. The firm said a global pause on the most powerful AI systems would likely be beneficial, as those systems now show signs of slipping beyond human control.

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What Congress gets wrong about the Arctic Refuge and America’s sportsmen

By Gabe Vasquez & Ryan Callaghan

OPINION | For sportsmen and women, there is a specific kind of gratitude that percolates from within when we search for and eventually encounter large landscapes that lack the prominent features or segmentation of development.

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The New York Times: Trump at 80: A President ‘really uncomfortable’ with aging

By Katie Rogers

He stays up late, phoning lawyers and lawmakers, while posting up to 150 times a night on Truth Social. His mornings involve calls with world leaders about the war in the Middle East, or talks with landscapers about replanting a bothersome tree. When he arrives in the Oval Office, his unstructured days unfold like a time-lapse video, with people zipping around him as he stays seated at the center of the frame.

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The Wall Street Journal: Mamdani Tests His Political Power as He Wades Into New York Primaries

By Joseph De Avila, James Fanelli & Sabrina Saddiqui

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani strode into a Brooklyn park last weekend to hype up hundreds of Gen Z and millennial supporters preparing to door-knock undecided voters on behalf of a fellow Democratic socialist running for Congress.

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Associated Press: Qatari mediators travel to Tehran for final touches on a possible deal to end war

By AP

Iran and the U.S. inched closer to a deal to end the Iran war, as Qatari mediators traveled to Tehran on Sunday to finalize the agreement, according to two regional officials.

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The Washington Post: Voters are unhappy about much more than high gas prices

By David J. Lynch

For Leith Olson, the familiar comforts of middle-class life have moved out of reach.

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