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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 08.05.2026.
It displays 214 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
08.05.2026 ⇢ The Day of the Virginia Gerrymander Ruling
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The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a Democratic-favored congressional map approved by voters in April, a major win for Republicans ahead of midterms. The ruling dominated coverage across the spectrum, with conservative outlets celebrating and progressives decrying it as a blow to democracy. Meanwhile, the US-Iran conflict continued with Trump calling retaliatory strikes a 'love tap' and insisting the ceasefire holds, while Iran said the truce is broken. US forces fired on Iranian oil tankers, and Iran attacked the UAE. The April jobs report showed 115,000 new jobs despite the war. The Pentagon released UFO files, and the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship prompted CDC response. UK local elections saw hard-right Reform party rout Labour.
08.05.2026
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The Daily Beast
The president became irate after a query about an ongoing renovation in the capital.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
“It reminds us of the comedy routine of the Three Stooges on a rickety boat that is taking on water so they drill a hole in the bottom to get the water out.”
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The Washington Post
The “self-defense strikes” followed attacks on three American naval vessels, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. None of the U.S. warships were hit.
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Early results Friday suggested sweeping losses that will heap pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who signaled he had no plans to step aside.
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The Washington Post
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Associated Press
Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.
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Early results Friday suggested sweeping losses that will heap pressure on the prime minister, who signaled he had no plans to step aside.
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Early results Friday suggested sweeping losses that will heap pressure on the prime minister, who signaled he had no plans to step aside.
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National Democrats put their weight behind a candidate in Maine’s hotly contested House race just weeks before the primary. Locals are pissed.
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Early results Friday suggested sweeping losses that will heap pressure on the prime minister, who signaled he had no plans to step aside.
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Birth tourism faces renewed scrutiny as ICE targets alleged facilitation networks amid the administration’s immigration push.
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President Trump's decision to leave NATO in the dark before launching strikes on Iran has inflamed tensions and is putting new urgency on rethinking the alliance.
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The New York Times
The U.S. said it attacked Iranian military targets in response to strikes on American ships. The countries are debating a peace deal, Iranian officials said.
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The New York Times
The U.S. said it attacked military sites in Iran in retaliation for strikes on ships. President Trump threatened more if Iran didn’t agree to a peace offer.
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Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from America, is getting high marks from Catholics as his tenure hits the one-year mark amid clashes with Donald Trump.
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Associated Press
Spanish authorities are preparing to receive over 140 passengers and crew from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.
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Insurgent candidates like Bush are tapping Piker as a campaign surrogate — but they still face an uphill battle to winning.
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NBC News
Early results Friday suggested sweeping losses that will heap pressure on the prime minister, who signaled he had no plans to step aside.
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New York leaders are desperately trying stop billionaire bigwigs from hightailing out of the Big Apple with their cash, businesses and thousands of jobs — as fears mount that Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s policies will accelerate the Empire State’s…
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The Daily Beast
The president barely got five hours of sleep last night.
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The Washington Post
The “self-defense strikes” followed attacks on three American naval vessels, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. None of the U.S. warships were hit.
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06:22⇢Ceasefire's Fragile Dance
⌨The US media focuses on the US-Iran conflict, with Trump claiming the ceasefire holds after exchanges of fire, while Iran says the truce is broken. Multiple outlets report the strikes and the fragile diplomatic situation. A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship also gets coverage, with Spain preparing for evacuations.
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The Daily Beast
The president barely got five hours of sleep last night.
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The Daily Beast
The secretary of state was sent to smooth things over with the pope at the Vatican.
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NBC News
Early results Friday suggested sweeping losses that will heap pressure on the prime minister, who signaled he had no plans to step aside.
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Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from America, is getting high marks from Catholics as his tenure hits the one-year mark amid clashes with Donald Trump.
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“Truly historic shift in British politics” has taken place where national political question is no longer about “left or right”, Farage said
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President Trump insists the ceasefire with Iran remains in effect despite an exchange of attacks that Tehran says "crossed the point of no return."
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President Trump's decision to leave NATO in the dark before launching strikes on Iran has inflamed tensions and is putting new urgency on rethinking the alliance.
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The Iran war’s shaky ceasefire faces new challenges as the United Arab Emirates responded to Iranian missile and drone strikes.
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The Atlantic
The mild-mannered NBA commissioner has overseen a time of peace and prosperity for his league. Until now.
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The Federalist
America is based on English culture and Christian civilization — a heritage that came before our civic creed and upon which our ideals rest.
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5 questions about the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak, answered.
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ATF Rule Changes Could Ease Restrictions for Gun Owners and Dealers
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08:22⇢Shooting Ceasefire in Hormuz
⌨US media focus on the US-Iran conflict, with Trump claiming ceasefire holds after exchanges of fire, while Iran says truce broken. New developments include Iran attacking UAE after US-Iran fire exchange, and European countries emerging as NATO leaders as US role recedes. UK elections show hard-right party routs Labour, with Farage hailing 'historic shift'.
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Iran’s foreign minister said that the U.S. was undermining diplomatic efforts to end the war, as Iranian officials said that Washington and Tehran were debating a peace proposal.
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The U.S. Air Force said the new 747 being delivered "this summer" will feature a red-white-blue-and-gold paint scheme.
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Associated Press
America’s employers a delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war.
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“The new normal will not look like the old one,” an expert told Newsweek.
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Associated Press
America’s employers a delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war.
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The War Department released more than 160 files Friday related to sightings of UFOs dating back nearly 80 years.
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A collection of bowlers has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing private equity–backed corporation Bowlero of a multiyear scheme to consolidate bowling centers, driving up prices and degrading lane quality.
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The Washington Post
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The U.S. military said it carried out retaliatory strikes on Iran on Thursday, targeting sites it said were responsible for attacking three Navy warships without provocation. Iran tells a different story.
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The bulk of the president's social media posts don't make news. But taken together they show what's on his mind as he leads the nation through war and domestic turmoil.
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New York Post
The War Department released more than 160 files Friday related to sightings of UFOs dating back nearly 80 years.
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Los Angeles Times
Alexandra Marvar
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09:40⇢Love Tap and Broken Truce
⌨US media focus on the Iran conflict, with Trump calling retaliatory strikes a 'love tap' and insisting the ceasefire holds, while Iran says the truce is broken. Multiple outlets report the fragile diplomatic situation and the exchange of fire. The April jobs report also gets coverage, showing 115,000 new jobs despite the war.
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New York Post
The War Department released more than 160 files Friday related to sightings of UFOs dating back nearly 80 years.
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The U.S. Air Force said the new 747 being delivered "this summer" will feature a red-white-blue-and-gold paint scheme.
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“Truly historic shift in British politics” has taken place where national political question is no longer about “left or right”, Farage said
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The U.S. military is intensifying economic pressure on Iran, with U.S. Central Command announcing that American forces are currently blocking more than 70 oil tankers from entering or leaving Iranian ports. The vessels have the capacity to transport more than 166 million barrels of Iranian oil valued at over $13 billion.
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“Truly historic shift in British politics” has taken place where national political question is no longer about “left or right”, Farage said
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As trust in media craters and revenue dries up, legacy news outlets are filling their feeds with celebrity heart-to-hearts and personality-driven coverage. The result is journalism that fawns over fame and power rather than holding it to account.
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The United Arab Emirates says it has responded to another Iranian missile barrage. It came hours after the U.S. said it traded fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest blows to a shaky month-old ceasefire.
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The court ruled that Democrats did not follow proper procedure when they put the constitutional amendment on the ballot last month.
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The Washington Post
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Those who cheered ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment are now making unsubstantiated claims about its use against hantavirus.
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Facing the prospect of paying a bit more in taxes, billionaires are responding calmly and rationally: by calling themselves a marginalized, oppressed minority group being traumatized.
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The court ruled that Democrats did not follow proper procedure when they put the constitutional amendment on the ballot last month.
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Newsweek
A Marine, an oysterman, a populist—Graham Platner is the last thing Democrats wanted and just might be Maine’s next senator.
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President Donald Trump’s State Department is probing all 53 Mexican consulates across the United States following extensive coverage of Breitbart News Senior Contributor Peter Schweizer’s latest book, “The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon,” by Breitbart News, the New York Times reports.
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The Daily Caller
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The Washington Post
The finding is a major setback for Democrats in their effort to counter GOP-led redistricting in other states. The measure approved April 21 gave Democrats an edge in four districts.
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Associated Press
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The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a new voter-approved map that would give Democrats an edge in the midterm elections.
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The Washington Post
The finding is a major setback for Democrats in their effort to counter GOP-led redistricting in other states. The measure, approved in April, gave Democrats an edge in four districts.
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Associated Press
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The Daily Beast
The state’s highest court struck down the new congressional districts drawn by Democrats.
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The U.S. military is intensifying economic pressure on Iran, with U.S. Central Command announcing that American forces are currently blocking more than 70 oil tankers from entering or leaving Iranian ports. The vessels have the capacity to transport more than 166 million barrels of Iranian oil valued at over $13 billion.
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Associated Press
The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a Democratic congressional redistricting plan that had won voter approval.
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Associated Press
The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a Democratic congressional redistricting plan that had won voter approval.
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Contra AOC, You Don't Have To Be a Billionaire To Be a Leech
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President Donald Trump on Friday hailed the Virginia Supreme Court's decision to throw out the state's new congressional map as a "huge win for the Republican party."
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The New York Times
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New York Post
Mysterious footage released in the Pentagon’s UFO files on Friday appeared to capture a bizarre “eight-pointed star” streaking across the sky several years back.
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The Atlantic
He wants out, but Iran could likely keep going for months.
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The outbreak began in early April on a cruise ship. Now health authorities around the world are working to contain it. Here's what infectious disease experts have to say.
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The Virginia Supreme Court just killed the state Democrat Party’s cynical attempt to rig the 2026 midterm election with a blatantly unconstitutional gerrymander scheme.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. was expecting a response from Iran on a peace proposal Friday, adding, "we'll see what the response entails" and that he hopes it's "a serious offer."
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The Blaze
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The Daily Beast
Sharyn Alfonsi has reportedly lawyered up in response.
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Perspective: These first files say implicitly what officials won’t explicitly. For now, all aboard the intergalactic hype train.
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13:10⇢Virginia Court Slams Door on Democratic Map
⌨The Virginia Supreme Court strikes down a Democratic-favored congressional map approved by voters, a major win for Republicans ahead of midterms. Multiple outlets across the spectrum cover the ruling, with conservative sources celebrating and progressive ones decrying it. The hantavirus outbreak and UFO files also receive attention.
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A new government website where the Pentagon says it has published 'never-before-seen' files on unidentified aerial phenomena is live.
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Ken Burns talks to Jacobin about his new documentary, The American Revolution; the ongoing project of 1776; and why the Declaration of Independence was far more than a revolt of slaveholders and the wealthy.
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The court buried itself in dictionaries and missed the obvious.
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As Tennessee eliminated its only majority-Black district, Ari Berman and Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson explain how SCOTUS enabled the right’s “power grab.”
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The Washington Post
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A US military aircraft had a freaky chase encounter with a “super-hot” orb during a nighttime search mission just last year, the newly released UFO files show.
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Scientists are still sorting out how strong the shift will be. Some think it could be 'among the strongest El Niños seen in recent history.'
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David Mack
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The Daily Beast
The president delivered a campaign-style ramble where he attacked “stupid borders” to mothers.
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Virginia voters approved redistricting that could help Democrats pick up four House seats. Democrats said it was to counter the gains that Trump and the GOP have picked up in Republican-led states.
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The New York Times
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15:00⇢Virginia Court Axes Democratic Map
⌨The Virginia Supreme Court's rejection of a Democratic gerrymander dominates coverage, with conservative outlets celebrating and progressives decrying the ruling as a blow to democracy. Trump's Mother's Day rant and a three-day Russia-Ukraine ceasefire also draw attention, alongside UFO files and hantavirus updates.
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The Daily Beast
The president’s tribute to America’s mothers went radically off the rails.
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Virginia Democrats vowed Friday to continue pursuing new congressional maps after a bruising defeat at the state Supreme Court invalidated a voter-approved redistricting plan that party leaders believed could help flip control of the House in 2026.
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The Washington Post
The FDA commissioner has faced criticism over his leadership of the agency that oversees vaccine and drug approvals.
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The Daily Beast
The former official offered a chilling warning of what President Donald Trump could do if he enacts a secret catalog of Cold War-era executive orders.
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D.C. Circuit Seems Disinclined To Let Pete Hegseth Punish a Senator for His Speech
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New York Post
A grisly new clue has surfaced nearly three decades after Kristin Smart vanished.
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Breitbart News
On Friday, officials with the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they are seeking to denaturalize 12 naturalized American citizens accused of crimes like murder, terrorism, firearms trafficking, marriage fraud, identity fraud, and possessing child pornography, among other things.
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The Daily Caller
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Democrats riding high on redistricting wins now face setbacks as courts and GOP-led states redraw maps ahead of 2026 midterms yet.
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It’s not about who wins. It’s about the dirty laundry you air along the way.
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Washington has revised its proposed U.N. resolution demanding Iran halt attacks and mining in the Strait of Hormuz, but the changes are unlikely to avert Chinese and Russian vetoes, diplomats said on Friday. A Chinese veto would be awkward ahead of President Donald Trump's trip to China next week, where the Iran war is likely to be high on the agenda.
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Alexis Romero
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The Daily Beast
The Russian leader had been pushing for a ceasefire in the run-up to his big parade.
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The Washington Post
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17:38⇢Virginia Court Axes Democratic Map
⌨The Virginia Supreme Court's rejection of a Democratic gerrymander dominates coverage, with multiple outlets across the spectrum reporting the ruling as a major win for Republicans ahead of midterms. The DOJ's move to denaturalize immigrants accused of crimes also draws attention from conservative sources.
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The party is still contending with Trump’s negative job ratings and other evidence of rising Democratic performance.
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Beast
Some inmates claimed that talking about the infamous sex trafficker led to their removal from “Club Fed.”
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New York Post
The brute — seen in a surveillance image obtained by The Post — allegedly hurled total stranger Ross Falzone, 76.
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The hantavirus outbreak is not the start of a pandemic, officials say. But experts worry about the nation's preparedness for public health threats.
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Efforts to secure a broader peace deal between the United States and Iran are increasingly being complicated by the growing influence of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which analysts, diplomats and even some U.S. officials say has emerged as the chief obstacle to meaningful negotiations.
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The New York Times
Iran’s foreign minister accused Washington of undermining diplomacy and the U.S. military said it had struck two oil tankers near an Iranian port.
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Trump called Iranian attacks on 3 US destroyers a 'trifle' but said the ceasefire holds while peace talks continue.
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The Washington Post
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The Daily Beast
SSRIs are overprescribed, insists the former heroin addict.
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Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a three-day ceasefire and a prisoner swap in honor of Victory Day in World War II, President Donald Trump announced.
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21:26⇢Tanker Fire and Ceasefire Claims
⌨The Iran conflict dominates, with US firing on tankers and Trump claiming a ceasefire holds despite Iranian attacks. The Virginia Supreme Court's rejection of a Democratic gerrymander continues to draw widespread coverage, with outlets across the spectrum reporting the ruling as a major win for Republicans.
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President Trump's decision to leave NATO in the dark before launching strikes on Iran has inflamed tensions and is putting new urgency on rethinking the alliance.
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The U.S. military says its forces fired on two Iran-flagged oil tankers to stop them from docking at an Iranian port in violation of the U.S. blockade in the area.
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