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Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
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Tennessee once again botches execution; governor orders outside review
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How Ordinary Israelis Foiled a Hijacking
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Helen Lewis / The Atlantic:
Eric Schmitt's Very Bad Day at Work
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Kelsey Brugger / Politico:
Bipartisan Senate duo drops new data center bills — A bipartisan Senate duo is rolling out two new data center bills one day after Democrats rejected a House-passed measure designed to shield ratepayers from costs associated with the facilities. The measures from Sens. John Curtis (R-Utah) …
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Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare — A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration's good graces — Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that Elon Musk will co-lead a government project to study the future of warfare …
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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
John Roberts and His Island … To many people on this remote stretch of Maine coastline, where every day looks like a fresh painting made of light and water, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is just “John.” — John, who has spent over 20 summers on Hupper Island, a refuge about 90 miles northeast …
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Eric Cortellessa / Time:
What Trump Has Built — Eric Cortellessa … Donald Trump struts onto the new White House helipad, an 80,000-sq.-ft. expanse of carved granite on the South Lawn. “Can you believe this?” he says, taking in the scene, the Washington Monument rising in the distance.
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
How Trump's signature issue fell off voters' radar — Immigration — the issue that helped propel Donald Trump to the presidency and rally his supporters over the past decade — has become an afterthought for voters. … What was once a rallying cry for the party is losing salience …
Ashley Gold / Semafor:
How Zuckerberg shaped Trump's AI industry pledge — The Scoop — The idea for what became President Donald Trump's Tuesday pact with the AI industry came from a conversation between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and House Speaker Mike Johnson at last week's state dinner, a source familiar with the matter told Semafor.
Why Gaza hasn't become LA's mayoral litmus test — AVOIDING ISRAEL — When Los Angeles mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Nithya Raman were pressed on their views about Israel's war in Gaza last night at a Jewish community forum, their answers were less noteworthy than the fact the issue was spoken about at all.
Caitlin Dewey / Vox:
America leaves Iraq, again — This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. — The last US troops in Iraq formally withdrew today, 23 years after the United States first invaded Iraq …
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