A Nebraska crowd cheered today when Donald Trump said, “Let them take out Los Angeles.”
He was talking about what the war with Iran costs Americans. He added, “Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.” More than five million people live in those two cities.
Earlier in the day, he posted that The New York Times and other outlets “should be arrested” for reporting empty upper-deck seats at his Ohio rally. He didn’t name their crime.
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Source: CBS News
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Source: Deutsche Welle
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Source: The Hill
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Source: The South Dakota Searchlight
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Source: The Associated Press
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Trump says The New York Times and other outlets "should be arrested" for reporting empty upper-deck seats at his Ohio rally.
Source: The Hill
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White House bars Politico from Air Force One for Trump's Nebraska trip, flying without a print pool reporter after it finds no replacement outlet.
Source: NBC News
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Source: CNBC
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Source: UPI
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Source: The Texas Tribune
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Source: Source New Mexico
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Trump says he and super PAC MAGA Inc. will pay for TV ads promoting himself after bipartisan outcry over spending $20 million in diverted border funds.
Source: Roll Call
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Thousands at Cornell march on its administration building over the university's handling of an alleged 2024 fraternity gang rape, now before a state special prosecutor.
Source: The New York Times [gift link]
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Newport News, Virginia, offers $300,000 in grants to income-qualified homeowners spending 30% or more of income on housing, credited against their June property tax bills.
Source: WVEC Hampton Roads
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Source: The Chicago Sun-Times
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