TOP NEWS STORIES FROM THE BEST SOURCES.
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CNN – Top Stories
- • Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich denied detention appeal in Moscow • Putin visits Russian troops at military headquarters in Kherson • Watch moment WSJ journalist appears in Russian court
Fox News – Top Stories
- President Donald Trump accepted Qatar's $400 million Boeing 747 for U.S. use, sparking an emoluments clause ethics probe. The plane will serve as a temporary Air Force One.
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer did not respond to questions on CNN about whether he was aware of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline in office.
- Two Republican lawmakers hope to define the term "obscene" while also targeting the transmission of pornographic material across state lines.
- U.S. Army veteran and businessman Kendall Qualls has officially launched his Minnesota gubernatorial campaign to challenge former Kamala Harris running mate Gov. Tim Walz.
- Overriding the Supreme Court's pending review of a birthright citizenship case involving the Trump administration is a much broader question of federal judges' power.
WSJ – Top Stories
- by Tim Arango, Matt Stevens and Jacey FortinThe decision could lead to the release of Lyle and Erik Menendez, more than three decades after they were sent to prison for killing their parents.
- by Sam RobertsA Republican known as Kit, he was the state’s youngest governor. When he retired from Congress after four terms, he said he didn’t want to be the state’s oldest senator.
- by Ben Hubbard, Jonathan Swan and Erika SolomonPresident Trump, on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, said he made the decision after speaking to the Saudi crown prince. The president is trying to drum up Saudi investment in the U.S.
- by Reid J. EpsteinThe book, “Original Sin,” describes how Mr. Biden’s aides quashed concerns about his age. But the anonymous accounts show that many Democrats are still afraid to discuss the issue publicly.
- by Julie HoServing from 2010 to 2015, he refused to accept a presidential salary or live on a presidential estate as he sought to improve the lives of ordinary citizens.
- by Emma G. FitzsimmonsMayor Eric Adams of New York was said to have used seven different phone numbers. He argued that “many New Yorkers have several phones.”
- by Farnaz FassihiIn talks with American negotiators, the Iranians spoke of a consortium with several countries that would allow it to keep producing civilian grade fuel, but with more monitoring.
- by Nazaneen Ghaffar, Simon J. Levien and Adeel HassanRising floodwaters led to dozens of rescues and the evacuation of an elementary school as forecasters warned of widespread flash flooding through midweek.
- by Hamed Aleaziz and Michael CrowleyThe Trump administration carved out an exception to its refugee ban for white South Africans. But other groups, including Afghans who helped U.S. forces during the war in their country, are being shut out.
- by Mitch Smith and Dan SimmonsJudge Hannah C. Dugan was accused of helping an undocumented immigrant elude federal agents who were waiting to arrest him outside her courtroom.