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Trump attacks judge over golf course; midterm control; Saudi Arabia

Judge Ana Reyes has slowed the plan to restore Washington's East Potomac course over environmental and historic preservation concerns; the president plans to proceed anyway.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHere is the latest.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPresident Trump has called federal judge Ana Reyes a crazed lunatic after she slowed his plan to restore the East Potomac golf course in Washington, citing environmental and historic preservation concerns.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAlso on the political front, the balance of power in state governments is on the ballot this November.

  4. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Pennsylvania, Democrats hold the House one hundred three to one hundred, and Republicans hold the Senate twenty-seven to twenty-three.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn Kansas, Republicans could use full control to redraw the state's only Democratic-held congressional district, which the Democratic governor had blocked.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn the Middle East, after Houthis escalated attacks on Saudi Arabia, the United States turned down calls for help from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to a Guardian commentary.

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  1. Paxton's Texas Senate bid, a GOP ad and a Musk poster · The Guardian
  2. Justice department tests separation of powers before midterms · The Guardian
  3. Egypt pledges 'all necessary and possible support' to Saudi Arabia · Al Jazeera
  4. FIFA weighs scrapping peace prize it gave President Trump · Al Jazeera
  5. Slotkin urges prosecutions to deter young Trump staffers · New York Post
  6. Trump heads to Kansas to back Sen. Marshall in tight race · The Guardian
  7. Trump attacks judge over golf course; midterm control; Saudi Arabia (this story)
  8. Trump heads to unlikely battleground as GOP fights to hold Senate · Fox News

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