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NBC News:
Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff, in part due to trial of ally Jair Bolsonaro  —  “The way Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro ... is an international disgrace,” Trump wrote.  —  President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he planned to hit Brazil with a 50% tariff …
Washington Post:
California awaits disaster relief as GOP offers full support of Texas  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on a trip to South Carolina this week highlighted the plight of Los Angeles communities still reeling from January's devastating wildfires.  —  For months, California Gov. Gavin Newsom …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Brazil will respond to Trump's 50% tariff with ‘reciprocity,’ says da Silva … Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that his country will respond with reciprocity to U.S. President Donald Trump's newly announced 50% tariff rate on his country's exports …
Paul Krugman:
Trump's Dictator Protection Program  —  I usually don't do evening posts.  One a day at breakfast is, I think, enough or more than enough.  But Trump's latest letter, imposing a 50 percent tariff on Brazil, marks a new departure, and I think merits a special bulletin.  After all, it's both evil and megalomaniacal.
Discussion: Bloomberg
CNN:
FEMA's response to Texas flood slowed by Noem's cost controls  —  As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and life-saving resources, like they have in countless past disasters.
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Have you seen this man?  —  In the wake of deadly floods in Texas, FEMA Acting Administrator …
Discussion: E&E News and Raw Story
Jarvis DeBerry / MSNBC:
FEMA should be more visible after Texas floods. But that's not what Trump wants.
Discussion: FEMA.gov and CBS News
New York Times:
Comey Tracked by Secret Service After Post Critical of Trump  —  After the former F.B.I. director put a picture on Instagram of seashells arranged to say “86 47,” law enforcement tailed his car and tracked his cellphone, steps usually reserved for serious threats.
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
6 Secret Service agents suspended over conduct during attempted Trump assassination  —  The July 2024 incident left Trump's ear bloodied and a firefighter killed.  —  Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally in Butler, Penn., July 13, 2024.
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump praises English-speaking Liberian president's English  —  At a lunch with African leaders, President Trump complimented the president of Liberia on his English, apparently unaware that it's the country's official language.  —  During his lunch with African leaders at the White House on Wednesday …
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NBC News:
Trump says the president of Liberia, where English is the official language, speaks ‘good English’
Discussion: Mediaite and New Republic
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump on Brennan, Comey probe reports: “Maybe they have to pay a price”  —  President Trump responded Wednesday to reports that former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey are being investigated over allegations that they made false statements to Congress during the Russia probe.
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CNN:
Ex-FBI Director Comey and ex-CIA Director Brennan are under investigation by Trump Justice Department
Sam Skove / Politico:
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push … Many of those leaving also serve in NASA's core mission sets, according to the documents.  Those leaving include 1,818 staff serving in mission areas like science or human space flight, with the rest performing mission support roles like IT …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
The GOP's New Lie After Cutting $1 Trillion From Medicaid: We Gave It More Money!  —  “We are increasing Medicaid expenditures by $200 billion,” Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) falsely said of Trump's tax law, which will strip health care from millions.  —  WASHINGTON ― …
Discussion: New Republic
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AG Bailey / Attorney General Office of Missouri:
Attorney General Bailey Fights To Expose Big Tech Censorship Of President Trump As AI Chatbots Produce Fake News  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sent a formal demand letter to Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Meta regarding biased and factually inaccurate …
Office of the Texas Governor:
Governor Abbott Announces Special Session Agenda  —  Governor Greg Abbott today issued a proclamation identifying 18 agenda items for the upcoming Special Session that begins at 12:00 PM on Monday, July 21.  —  “We delivered on historic legislation in the 89th Regular Legislative Session …
Alan Judd / Straight Arrow News:
Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest  —  Mobile network anomalies consistent with cell phone surveillance were detected at a July 4 protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Washington state.  Those anomalies, according …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Tillis Suggests He Regrets Vote to Confirm Hegseth, Calling Him ‘Out of His Depth’  —  The North Carolina senator, who recently said he did not plan to run for re-election, said the defense secretary's decisions have been amateurish and show he is unfit to lead a large organization.
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story, The Hill, Newsweek and Breitbart
Politico:
Trump officials used shadowy website to target pro-Palestinian academics for deportation, court records show … The federal judge currently overseeing a trial in the case unsealed the deposition transcripts, which contain hundreds of pages of sworn testimony by administration officials about the campus deportation effort.
Michael Holden / Reuters:
Iran threat to UK is significant and rising, lawmakers say  —  Iran poses a significant and wide-ranging threat to Britain and, while not in the same league as Russia or China, it is one which is rising and for which the UK government is not fully prepared, British lawmakers said in a report released on Thursday.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Rachel Dobkin / The Independent:
MTG says Americans are ‘not going to accept’ there is no Epstein client list  —  The federal government said Monday there is no Jeffrey Epstein client list after Attorney General Pam Bondi said evidence was “sitting on my desk” in February  —  The latest headlines from our reporters across …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Noem claims 1 in 6 survivors of Lahaina wildfires had to ‘trade sexual favors’ for supplies … The study found that women had “survival sex” with “a landlord, an employer, family members, friends and acquaintances.”  —  Khara Jabola-Carolus, one of the authors of the Tagnawa report …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Renews Attacks On Harvard With Negotiations Uncertain  —  The Department of Homeland Security issued administrative subpoenas seeking data about the university's international students, while two federal agencies challenged Harvard's accreditation.
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Courts Can Check, and Have Checked, Executives' Military Judgment  —  Last month, Brennan Center attorneys Katherine Yon Ebright and Leah Tulin, and I submitted an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit case of W.M.M. v. Trump, opposing the Trump Administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Pushes More African Countries to Accept Deported Migrants  —  Five countries whose leaders held talks with Trump at the White House were sent a U.S. proposal to accept deportees, document shows  —  WASHINGTON—As President Trump met Wednesday with the leaders of five West African countries …
Washington Post:
Federal workers fear Trump will fire them after court ruling: ‘We are toast’  —  Next steps aren't clear, but the White House says it plans to resume mass government layoffs.  —  Some federal workers cried.  Some shook their heads and began updating their résumés.
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
DOJ Demands Access to Minnesota's Voter Rolls  —  The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding access to Minnesota's voter rolls, as well as proof of the state's compliance with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), according to a letter exclusively obtained by Democracy Docket.
Discussion: MPR News, Votebeat and Raw Story
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Trump Says He's Making America More Competitive.  Is He?  —  Experts fear that the president's economic policies could increase costs and stifle innovation.  —  President Trump won his office twice by promising to turbocharge the American economy and restore its global dominance over international competitors.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump taps Sean Duffy as interim NASA administrator  —  President Trump said late Wednesday that he was tapping Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to lead NASA on an interim basis after Trump yanked his original nominee for the post.  —  “Sean is doing a TREMENDOUS job in handling …
New York Times:
Eric Adams Asked Bill Ackman to Vet Campaign Manager Before Hiring Him  —  Mr. Ackman and another hedge fund titan, Daniel S. Loeb, interviewed a potential campaign hire for Mayor Adams, who is courting their financial support.  —  As Mayor Eric Adams of New York City searched for a new campaign manager …
 
 
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
If Emanuel runs, he'll bet on candor defeating the ‘culture police’
Discussion: Alternet.org
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
One Way to Win Trump Over: Nominate Him for the Nobel Prize
Tom Bateman / BBC:
US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive
Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Internet Extremists Want to Make All AI Chatbots as Hateful as Grok Just Was
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Appeals court throws out right-wing influencer's conviction for 2016 election interference
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
House Republican moves to permanently repeal sanctions on Syria
Discussion: Townhall
Helen Branswell / STAT:
U.S. sees most single-year measles cases since it declared disease eliminated
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Trump's Big Beautiful Gift to Anduril
Arya Sundaram / Gothamist:
'They're killing us': Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
 

 
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