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10:15 PM ET, July 11, 2025

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CNN:
Deputy FBI Director Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid Epstein files fallout  —  Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino has told people he is considering resigning amid a major clash between the FBI and Justice Department over the continued fallout from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein memo …
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: FBI's Dan Bongino clashes with AG Bondi over handling of Epstein files  —  FBI deputy director Dan Bongino took a day off from work Friday after clashing at the White House with Attorney General Pam Bondi over their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, four sources familiar with the conflict told Axios.
Ahmad Austin Jr / Mediaite:
FBI Director Kash Patel ALSO Considering Resigning If Pam Bondi Keeps Her Job, Per Report
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
Kabc / ABC7:
Farmworker dies from injuries during immigration raid, union says; hospital says he's alive  —  Este artículo se ofrece en Español  —  A farmworker has died after suffering injuries during an immigration raid at an agricultural area near Camarillo on Thursday, the UFW said.
Discussion: Alternet.org and ABC7
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Josh DuBose / The Hill:
Undocumented minors found in raid of California cannabis farm, DHS says  —  (KTLA) — Federal immigration agents, assisted by members of the National Guard, carried out raids at two Southern California cannabis farms Thursday, arresting dozens, including undocumented minors …
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
Democrats clash with ICE over characterization of marijuana farm raid
Fox News:
Newsom donor's cannabis farm under federal investigation for ‘child labor violations’
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
FEMA Didn't Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show  —  Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren't extended.  —  Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas …
Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired:
Metadata Shows the FBI's ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified  —  There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death.  —  The United States Department …
CNN:
David Gergen, political insider who advised four presidents of both parties, dies at 83  —  David Gergen, who served as a presidential adviser to four presidents of both parties and educated generations of Americans about leadership and civic engagement, has died.  He was 83.
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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
David Gergen, Adviser to Presidents and Political Commentator, Dies at 83  —  He served under Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton before becoming a top editor and a familiar TV pundit.  “Centrism doesn't mean splitting the difference,” he said.  —  David Gergen, an inside-the-Beltway veteran …
Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
David Gergen, consummate political insider, dies at 83
Discussion: CBS News and USA Today
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Surge in U.S. Concern About Immigration Has Abated  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans have grown markedly more positive toward immigration over the past year, with the share wanting immigration reduced dropping from 55% in 2024 to 30% today.  At the same time, a record-high 79% of U.S. adults …
Jaimie Ding / Associated Press:
Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California  —  A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles.
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New York Times:
Skydance Is in Early Talks to Acquire The Free Press  —  David Ellison, the founder of Skydance, and Bari Weiss, the co-founder of The Free Press, are attending the annual Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley this week.  —  David Ellison, the chief executive of the media company Skydance …
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Emil Bove declines to rule out 3rd Trump term or denounce Jan. 6 rioters in Senate questionnaire  —  Washington — Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official who previously served as President Trump's criminal defense attorney, declined to rule out the possibility of the president running …
NBC News:
Miami archbishop slams Everglades immigrant detention site as ‘unbecoming’ and ‘corrosive’  —  Archbishop Thomas Wenski criticized the remote location of the detention site called “Alligator Alcatraz” and the rhetoric surrounding it.  —  The Archdiocese of Miami is condemning …
Discussion: twitchy.com
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Rebecca Ratcliffe / The Guardian:
Shunned Myanmar leader thrilled at US contact after Trump tariff letter  —  Min Aung Hlaing expresses ‘sincere appreciation’ for letter from US president threatening 40% tariff  —  Myanmar's military leader has praised Donald Trump and asked him to lift sanctions, as the junta sought …
Discussion: CBS News, Bloomberg and Reuters
Adam Pagnucco / Montgomery Perspective:
MoCo's Multifamily Construction Market Disappears  —  In the wake of Montgomery County's passage of a new rent control law, the county has seen its multifamily construction market disappear.  Will it ever recover?  —  On July 10, the county council received a briefing on economic indicators …
New York Times:
Behind Trump's Decision to Tax Brazil to Save Bolsonaro  —  Right-wing Brazilians wanted sanctions against the judge prosecuting Brazil's former president.  President Trump opted for something far bigger — tariffs.  —  Since March, the son of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro …
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Axios:
1 big thing: 👀 Dems swarm 2028  —  Democrats are descending on the early presidential states, with different levels of ambiguity and ambition. … - That puts the possible '28ers serving in Congress on a potential collision course with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Ro Khanna plans South Carolina visit for “benefits over billionaires” tour
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
David Lawder / Reuters:
US customs duties top $100 billion for first time in a fiscal year  —  U.S. customs duty collections surged again in June as President Donald Trump's tariffs gained steam, topping $100 billion for the first time during a fiscal year and helping to produce a surprise $27 billion budget surplus for the month …
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Washington Post:
Trump tours devastation in Texas, meeting with families and first responders  —  Trump and first lady Melania Trump spoke about how difficult it was to find the right words for grieving parents, as they fulfilled a unifying public ritual for commanders in chief.  —  Summary0
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump plans to tour Texas flood damage as disaster tests his pledge to shutter FEMA
NBC News:
Two prosecutors from former special counsel Jack Smith's office fired  —  Ryan J. Reilly and Zoë Richards  —  At least two federal prosecutors and support staffers who worked with former special counsel Jack Smith's team were fired today, three of their former colleagues told NBC News.
Washington Post:
Kerr County did not use its most far-reaching alert system in deadly Texas floods  —  Local officials used the system more than two days after the recorded height of the floods.  —  Summary684  —  The Texas county where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing …
Associated Press:
State Department lays off over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan  —  The U.S. State Department fired more than 1,300 employees on Friday in line with a dramatic reorganization plan from the Trump administration that critics say will damage America's global leadership and efforts to counter threats abroad.
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Jamie Dimon on Democratic friends: ‘Big hearts and little brains’  —  JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Thursday knocked Democrats for pushing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies instead of “real world” solutions.  —  “I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and they're idiots …
Discussion: Breitbart and Bloomberg
 
 
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