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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump Administration Tactics in L.A. Immigration Raids  —  A federal judge temporarily halted the administration from making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers, in a lawsuit that could have national repercussions.
Kelsey Ables / Washington Post:
Judge orders halt to indiscriminate immigration operations in California  —  A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt arrests based on racial profiling and denying access to lawyers, saying the tactics are unconstitutional.  —  Summary993  —  A federal judge …
Discussion: The Hill and LAist
Alicia Victoria Lozano / NBC News:
Cannabis farmworker in California dies day after chaotic federal immigration raid
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Straight Arrow News
Nitasha Tiku / Washington Post:
Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI  —  The investor in a private group chat also criticized Stanford and said colleges are biased against Trump voters: “My people are furious.”  —  Influential tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen recently …
CBS News:
Trump announces 30% tariffs against Mexico, EU to begin on Aug. 1  —  President Trump on Saturday announced he is levying 30% tariffs against Mexico and the European Union.  They are set to begin on August 1.  —  He announced the tariffs on two of the United States' biggest trade partners …
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Tariffs or Deals? Trump Seems Content With Punishing Levies.
Discussion: Axios
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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Ahmad Austin Jr / Mediaite:
FBI Director Kash Patel ALSO Considering Resigning If Pam Bondi Keeps Her Job, Per Report
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.
Discussion: Deadline and NewsMax.com
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Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
David Gergen, consummate political insider, dies at 83
Discussion: CBS News and USA Today
Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
David Gergen, adviser to four presidents, has died
Discussion: PBS NewsHour and Fox News
Reuters:
US Justice fires nine more employees from Jack Smith's team, sources say  —  U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday fired at least nine more Justice Department employees who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Donald Trump's retention of classified records …
Discussion: Axios
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NBC News:   Two prosecutors from former special counsel Jack Smith's office fired
Danny Fenster / Nieman Reports:
Lights Out: U.S. Withdraws Support for Global Media  —  Foreign aid cuts to USAID, other outlets, cast a long shadow over journalism around the world  —  In the 12 years since Radio Rozana's first broadcast, founder Lina Chawaf has worked tirelessly to expand the outlet's coverage of her native Syria.
Wall Street Journal:
Columbia Has Discussed $200 Million Payment in Civil-Rights Settlement With Trump Administration  —  The Ivy League school has been locked in battle with the government for months  —  Columbia University has discussed paying roughly $200 million as part of a deal with the Trump administration …
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US demands to know what allies would do in event of war over Taiwan  —  Trump administration raises eyebrows by calling for commitments from Australia and Japan  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free  —  The Pentagon is pressing Japan and Australia to make clear what role …
Discussion: Reuters and Associated Press
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump's Crypto Firm Raised $52 Million—Likely Sending Millions To His Family, New Disclosure Reveals  —  Topline  —  President Donald Trump's decentralized finance venture, World Liberty Financial, raised $52.1 million through private sales of its crypto token—likely sending tens of millions …
Financial Times:
Donald Trump could trigger another market shock, investors warn  —  Fund managers and bankers cast doubt on bets US president will back down from most severe threats  —  Kate Duguid, Harriet Clarfelt and James Fontanella-Khan in New York, and Amelia Pollard in London
Rolling Stone:
Why Trump's Admin Insists on Terrorizing Kilmar Abrego Garcia  —  A Trump adviser says officials worry about “a domino effect of decisions where suddenly you're admitting you're wrong about everything” … Trump officials refused to bring Abrego Garcia back to the U.S., as the Supreme Court had ordered …
Axios:
“Behind the Curtain” Extra: Trump's great immigration peril … The politics of immigration are shifting fast — again. … But now, with the border secure and deportations surging along with self-deportations, a strong majority are opposed to President Trump's tough-guy, kick-them-all-out approach to illegal immigration.
Steve Chapman / The UnPopulist:
The Administration's Contempt for the Rule of Law Has Roots in the Pre-Civil Rights Era  —  Defenders of liberal democracy cannot succumb to Donald Trump's attempts to scare them into inaction  —  America is supposed to be the land of the brave, but under the second administration of Donald Trump, it's fallen under a climate of fear.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Putin urges Iran to take “zero enrichment” nuclear deal with U.S., sources say  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has told both President Trump and Iranian officials that he supports the idea of a nuclear deal in which Iran is unable to enrich uranium, sources familiar with those discussions tell Axios.
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Judge Orders Los Angeles Police to Stop Shooting Projectiles at Journalists  —  Los Angeles Police Department officers fired foam projectiles and flash-bang devices at reporters and photographers who were covering the immigration protests in June.  —  A federal judge on Friday ordered …
Josh Haskell / ABC7:
Disabled veteran who is a US citizen was taken during Camarillo immigration raid, family says  —  Este artículo se ofrece en Español  —  Concerned family members are desperate for answers after they say a disabled U.S. veteran and citizen was taken during a immigration raid in Camarillo
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Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
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Associated Press:
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Axios:
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Discussion: The Hill
Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired:
Metadata Shows the FBI's ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified