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Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin Aug. 1, rattling major US trading partners  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he's levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1, a move that could cause massive upheaval between the United States and two of its biggest trade partners.
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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 …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump unveils 30 percent tariff for EU, Mexico  —  President Trump on Saturday announced his administration would levy a 30 percent tariff on goods from Mexico and members of the European Union beginning Aug. 1, targeting two of the U.S.'s top trading partners.
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
Trump says he'll slap 30% tariffs on Mexico, European Union on Aug. 1  —  Trump has spent the past several days sending letters to various world leaders about new tariffs the United States would be imposing on them.  —  President Donald Trump threatened Saturday morning to impose 30 percent tariffs …
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Why Wall Street is brushing off Trump's escalating tariff threats
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Tariffs or Deals? Trump Seems Content With Punishing Levies.
Discussion: Axios
Los Angeles Times:
Federal judge halts indiscriminate immigration stops in Los Angeles and beyond  —  In a searing ruling against the Trump administration, a federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked federal agents from using racial profiling to carry out indiscriminate immigration arrests that advocates …
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Kelsey Ables / Washington Post:   Judge orders halt to indiscriminate immigration operations in California
Jaimie Ding / Associated Press:
Judge orders Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops, arrests in California
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Gavin Newsom Rages At ‘Fascist Cuck’ Stephen Miller Through Over Trump-Blocking Court Order In Late-Night Victory Dance
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Hill
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 …
Rolling Stone:
Trump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn't Like  —  The president is now musing about trying to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's birthright citizenship because he doesn't like her  —  Since the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump has been trying …
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump threatens to revoke US citizenship of longtime critic Rosie O'Donnell … The White House declined to comment on whether Trump was serious about the threat, or how he would revoke the American actor's citizenship — a move for which there is no clear legal precedent.
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
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Cabinet of Incompetents
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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: Forbes
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Bondi fires 20 DOJ employees from Jan. 6, Trump documents cases  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired more than 20 Justice Department employees who worked on cases involving the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and Donald Trump's handling of classified documents, sources told Axios.
NBC News:   Two prosecutors from former special counsel Jack Smith's office fired
Norman Eisen / The Contrarian:
Contrarians to the Rescue on Birthright Citizenship!  —  Publisher's Roundup 26  —  A couple of weeks ago, when the Roberts Court struck down some nationwide injunctions protecting birthright citizenship in the Casa case, we here at The Contrarian told you not to panic.
Discussion: Slate
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban Faces New Peril: Class Actions
Discussion: Blaze Media and Slate
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.
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 …
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
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Senate GOP faces ‘gut check time’ on axing global HIV program  —  Senate Republicans remain wary of eliminating the popular and successful global HIV/AIDS program PEPFAR, as they face down a July 18 deadline to vote on President Trump's first tranche of rescissions requests.
Hilary Hanson / HuffPost:
After Erasing ‘Trans’ References Under Trump, Stonewall Website Deletes Another Part Of LGBTQ  —  The National Park Service restored at least one mention following backlash about the quiet change.  —  Several months after the National Park Service removed several references to transgender people …
Discussion: Attitude, PinkNews and Advocate
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.
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
Discussion: Fortune
 
 
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Elise Sandlin / WITN:
Federal funding cuts hit local Voice of America employees
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Bannon warns GOP could lose 40 House seats over Epstein files
Discussion: HuffPost, Mediaite and New Republic
Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
State Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers in Trump's shake-up of diplomatic corps
Steve Chapman / The UnPopulist:
The Administration's Contempt for the Rule of Law Has Roots in the Pre-Civil Rights Era
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
An Angry Judge in the Abrego Garcia Case
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Axios:
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Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Gallup
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Trump's Crypto Firm Raised $52 Million—Likely Sending Millions To His Family, New Disclosure Reveals
Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
Flash Floods and Climate Policy
Associated Press:
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Discussion: UPI and WTOP News
Jesus Mesa / Newsweek:
The ‘Manosphere’ Starts to Turn on Trump
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Adam Pagnucco / Montgomery Perspective:
MoCo's Multifamily Construction Market Disappears
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