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3:15 PM ET, July 13, 2025

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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
MAGA cares more about Jeffrey Epstein than dying without Medicaid, which explains everything  —  The first week of July was one that shook MAGA World — the solid base of the 77 million voters who last fall restored the Donald Trump regime to power — to its very core.In Washington …
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David French / New York Times:
MAGA Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Jeffrey Epstein  —  Last week President Trump's Department of Justice delivered a blow to one of the foundational beliefs of the MAGA movement, one that helped carry him back to the White House.  —  In an unsigned memorandum, the department declared …
NBC News:
Trump faces a revolt from his MAGA base over the Epstein files  —  The Epstein files — and calls for Attorney General Pam Bondi to be fired — dominated a conservative conference in Tampa this weekend.  —  TAMPA, Fla. — On the weekend President Donald Trump decided to pick his biggest political fight …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Senate Republican: ‘America is safer with Pam Bondi as attorney general’
Discussion: Washington Times
New York Times:
Trump Pleads With Followers to Back Bondi in Dispute Over Epstein Inquiry
Miami Herald:
Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns  —  Hundreds of immigrants with no criminal charges in the United States are being held at Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility state and federal officials have characterized as a place where “vicious” …
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Miami Herald:
Is your family member or client at Alligator Alcatraz?  We obtained a list  —  The Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times has obtained a list of more than 700 people who have been detained or appear to be scheduled to be sent to the Florida-run immigration detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz.
Washington Post:
ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens  —  The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of people being sent to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.  —  Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries
Discussion: UPI and Slate
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says Trump wants FEMA ‘remade,’ not dismantled  —  Noem and Trump have previously floated getting rid of the agency, which administers emergency relief.  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that President Donald Trump wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
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New York Times:
Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response  —  As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government's disaster capabilities.  —  In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Trump …
Discussion: Newsweek
Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs:
Chairman Rand Paul Releases Final Report Detailing Secret Service Failures in Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump  —  Report Reveals Inexcusable Negligence, Communication Breakdowns, Systemic Weaknesses, and Limited Accountability  —  Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) …
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 7-13-25: White House NEC Director Kevin Hassett  —  Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council speaks with ABC News on “This Week” from Washington, April 6, 2025. … (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)  —  DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I think he's done a terrible job.
Discussion: CNBC, Washington Times and The Guardian
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
From Science to Diversity, Trump Hits the Reverse Button on Decades of Change  —  President Trump has moved aggressively to reopen long-settled issues and to dismantle long-established institutions as he tries to return to what he considers better times.  —  NEWS ANALYSIS
Wall Street Journal:
China Gets More Airtime Around the World as Voice of America Signs Off  —  Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after Trump's March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
DOJ drops charges against Utah doctor accused of throwing away COVID vaccines, distributing fake vaccination cards  —  The Justice Department moved to dismiss charges against a Utah plastic doctor charged in connection with a COVID-19 fraud scheme, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Saturday.
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump's paranoid security state  —  America's top national security agencies have been using polygraph tests, seeking employees' communications and threatening criminal investigations, all in the name of ferreting out leakers or ensuring loyalty. … - Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino …
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
American Allies Want to Redraw the World's Trade Map, Minus the U.S.  —  Facing growing chaos, the European Union and numerous other countries are seeking to forge a global trading nexus that is less vulnerable to American tariffs.  —  Trade chaos is forcing America's allies closer together, and further from the United States.
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
How DOGE's reckless cuts created chaos at the Social Security Administration  —  Staff reassignments are not going to fix the growing problems at the agency.  —  The Trump administration's colossal cuts to the Social Security Administration in the name of “efficiency” are sowing chaos and dysfunction throughout the agency.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
America Would Be Better Off If Trump Won in 2020  —  When Donald Trump's megabill passed the Senate, consummating nearly a half-year of aggressively reactionary policymaking by the 47th president, a colleague commented that “it's like the Biden presidency never happened.”
Discussion: Fox News and Althouse
Donald Judd / CNN:
Trump says he's considering revoking Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship, reigniting decades-long feud  —  President Donald Trump reignited a decades-long feud with comedian Rosie O'Donnell Saturday, taking to his Truth Social platform to write he was considering revoking her citizenship.
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
How the Trump shooting supercharged beliefs in a divine right of MAGA  —  Donald Trump and many of his followers have described the rally as a mass spiritual awakening, promoting the belief that Trump enacts God's will.  —  Summary286  —  CONNOQUENESSING, Pa. — On the road from Pittsburgh to Butler …
 
 
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
A clinic blames its closing on Trump's Medicaid cuts. Patients don't buy it.
Jeff Coltin / Politico:
As Mamdani looks to City Hall, de Blasio reemerges
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he'll ‘take a look’ at running for president
Discussion: The Hill
Financial Times:
Crypto companies race to secure banking foothold in US
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
U.S. Subpoenas Governor Who Said He Would House Migrant at His Home
Emily Peck / Axios:
Federal workers face mass firings this summer after Supreme Court ruling
 Earlier Items: 
Sam Baker / Axios:
Trump wins big on the Supreme Court's “shadow docket”
Charles Homans / New York Times:
Democrats Lost Voters on Transgender Rights. Winning Them Back Won't Be Easy.
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
California farmworker dies after chaotic federal immigration raid, family says
New York Times:
‘Egregious.’ Brazen.' ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump's Actions, in Their Own Words
Discussion: American Thinker and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Lawmakers visit ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after being blocked
 

 
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