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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.
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Axios, The Parnas Perspective, Associated Press and CBS News
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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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Senate Republican: ‘America is safer with Pam Bondi as attorney general’
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NewsMax.com and Washington Times
David French / New York Times:
MAGA Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Jeffrey Epstein
MAGA Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Jeffrey Epstein
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New York Sun, No More Mister Nice Blog, Raw Story, The Mahablog, Michael-In-Norfolk, Mediaite and Fox News
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Sen. Rand Paul sees ‘cultural cover-up’ about Trump shooting last July … The breakdown in security led to Trump's ear being grazed by one of the bullets. Fire chief Corey Comperatore was killed, and two others were wounded before a Secret Service sniper fatally shot 20-year-old Thomas Crooks.
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NewsMax.com, New York Post, NPR, CBS News, Washington Examiner, ABC News, RedState, News Talk 105.9 WMAL and Fox News
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Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs:
Chairman Rand Paul Releases Final Report Detailing Secret Service Failures in Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump
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USA Today, CBS News, Rolling Stone, Axios, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, The Guardian, Mother Jones, New York Times, Daily Mail, Must Read Alaska, New York Post, Associated Press, Reuters, The Hill, NBC News, The Post Millennial, United States Senate Committee …, The Independent, Politico and Washington Times
Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
Bondi Fires Her Personal Ethics Chief as DOJ Purge Continues — Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired her personal ethics adviser, removing the Justice Department's top official responsible for counseling the most senior political appointees, according to two people familiar with the move.
Carlos Monarrez / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers players aren't worried about deportation but union suggests they carry documents — The MLBPA advises players to carry documentation and offers support regarding immigration issues. — Even high-profile athletes are not immune to immigration issues, as demonstrated by recent cases.
Perry Vandell / Arizona Republic:
Gov. Hobbs demands inquiry into federal response to Grand Canyon Lodge fire — Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned the federal government's handling of the Dragon Bravo Fire, which destroyed numerous structures on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, including the historic Grand Canyon Lodge.
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Associated Press, UPI and Straight Arrow News
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, RedState, The Guardian, UPI, Mediaite, NewsMax.com and MSNBC
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Noem fights criticism of FEMA management in Texas flood response
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New York Post, NewsMax.com, IJR, USA Today, Salon, Washington Times, Raw Story and Mediaite
Avery Lotz / Axios:
What we know about the shooting at a Kentucky church — A now-deceased suspect shot a member of law enforcement Sunday in Fayette County, Kentucky, before fleeing to a Baptist church, leaving multiple victims, according to state officials. … - The trooper who was shot and others …
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Reuters, UPI, Todd Starnes, Washington Times, New York Times, Associated Press, Townhall, One America News Network, Mediaite, New York Daily News, Salon, Straight Arrow News, The Gateway Pundit, Metro.co.uk, RedState, CBS News, The Post Millennial, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, Fox News and WTOP News
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Booed By Soccer Fans at FIFA World Cup Final — The president was in New Jersey for the final of the U.S.-hosted tournament. — SUPES RISE TO THE TOP — This marks yet another victory for Warner Bros. following a series of box office flops. — SHOP WITH SCOUTED — CHEERS
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 …
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Newsweek and Off the Kuff
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Head of Trump's economic council circles around questions on 50 percent tariff on Brazil … “With most countries, it's really about us getting the tariffs in order, and I think this tariff on Brazil is higher because of the president's frustration with Bolsonaro,” Hassett said.
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ABC News, Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Washington Times and The Independent
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
A clinic blames its closing on Trump's Medicaid cuts. Patients don't buy it. — A clinic in rural Nebraska has become a political flash point after tying its looming closure to Trump's law cutting Medicaid. — CURTIS, Nebraska — The only health clinic here is shutting down …
Rebecca Solnit / Meditations in an Emergency:
Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning — The United States is being destroyed from within, and mainstream journalism isn't making that clear. When I was a kid, there was a popular phrase—"what if they had a war and no one came?" What if we were in a war and no one noticed?
New York Post:
Andrew Cuomo set to run as an independent in NYC mayoral race — but there's a catch — Andrew Cuomo is expected to announce plans to stay in the New York City Mayoral race as an independent, despite his stunning loss to socialist Zohran Mamdani — with critics blasting the disgraced ex-governor as a …
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NewsNation, Fox News, Instapundit, NewsMax.com and The Post Millennial
New York Times:
Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions That Were Recorded With Autopen … Toward the end of his term as president, Joseph R. Biden Jr. reduced the sentences of nearly 4,000 federal convicts and pre-emptively pardoned dozens of politically prominent people he saw as potential targets …
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Axios, The Hill, Fox News and The Daily Caller
Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
Trump says US will send Patriot missiles to Ukraine: ‘They desperately need’ them — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said the United States will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine that will be reimbursed for by the European Union, offering critical help to Kyiv as it battles an onslaught of Russian drone attacks.
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Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Kyiv Independent, The Independent, NewsMax.com and The Japan Times
Hanif Abdurraqib / New Yorker:
Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are in on the Joke — What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear. — I sometimes say that I consider myself a junior-varsity Muslim. Whether this comes off as a joke or as an invitation for scolding (spoken or unspoken …
Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Justice Department Drops Case Against Plastic Surgeon Over Fake Covid-19 Cards — Attorney General Pam Bondi said she had ordered the dismissal of charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of selling bogus vaccination cards for $50 each. — The Justice Department has dismissed charges …
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The Hill, The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money, USA Today, American Thinker, CBS News, New York Post, Raw Story, Newsweek, Deseret News, Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
Economists See Lower Recession Risk and Stronger Job Growth: WSJ Survey — Forecasters nudge up growth, trim inflation estimates as tariffs prove lower, less costly than expected in April. — The economic fallout from President Trump's policies may prove less dire than feared.
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NewsMax.com and Semafor
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.
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The Guardian, Mother Jones, Politico, Bloomberg, Reuters, NewsMax.com, WTOP News, UPI and The Hill
Ken Klippenstein:
I Triggered Another Federal Investigation — I'm committed to providing you with documents other media refuse to publish; but I can only do that with your help. Funding hasn't been great lately - please become a paid subscriber! — The California National Guard cut off soldier access …
