House GOP blocks second Dem attempt to release Epstein files  —  House Republicans on Tuesday voted down another Democratic procedural maneuver aimed at forcing the Justice Department to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. … - Democrats are already promising future votes …

U.S. Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump's Tariffs Pushed Up Prices  —  The Consumer Price Index rose 2.7 percent from a year ago, as the global trade war started to bite.  —  Inflation accelerated in June as President Trump's tariffs started to leave a bigger imprint on the economy …

How Elon Musk's X is fueling the MAGA-Trump split … But Musk bears a deeper responsibility for the mess as well, say experts in online speech — and for whatever damage it inflicts on Trump's coalition.  A huge amount of the infighting has unfurled on X, from Musk's initial accusations …

The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out  —  Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips.  The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”

Did Adam Schiff Commit Mortgage Fraud?  —  Posting on Truth Social Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump accused California Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of committing mortgage fraud.  —  “I have always suspected Shifty Adam Shiff was a scam artist.  And now I learn that Fannie Mae's …

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers' Data With ICE  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  The Internal Revenue Service is building a computer program …

ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court  —  Inside a federal immigration courtroom in New York City last month, a judge took an exceedingly unusual step: declining to state the name of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney pressing to deport asylum seekers.

Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’  —  Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation  —  Thomas, a 35-year-old tech worker and father of three from Ireland …

Global AIDS funding to be pulled from Trump clawbacks request  —  Senate Republicans will scale back the White House's $9.4 billion spending clawback request as they look to shore up their vote count.  Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), who is leading the rescissions effort in concert with the White House …

Donald Trump asked Volodymyr Zelenskyy if Ukraine could hit Moscow, say people briefed on call  —  US president encouraged Ukrainian leader to step up deep strikes on Russia  —  Christopher Miller in Kyiv, Henry Foy in Brussels and Max Seddon in Berlin  —  Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine …

Democrats Broach Potential Walkout to Block Texas Redistricting  —  Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told Texas Democrats on a call on Tuesday that the moment required everyone to take extraordinary actions.  —  National Democratic leaders are encouraging state Democrats …

More than 75 former judges urge Senate committee to reject Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove  —  More than 75 former federal and state judges on Tuesday called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the nomination of Emil Bove, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, to a prestigious appeals court judgeship.

Federal agents describe unusual run-up to arrests of Pro-Palestinian academics … The agents appeared as witnesses for the government at an ongoing trial in Boston on a lawsuit claiming the Trump administration is implementing an “ideological deportation policy” that targets non-citizens …

Lead investigator into Biden's use of an autopen signed letters with a digital signature  —  House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., used a digital signature to send out letters and subpoena notices related to the Biden autopen investigation.

US military to remove 2,000 National Guard troops from Los Angeles  —  U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of 2,000 National Guard troops who had been sent to Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel during a spate of protests last month, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

Elizabeth Warren Exposes All The Corporate Money Flowing To Trump's Presidential Library  —  Paramount, Meta and X are among the companies giving tens of millions of dollars to Trump's future library as they seek perks from his administration.  —  WASHINGTON — Companies hoping …

Trump Makes Bonkers New Threat Against AOC and Jasmine Crockett  —  PROJECTION  —  Boasting that he had “aced” an intelligence test, the president said, “Now it's time for them to take a test.”  —  President Donald Trump wants to hand out IQ tests to Democratic representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …

Spokane ICE protesters, including Stuckart, arrested by federal agents  —  Federal agents on Tuesday morning arrested and searched the homes of multiple people who took part in a June 11 mass protest against immigration enforcement in Spokane.  —  Among those arrested was former Spokane …

The Enshittification of American Power  —  First Google and Facebook, then the world.  Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.  —  For decades, allies of the United States lived comfortably amid the sprawl of American hegemony.

DOJ urges Supreme Court to turn away Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal  —  The former Jeffrey Epstein associate is currently serving a 20-year sentence.  —  Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising …

For MAGA, Ignorance is Strength  —  Research cuts aren't about shrinking government, they're about killing science  —  I start almost every morning the same way.  First I start the coffee brewing.  Then I feed Jack, our cat.  Then I fire up the weather app on my phone, to help plan my day.

A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers  —  The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.

I'm a Genocide Scholar.  I Know It When I See It.  —  A month after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, I believed there was evidence that the Israeli military had committed war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity in its counterattack on Gaza.