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Axios:
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 …
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein  —  Democrats also also seizing on an issue championed by the president's base and forced a nearly successful vote Tuesday to take up the issue on the House floor.  —  Summary3  —  One of the leading Republicans …
Associated Press:
With Epstein conspiracy theories, Trump faces a crisis of his own making  —  As his supporters erupt over the Justice Department's failure to release much-hyped records in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking investigation, President Donald Trump's strategy has been to downplay the issue.  His problem?
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
House Republicans Block Release of Epstein Files  —  Democrats are egging on the MAGA revolt over the Trump administration's decision to keep the lid on the government's files on the sex offender … Republicans have long stoked conspiracies about the disgraced financier's death …
Robert McCoy / New Republic:
Trump Spirals After Being Asked if His Name Is in Epstein Files
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House Judiciary Dems call for DOJ leaders to testify on Epstein fallout
Colby Smith / New York Times:
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 …
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Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal:
Inflation Picks Up to 2.7% as Tariffs Start to Seep Into Prices  —  Prices were up for furniture, clothing and other tariff-sensitive items  —  Inflation picked up in June, a potential sign that companies are starting to pass tariff costs on to consumers.  —  Consumer prices rose 2.7% …
Associated Press:
The tariff-driven inflation that economists feared begins to emerge  —  Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs push up the cost of a range of goods, including furniture, clothing, and large appliances.
ProPublica:
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 …
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Debbie Nathan / The Intercept:
ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court  —  ICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required.  —  INSIDE A FEDERAL immigration courtroom in New York City last month, a judge took an exceedingly unusual step …
Discussion: Salon, LAist and Raw Story
Washington Post:
ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings
Financial Times:
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 …
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
NATO chief warns Russia's trading partners after Trump's 100% tariff threat: ‘You might want to call Vladimir’
Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired:
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.”
Katie Pavlich / Townhall:
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 …
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Trump accuses Sen. Adam Schiff of mortgage fraud in new attack on critic
NBC News:
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.
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Comer subpoenas another former Biden aide in probe of autopen use, mental fitness
New York Times:
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 …
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
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 …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Trump Official Accused PEPFAR of Funding Abortions in Russia. It Wasn't True.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Hana Kiros / The Atlantic:
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food  —  Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.  —  Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order …
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Tom Sanders / The Daily Beast:   Trump Admin to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food for Children
CNN:
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.
Discussion: Axios, Sidebars and Reason
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Politico:
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 …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
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 …
Wired:
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.
James Hill / ABC News:
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 …
Paul Krugman:
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.
Omer Bartov / New York Times:
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.
 
 
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Spokesman.com:
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Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Some agencies are walking back planned layoffs, Trump administration says
Politico:
Senate confirms official who called Obama ‘a terrorist leader’ for Pentagon personnel chief
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Lauren Windsor / Rolling Stone:
How Texas Bullied Big Banks Into Dropping Their Climate Commitments
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Appeals Court Delays Decision on Contempt Plan in Venezuelan Migrant Deportation Case
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System
Discussion: Axios
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws
Discussion: Breitbart
Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Workers at the CFPB watch hopelessly as the GOP undoes the work they did to help consumers
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