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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 …
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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 …
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Associated Press:
With Epstein conspiracy theories, Trump faces a crisis of his own making
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Johnson breaks with Trump, calls for DOJ to release Epstein files
Johnson breaks with Trump, calls for DOJ to release Epstein files
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House Judiciary Dems call for DOJ leaders to testify on Epstein fallout
House Judiciary Dems call for DOJ leaders to testify on Epstein fallout
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump is flunking his Epstein test
Trump is flunking his Epstein test
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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% …
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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.
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Financial Times:
US inflation reaches 2.7% as Trump tariffs hit
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation picks up again in June, rising at 2.7% annual rate
Inflation picks up again in June, rising at 2.7% annual rate
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
US consumer prices increase as expected in June
US consumer prices increase as expected in June
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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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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump escalates revenge campaign with new attacks on Schiff
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
Donald Trump Calls for Prosecution of Senator Adam Schiff
Donald Trump Calls for Prosecution of Senator Adam Schiff
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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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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
Comer subpoenas another former Biden aide in probe of autopen use, mental fitness
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Debbie Nathan / The Intercept:
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.
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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 …
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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.
Trump Official Accused PEPFAR of Funding Abortions in Russia. It Wasn't True.
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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 …
Victor Nava / New York Post:
NATO chief warns Russia's trading partners after Trump's 100% tariff threat: ‘You might want to call Vladimir’ — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned world leaders trading with Moscow on Monday that they should consider ringing Russian President Vladimir Putin and push him toward peace …
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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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Nicole Markus / Politico:
Trump wants five-seat pickup from redraw of Texas congressional map
Trump wants five-seat pickup from redraw of Texas congressional map
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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.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Republicans confirm the first judge of Trump's second term — and she's a doozy
Republicans confirm the first judge of Trump's second term — and she's a doozy
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Tom Sanders / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food for Children — The Trump administration has ordered 500 metric tons of emergency food aid—enough to feed 1.5 million malnourished children for a week—to be incinerated tomorrow rather than be distributed as part of its ongoing purge of USAID.
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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 …
Spokesman.com:
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 …
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.
Reuters:
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.
