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8:15 AM ET, July 15, 2025

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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
The Five MAGA Factions Waging an Epstein Civil War  —  The Leopard Will Eat the Face  —  TRUMP WORLD FELL INTO CHAOS just before the weekend, as the shock from the Justice Department's Jeffrey Epstein memo continued to reverberate.  Donald Trump's initial response—a long Saturday-afternoon post …
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Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Charlie Kirk says 'I'm done talking about Epstein' after Trump called him over weekend  —  The president reportedly called up influential right-wing media personalities and asked them to pull back on their criticism of Pam Bondi amid the continued uproar over the Epstein memo
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Trump's Jeffrey Epstein post contradicts what top Fox hosts have argued  —  Just months ago, Trump allies claimed the deep state hid the “Epstein Files.”  Trump now claims that they were fabricated all along.  —  President Donald Trump claimed Sunday that the “Epstein Files” …
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Why Trump Can't Make the Epstein Story Go Away
CNN:
Bongino still in limbo as Trump fumes and JD Vance seeks to play mediator, sources say
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Why Trump's Base Can't Let Go of Epstein
Discussion: LewRockwell and Raw Story
Daniel Boguslaw / Rolling Stone:
Jeffrey Epstein Hired Private Investigators to Intimidate FBI Agents: Officials
Discussion: Associated Press
Cameron Peters / Vox:
Trump's new Ukraine plan, briefly explained  —  NATO countries will buy weapons from the US — and deliver them to Ukraine. … Trump said on Monday that NATO countries will start buying US weaponry to deliver to Ukraine.  While the US has been supplying Ukraine directly …
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Gary O'Donoghue / BBC:
I'm ‘disappointed but not done’ with Putin, Trump tells BBC  —  Donald Trump has said that he is disappointed but not done with Vladimir Putin, in an exclusive phone call with the BBC.  —  The US president was pressed on whether he trusts the Russian leader, and replied: “I trust almost no-one.”
New York Times:
Behind Trump's Tough Russia Talk, Doubts and Missing Details  —  Pentagon officials said details were still being worked out, and experts doubted Mr. Trump's threat of huge tariffs for Russian trading partners.  —  President Trump's new plan to send weapons to Ukraine and his simultaneous threat …
Discussion: USA Today, Slate and Scripps News
Alberto Nardelli / Bloomberg:
Trump Lobs the Ukraine Ball Into Putin's Court
Discussion: The Japan Times
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump's Cuts to the Education Department  —  The move by the justices represents an expansion of executive power, allowing President Trump to dismantle the inner workings of a government department.  —  The Supreme Court agreed on Monday that the Trump administration …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
Steve Vladeck / One First:   167. The Inconsistent Court Strikes Again
Washington Post:   Supreme Court allows deep layoffs at Education Department for now
Punchbowl News:
7/15/25 ☀️ AM: … FEC filings are due today.  Buckle up.  —  The speaker has transferred more than $14 million to the NRCC.  He's also funneled $10.5 million directly to individual House Republicans, the most ever by a GOP speaker, his team says.
Discussion: NPR
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Politico:
Senate Republicans scramble to lock down support for Trump's spending clawbacks
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Roll Call and Semafor
Associated Press:
Thomas Massie, GOP congressman who broke with Trump, reports strong fundraising
Discussion: Cincinnati.com and Axios
Politico:
Key Senate Republican to meet with Trump on funding clawback request
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Trump Kept Gold Club World Cup Trophy for Himself So FIFA Had to Give the Winners a Replica  —  OWN GOAL  —  Trump took every opportunity to make the new, expanded soccer tournament all about himself.  —  President Trump has revealed that the champions of the Club World Cup won't be getting …
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Andy Hampson / Yahoo News:
Confusion as Donald Trump joins Chelsea on stage after Club World Cup win
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Dee-Ann Durbin / Associated Press:
US imposes a 17% duty on fresh Mexican tomatoes in hopes of boosting domestic production  —  The U.S. government said Monday it is immediately placing a 17% duty on most fresh Mexican tomatoes after negotiations ended without an agreement to avert the tariff.
Discussion: CBS News and Boston Herald
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Washington Post:
ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings  —  A memo from ICE's acting director instructs officers to hold immigrants who entered the country illegally “for the duration of their removal proceedings,” which can take months or years.
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 …
Max Kozlov / Nature:
Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities … - Max Kozlov  —  Search author on:  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will soon disinvite dozens of scientists who were about to take positions …
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Trump administration says it won't publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised  —  The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people.
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Landlord seeks to evict Republican congressman over unpaid rent at D.C. apartment  —  Florida Rep. Cory Mills is accused of failing to pay $85,000 in rent between March and July.  He said a faulty online payment link is the problem, and that he has sought to resolve the issue.
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.
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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Foreign journalists in the U.S. are self-censoring to protect themselves from the Trump administration
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Dinesh D'Souza Tells Viewers It's ‘Time to Move On’ From Epstein: ‘They Have Closed the Case’
Jason Altmire / Wall Street Journal:
The Pragmatic ‘60 Minutes’ Settlement
Discussion: Alternet.org
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House Democratic leaders won't whip against crypto bills
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