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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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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?
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House GOP blocks Dem maneuver to force release of Epstein files
Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Trump says Bondi should release ‘whatever she thinks is credible’ on Epstein
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.
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’
Reuters:
Exclusive: Putin, unfazed by Trump, will fight on and could take more of Ukraine
Discussion: Al Jazeera, CNN and The Daily Caller
Gary O'Donoghue / BBC:
I'm ‘disappointed but not done’ with Putin, Trump tells BBC
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
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.
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.”
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
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 …
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, Reason and Semafor
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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: Washington Post, LAist and Raw Story
Nicole Markus / Politico:
Trump wants five-seat pickup from redraw of Texas congressional map … Democrats currently control 12 of Texas's 38 congressional districts. … Putting more Republican voters in Democratic districts would make those races more competitive, but it also removes those voters …
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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 …
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump escalates revenge campaign with new attacks on Schiff  —  President Trump accused Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of mortgage fraud on Tuesday, calling Schiff a “scam artist” who “needs to be brought to justice.” … - “Adam Schiff said that his primary residence was in MARYLAND …
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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.
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 …
 
 
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Craig McCarthy / New York Post:
Mayor Adams to land massive endorsements in early days of independent re-election run
Discussion: New York Daily News
Austin Kocher:
ICE Arrest Surge in May and June Driven by Immigrants with No Criminal History
Lauren Windsor / Rolling Stone:
How Texas Bullied Big Banks Into Dropping Their Climate Commitments
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Appeals Court Delays Decision on Contempt Plan in Venezuelan Migrant Deportation Case
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Isabel Keane / The Independent:
Top Republicans says 2020 George Floyd riots were Biden's fault (despite Trump being president at the time)
Discussion: Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System
Discussion: Axios
Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Workers at the CFPB watch hopelessly as the GOP undoes the work they did to help consumers
Discussion: Associated Press
Associated Press:
Mike Waltz pledges to make UN ‘great again’ at Senate confirmation hearing
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 …
Bloomberg:
Bessent Suggests Powell Should Leave Fed Board in May
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Republicans renew a bid to remove noncitizens from the census tally behind voting maps
 

 
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The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

James Faris / Business Insider:
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