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11:40 AM ET, July 15, 2025

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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 …
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The Economist:
Fed up with Putin, Trump offers Ukraine arms and tariffs  —  America will supply air-defence missiles and may punish countries that trade with Russia  —  After his first post-election call with Vladimir Putin in February, Donald Trump gushed about the “great benefits” of a rapprochement …
Gary O'Donoghue / BBC:
I'm ‘disappointed but not done’ with Putin, Trump tells BBC
Victor Nava / New York Post:
NATO chief warns Russia's trading partners after Trump's 100% tariff threat: ‘You might want to call Vladimir’
New York Times:
Behind Trump's Tough Russia Talk, Doubts and Missing Details
Discussion: USA Today
Cameron Peters / Vox:
Trump's new Ukraine plan, briefly explained
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
How Putin Humiliated Trump
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump is flunking his Epstein test  —  For years he insisted on a deep-state plot that only he could expose.  Now he says there is nothing to show  —  Cult loyalty is blind until it isn't.  Donald Trump's populist truth test now seems to be at hand.  Whether or not the “Epstein files” exist is secondary.
Discussion: Alternet.org, The Guardian and Salon
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Charlie Kirk says 'I'm done talking about Epstein' after Trump called him over weekend
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Why Trump's Base Can't Let Go of Epstein
Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Van Jones: Only ‘Weapons-Grade’ Stupid People Believe There Are No More Epstein Files
Associated Press:
Trump urged supporters to see conspiracies everywhere. With Epstein, that's coming back to haunt him
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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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 …
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
US consumer prices increase as expected in June  —  U.S. consumer prices picked up in June, likely marking the start of a long-anticipated tariff-induced increase in inflation that has kept the Federal Reserve cautious about resuming its interest rate cuts.  —  The Consumer Price Index increased .3% …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House GOP blocks Dem maneuver to force release of Epstein files  —  House Republicans on Monday night voted against attaching a Democratic amendment to landmark cryptocurrency legislation that would force the Justice Department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Thune barrels ahead on rescissions  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he will bring the first procedural vote to the floor Tuesday on the White House's request to claw back $9.4 billion in spending.  It's not clear he has even the 51 votes necessary to start debate on the package.
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 …
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 …
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
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Latest Gift to Trump Is a Dark Turning Point
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Alexander Abnos / The Guardian:
Trump says Club World Cup trophy will remain in Oval Office after tournament's end  — US president was given trophy earlier this year  — Chelsea won newly expanded tournament on Sunday  —  Donald Trump has claimed that the Club World Cup trophy that has featured prominently …
Discussion: The Independent and MSNBC
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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
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.
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
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.
NPR:
Trump's Brazil tariffs are ‘grotesquely illegal,’ says Nobel Prize-winning economist  —  President Trump's threat to impose higher tariffs on Brazil is “grotesquely illegal,” says Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman.  —  Brazil was among the countries Trump threatened with tariffs in letters posted to social media last week.
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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.
Bloomberg:
Bessent Suggests Powell Should Leave Fed Board in May  —  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell should step down from the central bank's board when his term as chair is up in May 2026.  —  “Traditionally, the Fed chair also steps down as a governor …
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Rebecca Patterson / New York Times:
If You Like 35 Percent Inflation, Go Ahead, Fire the Fed Chair
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.
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.
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws  —  In court filings and dismissal letters, the Justice Department's political leadership claims sweeping authority to fire career law enforcement officials without cause.  —  The Justice Department is accelerating …
Discussion: The Daily Signal
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 …
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
GOP Wrecking Ball Slams Through Medical System  —  Hospitals are shutting down, slashing programs, and laying off staff.  And the worst parts of the spending law haven't even hit yet.  —  Demonstrators protest President Donald Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts package, June 30, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
Discussion: Axios
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 …
 
 
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Paul Krugman:
For MAGA, Ignorance is Strength
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Former Jan. 6 committee lawyer running for Congress in Trump district
Discussion: MSNBC and NBC News
Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Employees at the nation's consumer financial watchdog say it's become toothless under Trump
Mark Hertsgaard / The Nation:
Trump Is the Confederacy's Revenge
Farnoush Amiri / Associated Press:
Mike Waltz to face grilling over Signal chat at Senate hearing for UN role
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Trump betrays his conspiracy-addled base
Discussion: The Bulwark
Bill Gates / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Aid for Global Health Is Saving Lives
Discussion: Raw Story
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Republicans renew a bid to remove noncitizens from the census tally behind voting maps
Axios:
Trump's new wall: His push to oust legal U.S. residents
Discussion: UPI and CBS News
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Trump administration says it won't publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised
Discussion: The Hill and Straight Arrow News