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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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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
US consumer prices increase as expected in June
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Financial Times:
US inflation reaches 2.7% as Trump tariffs hit
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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Media Matters for America, NPR, Barron's Online, Politico, Daily Caller News Foundation and UPI
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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Gary O'Donoghue / BBC:
I'm ‘disappointed but not done’ with Putin, Trump tells BBC
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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.
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Associated Press:
Trump urged supporters to see conspiracies everywhere. With Epstein, that's coming back to haunt him
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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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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
The Five MAGA Factions Waging an Epstein Civil War
The Five MAGA Factions Waging an Epstein Civil War
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Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Van Jones: Only ‘Weapons-Grade’ Stupid People Believe There Are No More Epstein Files
Van Jones: Only ‘Weapons-Grade’ Stupid People Believe There Are No More Epstein Files
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Axios, MeidasTouch News, The Hill and LewRockwell
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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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
House Republicans Block Release of Epstein Files
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Axios:
Trump admin faces GOP blowback in Congress over Epstein
Trump admin faces GOP blowback in Congress over Epstein
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: Thune barrels ahead on rescissions
Capitol agenda: Thune barrels ahead on rescissions
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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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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 …
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.
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Maga stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene criticizes Trump over Ukraine arms shipments — ‘MAGA did not vote for more weapons to Ukraine,’ the Georgia congresswoman wrote on X — Marjorie Taylor Greene has criticized Donald Trump over his new pledge to send “billions of dollars” …
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The Economist:
Fed up with Putin, Trump offers Ukraine arms and tariffs
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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’
NATO chief warns Russia's trading partners after Trump's 100% tariff threat: ‘You might want to call Vladimir’
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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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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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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.
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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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.
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 …
Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
Workers at the CFPB watch hopelessly as the GOP undoes the work they did to help consumers — The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But, in practice, the bureau has been mostly inoperable for nearly six months.
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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.
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 …
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 …
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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.
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 …
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Republicans renew a bid to remove noncitizens from the census tally behind voting maps — Republicans in Congress are reviving a controversial push to alter a key set of census numbers that are used to determine how presidents and members of the U.S. House of Representatives are elected.
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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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 14, 2025 — Trump appointees insist they have a “mandate” to drive undocumented immigrants out of the U.S. and prevent new immigrants from coming in, and are launching a massive increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and detention facilities to do so.
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Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Congress is advancing FY26 spending bills, including some with dramatic staffing cuts — Lawmakers in both chambers are moving forward with spending bills for fiscal 2026, most of which reject President Trump's most drastic cut proposals even as many include mandates to shed federal staff.
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