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Politico:
Loomer delivers searing warning: Epstein could ‘consume’ Trump presidency … The debacle over a new government review of evidence relating to Epstein, the notorious sex offender, has blown up in recent days, causing a schism within Trump's MAGA movement over his administration's approach to the case.
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Rolling Stone:
Inside Trump's Frantic, Failing Mission to Crush the Epstein ‘MAGA Rebellion’  —  The president and his administration are telling supporters to forget about the convicted sex offender.  It isn't working … By the time it was over, the president had sustained more blowback and political damage …
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
“Um ... What?”  — Elon Musk Criticizes Trump's Epstein Files Hoax Claim  —  Musk: “There was a bedroom in the back of that plane”  —  Elon Musk, who broke with Trump over his deficit busting massive spending bill, continues to boost Epstein files criticism to his over 222 million followers.
MSNBC:
Trump told MAGA to be quiet about Jeffrey Epstein.  Fox News obeyed.  —  The president's media allies have mostly followed his marching orders.  —  President Donald Trump's allies at Fox News — and other major MAGA media figures — are obeying his marching orders to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein …
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Trump Goes Off On His Own MAGA Base: 'I Don't Want Their Support Anymore!'  —  Trump seems furious at the members of his own base criticizing his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, accusing them of falling prey to a “hoax” and declaring that he doesn't “want their support.”
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
Trump makes it personal with MAGA over Epstein … But the president's growing irritation with his supporters' Epstein theories and adamance that they're illegitimate is widening the most significant rift yet. … - “By continuing to go to war with the online MAGA class …
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
3 Scenarios That Explain the Epstein Debacle
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and Fox News
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump calls Epstein controversy ‘bullsh*t,’ says supporters who care about it are ‘weaklings’
New York Times:
Trump Has Drafted Letter to Fire Fed Chair and Asked Republicans if He Should  —  The president waved a copy of a draft letter firing Jerome H. Powell at a meeting in the Oval Office with House Republicans.  It remains to be seen whether he follows through with his threat.
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Likely to Fire Powell Soon, White House Official Says  —  President Donald Trump is likely to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell soon, a White House official said, and discussed the possible move in a meeting with congressional Republicans on Tuesday night.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump ‘likely’ will fire Fed Chair Powell ‘soon,’ White House official says  —  President Donald Trump told a room full of Republican lawmakers that he will fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, after receiving approval from them to make the move, a senior White House official told CNBC.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Denies He Is Planning to Attempt to Fire Powell
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump asked GOP lawmakers if he should fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell
NPR:
Senate set to debate cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid  —  The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump.  They're aimed at clawing back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
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Politico:
Trump puts out another fire for Johnson  —  IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — House tries again on crypto bills  — Senate vote-a-rama kicks off at 1:30 p.m.  — Johnson breaks with Trump on Epstein  —  THE GOP'S MAINE CONCERN — Senate Republicans need Susan Collins to seek a sixth term next year to hold the majority.
Politico:
Crypto bills stall again on House floor
Discussion: Roll Call and Forbes
Adam Cancryn / CNN:
RFK Jr. fires top aides in HHS shakeup  —  US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two of his top aides in an abrupt shakeup of the leadership at the nation's sprawling health department, two people familiar with the matter told CNN.
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Christina Jewett / New York Times:   Kennedy Fires Two Top Aides in Health Department Shake-Up
Washington Post:
DOJ hits states with broad requests for voter rolls, election data  —  Election clerks in both parties, already facing harassment and lawsuits over Trump's false 2020 election claims, worry about efforts to examine voting machines.  —  The Trump administration and its allies have launched …
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year  —  This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.  That is the fewest of any month since 1970, when the city began tracking monthly homicide numbers.  In the first six months of the year, homicides were down 22% compared to 2024, and non-fatal shootings were down 19%.
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump launches next round of third country deportations with new flight to Eswatini … The five deportees all have a criminal history, according to McLaughlin's post.  —  The Trump administration has made the practice of third country deportations a cornerstone of its immigration policy …
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Laura Strickler / NBC News:
Trump administration restarts third-country deportations with flight to Eswatini
New York Times:
Mamdani Says He Will ‘Discourage’ the Term ‘Globalize the Intifada’  —  Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the race for mayor of New York City, moved to distance himself from comments that sparked outrage during the primary.  —  For weeks, Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump's Favor, but Doesn't Say Why  —  In a series of terse, unsigned orders, the court has often been giving the green light to President Trump's agenda without a murmur of explanation.  —  In clearing the way for President Trump's efforts to transform American government …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 15, 2025  —  Without any explanation, the right-wing majority on the Supreme Court yesterday granted …
Discussion: New Republic and The Hill
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries  —  “I'm doing the equivalent of vibe coding, except it's vibe physics.” … Generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok have exploded in popularity as AI becomes mainstream.
Financial Times:
Donald Trump reaps $50bn tariff haul as world ‘chickens out’  —  Only China and Canada have retaliated against US president's tariff war  —  Peter Foster and Amy Borrett in London, Andy Bounds in Brussels and Ilya Gridneff in Ottawa  —  America's trading partners have largely failed …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and National Newswatch
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Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
‘Just look at what happened last time’: US exporters fear Trump trade war fallout
Discussion: Mediaite
Dell Cameron / Wired:
DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children  —  The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”  —  United States Senator Ron Wyden …
Discussion: Townhall and Breitbart
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Exclusive: Artist Slams DHS for Using Painting Without Permission  —  Trump's deportation forces did not ask to use Morgan Weistling's artwork  —  The Department of Homeland Security is under fire from an artist after posting a painting of a pioneer couple with a baby in a covered wagon …
Christopher Rufo / Manhattan Institute:
The Manhattan Statement on Higher Education  —  America's colleges and universities have long been the bright lights of our civilization.  For nearly four centuries, they have pioneered new fields of knowledge, brought the arts and sciences to new heights, and educated the men who built our republic.
Discussion: Washington Post
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Bill would prevent ICE from detaining or deporting U.S. citizens … But reports of citizens of Latino descent being detained — or stopped and asked to prove citizenship — are rippling through Latino communities nationwide.  — Critics say reports of ICE detaining citizens are instances …
Discussion: Talking Feds Substack
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Contracts Show Millions of Dollars and Diverted Disaster Resources Were Used to Build DeSantis' ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  —  TPM has obtained and analyzed over a dozen contracts and invoices related...
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ and Why Mass Deportation Is Doomed  —  LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO MAY 2011.  Then President Barack Obama, frustrated with what he took to be increasingly unreasonable demands from Republicans on immigration reform, joked that next they would demand a moat at the border—one stocked with alligators.
Joe Kottke / NBC News:
Trans girl housed in male unit has jaw broken at D.C. juvenile detention center  —  Officials said they've launched a “full review” after the Youth Services Center resident was transported to the hospital following the incident.  —  A transgender girl housed in a male unit of a Washington …
Nick Turse / The Intercept:
The Military Occupied LA for 40 Days and All They Did Was Detain One Guy  —  Thousands of federal troops have been deployed to Los Angeles since June 7 on the orders of President Donald Trump.  —  In the first 40 days of this military operation on U.S. soil, they have done vanishingly close to nothing.
Keith Gessen / New Yorker:
What Will Become of the C.I.A.?  —  The covert agency has long believed in the power of knowing one's enemy.  But these days the threats are coming from above.  —  In December, 1988, as the Soviet Union was beginning to come apart, Senator Bill Bradley, a member of the Senate Select Committee …
Veronica Riccobene / The Lever:
Buckle Up: Delta's Expanded Surge Pricing Could Signal Higher Fares  —  This is a web version of The Lever's daily email newsletter.  —  🔥 Today's Lever story: Google sabotaged its own phones in order to stamp out competitors and intensify customer surveillance.
Discussion: The Conversation
Jonathan Greenblatt / Fox News:
Will Zohran Mamdani protect all New Yorkers?  He owes the Jewish community an answer  —  Democratic candidate founded Students for Justice in Palestine chapter and sponsored controversial anti-Israel legislation  —  As New York City faces an unprecedented surge in antisemitism …
Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Shares of gun seller GrabAGun — backed by Donald Trump Jr. — tank after NYSE trading debut … Shares of the online firearms retaile r GrabAGun — whose shareholders and board members include Donald Trump Jr.— tanked on their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange following …
Discussion: Business Wire and The Independent
Nicole Markus / Politico:
Americans were following Trump's big legislative win closely — and they say they don't support it … The high initial disapproval of the law could be a warning sign for Republicans in the midterms, as the GOP faces a fierce fight to maintain their narrow majorities in Congress.
 
 
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Republican says he's been called ‘racist’ by House colleagues over Medicaid work requirements
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic:
The Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’
Discussion: Raw Story and Diane Ravitch's blog
The Hill:
Watch live: Trump to sign legislation targeting fentanyl trafficking
Discussion: Washington Examiner
L. Douglas Wilder School of Government …:
Commonwealth Poll: In Virginia governor's race, Democratic candidate Spanberger leads GOP's Earle-Sears, 49% to 37%
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, Domestic Adversaries Are Not Just Wrong, They Are ‘Evil’
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Trump just delivered a word salad speech that would've got Biden impeached
Steve Contorno / CNN:
Why Donald Trump is facing doubts in the ‘manosphere’
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Pam Bondi is breaking the DOJ
Alan Dershowitz / Wall Street Journal:
The Inside Scoop on Jeffrey Epstein
Discussion: Above the Law, Breitbart and Mediaite
Paul Krugman:
Hawks, Doves and Lapdogs
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reason
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