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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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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with Trump on Epstein  —  Democrats also also seizing on an issue championed by the president's base and forced a nearly successful vote Tuesday to take up the issue on the House floor.  —  Summary3  —  One of the leading Republicans …
Politico:
Playbook: Bizarro World  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  Happy Tuesday morning.  I'm Adam Wren.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — Could the key to another House GOP majority be supporting a central Obamacare provision?  We have exclusive new polling.
Politico:
‘The powerful protecting the powerful’: Democrats see an opening on Epstein … “I just want to remind the American people that in February of this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi acknowledged the existence of Jeffrey Epstein's client list.  In fact, she said that Jeffrey Epstein's client list …
New York Times:
Rising Inflation Underscores Risks in Trump's New Tariff Threats  —  New data showing price increases last month could foreshadow even higher costs if the president imposes steep tariffs on Aug. 1.  —  President Trump's steep tariffs have started to weigh on consumers' wallets …
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Bloomberg:
Hassett Grabs Pole Position in Race to Be Trump's New Fed Chair  —  Kevin Hassett, one of President Donald Trump's longest-serving economic aides, is the early frontrunner to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chief next year, according to people familiar with the process.
David Uberti / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Effect Starts to Show Up in Economy
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House agrees to exempt PEPFAR from cuts  —  Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told reporters after meeting with Senate Republicans Tuesday that the White House is on board with a substitute amendment to the rescissions package that would exempt PEPFAR, the global anti-AIDS initiative from cuts.
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Politico:
Global AIDS funding to be pulled from Trump clawbacks request
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
Senate advances bill with Vance's help to slash $9 billion from budget
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.”
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
Associated Press:
Trump tells Texas Republicans to redraw the state congressional map to help keep House majority  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state's congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader effort …
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New York Times:
Democrats Broach Potential Walkout to Block Texas Redistricting
Andrew Solender / Axios:   Scoop: House Dems seek to bypass GOP on ending Trump tariffs
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Resumes Third-Country Deportation Flights  —  The five migrants on the latest flight, all from different countries, were sent to Eswatini, a small nation in southern Africa.  —  The Trump administration sent five migrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos …
Discussion: New Yorker and WUSA
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NBC News:
ICE may deport some migrants to ‘third countries’ without assurances they won't be tortured, memo says
Discussion: UPI and Reuters
Washington Post:
NIH official fired amid probe of contract used to potentially hire spouse, officials say  —  NIH chief operating officer Eric Schnabel was fired as officials were looking into whether a $3.3 million contract could have benefited his spouse.  —  Summary136  —  A senior National Institutes …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jack Healy / New York Times:
A Scion of Democratic Politics Defeats the Upstarts in an Arizona Primary  —  Adelita Grijalva beat back charges of “legacy” and embraced the memory of her father, Raúl Grijalva, to win the Democratic primary for the House seat opened by his death.  —  The Mamdani momentum withered …
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Sareen Habeshian / Axios:
Pentagon withdraws 2,000 California National Guard troops from LA
Spokesman.com:
Spokane ICE protesters, including Stuckart, arrested by federal agents  —  Federal agents on Tuesday morning arrested and searched the homes of multiple people who took part in a June 11 mass protest against immigration enforcement in Spokane.  —  Among those arrested was former Spokane …
Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump, 79, forgets who is with him on Pittsburgh trip as rambling talk includes unlikely Unabomber story  —  Oldest person to ever serve as president claimed to have discussed Unabomber Ted Kaczynski with MIT professor uncle who died in 1985 … President Donald Trump delivered a rambling speech …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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Megan Mineiro / New York Times:
Hawley Aims to Roll Back Medicaid Cuts He Voted for Just Two Weeks Ago  —  The Republican senator introduced a bill Tuesday that would block restrictions on key strategies that states rely on to finance Medicaid and double a rural hospital fund.  —  Senator Josh Hawley introduced legislation …
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
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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.
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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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Trump accuses Sen. Adam Schiff of mortgage fraud in new attack on critic
Steve Rosenberg / BBC:
Russia more relieved than rattled by US tariff threat  —  In the Oval Office on Monday, Donald Trump was talking tough, announcing new US arms shipments to Ukraine paid for by European governments, and threatening new tariffs which, if imposed, would hit Russia's war chest.
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump threatens ‘very significant’ Russia sanctions, bashes ‘all talk’ Putin
Jessica Riedl:
When the Online Mob Came After Me—and My Kids  —  Over the past few weeks, I—and my family—have been subject to an aggressive internet harassment campaign.  Thousands of strangers have smeared my name, sent insane direct messages, and made more than a few death threats.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Initiates Trade Investigation of Brazil  —  The United States has begun investigating Brazil's trade practices and “anti-corruption interference,” after the president's criticisms of Brazil's treatment of Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.  —  The Trump administration initiated …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Scoop: RFK Jr.'s PAC stirs, fueling speculation on a 2028 campaign … - A 2028 presidential campaign wasn't explicitly discussed, but two people with knowledge of the call came away believing it was a step toward another campaign for Kennedy, whose long-shot run in 2024 wound up helping Donald Trump to victory.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Mamdani for Mayor (if You Want to Help the Republicans)  —  Two groups must be especially thrilled by the prospect of Zohran Mamdani becoming New York's next mayor.  —  The first: young, progressive-leaning voters who gave the charismatic 33-year-old State Assembly member his come …
Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Trump Makes Bonkers New Threat Against AOC and Jasmine Crockett  —  PROJECTION  —  Boasting that he had “aced” an intelligence test, the president said, “Now it's time for them to take a test.”  —  President Donald Trump wants to hand out IQ tests to Democratic representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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 …
 
 
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