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7:30 AM ET, July 17, 2025

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Erica Orden / Politico:
Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey and prosecutor of Jeffrey Epstein, is fired … In recent weeks, President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi have faced a firestorm of criticism over their decision not to release additional files related to Epstein, the disgraced financier …
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Associated Press:
Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director  —  The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a veteran federal prosecutor who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein …
Kara Scannell / CNN:
Maurene Comey, federal prosecutor in Epstein case, fired from SDNY  —  Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, has been fired from her job in the Southern District of New York, according to people familiar with the situation.
Discussion: Associated Press and New York Sun
New York Times:
Manhattan Prosecutor Who Handled Epstein Cases Is Fired  —  Maurene Comey, who is the daughter of the former F.B.I. director James Comey, worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.  —  Santul Nerkar and Maggie Haberman
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Fires Ghislaine Maxwell Prosecutor Maurene Comey  —  Daughter of former FBI Director James Comey had also worked on the cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs  —  The Justice Department on Wednesday fired federal prosecutor Maurene Comey …
Drew Magary / SFGATE:
Jeez, I wonder why Trump won't release the Epstein files  —  SFGATE columnist Drew Magary unpacks what could be the biggest scandal of our time  —  When Donald Trump doesn't want to talk about something, that usually means that we need to talk about it.  That's especially true of the president's …
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Elon Musk Blows Major Hole in Trump's Epstein ‘Hoax’ Theory  —  ‘WOW’  —  Trump's former right-hand man is defiantly refusing to let the Jeffrey Epstein story go away.  —  Elon Musk went on a posting spree Wednesday afternoon to slam President Donald Trump's claim that the so-called “Epstein Files” are a lefty-created hoax.
Matt Lavietes / NBC News:
Ghislaine Maxwell's family appeals to Trump amid battle over Epstein files
Tal Axelrod / Axios:
Trump makes it personal with MAGA over Epstein
Washington Post:
Senate approves Trump's bill to cut spending, sending it to the House  —  The legislation hands the Trump administration a victory in its ongoing power struggle with Congress over federal spending.  The bill now heads to the House.  —  Summary170  —  The Senate narrowly approved President …
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Politico:
Trump world searches for off-ramp on Epstein  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  On this morning's Playbook Podcast, Adam Wren and Dasha Burns talk about President Donald Trump's frustrations over the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein saga, how seriously to take the special counsel rumors …
Punchbowl News:
7/17/25 ☀️ AM: … “If Texas goes, we are going.”
Discussion: Mother Jones and Lone Star Left
Washington Post:   Democrats try a new tone: Less scripted, more cursing, Trumpier insults
Wall Street Journal:
Don't Fire Jerome Powell, Mr. President  —  Whatever the Fed chief's errors, canning him early would be worse.  —  It's often hard to know when President Trump is serious about something, or merely creating a distraction.  But in case he really meant it this week when he told Republican lawmakers …
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Sarah Ewall-Wice / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Can't Remember Appointing His Own Fed Chair  —  ‘BIDEN DID THAT!’  —  The president blamed Joe Biden for selecting Jerome Powell as the U.S. Central Bank head when it was in fact him who made the appointment.  —  President Donald Trump was raging against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell …
New York Times:
Trump Has Drafted Letter to Fire Fed Chair and Asked Republicans if He Should
Jeffrey Toobin / New York Times:
Trump's Plans to Put Emil Bove on the Supreme Court  —  The nomination of Emil Bove III to a federal appeals court suggests that President Trump has a new prototype and a new agenda when it comes to the law: Out with the eggheads and in with the street fighters.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Raw Story and Salon
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Tim Balk / New York Times:
900 Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Bove as Federal Appeals Judge
Discussion: New York Sun
Diana Nerozzi / New York Post:
Trump says Coca-Cola agreed to use real cane sugar in US drinks: 'It's just better!'  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was on a sugar high Wednesday, announcing that Coca-Cola would soon include the real sweet stuff in its US-sold beverages.  —  “I have been speaking to Coca-Cola …
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar in its US flagship drink. The company isn't confirming that
Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
EXCLUSIVE: Memo Reveals D.C. Judges Are Predisposed Against Trump Administration  —  The Trump Administration has been doing its part, but the lower courts remain rabid in their attack on the rule of law.  —  Federal judge James Boasberg advised Chief Justice John Roberts and some two dozen …
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Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Chief Justice Roberts Secretly Praised Trump in Crisis Talks With Judges
Discussion: Instapundit
New York Times:
African Nation Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by U.S.  —  The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them.  But Eswatini says it will send them home.  —  The tiny African kingdom of Eswatini announced …
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:
Senate votes to cut $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid
New York Times:
The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida's ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center  —  Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication.  —  The men at the new immigrant detention center …
NBC News:
New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites  —  President Donald Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran's nuclear program that would have lasted weeks, NBC News has also learned.
Ana Ionova / New York Times:
Trump's Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President Lula  —  Once called the planet's most popular politician, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil faced long odds in next year's election.  President Trump's tariffs are changing that.
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
White House Tries to Shake Off Trump's Bizarre Hand Make-Up  —  SHAKE IT OFF  —  Trump was speaking to reporters when a camera zoomed in on the president's hand.  —  The mysterious recurring bruise on the back of Donald Trump's right hand reappeared on Tuesday, prompting a fresh wave of concern over the president's health.
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Andrew Cuomo, conceding his failed primary campaign was flawed, takes to NYC streets  —  Andrew Cuomo is shifting gears and taking personal responsibility for running what he admits was a lackluster campaign in the Democratic mayoral primary, acknowledging that any strategic mistakes ultimately fall on him.
Discussion: NBC News
Washington Post:
Over 1 in 5 high-level Trump picks held crypto, Post analysis finds … Trump$51M  —  Data uses minimum assets values from nominee financial disclosures filed by July 9.  —  President Donald Trump reported at least a $51 million personal stake in the digital asset revolution he is championing from the White House.
Washington Post:
Trump officials halt ‘dangerous’ research, overriding NIH career scientists  —  The Trump administration's actions on NIH gain-of-function research have raised concerns among scientists, who argue the move could block experiments that are safe and potentially lead to new treatments and medicines.
Discussion: Grabien
New York Times:
Spurned U.S. Attorney Clings to Job by Being Appointed His Own Assistant  —  District judges recently denied John Sarcone, who was interim U.S. attorney, the permanent position.  The Justice Department then gave him a special appointment so he could continue in the role.
Discussion: Albany Times Union
 
 
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump administration sued by 20 states over FEMA funding cuts
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Politico:
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court justice pauses ruling weakening Voting Rights Act
Discussion: Raw Story and Slate
David Wallace-Wells / New York Times:
The Epstein Story Is Both Conspiracy Theory and Genuine Scandal
Marie Woolf / Globe and Mail:
Judge halts deportation of non-binary American in ruling after Trump's gender edicts
Discussion: archive.ph
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
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