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11:05 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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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.
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
Associated Press:
Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell's family attempts appeal to Trump
Discussion: GB News
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Fires Ghislaine Maxwell Prosecutor Maurene Comey
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Patrick Maguire / CBS News:
Mike Pence says “the time has come” to release the Epstein files
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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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Senate Approves Trump's Bid to Cancel Foreign Aid and Public Broadcast Funds  —  The bill to claw back $9 billion in congressionally approved spending passed over the objections of Republicans who said it abdicated the legislative branch's power of the purse.
Politico:
Senate votes to cut $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid … “What we are talking about is one-tenth of one percent of all federal spending ... but it's a step in the right direction and it's the first time we have done anything like this in 35 years,” Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said early Thursday morning.
Politico:   Trump world searches for off-ramp on Epstein
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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Mike Konczal / Rortybomb:
The Four Data Sleights‑of‑Hand Behind Trump's Assault on Powell  —  What looks like a monetary policy debate is really a cover to take control of the central bank.  —  It's a dangerous time for the Federal Reserve.  Last week, President Trump's administration began building …
New York Times:
Can Trump Fire Powell? He Likely Lacks a Case, Legal Experts Say.
Politico:
‘Crazy hill to die on’: Newsom jolts California with bid to throw out House maps … But it's also a longshot.  And to many Democrats in Newsom's home state, it's a new obsession bordering on bizarre — or even anti-democratic.  —  “Trying to save democracy by destroying democracy is dangerous and foolish …
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Punchbowl News:
7/17/25 ☀️ AM: … “If Texas goes, we are going.” … Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), the chair of the delegation, hosted the meeting with Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar.  —  California Democrats were overwhelmingly on board with drawing a new map, but members want input in how the lines are drawn.
Washington Post:   Democrats try a new tone: Less scripted, more cursing, Trumpier insults
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
When institutions crumble, strongmen step in  —  Trump wants to be the sole authority.  With trust in institutions cratering, he sees his opportunity.  —  What would it take to put the swirling conspiracy theories about Jeffrey Epstein to bed?  Nothing complicated; just an authoritative …
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.
Makena Kelly / Wired:
DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists  —  A key operative from DOGE initiated plans to potentially kill Direct File, the free tax filing tool developed by the IRS, after offering assurances it would be spared from cuts.
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOJ seeks one-day sentence for officer in raid that killed Breonna Taylor  —  In November, a federal jury found officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Taylor's civil rights during a March 2020 police raid in which she was fatally shot.  —  Summary25  —  The Justice Department requested …
Discussion: CNN
Paul Walsh / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Watch: Senior Trump adviser dumps on Minneapolis, prompting retort from Mary Moriarty  —  Stephen Miller's comments are the latest in a recent string from Trump loyalists targeting Minneapolis. … White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller called Minneapolis an unsafe and violent city during …
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar in its US flagship drink.  The company isn't confirming that  —  Make American Coke Great Again?  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion — though the company didn't confirm such a move.
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Diana Nerozzi / New York Post:
Trump says Coca-Cola agreed to use real cane sugar in US drinks: 'It's just better!'
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Goodbye, separation of church and state  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please sign up and support us.  👇  —  The Trump administration last week handed a huge win …
Discussion: Deseret News and Townhall
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 …
Nina Lakhani / The Guardian:
Trump's $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows  —  Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries  —  Donald Trump's huge spending boost for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons (Mt) …
Popular Information:
A massive Trump scandal.  Minuscule media attention.  —  Historically, financial entanglements with foreign nationals has been covered as a scandal.  Times have changed.  —  For decades, any suggestion of financial entanglements between a U.S. president or presidential candidate and foreign nationals has been considered a scandal.
Laya Neelakandan / CNBC:
Trump administration pulls $4 billion from California high-speed rail project … Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has formally terminated $4 billion in federal funding for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, weeks after putting the bullet train project on notice.
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Democratic Voters Who Skipped 2024 Election Want Candidates Like Bernie, AOC  —  “The conventional wisdom is really wrong on these voters,” says pollster Celinda Lake.  “They want leaders who will fight for everyone” … But new research suggests the prevailing wisdom that has guided those efforts …
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 …
Olga R. Rodriguez / Associated Press:
Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone  —  A U.S. Army veteran who was arrested during an immigration raid at a Southern California marijuana farm last week said Wednesday he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged …
Aziz Huq / The Atlantic:
The Court's Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something  —  Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren't merely disagreeing with the majority's technical readings of the law.  —  in recent Supreme Court terms, Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson …
Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
Democrats are far more motivated than Republicans for next year's midterms, CNN poll finds  —  Democrats are far more energized than Republicans about participating in next year's midterms, but deeply negative perceptions of the Democratic Party and its officeholders raise questions …
Rümeysa Öztürk / Vanity Fair:
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women's Prison  —  Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up for the first time about her shocking arrest and 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility.  She recalls the generous …
Discussion: ACLU
 
 
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New York Times:
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Discussion: Mediaite and Townhall
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Molly Gibbs / Mercury News:
California to provide LGBTQ suicide prevention hotline after Trump administration axes it
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
Despite vow to remove the worst offenders, ICE data shows less than 1% of deportees had murder convictions
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Trump officials halt ‘dangerous’ research, overriding NIH career scientists
Discussion: Grabien
Politico:
Trump administration taking new steps to block wind and solar projects, undisclosed memo says
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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