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8:15 AM ET, July 18, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
Jeffrey Epstein's Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters for a 50th Birthday Album.  One Was From Donald Trump.  —  The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell.  The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’  —  It was Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday, and Ghislaine Maxwell was preparing a special gift to mark the occasion.
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Trump's WSJ Epstein Fury … On Thursday, anticipation rippled through political and media circles as insiders awaited a potentially explosive Wall Street Journal story examining Donald Trump's ties to the late Jeffrey Epstein.  The article, said to be in the works for days …
Rolling Stone:
Team Trump Was on ‘F-cking Warpath’ to Kill Story About Salacious Letter to Epstein  —  The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump wrote a birthday note to his “pal” about how they have “certain things in common”  —  Donald Trump wrote a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s …
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Trump Tells Bondi to Seek Release of Epstein Grand Jury Testimony  —  The attorney general plans to ask a court to release the papers.  But even if the request succeeds, it would fall far short of critics' demands to release all investigative materials.  —  President Trump announced Thursday night …
Newsweek:
Trump Responds After Report on Birthday Letter to Jeffrey Epstein  —  President Donald Trump threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal over a news article published on Thursday saying he sent a letter to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein's 50th birthday.  —  The Context
Michael Gold / New York Times:
House Republicans Dangle Possible Vote on Epstein Files, After Voter Backlash  —  The House Rules Committee laid the groundwork for an eventual vote to call for release of the Epstein files, reflecting Republican uneasiness with the president's refusal to divulge information from the investigation.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump and Epstein had a relationship, but there's no evidence of Trump wrongdoing
Discussion: The Post Millennial and CNBC
Politico:   Playbook: ‘Another wonderful secret’
Charisma Madarang / Rolling Stone:
Trump Claims He ‘Never Wrote a Picture in My Life.’ He Actually Drew Plenty of Them
Discussion: USA Today and Mediaite
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump directs Bondi to seek release of ‘pertinent’ grand jury testimony in Epstein case
Washington Post:
Trump tells Justice Dept. to seek release of Epstein grand jury testimony
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump isn't interested in naming a special counsel for the Jeffrey Epstein case, White House says
Ramesh Ponnuru / Washington Post:
Donald Trump is fighting a conspiracy the only way he knows how
Discussion: Wide World of News
NPR:   Trump's been on a win streak. The Epstein controversy could distract from it
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Why Dems didn't try to thwart Trump's funding clawback  —  House Democrats passed up what appeared to be a golden opportunity to block a bill codifying $9 billion in DOGE cuts to public broadcasting and foreign aid.  In leadership's telling, victory was never a real possibility.
Discussion: Punchbowl News
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NBC News:
Trump's cuts to NPR, PBS and foreign aid clear Congress  —  The $9 billion package passed the House and the Senate with only Republican votes through the rarely used “rescissions” process.  Trump is now expected to sign it into law.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House voted 216-213 …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump's Budget Chief Gives The Middle Finger To Congress And The Constitution  —  Russ Vought said to expect more massive spending cuts because Trump is “not cowing to a legislative branch's understanding of its own authorities and powers.”  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's budget …
Associated Press:
Searching for pennies: With the cut in federal funding public broadcasters are looking to cope
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Democratic Senators Walk Out Of Trump Judicial Nominee Emil Bove's Hearing
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
On the Fast Track Toward a Government Shutdown
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Beth Hensley / Associated Press:
Trump underwent vascular testing because of leg swelling: White House
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS to Cancel ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Citing ‘Financial Decision’  —  TV's ongoing problems with late night have come for Stephen Colbert, with CBS announcing Thursday that it plans to end his “Late Show” after the next TV season, citing a “financial decision.”
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Bondi, other officials tour S.F.'s Alcatraz as part of Trump's pledge to reopen prison
Meredith Kile / People:
Ex-Casino Boss Claims Trump and ‘Best Friend’ Jeffrey Epstein Were Once Caught Bringing Underage Girls to Casino Floor  —  A former executive at Trump's Atlantic City casino told CNN that the duo brought three girls to the gambling floor who were not yet 21.  The White House is calling his story “fabricated”
Discussion: New Republic
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid  —  The move was a stunning reversal of Biden-era efforts to address racial disparities in local law enforcement.  —  The Justice Department's civil rights chief has asked a federal judge to sentence …
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
DOJ seeks a single-day prison sentence for an officer convicted in the Breonna Taylor raid
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
Most US adults think the GOP tax bill will help the wealthy and harm the poor, AP-NORC poll finds  —  Republican elected officials are promoting their recently passed tax and spending bill as a win for working Americans, but a new survey shows that Americans broadly see it as a win for the wealthy.
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Emily Davies / Washington Post:
White House shares diagnosis in rare acknowledgment of Trump's age  —  Trump has chronic venous insufficiency, White House physician says, a diagnosis common in people over 70.  —  The White House on Thursday said that President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a mild but chronic illness related …
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ABC News:
Unreleased Epstein files include logbooks for private island, records show  —  The Department of Justice released an index of the evidence earlier this year.  —  Jeffrey Epstein in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., July 30, 2008.  —  Uma Sanghvi/The Palm Beach Post via AP
Discussion: Alternet.org
US Department of Justice:
Former Voice of America Employee Indicted for Threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia  —  WASHINGTON - An indictment unsealed today in the District of Columbia charges a Maryland resident with influencing …
Associated Press:
Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients' personal data, including addresses, to ICE  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation's 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities …
 
 
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Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
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The White House:
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Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Conrad Wilson / OPB:
ICE arrests chiropractor outside his kid's Beaverton preschool
Discussion: Newsweek
Chris Marquette / Politico:
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Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
Spurred by Bolsonaro's son, Trump mulls sanctions on Brazilian judge
Discussion: El País, Bloomberg and Foreign Policy
Shane Harris / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
White House Prepares Executive Order Targeting ‘Woke AI’
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Ashley Gold / Axios:
Judge rules Trump firing of Democratic FTC commissioner was illegal
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The Trump regime is arresting protesters now. This was the plan all along.
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