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10:45 AM ET, July 19, 2025

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Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
FBI personnel were told to flag Epstein files mentioning Trump, Senate Democrat says  —  Sen. Dick Durbin questioned DOJ leadership over their handling of the Epstein files, including reports that FBI personnel were told to “flag” any mentions of Trump.  —  Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin …
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com and emptywheel
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Trump meets toughest opponent: his own base … The most destabilizing opposition of Trump's second term has come from within: an online MAGA army known for its extreme devotion. … - Though the move is a long shot to produce new evidence — and falls far short of the sweeping disclosures demanded …
Discussion: Scripps News
Ben Curtis / Scripps News:
Justice Department asks court to unseal grand jury records in Jeffrey Epstein case  —  The Justice Department has not announced any plans to release its own files related to the high profile case.  —  The Department of Justice requested a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts …
NBC News:
Trump DOJ order on Jeffrey Epstein could create legal and ethical challenges
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
MAGA's New Target: Trump
Discussion: Mediaite
Chris Truax / The Hill:
The government does have an Epstein list — here's the proof
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Asks Federal Court to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Testimony
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Trump Threatens, Then Sues Murdoch Over Epstein Story Using Tactics His Supporters Used To Call A ‘Massive Attack on Free Speech’  —  Donald Trump admitted yesterday that he called Rupert Murdoch and demanded the Wall Street Journal kill its story about Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 173. 7/18/25  —  ... WSJ poured more gas on Trump's raging Epstein inferno with a new story about a birthday card that he sent to the child trafficker and rapist in 2003.  The story said Ghislaine Maxwell asked friends of Epstein to submit cards to compile …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Donald Trump sues Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, WSJ reporters for libel, court records show  —  U.S. President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Friday against Dow Jones, News Corp (NWSA.O), Rupert Murdoch and two Wall Street Journal reporters, raising claims under federal libel law, court records show.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 18, 2025  —  [There is a lot about sexual assault in tonight's letter.]  —  Now we know why President Donald J. Trump earlier this week began saying nonsensically that Democrats he dislikes wrote the Epstein files.  Apparently, Trump was trying to get out in front of the story Khadeeja Safdar …
Discussion: Alternet.org, El País and Deseret News
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump sues Murdoch for $10 billion over WSJ story on Epstein birthday letter … President Donald Trump on Friday followed through on his threat to sue media mogul Rupert Murdoch after his Wall Street Journal published an article saying that Trump sent Jeffrey Epstein a “bawdy” letter for Epstein's 50th birthday.
Associated Press:
Trump sues Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch over reporting on Epstein ties
Washington Post:
Trump sues Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch over Epstein letter story
New York Times:
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm  —  The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate …
Discussion: Washington Post, Reuters and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
U.S.-Venezuela prisoner swap frees Americans for migrants in El Salvador
New York Times:
Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
Lawmakers Question Whether CBS Canceled Colbert's Show for Political Reasons  —  Paramount, the network's parent, recently agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes.”  —  Democratic lawmakers …
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Writers Guild America West:
WGA Statement on Paramount's Decision to Cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Amalia Huot-Marchand / The Hill:
Writers Guild calls on NY attorney general to investigate Colbert cancellation, Trump ‘bribe’
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Texan Moved Fam to Russia to Flee Woke—Now He's Headed to Ukraine Front Line  —  FAFO  —  Derek Huffman, 46, joined the military with hopes of becoming a Russian citizen.  His wife said he was duped into a combat role.  —  An American father who moved to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ …
Discussion: Eschaton and Raw Story
New York Times:
Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?  —  The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.  —  In the days after the deadly July 4 floods in Central Texas …
Washington Post:
Trump's DOJ has fired dozens of prosecutors, upending decades-old norm  —  Firings by Trump administration spark worries about weakening the rule of law  —  The Department of Justice under the Trump administration has fired dozens of career prosecutors during the past six months …
New York Times:
Democrats' 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death  —  An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden's decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris's team, according to six people briefed on the report.  —  The Democratic National Committee's …
Discussion: The Intersection
Carter Evans / CBS News:
Trump's immigration crackdown causing labor shortages to California's construction industry, builder says: “They're hiding”  —  Los Angeles — One construction site in Los Angeles has just about everything needed to build a traditional family home.  Everything, that is, except enough workers.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Newly Flush With Cash, ICE Races to Build Migrant Tent Camps  —  GOP megabill allocates $45 billion for detention, giving administration hope it can speed up deportation efforts  —  WASHINGTON—With an overnight tripling of its annual budget and intensifying pressure to increase deportations …
Discussion: NOTUS
Russell Contreras / Axios:
State, local officials seek to ban ICE agents' masks  —  A growing number of Democratic-leaning states and cities are weighing proposals to ban federal immigration agents from wearing masks and require them to display IDs when making arrests. … - Just as conservative-leaning states enacted …
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
New York Times:
Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant  —  A little-noticed plan for an “infertility training center” signals that the administration intends to take a new approach with Title X, which has long helped low-income women access contraception.
Discussion: The Free Press
Holly Baltz / USA Today:
Could Pam Bondi have prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein when she was Florida's top legal officer?  —  When U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi was the chief legal officer for Florida, could she have prosecuted fellow resident Jeffrey Epstein for child sex crimes?  —  Legally, yes, she could have, legal experts say.
Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Federal judge blocks enforcement of Trump's order on ICC  —  A federal judge blocked on Friday the enforcement of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order targeting those who work with the International Criminal Court.  —  The ruling follows an April lawsuit by two human rights advocates …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Joshua Klein / Breitbart:
GOP Erupts After Gabbard Exposes Obama Admin's ‘Treasonous’ Intel Plot Framing Trump: ‘Makes Watergate Look Like Amateur Hour’
Vaughn Hillyard / NBC News:
‘Let me see the videotapes’: Mark Epstein wants Steve Bannon's 15 hours of unseen footage of his brother
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order
Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
Trump's Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
The biggest political fights over Trump's megabill are converging in Nevada
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Monica Pitrelli / CNBC:
Travelers to the U.S. must pay a new $250 ‘visa integrity fee’ — what to know
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Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
We must stop the camps while public opinion still matters
Edward Wu / CNN:
Just 23% of Americans say Israeli military actions in Gaza are fully justified, CNN poll finds
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Political Wire
Carter Sherman / The Guardian:
Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Comedians Pull Off Brazen Epstein Prank Inside Trump Tower Gift Shop
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