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5:25 PM ET, July 20, 2025

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Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News poll finds support for Trump's deportation program falls; Americans call for more focus on prices  —  After six months that included a string of achievements on President Trump's legislative goals, views of his second term are increasingly defined by the difference between his political base …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Consumed by Epstein, Trump has lost ground on the economy and immigration  —  When he was sworn in, Trump promised a new “Golden Age.”  It's clear that, six months into his presidency, the public isn't buying all the hype.  —  Just now  —  President Donald Trump spent much of last week trying …
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump survived many scandals, but the Epstein story poses a new test  —  The MAGA base has rallied as they see him under attack.  The White House is trying to change the subject.  —  Just now  —  Nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump and his administration announced they had nothing …
Zack Stanton / Politico:   Playbook: Six months in
Graeme Massie / The Independent:
Trump once hosted party for ‘young women’ where Epstein was the only guest, says report  —  President under pressure to release all files related to his former friend Epstein  —  Donald Trump once hosted a party with “young women” where the disgraced late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein “was the only other guest,” according to a report.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Amy Klobuchar ‘feeling better and better’ about Democratic prospects in future elections
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Volunteers flock to immigration courts to support migrants arrested in the hallways  —  After a Seattle immigration judge dismissed the deportation case against a Colombian man — exposing him to expedited removal — three people sat with him in the back of the courtroom …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Push Behind Trump Agenda Has Congress in an Uproar … Republicans' relentless marathon to force President Trump's agenda through Congress over objections from Democrats and some in their own ranks is taking a toll on the institution and its members, prompting tempers to boil …
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New York Times:
An Accuser's Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files … Maria Farmer in August 2019.  Ms. Farmer said in an interview with The New York Times that she twice told the F.B.I. about a troubling encounter she had with Donald J. Trump, and about how close he was with Jeffrey Epstein.Andrea Morales for The New York Times
Discussion: Mediaite, Salon and Eschaton
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
GOP Senator Blames ‘Radical’ Leftists for Trump's Cankles  —  CHOLESTEROL?  NO, COMMUNISM!  —  Tommy Tuberville says even at the ripe old age of 79, the president's only ailing because every day's “almost like a fistfight” with pesky liberals.  —  Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville thinks it's not age …
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Miriam Waldvogel / The Hill:
Tuberville says Trump health issues exacerbated by ‘fighting the radicals’
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Associated Press:
Officials say 85 Palestinians seeking aid are killed in Gaza as Israel widens evacuation orders  —  At least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach food at locations across Gaza on Sunday, the territory's Health Ministry said, on the deadliest day yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war.
Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
The Epstein Cover-Up at the FBI  —  As many of you know by now, Senator Dick Durbin penned a letter to Pam Bondi two days ago asking questions about information his office received from a protected whistleblower.  The letter read, in part: … This letter was made public right after I had filed …
Discussion: NewsNation
Caroline Graham / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Bill Clinton sent ‘warm and gushing’ letter for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday - as Trump sues over claim he also wrote a ‘bawdy’ note for paedophile's half-century  —  Bill Clinton wrote a ‘warm and gushing’ letter which was included in Jeffrey Epstein's infamous 50th ‘birthday book’, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
George Chidi / The Guardian:
Atlanta journalist fights deportation from Ice jail despite dropped charges: 'I'm seeing what absolute power can do'  —  A Salvadorian reporter with an audience of millions, Mario Guevara was arrested while livestreaming a protest against Trump in June - and is still struggling for freedom
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Lautaro Grinspan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
‘Direct retaliation’: Hispanic journalist detained by ICE speaks out
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Sunday Pages: “Superman”  —  I first saw the trailer for the new James Gunn Superman a few months ago, during the NBA playoffs.  My first reaction was an eye-roll and a dismissive, “Do we really need another Superman?  Really?  Why?”  —  Seriously: why do we keep recycling the same old tired movie franchises?
Tomas Weber / Financial Times:
What happens once we spot the asteroid that will hit Earth? … In January, at a US Space Force Base in the Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs, an operator received an unusual email.  It was an alert — but not one triggered by the military's network of space-based sensors.
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Why American Jews No Longer Understand One Another  —  It's a tense time in the Jewish family group chats.  The consensus that held American Jewry together for generations is breaking down.  That consensus, roughly, was this: What is good for Israel is good for the Jews.  Anti-Zionism is a form of antisemitism.
Axios:
“He's a madman”: Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes  —  As smoke and debris swirled over the Syrian presidential palace, the chatter in the West Wing grew louder: Benjamin Netanyahu is out of control. … He bombs everything all the time," one White House official told Axios, referring to Netanyahu by his nickname.
Discussion: Mediaite and New York Sun
Berny Belvedere / The UnPopulist:
Should the Heterodox Academy Prioritize Fighting Trump's Authoritarian Assaults Over Wokeness on Campuses?  A Conversation with Cathy Young  —  The outfit's recent conference revealed a deep divide that needs tackling  —  Landry Ayres: Welcome back to Zooming In at The UnPopulist.  I'm Landry Ayres.
Michael Sainato / The Guardian:
Ice chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks during arrest raids  —  Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear  —  The head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday …
 
 
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David French / New York Times:
Trump's Perversion of Justice Has Reached a New Phase
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Naturalized Citizens Are Scared
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The US economy is more fragile than it appears
Rachel Wells / Nashville Banner:
Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried
Annabella Rosciglione / Washington Examiner:
Trump calls for Redskins and Cleveland Indians to change names back: ‘Times are different now’
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The War on Women  —  When we said women and people who loved them needed to vote …
New York Times:
After a Chaotic Start, a U.S. Attorney's Time May Be Running Out
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
JD Vance flew to Montana for secret meeting with Rupert Murdoch and Fox News executives
 

 
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Will Sommer / @willsommer:
The Blaze retracts its article accusing a former Capitol Police officer of being the January 6 pipe bomber after the FBI arrested a different person

 
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