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Politico:
House Republicans at standstill over Epstein drama  —  House Republicans may choose to scrap several floor votes this week as internal party drama over the release of Jeffrey Epstein files is derailing the work of the Rules Committee.  The panel came to a standstill, again …
Discussion: Democrats and emptywheel
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Axios:
House grinds to a halt as GOP tries to shut down Epstein votes  —  House Republicans have virtually stopped work on all major legislation leading up to their six-week summer recess to avoid taking votes on forcing the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. … - “They're certainly not making it easier for themselves. ...
Discussion: CNN
Punchbowl News:
Epstein mess freezes the House — again  —  Speaker Mike Johnson may as well send the House home today.  In fact, they probably should've taken the week off.  —  The House Rules Committee, the speaker-controlled panel charged with shaping legislation for the floor, is completely frozen …
The Hill:
Epstein furor upends House for second week in row  —  The Jeffrey Epstein saga is causing chaos in the House for the second week in a row, as threats of Democrats forcing politically tough votes are prompting House GOP leadership to toss out many of their plans for the week.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
As MAGA world focuses on Epstein, Trump seeks focus on anything else  —  In the last 48 hours, Trump has unspooled comments on a litany of controversies, all of which seem designed to distract attention from the Jeffrey Epstein case.  —  Just now  —  Over the last 48 hours …
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:
Is Trump Really Turning the Tables on the Epstein Story?  The Beltway Press's Favorite Source Thinks So.  —  Let's look at who exactly is making this claim in, uh, every media outlet in the United States. … Over the weekend, every outlet with a Washington newsroom seemed to be wondering the same thing …
Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Trump Posts Fake Video Showing Obama Arrest  —  President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video of former President Barack Obama being detained in the Oval Office.  —  President Trump reposted a fake video showing former President Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Trump's Big Epstein Distraction Isn't Working
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Democrats Should Get Tough and Quit Negotiating Spending Bills
Discussion: Roll Call
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Talks About Anything but Epstein on His Social Media Account
Discussion: Raw Story and New Jersey Online
National Archives:
Records Related to the Assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  —  On This Page  —  The National Archives' Role in Fulfilling Executive Order 14176  —  How is the National Archives Making These Records Available?  —  2025 Release  —  Release Notes  — Contact Us
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family's opposition  —  The Trump administration has released records of the FBI's surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate's family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Tulsi dumps COINTELPRO files on MLK  —  Speaking of recurring themes in the conservative movement, Trump and Gabbard have decided to go J. Edgar Hoover with a Trump scandal getting traction: … Relatedly, his taking the FBI's smear campaign at face value was a clear sign that David Garrow was well on the way to crankdom.
Politico:
White House removes Wall Street Journal from Scotland press pool over Epstein bombshell … The White House is removing the Wall Street Journal from the pool of reporters covering the president's weekend trip to Scotland, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told POLITICO.
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Anthony L. Fisher / MSNBC:   Rupert Murdoch should stand for free speech and fight Trump's bogus Wall Street Journal lawsuit
Gabe Cohen / CNN:
FEMA search and rescue chief resigns after frustration with Texas flood response  —  The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.
Discussion: NOTUS
Associated Press:
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ actor, dies at 54 in Costa Rica drowning  —  Malcolm-Jamal Warner the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said.  Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department …
Dylan Lovan / Associated Press:
Judge gives ex-officer nearly 3 years in Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffs DOJ call for no prison time  —  A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid five years ago …
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
How the crypto industry bought Trump (and by extension DC)  —  📰 📱 📰 With corporate outlets like CBS obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.
Discussion: The Hill
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Amanda Castro / Newsweek:
Pam Bondi Grants Hillary Clinton Email Probe Request Amid Epstein Furor  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday that the Justice Department has released documents related to the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.  —  The Context
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Art of the Settlement … For weeks, according to multiple people familiar with the matter, the executives had held firm at $15 million.  But Trump's legal team—apparently spooked by a looming court deadline that could move the case out of Amarillo, Texas—had begun dropping their demand.
Financial Times:
Donald Trump: six months in six charts  —  US president has had profound impact at home and abroad with tumultuous start to second term  —  It has been six months since Donald Trump began his second term as US president.  —  In that time he has shaken trading relations with US allies …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Big Law Firms Bowed to Trump.  A Corps of ‘Little Guys’ Jumped in to Fight Him.  —  Solo practitioners, former government litigators and small law offices stepped up to help challenge the Trump administration's agenda in court after the White House sought to punish many big firms.
Paul Krugman:
Has Brazil Invented the Future of Money?  —  And will it ever come to America?  —  Last week the House passed the GENIUS Act, which will boost the growth of stablecoins, thereby paving the way for future scams and financial crises.  On Thursday the House also passed a bill that would bar …
Discussion: Financial Times and The Hill
Mike Stone / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump's Golden Dome looks for alternatives to Musk's SpaceX  —  The Trump administration is expanding its search for partners to build the Golden Dome missile defense system, courting Amazon.com's Project Kuiper and big defense contractors as tensions with Elon Musk threaten SpaceX's dominance …
Alicia Chen / New York Times:
U.S.-Based Orange Juice Importer Sues Over Trump's 50% Tariff on Brazilian Goods  —  Orange juice prices in the U.S. are already high.  The suit argues that the tariff would lead to retail price hikes of up to 25 percent.  —  A U.S.-based juice company is suing over President Trump's pledge …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Associated Press:
McDowell County, West Virginia, birthplace of food stamps, faces a disappearing safety net  —  BY ALEX DANIELS OF THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY  —  For nonprofits in McDowell County, West Virginia, the federal cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act threaten a lifeline.
MSNBC:
Lawrence: Trump is living in abject terror about the Epstein files.  His silence proves it.  —  Harvard argues in court that Trump's federal funding cuts are illegal  —  Lawrence: Trump's WSJ suit claims he's been damaged.  Epstein is the one who did a lot of damage.
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
FDA panel promotes misinformation about antidepressants during pregnancy, psychiatrists say  —  Nearly all of the 10 panelists emphasized what they said were risks of the drugs.  Some claimed, without evidence, that antidepressants don't work at all.  —  A Food and Drug Administration panel discussing …
Discussion: New York Times
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Michael Flynn floats ‘military trial for Obama’ despite presidential immunity  —  Disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn suggested former President Barack Obama should face a “military trial” after Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard accused him of a …
Berny Belvedere / The UnPopulist:
Only Three Weeks Left to Register for LibCon2025  —  Space is filling up fast for ISMA's second annual ‘Liberalism for the 21st Century’ conference—so you should sign up now without delay  —  There are only three weeks left till our parent organization, the Institute for the Study …
Discussion: The Dispatch
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump's Student Arrests, and the Lawsuit Fighting Them, Tread New Ground  —  The Trump administration's efforts to deport foreign students who espoused pro-Palestinian views under a little-used foreign policy provision have no obvious legal parallel.  —  The four veteran immigration agents …
Discussion: New Yorker
 
 
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Diana Nerozzi / New York Post:
Trump to pull US out of UNESCO over DEI policies, pro-Palestinian, pro-China tilt
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Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Bringing Back Nonvoters  —  Today on TAP: A new poll finds that most people who voted for Biden …
Carroll Doherty / Politico:
The Big Polling Question Surrounding Trump and the Epstein Saga
Jordain Carney / Politico:
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Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jim Jordan subpoenas DOJ prosecutor who helped investigate Donald Trump
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
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Hunter Biden Trashes Democrats He Saw as Betraying His Father
Jessica Kutz / The 19th:
Women's contributions and men's racism erased from history of national monument
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Trump lashes out at federal judge presiding over Harvard case
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