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New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Johnson Shutting Down House Early to Block Epstein Vote  —  Where Things Stand  — Epstein case: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut the House down early for its summer recess to head off Democratic demands for votes on calling for the release of files …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Why the Epstein Coverup Matters  —  Jeffrey Epstein damage control continues at the Justice Department, with Pam Bondi announcing this morning that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is seeking a prosecutorial interview with Epsitein's co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.
emptywheel:
Trump's Defense Attorney Todd Blanche Will Meet with Sex Trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to Make a Deal for His Client  —  Trump Defense Attorney Todd Blanche and Pam Bondi just announced that Blanche will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell and discuss potential cooperation deals with her.
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. ...
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House GOP leaders grapple for way out of Epstein crisis  —  House Republicans have lost control of the floor over their Jeffrey Epstein blow-up, and they're struggling to chart a path out of the crisis.  GOP leaders are talking with Trump administration officials, searching for ways …
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:   Epstein Victim Blasts Trump for Lying: 'He's Caught'
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:   Mike Johnson Shuts Down House Early To Block Vote On Jeffrey Epstein Files
Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP's latest Epstein drama: House panel to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell
Politico:
DOJ reaches out to Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys, expects a meeting with her
New York Times:
Johnson Cuts Short House Session to Avoid Vote on Releasing Epstein Files
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Bypassing Habba, Judges in New Jersey Name New Top Federal Prosecutor  —  Alina Habba's term as interim U.S. attorney was set to expire on Tuesday.  New Jersey's two Democratic senators had accused her of pursuing “frivolous and politically motivated prosecutions.”
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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Judges vote to not keep Habba as interim US attorney of New Jersey
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump says Obama should be top target in DOJ probe into intel report  —  President Trump on Tuesday said that former President Obama should be targeted directly by the Department of Justice after his administration's report alleged Obama administration officials manipulated intelligence related …
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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Trump's intelligence chiefs try to rewrite the history of the 2016 election
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Top Intelligence Officials Contradicted Brennan: ‘No Intelligence’ To Support Key Russia Hoax Claim
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.
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Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’, Colleagues Said  —  Ken Pagurek had told colleagues the Trump administration was causing ‘chaos’ inside FEMA and creating dangerous delays in disaster response.  —  The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's urban search …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR news chief announces she's leaving days after Congress kills federal funding  —  NPR's editor in chief and acting chief content officer Edith Chapin told colleagues Tuesday morning that she has decided to step down.  —  The veteran news leader's announcement comes just days …
Washington Post:
Republicans propose naming Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump  —  The House Appropriations committee passed an amendment that would rename the theater, months after President Donald Trump took over the performing arts center.  —  The Kennedy Center's Opera House could soon be called the …
Discussion: The Independent
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
House GOP moves to rename Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump
Discussion: Deadline and Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
‘Those days are over’: Trump books draw lackluster sales … “Everyone is desperately looking for the next Michael Wolff or James Comey for next year, but it's not clear there could ever be one again,” said one concerned publisher, referencing two of the authors with biggest book successes of Trump's first term.
Discussion: CNN
Tosin Akintola / Reason:
Rent Prices Are Falling Fast in America's Most Pro-Housing Cities  —  Rental prices in some of the country's largest cities are falling—some by almost 45 percent, according to new data from Five Star Cash Offer, a real estate investment firm that operates as a direct cash homebuyer.
Discussion: Fox News
Alice Speri / The Guardian:
Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication  —  As Harvard's feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal.  Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump's WSJ Lawsuit Raises a New Constitutional Question … The president can sue you, but you can't sue him.  —  It seems like an absurd thing to say but that's effectively the reality of our legal system today, one that has become increasingly alarming during Donald Trump's second term.
Discussion: Axios
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Military Says It Will ‘Continuously’ Monitor Bathrooms to Comply With Anti-Trans Order  —  An internal memo obtained by 404 Media also shows the military ordered a review hold on “questionable content” at Stars and Stripes, the military's ‘editorially independent’ newspaper.
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 …
James Liddell / The Independent:
Bernice King's demand comes after Tulsi Gabbard announced the release of thousands of documents tied to Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination  —  Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter has urged Donald Trump to release the full, unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files after thousands …
David Gilbert / Wired:
Everything Is a ‘False Flag’ Now  —  Conspiracy theories about so-called false flag attacks have been around for decades.  But as trust in media and public institutions craters, every single major news event is now being labeled as fake.  —  As President Donald Trump struggles to contain …
Jason Beeferman / Politico:
Zohran's Bronx Science tales  —  MAMDANI PLAYS HOOKY: He's just like us.  He got detention.  He cut class to get lunch.  He says he's bad at math.  —  Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani graduated from the public, test-in, competitive Bronx Science High School in 2010.
Walter Olson / The UnPopulist:
A Manhattan Institute Manifesto Would Give this President Sweeping Power to Force University Compliance with Right-Wing Demands  —  Many persons I'd think would know better have affixed their names to a new and highly illiberal set of demands on colleges and universities.
Peter Eavis / New York Times:
U.S. Steel Producers Raise Prices After Tariffs Stymie Imports  —  Steel producers like Cleveland Cliffs and Steel Dynamics both said this week that they raised prices after President Trump imposed a 50 percent tariff on imports.  —  American steel makers are raising prices …
Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas  —  “I was shocked at what was happening to me,” Javier Diaz Santana, 32, said of his arrest by immigration agents.  He has no criminal history.  —  He was on his way to wash a car when he glanced up and saw co-workers sprinting off.
The Catholic Herald:
Self-proclaimed Catholic fascist fired after Jubilee appearance  —  The self-proclaimed Catholic fascist who recently appeared on an episode of Surrounded by the popular YouTube channel Jubilee has lost his job following the programme's release.  The debate, which first aired on Sunday …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Wrap
Diana Nerozzi / New York Post:
Trump to pull US out of UNESCO over DEI policies, pro-Palestinian, pro-China tilt  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is pulling the US out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), citing its anti-America and anti-Israel leanings as well as its woke agenda, The Post has learned.
Georgina Boos / Bloomberg:
Americans Are Paying for Trump's Tariffs, Not Foreign Companies … Who's paying for Donald Trump's tariffs?  So far, American businesses and consumers.  —  General Motors Co. was the latest US company to disclose how the levies are raising costs, with the automaker saying Tuesday …
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
What Trump's Feud With Jerome Powell Is Really About  —  Donald Trump has been bullying Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell—calling him “too late,” insulting his intelligence, and trying to gin up a case that Powell spent too much on renovations of the agency's headquarters as a pretext for firing him.
 
 
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
MAHA group makes hefty pitch backing Trump and RFK Jr.'s health agenda
Matthew Xiao / The Washington Free Beacon:
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Alexandra Petri / The Atlantic:
Are You Laughing Yet?  —  Everyone can say exactly what they want, free of the fear of censorship, except by the government.
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Lawmakers press Musk on Grok's antisemitic language
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NBC News:
White House faces backlash after booting The Wall Street Journal from Scotland media coverage plans
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
White House Leads Push to Block Watchdog's Inquiries Into Spending Cuts
The Coca-Cola Company:
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Cathy Bussewitz / Associated Press:
Trump's Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Samantha Hancox-Li / Liberal Currents:
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Big Law Firms Bowed to Trump. A Corps of ‘Little Guys’ Jumped in to Fight Him.
Discussion: Above the Law
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
Apple says general counsel Kate Adams and policy chief Lisa Jackson will retire, and Jennifer Newstead, Meta's former chief legal officer, will replace Adams

Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta is considering deep budget cuts to its metaverse efforts in 2026, potentially as high as 30% and most likely including layoffs as early as January

Will Oremus / Washington Post:
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