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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.
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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.
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Bloomberg:
Marcos Meeting With Trump Yields 19% Tariff for Philippines
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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Epstein Victim Blasts Trump for Lying: 'He's Caught'
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Reaches Out to Ghislaine Maxwell, a Longtime Epstein Associate
Justice Dept. Reaches Out to Ghislaine Maxwell, a Longtime Epstein Associate
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Deputy Attorney General seeking meeting with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell
Deputy Attorney General seeking meeting with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Goes Full Fascist: 'Whether It's Right or Wrong, It's Time to Go After People' — The president is desperate to turn the nation's attention away from his ties to Jeffrey Epstein … He spent the weekend suggesting prominent Democrats should be prosecuted over bogus right-wing conspiracy theories …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Outraged Trump supporters not placated by DOJ's actions on Epstein … Even Bondi's announcement on Tuesday that the Justice Department would seek to interview Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell - who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for child sex trafficking and other crimes - was met with disdain.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Deflecting Epstein questions, Trump urges DOJ to ‘go after’ Obama
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Flips Out at Republican Lawmaker Exposing the Party on Epstein
Trump Flips Out at Republican Lawmaker Exposing the Party on Epstein
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Tulsi Gabbard's Dangerous Disinformation Campaign Against America
Tulsi Gabbard's Dangerous Disinformation Campaign Against America
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Top Intelligence Officials Contradicted Brennan: ‘No Intelligence’ To Support Key Russia Hoax Claim
Top Intelligence Officials Contradicted Brennan: ‘No Intelligence’ To Support Key Russia Hoax Claim
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump says Obama should be top target in DOJ probe into intel report
Trump says Obama should be top target in DOJ probe into intel report
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Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Trump to Hill Republicans: I Will Make Your Summer Hell — President Donald Trump wants Senate Republicans to cancel their scheduled August recess this year. The recess might seem like an unimportant feature of the congressional calendar, but it provides legislators with an extended state …
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Axios:
House grinds to a halt as GOP tries to shut down Epstein votes
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Axios:
House bails early for its August recess amid Epstein files uproar
House bails early for its August recess amid Epstein files uproar
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House GOP leaders grapple for way out of Epstein crisis
House GOP leaders grapple for way out of Epstein crisis
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Mike Johnson swipes at GOP's Massie: ‘Bless his heart’
Mike Johnson swipes at GOP's Massie: ‘Bless his heart’
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Martha McHardy / Newsweek:
Republicans Shut Down House Floor to Avoid Epstein Vote
Republicans Shut Down House Floor to Avoid Epstein Vote
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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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Jeremy Roebuck / Washington Post:
Judges vote to oust Trump pick Alina Habba as U.S. attorney in New Jersey — The state's U.S. district court judges made the announcement in a brief order that did not offer any explanation for their decision. — New Jersey's federal judges declined Tuesday to appoint Alina Habba …
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MeidasTouch News, New Jersey Globe and Washington Times
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 …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Republicans want to rename Kennedy Center's opera house after Melania Trump
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
House GOP moves to rename Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump
House GOP moves to rename Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump
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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 …
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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.
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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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Chris Cillizza / The Daily Beast:
Hunter Biden Really Needs to Shut It — QUIET TIME — Why is he talking? Why is he still talking? — OPINION — Let's establish a few quick facts about Hunter Biden: He has never been elected to anything, ever. His business acumen appears to amount, largely, to having the last name “Biden.”
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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 …
Financial Times:
Bari Weiss seeks more than $200mn for media start-up The Free Press — ‘Anti-woke’ journalist holds talks with incoming CBS owner David Ellison over sale of new media venture — Ivan Levingston and Daniel Thomas in London, James Fontanella-Khan and Anna Nicolaou in New York
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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.
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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.
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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.
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Military Says It Will ‘Continuously’ Monitor Bathrooms to Comply With Anti-Trans Order — This article was primarily reported using public records requests. We are making it available to all readers as a public service. FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work.
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.
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 …
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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 …
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.
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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.
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 …
