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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files  —  Bondi also told president at the meeting that Justice decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect victims
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Punchbowl News:
7/24/25 ☀️ AM: … President Donald Trump has lost control of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. … Republicans on the Oversight panel tried to soften the blow by also agreeing to subpoena former President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton over their interactions …
New York Times:
Attorney General Told Trump His Name Appeared in Epstein Files  —  It was not clear what those documents were, or in what context the president's name was raised.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi informed President Trump in the spring that his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files …
NBC News:
White House tightens its grip on Jeffrey Epstein messaging  —  White House aides have made it clear that no one in the administration is allowed to talk about Epstein without high-level vetting as Trump attempts to change the subject.  —  WASHINGTON — Jeffrey Epstein is dead, but the White House can't seem to kill his story.
Discussion: New Republic
Politico:   The Epstein bombshell explodes
Politico:
‘The rule was going down’: Inside the House GOP's Epstein meltdown
Discussion: NOTUS and The Hill
Luke Goldstein / The Lever:   Court Records Reveal Feds' Shifting Story On Epstein Files
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David Pozen / Balkinization:
Regulation by Deal Comes to Higher Ed  —  Earlier this evening, Columbia University announced an agreement with the Trump administration in which Columbia makes a host of concessions in order to restore its eligibility for federal funding.  The agreement is already being described as “unprecedented,” “the first of its kind.”
Reuters:
Columbia University to pay over $200 million to resolve Trump probes  —  Columbia University said on Wednesday it will pay over $200 million to the U.S. government in a settlement with President Donald Trump's administration to resolve federal probes and to have most of its suspended federal funding restored.
Washington Post:
Trump administration reaches deal with Columbia University
Douglas Belkin / Wall Street Journal:
Columbia Agrees to Pay More Than $200 Million to Settle Trump Fight
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Associated Press:
House subcommittee votes to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files  —  A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy President Donald Trump …
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CNN:
House Oversight subcommittee votes to subpoena DOJ for Epstein files  —  A House Oversight subcommittee voted Wednesday to subpoena the Department of Justice to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein.  House Oversight Chair James Comer will be required to sign the subpoena before it can officially …
Associated Press:
Appeals court finds Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block  —  A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump's order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional, affirming a lower-court decision that blocked its enforcement nationwide.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump birthright citizenship order “unconstitutional,” appeals court rules
Los Angeles Times:
Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A. struggles to secure indictments in protest cases  —  To bystanders at the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, it sounded as though U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli would not take no for an answer.  —  A prosecutor had the irate Trump administration appointee …
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Politico:
The firing of a veteran prosecutor in New Jersey escalates Trump's war with the courts
Dasha Burns / Politico:
RNC chair Michael Whatley to run for Senate in North Carolina with Trump's support … Lara Trump, who the president had previously asked to run, has decided to remain as host of her weekly show on Fox News.  She is expected to back Whatley, with whom she co-chaired the RNC last year …
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NBC News:
Trump foe Thomas Massie wins over MAGA allies with his push for Epstein files
Discussion: Axios
Jewish Insider:
Shapiro rebukes Mamdani for failing to condemn ‘blatantly antisemitic’ extremists  —  LEWISTOWN, Pa. — Inside a coffee shop in this small town of 8,500 people, hundreds of miles from the bustle of Manhattan, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro made his first public comments about Zohran Mamdani …
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:   Josh Shapiro joins Mamdani pile-on, saying candidate failed to condemn antisemitic rhetoric
Washington Post:
Hegseth Signal messages came from email classified ‘SECRET,’ watchdog told  —  The revelation contradicts the Trump administration's longstanding claims that no classified information was shared by the defense secretary's account during the “Signalgate” scandal.
Lucy Tompkins / Seven Days:
Winooski Superintendent Detained, Questioned by Border Officials  —  Superintendent Wilmer Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was questioned for hours at a Houston airport as he returned from a visit to Nicaragua with his husband.  —  Winooski schools superintendent Wilmer Chavarria was detained …
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Suresh Naidu / New York Times:
Columbia's Administrators Are Fooling Themselves  —  In 1672, Charles II unilaterally suspended repayment of 1.2 million pounds to London's private bankers.  Having run up this debt, and unable to finance a flotilla of ships to fight the Dutch, Charles became neither the first nor the last absolute monarch to break his word.
Discussion: Semafor
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
11 tips for becoming a columnist  —  Here's my advice for handling the awesome responsibility of this job.  —  So you wanna be a columnist, eh?  —  Young aspiring journalists and wizened elders often ask how I scored this sweet gig.  Truth is, I don't entirely know.
ABC News:
Ghislaine Maxwell engaged in ‘significant pattern of dishonest conduct,’ DOJ said in 2022  —  A 2022 memo from prosecutors cast doubt on her honesty.  —  Ghislaine Maxwell attends VIP Evening of Conversation for Women's Brain Health Initiative, Oct. 18, 2016, in New York.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politico
Matthew Mpoke Bigg / New York Times:
Aid Groups Blame Israel's Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’  —  More than 100 organizations, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, added to growing calls for aid restrictions to be eased and the war to end.  —  More than 100 aid agencies and rights groups …
Washington Post:
ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors  —  A June 9 memo directed ICE field officers to significantly expand the number of immigrants under round-the-clock surveillance.  —  Just now  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has directed personnel …
Discussion: Raw Story
ProPublica:
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office's Work to Costly Private Lawyers  —  This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans.  Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues.
New York Times:
A D.O.J. Whistleblower Speaks Out  —  In a complaint, a former Justice Department lawyer said his former colleagues were being forced to choose between the president's agenda and their ethical obligations as attorneys.  —  This transcript was created using speech recognition software.
Discussion: Raw Story
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
K Street rakes in record cash thanks to Trump … The first six months of President Donald Trump's term have produced a cash cow of historic magnitude for the lobbying industry, with record-breaking demand for help navigating the administration's constant stream of policy pronouncements …
Discussion: Florida Politics and NOTUS
Becky Peterson / Wall Street Journal:
Tesla Profit Falls, Hurt by Plunging EV Sales  —  Electric-vehicle maker's net income dropped 16% in second quarter; Musk says robotaxis will ‘greatly expand’ by year's end  —  Tesla's net income plunged 16% in the second quarter, marking another quarter of steep declines at the company as automotive sales continue to fall.
Jill Jacobs / The Forward:
Gaza is starving.  Where are the American Jewish leaders?  —  A few days after a Lebanese Christian militia, under the permissive watch of the Israeli army, slaughtered thousands of Palestinian refugees in Beirut in 1982, Rabbi Yehuda Amital of Har Etzion Yeshiva in the West Bank wrote a letter to his students.
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Gabbard Releases New Documents Targeting Obama Administration  —  The director of national intelligence has intensified attacks on assessments about Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election.  —  Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, released a document on Wednesday …
 
 
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Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Trump's Justice Department seeks voter rolls from Michigan, a key battleground
Discussion: Votebeat
Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Ghislaine Maxwell preparing ‘new evidence’ ahead of highly anticipated meeting with feds, her brother explains
Discussion: ABC News
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Trump ‘hung up after 30 seconds’ on the phone with CNN reporter who called to ask about new Epstein photos
Minho Kim / New York Times:
House Panel Approves Spending Bill That Rejects Some Trump Foreign Aid Cuts
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump facing headwinds at six-month mark
Discussion: DOWNWITHTYRANNY! and Daily Mail
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court allows Trump to remove 3 Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Politico:
Trump's ‘massive’ deal with Japan is giving US automakers heartburn
Dylan Rolfsen / Fox News:
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Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
Angus King Says He Voted to Confirm Josh Divine Because Josh Hawley Asked Nicely
Discussion: Raw Story, The Atlantic and HuffPost
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Jeremy Roebuck / Washington Post:
Judge in Florida denies Justice Dept. request to release Epstein transcripts
 

 
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