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Adam Cancryn / CNN:
What Powell is telling allies as Trump pressures him to resign — Video Ad Feedback — 'It's not new': Jerome Powell corrects Trump over building plan — 'It's not new': Jerome Powell corrects Trump over building plan — Acting Columbia president speaks out after $220 million settlement with Trump admin.
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IJR, Daily Kos, The Hill and The Independent
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
Undaunted Search for the Truth — If not for Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown, we might never have learned anything about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation, its implication of wealthy, powerful, influential men, and the existence of massive files documenting all of it.
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The Dispatch and The Guardian
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Claims Someone May Have Forged His Signature on Birthday Letter to Epstein
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Mediaite, New Republic, Staten Island Advance, Metro.co.uk, FOX 11 Los Angeles, The Independent, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Starting to Smell Like Trump's Watergate
It's Starting to Smell Like Trump's Watergate
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BBC and New York Times
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Trump Demands Reporters Stop Talking About Him And Epstein In New White House Scrum — Claims ‘I Have Nothing To Do With The Guy!’
Trump Demands Reporters Stop Talking About Him And Epstein In New White House Scrum — Claims ‘I Have Nothing To Do With The Guy!’
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PoliticusUSA, Newsweek, The Independent, Raw Story, The Post Millennial, New York Post and CBS News
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Could Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell But Hasn't Thought About It
Trump Says He Could Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell But Hasn't Thought About It
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NBC News, Daily Mail, Salon, Washington Examiner, Boston Herald, NewsMax.com, New Jersey Online, New Republic, Metro.co.uk, The Post Millennial, Raw Story and Althouse
Philip Rotner / The Bulwark:
Why the Huge Conflicts of Interest Among Trump's Epstein Team Matter
Why the Huge Conflicts of Interest Among Trump's Epstein Team Matter
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Mediaite
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump says he has not thought about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell
Trump says he has not thought about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell
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HuffPost, The Hill, New York Post, New Republic, New York Sun, FOX 11 Los Angeles, Daily Kos, USA Today, TMZ.com, New Jersey Online, Forbes, CNBC, The Independent and Daily Mail
New York Times:
Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis — Scrambling to pay legal fees, Media Matters has dialed back its criticism, trimmed its staff and contemplated closing entirely. — Media Matters, a nonprofit group that has played a key role in liberal politics …
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twitchy.com, more at Mediagazer »
Clare Considine / The Guardian:
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: 'You've got no rights.' He secretly recorded his brutal arrest — Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration's ambitious enforcement targets
The Texas Tribune:
Texas GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione admits affair, denies abortion allegations — A conservative news site published an interview with a woman who alleges a 17-year affair with the Southlake representative, who said this week he wouldn't seek reelection. — Three days after state …
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Current Revolt and Texas Scorecard
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The Barbed Wire:
Author of Texas Abortion Ban Denies He Paid for Abortions Amid Bombshell Allegations from Former Exotic Dancer — State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, who authored Texas' “trigger ban” on abortion, said in a statement on Friday that he has never paid for an abortion.
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Raw Story and Current Revolt
Wall Street Journal:
White House Seeks Payments From Other Universities—Including Harvard—After Columbia Deal Sets Precedent — The Trump administration is in talks with several schools about future funding following allegations of antisemitism — The White House is seeking fines from several universities …
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HotAir, The Washington Free Beacon, New York Post, The Free Press, The Independent, Reason, NewsMax.com, Bloomberg, Reuters and New York Sun
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Jessica Blake / Inside Higher Ed:
Columbia Deal a ‘Threat’ to Higher Ed, Experts Warn
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The Atlantic, NPR, The Hill, Bloomberg, Bangor Daily News, New York Post, NBC News, Reason, The Forward, CBS News, NewsMax.com, Fox Business, The Daily Signal, NewsNation, U.S. Department of Education and UPI
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Second Whistleblower Backs Up Claims Emil Bove Told DOJ Lawyers To Defy Court Orders — A second whistleblower and former Justice Department attorney has come forward with evidence that corroborates allegations that Trump's judicial nominee Emil Bove directed DOJ attorneys to defy court orders …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate Inches Forward With Trump's Alarming Court Pick, Emil Bove
Senate Inches Forward With Trump's Alarming Court Pick, Emil Bove
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The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, IJR and The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump administration releases billions it withheld from schools — Lawmakers of both parties had lobbied to release the funds, which support English-language learning programs, teacher training and academic enrichment. — The Trump administration plans to release more than $5 billion …
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The Hill, USA Today, Chalkbeat, The Colorado Sun, MPR News and FOX 13 Tampa Bay
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Reuters:
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans — In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
SCOTUS's immunity ruling looks even worse now — 🗣️ Paid subscribers keep Public Notice free. If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please sign up and support us. 👇 — Can you believe it has been over a year since the conservatives …
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HotAir, New York Post, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, NewsMax.com, CNN and MSNBC
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Jeffrey Toobin / New York Times:
The Line Trump Crossed by Accusing Obama of Treason
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The Week, El País, The Hill, LewRockwell, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, American Thinker, Staten Island Advance, New Republic, Raw Story and Mediaite
Financial Times:
Cracks widen in Japan and US's interpretation of tariff trade deal — Tokyo officials contest Washington's claim that American investors assured of vast share of profits from joint investment — The US will secure 90 per cent of profits from joint investments with Japan only if it takes …
Emerson Polling:
July 2025 National Poll: Six Months In, Trump's Approval Split while Majority Disapprove of Administration's Handling of Epstein Files — Home Polls July 2025 National Poll: Six Months In, Trump's Approval Split while Majority Disapprove of Administration's Handling of Epstein Files
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USA Today, Washington Examiner, New Jersey Online, The Hill, The Guardian and Florida Politics
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Margaret Talev / Axios:
Focus groups: Nevada swing voters turning on Trump
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The Nevada Independent and Wall Street Journal
Mike Allen / Axios:
Disgruntled independents sink Trump's approval to second-term low
Disgruntled independents sink Trump's approval to second-term low
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USA Today, masslive.com, Raw Story, Mediaite, Eschaton, Semafor, The Independent, The Hill, Gallup and PoliticusUSA
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Convicted Murderer Released by Trump From Venezuelan Prison Is Free in U.S. — At least some American officials knew that Dahud Hanid Ortiz had been convicted of a triple murder when he was put on the plane to the United States. — He killed three people in Spain and fled to Venezuela …
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, El País and Military and Veteran …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
She's Baaack! Trump Re-Installs Alina Habba as U.S. Attorney — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. — Habba's Nomination Sacrificed for a Workaround — We're not rid of Trump's utterly unqualified former personal lawyer after all.
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New York Times, MSNBC, National Review, CBS News, Washington Post, NewsMax.com, Townhall, RedState and Fox News
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
“Such bulls**t”: Not every Democrat wants to talk about Epstein … - House Democrats' messaging arm sent members an alert Wednesday urging them to “amplify” a Wall Street Journal report that President Trump is in the Epstein files and demand that “House Republicans stop covering up for Trump.”
Andrew Freedman / CNN:
Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry — Two high-ranking officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with a connection to the likely incoming NOAA administrator were placed on administrative leave Thursday …
Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
I Watched 20 Arrests In Trump's America. Here's What They Looked Like. — “This is fishing in a stocked pool. You tell them, ‘Show up at this location,’ and then they show up and you grab them,” one federal agent involved with immigration court arrests told HuffPost.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
How Liberalism Sabotages Itself — Our intentional blindness to bad faith is a loophole fascists use to gain respectability and power. — The progressive journalist Mehdi Hasan recently participated in an episode of the popular online series Jubilee, which is a bit like speed-dating, but for public political debate.
Maggie Severns / Wall Street Journal:
YouTuber Tim Pool Wants Answers—and Trusts No One — The right-wing streamer built an empire while stoking suspicion of the government and mainstream media. Will President Trump be his next target?
Jake Spring / Washington Post:
Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil War — Among the books flagged for possible removal were “The 1619 Project” and a book about former Interior secretary Deb Haaland. — Just now — National parks employees have raised the idea of removing books on slavery …
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Daily Kos
Fox News:
Medical staff face charges after allegedly interfering with California ICE arrest — US Attorney warns of consequences for obstruction amid the arrests in California — EXCLUSIVE: Federal authorities arrested a staff member of a clinic in Ontario, California, for allegedly interfering …
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RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Matt Ford / New Republic:
The Supreme Court Has Hit Rock Bottom — The Supreme Court's most recent term may be over, but its work on behalf of President Donald Trump continues. The justices announced on Wednesday evening in Trump v. Boyle that they would stay a lower court order that had blocked Trump from firing …
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Balls and Strikes
Reuters:
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia — A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order …
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The Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Mediaite, Al Jazeera, The Sun and PC Gamer, more at Techmeme »
The Hill:
Trump's trip to Scotland: What to know — President Trump departed Friday for a five-day stay in Scotland, where he is expected to meet with British and Scottish officials and visit his properties there. — The White House has described the trip as a “working visit,” …
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HuffPost, New York Times, NewsNation, The Sun, One America News Network, Washington Times, Raw Story, NPR, Associated Press, UPI, NewsMax.com, Reuters, USA Today, AIRLIVE, CBS News, Newsweek and San Diego Union-Tribune
