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ABC News:
Ghislaine Maxwell received limited immunity during meetings with deputy attorney general: Sources  —  “She didn't hold anything back,” Maxwell's attorney said earlier.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche look on as US President Donald Trump (not on frame) …
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New York Times:
After Ghislaine Maxwell Interview, Concerns Mount Over Possibility of Pardon  —  President Trump, asked whether he would consider pardoning her, said, “I'm allowed to do it, but it's something I haven't thought about.”  —  The yellowjacket buzz of a plane circling above the federal courthouse …
Sarah Ewall-Wice / The Daily Beast:
Ghislaine Handed DOJ 100 Names in Shameless Pardon Quid Pro Quo
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Academic with history of incendiary remarks to lead US Institute of Peace … “We look forward to seeing him advance President Trump's America First agenda in this new role,” the statement said.  —  USIP has been in turmoil in recent months as the administration and its Department …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Fired Speechwriter From First Trump Term Appointed to Lead the Institute of Peace  —  In 2018, the White House fired Darren Beattie for attending a gathering of white supremacists.  Mr. Beattie will head the institute while keeping his senior State Department position.
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Venezuelan Little League team denied entry into US amid Trump travel ban … The tournament, which starts Saturday, features 13- to 16-year-old baseball players from the U.S. and around the world competing in Easley, South Carolina.  —  Little League International called the news …
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Vivian Ho / Washington Post:
Venezuelan Little League team denied travel visas to U.S. for World Series  —  The Cacique Mara team from Maracaibo won the Latin American championship last month and had been set to travel to South Carolina for its next round of games.  —  A Little League team from Venezuela was denied entry …
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
Discussion: MSNBC, Mediaite, Raw Story and New Republic
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 25, 2025  —  “We're going to end up shooting some of them.”  —  At 9:00 on the morning of May 2, 2025, a Florida Highway Patrol officer pulled over a van with 18-year-old U.S. citizen Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio and two undocumented men in it.  Laynez-Ambrosio's mother was driving the men to their landscaping job.
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Natan Odenheimer / New York Times:
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say  —  Israel has long restricted or completely blocked aid to Gaza on the argument that Hamas steals it to use as a weapon of control over the population.  —  For nearly two years, Israel has accused Hamas of stealing aid provided …
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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Trump's distraction methods fall flat against Epstein uproar  —  President Donald Trump's super powers as a public figure have long included the ability to redirect, evade and deny.  —  But the Republican's well-worn methods of changing the subject when a tough topic stings politically …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
From Epstein to Obama, Trump's Washington Is Consumed by Competing Conspiracies
Discussion: Raw Story
Public Notice:
Why Trump can't shake Epstein
Discussion: The Jim Acosta Show
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 …
Discussion: New Republic
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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Gabbard and White House ‘lying’ about intel on Russian interference in 2016, ex-CIA official says  —  “We definitely had the intel,” Susan Miller, who helped oversee the 2017 intelligence assessment of Russia's efforts in the 2016 election, told NBC News.  —  The former senior CIA officer …
Discussion: CNN, Blue Virginia and The Daily Caller
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Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs  —  The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to remove all the members of an advisory panel …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump  —  FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a “bias monitor” who reports directly to the president. … The Federal Communications Commission finally approved an $8 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance on Thursday …
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CNBC:
FCC Chairman: President Trump is fundamentally reshaping the media landscape
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Paramount gets green light for $8 billion merger. But what is the psychic cost for company?
New York Times:
A Clash Over a Promotion Puts Hegseth at Odds With His Generals … Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fostered an environment of uncertainty and mistrust that threatens to undermine the readiness and effectiveness of the military, officials said.Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times
Discussion: Raw Story
Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
US states to get $608 million from FEMA to build migrant detention centers  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency is preparing to send $608 million to states to construct immigrant detention centers as part of the Trump administration's push to expand capacity to hold migrants.
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CNN:
Southwest Airlines jet dives as a fighter jet crosses its path near Los Angeles  —  Alarms sounded in the cockpit of a Southwest Airlines jet shortly after taking off from Hollywood Burbank airport near Los Angeles on Friday, prompting evasive maneuvers, the airline said in a statement.
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CNN:
Trump flees Washington controversies for golf-heavy trip to Scotland  —  Fleeing Washington's oppressive humidity and nonstop questions over heated controversies, President Donald Trump is once again taking weekend refuge at his golf clubs — this time more than 3,000 miles away in Scotland.
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Trump Spending $10 Million Of Taxpayer Money To Promote His Scotland Golf Course
Tim Gordon / KGW-TV:
Wyden secures data privacy deal to shield Oregonians from out-of-state abortion, immigration surveillance  —  The agreement is with Flock safety, which provides cameras to read vehicle license plates for law enforcement use and store data afterwards. … PORTLAND, Ore. …
Rajeev Syal / The Guardian:
Two in five arrested for last summer's UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse  —  Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse  —  Two out of every five people arrested after participating in last summer's riots had been previously reported …
NBC News:
David Valadao battles backlash in his swing district after voting for Medicaid cuts that hit close to home  —  Democrats are planning to make the California Republican's support for Trump's “big, beautiful bill” a focal point of their campaign in a key midterm race.
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Senate Democrats demand answers on rural health fund
Discussion: Fingerlakes1.com
Washington Post:
DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations  —  An internal proposal suggests how the Trump administration is planning to slash federal regulations, but obstacles loom.  —  The U.S. DOGE Service is using a new artificial intelligence tool to slash federal regulations …
Brianna Tucker / Washington Post:
Judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Illinois, Chicago over ‘sanctuary city’ policies  —  U.S. District Court Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division said the Trump administration “lacks standing” to invalidate the state, city and county laws …
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Politico:
Judge throws out Trump's lawsuit against Illinois over sanctuary policies
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 …
Discussion: The Japan Times and Raw Story
 
 
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
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Jay Root / New York Times:
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Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
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