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Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal:
Trump and EU Reach Tariff Deal, Avoiding Trade War — Pact imposes baseline tariff of 15% on the U.S.'s biggest trading partner — President Trump said he reached a trade agreement on Sunday with the European Union, avoiding a damaging trade war with the U.S.'s largest trading partner …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's tariffs start August 1, no extensions, Lutnick says — There will be no more extensions on tariff deadlines, and they will go into force as scheduled on August 1, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday. … - Financial markets call it the “TACO trade” — “Trump always chickens out” …
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NPR:
Trump sets EU tariff at 15%, lower than his original threat, after meeting in Scotland — TURNBERRY and ABERDEEN, Scotland — President Trump said he struck a trade deal with the European Union on Sunday after talks with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at his golf course on Scotland's western coast.
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump once decried the idea of presidential vacations. His Scotland trip is built around golf
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New York Times:
What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don't Ask. — To hide the cost of renovating the plane Qatar donated to President Trump, the Air Force appears to have tucked it inside an over-budget, behind-schedule nuclear modernization program. — President Trump makes no secret …
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José Andrés / New York Times:
People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza — Forty years ago, the world's conscience was shocked into action by images of emaciated children and starving babies dying in their mothers' arms. There was a surge in international aid, airdrops of food and activism from the world's most popular artists.
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Rushdi Abualouf / BBC:
Israel commits to daily pauses in fighting as six more malnutrition deaths reported in Gaza
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Some Republicans aren't backing down from Epstein transparency push … - While some Republicans are falling in line with President Trump and making calls to move on, others are defying leadership and joining in with Democrats by continuing to criticize the administration's handling of the case.
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Massie, Khanna hammer Republican leadership for thwarting Epstein transparency push
Massie, Khanna hammer Republican leadership for thwarting Epstein transparency push
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New York Times:
The Ripple Effects of an ICE Raid on a Nebraska Meatpacking Company … They gathered in a conference room for the weekly management meeting, even though there was hardly anyone left to manage. Chad Hartmann, the president of Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha, pushed a few empty chairs to the side …
Richard Severo / New York Times:
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97 — A mathematician by training, he acquired a devoted following with songs that set sardonic lyrics to music that was often maddeningly cheerful. — Tom Lehrer, the Harvard-trained mathematician whose wickedly iconoclastic songs …
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Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump demands Kamala Harris, Beyoncé, Oprah be prosecuted over 2024 campaign payouts: ‘Totally illegal’ — President Trump demanded that former Vice President Kamala Harris be prosecuted along with Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey and Al Sharpton — for fees that were paid to the stars during the 2024 election.
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Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Trump Floats Prosecuting Oprah as Latest Epstein Distraction Tactic
Trump Floats Prosecuting Oprah as Latest Epstein Distraction Tactic
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Top MAGA Rep's 20-Year-Old Son Cited for Alleged Child Abuse — BUSTED — It's not the first time the controversial Colorado Congresswoman's eldest has had a run-in with the law. — MAGA Rep. Lauren Boebert's son has been slapped with misdemeanor child abuse charges—the latest in a series of encounters with law enforcement.
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Brendan Joel Kelley / Denver Westword:
Lauren Boebert's Son Charged With Misdemeanor Child Abuse
Lauren Boebert's Son Charged With Misdemeanor Child Abuse
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
California Democrats debate what a Harris governor run could mean for them — Rep. Dave Min was chatting with reporters at the US Capitol when the California Democrat was asked about whether he wants Kamala Harris to run for governor. — Suddenly, Min no longer had time to talk.
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Mimmymum:
100,000 People Marched at London Trans+ Pride. The Transphobic UK Media Ignored It. — The UK's biggest news outlets ignored a record-breaking march for trans equality, despite publishing dozens of trans stories each week. — · — Just now — This weekend, 100,000 people took …
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
GOP Sen. Refuses to Admit Bush, Not Obama, Was President During Epstein's Plea Deal — The senator takes the “blame Obama” game to new heights — Sen. Markwayne Mullin tried to blame former President Barack Obama for Jeffrey Epstein's 2008 plea deal, despite Obama not being president at the time.
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Medicaid changes will hurt family caregivers, experts warn — Medicaid cuts under President Trump's sweeping tax and spending package will harm family caregivers, experts warn, by reducing access to health care for themselves and the people they care for, which could then lead to more caregiving responsibilities.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
‘A nightmare that no one wants’: GOP fears Mastriano's down-ballot drag in Pennsylvania … A person close to Trump's political operation — one of the four aforementioned Republicans — described the president's team as “very concerned” that a Mastriano campaign “could jeopardize or add …
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Jessica Glenza / The Guardian:
Democrats use new tactic to highlight Trump's gutting of Medicaid: billboards in the rural US — The ‘big, beautiful’ bill will cut more than $1tn from the health plan, with rural hospitals feeling the brunt of it — The road to four struggling rural hospitals now hosts a political message: “If this hospital closes, blame Trump.”
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Playbook: ‘The center of everything’ — With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco — Good Saturday morning. This is Kimberly Leonard, the Florida Playbook author, writing from Miami. Get in touch. — MAGA VS. MAHA?: How are partisan politics affecting the Food and Drug Administration?
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Ashley Hume / Fox News:
Jay Leno criticizes modern late-night comedy for alienating half the audience with partisan politics — The former late-night host explains why he never revealed his political leanings amid Stephen Colbert's show cancellation controversy — Jay Leno reflected on why he always kept …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Coke with cane sugar may not be that big of a MAHA victory — Coca-Cola is going to offer a cane sugar version of its signature beverage, rather than one sweetened with corn syrup. — Major segments of the food industry, including General Mills and Heinz, have pledged to remove certain colored dyes from their products.
Wall Street Journal:
Americans Aren't Sold on Trump's ‘Big, Beautiful’ Tax Law — WSJ poll says 52% of respondents oppose the package, showing Republicans' challenges in touting its benefits ahead of the midterms — WASHINGTON—Americans view President Trump's tax-and-spending law as a win for wealthy households …
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