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11:25 PM ET, July 27, 2025

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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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Shawn Donnan / Bloomberg:
Trump's Tariffs Are Already Stunting World Growth While Markets Shrug  —  With the president's new trade deals, US protectionism is slowing investment and rewiring supply chains at the expense of the global economy  —  As Donald Trump barrels toward his latest tariff deadline …
Discussion: CNN and MPR News
Politico:
How the EU dashed to Trump's Scottish hideaway — and got the deal it craved  —  TURNBERRY, Scotland — There was something deeply ironic in the EU's top brass having to fly to Britain to seal the bloc's biggest deal since Brexit — but that's what Donald Trump wanted and that's what Donald Trump got.
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.
Euronews:
Von der Leyen and Trump strike EU-US trade deal with 15% tariff for the bloc  —  The trade deal will introduce a 15% tariff for the vast majority of EU products.  But some will benefit from a “zero-for-zero” scheme.  —  The European Union and the United States have struck a tentative trade deal …
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 …
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:   Trump Is Trying to Hide the Cost of Renovating His New Air Force One
Kristin Brown / CBS News:
Preparations under way for Qatari jet that will be used as Air Force One
Discussion: UPI and HuffPost
NBC News:
Speaker Johnson says all ‘credible’ Epstein files should be released: Full interview  —  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) calls the bipartisan push to force a House vote on releasing the Epstein files “reckless,” adding that it does not do enough to protect victims.
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Leno Calls for Late Night to Drop Partisan Politics: ‘Why Shoot for Just Half an Audience?’  —  PLAY NICE  —  Jay Leno thinks his former fellow late-night show hosts are alienating audiences with their barbs and jabs against the Trump administration.  “I love political humor, don't get me wrong …
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Ashley Hume / Fox News:
Jay Leno criticizes modern late-night comedy for alienating half the audience with partisan politics
Richard Escobedo / CBS News:
Senate Democrats urge U.S. to stop funding GHF, resume support for U.N. food distribution in Gaza as more starve  —  A group of Democratic senators led by Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is urging the Trump administration to suspend American financial support …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Colorado lawmaker says Gabbard has become ‘weapon’ for Trump … “There have been four investigations including a bipartisan Senate investigation led under the first Trump administration in part by Marco Rubio that is very clear on these findings,” he said, referencing Trump's secretary of state.
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
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Washington Post:
Trump fumes as Epstein scandal dominates headlines, overshadows agenda  —  The White House and Justice Department's response to the crisis has been driven by no clear strategy other than asking the country to forget it and move on, multiple people close to the situation told The Post.
NBC News:
Sen. Graham says there will be a ‘change in strategy’ in Gaza ‘to destroy Hamas’  —  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) shares what he's hearing from the White House and Israeli officials about the next stage of the war, saying “there will be a full military effort …
Ted Carter / CBS News:
Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” July 27, 2025  —  On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:  — Office of Managment and Budget Director Russell Vought  — Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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CBS News:   Transcript: Russell Vought on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” July 27, 2025
Annie Grayer / CNN:
Another whistleblower claims that top DOJ official suggested department could ignore court orders  —  Another whistleblower has made claims to the Justice Department's watchdog that Emil Bove — a top agency official who is now nominated for a judgeship — suggested others in the department …
Discussion: UPI
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
Exclusive: Private Probe of Alleged Epstein—Mossad Links  —  Hedge funds connected to Epstein enlist a former federal agent to probe the late sex trafficker's mysterious wealth, who suspects Israel may have provided secret funds for spying ops.  —  ∙ Paid
Financial Times:
Software group Auterion to ship 33,000 AI drone ‘strike kits’ to Ukraine  —  Pentagon-backed deal aims to help combat mass attacks by Russia  —  Sylvia Pfeifer in London, Laura Pitel in Berlin and Christopher Miller in Kyiv  —  US-German software company Auterion will send tens of thousands …
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 …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Post:
NYC's 'We're With Colbert' rally for late-night host is a bust with just 20 protesters  —  What a joke.  —  A Big Apple rally in support of on-his-way-out “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert drew fewer than two dozen people Sunday — with even the NYPD cops on scene quickly calling it a day since …
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.
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Ohio State president says he feels ‘no pressure’ after White House complaints … Carter's comments come shortly after the Trump administration announced the school — of which Vice President JD Vance is an alum — is one of 60 universities it has deemed may have antisemitic practices and policies on campus.
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
 
 
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Chandelis Duster / NPR:
Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
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Mike Sacks / Rolling Stone:
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
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Discussion: Daily Kos
Laura Pitel / Financial Times:
The rightwing media stoking culture wars in Germany
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