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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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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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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 …
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.
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Euronews:
Von der Leyen and Trump strike EU-US trade deal with 15% tariff for the bloc
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's tariffs start August 1, no extensions, Lutnick says
Trump's tariffs start August 1, no extensions, Lutnick says
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump says U.S. reaches trade agreement with Europe with 15% tariff
Trump says U.S. reaches trade agreement with Europe with 15% tariff
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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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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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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
Johnson says Ghislaine Maxwell deserves life sentence over Epstein crimes, rejects potential pardon
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Some Republicans aren't backing down from Epstein transparency push
Some Republicans aren't backing down from Epstein transparency push
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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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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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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.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
GOP leans into Trump administration's Obama accusations
GOP leans into Trump administration's Obama accusations
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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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 …
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
The Elite Panic at the Heart of Liberal Attacks on Mamdani — Zohran Mamdani's campaign is driving some people mad. — Mamdani is, of course, the young, charismatic, charming and decidedly left-of-center candidate upsetting the political status quo. He is also Muslim and of Indian and Ugandan descent.

