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2:20 AM ET, July 28, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump and the EU Dodge a Trade War  —  The U.S. President gets his beloved 15% tariff but little else from Europe.  —  The U.S. and Europe stepped back from the brink of a trade war Sunday, as the two sides announced a deal that avoids tit-for-tat escalation that could do larger damage to both economies.
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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 …
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, New York Times and MPR News
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 …
Financial Times:
How the EU succumbed to Trump's tariff steamroller
Discussion: Townhall
Politico:
How the EU dashed to Trump's Scottish hideaway — and got the deal it craved
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 …
Discussion: israelhayom.com, New York Sun and BBC
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.
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 underway for Qatari jet that will be used as Air Force One
Discussion: UPI and HuffPost
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 …
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
Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
Johnson says Ghislaine Maxwell deserves life sentence over Epstein crimes, rejects potential pardon  —  House Speaker calls for ‘maximum disclosure’ of Epstein files while protecting innocent victims  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Sunday that Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend …
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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.
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
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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
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
Josh Marcus / The Independent:
Rough deal: Social media roasts Trump's golf game after clip appears to show alleged cheating in Scotland  —  Trump has long been accused of cheating at golf and mixing politics and business on the course  —  Social media users pounced on a clip that appears to show Donald Trump cheating …
Discussion: MeidasTouch News, The Sun and Mediaite
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 …
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
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 …
 
 
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