Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting  —  In an extraordinary move brokered with Illinois Gov. Pritzker, dozens of Texas House Democrats move to deny quorum as the GOP is set to draw new maps.  —  CHICAGO — In an extraordinary move …

The looming Trump-cession  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers keep Public Notice free.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please sign up and support us.  👇  —  The July jobs numbers, released last Friday, could not have been much bleaker.

Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump  —  Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76 has told faculty that a deal with the Trump administration is not imminent and denied that the University is considering a $500 million settlement …

Community Colleges Have Been Hit by Trump's War on Elite Universities  —  Measures intended to punish elite universities are inflicting collateral damage on the nation's two-year colleges, which educate 40 percent of all undergraduates.  —  A welding class at Delta College, a community college near Saginaw, Mich.

All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory  —  When Susana Pacheco accepted a housekeeping job at a casino on the Las Vegas Strip 16 years ago, she believed it was a step toward stability for her and her 2-year-old daughter.

China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies  —  Beijing's tightened controls are a sign of the leverage it has over the U.S. military supply chain  —  China is limiting the flow of critical minerals to Western defense manufacturers, delaying production …

EU-US trade pact causes peak confusion in Brussels  —  Deal risks flouting World Trade Organization rules  —  Welcome to Trade Secrets, summer edition.  Filling the inimitable Alan Beattie's shoes is a tall ask, but I will do my best to bring you some perspectives from Brussels on the EU-US trade deal signed by leaders last month.

Schumer, Jeffries push for ‘Big 4’ talks on spending … The outlook for a government-funding deal is pretty poor right now.  A shutdown or CR - or both - is a real possibility heading into the Sept. 30 deadline.  Or potentially a hybrid situation where Congress passes some spending bills …

New Firm Seeks to Confront Trump on Executive Power  —  The Washington Litigation Group is the latest nonprofit group to join the legal challenges against the president, with a strategy of focusing on appeals early in the case.  —  Cathy A. Harris learned she was fired for a third time during her daughter's high school graduation.

From Triumph in Iran to Starvation in Gaza: Netanyahu Squanders His Moment to Halt the War  —  Six weeks after Benjamin Netanyahu scored a victory over Iran, the Israeli leader is now pushing for an “all or nothing” deal with Hamas.  But he has not made the compromises needed to make it happen.

Rep. Nancy Mace, Trump critic-turned-ally, to run for South Carolina governor  —  She joins a crowded Republican primary field that includes a rival candidate she has already clashed with sharply this year.  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina), who has shifted her stance on President Donald Trump …

The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine  —  How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.  —  The digital deluge is a familiar annoyance for anyone on a Democratic fundraising list.

Trump is Getting Desperate  —  We're in an extremely dangerous moment  —  Last week's big non-Epstein news was Friday's very bad jobs report and Donald Trump's immediate reaction — which was not to rethink his policies but to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Applebaum on Autocracy … Anne Applebaum has spent decades chronicling the rise of authoritarianism and the collapse of democratic norms around the world.  In her latest piece for The Atlantic, appearing on this week's cover, she turned her attention to Sudan, where a brutal civil war has displaced millions of people.

Trump Praises ‘Very Nice’ Loomer as Her Body Count Grows  —  TRUMP'S EAR  —  He calls the far-right activist, who set up an anonymous tip line to help get federal workers disloyal to Trump fired, a patriot.  —  Donald Trump has called conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer a “very nice person” …

Speaker Johnson visits Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson visited a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Monday as part of a private visit to Israel organized by a pro-Israel advocacy group, according to two Israeli officials.

This Attack on a Federal Judge Is Preposterous  —  Last week, in a post on social media, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Justice Department filed a misconduct complaint against James Boasberg, the chief judge of the Federal District Court in Washington, claiming he made …