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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Texas House votes to issue arrest warrants for Democrats who left state to block congressional redistricting  —  The warrants apply only within state lines, making them largely symbolic as most of the legislators in question decamped to Illinois, New York and Massachusetts.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Gov. Greg Abbott's options to force a redistricting vote are more limited than they appear … Here's a look at the central questions as Abbott's standoff with Texas House Democrats deepens into a monumental political and legal brawl.  —  Why did Texas Democrats leave the state?
Saul Elbein / The Hill:
Abbott orders arrest of Democrats who fled Texas  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday ordered the arrest of the Democrats who fled the Lone Star State in an effort to halt the advancement of new congressional maps that could benefit Republicans in next year's midterms.
Associated Press:
Texas governor says Democrats have ‘forfeited’ their offices as they try to block GOP gerrymander
Washington Post:
Texas House Republicans vote to issue civil arrest warrants for fleeing Democrats
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   On Redistricting  —  I want to address the questions now about redistricting: specifically …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Opposition Party Decides to Oppose
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
New York Retaliates Against Texas Republicans' Mid-Decade Redistricting Plan
Sam Skove / Politico:
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon … President Donald Trump named Duffy as interim administrator in July after abruptly withdrawing the nomination of billionaire Jared Isaacman amid a spat with the nominee's ally, Elon Musk.  —  Duffy also offered a directive to more quickly replace …
NPR:
Sen. Klobuchar says Congress must ‘reassert’ itself after weak jobs report  —  President Trump insists that tariffs are driving an economic boom, but the data tells a more complicated story.  Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., denounced Trump's tariffs and firing of a senior Labor official, saying Congress must “get its power back.”
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Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump to Appoint New Top Labor Official Within Days
Kana Inagaki / Financial Times:
Tesla board awards $30bn of shares to Elon Musk  —  Billionaire chief executive threatened to leave electric-vehicle maker if he was not given more stock  —  Tesla's board has approved the award of 96mn shares worth about $30bn to Elon Musk as part of a new pay deal after the billionaire …
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Tesla Grants Musk $29 Billion in Stock to Keep 'Elon's Energies Focused'
Courtney Rozen / Reuters:
US links $1.9 billion in state disaster funds to Israel boycott stance  —  U.S. states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be denied federal aid for natural disaster preparedness, the Trump administration has announced, tying routine federal funding to its political stance.
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
State Department may require visa applicants to post bond of up to $15,000 to enter the US  —  The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
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Politico:   State Department to charge some travelers $10,000 bond to get visas
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Top Hegseth aide tried to oust senior White House liaison from Pentagon  —  The unusual dispute received White House intervention and appears rooted in deeper frustrations over failed attempts to fill jobs on the defense secretary's staff.  —  Just now  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's acting chief …
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Statue of Confederate General Albert Pike to be reinstalled in Washington  —  A statue of Confederate General Albert Pike, which was overturned in 2020 during the “Black Lives Matter” protests after George Floyd's murder, will be reinstalled in Washington, the National Park Service said on Monday.
New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: Slate and Raw Story
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Netanyahu government votes to dismiss attorney general  —  Israel's cabinet voted to dismiss Israel's attorney general, a key Netanyahu critic, as the U.S. grows increasingly impatient with the war in Gaza.  —  TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government …
Associated Press:
How US adults are using ‘buy now, pay later’ services, according to a new AP-NORC poll  —  The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs remain widespread.
Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Start the presses!  New York Post will expand to LA with launch of The California Post  —  The New York Post is going Hollywood.  —  The nation's most popular tabloid will launch The California Post early next year — delivering its brand of fearless, common-sense journalism and legendary headlines …
Axios:
Scoop: Brown interviewing campaign managers for Ohio Senate race  —  Former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is interviewing campaign managers for a 2026 comeback bid, a clear indication that he's preparing to jump into the race to defeat Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), according to three people familiar with the matter.
Mike Potter / WALV-TV:
Purdue student detained by ICE and taken to troubled Louisiana holding facility  —  Yeonsoo Go, 20, was detained after her immigration hearing in Manhattan and taken away by ICE agents.  —  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A 20-year-old Purdue University student has been detained by Immigration …
Elizabeth Warren / Rolling Stone:
Elizabeth Warren on Why Billionaires Are Doing All They Can to Stop Zohran Mamdani  —  The Massachusetts Democrat explains why Wall Street is spending big to boost Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo  —  Zohran Mamdani pulled off an inspiring 12-point victory to become the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York.
Fox News:
DOJ launching grand jury investigation into Russiagate conspiracy allegations  —  Pam Bondi acts on Tulsi Gabbard's criminal referral claiming intelligence community suppression  —  EXCLUSIVE: Attorney General Pam Bondi directed her staff Monday to act on the criminal referral from Director …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Nunes defamation lawsuit over Rachel Maddow comment dismissed  —  A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif) against MSNBC personality Rachel Maddow nearly five years ago.  —  U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel ruled this week that Nunes failed …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Praises ‘HOTTEST’ Sydney Sweeney Ad, Bashes Taylor Swift  —  The debacle over the Euphoria star's great “jeans” — and her politics — has made it all the way to the president … “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the ‘HOTTEST’ ad out there.
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Trump moves to bar nearly all abortions at Veterans Affairs hospitals  —  The proposed rule would repeal a Biden-era VA policy that allowed for abortions in some cases, including rape and incest.  —  Pregnant veterans would no longer be allowed to receive abortions at Department …
Jonathan Weil / Wall Street Journal:
Cash Windfall From Trump's Tax Law Is Starting to Show Up at Big Companies  —  Investors are watching boosts to free cash flow as estimates of tax savings trickle out  —  The magnitude of the cash savings from this summer's federal tax legislation is starting to take shape at America's biggest companies.
Discussion: New York Sun
Paulo Trevisani / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Factory Orders Declined in June  —  There has been a drop in orders for two of the past three months  —  Orders from U.S. factories fell in June, declining for two of the past three months, the Commerce Department said Monday.  —  New orders contracted 4.8% month over month to $611.7 billion in June.
Ben Austen / New York Times:
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.
Christopher Weber / Associated Press:
Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ has died  —  FROM AP ARCHIVES: Loni Anderson in 2023: ‘It still is nice to embrace what you are.’  —  Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station's empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati …
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
New Hegseth Leak Reveals Secret Plan for Years of Troops on U.S. Streets  —  OH BROTHER  —  Phil Hegseth wrote the document laying out how the Pentagon and DHS could help Donald Trump's immigration plans “for years.”  —  The Department of Homeland Security is looking to boost its deployment …
Will McCarthy / Politico:
Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting … Now, the fight has returned to his home state, as Newsom aims to redraw California's U.S. House maps before the midterm elections to offset a similar Republican-led effort unfolding in Texas.  Since such a move would undo …
Discussion: New York Magazine
 
 
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Felicia Schwartz / Politico:
Rwanda agrees to take up to 250 migrant deportees
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David Dayen / American Prospect:
Trump's Tariffs Are Kleptocracy in Action
Discussion: Raw Story
Casey Gannon / CNN:
Victim in Epstein case decries ‘political warfare’ in effort to release grand jury transcripts
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George Steer / Financial Times:
Trump's sons launch investment vehicle to target a US manufacturer
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Thomas Chatterton Williams / New York Post:
How the ‘social justice’ movement distorted what Kyle Rittenhouse really did
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
CBO: Republican megabill to cost $4.1T, due to higher borrowing costs
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
University of Virginia Appoints Interim President After Ouster
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Daniel Golden / Columbia Journalism Review:
Joseph McCarthy's War on Voice of America
CNBC:
Senator Elizabeth Warren: Firing of BLS commissioner is ‘dangerous’
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Knight First Amendment Institute:
What the Columbia Settlement Really Means
Discussion: GBH and Daily Kos
Rio Yamat / Associated Press:
All major Las Vegas Strip casinos are now unionized in historic labor victory