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5:40 PM ET, August 4, 2025

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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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Bill Mahoney / Politico:
Hochul embraces gerrymandering in New York … The redistricting skirmish in New York is one front in a much larger battle nationwide.  Aside from Texas and New York, California, Ohio and Missouri are also considering similar changes to gain a political advantage ahead of next year's midterm elections …
Associated Press:
Texas governor threatens to remove Democrats who left the state over Trump-backed redistricting  —  Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will begin trying to remove Democratic lawmakers from office Monday if they do not return after dozens of them left the state in an attempt to block …
Washington Post:
Texas House Republicans vote to issue civil arrest warrants for fleeing Democrats  —  The Texas state House reconvened Monday without dozens of Democrats who left the state to try to stop the GOP from moving ahead with enacting a new congressional map that would give them five more safe seats.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Gov. Greg Abbott's options to force a redistricting vote are more limited than they appear
Office of the Texas Governor:
Governor Abbott Statement On House Democratic Quorum Break
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Killing Democracy—And Not Bothering to Hide It
Joseph De Avila / Wall Street Journal:
New York Retaliates Against Texas Republicans' Mid-Decade Redistricting Plan
Annabella Rosciglione / Washington Examiner:
Crockett calls Trump a ‘piece of s***’ in comments against Supreme Court
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'  —  The “interim” package announced on Monday was intended to help retain Elon Musk, whose previous pay plan was invalidated by a judge.  —  Tesla granted shares to Elon Musk worth nearly $30 billion, the company said on Monday …
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.
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April Rubin / Axios:
States that boycott Israeli companies will lose disaster relief funds, DHS says
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump to Appoint New Top Labor Official Within Days  —  President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released dour monthly jobs data.  —  President Trump said on Sunday that he would announce a new commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics …
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NPR:   Sen. Klobuchar says Congress must ‘reassert’ itself after weak jobs report
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The looming Trumpcession  —  🗣️ Paid subscribers keep Public Notice free.
Discussion: Vox, Tangle, New Republic and The Status Kuo
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Noem: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to serve as model for detention centers nationwide
Discussion: CBS News
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 …
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 …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu moves to fire attorney general prosecuting him for corruption
Discussion: UPI and Joe.My.God.
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
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
The 3 biggest problems with the new and unwarranted investigation into Jack Smith  —  For years, Team Trump treated the Hatch Act like a joke.  To target former special counsel Jack Smith, it's apparently changed its mind.  —  It's a serious enough problem when Donald Trump publicly endorses investigations …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Ex-federal prosecutor: Jack Smith charges ‘last thing’ Trump would want
Discussion: HuffPost and Democracy Docket
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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
Rio Yamat / Associated Press:
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.
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 …
 
 
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
Zuckerberg fired the fact-checkers. We tested their replacement.
Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
Cornyn mocks New York attorney general with new LETITIA Act
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George Steer / Financial Times:
Trump's sons launch investment vehicle to target a US manufacturer
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and New York Post
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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Paulo Trevisani / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Factory Orders Declined in June
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Democrats' growing push for Palestinian statehood
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Many Jewish Voters Back Mamdani. And Many Agree With Him on Gaza.
Discussion: Progress Pond and Gothamist
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
New Firm Seeks to Confront Trump on Executive Power
Wall Street Journal:
China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
The Chicago Tribune sues Perplexity for copyright infringement, alleging Perplexity's platforms lift Tribune content verbatim and divert traffic from the paper

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
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