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The City:
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips  —  A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday.
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New York Times:
Adams Adviser Suspended From Campaign After Giving Cash to Reporter  —  A campaign volunteer for Mayor Eric Adams of New York was suspended after giving a journalist cash in a potato chip bag.  —  A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his re-election campaign on Wednesday …
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
Government's demand for trans care info sought addresses, doctors' notes, texts  —  Legal experts said the Justice Department's subpoenas related to medical care for transgender patients younger than 19 appear to be unprecedented.  —  The Justice Department is demanding that hospitals turn …
Discussion: The 19th, Law Dork and LGBTQ Nation
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care  —  A June subpoena to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia sought Social Security numbers and addresses of patients who received gender-related care, as well as “every writing or record” made by doctors on such treatments.
Discussion: Washington Blade
The Texas Tribune:
Texas House approves GOP congressional map after two-week delay from Democrats' walkout  —  Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP's slim majority in the U.S. House.
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
California Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom's redistricting push  —  The California Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by state Republican legislators seeking to halt Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) plan to redistrict California's congressional map.
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas House Approves Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted
Wall Street Journal:
Weaponizing the Housing Regulator  —  Bill Pulte, the FHFA chief, goes after Trump's political opponents.  —  Click for Sound  —  Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director William Pulte on Wednesday accused Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee, of mortgage fraud.
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Christopher Condon / Bloomberg:
Fed's Cook Says She Won't be Bullied Into Stepping Down
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Trump Uses Legal Threats to Push Federal Reserve Member To Resign
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Military officers shifted to prosecute local D.C. crimes amid Trump takeover  —  Members of the Judge Advocate General Corps are set to join the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.  —  WASHINGTON — As members of the National Guard deploy to the nation's capital as part …
Mark Elibert / Complex:
JD Vance Heckled With ‘Couch F*cker’ Chants During Visit to D.C.'s Union Station  —  The vice president was confronted by hecklers in Washington, D.C., who shouted vulgar chants at him during his photo-op. … On Wednesday, Vance joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief …
Discussion: TMZ.com and NewsMax.com
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Ivan Pereira / Reuters:
Protesters heckle Vance, Hegseth at photo op to thank DC National Guard
Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Gabbard to slash Director of National Intelligence staff by nearly 50%  —  Gabbard wants to create “a leaner, faster, and more agile institution.”  —  Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Politico:
Gabbard to cut ODNI staff by nearly 50 percent
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
White House tours canceled indefinitely because of Trump's ballroom  —  Officials have canceled all tours that were scheduled for next month, when the president wants construction to start.  —  Just now  —  Public tours of the White House have been suspended indefinitely because of planned construction …
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024  —  US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.
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New York Times:
Two Big Law Firms Said to Be Doing Free Work for Trump Administration  —  After making deals with the president to avoid punitive executive orders, Paul Weiss and Kirkland & Ellis are helping the Commerce Department.  —  At least two large law firms that struck deals with President Trump …
Drew Shaw / ProPublica:
A Texas County Cuts Over 100 Polling Sites as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting Nationally  —  The decision by commissioners in Tarrant County, which includes Fort Worth, comes amid growing concern about GOP efforts to limit voting access ahead of next year's midterm elections.  —  Co-published with Fort Worth Report
NPR:
Former national guard vice chief calls deployment into D.C. an ‘intimidation’ tactic  —  Several Republican-led states are deploying more National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. to address what President Trump has called a “crime emergency” in the nation's capital.
Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Has a Secret Long-Range Missile Base Near Chinese Border, Report Says  —  Previously undisclosed site could potentially store intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of striking U.S. mainland, according to CSIS  —  SEOUL—North Korea has a heavily fortified …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
How a strawberry delivery driver was caught in a fight between Newsom and Trump  —  The strawberry delivery driver was making his last drop-off in Little Tokyo, unloading nearly a dozen boxes onto the sidewalk outside the Japanese American National Museum.  —  Inside the building …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump administration imposes fresh sanctions on ICC officials  —  The Trump administration announced fresh sanctions on International Criminal Court officials on Wednesday and accused the ICC of being a “national security threat” and “instrument for lawfare” against the U.S. and Israel.
Eddie Kim / Gazetteer SF:
I reported from an ICE action on Sansome and all I got was a face full of pepper spray  —  Federal agents are stepping up their actions against protesters and, apparently, the press  —  At 9:30 a.m., I rushed to the San Francisco Immigration Court at 100 Montgomery St. after receiving tips …
Discussion: Mission Local
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Kristi Noem is pushing for ICE to buy and operate a fleet of deportation planes, sources say  —  Former officials say if ICE owns its own planes, it could double the number of people it deports each month.  But it would be costly.  —  WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem …
Discussion: New York Times, Raw Story and The Hill
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
In Trump's Ideal Picture of America, Diversity Is Taboo … A demonstration in May for the protection of Black history and against the removal of artifacts from the National African American Museum of History and Culture.Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times
Discussion: CNN
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Inside the Dems' fight to be “the new Iowa” and hold the first 2028 primary … - Nevada, New Hampshire, and Michigan are currently the frontrunners to be “the new Iowa,” and lead off the 2028 Democratic primary season, according to several people familiar with the Rules and Bylaws committee that will determine the order.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia Fights To Have DOJ's Case Against Him Thrown Out  —  The wrongfully deported Maryland man is being punished because he had “the audacity to fight back,” his lawyers argued.  —  Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was wrongfully deported …
Business Wire:
Statement from Marcus Lemonis, Executive Chairman of Bed Bath & Beyond  —  MURRAY, Utah—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Beyond, Inc. (NYSE:BYON) has issued the following statement from Marcus Lemonis, Executive Chairman of Bed Bath & Beyond:  —  We will not open or operate retail stores in California.
Politico:
Seven months in, Trump's revolving door reaching full swing … A day earlier, POLITICO reported that Trent Morse will leave his post as deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the Office of Presidential Personnel to launch his own lobbying firm.
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and The Information
Kimmy Yam / NBC News:
Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center  —  “The use of national security rhetoric to justify mass incarceration today echoes the same logic that led to their forced removal and incarceration,” one advocate said.
Discussion: Davis Vanguard
Washington Post:
Education Department quietly removes rules for teaching English learners  —  The move is an acceleration of President Donald Trump's executive order declaring English the country's “official language.”  —  The Trump administration has quietly rescinded long-standing guidance that directed schools …
CNN:
Pam Bondi tightens grip on Justice Department after Epstein files fallout  —  Pam Bondi has emerged from self-exile following right-wing blowback over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and is reasserting control over the Justice Department and her role as attorney general.
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Sony will hike PS5 prices Thursday as a result of Trump's trade war  —  Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles by $50 each in the U.S. beginning Thursday, the company announced on Wednesday. … - “As a result, we've made the difficult decision to increase the recommended retail price …
 
 
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Robert McCoy / New Republic:
Trump and Melania's Scammy Meme Coins Have Lost Almost All Value
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
No, Democrats Don't Need Their Own Stephen Miller
Nicholas McEntyre / New York Post:
Ex-Space Force sergeant Orest Schur sentenced to 54 years in prison for fatally shooting suspected teen car thief
Discussion: Military and Veteran … and IJR
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Straight Arrow News:
Interactive ‘ICE Detention Map’ shows 71% of detainees have no criminal record
Scott Lincicome / The Dispatch:
No, ‘the Economists’ Didn't Botch Trump's Tariffs
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NBC News:
Israel enters first stage of planned assault on Gaza City
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Robert Kennedy Has Gutted Our Best Defense Against Future Pandemics
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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