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5:50 PM ET, July 1, 2026

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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
There's Nothing Democratic About These Socialists  —  The DSA was formed in opposition to the very thing it has become.  —  The general idea that Democratic Party loyalists seem to have about members of the Democratic Socialists of America is that they're a lot like Democrats, but perhaps a bit more passionate.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems rocked by another socialist upset: “Wake up call”  —  House Democrats were staggered Wednesday by the loss of yet another one of their longtime colleagues to a democratic socialist challenger. … So why did she become a target of the left?  — “One more case in the growing dynamic …
Politico:
The insurgent left's newest star  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Wednesday morning, and welcome to July.  This is Jack Blanchard, delighted to see this thrilling Mexico team join Canada in the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup last night.  Only one more host nation to go!
Denver Post:
Five takeaways in Colorado primaries as DSA candidate ousts congresswoman, Democrats reject senator, big money falters  —  Phil Weiser's late surge in governor's race overcomes outside spending backing Sen. Michael Bennet  —  Colorado's Democratic primary voters pushed hard against Washington …
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Voters are angry with Washington, and other takeaways from the Colorado primaries
New York Times:
Crypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big  —  President Trump and his family reaped vast financial rewards from a memecoin that generated losses for hundreds of thousands of investors.  —  President Trump amassed enormous wealth during the first year of his second term …
Discussion: Rolling Stone and Mother Jones
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Rob Wile / NBC News:
Trump's financial disclosure lists $1.4 billion in crypto earnings, powered largely by meme coins
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump declines to renew major trade deal with Canada, Mexico  —  The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form.  —  Wednesday marked the deadline to renew the trade agreement, which President Trump struck …
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Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
The US, Canada and Mexico begin bumpy negotiations to renew North American trade pact
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Ex-C.I.A. Chief Asks for Order Forcing Trump Administration to Preserve Records  —  Lawyers for John O. Brennan said they want the materials saved in anticipation of bringing a vindictive prosecution motion if charges against Mr. Brennan are ultimately filed.
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Dave Levinthal / NOTUS:
Kash Patel's Late Stock Disclosure Raises STOCK Act Questions  —  FBI Director Kash Patel failed to properly disclose a six-figure purchase of stock in a bitcoin-fueled business intelligence and mobile software company that has contracted with the Department of Justice, according to federal financial records reviewed by NOTUS.
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
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Donald Shaw / Sludge:
Trump Bought Hundreds of Stocks the Day Before He Paused Tariffs and Sparked a Historic Rally
Discussion: Robert Reich
New Republic:
MAGA Rage Takes Unnerving Turn as Birthright Loss Rattles Trump Badly  —  After the Supreme Court upheld the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship, Trump and MAGA lost it.  Trump threatened to get Congress to end the guarantee, which it can't do, and he lamely claimed it was a …
Josephine Walker / Axios:
No expectant moms at the border: Trump's birthright Plan B … - Immediately after that decision, MAGA figures like Federalist founder Sean Davis suggested the U.S. bar pregnant foreign women from entering the country, an idea also floated by administration figures.
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Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
US DOJ directs prosecutors to prioritize ‘birth tourism’ probes following court ruling
New York Times:
Another Major Precedent Crumbles at the Supreme Court.  3 Legal Scholars Assess the Fallout.  —  Kate Shaw, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with William Baude, a law professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen I. Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown …
Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
ICE's arrest of nun heading to church fuels bipartisan backlash in South Texas  —  The president's deportation drive has riled border areas that supported him in 2024, and a GOP congresswoman joined Democrats calling for the sister's release.  —  Summary  —  SAN ANTONIO — Sister Leticia …
Marisa Guerra Echeverria / Politico:
Trump's DOJ challenges California's Glock ban, threatens more action on guns  —  SACRAMENTO, California — The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against California's recently-enacted ban on Glock-style firearm sales, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche threatening future suits following …
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Navy helicopter makes emergency landing in Arabian Sea, one crew missing  —  A Navy helicopter assigned to a U.S. aircraft carrier made an “emergency water landing” in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday morning and one of the four aircrewmen is missing, according to the U.S. military.
Anna Kramer / NOTUS:
DOGE Cut Off Small Town America's 250th Birthday Money  —  A local Ohio historical society had hoped to go big for America's 250th anniversary.  It settled on what it could afford: a limited “passport” project to encourage people to visit and engage with local history sites.
David Strom / HotAir:
Even Degenerate Child Predators Deserve Representation Too, You Know  —  Imagine, if you will, a man who pled guilty to having child s@xual abuse material and was thus put on the sex offender registry, decided to run for office.  In California, where in some areas being a sexual predator is almost …
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Lawyer for E. Jean Carroll says Trump wants to delay $5 million payment in sex abuse, defamation case  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Lawyers for President Trump asked for writer E. Jean Carroll's consent to delay the $5 million awarded to her by a 2023 jury, and signaled they plan to ask …
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CNN:
Crowd size gripes, state fair troubles: The problems of an America 250 celebration tied to Trump  —  President Donald Trump has billed his July Fourth rally on the National Mall as a culmination of the “most unforgettable birthday party any country has ever seen.”
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Mitch McConnell was found ‘unconscious’ in DC home last month, may have suffered heart attack  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was found “unconscious” and may have suffered a heart attack at his DC residence before being rushed to a local hospital last month …
Fox News:
RNC chair predicts first-ever midterm convention will turn Dallas into ‘Trumpapalooza’ for 2026 fight  —  Gruters says the two-day Dallas event will energize MAGA voters and contrast Republicans against radical leftist primary winners  —  EXCLUSIVE - Republican National Committee Chairman …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Five Words That Changed America  —  There is a moment for every American when she first encounters the Declaration of Independence.  For most, it comes to her as scripture — the highest and most sacred text in the nation's civic religion, encapsulated by its moving assertion of human equality …
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump backs MAHA in heated, “shocking” Oval Office fight on pesticides  —  Tensions over pesticide use erupted in an Oval Office meeting last week, as a top agriculture lobbyist warned President Trump that an executive order calling for pest-killing alternatives would cost Trump support from farming interests.
Zeteo:
‘This One!’:  Trump Is Already Planning To Steal Classified Docs Again  —  Time is a flat circle... especially when it comes to Donald Trump's lawlessness and pettiness.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Remember that open-and-shut federal criminal case where Donald Trump clearly committed serious crimes …
New York Times:
Minnesota Pardons Sexual Abuser Who Was Set to Be Deported  —  Tou Lue Vang has expressed regret for abusing a 10-year-old two decades ago.  The Trump administration accused Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, of shielding an immigrant who committed a serious crime.
Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
He sent a harsh email to ICE's top official. 5 months later, federal agents tracked him down  —  David Streever was on vacation in Finland with his 7-year-old daughter last week when he noticed his doorbell camera back home had captured some unusual footage.
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Court blocks USPS from implementing Trump's anti-mail voting order  —  In the latest blow to President Donald Trump's anti-voting agenda, a federal court on Wednesday granted the NAACP's request to halt the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) implementation of his executive order against mail voting.
Discussion: CNN and Persuasion
Axios:
Scoop: Harris reaches out to Mamdani, pro-Palestinian activists in run-up to 2028  —  Kamala Harris privately called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani last week and has been holding lengthy, closed-door meetings with other prominent progressives — including pro-Palestinian activists.
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Pulte to be acting DNI for ‘a month or two’ and can ‘declassify almost everything,’ Trump says … Trump's comments come after he killed a Senate plan last month to quickly confirm Clayton as the new DNI, paving the way for Pulte to helm the agency on a temporary basis.
 
 
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Anna Merlan / Mother Jones:
Anna Paulina Luna Held a Hearing on CIA Mind Control. It Went Off the Rails.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Amos Barshad / Columbia Journalism Review:
‘All I Have Is the Power to Talk and Be Heard’
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Trump admin blasts Machado's “grotesque political opportunism” after Venezuela quakes
Discussion: Semafor
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Remakes Washington, D.C., Into a Maze of Fences and Guard Members
Politico:
Whatever happened to Sean Duffy's road trip series?
Discussion: The Daily Wire and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Taylor Giorno / NOTUS:
Karoline Leavitt's Old Campaign Remains Awash in Red Ink
Discussion: CBS News
Politico:
Frustration roils lawmakers briefed on Pentagon's war request
Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
What is the United States of America now?
Reuters:
FBI determines Nancy Guthrie kidnapping notes to be fakes, source says
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Texas Republicans may regret mandating Bible in classes
Discussion: RNS
Politico:
Tom Kean Jr. kept his depression a secret. Colleagues are questioning that decision.
 

 
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Sean Hollister / The Verge:
The FCC's ban on foreign “advanced robotic devices” includes any new ground-based, software-controlled wireless robot over 4.4 pounds, including robot vacuums
 
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