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Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player's Suspension. Now He's Eligible to Play. — The reversal of Folarin Balogun's World Cup suspension is highly unusual. It was the first time since 1962 that FIFA has nullified a suspension for a red card received during the World Cup. — 1.5k
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The Guardian:
Trump lobbied Fifa to lift Folarin Balogun suspension for World Cup game v Belgium — US striker was shown red in last-32 match - Fifa announced suspension of ban earlier on Sunday — Belgian FA ‘astonished’ by decision — Donald Trump lobbied Fifa to lift the US striker Folarin Balogun's …
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
Inside the White House push to get Folarin Balogun back on the field
Inside the White House push to get Folarin Balogun back on the field
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What Trump wants out of NATO
What Trump wants out of NATO
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Washington Post:
After America's 250th, Trump will test how far he can push NATO allies — The president heads to Turkey today with fresh complaints about Europe, even as the alliance tries to show it is giving him what he wants. — Fresh off a week of star-spangled celebrations of America's 250th …
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Harry Thompson / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Deranged ‘Lewinsky Room’ Offer to World Leader Revealed — GOODIE BAGS — He also tried to offload a few pairs of his favorite dress shoes. — Donald Trump tried to foist tacky MAGA freebies onto an official delegation from Europe and told his visitors that their wives could sell …
Tim Balk / New York Times:
In Trump's Second Midterm, Democrats Are Looking for Fighters — Attitudes in the party have shifted, Democrats say, with a growing appetite for outsider candidates vowing to overhaul the system. Some worry that the trend could be costly in November. — With President Trump's second term …
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Maya Goldman / Axios:
Democratic socialists give new life to Medicare for All — Democratic socialist and progressives' success in this year's primaries is evidence of new enthusiasm for Medicare for All plans that many centrists have long dismissed as costly pipe dreams.
Will Steakin / Politico:
Up next for the DSA? Two major swing states.
Up next for the DSA? Two major swing states.
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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated — Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings. — Nearly six months have passed since federal officers shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis.
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Maddy Varner / Wired:
ICE's Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
What's inside the one bill Trump most desperately wants to become law — President Donald Trump has been on a single-minded, months-long quest to try and get one particular bill — the SAVE America Act — through Congress. — It's a bill that would transform voting registration …
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White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’ — A scathing report released on the Fourth of July says the National Museum of American History downplays the role of the founders while emphasizing social justice. — In a broadside posted to its website …
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Alex Gangitano / Politico:
Trump's MAGA Inc. is sitting on $350M. Republicans want to see it. — President Donald Trump is trying to boost Republicans' midterm prospects by branding Democrats as communists, implementing a fragile truce with Iran, and touting plummeting gasoline prices.
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Reuters:
Supreme Court ruling may wipe out Democrats' cash advantage in Senate battlegrounds
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
How Kalshi infects the news — This is a special collaboration between Public Notice and Judd Legum of Popular Information. For more news and analysis from Judd and his team, subscribe to Popular Information HERE. — In December 2025, CNN and CNBC struck landmark deals with Kalshi, a leading prediction market.
Associated Press:
Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital kills at least 12 — Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv early Monday, killing at least 12 people in an attack that exposed widening gaps in Ukraine's air defenses, authorities said. All of the ballistic missiles launched …
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Wall Street Journal:
NASA Leader Flew His Vintage Jet at DC Air Show Over FAA Objections — The regulator initially denied Jared Isaacman's request to fly in the Freedom 250 celebration, calling the aircraft too dangerous for densely populated areas — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew a vintage jet fighter …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
‘The View’ throttles back political candidate bookings following FCC inquiry — The Scoop — The Federal Communications Commission has already changed the programming of one of television's last remaining relevant daytime talk shows — before even making any formal demands.
Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal:
Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario — As public opinion of AI shifts into negative, warnings of mass employment reductions diminish — A year ago, the message from many business leaders was that AI was going to wipe out jobs. For the past month or so, tech CEOs have been striking a more optimistic tone.
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Kelsey Brugger / Politico:
The wannabe tax writers angling for key committee slots in the next Congress — A giant wave of departures is set to hit Capitol Hill's tax writing committees in the next Congress, jumpstarting the competition to fill some critical gaps in institutional knowledge and ideological representation across two powerful panels.
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Jill Filipovic / Slate:
There Are Many Things That Could Increase the Birth Rate. This Major One Is Usually Ignored. — Conservatives often lay the blame for declining fertility at women's feet. They're wrong. — The summer I turned 39, my husband and I moved from Brooklyn to a darling little village in upstate New York.
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Trump's administration won't seek new bids to repair the Reflecting Pool — The Trump administration will not seek new bids to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Sunday as he faced new questions about the troubled project and the taxpayer money involved.
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John F. Harris / Politico:
What Rahm Emanuel's Upcoming Israel Speech Reveals About Democrats … Rahm Emanuel is in Israel this week to deliver a speech designed to be a thunderclap. The combination of message and messenger should produce a loud echo. — The message is that the war in Gaza and shifts in American …
ProPublica:
These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled. — Reporting Highlights — Rollback of Protections: The Trump administration has gutted policies that gave immigrant minors access to legal counsel and relief from deportation while they applied to stay in the U.S.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump plugs Dell at first-ever White House opening bell, sending shares soaring … President Donald Trump on Monday promoted Dell's computers from the White House after ringing the opening bell of the stock market in the Oval Office in a first-of-its-kind joint ceremony with the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq.
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Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
Trump Is Using Your Baby to Keep Elon Musk's Bubble Bloated — What happens when a company's valuation depends on people believing something its own bondholders don't? If you're Elon Musk, you get the federal government to help you convince a newborn's bank account.
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Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer Ph.D.s, a Bad Sign for Science — Some of the nation's top research universities are shrinking doctoral programs because of uncertain federal funding. — The number of students admitted to Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15 percent from the previous year …


