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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
WSJ: Fauci May Have a Bigger Problem Than Contempt Charge Today; UPDATE: Contempt Referral Passes  —  Anthony Fauci spent his life as a bureaucrat.  He apparently never learned a thing about operational security.  —  Today, a Senate committee led by Rand Paul (R-KY) will vote to send …
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress, seeking to bypass floor vote with DOJ referral
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions
Tyler Spence / NOTUS:
Mitch McConnell Is Voting, But He's Still on Medical Leave  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell wasn't at the Agriculture Committee's markup of the farm bill Thursday, but the Kentucky Republican was casting tie-breaking votes on partisan issues.  —  Yet his absence is why the bill did not advance to the Senate floor.
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Mitch McConnell says he's been discharged from rehab, nearly 2 months after hospitalization  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Thursday that he has been discharged from a rehabilitation center, nearly two months after he was hospitalized.
Grace Yarrow / Politico:
Senate Republicans' farm bill fails over SNAP stalemate
Discussion: E&E News and NOTUS
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Senate eyes deal to leave for recess as agenda items pile up
Discussion: Deseret News and The Hill
Ali Bianco / Politico:
The sticky Senate summer
Discussion: Deseret News and Fox News
Politico:
‘Is she even allowed to be doing this?’:  Inside a federal judge's side gig running a PR firm  —  A Trump-appointed federal appeals judge spent months running a Washington public affairs firm after being appointed to the bench last year, an arrangement that contributed to an exodus among …
Washington Post:
Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns  —  At a Camp David summit this weekend, President Trump demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over extreme munitions shortages.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump's frustration over the Iran war boiled …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump backs Hegseth, calls reports to the contrary “treasonous”
Discussion: Bloomberg and RedState
Greg Norman-Diamond / Fox News:
Trump says US has ‘massive’ munitions stockpile, vows ‘treasonous’ leakers being hunted down
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left  —  One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.  —  The embattled establishment of the Democratic Party searched furiously for a political reset …
Washington Post:
Elon Musk's DOGE made big errors in claims of government savings, GAO finds  —  The government watchdog found that billions of dollars in DOGE's public tally could not be verified and that some claimed cuts never happened.  —  Summary  —  The U.S. DOGE Service, the cost-cutting group spearheaded …
Discussion: MS NOW, Defense One, GovExec.com and NOTUS
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John K. Wilson / Inside Higher Ed:
Vanderbilt's Board Declares War Against Academic Freedom  —  A new policy punishes faculty for speech the trustees deem strays from the core purpose of the university.  —  On July 29, Vanderbilt University's board of trustees announced the release of “The University And Its Purpose: A Declaration of First Principles.”
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Why you shouldn't be surprised if Democrats don't flip the House  —  Democrats are ahead in polls, and voters typically punish the party that controls the White House during midterms.  But Republicans have several paths to maintaining power.  —  Summary  —  Democrats are favored to flip the House …
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Errol Louis / New York Magazine:
‘Capitalist’ Democrats Fear Socialist Wave May Sink Midterms
Discussion: CBS News, Jacobin and Compact
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Trump wins last-minute reprieve temporarily blocking BBC access to his business records … President Donald Trump won an 11th-hour court reprieve Thursday that temporarily blocks the BBC from obtaining detailed records on the finances and ownership of his business empire as part …
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Iowa 2026 Poll: Sand Has an Edge in Governor's Race; Hinson Holds Narrow Senate Advantage  —  Trump, Reynolds approval ratings underwater  —  A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey of Iowa voters in the race for Governor finds 48% of voters support Democrat Rob Sand, while 43% support Republican Zach Lahn.
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David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Josh Turek trails Republican Ashley Hinson by 3 points: Poll
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Ballotpedia News
ABC:
Facebook is paying controversial creators to produce rage-bait content  —  In short:  —  An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found Facebook's parent company, Meta, is directly paying several controversial content creators including a white nationalist with Neo-Nazi links and a prominent anti-vaxxer.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Senate Republicans launch network of fake news sites  —  The Alaska Navigator bills itself as “independent news covering the Last Frontier.”  On June 10, the outlet published an article headlined, “As Fentanyl Deaths Rise in Alaska, Sullivan Pushes Tougher Penalties and Enforcement.”
Discussion: Iowa Starting Line
Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
Three state attorneys general subpoena Anthony Fauci over Covid guidance  —  Fauci was subpoenaed as Republicans in Washington seek to hold him in contempt for refusing to answer questions about the handling of the Covid pandemic.  —  Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday …
Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Judge Turns Up Heat on Trump's DOJ in Epstein Files Battle  —  Judge Emmet Sullivan found the Justice Department still hasn't complied with major portions of his earlier orders and is demanding answers face-to-face  —  Key Points … The federal judge overseeing MeidasTouch reporter Katie Phang's lawsuit …
Discussion: Newsweek, Salon, Axios and CBS News
Alice Speri / The Guardian:
An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza.  Now the university is paying him $250,000  —  The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer for Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring
Talking Points Memo:
Trump Administration Has Repeatedly Confessed in Court to Withholding Money From Blue States  —  The New York Times reported last month on one instance of the Trump administration explicitly admitting in court that it withheld grants from states for political reasons.  TPM has found more.
New York Times:
See Where the Reflecting Pool Renovation Appeared to Fail  —  The New York Times identified dozens of areas throughout the newly installed liner of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that showed signs of bubbles, tears or peeling.  —  President Trump has for weeks blamed vandals for the damage …
Discussion: The Independent
The Bulwark:
Did MAGA Infiltrate the Green Party in Michigan?  —  ‘Welcome to the ballot, random internet stranger.’  —  OF ALL THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS up for grabs this fall, Michigan's 7th may be the most hotly contested.  Smack in the middle of the state, the 7th went to Donald Trump by just one percentage point in 2024.
Alicia Sitz / The Hill:
Leprosy cases climb in Florida: Here's how to reduce your risk  —  (NewsNation) — Cases of leprosy are on the rise in Florida, and health officials are linking many cases to exposure to a specific animal.  —  As of July 23, Florida's Department of Health reported 17 cases statewide …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Our Chaos Agent President Has Another Big Card to Play  —  We got lots of important elections stories this week, but none stranger than the outcome in the Republican primary for Michigan's swingy 8th district, where Trump's endorsed candidate, Navy veteran Amir Hassan, endured a shocking loss …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
New book from Tillis dubs Miller, Hegseth as ‘MAGATS’  —  Retiring Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) becomes the latest lawmaker to announce a forthcoming book — but this one will take aim at his own party and President Donald Trump.  “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents” will explore how a group of …
Discussion: New York Sun and Breitbart
Max Rego / The Hill:
Sanders doesn't believe he will endorse Hong: 'I don't think so'  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) signaled Wednesday he does not expect to endorse Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, less than a week before the primary in the Badger State.  —  “I don't think so,” …
The Hill:
Husted, GOP Ohio senator facing reelection, calls on Miller to resign over abuse allegations  —  Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) broke his silence on the abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) Wednesday and called for his fellow Ohio Republican to drop his reelection bid and resign …
Evlondo Cooper / Media Matters for America:
ABC, CBS, and NBC aired nearly 200 segments about three U.S. heat events without mentioning climate change  —  In coverage from June 29 to July 26, national broadcast networks failed to link multiple successive heat waves to global warming … A Media Matters analysis of corporate broadcast news coverage …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Climate Central
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership  —  The move sets the stage for more corporate consolidation in the media industry.  —  The Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that regulates the broadcast airwaves, voted Thursday to eliminate …
Reuters:
At Trump's DOJ, watchdogs gutted as misconduct complaints soar  —  In one courtroom after another, federal judges have accused U.S. President Donald Trump's Justice Department of an extraordinary spate of misconduct, including making false statements, failing to comply with court orders …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jennifer McDermott / Associated Press:NEW!
Trump administration's latest buyback of offshore wind leases brings total to nearly $4 billion  —  An offshore wind company said Thursday that it reached a $1.2 billion settlement with the Trump administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana.
 
 
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David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
Democrat Josh Turek trails Republican Ashley Hinson by 3 points: Poll   Find
 
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Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iranian parliamentary committee reviews draft bill to bar US, Israeli ships from Hormuz, Fars saysNEW!
Brad Brooks / Reuters:
Puerto Rico to begin water rationing due to intense drought
Discussion: CBS News and Al Jazeera
Politico:
Pentagon policy chief can't get invited to Beijing
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com and Blaze Media
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Trump admin defunds abstinence-only programs in chaotic budget cuts
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Why 2 GOP mayors are crossing party lines for Jon Ossoff
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Chris Bradford / New York Post:
Miss North Carolina USA Brittany Boltinhouse stripped of title after alleged racist posts resurface
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
Paying for News Is Cheaper Than Not Having It
New York Times:
Scott Galloway: America Abandoned Its ‘Unremarkable’ Young Men
Eltaf Najafizada / Bloomberg:
Iran Says Deal With Oman on Hormuz Ships Agreed in Principle