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5:30 PM ET, July 4, 2026

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New York Times:
Nearly a Million Investors Lost a Total of $3.8 Billion on Trump Crypto Coin  —  A report from a cryptocurrency analytics firm details how those who bought the Trump memecoin have fared, with most retail investors having lost money while sophisticated traders did better.
Discussion: Raw Story
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump says Netanyahu “knows who the boss is” ahead of possible WH visit  —  President Trump told Axios Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked him for a meeting at the White House, and that it could take place as early as next week after Trump returns from the NATO summit.
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Zen Reading / Haaretz:25 minutes ago
Report: Trump Says Netanyahu 'Knows Who's Boss,' Washington Meeting Possible Next Week  —  U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking with Axios, said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘get along very good,’ and that the two could possibly meet next week, for the first time since …
The Moscow Times:15 minutes ago
Leningrad Region Port, Oil Terminal Hit in Major Ukrainian Drone Attack  —  Russia's second city of St. Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad region came under a large Ukrainian drone attack overnight on Saturday, with a local port and oil infrastructure struck, Russian and Ukrainian authorities said.
Discussion: Reuters
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Associated Press:
Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg oil terminal in latest long-range attack on Russia  —  A Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv presses on with bombardment of Russia's oil infrastructure.
Paul Sonne / New York Times:
In Battlefield Visit, Putin Vows to Take More of Ukraine
Discussion: spiked, Sputnik News and NewsMax.com
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Founding Father vs. Foundering Toddler  —  I found myself gazing at George Washington's teeth the other day.  —  They weren't wooden, as lore has it.  On a trip to Mount Vernon, which I had somehow never visited as an adult, even though my hometown is named after him …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sam McNeil / Associated Press:
A Belgian diamond group is gifting Trump a lavish ring after that industry won tariff relief  —  Dozens of diamonds spell out two giant letter T's next to the Stars and Stripes and “1776” and “2026.”  Dozens more frame the numbers 45 and 47 in the shape of Superman's logo.
Politico:
DOGE self-deletes on July 4th.  The grand experiment fell apart long before that.  —  President Donald Trump's cost-cutting commission that once plunged the government into chaos is nearing its destiny — becoming a former federal initiative.  —  Up for debate: how and when the end …
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
At Mount Rushmore, Trump Veers From Patriotism to ‘Communism’  —  On the eve of July 4, President Trump extolled the nation's founders while branding his opponents as “communists” in what seemed to be a warm-up for November.  —  Four months before tough midterm elections …
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Sophia Barnes / NBC4 Washington:29 minutes ago
Masked men with Confederate flags seen chanting, marching, riding Metro in DC … Masked men, some carrying Confederate flags, were seen marching in Washington, D.C., on the Fourth of July.  —  “Reclaim America, reclaim America,” the crowd was heard chanting in a video captured near Union Station …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Trump admin went so far Thursday night that even Judge Reed O'Connor put a case on hold  —  The Trump administration apparently found a way to go so far afield of appropriate litigation tactics that even U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor has agreed to put a case before him on hold.
Discussion: Advocate
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Trump sneaks in Nobel Prize jab while touting America's achievements  —  President Trump slipped a familiar grievance into his remarks at Mount Rushmore on the eve of the nation's 250th birthday, complaining about not having won a Nobel Prize.  —  The aside came as Trump rattled off a list …
Discussion: Mediaite
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
‘Who Should I Vote for?’  Voters Turn to A.I. Before Casting Their Ballots  —  It takes effort to be an informed citizen.  Artificial intelligence tools offer an alluring shortcut — but they're not without risk.  —  Mia Taylor looked down at her Los Angeles County election ballot …
Washington Post:
Iran's regime survived the war and is now savvier, ruthless and more hard-line  —  After months of strikes by the U.S. and Israel, the Iranian regime has emerged emboldened, contradicting Trump's claim of accomplishing “regime change.”  —  Summary  —  The death of Iran's supreme leader …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Toluse Olorunnipa / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Getting Tired of Losing Election Cases  —  Earlier this year, President Trump claimed a new area of expertise: election law.  “I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject,” Trump wrote on social media, and found an “irrefutable one” that he would soon present.
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Owen Dahlkamp / Politico:
Bipartisan coalition of state AGs take on tech over age verification  —  A bipartisan group of 27 state attorneys general is looking to an online child safety law as the next salvo in its crusade against the tech industry.  —  In an amicus brief filed to the Supreme Court last week …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 
 
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Pangambam S / The Singju Post:
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New York Times:
This term, Justice Alito delivered major wins for conservatives on voting rights, immigration and guns. He's given no indication that he's ready to step down.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Associated Press:
Iran begins dayslong funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
What America gets right
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Kean's depression disclosure prompts questions about mental health stigma
Wall Street Journal:
Wars Are Blurring Lines Between Corporate and National Security
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Declaring War on The Declaration
Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Trump Takes Stock of Other Presidencies, Shedding Light on His Own
New York Times:
Trump Pardons Violators of the Clean Air Act and a Major Donor
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Are Seizing on Trump's Soaring Wealth as a Campaign Opportunity
Discussion: The Hill
Ryan King / New York Post:
Columbia among 12 universities ripped by watchdog over explosion of all-gender facilities on campus
Discussion: Legal Insurrection and NewsMax.com
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at ABC News' 24-hour Fourth of July programming marathon for the US' 250th anniversary, which it calls “the longest commercial broadcast in history”

Peter Walker / The Guardian:
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says she and her department will stop using X because the site favors “abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”

Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
Three men have been found not guilty of murdering the journalist Lyra McKee in 2019; the New IRA claimed responsibility for the killing

 
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