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Politico:
House Republicans clear $70B go-it-alone immigration enforcement package … The end result is the enactment of supercharged budgets for both agencies — and the guarantee that they will be funded beyond the end of Trump's presidency. — “Hallelujah — they can't shut them down now,” …
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Associated Press:
House is set to fund Trump's immigration actions for the rest of his time in the White House — A bill to provide nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement narrowly passed the House on Tuesday and now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature, fueling the administration's deportation agenda …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
20 House Republicans cross party lines to pass pro-union bill
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New York Times, CBS News, The Hill, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
House Passes G.O.P.'s $70 Billion Immigration Bill
House Passes G.O.P.'s $70 Billion Immigration Bill
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Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
CBS News boss Bari Weiss poised to oversee CNN editorial operations: report — See more of our coverage in your search results. — Add The New York Post on Google — CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance's acquisition …
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Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Hilton Beats Steyer to Win Second Spot in California Governor Race — Steve Hilton, a Republican endorsed by President Trump, will face Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, in the general election. Tom Steyer, another Democrat, will not advance. — Steve Hilton, a Republican former Fox News host …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
MAGA's kayfabe meltdown over California primary
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NOTUS, The Hill, Blaze Media, MeidasTouch, MS NOW and Wall Street Journal
Alex Nieves / Politico:
Steyer's exit from the California governor's race could spell bad news for climate policy
Steyer's exit from the California governor's race could spell bad news for climate policy
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MeidasTouch, Wall Street Journal, CalMatters, Los Angeles Times, Heatmap News and ABC News
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Republican Steve Hilton to face Democrat Xavier Becerra in California governor's race
Republican Steve Hilton to face Democrat Xavier Becerra in California governor's race
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WJBK-TV and The Post Millennial
Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Live Updates: Inflation Jumps as Iran War Intensifies Price Squeeze — Consumer prices rose at a faster rate for a third-straight month in May, to 4.2 percent annually, as the energy shock put more pressure on the U.S. economy. — What to know about the report.
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Financial Times:
US inflation jumped to 4.2% in May amid Middle East energy shock — US inflation jumped to a new three-year high of 4.2 per cent in May as Donald Trump's Middle East war sends energy prices soaring for Americans. — Wednesday's figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was in line …
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Washington Examiner, CNN, CBS News and Nonconsensus
Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Nancy Mace loses GOP primary for South Carolina governor … It's the latest victory for Trump on the heels of his success ousting Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), Mace's ally on the Epstein files, and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), among other GOP defectors. … Trump only endorsed Evette in the final two weeks …
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Once a rising star, Nancy Mace suffers resounding defeat in governor's race
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Straight Arrow, Post and Courier, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Daily Mail and New Yorker
DPA / Yahoo News:
Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack — The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. — The tech billionaire continued overnight …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
White House will be closed to reporters during UFC fight — unless UFC lets them in — The White House is ceding control of who gets into the fight event on the South Lawn, in a break with tradition. — Summary — The White House press corps won't be allowed on White House grounds Sunday …
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Derek Hawkins / NOTUS:
Trump's UFC Fight Kicks Off a Summer of Stress for the Secret Service
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The Independent
Adam Cancryn / CNN:
Trump family promotes coins commemorating White House UFC fight
Trump family promotes coins commemorating White House UFC fight
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Mediaite, Washington Times, MS NOW, Grabien and New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Launches Strikes on Iran in Response to Downed Apache Helicopter — ‘The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,’ U.S. Central Command says — The U.S. launched strikes on Iran Tuesday in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz …
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Trump shares ‘West Wing’ clip dismissing ‘proportional response’ after strikes on Iran
Trump shares ‘West Wing’ clip dismissing ‘proportional response’ after strikes on Iran
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Washington Post, The Independent, Raw Story, Mediaite and Washington Examiner
The Guardian:
'There's wee girls inside': panic as masked men storm house in Belfast — Protests across the city turned violent on Tuesday night - with some police officers acting as if it wasn't safe to intervene — On a residential street draped in loyalist flags near Belfast's Shankill Road …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump not expected to act on Pulte after Johnson meeting — A key U.S. spy law remains on track to expire at the end of the week after Speaker Mike Johnson met Tuesday with President Donald Trump about the future of a key section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Maine voters set up a Senate showdown: Graham Platner versus Susan Collins — Platner and Collins handily won their party nominations in Tuesday's primary, setting up a marquee race with unique dynamics and major implications for control of the Senate. — It's official: Republican …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Longtime Epstein assistant says she set up phone calls between Epstein and Trump — Jeffrey Epstein's longtime assistant Lesley Groff said in a closed-door interview Tuesday that she arranged phone calls between the late, disgraced financier and President Donald Trump, two Democrats …
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New York Times:
Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files … On July 17, 2025, at around 6 o'clock in the evening, President Trump's top officials filed into the White House Situation Room — the secure bunker where classified and high-stakes national security matters are discussed and decided.
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Raw Story
Jacob Soboroff / MS NOW:
ICE has detained over 500 babies and toddlers under Trump — In the first years after birth, the human brain develops at a remarkable pace. Every second, more than a million new neural connections spring into being, shaping a person's physical and emotional health for the rest of their life.
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The Independent and Mediaite
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Only one in 10 Europeans now see US as an ally, survey suggests — Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack — European confidence in an American “security guarantee” has hit a historic low, a survey suggests …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Dems threaten to withhold DCCC dues over California faceplant — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is facing behind-the-scenes fury and demands for a course-correction after spending $135,000 on what appears to be a failed effort to boost their favored candidate in a Democratic primary.
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NRCC, Jewish Insider, NewsMax.com and NOTUS
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Pete Hegseth's Mormon diss explodes a MAGA myth — Christian nationalism isn't just immoral — it's incoherent — Pete Hegseth is not a coherent thinker. This was demonstrated yet again on the D-Day anniversary event in France, where the defense secretary gave a speech that was supposed …
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Associated Press, The Atlantic, The Bulwark, Stars & Stripes and New York Sun
John Sipher / New York Times:
I Worked for the C.I.A. for 28 Years. Bill Pulte Is a Dangerous Choice. — The law creating the job of director of national intelligence is not subtle about the requirements. — It says that nominees for the position shall “have extensive national security expertise,” and it says so for a reason.
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The Moderate Voice
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump officials lay out aggressive timeline to build triumphal arch — Documents say a 320-foot crane may be used to build the arch, which sits on a flight path to Reagan National Airport. — Summary — Federal officials are laying more groundwork to begin construction …
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Duffy's push for son-in-law's House campaign sparks backlash — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is going all-out to get his 26-year-old son-in-law elected to a Wisconsin House seat, infuriating Republicans in the district who say he's abusing his office and access to President Trump.
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Raw Story
Tom Steyer:
I'm on your team forever — It's now clear that we do not have the votes necessary to advance to the general election in November. First, before any pride in what we accomplished or disappointment in what we didn't, I want to express my gratitude. To all those of you who knocked doors …
Reuters:
Trump setbacks fuel lame-duck talk as he turns 80 — U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to project political strength as he turns 80, but setbacks at home and abroad are exposing the limits of his power and pushing him toward the kind of lame-duck status he has told aides he is determined to avoid.

