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Pete Buttigieg / Pete Buttigieg's Substack:
A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family — Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone. — Someone decided to hurt our family this week. I'm furious, and I want to share what happened.
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New York Times, CBS News, The Hill, NOTUS, MS NOW, The Guardian, Advocate, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Buttigieg was briefly separated from his children after police say he was target of false report — Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the target of an anonymous report that police determined was false and that he says forced him to spend a night away from his four-year-old twins.
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Pete Buttigeig says he was targeted by false abuse allegation in Michigan
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
This MAGA Ohio Town Could Soon Face the Mother of All ICE Raids … Stephen Miller is very, very excited about the Supreme Court's big ruling Thursday allowing Donald Trump to summarily end protections from deportation for hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the United States.
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New York Times, WYSO, The Bulwark, Mother Jones, Ohio Capital Journal, Louder With Crowder, The Independent, Ace of Spades HQ and Breitbart
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American Prospect:
The Rogue Supreme Court Blesses Ethnic Cleansing — Thursday was a decision day at the Supreme Court, and the American people got to enjoy the familiar experience of waiting on tenterhooks yet again to see which rights were going to be deleted this time. The answer was residency rights …
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CNN, RedState, Newsweek, Breitbart, New York Times, Fox News, The City Reporter, News Talk 105.9, The Guardian, Scripps News, Florida Politics, Documented, Bloomberg Law, RNS, Diane Ravitch's blog, The Haitian Times, Al Jazeera, KRDO, Reason, Blaze Media, Reuters, ABC News, Townhall, NOTUS, New York Post and Talking Points Memo
Kate Shaw / New York Times:
Why Is the Supreme Court Unshackling the Presidency?
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SCOTUSblog and MS NOW
Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
‘Rush Project at Request of POTUS’ — The pathway that connects the White House residence to the Oval Office has long been paved in Tennessee flagstone. Every president since Harry Truman made the 45-second commute, and made it without complaint, until Donald Trump. The dun rock would not do.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Panic at CBS as Bari Weiss eyes ‘blockbuster sit-down’ — Reports that embattled CBS News head Bari Weiss is searching for a sympathetic ear among journalists for an interview to clear her name have some in the executive suites in a bit of a panic. — According to media watchdog Status …
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
How Trump's Political Agenda Is Shaped by His Own Obsessions — President Trump's priorities seem increasingly detached from the concerns of voters and his party. — President Trump says he doesn't care about the midterm elections. He says he doesn't think much about Americans' economic hardship resulting from the war in Iran.
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MS NOW, Politico, GV Wire, Semafor and MeidasTouch
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
GOP's new election model: Colombia — Senate Republicans are elevating Colombia as a role model in their push for stricter voting rules in the U.S. — and using California as their foil. … - Colombia just elected Abelardo de la Espriella, a populist business owner who secured President Trump's endorsement.
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MS NOW and PolitiFact
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump hits a wall on voter fraud
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MS NOW, Washington Examiner, American Prospect, New Republic, Fox News, Raw Story, Mediaite, Election Law Blog, Bloomberg, Associated Press and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine's Growing Drone Armada Is Overwhelming Russia's Air Defenses — Long-range air campaign is causing embarrassment for the Kremlin — Denys Shtylerman was surprised how many of his company's drones were getting through as he watched footage of them slamming into an oil refinery …
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Financial Times, Bloomberg, Straight Arrow, The Kyiv Independent, GZERO, American Greatness, Associated Press, Reuters and Washington Examiner
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump says Iran violated ceasefire: 'You'll find out' if there will be consequences … President Donald Trump on Friday accused Iran of violating a ceasefire agreement with the U.S. by launching attack drones at ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, including a cargo vessel that was struck off the coast of Oman on Thursday.
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Reuters, CNN, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Raw Story, UPI, CBS News, Townhall, The Daily Caller, NewsMax.com, Politico, NewsNation, The Hill, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Missile alert goes off in Dubai but authorities quickly tell the public to disregard the warning
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New York Times, The Hill, Straight Arrow, Politico, CNBC, The Guardian, Forbes, Al Jazeera, NewsMax.com, The Daily Caller, Task & Purpose, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, MS NOW, KRDO and CBS News
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Iran reasserts its authority over Strait of Hormuz
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HotAir, Bloomberg, Forbes, The Gateway Pundit, Middle East Monitor, Associated Press, Reuters and New York Sun
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton expected to plead guilty to retaining national security information — Bolton served as White House national security adviser during Trump's first term. — Former national security adviser John Bolton is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Friday …
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Torrie Herrington / NOTUS:
Texas Approves Required Reading List Including Bible Stories — The inclusion is part of a wider state push from the right to include Christian teachings in the classroom. — Copy — The state education board in Texas approved a required reading list for K-12 students on Friday …
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Texas Standard, Mediaite, The Independent and KRDO
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Peter Smith / Associated Press:
A Trump commission urges ‘bridges’ between church and state in sweeping draft report
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, The Daily Signal and The Daily Caller
Elizabeth Wolfe / CNN:
Texas is poised to require millions of students to study Bible stories
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The Guardian, Washington Examiner, CBS News, MS NOW, Houston Public Media, Reuters, Mediaite, New Republic, KRDO, LGBTQ Nation, Straight Arrow, NewsNation, Associated Press and NewsMax.com
Kate Corliss / Washingtonian:
I Went to Trump's Great American State Fair. It Was Bleaker Than I Expected. — Thursday was opening day for the Great American State Fair, the latest round of summer patriotism planned by President Trump's Freedom 250 semiquincentennial task force. In preparation, the National Mall …
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NPR, The Independent and New Republic
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Washington Post:
A bumpy beginning for the Great American State Fair — Power outages and other problems led to ride delays and melted ice cream, but many visitors made the best of the 16-day event's opening on the National Mall. — Summary — The Great American State Fair, a 16-day celebration …
Alyssa Chen / South China Morning Post:
Small aircraft hits Beijing's tallest skyscraper, prompting evacuations — Videos posted to social media show the plane striking the upper floors of Citic Tower, scattering debris in central business district — A light sport aircraft hit Beijing's tallest skyscraper, Citic Tower …
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CNN, Reuters, New York Times, Bloomberg, Breitbart, UPI, The Hill, VINnews, GV Wire, Forbes, Washington Examiner, HotAir, Metro.co.uk, The Daily Wire and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
How Iran Devastated an American Naval Base—and Caused a U.S. Recalculation — Satellite imagery reveals for the first time the extent of what Iran destroyed at Naval Support Activity Bahrain — When the Iranian missiles and drones came for the nerve center of America's naval operations …
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New York Post, emptywheel and The Times of Israel
Washington Post:
Trump tries out midterms message that focuses on ‘communists’ — The president, responding to democratic socialist victories in New York, used similar language throughout the 2024 campaign. — Summary — President Donald Trump denounced Democrats as communists after self-described …
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The Post Millennial and Washington Times
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Gavin Newsom / Gavin Newsom's Substack:
It's time for a national billionaires' tax and a new social compact — We must democratize the American economy to save democracy. — Last night, it became certain that a wealth tax would be placed on the November ballot in California. I'm voting no. And I'm going to spend the rest …
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MS NOW, Fox News, CNBC, RedState, Politico, The Post Millennial, The Hill, CBS News, Washington Examiner, GV Wire and Business Insider
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
The Force is with him: D.C. settles with man who protested National Guard using Darth Vader's theme song — Sam O'Hara said he was detained and handcuffed after a guardsman complained to police. — The District of Columbia has settled a lawsuit by a protester who said he was detained …
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CNBC:
Leon Black refuses to answer questions on NDAs at Jeffrey Epstein hearing, Rep. Comer says … Former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black refused to answer questions about non-disclosure agreements that he is party to during testimony about his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein before a House committee …
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CNN, Reuters, CBS News, New York Magazine, Forbes, Financial Times, Associated Press, The Red Letter, UPI, NewsMax.com, The U.S. House Committee … and Business Insider
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House panel subpoenas Leon Black, escalating tactics in Epstein investigation
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ABC News, The Hill, MS NOW, Business Insider, New York Sun, NOTUS, Forbes, NewsNation, The Guardian, Raw Story, Bloomberg, Mediaite and New Republic
Emily Davies / New York Times:
Vance Downplays Watergate and Compares Himself to Nixon — The vice president said that the scandal that ended Richard Nixon's presidency would be “like a 12-hour news story” if it happened today and that the “deep state” had taken down Nixon. — Vice President JD Vance downplayed …
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Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Doomsday Scenario, The Hill, New York Magazine, GV Wire, Raw Story and Election Law Blog
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Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg:
Vance Says Nixon's Watergate Wouldn't End a Presidency Now
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MS NOW, Washington Post, The Guardian, The Spectator, Associated Press, The Wrap, New Republic, Newsweek, Wonkette, Rolling Stone, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner and HuffPost
Kobe Yank-Jacobs / The Argument:
Elon Musk's zero accountability life — Elon Musk goes berserk if you talk about USAID — Elon Musk really doesn't want you to say he's responsible for the deaths of millions. — Earlier this week, Musk threatened to sue Rep. Ro Khanna for charging him with destroying the U.S. Agency …
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Meidas+:
You Can't Be What You Can't See: Maura Sullivan's Story — Pete Hegseth wants to erase their legacy. Meet the Hell Cats. — MeidasTouch Network, Maura Sullivan, Rebecca Bennett, and 3 others — By: Hell Cats, Produced by Valor Media Network in Partnership with Meidas Defense
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Centrist Democrats Rebuke Party's Left Wing: ‘We Are Capitalist, Not Socialist’ — Following high-profile primary victories by democratic socialists, some moderate Democrats are advocating a different course, highlighting tensions in the party. — Left-wing Democrats have exulted …
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The Hill, Townhall, The Daily Caller, Truthout, Deseret News, Blaze Media, Jewish Insider and The Post Millennial
William H. McRaven / The Atlantic:
Americans Deserve Answers From Hegseth — The president and the secretary of defense have a right to remove officers, but also an obligation to explain their actions. — In September 1862, General George B. McClellan, the general in chief of the Union Army, had just repelled …
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