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New York Times:
The Key Ways Trump's Financial Interests Intersect With Government Policy  —  President Trump's business holdings, which garnered him more than $2 billion last year, create potential conflicts of interest surpassing any predecessor.  —  When President Trump's annual financial disclosure …
Discussion: Vox and The Guardian
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Molly White / Citation Needed:
Trump's $1.4 billion crypto disclosure
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Crucial Michigan Senate Race  —  The endorsement is the first in a contested Senate primary by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this year, in a state that Democrats believe they must hold this fall to win a Senate majority.
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Perry Bacon / New Republic:
The Left Wins in Colorado—and It's Not Because of Gaza or Socialism
Scott MacFarlane / MeidasTouch:
Democrats Allege Trump Allies ‘Misled Donors’ to Bankroll Freedom 250  —  New Democratic report alleges Trump allies misled donors, hijacked America's 250th, and sold access for millions.  —  Add us on  —  A scathing new investigation alleges Trump allies misled donors, enriched fellow Trump allies …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vatican declares Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicates bishops and invalidates sacraments  —  The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
White House Officials Reportedly Deleted Photos of Trump Rally After President Became ‘Enraged’ by Poor Attendance  —  President Donald Trump became so enraged by photos of a small crowd at his rally kicking off the Great American State Fair that White House officials deleted the images …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and The Independent
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Shows New Signs of Midterm Panic as Brutal Polls Hit  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 2 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
Discussion: MS NOW and New York Times
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
The GOP's dirty little secret about the SAVE America Act … Instead, Johnson and other House leaders have stuck with an older version of the SAVE America Act that focuses on proof-of-citizenship requirements but otherwise lets states run their elections as they see fit.
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Calen Razor / Politico:   The GOP confronts its lost summer
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. economy added 57,000 jobs in June, less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.2%  —  The U.S. economy saw job creation cool sharply heading into the summer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday.  —  Nonfarm payrolls for June increased by a seasonally adjusted 57,000 for the month …
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Talmon Joseph Smith / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. Hiring Continues at a Steady Pace
Jack Healy / New York Times:
Colorado Governor Fires Officials Who Opposed Freeing Election Denier  —  Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, who tampered with voting machines in an attempt to show that the 2020 election had been rigged against President Trump.  —  Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado …
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
FBI directing hundreds of analysts to dig into Georgia election probe subjects, sources say  —  A personnel surge supporting Kash Patel's “priority effort” is underway, tasking intelligence experts with running tens of thousands of records checks by mid-July.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jake Spring / Washington Post:
Fireworks on Mall likely to cause hazardous air pollution, documents show  —  Internal National Park Service modeling for the July Fourth show predicts dangerous pollution around the Mall and “very unhealthy” conditions across central D.C.  —  Summary  —  Fireworks for this year's July …
Discussion: Townhall
Financial Times:
OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake  —  Sam Altman's start-up in early talks for a public ownership deal as political pressure rises  —  Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free  —  OpenAI has discussed giving a 5 per cent stake to the US government as the $852bn AI start …
Paul Krugman:
There Are Very Few Socialists in America  —  But most of us are social democrats  —  Fox News has a poll supposedly showing “socialism gaining ground with young voters.”  But I don't believe it.  Young people may be more receptive to the word socialism, but that's only because right-wingers constantly use …
Discussion: Associated Press
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: An early look at the Georgia Senate race  —  Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff narrowly won his Senate seat in a January 2021 runoff, defeating Republican David Perdue by just over a percentage point.  New Fox News polling suggests a different dynamic this time …
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: A close Senate contest is brewing in Iowa
Discussion: Bloomberg
Alicia Diaz / Bloomberg:
US Decides Against Renewing USMCA, Shifting to Rolling Talks  —  US Won't Renew USMCA Trade Deal Video Player is loading.  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 37.44% Playback Rate  —  This is a modal window.  —  Unmute  —  The US won't renew its trade deal with Canada and Mexico …
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United States Trade Representative:
Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on the USMCA Joint Review
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down  —  The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year's large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities.  —  Federal immigration officials have detained more than 10,000 people in the last five days …
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
With Expletive-Laced Flex, DSA Co-Chair Puts Dems On Notice  —  Plus, Trump's quest to avoid a forever war with Iran, and the new Air Force One's maiden presidential flight  —  Good morning.  “We told you bro, we f— warned you.”  —  That was the broadside that Democratic Socialists …
Amos Barshad / Columbia Journalism Review:
‘All I Have Is the Power to Talk and Be Heard’  —  On a recent afternoon, I drove down a wooded Maine road, past serene ponds with no people in sight, until I reached a big white barn.  I parked, in patchy grass, near a Ford F-350 with a crane bolted onto the back, an American flag, and an idling black SUV.
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Tucker Carlson says he's starting a new political party after break with Trump and GOP
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jack Loftus / McSweeney's:
The US Constitution Is for Simple Folk Still Burdened by the Belief That Words Have Meaning  —  “A bare majority of five justices, in an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, held that the long-settled understanding of the 14th Amendment, adopted after the Civil War …
Nicholas Wu / Semafor:
Republicans plot an investigative end run  —  The News  —  Congressional Republicans could bank on an unorthodox investigative strategy if they lose the House this fall: relying on the threat of parallel probes by Trump's administration to power the House minority's congressional investigations next Congress.
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pledged No Forever Wars.  Now He Risks Forever Talks With Iran.  —  Tehran has well-worn playbook for putting off concessions that cross its redlines  —  President Trump came to office promising an end to forever wars.  He now finds himself bogged down in talks with Iran with no end in sight.
Discussion: Foreign Affairs
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NBC News:
Paramedics responded to a ‘cardiac arrest’ at Mitch McConnell's home on day of hospitalization  —  McConnell's office has not disclosed why the former Senate majority leader was hospitalized on June 14.  —  Paramedics responded to a report of a “cardiac arrest” for an “unconscious” …
Anna Law / Anna O. Law:
I Read Trump v Barbara So You Don't Have To  —  As someone who took 16 years to research and write a new book, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship, a policy and legal history, I paid keen attention to the oral arguments (April 1) in Trump v Barbara and read the entire 194 page opinion issued yesterday, June 30.
Megan Messerly / Politico:
‘The old politics are gone’: Steve Bannon on the democratic socialist wave … To Bannon, it's proof of something he's said for months: The U.S. is in a transformational political moment, and leadership in both parties is way behind.  —  “We are facing a new politics.
Discussion: Raw Story
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
E. Jean Carroll Beat Trump.  Again.  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ☀️ Subscribe to PN ☀️  —  On Monday, the Supreme Court denied Trump's petition for certiorari in Trump v. Carroll with no noted dissents.
Katherine Eban / Rolling Stone:
Are MAGA and MAHA Heading for Divorce?  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised ambitious plans to make Americans healthier.  But insiders say as soon as he was named health secretary, the problems between the coalitions began … n Nov. 26, 2025, the day before Thanksgiving …
Liam Scott / Washington Post:
What to know if you go to Trump's potentially record-breaking fireworks show  —  The America 250 fireworks are expected to start later than normal on an unusually hot day.  Here's what to know if you plan to watch from the National Mall on July Fourth.  —  Summary
 
 
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Sabrina Siddiqui / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Death Rate Falls to Its Lowest Point on Record
Discussion: CNN and Semafor
Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Inside the new Air Force One: Trump's Qatari jet features massage chairs, Apple TV, gold fixtures
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump Is Getting Rich Off Suing News Organizations
Zeeshan Aleem / MS NOW:
Markwayne Mullin's celebration of Iran's World Cup exit is worse than poor sportsmanship
Discussion: Raw Story and Staff Stories
Emily Peck / Axios:
The U.S. is one of only 9 countries without guaranteed vacation time
Laura K. Field / The Bulwark:
How Trumpism Betrays the Declaration of Independence
NOTUS:
Trump and America's 250th Overshadow the Republican Tax Cuts Anniversary
Discussion: Raw Story
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Axios:
John Brennan sues to preserve probe records
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The case for assimilation  —  Is it true that “Muslims” — or anyone else — “shouldn't have to assimilate to belong”?
Discussion: The Argument
Department of Homeland Security:
MINNESOTA MADNESS: Governor Tim Walz Pardons Criminal Illegal Alien Convicted of Sexually Assaulting a 10-Year-Old Girl
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Family and ‘Honest Graft’
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Times:
Ruling on Trans Athletes Gave the G.O.P. a Win. Most Democrats Looked the Other Way.
Justin Kaufmann / Axios:
Retired military leaders back 18 governors over National Guard refusal
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump's Renovation Turns the Reflecting Pool Literally Toxic
 

 
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