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Samuel Petrequin / Associated Press:
Belgian federation to challenge FIFA's decision to let Folarin Balogun play in World Cup match — The Belgian soccer federation wants explanation from FIFA about a decision to let U.S forward Folarin Balogun play at the World Cup despite getting a red card in his previous game.
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
Inside the White House push to get Folarin Balogun back on the field — The campaign to keep Folarin Balogun on the field for the United States' World Cup run began just minutes after the team's leading goal-scorer received a red card that would sideline him for the team's next match.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Confirms He Asked FIFA President to Review U.S. Player's Suspension
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New York Times:
Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player's Suspension. Now He's Eligible to Play.
Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player's Suspension. Now He's Eligible to Play.
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Wall Street Journal:
Inside the White House Campaign to Overturn a World Cup Red Card
Inside the White House Campaign to Overturn a World Cup Red Card
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CBS News and Associated Press
Politico:
What Trump wants out of NATO
What Trump wants out of NATO
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New York Post, New York Times and Washington Post
The Guardian:
Trump lobbied Fifa to lift Folarin Balogun suspension for World Cup game v Belgium
Trump lobbied Fifa to lift Folarin Balogun suspension for World Cup game v Belgium
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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated — Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings. — Nearly six months have passed since federal officers shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis.
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Maddy Varner / Wired:
ICE's Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics — The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees. — Voting was already underway when the ICE agents arrived …
Harry Thompson / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Deranged ‘Lewinsky Room’ Offer to World Leader Revealed — GOODIE BAGS — He also tried to offload a few pairs of his favorite dress shoes. — Donald Trump tried to foist tacky MAGA freebies onto an official delegation from Europe and told his visitors that their wives could sell …
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Wall Street Journal:
‘There Is No Going Back’: The Inside Story of Europe's Rupture With America — Trump's tariffs, threats against Greenland spurred a rebellion by top leaders; the limits of ‘flattery diplomacy’ — It was almost midnight in Brussels and the leaders of Europe were locked in their fifth hour …
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Tim Balk / New York Times:
In Trump's Second Midterm, Democrats Are Looking for Fighters — Attitudes in the party have shifted, Democrats say, with a growing appetite for outsider candidates vowing to overhaul the system. Some worry that the trend could be costly in November. — With President Trump's second term …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Anti-incumbent mood sweeping country in troubling sign for GOP majorities
Anti-incumbent mood sweeping country in troubling sign for GOP majorities
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Will Steakin / Politico:
Up next for the DSA? Two major swing states.
Up next for the DSA? Two major swing states.
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Semafor, American Thinker and Washington Examiner
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
How Kalshi infects the news — This is a special collaboration between Public Notice and Judd Legum of Popular Information. For more news and analysis from Judd and his team, subscribe to Popular Information HERE. — In December 2025, CNN and CNBC struck landmark deals with Kalshi, a leading prediction market.
New York Times:
White House Criticizes Smithsonian Museum for ‘Extreme Political Activism’ — A scathing report released on the Fourth of July says the National Museum of American History downplays the role of the founders while emphasizing social justice. — In a broadside posted to its website …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
White House report accuses Smithsonian museum of ‘extreme political activism’ — The 162-page report on the National Museum of American History marks an escalation of President Donald Trump's criticism of the Smithsonian museums. — Summary — A new report from the White House accuses …
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New York Times, CNN, Washington Times and The Independent
Jill Filipovic / Slate:
There Are Many Things That Could Increase the Birth Rate. This Major One Is Usually Ignored. — Conservatives often lay the blame for declining fertility at women's feet. They're wrong. — The summer I turned 39, my husband and I moved from Brooklyn to a darling little village in upstate New York.
John F. Harris / Politico:
What Rahm Emanuel's Upcoming Israel Speech Reveals About Democrats … Rahm Emanuel is in Israel this week to deliver a speech designed to be a thunderclap. The combination of message and messenger should produce a loud echo. — The message is that the war in Gaza and shifts in American …
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
What's inside the one bill Trump most desperately wants to become law — President Donald Trump has been on a single-minded, months-long quest to try and get one particular bill — the SAVE America Act — through Congress. — It's a bill that would transform voting registration …
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Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal:
Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario — As public opinion of AI shifts into negative, warnings of mass employment reductions diminish — A year ago, the message from many business leaders was that AI was going to wipe out jobs. For the past month or so, tech CEOs have been striking a more optimistic tone.
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Reason
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Trump denied latest bid to delay $5.8m judgment payment to E Jean Carroll — Carroll was awarded damages after New York jury concluded Trump sexually abused her, then defamed her after she publicly described the attack — Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay payment of a $5.8m judgment …
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer Ph.D.s, a Bad Sign for Science — Some of the nation's top research universities are shrinking doctoral programs because of uncertain federal funding. — The number of students admitted to Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15 percent from the previous year …
Wall Street Journal:
NASA Leader Flew His Vintage Jet at DC Air Show Over FAA Objections — The regulator initially denied Jared Isaacman's request to fly in the Freedom 250 celebration, calling the aircraft too dangerous for densely populated areas — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew a vintage jet fighter …
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Alex Gangitano / Politico:
Trump's MAGA Inc. is sitting on $350M. Republicans want to see it. — President Donald Trump is trying to boost Republicans' midterm prospects by branding Democrats as communists, implementing a fragile truce with Iran, and touting plummeting gasoline prices.
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New Republic and Raw Story
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Reuters:
Supreme Court ruling may wipe out Democrats' cash advantage in Senate battlegrounds
New York Post:
Biden's illegal immigration surge triggered 30% rise in home prices, $ 20% in rents, Fed paper finds — A new Federal Reserve working paper found the record surge in illegal immigration during the Biden administration triggered higher home prices and rents. — The findings arrive as immigration remains a polarizing political issue.
Max Tani / Semafor:
‘The View’ throttles back political candidate bookings following FCC inquiry — The Scoop — The Federal Communications Commission has already changed the programming of one of television's last remaining relevant daytime talk shows — before even making any formal demands.
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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
How Zohran Mamdani Saved the Fourth of July — The mayor's fighting patriotism bested Trump's rantings and Obama's evasions. — Pocket — In normal times, there's nothing more tedious than a Fourth of July speech. It's an occasion for self-congratulatory nationalist backslapping …
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Washington Examiner, The Free Press and Axios
Associated Press:
Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital kills at least 12 — Russia launched waves of missiles and drones at Kyiv early Monday, killing at least 12 people in an attack that exposed widening gaps in Ukraine's air defenses, authorities said. All of the ballistic missiles launched …

