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Politico:
Exclusive: Woman who dated Graham Platner says he sexually assaulted her  —  A woman who dated Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner says he forced her to have sex with him nearly five years ago despite her repeated objections, an allegation Platner denies.
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Benjamin Kail / Bangor Daily News:
Graham Platner postpones multiple events this week  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner has postponed a string of events Sunday and Monday as rumors circulate among Maine Democrats and over social media …
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Dem Graham Platner mysteriously cancels multiple Maine Senate campaign events — as key deadline approaches
Discussion: Townhall, New York Sun and MS NOW
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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Billy Witz / New York Times:
‘Excited but Shocked’: U.S. Soccer Fans Struggle With Trump's FIFA Call  —  Americans wrestled with definitions of fairness, after the president intervened in the World Cup to reinstate a star player.  —  The joyful, communal festival of World Cup soccer that had seemingly brought …
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.
Taylor Delandro / NewsNation:
FIFA made right call on Balogun red card reversal, Trump says  —  President Donald Trump praised FIFA for reversing a controversial red card and suspension of star U.S. striker Folarin Balogun, clearing the way for him to play against Belgium on Monday night.  “All I did was ask for a review.
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Trump threatens America's World Cup goodwill with one phone call
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Confirms He Asked FIFA President to Review U.S. Player's Suspension
The Athletic:
Trump's call to Infantino and plot to ‘free’ Balogun that sparked a huge World Cup controversy
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 …
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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.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Mitch McConnell's Office Won't Confirm If He's Conscious  —  A spokesperson for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) would not say Monday whether he is conscious in the hospital, where he's been since June 14 after someone at his house was reportedly found unconscious and received CPR for cardiac arrest.
Marie-Rose Sheinerman / The Atlantic:
The Results Are In on Trump's Boat-Strikes Campaign  —  They haven't stopped the drugs, but that may not be the point.  —  The official line remains the same: The 10-month campaign of strikes on small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific has nearly stopped the flow of drugs by sea into the United States.
Washington Post:
Trump speeds up helipad project ahead of Xi visit, adding $875K, records show  —  The contractor has sought to shave off more than a month of the planned timeline, requiring 24/7 work, documents show.  —  Summary  —  The White House sped up construction of a new helipad and related work …
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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 …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Rahm Emanuel's Israel Speech Shows Where American Politics Is Headed … 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 …
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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Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Man in viral D.C. Metro photo says he was ‘terrified’ as masked white nationalists surrounded him  —  Roswell Encina, a gay Filipino American civic leader, said the Fourth of July encounter with Patriot Front was frightening and impossible to separate from American history.
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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.
CNN:
He was Trump's boyhood friend.  Now he's pushing Trump to declare a ‘national emergency’ and seize control of the midterms  —  Donald Trump Congressional news January 6th US elections  —  In Peter Ticktin's world, there always seems to be a conspiracy or cover-up lurking.  —  The 2020 election?
Alasdair Pal / Reuters:
Australia PM Albanese apologises for crude Kylie Minogue remark  —  Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologised on Monday after making a crude remark about singer Kylie Minogue in a comedy podcast interview, prompting outrage from women's rights groups and opposition lawmakers.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Breitbart
Axios:
Scoop: Netanyahu asks Trump to rein in Erdoğan ahead of NATO summit  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu complained to President Trump on Friday about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's escalating anti-Israel rhetoric, according to Israeli and U.S. officials.
Gabe Castro-Root / New York Times:
Trump Passports Debut, Delighting Some and Dismaying Others  —  The Washington Passport Agency started issuing the limited-release documents with President Trump's image on Monday, catching a few applicants by surprise.  —  Jennifer Pham could hardly contain her excitement for an upcoming vacation …
Robert Booth / The Guardian:
AI altering meaning of users' drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds  —  Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion  —  AI tools are twisting online messages on sensitive political topics about everything …
Discussion: Israpundit
Max Rego / The Hill:
DOGE officially shuts down  —  The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which spearheaded job and funding cuts throughout the federal government, shut down operations on July 4.  —  In a Saturday social media post, the department quoted former President Teddy Roosevelt, writing, " …
Discussion: MS NOW and Newsweek
 
 
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Widlore Mérancourt / Washington Post:
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Axios:
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Discussion: Politico, NewsMax.com and Raw Story
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
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Emily Mae / CBS News:
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Discussion: Politico, New Republic and NewsMax.com
Fox News:
Senate hopeful says Texas home to the ‘best drag queens in the nation’ in resurfaced comments
ProPublica:
Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say
 Earlier Items: 
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Sean Duffy's son-in-law divides Trump-backing Republicans in a Wisconsin congressional race
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal:
Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario
Discussion: Reason
Eric Katz / NOTUS:
Treasury Has an Internal Report Warning About the Dangers of an AI Bubble
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Trump is obsessed with passing the SAVE America Act. Here's what it would actually do.
Associated Press:
Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital kills at least 12
Maya Goldman / Axios:
Democratic socialists give new life to Medicare for All
Discussion: Breitbart
 

 
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