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12:25 PM ET, July 7, 2026

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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster  —  Hopefully, by the time you read this, Graham Platner will have dropped out of the Senate race in Maine.  If he hasn't, he needs to, immediately.  —  His campaign, which started with such excitement and inspired so many people in Maine, has become a shameful catastrophe.
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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.
Chris Sommerfeldt / Politico:
Mamdani calls on Platner to drop out of Maine Senate race  —  NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on Graham Platner to end his campaign for Maine Senate on Tuesday, becoming one of the most prominent voices on the American left to urge the embattled candidate to step out of the race.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Who Might Replace Platner if He Drops Out?  Here's What Could Happen.  —  Graham Platner can be replaced on the ballot if he withdraws in the next week.  If he does, Maine Democrats would face an uncertain two-week race to choose a replacement.  —  Graham Platner can be replaced …
Melanie Mason / Politico:
The cost of Khanna's Platner alliance  —  In the blast radius from the sexual assault allegations against Graham Platner, few politicians are taking a harder hit than Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna.  —  Khanna, arguably more than any other national Democrat, provided political cover for the renegade Maine Senate candidate.
New York Times:
Abandoned by Allies, Platner Faces Pressure to End Senate Campaign
New York Times:
Platner's campaign has been dogged by controversy from the beginning.
David Strom / HotAir:
Who Could Have Guessed That Graham Platner Was a Bad Guy?
Discussion: CBS News, Townhall and Reason
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Why Democratic Socialists are suddenly winning everywhere  —  It's not because of ideology … Democratic Socialists are on a roll.  In New York's June 23 primaries, candidates allied with the Democratic Socialists of America won in 9 of 10 races the organization fielded a candidate in …
CNBC:
Trump renews Greenland threats at NATO summit, says U.S. could remove troops from Europe … President Donald Trump on Tuesday resurrected his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, and suggested the U.S. could pull all of its armed services members out of Europe in response to the continent's continued pushback on the issue.
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Axios:
Trump's Iran grudge hangs over NATO summit
Politico:
‘Trump management’: Everyone else has a plan to keep NATO summit on the rails
The Ringer:
The Worst Ending to the Best U.S. Men's World Cup Ever … What fools we were, in retrospect.  What children!  We let ourselves be seduced by the almost unbelievably good vibes of this World Cup—this astonishing World Cup, easily the best since the last one—and we lost sight of the fact …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran resumes attacks in Strait of Hormuz, U.S. says  —  Iran's military fired at least two missiles at commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, two U.S. officials tell Axios.  —  Why it matters: The reported attack took place after a one-week agreement between the U.S …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Straight Arrow and Reuters
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Trump's AG Pick Hit With Massive Revolt of DOJ Veterans  —  CARTE BLANCHE  —  Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing is scheduled for July 15.  —  A staggering revolt has sprung up against President Donald Trump's attorney general pick.  —  Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche took the reins …
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Trump's Chief Design Officer Just Boosted the John Birch Society  —  Joe Gebbia, the U.S. Chief Design Officer appointed by Trump to lead the new National Design Studio boosted anti-immigrant claims by the John Birch Society.  The guy whose entire job is branding the US government aligned himself …
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
The History at the Smithsonian That the White House Finds Unpatriotic … A model of the Statue of Liberty made by immigrant farmworkers on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington.  Lawren Simmons for The New York Times  —  While the nation's 250th birthday may have passed …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence, Suppressing Reports  —  As the administration works to expand gun rights, hospitals and community groups have lost funding, and reports on preventing firearm injuries have vanished from government websites.
David Nather / Axios:
Where Obamacare enrollment is plummeting  —  Ohio, Oklahoma, Arizona, South Carolina and Minnesota have sustained some of the deepest losses in Obamacare coverage since beefed-up federal subsidies expired this year, according to state-by-state federal data.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Vile New Birthright Stance Is So Toxic, Even Fox Admits It  —  After the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major defeat by upholding birthright citizenship last month, an angry Trump took to Truth Social to urge Republican lawmakers to overturn it with legislation.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Townhall
Russell Contreras / Axios:
America's missing middle: The shrinking 45-64 population  —  America has a missing-middle problem — and this one is demographic. … - This is the Gen X-ish squeeze: The age group includes most of Generation X, plus younger baby boomers.  — It also overlaps with the “sandwich generation” …
Ben Binday / Washington Post:
Here's what we know about Sen. Mitch McConnell's health  —  McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks, and his office still will not say what sent the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican there.  —  Summary  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized for more than three weeks …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump vs. algae is the feud we deserve  —  This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✅ Subscribe to PN ✅  —  Trump is an incompetent, ignorant, lying blowhard.  He is also vain, resentful, and filled with hate.
Politico:
Justices Kagan and Barrett on tap to testify on Capitol Hill next week  —  Two Supreme Court justices will testify on Capitol Hill next week, marking the first time since 2019 that members of the high court will testify on their annual budget request to Congress.
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Daily Caller
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump and the Fifa debacle  —  The US president is the first leader since Benito Mussolini in 1934 to intervene publicly in his team's favour  —  Call it the anti-Midas touch.  Donald Trump loves gold.  Yet so much of what he handles, from reflecting pools to US alliances, seems to turn into something else.
Bob Herman / STAT:
STAT+: America's small businesses are giving up on health insurance  —  It has never been more difficult for employers to offer health insurance for their workers.  That's especially true for America's small businesses, the backbones of entire communities.  More and more, they're giving up entirely.
Scripps News:
Trump claims credit for Walmart price cuts, retailer silent on White House role  —  President Donald Trump on Monday sought to take credit for recent price cuts by Walmart, but a statement by the retailer made no mention of the administration's involvement in its decision.
Joanna Slater / Washington Post:
He wrote a scathing message to ICE.  Federal agents showed up at his door.  —  David Streever of Rochester, New York, sued Department of Homeland Security officials on Monday, saying the agency's actions violated his First Amendment rights.  —  Summary  —  When two Americans were killed …
Jim Wyss / Bloomberg:
Cuba Blames US as It Struggles to Restore Power After Blackout  —  A US energy blockade is hampering Cuba's attempts to restore electricity almost 24 hours after a nationwide blackout hit the communist-run island, officials said.  —  As of Tuesday morning, power had been restored to parts …
Lucy White / Bloomberg:
Farage Quits as MP to Seek New Mandate Amid Probe Into Gifts  —  Farage Says He's Forcing By-Election in His Constituency  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 63.49% Playback Rate  — captions off, selected  — English  —  This is a modal window.
Max Rego / The Hill:
Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum arrested on drug charges  —  Andrew Gillum, who was the Democratic nominee in the 2018 Florida governor's race, was arrested last week on drug-related offenses, according to jail records.  —  Officers from the Daphne Police Department …
Isaac Schorr / New York Post:
The unpatriotic left won't cheer for Team USA because Trump helped right a World Cup wrong  —  The professionally miserable wing of the American left is torn up over the righting of an egregious wrong at the World Cup.  —  During its Round of 32 matchup last week, the US national team watched …
Discussion: RedState
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Voters love rent freezes.  Economists hate them.  Except for this one.  —  As America's housing crisis deepens, policymakers are increasingly turning to an old idea for improving affordability: making large rent increases illegal.  —  In recent years.  Oregon, Washington, and California have enacted statewide rent controls.
 
 
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