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Erica Orden / Politico:
Todd Blanche says he can't meet directly with Epstein victims  —  Todd Blanche fended off questions about his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files at his confirmation hearing Wednesday morning, telling members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that “when it comes to victims of his horrible man …
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Erica Orden / Politico:
Blanche's slip-up on his Trump relationship: 'I'm his lawyer'  —  Todd Blanche likely fueled the most potent criticism against him Wednesday with a gaffe that may haunt him beyond his ongoing confirmation hearing to become the next attorney general.  Asked by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) …
HuffPost:
Despite Judge's Smackdown, Trump Plans To Keep Deal Killing Tax Audits  —  Trump could save millions thanks to an order by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche barring the government from trying to collect any taxes Trump might have owed.  —  WASHINGTON - Despite a federal judge saying …
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Todd Blanche is Roy Cohn ... but worse
Discussion: The Guardian
Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
What to Know About Trump's Immunity from the I.R.S.
Discussion: UPI, Raw Story and MS NOW
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
Todd Blanche faces high-stakes confirmation hearing for attorney general
Ali Bianco / Politico:
House Oversight leaders eager to hear from Todd Blanche
Discussion: CBS News and Scripps News
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
They Don't Care If ICE Kills People  —  Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has his first day of hearings for his nomination to the top Justice Department job today.  He'll spend most of the day answering questions—or, more precisely, not answering questions, because the rules the Republicans …
Discussion: The Guardian and LGBTQ Nation
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Associated Press:
Trump: ICE should continue traffic stops after recent shootings, seeming to contradict new policy  —  President Donald Trump says Immigration and Customs Enforcement should continue traffic stops after recent fatal shootings, seeming to contradict a new policy to halt them.
Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:
Trump says ICE can't give up traffic stops: ‘Important and effective’ … “The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job, one that has to be done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, praising the agency's efforts to enforce his robust deportation agenda and taking a swipe at the previous administration's border policies.
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Tehran threatens to halt all Middle East energy exports after US reimposes its blockade on Iran  —  The U.S. military reimposed a naval blockade on Iran and intensified its airstrike campaign early Wednesday, hitting an Iranian army barracks and killing at least seven troops …
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Politico:
No end in sight for new Iran war
New York Times:
U.S. War Against Iran Enters a New Phase
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
U.S. Mint to produce $1 coin with Trump's face on it, treasury secretary says  —  The U.S. Mint will soon begin producing a new $1 gold-hued coin with President Donald Trump's face on it.  —  Summary  —  The U.S. Mint will soon begin producing a new $1 gold-hued coin with President Donald Trump's face …
Discussion: Forbes and The Independent
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Emilio Perez Ibarguen / Politico:
US Mint to begin producing $1 coins featuring Trump  —  The U.S. Mint will begin striking one-dollar coins featuring a portrait of President Donald Trump on its face in commemoration of the nation's semiquincentennial anniversary, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Wednesday morning.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Dollar ‘Gold Coin’ to Go Into Production, Bessent Says  —  In a rare move, coin unveiled by Treasury secretary is to feature sitting president on American money  —  President Trump has added his name or likeness to federal buildings, airports, bridges and even some passports.
Politico:
Trump's pick for spy chief: 'I'm not an election denier'  —  Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence, acknowledged at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that Joe Biden prevailed in the 2020 election, but declined to clearly affirm his win was legitimate.
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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Nominee for top intel post faces lawmakers eager to see him replace the current leader  —  Jay Clayton's confirmation hearing comes amid growing concern among Democrats that the Trump administration will try to use the intelligence agencies to interfere with the midterm elections.
Allison Detzel / MS NOW:
Ossoff predicts Trump's primetime address will be a ‘pretext for an abuse of federal power’
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
New frontiers in sanewashing  —  One of the keys to understanding the current catastrophe enveloping this country because it chose to make Donald Trump president (twice, so far) is that for no doubt complex sociological and psychological reasons lots of elite actors have to pretend to themselves …
Corey G. Johnson / ProPublica:
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals  —  Reporting Highlights  — Expensive Gifts: Despite regulating broadcast media, FCC commissioners have accepted pricey tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala from CBS or its parent company, now Paramount.
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Politico:
'I'm staying out of Maine': Chuck Schumer sidelines himself with the Senate majority on the line … And Chuck Schumer, known for working every possible angle to give his party's campaigns an edge, is largely helpless to do anything about it.  —  The sidelines are an unusual place for the longtime Senate Democratic leader.
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Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
Maine socialists try again — with another he-man fake to sub for Graham Platner
Discussion: Jacobin and NewsMax.com
Katrine Wallace / STAT:
Why we still don't know what foods are the source of the cyclospora outbreak  —  Government cuts have contributed to an information vacuum on foodborne illness  —  As of Tuesday, a parasite called cyclospora has  —  so far this summer.  On Monday, Michigan health officials announced their first potential source:
Nicholas McEntyre / New York Post:
Canadian woman slaps teen over Trump clothing on Jersey Shore boardwalk; now charged and in ICE custody  —  A leftist Canadian woman allegedly slapped a teen who was wearing President Trump-branded clothing on the Jersey Shore over the Fourth of July weekend — before she was arrested and detained by immigration officials.
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Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Husband of lefty Canadian who slapped pro-Trump teen wished cancer on prez's family — even ‘little kids’
Discussion: Fox News
Paul Krugman:
The Forever War Gets Scary  —  But I'm not talking about bombs and drones  —  For all my interviews and more, subscribe on YouTube.  —  Transcript  —  The war with Iran has just reached a very scary phase, and I'm not talking about the bombs and the drones.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Why MAGA influencers are wooing Graham Platner's male fans  —  Manosphere figures are using anger over the Maine race to coax young voters back to Trump  —  Graham Platner has already quit the race to be the next senator from Maine, but defenses of the once-rising Democrat are only growing.
Discussion: Townhall
The Detroit News:
Stevens gains edge in Dems' Senate race that remains ‘wide open,’ poll finds  —  U.S. Senate Democratic hopeful Haley Stevens holds a nearly 7-percentage-point lead over rival Abdul El-Sayed in a new statewide poll of Democratic primary voters, with about 10% of respondents saying …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Biden Will Release Memoir Just After the November Midterms  —  The former president announced that the book, “Promise Me, America,” will come out on Nov. 17, and will cover the tumultuous events of his presidency as well as his re-election bid.  —  Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr …
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Biden will publish ‘Promise Me, America’ memoir after the November midterm elections
 
 
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Shutdown fears rise as Trump, Democrats gird for September showdown
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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