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6:15 PM ET, July 16, 2026

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Politico:
‘Scared s-tless’: Republicans brace for Trump's primetime speech  —  President Donald Trump is promising to reveal “really big news” on election security.  Many Republicans wish he wouldn't.  —  The president's speech, expected to be delivered in prime time Thursday from the White House …
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Annabella Rosciglione / The Daily Beast:
Biggest TV Networks Deliver Crushing Blow to Trump  —  NOT TUNING IN  —  Donald Trump's forthcoming address will not be aired in full on at least two major networks.  —  Two major broadcasters said they will not be airing President Donald Trump's primetime address in full.
Hayes Brown / MS NOW:
Donald Trump is out of ideas  —  This primetime address promises to be a presidential clip show, stitching together something not fully satisfying out of old material.  —  President Donald Trump is planning to give a primetime address Thursday evening — but the White House is being coy about what exactly he'll be addressing.
Vaughn Hillyard / MS NOW:
Election denial activists briefed at White House ahead of Trump's primetime speech  —  The session, convened by Cleta Mitchell and closed by nondisclosure agreements, presented material one attendee described as recycled from conservative media.  —  The White House hosted …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Georgia's Senators Ridicule Trump's Election Fraud Claims
Discussion: ABC News and NOTUS
Justin Glawe / Zeteo:
A Pro-Trump Private Investigator Is Investigating Elections in Georgia
Discussion: The Atlantic
Politico:
How Trump might try to relitigate 2020 — and the facts he's up against
Discussion: Votebeat
CNN:
Advisers debate Trump's primetime election speech amid fears of continued campaign to sow mistrust
NOTUS:
Trump Can't Stop Talking About the Thing That Trips Him Up Most
ABC News:
White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources  —  Gabriel Perez is in settlement talks with federal regulators, the sources said.  —  Katherine Faulders, Aaron Katersky, Peter Charalambous, and Nicholas Kerr  —  President Donald Trump read …
The Portland Press Herald:
ICE agent who killed man in Biddeford identified as former Maine law enforcement officer  —  An ex-wife told the Press Herald that David Brouillette called her and admitted he was the ICE agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero.  —  Community:  —  4 min readFont size +
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Bangor Daily News:   Ex-wife ID's ICE agent who fatally shot man in Biddeford
Washington Post:
Reflecting Pool peeling likely caused by application flaws, experts say  —  President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process.  —  Just now  —  The lining of the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting …
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Can This Pseudo-Journalist Destroy American Democracy?  —  DONALD TRUMP'S PRIMETIME ADDRESS Thursday is shaping up to be a grab bag of conspiracy theories, all of them intended to help Republicans take control of the midterms.  He might declare that Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are somehow fake senators …
Politico:
Thom Tillis tells Todd Blanche to meet with Epstein victims — or don't expect his support  —  Sen. Thom Tillis said Thursday his vote to confirm attorney general nominee Todd Blanche is contingent on Blanche meeting with victims of the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Tillis withholds Blanche vote until AG pick meets Epstein survivors
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Media to Sell Faster Access to President's Social Posts  —  New service will let traders and investors pay for real-time feed of Truth Social posts  —  President Trump broke with tradition by posting near-constant policy decisions and market-moving news on his social-media platform.
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle  —  President Donald Trump fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district, highlighting tensions between …
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Ariel Rabinovitch / Global News:
‘Sovereignty comes with responsibility:’ U.S. lawmakers to Canada on wildfires  —  As wildfire smoke blankets parts of the country and spills into the United States, some U.S. lawmakers have sent a letter to the Canadian government saying that “sovereignty comes with responsibility.”
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Sen. Ruben Gallego had sexual relationships with two House staffers, sources reveal to The Post  —  WASHINGTON — Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, engaged in sexual relationships with at least two House staffers and his “very flirtatious” …
The Texas Tribune:
FBI suggests migrants' van in fatal Houston shooting had meth.  A lawyer says it was salt.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!  — YOU'RE WELCOME TO REPUBLISH THIS ARTICLE FOR FREE AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW OUR REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES, WHICH INCLUDES USING OUR CANONICAL URL AND PIXEL TRACKER ON YOUR STORY PAGES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
Discussion: New York Times and KVIA-TV
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Radley Balko / New York Times:
ICE Is Out of Control.  Here's What to Do About It.  —  In the span of a week, federal immigration enforcement agents took the lives of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian man shot in Maine, and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican man gunned down in Houston.
Madison Muller / Bloomberg:
Kalshi Will Offer Sports-Style Betting on Drug Trial Results  —  Kalshi to Offer Betting on Drug Trial Results  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 63.68% Playback Rate  — captions off, selected  — English  —  This is a modal window.  —  Unmute
Politico:
Trump's $1.5T defense budget is in trouble  —  House Republicans' latest plans to pay for the Iran war could kill President Donald Trump's dreams of a $1.5 trillion defense budget.  —  Party leaders are racing to pass a $60 billion bill to fill a hole in the Pentagon's balance sheet left …
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Katherine Tully-McManus / Politico:
Republicans take first step to move $95B party-line package
Discussion: Fox News and Bloomberg
Lauren McGaughy / New York Times:
Ken Paxton Bought 3 Utah Condos, Adding to a $9 Million Real Estate Portfolio  —  The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.  —  Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas recently bought three condominiums at a luxury resort in Utah …
Washington Post:
Lettuce supplier identified as potential source of cyclosporiasis outbreak  —  The CDC has linked the Taylor Farms produce supplied to Taco Bell to the outbreak of the parasitic illness, according to two persons familiar with the investigation.  —  Summary
Discussion: Forbes, Wired, Adweek and MyNorthwest.com
Department of Homeland Security:
Trump Administration Issues Final Rule to End Foreign Student Visa Abuse  —  Student visa extensions are only available with rigorous vetting  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the publication of a final rule that officially eliminates the …
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CNN:
GOP Senate candidate has close ties to White nationalist influencer, his son-in-law  —  Race & ethnicity Social media Senate election US elections  —  Republican Senate candidate Mike Collins has built a national profile as a combative, Trump-aligned online provocateur …
Brandon Gomez / CNBC:
U.S. grocery slowdown deepens as shoppers buy fewer items, raising pressure on food companies … The U.S. grocery slowdown is becoming harder to ignore.  —  Shoppers are buying fewer items than a year ago, and grocery sales are declining as weakening unit sales are now outweighing rising prices.
Helen Huiskes / The Hill:
Tillis goes scorched-earth on SAVE America Act, threatening to stall it  —  Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), a retiring Republican who has become one of the most vocal critics of the Trump administration in his party, delivered harsh words for President Trump's top-priority voter ID legislation …
Lauren Hartley / The Daily Beast:
Racist Attacker Lunges at ‘Today Show’ Host After Storming Studio  —  STUDIO HORROR  —  The man, who was looking for beloved weatherman Al Roker, managed to get past security before lunging at Craig Melvin.  —  A man has been arrested after he managed to slip past Today show security before lunging at host Craig Melvin.
CNN:
Trump promoted companies on Truth Social days after buying their stocks  —  President Donald Trump hopped on Truth Social last year to share some “very big and exciting news.”  Nvidia, the computer chip manufacturing behemoth, had just announced plans to build AI supercomputers in the United States.
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump's Board of Peace drops full Gaza recovery plan in favour of tiny pilot scheme  —  Revised plan aims to ‘keep something going’ amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli elections  —  The Gaza recovery plan being pursued by Donald Trump's Board of Peace …
Discussion: TimesLive
Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Vance says Trump administration ‘screwed up’ communications around Epstein files  —  Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration “absolutely” mishandled the communications surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files.  During a lengthy podcast interview with Joe Rogan released Wednesday …
 
 
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