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2:05 AM ET, July 17, 2026

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Politico:
Ahead of Trump speech, DHS says it found thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says his agency found thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls in California and three other states as President Donald Trump prepared to renew his focus …
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Scripps News and The Hill
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.
Discussion: Poynter, KTLA and Raw Story
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Exaggerates Claims About Election Vulnerabilities in Speech  —  President Trump drew selectively from documents his aides published online to insinuate that U.S. elections have been compromised for years and that government officials had suppressed the evidence.  —  Here's the latest.
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump speech on election security alleges ‘vulnerability’  —  President Donald Trump gave a prime-time address on election security that the White House said would contain major revelations, but stopped short of adopting the most incendiary claims made by his supporters.  Show more
Politico:
How Trump might try to relitigate 2020 — and the facts he's up against  —  President Donald Trump is expected to use a primetime address Thursday night to advance his false claim that his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden was illegitimate — leaving Democrats, state election officials and many Republicans on edge.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
How Politico's Negligence and Ignorance Helped Float Another DHS Lie  —  Voting rights, voter intimidation and the politics of voting have been central themes of TPM reporting going back more than 25 years.  Over a quarter century you develop a lot of institutional knowledge.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Trump's Underwhelming Announcement on Voting Does Not Even Purport to Show That Any Illegal Votes Were Cast in the 2020 Election or That Voting Machines Have Been Hacked or Vote Totals Inaccurate; He Also Made a Pitch to Pass the SAVE America Act But Offered No New Federal Mandates
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
NBC and ABC Won't Carry Trump Primetime Election Speech
Reuters:
Trump alleges China committed interference in 2020 election
CNN:
Advisers debate Trump's primetime election speech amid fears of continued campaign to sow mistrust
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Trump reveals China stole voter registration data from 220M Americans
Ja'han Jones / MS NOW:
Another low flyby shows the danger of Hegseth's hypermasculinity
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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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say  —  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Bangor Daily News:   Ex-wife ID's ICE agent who fatally shot man in Biddeford
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 …
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.
Discussion: CNBC, Bloomberg, Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Reuters:
Truth Social to sell Wall Street firms the ‘fastest’ access to Trump's posts  —  President Donald Trump's posts on the platform regularly move markets.  High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders and investors. … Trump Media & Technology Group has unveiled a paid-for …
John Towfighi / CNN:
Truth Social will sell Wall Street quicker access to posts
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
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The White House:
Vulnerabilities in Electronic Voting and Ballot-Counting Systems  —  For years Americans were blatantly lied to about the security of our election infrastructure, including electronic voting machines and ballot-counting systems.  We are releasing a series of previously-classified U.S …
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” …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Restricts Green Cards for Immigrants on Public Assistance  —  The move is a significant change that could deter hundreds of thousands of immigrants from using such programs to meet basic needs.  —  The Trump administration on Thursday revived a policy …
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Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
DHS could weigh immigrants' use of Medicaid, food and housing help in green card decisions
Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Epstein Survivors Give Todd Blanche A Failing Grade After Meeting In New Statement  —  Lara Blume McGee says the AG nominee was “condescending” and tried to gaslight survivors instead of answering for the DOJ's failures.  Sen. Thom Tillis praised him anyway.  —  Co-Founder of MeidasTouch
Miles Klee / Wired:
Pete Hegseth's Plan for ‘High T’ Troops Is a Junk-Science Fever Dream  —  The defense secretary's idea of administering testosterone therapy to members of the US Armed Forces reveals little understanding of the complexity of hormones.  —  US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made no secret of his desire for a manlier military.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Inside Bibi's mystery Trump meeting  —  White House officials were surprised in recent days to read in the Israeli press that President Trump would host Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.  — In fact, no meeting has been scheduled. … Each of those meetings was scheduled within a matter of hours or days.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Times of Israel
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Tourist Helicopter Struck Geese Before Crashing in Hudson River, Documents Show  —  Officials discovered remains from at least two birds on the helicopter's rotor blades, according to documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board.  —  A tourist helicopter that crashed …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
G.O.P. Rifts Deepen Over $95 Billion Budget Plan for Iran War and SAVE Act  —  A House panel approved the measure.  But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.  —  It was a plan House G.O.P. leaders hoped …
Sophie Ziedalski / NBC News:
Federal panel signals it could support permanent fencing around White House park known for protests  —  Public access to Lafayette Square, just outside of the White House, is under review.  —  A historic hub for free speech and protest is under the spotlight as the Trump administration …
 
 
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
Democrats look to World Cup watch parties to register thousands of voters
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Washington Times
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump's Board of Peace drops full Gaza recovery plan in favour of tiny pilot scheme
Discussion: The Independent
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Richard Gere: Trump 'a rogue personality who's destroyed so much'
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Times
Brandon Gomez / CNBC:
U.S. grocery slowdown deepens as shoppers buy fewer items, raising pressure on food companies
Lauren McGaughy / New York Times:
Ken Paxton Bought 3 Utah Condos, Adding to a $9 Million Real Estate Portfolio
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle
 

 
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