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2:05 PM ET, July 17, 2026

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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 …
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CNN:
Trump's speech claiming US election vulnerabilities, annotated  —  President Donald Trump tried to convince Americans in a primetime address Thursday night that their elections are vulnerable to fraud and need immediate attention.  While he did not repeat his frequent mantra that he actually won …
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DHS Secretary Mullin threatens to prosecute election chiefs who refuse voter roll demands  —  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened top election officials in all 50 states and D.C. with criminal charges if they do not comply with the Trump administration's demands to feed …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump Just Did More Damage to American Elections Than China  —  His speech was a mashup of charges that aren't supported by the documents he released.  —  President Trump addressed the American people tonight and told them that their elections are at the mercy of foreign actors—especially China.
Paul Krugman:
Trump Can't Get No Respect  —  His biggest lie wasn't about elections  —  Donald Trump surprised me last night.  I expected to hear lurid lies about the 2020 election.  What he offered instead was mostly dreary innuendo that convinced nobody.  —  Which is not to say that his speech was free of lies.
Axios:
Trump's dark warning on U.S. elections: 4 takeaways
Reuters:
White House weighs releasing controversial intel on China and US elections, sources say
New York Times:
Takeaways From Trump's Address Claiming Election Vulnerabilities
Tom Durante / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Completely Ignores Trump's Election Speech — Doesn't Mention It Once in 3-Hour Show
Discussion: Slate, RedState and The Hill
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
‘That was some bull****’: State election chiefs condemn Trump's long-debunked election lies
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
The ‘Doom’ Computer Game Was Part Of Trump's Wild And Baseless ‘Election Security Nightmare’
Politico:
Ahead of Trump speech, DHS says it found thousands of noncitizens on voter rolls
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Live Updates: Trump Exaggerates Claims About Election Vulnerabilities in Speech
Tara Gnewikow / Politico:
Sara Rodriguez suspends Wisconsin governor campaign amid campaign finance issues  —  Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez dropped out of the Wisconsin Democratic governor primary Friday, citing her campaign's mishandling of financial reports.  —  Her departure from the race is a blow to the state's …
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez drops out of the governor's race
Discussion: WPR
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Francesca Hong might be the first-ever socialist governor. How would she govern?
Discussion: The Times of Israel
Jacob Bogage / Reuters:
Top US tax lawyer forced out after White House clash over tax audits  —  The U.S. tax agency's top attorney was forced from his role in recent days after refusing White House demands to participate in tax audits, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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Wall Street Journal:
Top Treasury Tax Official Ousted After Clashes With White House Over IRS Audits
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Politico:
Trump's anticlimax, and Katz vs. Katz
Discussion: New Republic
Capital Weather:
Wildfire smoke invades DC area with some of the worst air quality on record … As a cold front pushed a dense plume of wildfire smoke from Canada southward, the DC area awoke Friday to widespread very unhealthy (code purple) to hazardous (code maroon) air quality.
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Ben Noll / Washington Post:
Wildfire smoke will linger and spread this weekend.  See which cities are most affected.  —  The smoke pouring into the U.S. made Detroit, Chicago and D.C. among the world's most polluted major cities as of early Friday.  —  Summary  —  Huge amounts of wildfire smoke continued to pour …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’  —  A new procurement record says ICE wants access to personal data, including names, Social Security numbers, and ethnicity, to investigate in part what the agency calls “voters fraud.”  It also plans to use the data to investigate immigration fraud.
Discussion: Wired
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Kuwait says Iran attacked a power and water desalination plant, causing widespread damage  —  Kuwait said Friday that Iran attacked a power and water desalination plant, causing widespread damage to the station.  In Kuwait, about 90% of drinking water comes from desalination …
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NOTUS:
Trump Is Weighing Backing Darline Graham for a Full Senate Term  —  President Donald Trump is considering backing Darline Graham for the full Senate term to replace her brother, the late Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, two sources tell NOTUS.  —  Darline Graham was appointed …
Discussion: Semafor, CBS News and NewsMax.com
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Darline Graham is considering running for her brother's Senate seat in South Carolina
Discussion: Associated Press
Financial Times:
Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fast feed of president's posts  —  Family company has quoted the six-figure sum for high-speed access to Truth Social platform  —  Donald Trump's social media company has discussed charging traders and investors as much as $100,000 a month …
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Reuters:
Truth Social to sell Wall Street firms the ‘fastest’ access to Trump's posts
Associated Press:
Lettuce at Taco Bell in 5 states confirmed as a source of diarrhea-causing parasite  —  Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
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Tara C. Smith / MS NOW:
Cyclospora cases are spreading. Why don't we know more about it?
Discussion: Wired, New Republic and ABC7
Chris Marquette / Politico:
After Tillis' demands, Todd Blanche meets with Jeffrey Epstein's victims  —  Hours after Sen. Thom Tillis demanded acting Attorney General Todd Blanche meet with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, President Donald Trump's nominee to permanently lead the Justice Department did just that.
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Wufei Yu / Associated Press:
Outrage after ICE agents tackle man at Las Vegas airport  —  Video footage of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tackling a man at the airport in Las Vegas drew public outrage and criticism from elected officials.  One video posted on social media showed a man yelling and crying …
Discussion: CBS News and Al Jazeera
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
Trump's primetime speech won't air on ABC or NBC  —  President Donald Trump's highly anticipated primetime address to the nation on Thursday, July 16, will not be airing on all the major networks.  —  The White House did not elaborate on why the president would be addressing the nation …
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Trump says ABC, NBC licenses should be revoked over refusal to air speech on election integrity
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 …
New York Times:
What Trump's Charisma Has Wrought  —  Perhaps no modern president has highlighted the often irregular and adaptable nature of politicians as much as Donald Trump.  —  With his dominance of the Republican Party, its politicians and voters have rearranged themselves around Trump …
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Alan Dershowitz cancels on House Oversight ahead of planned Epstein interview  —  Alan Dershowitz, a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School who worked to craft the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's 2008 plea deal, will not appear before the House Oversight Committee for his scheduled …
Johanna Alonso / Inside Higher Ed:
Homeland Security Limits How Long International Students Can Stay in U.S.  —  International students previously could stay as long as their program lasted.  The Trump administration is ending that 1978 policy. … The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday scrapped a long-standing policy …
 
 
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Discussion: Democracy Docket
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
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NBC News:
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