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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump slaps additional 50 percent tariffs on Canada — President Trump slapped an additional 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian goods in response to what the administration said were “discriminatory” trade measures from Canada on Monday. — A senior administration official told reporters …
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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Additional Tariffs on Canada — DEFENDING AMERICAN WORKERS AND ENSURING FAIR TRADE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed three Proclamations pursuant to Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose additional 50% tariffs on certain goods …
New York Times:
Trump to Impose 50% Tariff on Many Canadian Goods — The administration will use an untested legal provision to put significant duties on Canadian exports, reigniting a clash with one of America's biggest trading partners. — President Trump on Monday signed orders to impose a 50 percent tariff …
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump looks past Canada and Mexico for Gianni Infantino
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, citing disputes over autos, alcohol and cheese
Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, citing disputes over autos, alcohol and cheese
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump imposing 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods over alleged trade discrimination
Trump imposing 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods over alleged trade discrimination
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Pentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War — Central Command is not required to release information about injured troops, especially when they quickly return to duty, a military official said. — In the week leading up to the Iranian attack on Friday that killed …
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Wall Street Journal:
Iran Missile Struck Housing Units for U.S. Troops at Jordan Base — Deadly attack was one of three missiles that hit the base, showing difficulties in protecting against Iranian missile and drone attacks
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Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Iran's Houthi allies declare maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, escalating threat to oil market
Iran's Houthi allies declare maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, escalating threat to oil market
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Washington Post:
Nearly 100 U.S. troops injured in last two weeks of Iran war, Pentagon says
Nearly 100 U.S. troops injured in last two weeks of Iran war, Pentagon says
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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
G.O.P. Boxed In on Iran War as Trump Sidelines Congress — Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight. — President Trump has yet again circumvented the legislative branch as he orders American forces …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The United States Has Always Been At War With Eastasi— I Mean, Iran — The chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee goes full Orwell — My last post on the uncertain future of liberalism sounded a touch more pessimistic than I intended. The truth is, at the Liberalism Conference …
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Politico:
Democrats search for options to halt Trump's renewed attacks on Iran
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House GOP leaders scrambling to set up a briefing on Iran war developments
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
U.S. Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives — The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president's new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.
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Scripps News:
Trump says Qatari-gifted Air Force One will be ‘maxed out,’ appearing to confirm security issues
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Politico:
FBI Director Kash Patel plans Russia trip — FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to visit Russia later this year, likely in mid-October, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the situation. — It would be an unusual and sensitive trip for an FBI chief to one of America's top adversaries.
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New York Times:
Trump Rejected Nearly 6,000 Clemency Applications Amid Hope of Pardon Wave — Expectations were raised for a raft of pardons in connection with the country's 250th birthday but the president granted fewer than 20 on July 3. — President Trump quietly denied nearly 6,000 clemency applications …
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
GOP senator recites Declaration of Independence — next to a Confederate flag — When Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, took the stage during the recent July Fourth weekend to recite the Declaration of Independence, there was one notable image just steps away: the Confederate battle flag.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home — The 28-year-old Mexican man who was killed while running from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week was visiting the country on a valid tourist visa. — Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran was in a car with three …
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NORAD INTERCEPTS MULTIPLE AIRCRAFT VIOLATING TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS IN NORTHEAST REGION — Story by 2nd Lt. Tyler Turnmire — CONR-1AF (AFNORTH and AFSPACE) — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - NORAD F-16 fighter aircraft intercepted multiple general aviation aircraft that violated …
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
QAnon Conspiracy Theorists Have Taken Over a Prison — And they're vowing to fill it with trafficked children. — ∙ Paid — PROMOTERS OF QANON and other lurid pro-Trump conspiracy theories will head to California next month to visit a women's prison.
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New York Times:
Tate Brothers to Stay in Jail as New Details About Charges Emerge — In court documents unsealed on Monday, British prosecutors accused the “manosphere” influencers of choking women, sometimes until they passed out, and then raping them. — The influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate …
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NBC News:
Sen. Darline Graham says she is running for a full 6-year term after Trump urged her to jump into the race — President Donald Trump said that he had given his “complete and total endorsement” to Graham, who was appointed to finish her late brother's Senate term.
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Erin Doherty / Politico:
Nancy Mace won't run for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat
Nancy Mace won't run for Lindsey Graham's Senate seat
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Washington Post:
State Dept. again deems Cuba a threat amid talk of U.S. push for regime change — A new report claims Havana influenced “the George Floyd riots to the rise of Antifa” and accuses the Democratic Socialists of America of Cuba ties. — Summary — The Trump administration issued a report …
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
DOJ's Reflecting Pool “Vandalism” Case Falls Apart With Pool Draining — The Trump administration's case against the former Olympic canoeist accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is about to fall apart. — Following the draining of the Reflecting Pool last week …
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Spain Humiliates Trump After He Refuses to Get Out of Victory Photos — Spain's World Cup-winning team have made it abundantly clear that they did not want Donald Trump in their victory photos. — The official account for Spain's national football league shared an altered image …
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Washington Post:
Democrat set to replace Platner in Maine led state Senate with a temper — Troy Jackson, the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), yelled and cursed at fellow state lawmakers, interviews reveal. — Summary — Troy Jackson, a powerful Maine legislator …
Tiago Rogero / The Guardian:
Nicaragua's president says country will not hold any more elections — Daniel Ortega, the 80-year-old authoritarian leader, says move will ‘build a wall’ against the opposition — Nicaragua's long-serving president, Daniel Ortega, has said the country will hold no further elections to prevent the opposition from coming to power.
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US Department of Justice:
United States Seizes More than 1,000 Internet Domains Used to Illegally Stream World Cup 2026 Matches — For Immediate Release — The Department of Justice announced today the successful seizure of more than 1,000 domains that were engaged in the unauthorized streaming of matches …
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Associated Press:
Trump administration opens investigation into Harvard's financial aid for international students — The Justice Department is investigating whether Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students, adding to the barrage of federal inquiries …
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Lawfare:
Everything Trump's Election Speech Did Not Prove — After years of searching for any scrap of evidence that suggests the 2020 election was stolen, the White House still hasn't found it. — annabower.bsky.social — @juliacurlee.bsky.social — noupside.bsky.social — michael-feinberg.bsky.social
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Scoop: Chuck Edwards gifted pink and blue handguns to young female staffers — Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) gave two young female staffers each a personalized handgun as a present while they worked in his office in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the gifts.
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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy — Sergio Furnari said he thought the lifesize sculpture - which no one commissioned - would raise ‘millions’ of dollars — A New York sculptor has been left furious after spending $100,000 of his own money …
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
Judge Tosses Justice Department Challenge to Minnesota Immigration Laws — The Trump administration, which flooded Minnesota with immigration agents this year, argued that policies limiting cooperation with ICE were unconstitutional. — Before the Trump administration sent thousands …
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Honora Overby / CREW:
Trump's foreign revenue exploded during his first year back in office — President Donald Trump raked in record-high revenue of over $117 million from overseas business interests last year, according to a CREW analysis of his recent personal financial disclosure.
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