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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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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, citing disputes over autos, alcohol and cheese — President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products.
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The Bulwark:
Cyclosporiasis, DOGE, and You — When you break everything, anything can be your fault. — Politico reports that FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to visit Russia later this year—"an unusual and sensitive trip for an FBI chief to one of America's top adversaries."
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Forbes
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Imposes Additional Tariffs on Canada
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The Hill, Straight Arrow, Paul Krugman, Forbes, CNN, Heatmap News, Breitbart, WAGA-TV, UPI, Newsweek, RedState, MS NOW and Townhall
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump slaps additional 50 percent tariffs on Canada
Trump slaps additional 50 percent tariffs on Canada
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Washington Post, Semafor, Al Jazeera, PoliticusUSA, Politico and The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
The Pentagon, sinking billions into Iran war, is quickly running short on cash — With some funds set to dry up within weeks, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to press lawmakers Tuesday to address the increasingly urgent shortfall. — Summary — The Pentagon faces …
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NewsMax.com, Raw Story and Bloomberg
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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
G.O.P. Boxed In on Iran War as Trump Sidelines Congress
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NBC News, 19FortyFive, MS NOW and Staff Stories
Politico:
Democrats search for options to halt Trump's renewed attacks on Iran
Democrats search for options to halt Trump's renewed attacks on Iran
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Raw Story, Townhall and Slow Boring
Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:
The United States Has Always Been At War With Eastasi— I Mean, Iran
The United States Has Always Been At War With Eastasi— I Mean, Iran
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NOTUS, Washington Examiner, CNN and Politico
Joshua Keating / Vox:
Iran may be stronger than we thought — Even as the US conflict with Iran threatens to escalate once again, diplomatic talks break down, and US and Israel officials again flirt with the idea of pushing for regime change, President Donald Trump remains reportedly very reluctant to send US ground forces into Iran.
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Wall Street Journal, The Times of Israel, Financial Times, New York Post, The Hill, CBS News, RedState, Breitbart, Daily Mail and New Republic
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Politico:
‘A persistent dark cloud’: Trump faces a bleak new phase in Iran as GOP midterm anxiety grows
‘A persistent dark cloud’: Trump faces a bleak new phase in Iran as GOP midterm anxiety grows
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Raw Story, Stars & Stripes, The Hill and Bloomberg
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 …
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 …
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
How Trump's Immigration Crackdown Is Hurting Elder Care — Retirement communities already grappling with labor shortages are being forced to terminate caregivers at a time when more Americans are living longer. — Channing House, a senior living community just a mile from Stanford University …
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American Prospect and Tampa Bay Times
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.
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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The Moscow Times, NewsMax.com, The Independent, The Kyiv Independent, Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Believes Iran Moved Nuclear Centrifuges Into Pickaxe Mountain — The U.S. has reviewed the Israeli assessment, and President Trump has threatened to attack the site — Israeli intelligence believes Iran moved thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges into tunnels deep inside a mountain last fall …
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HotAir, NewsMax.com, The Times of Israel and Washington Examiner
Politico:
Cornyn and Tillis in discussions with White House to get Blanche across the finish line — Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn — both Republicans spurned by the Trump administration for not being adequately loyal — are now being actively courted by the White House to confirm a key Cabinet official.
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MS NOW, NewsMax.com and American Prospect
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 …
Hayes Brown / MS NOW:
Russell Vought should be impeached — President Donald Trump knows that if Democrats manage to win back control of the House in November, his third impeachment likely will not be far behind. And yet, despite racking up a laundry list of potentially impeachable offenses primed for investigation …
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Raw Story
DVIDS:
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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The Hill, CBS News, NewsMax.com, The Independent, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, RedState and Fox News
New York Times:
Faced With Piles of New Paperwork, People Are Losing Food Stamps — Arizona's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rolls have plummeted, offering a possible preview of national trends as states try to avoid new federal penalties. — The number of Arizonans getting SNAP benefits …
Brad Plumer / New York Times:
The U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency Just as Prices Are Rising — The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs. — The Trump administration is dismantling a wide array …
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Semafor
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Appeals court rejects Biden's bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews — A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president.
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, TMZ.com, Breitbart, The Post Millennial, twitchy.com, The Gateway Pundit, Townhall and Bloomberg
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
ICE is lying about body cams. These documents prove it. — “As soon as they had funding they bought them” — On July 13, Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old from Colombia who was legally authorized to work in the US, was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Biddeford, Maine.
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GovExec.com, ABC News, One America News Network and Newsweek
New Republic:
Trump Hits Record-Breaking Low in Polls, Shocking Analyst: “Horrible!” — Donald Trump is cratering in several new polls: They have his approval at an average of 22 points underwater. That's just abysmal. Indeed, as CNN's Harry Enten notes in a striking on-air analysis, it's a “record” …
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Raw Story
Ry Rivard / Politico:
NJ Transit achieves its World Cup goooal! — There was another World Cup victory on Sunday — for one of the nation's largest transit agencies. New Jersey Transit, which became infamous for disarray outside MetLife Stadium following the 2014 Super Bowl, carried soccer fans on its buses …
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New York Times
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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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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Church of Glad Tidings and Raw Story
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
Democratic senator proposes expanding Medicaid to cover children — The approach represents a potential way forward on a priority issue for Democrats if the party regains power in the future. — Sen. Andy Kim (D-New Jersey) introduced legislation Tuesday proposing a new approach …
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NOTUS, Semafor and NJ Spotlight News
David McCabe / New York Times:
Judge Temporarily Pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal — The delay is intended to give the court time to consider a lawsuit that argues the $111 billion merger violates antitrust laws. — A federal judge on Monday temporarily stopped Paramount from completing its $111 billion purchase …
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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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Kassia Bonesteel / CBS News:
United Airlines employee appears to threaten to call ICE on passenger: “You don't act like a citizen” — Add CBS News on Google — A United Airlines employee appears to have been caught on video threatening to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a customer during a ticketing dispute …
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Treasury stopped nearly $100M in taxpayer money from going to dead people after new gov't measure implemented — The Treasury Department has blocked nearly $100 million in taxpayer money from going to dead people since implementing a government-wide payment verification process last year, The Post has learned.
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Fox News and NewsMax.com

