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Courtney Subramanian / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Saudi Nuclear Deal Subject to Forming Israel Ties  —  US President Donald Trump said a civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia would be contingent on the kingdom normalizing ties with Israel, throwing cold water on a landmark deal his administration finalized just a day earlier.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.S.-Saudi Deal Prompts Fears of a Global Nuclear Arms Race  —  In Europe, Asia and the Middle East, countries seek nuclear capabilities to hedge against aggressive neighbors and a receding Washington, potentially creating a more freewheeling era.  —  When President Dwight D. Eisenhower went …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Saudi Arabia nuclear deal hinges on Israel pact, Trump says
Politico:
Trump's Saudi nuclear deal risks igniting a Middle East arms race, lawmakers warn
Steven Scheer / Reuters:
Israelis fear Saudi nuclear deal could ignite Mideast arms race
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters want major change amid economic and political discontent  —  Latest survey shows Trump approval stuck near record low  —  Several findings in the latest Fox News Poll show voters are unhappy and want major change, which bodes well for Democrats in November …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
What's More Unpopular Than Starting a War?
ABC News:
Trump appears to downplay Iran war deaths in social posts comparing them to previous conflicts
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:   July 2026 National Poll: Democrats with 11-Point Generic Ballot Advantage
Politico:
Trump's Iran trap
Discussion: New Republic and Associated Press
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jordan accuses Smith of lying to Congress in criminal referral to DOJ  —  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) late Wednesday recommended criminal charges against former special counsel Jack Smith, pushing to tee up a prosecution of the man that led the criminal cases against President Trump.
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ABC News:   Jim Jordan issues criminal referral against former special counsel Jack Smith for alleged perjury
Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
Rep. Jim Jordan formally asks DOJ to prosecute Jack Smith over congressional testimony
Discussion: MS NOW, Daily Mail and New York Times
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
House Republicans pass hard-right defense bill, handing wins to Trump  —  The House narrowly passed its marquee $1.15 trillion defense policy bill largely along party lines Wednesday amid a bitter partisan divide over President Donald Trump's conduct of the war against Iran and his push for a massive Pentagon spending boost.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. deploys B-1 bomber as attacks on Iran intensify  —  The U.S. military used a B-1 long-range bomber on Tuesday to strike Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran, U.S. officials said. … - Using B-1 bombers, which can carry two dozen 2,000-lb. bombs or dozens of cruise missiles …
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Associated Press:
Houthis attack 2 Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, threatening to open a new front in the Iran war  —  Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea early Thursday, as the U.S. military conducted a 12th night of strikes against Iran and diplomatic efforts showed dwindling progress.
Gareth Vipers / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Iran Will Be Held Responsible for Future Houthi Attacks
Discussion: New York Post
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Tariff Man's new assault on Canada is his dumbest yet  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🇨🇦 Subscribe to PN 🇺🇸  —  “We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests …
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Politico:
'We're getting into an ugly phase': Trump's new tariffs are angering voters and U.S. allies alike … Tariffs are back — and they couldn't come at a worse time for the GOP.  —  Some Republicans fear the eye-popping new levies President Donald Trump threatened to slap on Canada …
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Amish Shah Wins Democratic Primary in Swing Arizona House District  —  Dr. Amish Shah, who beat the choice of the party's House campaign arm, will face Jay Feely, a Republican, in a battleground district that covers parts of Phoenix.  —  Dr. Amish Shah, a moderate Democrat …
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Politico:
OpenAI's models broke free and launched a cyberattack.  Congress wants new rules before it happens again.  —  An alarming cybersecurity incident involving OpenAI's newest and most advanced artificial intelligence technology has lawmakers hurrying to advance legislation that they say is needed …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Todd Blanche Denies Telling Democrats He ‘Made A Mistake’ With Trump's Slush Fund  —  Except Sens. Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal say the acting attorney general told them directly he shouldn't have created the $1.8 billion fund.  —  WASHINGTON - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and New Republic
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Secret Service threat cases soar 40%  —  Threats against people the U.S. Secret Service protects are up about 40% from a year ago, the agency says, as it prepares for Friday's rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner. … - “This is roughly 10,000 so far this year and we are a little over halfway through the year,” he says.
Jim Wyss / Bloomberg:
US Sees Haiti in Turmoil Ahead of Potential Deportations of TPS Holders  —  Haiti remains mired in a lawless miasma even as the US is threatening to force hundreds of thousands of people who fled the Caribbean nation back home, after the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump can terminate their special immigration status.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Badly Screws Susan Collins as Maine ICE Death Takes Darker Turn  —  Not long after a federal agent killed a Colombian immigrant in Maine last week, Senator Susan Collins rushed to declare that she'd privately talked to Donald Trump's Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin.
Discussion: Wonkette
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Surges Forces Toward Middle East, Giving Trump Options to Expand Iran War  —  The influx of troops, medics and weaponry follows the deaths of three American soldiers in Iranian attack at a base in Jordan  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. is surging forces, medics and weaponry to the Middle East …
Caitlin McCabe / Wall Street Journal:
Stock Market Today: Oil Prices Jump After Houthis Claim Attacks on Red Sea Tankers  —  Brent crude tops $98 and bond yields hover near 2026 highs  —  Oil prices are racing back toward $100 this morning after Tehran-backed Houthi militants claimed attacks on two Saudi tankers in the Red Sea …
Discussion: HotAir, Joe.My.God. and Bloomberg
Danielle Bensky / USA Today:
I'm an Epstein survivor.  Todd Blanche isn't fit to be Trump's AG.  —  Acting AG Todd Blanche finally met with us after pressure by Sen. Thom Tillis, who will vote on his nomination.  In the meeting, there was no attempt to work with us.  It was another way to dismiss us.
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Examiner
Financial Times:
Trump Media fast feed for president's posts sparks Wall Street backlash  —  New venture has raised questions as financial firms decipher risk of paying for advanced access to market-moving feed  —  A Wall Street backlash is mounting over a proposal by Donald Trump's social media company …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Matt Grossmann / Niskanen Center:
Inside the Democratic Socialist uprising  —  Candidates affiliated with (or sympathetic to) the Democratic Socialists of America (the DSA) have recently won several Democratic primaries.  Although this rise of the left takes a different form, it draws from prior social movements and Bernie Sanders' presidential candidacies.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Democrat Senate Super PAC targets 4 Republican seats  —  The Democrats' main Senate super PAC is booking another $54 million in TV ads for the midterm campaign's final stretch, targeting four Republican-held seats. … - Republicans' last major advertising reservation was aimed largely …
 
 
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Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department to Speed Up Merger Reviews by Asking Less of Companies
Discussion: Bloomberg
Victor Nava / New York Post:
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Discussion: NewsMax.com, Fox News and Raw Story
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Jerry Wu / Politico:
Trump backs Iraq's prime minister. Some Republicans want to see results.
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Scholars for Redistricting Reform:
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Joseph Gerth / Courier-Journal:
Gerth: My too-early ‘tribute’ to Mitch McConnell
Discussion: Raw Story
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Health insurance traps a quarter of U.S. workers in unwanted jobs
Discussion: Joe.My.God., STAT and NPR
Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
Bari Weiss's Latest Hire Has an N-Word Problem
New York Times:
Trump's Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities