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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump says he's “close” to decision on “massive attack” against Iran — President Trump told Axios on Thursday that he is seriously considering restarting major combat operations in Iran — including strikes that would be bigger than the ones carried out during “Operation Epic Fury.”
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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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Washington Post:
Trump adds condition to Saudi nuclear deal: Normalizing relations with Israel
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Surges Forces Toward Middle East, Giving Trump Options to Expand Iran War
U.S. Surges Forces Toward Middle East, Giving Trump Options to Expand Iran War
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Saudi Arabia nuclear deal hinges on Israel pact, Trump says
Saudi Arabia nuclear deal hinges on Israel pact, Trump says
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New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Attacks in Red Sea Send Oil Prices Over $100 a Barrel
Iran War Live Updates: Attacks in Red Sea Send Oil Prices Over $100 a Barrel
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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
Houthis attack 2 Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, threatening to open a new front in the Iran war
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Politico:
Trump's patience with Thune ‘is running out’ — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing Thursday that President Donald Trump's patience with Senate Minority Leader John Thune is wearing thin, as Republicans struggle to advance his voting overhaul legislation …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
House again passes resolution seeking to halt military action in Iran as some Republicans defect — The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain.
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Calen Razor / Politico:
‘Do the math’: GOP budget hits wary Senate
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Politico:
House and Senate split on votes to rebuke Trump on Iran war
House and Senate split on votes to rebuke Trump on Iran war
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
What's More Unpopular Than Starting a War?
What's More Unpopular Than Starting a War?
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House rebukes Trump's war in Iran
House rebukes Trump's war in Iran
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CNN:
Secret Service agent on Vance's detail suspected of leaking information is put on leave amid internal review — JD Vance Federal agencies Media US elections — A Secret Service agent on Vice President JD Vance's security detail is under internal review and has been put on administrative leave …
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Luke Barr / ABC News:
Member of Vance's protective detail subject of investigation, Secret Service says
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Secret Service threat cases soar 40%
Secret Service threat cases soar 40%
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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.
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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 …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Tariff Man's new assault on Canada is his dumbest yet
Tariff Man's new assault on Canada is his dumbest yet
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
July 2026 National Poll: Democrats with 11-Point Generic Ballot Advantage — Opposition to data centers growing; majority think US spending too much on Israel aid — A new Emerson College Polling survey of likely 2026 voters finds the Democrats with an 11-point advantage over the Republicans …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters want major change amid economic and political discontent
Fox News Poll: Voters want major change amid economic and political discontent
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Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Man Who Killed Dem Lawmaker and Her Husband Sentenced to Two Life Terms Plus 40 Years — A federal judge said it was the longest sentence he's ever handed down, for a man who posed as a police officer to gun down elected officials in their own homes. — Co-Founder of MeidasTouch — Add us on
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Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Minnesota man faces life in prison for assassinating Democratic lawmaker
Minnesota man faces life in prison for assassinating Democratic lawmaker
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Kristen Gelineau / Associated Press:
Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive — She paces the side of the darkened highway in central Nepal, just enough light from the trucks roaring past to illuminate her painted face to the men rolling in on rickshaws and motorbikes.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner's corruption. — On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium. The Saudi government has been aggressively seeking such a deal for years …
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Molly White / Citation Needed:
Issue 107 - An unserious offer — Check back soon for the audio version, or subscribe to the audio feed in your podcast app. — The Clarity Act, a sweeping cryptocurrency market structure bill aimed at enshrining the crypto industry's deregulatory wins into law, may be dead.
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Why Jim Jordan's latest move against Jack Smith will inevitably fail — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan apparently thought he could get the better of former special counsel Jack Smith in a closed-door deposition late last year. The Ohio Republican thought wrong …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jordan accuses Smith of lying to Congress in criminal referral to DOJ
Jordan accuses Smith of lying to Congress in criminal referral to DOJ
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA Rallies Around Andrew Tate — Can MAGA Fight the Charges Against Andrew Tate? — PROMINENT MANOSPHERE INFLUENCERS and accused sex traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested by U.S. marshals in Miami last weekend, as they were set to host—what else?—a bare-knuckle boxing match.
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Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Judge says Trump's attack on mail voting is ‘unconstitutional,’ legal challenge can continue — A federal judge in Massachusetts has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's executive order (EO) targeting mail voting, setting the stage for the challenge to proceed.
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
Will Democrats pick Harris or a socialist? Primary calendar may give early clue — A bombshell poll out of New Hampshire showed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in a tight fight with former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in a hypothetical 2028 Democratic presidential nomination contest …
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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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Tom Perkins / The Guardian:
Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn — New US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction — Space datacenters proposed by SpaceX, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and others would release staggering levels …
Daniel Han / Politico:
Noncitizens voting in New Jersey could face criminal prosecution, DOJ official says — It"s up to Gov. Mikie Sherrill's administration to decide if the state will hand that list over — President Donald Trump's Department of Justice wants to know the identities of the approximately 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey's voter rolls.
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Elon Musk says he got ‘carried away’ with Trump - but still holds on to contentious political views — In interview, billionaire says instead of running ‘Doge’ he should've ‘worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictions — Elon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during …
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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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New York Times:
How Much Money Has Trump Made as President? — In his first term, President Trump presided over the largest business empire of any president in modern U.S. history. — Mr. Trump's financial disclosures do not pinpoint his net worth, but they paint a clear picture of how much money he takes in each year.
Paul Krugman:
Elon Musk, the New Hero of Populism — The useful narcissism of the new class of oligarchs — Republicans have settled on their midterm argument: Democrats are all Communists. As an election strategy, this is as lame as it is ludicrous. But there is a small kernel of political reality underlying …
Liset Cruz / Politico:
Over half of Americans negatively view Trump's DC makeover, new poll finds — Nearly two-thirds of Americans feel “dissatisfied” or “upset” with President Donald Trump's projects remaking the look of Washington, according to a new poll from The Washington Post released on Thursday.
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