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12:20 PM ET, July 25, 2026

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Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
White House correspondents' dinner, redux: What will Trump have to say?  —  President Donald Trump returned to the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner Friday night, delivering a rambling, hour-long speech that praised some journalists, took potshots at others …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
‘Is This Supposed to Be Fun?’  Trump Hurls Insults at Correspondents' Dinner  —  President Trump gave the keynote speech as relations between his administration and the press continue to deteriorate.  —  The president couldn't help but acknowledge how weird it was.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner — and proved its point  —  President Donald Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Friday night.  He knew he was bombing, too, and he even tried to meta-joke his way out of it.  —  But no. Even the president's jokes …
Claire Jones / Financial Times:
Trump attacks journalists at awkward White House press dinner  —  Many of the president's jokes met stony silence at rescheduled event  —  US President Donald Trump launched into tirades against journalists and critics during an awkward dinner with some of the country's top media figures on Friday evening.
Wall Street Journal:
Five Major Moments From President Trump's Speech at the Correspondents' Dinner  —  Trump offered some self-deprecating humor, but the bulk of his remarks focused on attacking critics  —  During a gala Friday celebrating press freedom, President Trump finally got to deliver the biting speech he had long teased.
Julie Yoon / New York Times:
Trump Speaks at Rescheduled Correspondents' Dinner
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Trump hijacks White House Correspondents' Dinner redo with antigay jabs, anti-trans mockery & lies
New York Times:
Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One  —  A New York Times investigation found that President Trump's push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features.  —  TIMES INVESTIGATION  —  A New York Times investigation found …
Discussion: Raw Story
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NBC News:
Democrats poised to nominate Troy Jackson in must-win Maine Senate race  —  Jackson is expected to be selected as the party's nominee at Saturday's state party convention after all of his major opponents dropped out of the race.  —  BANGOR, Maine — Former state Senate President Troy Jackson …
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New York Times:
After Democratic Shake-Up, Susan Collins Holds Enormous Cash Edge in Maine  —  Republicans are pouring huge sums behind the Maine senator through a web of billionaire-funded super PACs.  Troy Jackson, the likely Democratic nominee, has a lot of catching up to do.
Wall Street Journal:
Bahrain, Kuwait Warplanes Struck Iran in Rare Gulf Retaliation  —  The strikes earlier this month reflect Arab reckoning with a lengthy war that threatens to draw them in even more deeply  —  Bahrain and Kuwait secretly sent jets to attack sites inside Iran, their first such direct retaliation …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The Dead End to Trump's ‘Perfect’ War  —  “We won,” President Trump announced on March 11, less than two weeks into his Iran war.  “In the first hour, it was over.”  —  On March 24, in the Oval Office, he reiterated, “This war has been won.”  —  On April 6, he asserted, “They are militarily defeated.”
Discussion: Israpundit and Washington Examiner
Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
Bridges and infrastructure hit as US struck deeper inside Iran
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum  —  President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”  —  President Trump on Friday ordered warning signs …
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Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
Trump orders signage warning visitors of ‘inaccurate information’ at Smithsonian
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Catherine Lucey / Bloomberg:
Trump's Tariffs Are Likely to Stick Around Despite Unpopularity  —  President Donald Trump's latest tariffs are drawing anger from trading partners and voters but the leverage and revenue they offer could make it hard for future presidents to fully give them up.
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Politico:
Trump tariff fine print reveal raft of exemptions
Discussion: The Hill
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Tariff revenue's $825B gap
Discussion: New York Times, UPI and Bloomberg
Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
Secret paid influencer campaign backing Stevens floods Michigan Senate race  —  Sade, a self-described mother of three from Michigan, posted a video to Instagram and TikTok earlier this July, expressing a popular sentiment: It was getting harder to make ends meet, as the costs of gas, rent …
Discussion: Bridge Michigan
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Video and Transcript: President Donald Trump's White House Correspondents' Dinner Speech  —  President Donald Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, months after the annual gathering was cut short by an assassination attempt against the president.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Putting South Carolina First Could Mean Less Power for Black Voters … The history of the Democratic National Committee reshaping its primary calendar is the story of unintended consequences.  And history, to paraphrase the old line, may not be repeating itself — but it sure does seem to be rhyming.
Discussion: CBS News, Reuters and Bloomberg
NBC News:
With plans to renovate a D.C. golf course, Trump tees off another fight with residents  —  Opponents are suing to prevent the Trump administration from taking over a municipal golf course that has offered inexpensive recreation and green space for a century.
Rich Calder / New York Post:
Families of 9/11 victims want to ban Mamdani from sacred 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero: ‘unwelcome guest’  —  Families of 9/11 victims are demanding NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani be banned from the 25th anniversary of the attacks at Ground Zero, branding him an apologist …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
Luke Russert / MS NOW:
Stephen Miller laid bare the White House's religious hypocrisy  —  The State Department recently convened a high-level diplomatic meeting with representatives from 66 nations to discuss the resurgence of what they term political terrorism.  But some Trump administration officials who spoke …
Associated Press:
Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years  —  What's for dinner?  Lately, at Apral Jack's house, it's whatever is on sale.  —  Jack scouts an app for deals at her local supermarket before she buys groceries.
 
 
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
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Anastasia Obis / Federal News Network:
Congress ramps up scrutiny of Pentagon AI data center plans
Discussion: Rashida Tlaib and NewsMax.com
Ben T.N. Mause / NOTUS:
Republicans Fret Trump Could Sink Mike Collins' Georgia Senate Run
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Appeals court rejects Trump bid to halt $100,000 H-1B visa fee ruling
Discussion: Reuters and Newsweek
Politico:
Docs shed light on DOJ spending for Trump banners
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Filing: Paramount and state AGs agree to freeze the WBD merger until an antitrust trial occurs or until June 2027; a preliminary injunction hearing is canceled

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
At the rescheduled WHCA dinner, Trump praised the press corps' response to the April shooting before insulting journalists and celebrities who criticized him

Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump says he supports subpoenaing reporters in leak probes and that reporters should be forced to reveal the source of the leaked SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe
 
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