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New York Times:
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him  —  Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
White House admits it scrapped grants to blue states because they didn't vote for Trump
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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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump's new tariffs hit with lawsuit  —  President Trump's new tariffs were hit a legal challenge Friday from two small businesses who are represented by part of the legal team that toppled Trump's earlier tariffs at the Supreme Court.  —  The new surcharge, between 10 percent and 12.5 percent …
New York Times:
Small Businesses Sue Just Hours After Trump's Latest Tariffs  —  The businesses are represented by the Liberty Justice Center, a legal group that has successfully challenged President Trump's past duties.  —  Two small businesses sued the Trump administration on Friday over the latest tariffs …
Courtenay Brown / Axios:   Tariff revenue's $825B gap
Politico:   Trump tariff fine print reveal raft of exemptions
David Lawder / Reuters:
Trump imposes forced labor duties on 60 trading partners as 10% US tariffs expire
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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The White House:
Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Policy.  On March 27, 2025, I issued Executive Order 14253 (Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History).
NBC News:
Trump to deliver ‘unifying yet vicious’ remarks at press dinner months after shooting incident, White House says  —  The president, first lady and top administration officials had to be evacuated and the April dinner canceled after a heavily armed man rushed past security.
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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.
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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Anne Bryson / CBS News:
South Carolina on cusp of being first 2028 Democratic presidential primary state  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  South Carolina is one step away from becoming the first-in-the-nation Democratic presidential primary state for 2028, after the Democratic National Committee's Rules …
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Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Dems pick South Carolina to lead 2028 primary calendar
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Democrats Eye South Carolina as First Primary State in 2028
Discussion: NBC News, CBS News and Washington Times
New York Times:
Iranian Threat to Air Force One Prompted Plane Swap During NATO Summit  —  The threat led the Secret Service to urge President Trump to fly out of Turkey on the old plane, raising questions about the security of the Qatari-donated jet.  —  President Trump abruptly switched aircraft …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and CBS News
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
Iran's New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says  —  The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons.  U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb.  —  American intelligence agencies believe …
New York Times:
Paramount Agrees to Delay Warner Bros. Merger for Months  —  The company agreed to a proposed freeze until June 2027, unless a judge issues a ruling before then on a lawsuit blocking the deal.  —  Paramount said on Friday that it had agreed to halt its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until next June …
Bloomberg:
The Flight Network Behind Jeffrey Epstein's Trafficking Operation  —  Thousands of flights booked by the pedophile financier's staff connected associates and victims to a global network of properties  —  Flight bookings to six cities with Epstein properties, 2009-2019
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search  —  The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports.
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MPR News:
Rochester jury finds woman who hurled racial slurs at a Black child on a playground guilty  —  {"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"parag raph", “content”:[{"text":"A woman who called a Black, autistic child a racial slur last year has been found guilty of one count of disorderly conduct and not guilty on another." …
Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Appeals court rejects Trump bid to halt $100,000 H-1B visa fee ruling  —  A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to halt a judge's order preventing it from imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Fired ‘60 Minutes’ Correspondent Says She Was Pushed to Report on Events ‘That Never Happened’ Under Bari Weiss' Leadership at CBS News … Vega claimed that the “new administration” at CBS News — indicating Weiss, whom Paramount CEO David Ellison installed as editor in chief of the division last fall …
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Measles Cases Hit New Record in U.S., as Vaccination Rates Wane  —  More measles cases have been reported in the United States in the last two years than in all the years from 2000 through 2024 combined.  —  The United States has now recorded more cases of measles in 2026 than in any other year since …
Politico:
Docs shed light on DOJ spending for Trump banners  —  The Justice Department spent nearly a million dollars to spruce up the exterior of its Washington headquarters, including controversial banners putting Washingtonians under the watchful eye of President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Anastasia Obis / Federal News Network:
Congress ramps up scrutiny of Pentagon AI data center plans  —  A measure that would impose restrictions on data centers built on DoD land is making its way through Congress.  The proposal would create a federal land penalty.  —  A provision that would bar the Defense Department from leasing …
Discussion: Rashida Tlaib and NewsMax.com
 
 
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Trump says he thinks LeBron James is ‘racist’ when asked if he or Michael Jordan is the GOAT
Lydia Moynihan / New York Post:
Jared Kushner's father is leaving New York City over mayor, first lady's ‘antisemitism’
Sydney Carruth / MS NOW:
Elon Musk says he ‘got carried away’ with DOGE
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and The Independent
Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Bombshell memo shows Biden planned to leave Trump with even more massive immigration crisis
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Hailey Bullis / Washington Examiner:
Memo urges Republicans to tie Democrats to communism
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Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
EU hits Google with $1 billion antitrust fine
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Trump to Senate GOP: Adopt budget blueprint before August break
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California's primary despite efforts to count every vote
Patrick Svitek / CNN:
Joe Manchin reenters the political orbit with a new independent experiment
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview
 

 
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
In their letter defending open-weight AI, tech companies urge lawmakers to avoid “premature restrictions” that “stifle competition or drive innovation overseas”

Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI's models breached Hugging Face from July 11 to 13 and OpenAI realized their models were behind the hack several days later
 
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