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8:00 AM ET, July 27, 2026

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Davis Winkie / CNN:
Iran war casualty count eclipses 600 as Pentagon quietly changes accounting  —  Federal agencies US military The Middle East Congressional news  —  The Pentagon updated its war casualty database Saturday, recording more than 140 additionally wounded and restoring the four soldiers killed due …
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Pentagon's official Iran war death toll no longer lists 4 troops killed during renewed fighting  —  The four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran in recent weeks are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Pentagon's official casualty count …
Discussion: CBS News
Felicia Schwartz / Politico:
Netanyahu will visit a White House increasingly at odds with him  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected at the White House this week at a moment of significant tension between the longtime allies — after months of waiting for an invitation to come.
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Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
In Washington, Netanyahu Faces a Delicate Balancing Act
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Jeffries Kicks Off Midterm Sprint With Economic Pitch  —  Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the New York Democrat and minority leader, focused relentlessly on affordability in a swing district.  —  Representative Hakeem Jeffries stood inside a union hall in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley on Sunday …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pauses Iran Strikes as Officials Weigh Dwindling Air Defense Stocks  —  The U.S. held off on a major military campaign that could have lasted two weeks, officials said  —  President Trump has put off a major escalation of his military campaign against Iran amid efforts to revive diplomacy …
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Sam Sifton / New York Times:
Protected No More  —  Good morning.  Hundreds of thousands of people will lose their protected immigration status today.  —  In 1990, during George H.W. Bush's presidency, Congress established a humanitarian immigration program called Temporary Protected Status.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Deutsche Welle:
Berlin Pride ramming: Suspect shot dead in police operation  —  Police said the suspect was shot dead in an operation, after the incident was classified as an “Islamist terrorist” attack.  One person was killed and several others injured in the attack.  Follow DW.  —  What you need to know
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Associated Press:
The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack is killed in a confrontation with police
BBC:
Berlin Pride attack suspect shot and killed during police operation
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats hit the anti-incumbency trap  —  Democrats are learning a hard lesson Republicans know all too well: The party out of power doesn't just ride the anti-incumbency wave — it can also get swept up in it. … - Just ask Senate Republicans how that went for them in 2010, 2012 and 2022.
Washington Post:
67 boat strikes.  221 dead.  The cocaine hasn't slowed, officials report.  —  The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea.  Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration's deadly military strikes …
NBC News:
Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman says Angie Craig sought his endorsement while he was in ICU  —  Hoffman and his wife were the victims of a politically motivated assassination attempt last year.  —  Democratic Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman said Friday that Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn. …
Gabe Kaminsky / CBS News:
Republicans spent years targeting progressive dark money.  That could now boomerang on Trump.  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  During President Trump's second term, Republicans have escalated their attacks on hard-to-trace fundraising methods used by left-leaning groups.
Paige Winfield Cunningham / NOTUS:
RFK Jr.'s Big Promise to Ban Pharmaceutical Ads Is in the Slow Lane  —  Meanwhile, drugmakers are spending more on TV ads this year than last year.  — Copy  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has the power to stop pharmaceutical companies from advertising directly to consumers.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center.  A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway.  —  In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.  —  Sandy Weiswasser has been guiding tours …
Julia Belluz / New York Times:
Want a Better Food System?  Use the Anti-Tobacco Playbook.  —  When Bryce Martinez started feeling an aching around his heart, he thought it might be an asthma attack.  But at the school nurse's office, his blood pressure was found to be so high that he was rushed to the emergency room.
Wall Street Journal:
Nvidia in Talks With OpenAI to Guarantee $250 Billion Financing for Data Center  —  Project would be one of the largest AI computing hubs and involve power controlled by the U.S. government  —  Nvidia is in talks to provide a roughly $250 billion backstop for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project …
Igor Bobic / NOTUS:
Potential Presidential 2028 Democrats Split Over Russia Sanctions  —  A bipartisan bill aiming to penalize Moscow's war in Ukraine has exposed a fissure among potential 2028 Democratic presidential contenders, some of whom worry the measure would turbocharge President Donald Trump's power to impose tariffs and harm the economy.
Max Rego / The Hill:
Cyclospora outbreak not under control yet, says former FDA commissioner  —  Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said Sunday the agency does not yet have the outbreak of cyclosporiasis under control.  —  “I don't think it's under control yet, per se.
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump is set to defend his economic policies in Michigan, where new Canadian tariffs may sting  —  President Donald Trump plans to tout his handling of the economy during a visit to suburban Detroit on Monday, defending sweeping tariffs in a swing state where their effects have hurt many businesses as midterm election season heats up.
Discussion: The Hill
John F. Harris / Politico:
As Bombs Fall in Iran, Trump Bombs in Washington … There's a familiar explanation for the rise of Donald Trump that dispenses with ideology or sociology in favor of something more relatable in human terms: Let's face it, the guy can be very funny.  —  Or so some people believe.
Washington Post:
Why even some Trump supporters are souring on his handling of the economy  —  Americans voted President Donald Trump into office last year in part because he promised to fix an inflation-battered U.S. economy.  But higher gas and energy prices caused by Trump's war in Iran appear to be eroding their optimism.
Discussion: Semafor
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Newcomer Darline Graham Gets Crash Course in Politics
Discussion: Newsweek
Simon J. Levien / Politico:
Your health care bill is incomprehensible. Congress is stepping in.
Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Dems' 2028 primary schedule angers some progressives
Discussion: Jewish Insider
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
Why Trump Has ‘No F*cking Way Out’ of His Failed Iran War
Discussion: Semafor
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
After Trump's order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no.
Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
I've visited the Smithsonian hundreds of times. Warnings aren't needed.
Discussion: America, America and MS NOW
 Earlier Items: 
NOTUS:
The DNC Put Up Its Headquarters as Collateral to Obtain Its Massive Loan
Andrew O'Hehir / Salon:
Trump's foreign policy enters its decadent, desperate end stage
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert Tait / The Guardian:
Trump revives old tropes as he pushes warnings of ‘communist menace’
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
Wall Street Journal:
How House Democrats Turned Against Israel Aid
Discussion: Israpundit
Jenna Monnin / NOTUS:
Trump's Border Czar Says ICE Vetting and Training Are ‘Under Review’
George Chidi / The Guardian:
How Trump could undermine the midterms
 

 
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