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Jeffrey Toobin / New York Times:
What's the Worst Thing Trump Can Do in the Midterms? — There's a macabre parlor game obsessing many Democrats. Because they assume that President Trump will be unconstrained by law, ethics, tradition and precedent in trying to preserve the Republican majorities in Congress …
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Politico:
Inside Congress Live — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Monday that he will remain in rehab as he continues to recover from a June fall that left him briefly unconscious. In a statement, McConnell shared that he is “working hard” to return to a full schedule but remains in “intense physical therapy.”
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Riya Misra / Politico:
Fetterman says Democrats were ‘horribly wrong’ to try eliminating Senate filibuster — Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is backpedaling on his previous calls to eliminate the filibuster in the Senate — which is a critical bulwark against “a fill-in-the-blank government with new laws …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
McConnell releases health update, saying he's not ready to return to work yet — McConnell has missed the last 38 votes on the Senate floor since his June 14 hospitalization. He said he's undergoing “intense physical therapy” but didn't offer a timeline for his return.
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Trump tells Thune to keep Senate in session to pass SAVE America Act — President Donald Trump ramped up pressure Monday on Majority Leader John Thune, telling him to keep the Senate in session until a GOP election bill passes. “John Thune should not allow the United States Senate …
John Fetterman / Washington Post:
Now I see the truth about the filibuster — The 60-vote Senate rule forces compromise.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Some GOP senators say they will vote to cancel recess over SAVE America Act
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Politico:
Capitol agenda: Thune tries to focus as Trump fumes
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
GOP Sen. John Kennedy warns John Thune ‘being too cautious’ as Trump agenda hangs in the balance
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Washington Post:
Deadly U.S. boat strikes have failed to curb cocaine supply, Pentagon and DEA officials say — 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 …
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Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
The predictable disgrace of the White House Correspondents Dinner — The insults. The lies. The extremely unfunny attempts at humor. — The lack of respect for the role of the free press. The lack of respect for the U.S. Constitution, which forbids a Trump run for president in 2028.
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Mark Gongloff / Bloomberg:
The Ellisons Discover the Hard Way That Trump Is the Anti-Midas — There's a thesis that everything President Donald Trump touches eventually goes bad. The USFL. Knicks-Spurs Game 3. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Oracle Corp. co-founder and Chairman Larry Ellison and his son …
Bernie Becker / Politico:
Poll: Even Trump voters aren't very impressed by the GOP's tax overhaul — Congressional Republicans have a political problem with their signature legislative achievement of the second Trump era: People don't know about it. — A new POLITICO Poll finds that nearly half of Americans …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump to Axios: I'm ready for “strong military action” if Iran talks fail — President Trump told Axios on Monday that he decided to pause U.S. strikes on Iran in order to give negotiations another chance, but stressed that he could order a return to expanded military operations if diplomacy fails.
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New Republic:
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids — “Zero died because of DOGE. Zero. Point. Zero.” — That remarkable claim is from Elon Musk's interview last week with The Economist, in which he reiterated one of his favorite new claims …
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Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Multiple people shot as gunfire erupts near Seattle's iconic Space Needle, police say — Police arrested one suspect and were looking for another after gunfire erupted at a crowded food festival beneath Seattle's Space Needle, leaving three people dead and four others injured, including a toddler.
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
2028 Democratic power rankings, right now … She is far ahead of every other contender with Black voters, still the most important voting bloc in a Democratic primary. Her allies argue that no one else is as prepared for a national campaign. She was a better candidate in 2024 than in 2020 …
CNN:
Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records — A tiny federal agency tasked with protecting the public from injuries caused by lawn mowers and coffeemakers is demanding that some of the nation's biggest health systems turn over detailed, personally identifiable medical records …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators warn confidence in Hegseth eroding as Iran war drags on — Republican senators say that confidence is waning in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leadership of the U.S. armed forces as the war with Iran drags on without an end in sight. — They are also warning that the success …
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New York Times:
Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn't Spending It. — For decades, the federal government has funneled big-ticket grants to local communities to help them take on ambitious construction projects to expand public transit. The grants, sometimes in the billions of dollars …
Allison Kiehl / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois woman with green card has been detained by ICE for 12 months. Her daughters plead for her release. — Beata Siemionkowicz spent her first night in Kentucky's Campbell County Detention Center in a cell with black mold covering the air vents and dead bedbugs lingering in the room's corners.
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Mamdani plans to offer 30% discount on meat and produce at city-owned grocery stores — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to open a slate of government-owned grocery stores stirred up critics who roasted the idea as the democratic socialist's first step toward creating communist bread lines in the city.
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Jeremy B. White / Politico:
DOJ moves to drop case against California labor leader — The U.S. Department of Justice moved to drop its final charge against a California labor leader who protested immigration enforcement, the latest setback for the Trump administration's efforts to punish people who resist its deportation agenda.
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Mike Baker / New York Times:
Man Convicted in Idaho College Killings Seeks to Take Back Guilty Plea — In an interview from prison, Bryan Kohberger said he had filed a petition to reopen the case. He blamed his guilty plea on ‘false promises’ and wrong information. — The criminology student convicted last year …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees — American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.
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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The 2026 House Map is No More Favorable to Republicans than the 2018 Map was — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Republicans made the House map better for themselves compared to the 2024 map by winning this cycle's expansive redistricting fight. — However, comparing this year's map …
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Washington Examiner and Election Law Blog
Washington Post:
Police vetted dubious allegation only after Buttigieg was separated from children — The Michigan attorney general's office is investigating how the accusation that prompted the ex-Cabinet secretary's separation from his 4-year-old twins was handled. — Summary
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Fauci diary entries: ‘Press is going wild with me’ — Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci was keenly aware of the media's interest in him early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, and considered some of the attention “flattering,” according to diary entries released by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
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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 …
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New York Times:
How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal — A Times examination details how the Silicon Valley giant used private talks with local officials to start a project big enough to cover nearly six square miles. — A Louisiana state legislative committee …
Todd Feurer / CBS News:
“Extremely dangerous” tornado hits eastern Wisconsin — Add CBS News on Google — An “extremely dangerous” tornado hit parts of eastern Wisconsin on Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. — The agency said a “confirmed and extremely dangerous” …
Addy Bink / The Hill:
Dozens sickened across 17 states in salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs: What to know — (NEXSTAR) - Salmonella cases across 17 states have been linked to millions of recalled eggs, though federal investigators say other sources may be to blame. — Nearly 1.6 million cartons …
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J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Shares Video Predicting Midterm Meltdown, Chaos, Third Term — The Truth Social post promotes an investment newsletter claiming the Trump administration is secretly preparing prosecutions of his political opponents — President Donald Trump used his Truth Social account early Monday …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Fauci expressed disillusionment with ‘rambling, crazy’ Trump in journal — Former top US health official wrote about challenging interactions with publicity-fixated Trump during Covid — Diary entries released by a Republican senator in an attempt to damage Anthony Fauci also show …
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Washington Times and Fox News
Quispe López / Advocate:
After Trump meltdown, Cracker Barrel bends the knee and replaces CEO — This story originally appeared on Them. — After a completely nonsensical MAGA meltdown over a supposedly “woke” rebrand last year, the current CEO of Cracker Barrel is being replaced.
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