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Washington Post:
Fauci's diary reveals his thoughts on a ‘rambling’ Trump and his own fame — Released by GOP Sen. Rand Paul, diary entries from the federal scientist who helped lead the covid response spotlight the internal battle over how to handle the outbreak. — Summary
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Fauci, in Private Diary, Reflected on Covid's Origins and His Own Fame
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Bob Hoge / RedState:
Fauci's Diary Reveals Astonishing Level of Sycophantic Groveling by the Legacy Media
Fauci's Diary Reveals Astonishing Level of Sycophantic Groveling by the Legacy Media
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Brian Munoz / STLPR:
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations — An Overland couple who had recently returned to Guatemala was found bound and shot dead in a sugarcane field. — Nixon Giovanni Pérez Paz and Glendy Marisol González de la Cruz were killed …
Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Turns Up the Heat on RFK Jr. to Cut Back Childhood Vaccines — President is focused on shots' alleged tie to autism, even though White House advisers wanted to tone down attention to issue ahead of midterms — WASHINGTON—At a May lunch at the president's golf course in northern Virginia …
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Politico:
‘A disaster for America First’: Trump allies fear Netanyahu meeting will pull US deeper into war with Iran — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during his last in-person meeting at the White House, reportedly sold President Donald Trump on starting a war with Iran.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's message to Sen. Mitch McConnell: Disclose more about health or resign — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has a message for Sen. Mitch McConnell: Either the state's senior senator should explain his long absence from the Senate and give details about his health, or resign.
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U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell:
Update from Senator Mitch McConnell and the Office of the Attending Physician
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
McConnell Extends Senate Leave, Will Miss State Picnic
McConnell Extends Senate Leave, Will Miss State Picnic
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Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU — 7 min Click here to listen to this article … - New court filings detail immigration agents in Los Angeles referring to potential targets using racial slurs.
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Reuters:
Gulf states back plan to let Iran collect voluntary fees to use Hormuz — Oman has won backing from Gulf states for a plan that would let Tehran collect voluntary fees to use the Strait of Hormuz, a Gulf source told Reuters on Tuesday, a path towards ending the disruption to oil trade caused by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
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Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Trump Backs New Talks but It's Unclear What He Hopes to Achieve This Time
Trump Backs New Talks but It's Unclear What He Hopes to Achieve This Time
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Why Trump deserves all the blame for high gas prices — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🚗⛽ Subscribe to PN 🚗⛽ — When Democrats running for office saw a poll released by Politico last week finding that …
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump tells Michigan auto workers, 'I've done more for you than your parents' in latest rambling speech
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Witness in Reflecting Pool case conceded damage before canoeist touched water — The only grand jury witness in David “Davey” Hearn's case said the area was already damaged and could not represent that his alleged actions cost more than $1,000, his attorneys said.
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
To defeat Republicans, Democrats may have to sit some races out — An exclusive poll shared first with Strength In Numbers shows Independent Seth Bodnar in Montana runs ahead of the Democrat in a hypothetical Senate horse-race — A new poll shared exclusively with Strength …
Julia Gomez / USA Today:
Over 12,000 pounds of bacon recalled. See affected products — Maple Leaf Foods has recalled over 12,000 pounds of bacon imported to the United States from Canada due to an import violation, according to a notice from the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Jordan Freiman / CBS News:
1 Seattle shooting suspect among 3 killed at festival; teen arrested, police seek 3rd suspect — Add CBS News on Google — Police believe three suspects were involved in a shooting at a food festival near Seattle's Space Needle on Sunday evening that killed two others and wounded four, according to court documents.
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham's death leaves Trump reflecting on his own mortality — Publicly and privately, the president has been musing about aging and fate after his friend's sudden death. He is set to deliver a eulogy for Graham on Tuesday. — Donald Trump did not expect Lindsey Graham to die first.
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Kristina Cooke / Reuters:
Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child migrant agency — Aurora's 6-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S. border alone and spent more than half a year in a child migrant shelter while her mother, who was already in the country, worked to get her out.
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Jim DeFede / CBS News:
Florida Senator Ashley Moody faces renewed scrutiny over her role in Hope Florida scandal — Add CBS News on Google — Ashley Moody has been in the United States Senate for 18 months and yet she remains a bit of an enigma. She doesn't do many interviews outside of the safe confines of conservative media, like Fox News.
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Lalee Ibssa / ABC News:
Todd Blanche's AG prospects uncertain as 2 key GOP votes hold out — Cornyn and Tillis are waiting for proof the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is dead. — Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to be Attorney General, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 15, 2026.
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Senate Democrats Press Blanche on Times Subpoenas
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The truth about the viral 9/11 petition targeting Mamdani — “We don't have a list” — On Sunday, the New York Post, the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid, ran a story on its cover under this blaring headline: “STAY AWAY: Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary.”
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Kali Bomeli / ProPublica:
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead. — Nick Adams' Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost …
Maggie Harrison Dupré / Futurism:
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There — Anthropic said the system is working as intended. … A trove of chat logs and projects created with Anthropic's Claude — some including sensitive personal and company information …
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Texas Public Opinion Research:
NEW POLL: JAMES TALARICO'S LEAD OVER KEN PAXTON WIDENS IN TEXAS SENATE GENERAL ELECTION, GOV AND AG RACES NECK-AND-NECK — Texas Public Opinion Research (TPOR) today released a new poll of likely Texas general election voters, surveying their attitudes on the 2026 races for U.S. Senate, Governor, and Attorney General.
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Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
Person Opposing Data Center Arrested for Clapping at City Meeting — Police refused to release the arrest report, saying it could “could interfere with ongoing investigative efforts.” — Police arrested a high school physics teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last Wednesday.
Emilio Perez Ibarguen / Politico:
Trump asks SCOTUS to permit blocks on mail-in ballots before midterms — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the president's executive order seeking restrictions on voting by mail to be in effect ahead of the midterm elections, after a federal appeals court upheld …
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms
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Ja'han Jones / MS NOW:
Former DOJ lawyer spotlights death threats after Blanche testimony — Liz Oyer says Missouri's Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt have helped fuel violent threats against her as Republicans try to confirm Blanche as AG. — Last week, former Justice Department lawyer Liz Oyer testified in the Senate …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Canadians' travel pullback costs U.S. tourism billions — Canadian travel to the U.S. fell 25% last year, according to a new Canadian government report, which says early 2026 data show the decline has persisted. — Why it matters: The report provides some of the clearest measures yet …
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CNBC:
SpaceX stock-purchasing by Congress members fuels conflict concerns … Three days after SpaceX's blockbuster public debut, Rep. William Timmons bought as much as $100,000 of the rocket company's stock. — The South Carolina Republican chairs a House oversight panel on military and foreign affairs …
Bloomberg:
US Senators Announce Deal on New Russia, Iran Sanctions Bill — A bipartisan group of senators announced a deal Tuesday on long-awaited legislation to allow President Donald Trump to impose more restrictions on major buyers of Russian energy, as well as Iran.
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
CNN's Kaitlan Collins Responds to Trump's Attack on Her in Daily Show Interview: The Award I Got ‘Really Bothered Him’ — Kaitlan Collins is speaking out about President Donald Trump's attack on her at Friday's White House Correspondents' Dinner. — The CNN anchor sat down with Jon Stewart Monday …
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Iain Marlow / Bloomberg:
Trump's Interim Spy Chief Makes Deep Cuts to Intelligence Staff — President Donald Trump's controversial interim spy chief announced another round of sweeping cuts to the US government's intelligence community on Tuesday, ahead of a Senate vote to fill his position with a permanent replacement.
Liz Crampton / Politico:
El-Sayed comes under fire for ‘ogre on a pike’ leaked comment — Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing backlash from within his own party after using controversial rhetoric to describe the stakes of his victory in a recent donor meeting.
Justin Papp / CNBC:
New Republican ads slam Democrats opposed to Trump's tariffs … With fewer than 100 days to go before the 2026 midterm election, Republicans see an opportunity to score points on their Democratic colleagues on an unlikely issue: tariffs. — The National Republican Congressional Committee …
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