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11:15 AM ET, July 28, 2026

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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 …
Discussion: Breitbart and Townhall
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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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Gabby Birenbaum / The Texas Tribune:   Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new poll of Texas' U.S. Senate race
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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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
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 …
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.
Discussion: CalMatters and Joe.My.God.
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.
Discussion: The Independent, CBS News and Raw Story
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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
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: California Globe
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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Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
A shootout that killed 3 at a food festival near Seattle's Space Needle may have been gang-related
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Mamdani's Netanyahu Stunt Was a Waste of His Talent and Our Time
Discussion: Washington Post and Reuters
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.
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.
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).
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.
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Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
In final Michigan Senate Democratic debate, Stevens and El-Sayed spar over outside spending and personal attacks
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 …
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.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Futurism
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.”
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.
MS NOW:
Former intel officials call for investigation into Trump's 2020 election document dump  —  One of the 58 documents Trump declassified and published online is drawing scrutiny from former intelligence officials who want more public information about when and why it was written.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kiara Moore / Washington Examiner:
Republicans have to ‘counter’ Democratic narrative of Trump family profiting while Americans suffer: Bob Cusack  —  Washington Examiner executive editor Bob Cusack said Republicans must effectively counter Democrats' argument that President Donald Trump and his family have financially benefited …
Discussion: Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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 …
Max Rego / The Hill:
Gorsuch: US ‘never supposed to be ... about one race or one religion’  —  Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said in a recent interview that the U.S. was not founded on “one race or one religion,” pushing back on arguments made by conservatives such as Vice President Vance.
Discussion: HuffPost and NewsMax.com
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jose Lev Alvarez / Washington Examiner:
Hezbollah is on America's doorstep — our own ‘ally’ is enabling it  —  Brazil dismisses Hezbollah as a Lebanese problem with little bearing on it.  That fiction puts Americans at risk.  —  The Lebanese Shiite terrorist group maintains an active presence in at least a dozen Latin American countries …
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 …
Discussion: Washington Post and Joe.My.God.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
U.S. officials believe sanctions could hurt Iran more than bombs … - “The Iranians want to stop being bombed and they want money,” a senior administration official said. … - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei denied that claim.  — Both sides are talking to mediators …
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 …
 
 
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Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Democrat's TV ad targets data centers in drive to oust Republican from swing Pennsylvania House seat
Bloomberg:
US Senators Announce Deal on New Russia, Iran Sanctions Bill
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Atlantic Council and NOTUS
Iain Marlow / Bloomberg:
Trump's Interim Spy Chief Makes Deep Cuts to Intelligence Staff
Justin Papp / CNBC:
New Republican ads slam Democrats opposed to Trump's tariffs
Discussion: NRCC and Joe.My.God.
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Socialist Monster Awakens
Paul Krugman:
The Putinization of the American Military
Discussion: MS NOW
 Earlier Items: 
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Senate Democrats announce $40M ground game spend in 10 battlegrounds
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Joe.My.God. and NPR
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Supreme Court approval hits record low as Republicans' support declines
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Semafor
Emilio Perez Ibarguen / Politico:
Trump asks SCOTUS to permit blocks on mail-in ballots before midterms
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Thune's shield against Trump
Rolling Stone:
MAGA Rep. Allegedly Assaulted Wife, Put Gun to Her Head. Republicans Don't Care
Discussion: Zeteo, Newsweek and Raw Story
Hannah Northey / Politico:
Leaked document reveals White House nuclear waste plan