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Wall Street Journal:
Iran Launches Surprise Missile Attack on U.S. Forces — Strikes came before the U.S. military confirmed joint attacks with Saudi forces on Iran-backed groups in Iraq — Iran launched a surprise ballistic-missile attack on American forces in Jordan, a U.S. official said …
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Thomas Frank / Politico:
Trump overrode his own agencies to deny four Democratic disaster requests
Trump overrode his own agencies to deny four Democratic disaster requests
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MS NOW
Andrew Perez / Zeteo:
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Poll Finds Trump's Iran War ‘Expanded the Senate Map’
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Poll Finds Trump's Iran War ‘Expanded the Senate Map’
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Raw Story
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran launches missiles at U.S. base for first time since Trump paused strikes
Iran launches missiles at U.S. base for first time since Trump paused strikes
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CBS News, Politico, NewsMax.com, Reuters, The Hill, Washington Examiner, HuffPost, Human Events, Scripps News and Middle East Monitor
Anna Wilde Mathews / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy — Program that held down premiums not renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors — The Trump administration plans to end a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans …
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KFF, New Republic, Forbes, Joe.My.God., PoliticusUSA, Democrats and The Federalist
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Associated Press:
Senate confirms Jay Clayton as nation's intelligence director — The Senate has confirmed Jay Clayton to become head of the nation's intelligence agencies, putting a permanent director in place weeks after President Donald Trump sought to delay his nomination.
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Straight Arrow, NewsMax.com, ABC News, Democracy Docket, Fox News, Federal News Network and Associated Press
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Senate confirms Jay Clayton as Trump's next intelligence chief
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Magdalena Del Valle / Bloomberg:
US Senate Confirms Clayton to Replace Pulte as Trump's Spy Chief
US Senate Confirms Clayton to Replace Pulte as Trump's Spy Chief
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Joe.My.God., Roll Call, Raw Story, NOTUS and The Hill
Dustin Volz / New York Times:
Senate Confirms Jay Clayton to Lead U.S. Intelligence Community
Senate Confirms Jay Clayton to Lead U.S. Intelligence Community
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CNN, New York Sun, Daily Mail, All Rise News, Raw Story, HotAir and UPI
New York Times:
Ross Douthat Joins ‘60 Minutes’ as a Correspondent — Mr. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, will join the CBS News program, along with several other journalists. — Ross Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, is leaving to join the CBS News program …
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Variety, Poynter, Raw Story, Deadline, Los Angeles Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Hill, New Republic, The Wrap, The Hollywood Reporter and Status, more at Mediagazer »
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Bari's New ‘60’ Slate … On Tuesday afternoon, I received an urgent tip on the encrypted-messaging app Signal: Ross Douthat, the conservative opinion columnist at The New York Times, was set to leave the newspaper and join “60 Minutes.” Initially, I was skeptical.
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CNN:
Diary entries, a subpoena and an anticipated clash: Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rand Paul's long-running battle returns to the Hill — Respiratory viruses Donald Trump People in entertainment — Even before the US enacted a national shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci pondered whether …
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
86 senators vote to move forward with Graham Russia sanctions bill — In a massive show of bipartisanship, 86 senators voted to move forward with a Russia and Iran sanctions bill that had been championed by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. … - The vote was 86-12.
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Politico, New York Times, New York Post, Deseret News, The Hill, Associated Press, Fox News, Washington Times, NOTUS, Joe.My.God., Scripps News, ABC News, CNBC, NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
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Politico:
Momentum shifts for Zelenskyy in Washington
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NPR, Washington Examiner, The Daily Wire, The Hill, Al Jazeera and NewsMax.com
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Zelensky to Axios: Ukraine needs missile interceptors to head off winter disaster
Zelensky to Axios: Ukraine needs missile interceptors to head off winter disaster
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Associated Press, NewsMax.com, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
Wall Street Journal:
‘YOLO’ Republican Senator Plays Hardball With Trump — John Cornyn once tried to name a highway after the president. Now, he blocks Trump's nominees — WASHINGTON—Less than three months ago, John Cornyn was championing a bill to rename a highway after President Trump.
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Washington Examiner
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YouGov:
Trump's job approval hits record low, driven down by Gen X, white Americans, and Independents — Americans' approval of Donald Trump's job performance continues to decline, according to the July 25 - 27 Economist / YouGov Poll. 34% of U.S. adult citizens strongly or somewhat approve …
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Newsweek, The Independent and The Hill
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans doubt Trump is paying enough attention to the country's most important problems
CNN Poll: Americans doubt Trump is paying enough attention to the country's most important problems
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Louder With Crowder, The Hill, HuffPost, The Independent and Reuters
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn $83.3 Million Award in Carroll Defamation Case — President Trump paid E. Jean Carroll more than $5 million from a 2023 lawsuit, but he is now asking the court to overturn a much larger award that a jury ordered him to pay in 2024 for defaming her.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk's Racist Commentary? — “The Turner Diaries” is a work of white supremacist agitprop. It purports to be the diary of a neo-Nazi militant, Earl Turner, who is working to overthrow the United States government — or as the book calls it, “the System” — through a group called “the Organization.”
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The New World
Mark Price / The Charlotte Observer:
ICE agents target NC's Pisgah National Forest and make multiple arrests, feds say — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has extended its reach into North Carolina's wilderness areas to find people suspected of living in the country illegally. — On Sunday, multiple arrests …
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American Greatness
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Conservatives tout Biden tapes as proof of his decline. The audio is more nuanced. — Audio of Joe Biden's interviews with a ghostwriter in 2016 and 2017 show him referencing classified materials and occasionally struggling to recall details. — Summary
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NewsMax.com:
News Details — Newsmax and Meta Enter AI Content Partnership — BOCA RATON, FL / ACCESS Newswire / July 28, 2026 / Newsmax Inc. (NYSE:NMAX) ("Newsmax" or the “Company") announced today that the Company has entered into an AI content partnership with Meta Platforms ("Meta").
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Francesca Hong avoids attacks as Wisconsin Democrats meet for an amicable governor debate — Amid a volatile race that's seen the democratic socialist rise in the polls, Tuesday's debate largely focused on the policy agreements between the five candidates. — The five Democratic candidates …
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The Hill, JSOnline, FOX6 News Milwaukee, WPR, Wisconsin Examiner, Newsweek, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal and Urban Milwaukee
emptywheel:
Todd Blanche Colluded with Italian Mafiosos ... and Also Rudy Guiliani ... to Indict Jim Comey — Jim Comey has filed his pretrial motions. The memoranda and backup for each are here (I'll add more of the exhibits to Fitzgerald's affidavit in a bit; his exhibit is a worthwhile place to start):
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Civil Discourse …
New York Times:
ICE Arrests Surge at Airports, Opening New Front in Deportation Drive — Federal agents are arresting spouses of Americans, tech workers and others whose visas have expired, including many who have active applications to stay in the country. — The Trump administration …
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NOTUS, CNN, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, NewsMax.com and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock an Ohio House Race — Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play. — A sordid, yearslong family drama involving two powerful Republican members …
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Zeteo, Raw Story, Staff Stories, Newsweek and Rolling Stone
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Harmeet Dhillon demonstrates danger of posting through it — This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🫵 Subscribe to PN 🫵 … On October 3, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division …
CNBC:
Elon Musk's xAI sues Minnesota over law to ban ‘nudify’ apps … Elon Musk's xAI, now owned by SpaceX, sued Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to challenge a law that would ban so-called nudify apps in the state. — In their complaint, filed in a federal court in Minnesota on Monday …
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MPR News, Gizmodo and Eschaton, more at Techmeme »
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Obama endorses Iowa Democrat Turek for the US Senate in a video of them playing basketball — Iowa Democrat Josh Turek got an assist Wednesday from former President Barack Obama, who endorsed his bid to flip a Republican-held U.S. Senate seat in a video of the two shooting hoops.
Adeel Hassan / New York Times:
A U.S. Citizen Deleted His Phone's Data. Now He Faces a Felony Charge. — Federal prosecutors charged a man returning to the United States with obstruction because he gave them a passcode that erased his smartphone during a customs search. — It sounds like something that James Bond would use …
Erin Doherty / Politico:
SLF launches $17M ad campaign in North Carolina — The Senate's top GOP super PAC is launching a $17 million summer ad campaign in North Carolina — its largest reservation anywhere in the country so far this cycle, underscoring the state's importance to Republicans' hopes of defending their Senate majority.
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NewsMax.com, Roll Call and Senate Leadership Fund
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Mamdani Digs Back In After New York's Summer of Fun — Plus, President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu meet amid frustrations over the Iran war, and the socialist wave sowing panic among mainstream Democrats — Good morning. June had the Knicks. Remember them? Early July had the World Cup.
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Can't Help Taking a Snooze at Lindsey Graham's Funeral — The president was visibly dozing off throughout the late senator's memorial at Washington National Cathedral — Lindsey Graham was laid to rest today, and at least one of his many mourners marked the occasion by getting in a little nap.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’ — Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE - experts say it's part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists' lives




