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Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:
The GOP revolt over Todd Blanche is suddenly very real — Todd Blanche's nomination to be President Donald Trump's permanent attorney general is on hold. And it could stay that way until September — or potentially even longer. — Late Wednesday night, the Senate Judiciary Committee …
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Finance Republicans kill bid to stop Trump IRS audit-immunity deal — Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee defeated an effort Thursday by Democrats to block a plan by the Trump administration to shield the president from IRS audits. Lawmakers voted along party lines, 14-13 …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
John Thune hopes to orchestrate a great Senate escape … John Thune is eager to let GOP senators out of the Capitol and onto the campaign trail as Republicans fight to hold the Senate majority in November. First, he has to get through the next eight days.
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MS NOW, RedState, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, NewsMax.com, The Gateway Pundit and The Federalist
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump says he's open to delaying Blanche nomination over GOP defectors
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Politico:
With Blanche in limbo, Cornyn hands DOJ new Trump settlement proposal
With Blanche in limbo, Cornyn hands DOJ new Trump settlement proposal
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Sammy Westfall / Washington Post:
What to know about Republican lame ducks defying Trump over Blanche nomination
What to know about Republican lame ducks defying Trump over Blanche nomination
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
We've Officially Entered the Twilight of Late-Stage Trumpism — No one has ever seen anything like it, as Donald Trump himself might say. Buried in a new CNN poll is something striking: Trump isn't just cratering by conventional approval measurements; he's also absolutely collapsing …
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Thirteen House Rating Changes Toward Democrats as Seat-by-Seat Assessment Better Aligns with Our November Expectations — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — We're revamping our House ratings this week, which has the effect of bringing the number of seats at least leaning to each party …
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J. Miles Coleman / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Georgia Senate: The Peach State Ripens for Democrats
Georgia Senate: The Peach State Ripens for Democrats
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The new “science golden age” looks suspiciously like a grift — This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 — The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research …
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Raw Story
Adam Silverstein / New York Post:
Sophie Cunningham rips Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton for leaving teen girls in tears amid controversy: ‘Truly embarrassing’ — Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has spoken out after two teenage fans claimed Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton berated them as “f—ing insane” over a sign supporting the WNBA star.
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James Factora / Advocate:
Anti-trans rally flops as Seattle Storm player wears ‘trans rights are human rights’ shirt
Anti-trans rally flops as Seattle Storm player wears ‘trans rights are human rights’ shirt
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Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Health emergency preparedness nominee advances on party lines — The Trump administration's nominee to lead the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, Sean Kaufman advanced out of committee Thursday, setting up a floor vote on his nomination.
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STAT, Washington Examiner and The Hill
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Erin Doherty / Politico:
Poll: Trump's MAGA voters would stick by a candidate through the most serious of scandals — Americans are largely tolerant of scandals among politicians. But nobody is more willing to stick by an embattled candidate than a MAGA voter. — The POLITICO Poll finds President Donald Trump's MAGA supporters …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Reed Abelson / New York Times:
Uninsured Patients Rise Sharply, Hospitals Report, Citing Obamacare Cuts — More people who lost coverage after congressional Republicans ended enhanced federal subsidies are now seeking care in emergency rooms and unable to pay bills. — More and more uninsured patients are showing …
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KFF and Off Message
Associated Press:
How views on Trump's handling of Iran have shifted, according to a new AP-NORC poll — Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting, and President Donald Trump's approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Michigan 2026 Poll: Abdul El-Sayed Leads Haley Stevens for Democratic US Senate Nomination — John James Leads Perry Johnson in GOP Governor Primary — A new Emerson College Polling/WLNS/WOODTV survey of the Michigan Democratic Primary for US Senate finds Abdul El-Sayed leading Rep. Haley Stevens, 54% to 39%.
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
South Carolina 2026: Norman, Graham Lead GOP Special Primary; Runoff Likely
South Carolina 2026: Norman, Graham Lead GOP Special Primary; Runoff Likely
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The Hill
New York Times:
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems — Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink. — Investigators believe a cyberattack this week on dozens …
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ABC News
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Exclusive: Musk plans massive push for GOP in midterms — Tech billionaire Elon Musk is jumping into the midterms with a huge investment in a plan to boost Republican voter turnout, Axios has learned. … - America PAC will focus on door-knocking, digital advertising and direct mail aimed …
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Eli Lake / The Free Press:
Pleading the Fifth Won't Spare Fauci from the Truth — He claims his Senate hearing was a witch hunt designed to entrap him. But his record convicts him on its own. — Upgrade to Listen — The anti-Trump resistance has settled on its Anthony Fauci narrative.
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The Hill, HuffPost and The Gateway Pundit
BBC:
Uefa to boycott World Cups if Fifa plans approved — European football's 55 member associations have voted to boycott World Cups if the sport's governing body proceeds with a plan to sell stakes in its competitions to private investors. — The decision was made at an emergency meeting called …
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Fauci's silence on his monstrous COVID sins spoke volumes — and solidified him as a reprehensible villain — What a cowardly and shameful final chapter for Dr. Anthony Fauci, who pleaded the Fifth 111 times in the Senate Wednesday even though he has a pre-emptive presidential pardon that gives him immunity from prosecution.
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The Hill:
5 takeaways on Fauci's hostile Senate hearing, GOP contempt threats
5 takeaways on Fauci's hostile Senate hearing, GOP contempt threats
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu confronts Vance over his criticism of Israeli government — Vice President Vance and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a “direct” conversation about their differences in a one-on-one meeting in Washington on Tuesday evening, Israeli and U.S. officials said.
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American Greatness, HotAir and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Trump Encounters a More Determined Iran as War Widens — The United States is again exchanging strikes with Iran, just days after the president appeared to reject plans to escalate. — Over the weekend, President Trump rejected a return to full-scale war.
Dan Solomon / Texas Monthly:
Sharia Law Is Not Coming to Texas, No Matter What Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo, Says — No, Rob Schneider doesn't live here. But he has a lot to say about our state's supposed fall to Islamic forces. — In four seasons on Saturday Night Live, Rob Schneider created one memorable character.
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The Enterprise
Paul Krugman:
Reality is a Communist Plot — Of MAGA and the totalitarian mindset — The Covid vaccine didn't work, and vaccines cause autism. But hydroxychloroquine worked, and so did ivermectin. Anthony Fauci killed millions of people. — Climate change is a hoax.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Judge declines to block strict work rule for sick patients on Medicaid — A federal judge has declined to stop the Trump administration from requiring that chronically ill Medicaid patients prove that they are physically unable to work in order to keep their insurance.
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STAT
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Trump administration unfreezes $600M for Gavi global vaccine effort — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would release $600 million in funding appropriated by Congress to an immunization program that serves children in poor countries. — The move is a reversal of a decision …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
America gripped by election fears as November nears … Meanwhile, his critics warn his push to reshape the ways Americans vote are undermining elections. … - 80% report a great deal or fair amount of concern that political leaders will take actions they know are possibly illegal.
Margaret Manto / NOTUS:
Redacted Fauci Diary Entries Depict Him Personally Helping Katie Miller — Former White House official and conservative influencer Katie Miller heralded the release of Anthony Fauci's diaries as a bombshell discovery that outed him as a calculating attention-seeker.
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Sean Woods / Rolling Stone:
It Doesn't Get Much Dumber Than Trump's War on ‘DEI Bike Lanes’ — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy not only wants to restrict funding for bike lanes, he wants to remove existing ones — Out of all the sins of the Trump administration — wars, ICE raids, anti-vax lunacy and the return of measles …
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The Guardian
Angie Orellana Hernandez / NOTUS:
RFK Jr. Launches a Cooking Show Mixing ‘Healthy’ Recipes With MAHA Talking Points — He's the second Cabinet member to star in a web show during Trump's second term. — Copy — Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched an online cooking show on Thursday …
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Former Officials Protest U.S. Plan to Defund Pan American Health Organization — The group of former health and national security officials warned that Americans will be more vulnerable to infectious disease threats. — The Trump administration's plan to stop funding the Pan American Health Organization …
John Hendel / Politico:
ABC accuses FCC of ‘attempted censorship’ — ABC accused Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr of “attempted censorship” in a regulatory filing posted Thursday, saying the agency is creating a potential chilling effect across the media by helping President Donald Trump attack his perceived adversaries.
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Cassandra Dumay / Politico:
Senate HELP advances Trump's Labor secretary pick — President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Labor Department is one step closer to full Senate confirmation after the HELP Committee advanced the nomination of acting Secretary Keith Sonderling on Thursday.
Axios:
Scoop: GOP Rep. Ogles faces 11th-hour cash barrage in primary — A super PAC that has invested millions to unseat Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) is putting another $700,000 behind his GOP primary challenger in the final week of the campaign, Axios has learned. … But first he has to get the nomination, which is not a done deal.
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Raw Story and Washington Times
Reuters:
Yemen's Houthis are attacking Saudi Arabia from Iraq, sources say — Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia this week from Iraqi territory in coordination with Iraqi armed groups, according to assessments by Saudi Arabia and regional partners, reflecting growing coordination among …
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Al Jazeera
US Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Files First Case in U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court to Deport Afghan Alien Who Supported Her Family's Plans for Election-Day Shooting — For Immediate Release — The Justice Department has filed the first-ever case in the U.S. Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC) …
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