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7:30 AM ET, August 1, 2026

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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation  —  The Justice Department said “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch:
DOJ Seeks to Dismiss Charges Against Olympian It Indicted for “Vandalizing” the Lincoln Memorial.  —  The Justice Department is seeking to dismiss the felony case against David Hearn, an American Olympic canoeist from the 2000 Sydney Games, after admitting that the damage he was charged …
Madaleine Rubin / New York Times:
Reflecting Pool Damage Was ‘Botched’ Job, Not Vandalism, Prosecutors Say  —  President Trump had repeatedly accused vandals of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  On Friday, prosecutors acknowledged it was “the result of flawed installation” and moved to dismiss charges against a former Olympian.
Washington Post:
Prosecutors drop Reflecting Pool damage charge against former Olympian  —  Trump has claimed that vandals deliberately damaged the pool, but prosecutors say internal documents suggest the problems were due to contractor errors.  —  Summary  —  Federal prosecutors on Friday moved to drop …
Associated Press:
Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool  —  The Justice Department moved Friday to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.  Government lawyers …
Jackson Thompson / Fox News:
Prosecutors move to dismiss felony vandalism case against Olympian David Hearn over reflecting pools
Discussion: CBS News
NPR:
Prosecutors move to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism case, saying ‘botched installation’ to blame
Politico:
Trump says he wishes anti-weaponization fund wasn't dead, angering senators he needs to confirm Blanche  —  President Donald Trump said Friday that the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund for so-called victims of government abuse is “dead” - as much as he'd like it not to be.
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NBC News:
Trump appeals ruling that found his $10B IRS suit aimed to ‘manipulate’ legal proceedings
Discussion: The Hill, CNBC, MS NOW and Bloomberg
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
At typically tranquil Camp David, Trump publicly lashes out at political enemies
Azhar Sukri / CNBC:
Tankers near Oman come under fire as Iran threatens to choke off shipping routes … A tanker near Oman reported being struck overnight, with another saying it saw an explosion nearby as Iran warned Washington that the U.S. military's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would result in the closure of key shipping routes.
Discussion: Associated Press, France 24 and Reuters
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Orders Fresh Attack on Iran  —  U.S. officials say the attacks could begin as soon as this weekend  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has ordered a fresh attack on Iran aimed at getting Tehran to surrender that could begin as soon as this weekend and would last a few days, U.S. officials said.
Margaret Brennan / CBS News:
U.S., Israel preparing to bombard energy-related targets in Iran, sources say
Discussion: The Hill, UPI and NewsNation
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
In Iran, the U.S. Appears Headed for a Strategic Defeat, Allies Fear
Discussion: PolitiFact and Politico
NBC News:
Russia is sharing valuable electronic intel with Iran, officials say, as U.S. war drags on
Discussion: USA Today
Zeteo:
The Fake ‘Invasion’ of Spain: What You Need to Know  —  9 things you should know about the so-called ‘crisis’ of Moroccan migrants forcing their way into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta - and the hysterical response from the right in the U.S., UK, and EU.  —  Team Zeteo  —  ∙ Paid
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Politico:
Ceuta crisis rattles European capitals
Associated Press:
Live Updates: Most of the Migrants Who Crossed Into Spanish Territory Have Returned, Officials Say
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Migrants overrun a Spanish outpost, stirring European outrage
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John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Trump blames Minnesota water hacks on Walz, while evidence points to Iran
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Blames Minnesota, Not Iran, for Cyberattack, Despite Initial Investigation
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It  —  The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children.  Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.  —  The Trump administration is preparing …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
How Ukraine Is Making Inroads Into Once-Hostile Territory: MAGA  —  Ukraine and its supporters have invested years in trying to undo the skepticism of the country's war effort harbored by President Trump's MAGA movement and the president himself.  —  Ken Bensinger and Constant Méheut
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Editor of Washington Post Opinion Section Resigns After 1 Year  —  Adam O'Neal inherited a mandate from the paper's owner, Jeff Bezos, to shift toward “personal liberties and free markets.”  —  Adam O'Neal, the top editor of The Washington Post's opinion section, resigned on Friday …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Google Earth's New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images  —  On Thursday, Google introduced a new AI feature into Google Earth which lets anyone fabricate all sorts of misleading or straight up inaccurate satellite imagery, from making it look like a specific place …
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping  — 5 min Click here to listen to this article … - Prosecutors are expected to charge that LAPD officer Daniel Flores violated the California Invasion of Privacy Act, which prohibits recording others without their consent.
Discussion: KTLA
New York Times:
Warsh Considers Reducing Frequency of Fed Policy Meetings  —  The Federal Reserve has met at least eight times a year for decades.  Reducing the number of meetings would represent the biggest change by Kevin M. Warsh since he became chairman.  —  Kevin M. Warsh is considering reducing …
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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NBC News:
Abortion is on the ballot again in these two states: From the Politics Desk
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A Portrait of MAGA Psychodrama
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Politico:
Pentagon ends leadership of Ukraine aid group as US distances from Europe
New York Times:
Hunter Biden Blames Cancer for Joe Biden's Disastrous Debate
Discussion: TheGrio
 Earlier Items: 
Cathy Bussewitz / Associated Press:
Major oil companies reap massive profits as US and Iran fighting drives energy prices higher
Adora Brown / NOTUS:
Sen. Bernie Moreno Doesn't ‘Know’ if Embattled Rep. Max Miller Should Stay on Ballot
Daniel Barnes / Politico:
New disclosures reveal $9M in corporate donations to Trump's Freedom 250
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Sludge
NBC News:
Vermont's GOP governor defends state-run elections and mail-in voting as Trump aims to reshape them
Discussion: Raw Story
Billy Kobin / Portland Press-Herald:
Elon Musk planning to throw financial support behind Susan Collins' U.S. Senate bid
Discussion: New Republic, MS NOW and The Maine Wire
 

 
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Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI has discovered other instances where AI agents escaped containment; none of the agents were thought to have left OpenAI's network

Geoff Brumfiel / NPR:
Google rolls back an image generation tool in Google Earth to add “stronger guardrails” after concerns arose it can be used to create deepfake satellite imagery

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail how OpenAI fell behind Anthropic in revenue growth and valuation after prioritizing consumer chatbots and flashy side projects over coding tools
 
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