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8:25 PM ET, August 4, 2026

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New York Times:
Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro  —  Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.  —  Jeanine Pirro had had it up to here with Doug Burgum.
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Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Pirro brought box of evidence to show Trump what caused Reflecting Pool damage  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The top federal prosecutor in the nation's capital carted a box full of evidence to the White House on Monday, in a bid to prove to President Trump that the damage to the Reflecting Pool …
Politico:
Jeanine Pirro struggles to give Trump the wins he craves the most  —  Jeanine Pirro's focus on murders and other major crimes in Washington has helped President Donald Trump deliver on his pledge to go after violent offenders in the nation's capital — work he often touts publicly.
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
DOJ moves to drop charges against more Reflecting Pool vandalism suspects
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Olympic canoeist charged by Pirro seeks to permanently sink Reflecting Pool case
New York Times:
How Well Is the Progressive Left Actually Doing?  —  Its wins have been largely confined to highly educated and heavily Democratic parts of urban America.  But two races could change that.  —  After racking up a series of high-profile wins this summer, the left looks ascendant in blue America.
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New York Times:
Michigan's Democratic Senate Primary Poses a Test for a Divided Party
Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:
Shannon Taylor Wins Democratic Primary for Virginia House Race
Discussion: The Hill and DCCC
Caroline Linton / CBS News:
What to know about primaries in 5 states today: Michigan, Virginia and more
Politico:
The left's Bern notice
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard.  Now she's suing  —  Anna King was sitting on a bench one afternoon outside her home on a busy street in Washington, D.C., scrolling on her phone when three National Guard members entered her front gate, confronted her and pushed …
Discussion: Military.com
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Isabel Keane / The Independent:
Purple Heart vet sues after National Guard troops detained her as she sat quietly in the front yard of her DC home
Discussion: ABC News
Washington Post:
Trump orders changes to new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work  —  Contractors have removed the granite seal that had begun to take shape in recent days, after the president complained about the slope of the White House Lawn.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump has directed contractors …
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David A. Fahrenthold / New York Times:   Workers Disassemble Parts of Trump's White House Helipad, Photos Show
Bloomberg:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says  —  Democrat Ron Wyden cited nonpublic documents held by the US Treasury in a report that says banks delayed reporting suspicious financial transactions and calls for tougher anti-money-laundering rules, greater oversight …
Discussion: NPR, The Daily Caller and NewsMax.com
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
60 Minutes Ended Story About Epstein's Shady Bank Transactions  —  CBS's 60 Minutes had the scoop on Jeffrey Epstein's sketchy financials—before the Bari Weiss-run network fired the reporter fronting the investigation.  —  A new report by Democratic Senator Ron Wyden revealed that Deutsche Bank AG …
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Todd Blanche is one vote away from confirmation  —  Todd Blanche picked up an important GOP vote Tuesday for his nomination as attorney general — Sen. John Curtis of Utah — likely leaving him just one vote shy of securing confirmation.  Curtis said in a statement he plans to “support” …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Susan Collins opposes Todd Blanche for attorney general
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins will oppose Blanche, narrowing nominee's path to confirmation
CNBC:
U.S. has used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war: Reuters  —  The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns …
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Max Miller doubles down on staying in Ohio House race  —  Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he won't drop his reelection bid despite facing allegations of domestic abuse and violence from his ex-wife and two other women. … - “In 2016, when President Donald J. Trump faced …
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
‘I can win’: Defiant Max Miller says he's staying in race amid abuse claims
Politico:
Max Miller's lawyer admits to accidentally releasing ‘private images’ of daughter  —  A lawyer for Rep. Max Miller took responsibility Tuesday for inadvertently releasing sensitive photos of the Ohio Republican's daughter in a trove of material Miller published Sunday in a bid to defend himself against domestic abuse claims.
David Ellison / New York Times:
Let's Set the Record Straight on the Paramount-Warner Deal  —  Many people have weighed in on Paramount's agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery — media analysts, power brokers, political commentators, competitors and, of course, lawyers.  For a transaction of this size, that is expected and appropriate.
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Missouri GOP thwarts Democrats' effort to undo their gerrymander  —  Missouri Republicans' new gerrymander eliminating a Democratic seat is all but certain to be in place for this November's elections — and into the future — after the state's GOP secretary of state blocked Democrats from forcing a statewide referendum on the issue.
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Ben Binday / Washington Post:
Democrat exits Senate race in South Dakota, clearing way for independent  —  Julian Beaudion withdrew after resisting pressure to step aside, making South Dakota's contest the third Senate race without a Democratic candidate.  —  Summary  —  Julian Beaudion, the Democratic nominee …
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court  —  The Department of Health and Human Services quietly unveiled a multimillion-dollar contract Tuesday with a small Texas law firm, entrusting it with representing thousands of children who came by themselves …
Discussion: Federal Register
Politico:
White House AI vetting plan to exempt lower-cost ‘open’ models  —  The White House framework for vetting the cybersecurity risks of advanced artificial intelligence models would focus on the top-tier products from U.S. developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic — while exempting a rising breed …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil's ambassador to US in spat with Lula  —  The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil's denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit the country ahead …
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Senate panel to vote on Fauci contempt resolution after tense hearing  —  The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) will vote Thursday on a resolution to hold former top health official Anthony Fauci in contempt following his hearing last week in which he invoked …
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Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Paul sets Fauci committee vote for Thursday
Discussion: HuffPost
Associated Press:
Authorities arrested a man with ammo and apparently monitoring security at Trump golf course near LA  —  A California man carrying ammunition and with a gun in his car was arrested Sunday at President Donald Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course after appearing to monitor security preparations …
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
An Angry Trump Struggles to Understand Iran's Defiant Leaders  —  Iran's leaders have perplexed several American presidents, perhaps none more than President Trump.  —  President Trump's angry claim on Monday that Iran was being “unbelievably duplicitous” in its dealings with the United States …
Discussion: Scripps News
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI agents fired over Trump investigation get broad backing in lawsuit against administration  —  An association of thousands of FBI agents and other groups are backing a lawsuit filed by three bureau employees who were fired last year for their roles in an investigation into President Donald Trump's efforts …
Cecilia Lenzen / Fort Worth Report:
Tarrant County judge removes attendees during public meeting about voting site reductions  —  Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare directed meeting attendees to leave the commissioners courtroom Tuesday when some audience members clapped after he instructed them not to.
Discussion: Lone Star Left
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Francesca Hong defends call to ‘cancel Thanksgiving,’ but says ‘views can evolve’  —  Democratic socialist and former Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong (D) on Monday defended a past social media post urging the country to “cancel Thanksgiving” further leaning into her progressive agenda …
David Strom / HotAir:
Climate Change Started Another Fire With Matches  —  Climate Change, as we know, is the root cause of all bad things.  It has become so destructive that it is whispering in the ears of arsonists, telling them to start fires that burn down vast swathes of nature and not a few homes in places like Los Angeles and Spokane.
Michael Phillis / Associated Press:
Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate program  —  A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said the Trump administration improperly terminated a multi-billion program to boost clean energy projects, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the Biden-era effort.
Jordan Rubin / MS NOW:
California and other blue states warn of ‘extreme’ risk in backing Trump election order  —  “The consequences of allowing such transformative changes to take effect so close to this fall's elections would be extreme,” 23 states and D.C. argue.  —  California and other Democratic-led states told …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Hegseth's classified plea for more defense funds … The White House is already looking beyond it.  — Trump officials are quietly sketching out a lame-duck package that could pair significant Pentagon funding with other priorities, including a debt ceiling increase that will be necessary sometime in 2027.
 
 
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Margaret Manto / NOTUS:
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A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci's old job
Discussion: The Independent, Townhall and USA Today
Lara Seligman / Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth's Pick for Top Army Job Is Losing Republican Support
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Andi Ortiz / The Wrap:
Tom Selleck Says Trump Is a ‘Mixed Bag’ but Won't Weigh in on Politics Anymore: ‘Why Piss Off Half the Country?’
Discussion: Washington Times and HuffPost
Associated Press:
Man from El Salvador dies in immigration jail in New Jersey, ICE says
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Axios:
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