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10:05 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 J. Reilly / NBC News:
Olympic canoeist charged by Pirro seeks to permanently sink Reflecting Pool case
Wall Street Journal:
Michigan Senate Primary Puts Democratic Party's Leftward Shift to the Test  —  Moderate Democrats see race as a chance to try to slow a groundswell of Democratic socialist victories  —  DETROIT—The Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, the party's most divisive and costly this year …
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New York Times:
Michigan's Democratic Senate Primary Poses a Test for a Divided Party
New York Times:
How Well Is the Progressive Left Actually Doing?
Discussion: Newsweek and The Guardian
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
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Missouri Voters Reject Measure to Limit Their Ballot Box Powers  —  The state's conservative Legislature had put the measure on the ballot that would have enacted citizen initiatives only if they won majorities in each of Missouri's eight U.S. House districts.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Kansas Rejects Measure to Elect Its State Supreme Court Justices
Discussion: Vox and Talking Points Memo
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Kansas voters reject GOP-backed measure to directly elect state Supreme Court justices
Discussion: The Hill
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Susan Collins opposes Todd Blanche for attorney general  —  Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday she will vote against Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general. … But it makes every remaining undecided Republican that much more important.  — With Sen. Mitch McConnell …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins will oppose Blanche, narrowing nominee's path to confirmation
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 …
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Bloomberg:
Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, BofA Enabled Epstein, Wyden Report Says
Discussion: NPR, The Daily Caller and NewsMax.com
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
New York Post:
Chilling details emerge about heavily armed suspect at California Trump golf club before arrest  —  An armed man, said to be creeping around and monitoring “security-planning activities,” was arrested Sunday with a pistol and ammunition outside Trump National Golf Course Los Angeles …
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Associated Press:
Authorities arrested a man with ammo and apparently monitoring security at Trump golf course near LA
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.
Manuela Silva / NOTUS:
Maryland Lawmakers Open the Door for 2028 Redistricting  —  Maryland lawmakers took a first step toward redrawing their congressional map during a special session on Tuesday, passing a constitutional amendment that could open the door for Democrats to pick up the only Republican seat …
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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 …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Rep. Wesley Bell defeats progressive Cori Bush for second time  —  Rep. Wesley Bell has defeated Cori Bush in a primary rematch that was defined by clashes over Israel.  A former county prosecutor who unseated Bush in 2024, Bell won Tuesday's rematch for Missouri's 1st District …
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Pressley breaks with Jeffries over Missouri primary race
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
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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Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Paul sets Fauci committee vote for Thursday  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) will hold a committee vote Thursday morning on whether to hold Anthony Fauci — the former Covid czar who Paul has long reviled — in contempt of Congress.  Fauci appeared last week before the Senate Homeland Security …
Discussion: HuffPost
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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 …
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: Bloomberg
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.
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: NOTUS and Federal Register
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 …
US Department of Justice:
Civil Rights Division Secures Settlement with OpenAI for Discriminating Against U.S. Workers  —  For Immediate Release  —  The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced today that it has secured a combined $3,200,000 settlement with OpenAI OpCo LLC, a San Francisco …
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
 
 
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Margaret Manto / NOTUS:
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Politico:
A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci's old job
Discussion: Townhall, The Independent and USA Today
Lara Seligman / Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth's Pick for Top Army Job Is Losing Republican Support
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Associated Press:
Man from El Salvador dies in immigration jail in New Jersey, ICE says
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Francesca Hong defends call to ‘cancel Thanksgiving,’ but says ‘views can evolve’
Robert King / Politico:
Ron Johnson's handling of budget hearing rankles Dems
 

 
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A federal judge sets the antitrust trial over Paramount's acquisition of WBD for March 2-19, 2027; Paramount had sought a November start

Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
Hearst announces an agreement to acquire Disney's 50% interest in A+E Global Media for around $1.2B in cash and expects to close the deal in September

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Spotify reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to €4.78B, Premium Subscribers up 9% YoY to 300M, MAUs up 12% YoY to 777M, below its 778M guidance, and a €545M net income

 
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