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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Who is Natalie Harp? Sen. Jon Ossoff puts Trump aide in spotlight — The former TV news anchor began working for Trump in 2022 and has become a close aide during his second term. — Natalie Harp, a relatively little-known White House aide, has been thrust into the public eye this month …
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Ossoff just went viral again. That was probably the point. — Some battleground candidates are going viral for shooting from the hip. Jon Ossoff is doing it from a carefully controlled script. … It was part of a larger prepared speech that hammered Trump over the war in Iran …
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Jon Ossoff touches a nerve at the White House with reference to Natalie Harp — “They're not telling him what he needs to hear; they're telling him what he wants to hear,” the Georgia senator said of Trump's White House staff. — There was quite a bit of discussion last week …
Calen Razor / Politico:
Dems bank on Ossoff's message discipline
Dems bank on Ossoff's message discipline
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Raphael Rashid / The Guardian:
South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills — Lee Jae Myung reiterates desire for full command back in Seoul's hands after Donald Trump cuts joint exercises, citing warm ties with Kim Jong-un — South Korea's president has renewed …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump torches allies as Iran exposes limits of hard power — President Trump has a new rule for America's partners: Cross him in one theater, and the consequences will follow you into the next. … - The Iran war has only deepened those impulses: Trump is growing angrier at allies that stayed …
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Associated Press:
Trump's slight of South Korea in favor of the North raises broader US security concerns
Trump's slight of South Korea in favor of the North raises broader US security concerns
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Jose Lev Alvarez / Washington Examiner:
If South Korea won't defend Hormuz, Trump should pull the nuclear umbrella
If South Korea won't defend Hormuz, Trump should pull the nuclear umbrella
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC, Claiming Trump Administration “Retaliatory Campaign” Against Its Free Speech — ABC filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the FCC on Tuesday, claiming that its investigations and regulatory actions are part of a Trump administration …
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Owen Dahlkamp / Politico:
ABC sues over Brendan Carr's review of its Disney broadcast licenses
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC
ABC Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against FCC
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Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
Virginia Giuffre's case files finally to be unsealed — Miami Herald set a landmark legal and journalistic precedent in its fight to unseal the civil lawsuit. What it means — Julie k Brown — ∙ Paid — Success, finally. — Last week, a federal court in Manhattan ordered …
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Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
Trump's Bombing Threats Have a Golf Course Problem — His Oman resort sits just miles from the strait where he's promising to send in the US military. — On Monday morning, President Donald Trump issued a blunt warning to America's erstwhile ally: “If Oman gets in the way, we'll bomb the shit out of them.”
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Short-fused Trump puts 10-year-old on the spot as he berates ‘very disrespectful’ female CNN reporter — President has history of losing his temper when questioned by female journalists who are not sufficiently sycophantic — President Donald Trump berated a female CNN reporter …
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Xander Elliards / The National:
Scottish Tory peer Nigel Biggar pens essay defending use of N-word — A SCOTTISH Tory peer has spoken out in defence of using the N-word. — Nigel Biggar, a priest and theology academic who was given a seat in the House of Lords by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch in 2025, argued in a blogpost that it is …
The Guardian:
Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more — Health data appears to be most affected by administration's attempt to wipe findings that don't align with its priorities, tracker shows — A database of federal law enforcement officer misconduct records.
Nathan Taylor Pemberton / Politico:
James Fishback Is Probably About to Lose. His Politics Might Be Winning. … On a Saturday afternoon in early August, James Fishback paced across a sun-stained library parking lot in south Tampa. The steamy day marked the beginning of early voting in Florida's closed primaries and Fishback …
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Florida Primary Underscores State's New Identity as a Republican Juggernaut
Florida Primary Underscores State's New Identity as a Republican Juggernaut
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Jeanine Pirro pushes hard to keep alleged memorial vandal in jail — Weeks after being rebuked by President Donald Trump for dropping cases related to alleged damage to the Reflecting Pool, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro is going to unusual lengths to try …
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Justice Department plans to send about 1,000 monitors to the polls this fall — The move to send 1,000 poll monitors is likely the largest number under a Republican president, a DOJ official said. — Summary — The Justice Department plans to dispatch about 1,000 monitors to the polls this fall …
Spencer Ackerman / FOREVER WARS:
The Sex Criminals and Child Abusers of ICE and CBP — Rape. Domestic violence. Epstein friendship. It's all tolerated by our valiant homeland-security apparatus. PLUS: COINTELPRO 2026 — THERE'S A CRIMINAL culture tolerated within the Department of Homeland Security …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
DHS's abuse of power in Minnesota was even worse than we knew — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🔎 Subscribe to PN 🔎 — When the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans earlier this summer, it was painfully clear …
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J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Family Member Warns USS Spruance Sailors May Be Left Behind — The destroyer could remain deployed for months after the USS Abraham Lincoln returns, a claim not publicly confirmed by the Navy. — Add us on — A family member of a sailor aboard the USS Spruance says the destroyer …
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Russians pull billions from banks, fearing Kremlin will seize deposits for war — Russians are withdrawing billions, causing liquidity problems for banks and undermining the Kremlin's ability to issue bonds to finance the fight in Ukraine. — Summary — Russians are pulling billions …
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
A California County Eyes a New Hire: Tina Peters, the Election Denier — The top elections official in Shasta County offered a job to Ms. Peters, a Trump supporter who was convicted of tampering with voting machines in Colorado. — Two months after her early release from prison …
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Justice Department asks court to reinstate criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia — Add CBS News on Google — The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Monday to reinstate the criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man wrongfully deported …
Washington Post:
Pentagon weighing smaller U.S. military presence in Gulf once Iran war ends — An analysis, which the Defense Dept. said was not yet a formal review, will help address whether to rebuild strike-battered bases, said people familiar with the matter. — Summary
Axios:
Political dirty tricks upend midterm races across the country — The 2026 midterms are becoming a watershed election for primary meddling, mysterious super PACs, alleged straw candidates and all other manner of political shenanigans. … - The Pennsylvania Green Party and a group …
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Noah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Poll showing Bass leading Raman by double digits was bogus, company says — 3 min Click here to listen to this article … - The phony poll by a company called Median Strategies showed Bass leading Raman by a wide margin, but the company acknowledged Monday that it was fake.
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Trump thinks voting by mail is a corrupt scourge on the nation — except when he does it — At an unrelated White House event in May, Donald Trump repeated a familiar attack against mail-in ballots — just “the nature of it” is “corrupt,” the president falsely claimed …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Democrats enter their thirst trap era — Democrats seem to be leaning into a specific midterm strategy, especially on socials: bringing sexy back. — Unbuttoned shirts on CNN. … - “We see a rise in young millennials, or the top part of Gen Z, trying to get into office,” …
Reuters:
Russia's Lavrov says Britain risks being seen as party to Ukraine war — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia had the right to regard the direct involvement of Britain in strikes on Russian territory as participation in the war in Ukraine, the Interfax news agency reported.
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Hannah Fry / Los Angeles Times:
‘That was fun.’ As L.A. burned, online gamblers bet on how much the fires would destroy — 9 min Click here to listen to this article … As deadly firestorms raged in Los Angeles County, carving a path of destruction that displaced families and killed 31 people, bets online were rolling in.
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Appeals court upholds block on immigration arrests at certain houses of worship — Add CBS News on Google — Washington — A federal appeals court on Tuesday continued to block a Department of Homeland Security policy allowing immigration officers to conduct enforcement actions at certain houses …
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