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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Democratic socialist Angie Nixon upsets Alex Vindman in Florida's Democratic Senate primary  —  NBC News projects that Nixon, a state lawmaker, will face GOP Sen. Ashley Moody, who was appointed to replace Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in the general election.
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Democratic State Representative Scores Upset Win in Florida Senate Primary  —  The underdog faces another uphill battle this November against a Republican incumbent heavily favored to win.  —  State Representative Angie Nixon of Jacksonville, a progressive firebrand who ran a long-shot underdog campaign …
Washington Post:
8 takeaways and surprises from Florida, Wyoming and Alaska primaries  —  Embattled Rep. Cory Mills (R-Florida) lost his re-election bid, another Trump gubernatorial pick fell, and another democratic socialist won a Democratic primary.  —  Many of the highest-profile elections on Tuesday night went just as expected.
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Embattled incumbent Cory Mills ousted in Florida primary
David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
Byron Donalds set for November faceoff with Democrat David Jolly for Florida governor
New York Times:
Election Live Updates: Democratic Socialist Scores Florida Upset as Contests Are Held in 4 States
New York Times:
Natalie Harp, Trump's Most Devoted Aide, Is Always by His Side.  What Exactly Does She Do?  —  President Trump's White House aide Natalie Harp is always by his side.  What, exactly, does she do?  —  She never takes a day off, not even on Sunday.  She works out of the Oval Office and she's got a regular seat on Marine One.
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CNN:
Meet Natalie Harp, the aide so close to Trump she once rode in an SUV trunk to accompany him  —  Natalie Harp wouldn't take no for an answer.  —  It was October 2023, and Donald Trump was due at a New York City courthouse to fight his latest set of legal troubles.
Discussion: The Independent
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft: 👱‍♀️ 🖨️ Inside Trumpland's Freakout Over ‘Natalie’  —  Natalie Harp is so close to the president that her ‘love letters’ caused a massive leak hunt in Trumpland that you probably never heard of.  Plus, the Dem establishment loses another Senate primary.
Paul Waldman / The Cross Section:
Yes, We Absolutely Should Talk About Natalie Harp  —  The Cross Section is a reader-supported publication.  To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.  —  Until now, Natalie Harp was known only to Washington insiders and people weird enough to read insidery books about the administration.
Politico:
Moskowitz dunks on the DSA  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Wednesday morning, get ready to re-up your HBO Max subscription, and send us your favorite quotes (ours is below).  —  In today's Playbook ...  — There's one Democratic primary the DSA may come to regret.
TMZ.com:
Trump Aide Natalie Harp's Brother Explains Her Infatuation With POTUS
Discussion: twitchy.com and HuffPost
Steve Kopack / NBC News:
Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canada for 3 days  —  Trump said the U.S. and Canada “have a DEAL” but didn't provide details. … President Donald Trump late Tuesday slammed the brakes on a wave of tariffs that were set to hit Canada at midnight.  —  On social media, Trump wrote …
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump postpones 50% tariffs on Canadian goods  —  President Trump said Tuesday night he is pausing for three days 50% tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Canadian goods that were set to take effect early Wednesday. … Trump wrote on Truth Social.  — “The great Keystone XL Pipeline …
Bloomberg:
Trump Delays Canada Tariffs at 11th Hour, Saying Deal Close
Discussion: New York Times
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Exclusive: GOP issues stark warning to AI companies  —  The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio.  — In the memo, obtained by Axios …
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The new existential threat to AI
Discussion: WPR, more at Techmeme »
Emily Davies / New York Times:
'I'm Not That Informed on National Security,' Graham Says in South Carolina Debate  —  Senator Darline Graham made the remark in a debate against Representative Ralph Norman, her opponent in the runoff election to succeed her brother, Lindsey Graham.  Here are five takeaways.
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Dan Merica / Washington Post:
How Trump's dismissive comment could damage GOP chances in a key House race  —  In today's edition ... an upset in Florida ... Trump's golf game ... but first ...  Trump's dismissiveness on Iran and a key House race  —  After stories about deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln began …
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Politico:
Former Fauci aide pleads guilty to dodging federal public records laws  —  David Morens, a longtime aide to former top government infectious disease official Anthony Fauci, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to evade federal public record laws in connection with communications about coronavirus research grants.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
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Kevin Nash / US Department of Justice:
Former Senior NIAID Official Pleads Guilty to Charges Connected to Concealing Federal Records During COVID-19 Pandemic
Wall Street Journal:
Novel Cancer Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning in First for mRNA  —  Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines  —  An experimental mRNA-based vaccine succeeded in preventing cancer from coming back or spreading in a study …
Jocelyn Noveck / Associated Press:
ABC sues FCC over challenge to its broadcast licenses, saying actions present ‘existential threat’  —  Further escalating its battle with the Trump administration, ABC on Tuesday took the rare step of suing the Federal Communications Commission on First Amendment grounds …
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Associated Press:
Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent for trial  —  Minnesota's attorney general sued the governor of Texas on Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged with wounding a man and then lying …
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Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Minnesota Sues Texas Governor Over His Refusal to Extradite ICE Agent
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
GOP Rep. Cory Mills loses his Florida primary amid investigations  —  Mills lost to Republican Ryan Elijah, NBC News projects, while facing House Ethics Committee and Department of Justice investigations.  Mills has denied wrongdoing.  —  Republican Rep. Cory Mills has lost his primary in Florida …
Discussion: New York Times and NewsMax.com
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
A Texas University Is Using A.I. to Cut Left-Leaning Content  —  The politician behind Texas' conservative overhaul of higher education is now running a university system.  Some say his effort to ferret out forbidden topics is a dystopian academic nightmare.
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Max Miller insists he can win again — but warns in court filings he's bleeding union support and cash  —  GOP Rep. Max Miller is fretting that the loss of support from a key constituency could damage his reelection prospects — even as his party base continues to stand with him in spite …
Discussion: The Contrarian
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Secret Police Spying on Americans?  It's Darker than We Knew. … It's time to familiarize yourselves with the names “Operation Puppet Master” and “Operation Keyhole.”  If those nefarious phrases evoke to you the U.S. government's domestic spying on leftist groups in the 1960s and 1970s, it's for good reason.
New York Times:
Trump's Ballroom Is Rising at Breakneck Speed: 20 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week  —  Although the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now.  —  With the fate of his ballroom tied up in court, President Trump is racing against the clock.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Pushes for Kim Jong Un Meeting This Year  —  The president attempted nuclear diplomacy with the autocrat during his first term.  North Korea's program has only grown stronger since then.  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is pushing aides for a meeting as soon as this fall …
Jeremy Roebuck / Washington Post:
Politics drove antisemitism probes against Ivy League schools, DOJ whistleblower says  —  A former Justice Department attorney casts doubt on claims of systemic antisemitism at Brown, Harvard and Columbia.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism …
Colin Demarest / Axios:
Iran war, said to be over “very soon,” nears 6 months  —  The Iran war — defined by fits and starts and strain on America's military — will hit the half-year mark next week with both Washington and Tehran betting they can outlast one another. … - The Navy is the topic du jour …
Discussion: Roll Call
Politico:
Trump to select Heidi Overton for FDA commissioner  —  The agency has been under acting leadership since May.  —  President Donald Trump will nominate White House official Heidi Overton to be the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, according to two people familiar …
Mark Alfred / NOTUS:
This Freshman Congressman Is Out-Legislating All Other Lawmakers  —  The 119th Congress is on track to be one of the least productive in recent history, furthering the trend of fewer and fewer bills ever becoming law.  Setting aside the renaming of buildings such as post offices …
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and New York Times
 
 
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John F. Harris / Politico:
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Shelby Webb / Politico:
How data centers and power lines could turn Texas governor's race blue
Discussion: Associated Press
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Gas prices were a staple of GOP ads in 2024. Now it's Democrats' turn.
Discussion: MS NOW
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