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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.
TMZ.com:
Trump Aide Natalie Harp's Brother Explains Her Infatuation With POTUS  —  TRUMP AIDE NATALIE HARP'S BROTHER HER ‘INFATUATION’ WITH POTUS ISN'T PHYSICAL!!!  —  Donald Trump's executive assistant Natalie Harp may be infatuated with the president ... but her estranged brother says he seriously doubts she's physically attracted to him.
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.
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Sabato Crystal Ball moves Florida Senate race to safely Republican after Nixon win  —  Election handicapper Sabato's Crystal Ball shifted the Florida Senate race in favor of Republicans following an unexpected Tuesday win for a democratic socialist in the primary.
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Democratic socialist Angie Nixon upsets Alex Vindman in Florida's Democratic Senate primary
Washington Post:
8 takeaways and surprises from Florida, Wyoming and Alaska primaries
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump says he told Cory Mills to ‘get out of the race’
Politico:
Florida voters, hungry for change, snub Dem establishment and even Trump
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
GOP Rep. Cory Mills loses his Florida primary amid investigations
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Democratic State Representative Scores Upset Win in Florida Senate Primary
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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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox & Friends, echoing GOP memo, runs cover against “far-left” data center opposition  —  Republican leaders who fear that the furious, bipartisan backlash against AI data centers could cost their party in the midterm election are getting help from their loyal propagandists at Fox News.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Gov. Josh Shapiro takes a hard line against ‘predatory’ data center developers in Pennsylvania  —  Shapiro, a potential Democratic 2028 contender, earlier welcomed data center developments.  His new executive order takes a starkly different tone toward the industry.
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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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.
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 …
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: NewsMax.com and The Contrarian
Clair McFarland / Cowboy State Daily:
Near-Total Massacre For Freedom Caucus In Wyoming Primary  —  Tuesday marked a rough night for the Wyoming Freedom Caucus, as its members and allies fell to a slew of legislative newcomers in the Republican primary election.  “Wyoming citizens spoke loud and clear tonight!” said caucus critic Rep. Landon Brown.
Discussion: Pluribus News
Wired:
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police.  We Got Its Code  —  Flock's surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage.  WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.
Anna Griffin / New York Times:
Scion of Democratic Politics Makes Runoff for Alaska Governor  —  Tom Begich, a former Democratic legislator and singer-songwriter, will be one of four candidates on the ranked-choice ballot for governor in November.  —  Tom Begich, a singer-songwriter and former state lawmaker …
Discussion: The Hill, Newsweek and Fox News
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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 …
Al Jazeera:
UAE imposes indefinite trade embargo on Iran over alleged missile attacks  —  Iran denies launching missiles at the UAE, suggesting the incident was a ‘false flag operation’.  —  Add Al Jazeera on Google  —  The United Arab Emirates has imposed an indefinite trade embargo on Iran …
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New York Times:
U.A.E. Halts Trade Ties With Iran and Says It Was Targeted With Missiles
Paul Krugman:
What Are Bond Markets Telling Us?  —  Interest rates are up — but don't panic  —  Rising interest rates on government debt, in the United States and other countries, were at the top of the Financial Timeshome page and many other financial news sites yesterday.
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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Meghan L. Hall / USA Today:
Sophie Cunningham says WNBA can discuss both controversy, basketball |  Exclusive  —  ATLANTA - Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham is signing autographs for a sea of screaming fans ahead of a matchup against the Atlanta Dream of Aug. 16.  —  “Sophie!  Sophie!
Politico:
Trump tries to quiet his mass deportation campaign.  Voters aren't moving.  —  Republicans are struggling to reverse the damage President Donald Trump's immigration agenda has done with voters.  —  With less than 90 days until the midterm election, the Trump administration has sought …
Discussion: The Hill
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Disney runs out of patience with Brendan Carr's bullsh*t  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  📡 Subscribe to PN 📡  —  For over a year, ABC tried to appease the Trump administration.  —  It ignored constant abuse from the president …
John F. Harris / Politico:
Bill Clinton Turns 80 Today.  Does the Old Man Have Character? … A full three decades ago, as Bill Clinton turned 50 in the midst of his successful 1996 reelection campaign, he was sounding even then in an autumnal mood.  —  “I have more yesterdays than tomorrows” he used to say often that year …
Alix Martichoux / The Hill:
COVID is ‘growing’ in nearly every state, CDC reports.  Here's where levels are highest  —  (NEXSTAR) - Don't be surprised if you start hearing some more coughing in the next few weeks.  COVID-19 is once again on the rise in nearly every corner of the U.S.
Claire Jones / Financial Times:
US Treasury to double buybacks of long-term government debt  —  Sharp sell-off in recent weeks has sent borrowing costs soaring  —  The US Treasury department has said it will double the size of its buyback of long-term US government debt following a sharp sell-off that has sent borrowing costs soaring to multiyear highs.
Lawfare:
The Risks of Getting Russian and Chinese Nuclear Strategy Wrong  —  Strategists must understand the great powers' different approaches to nuclear use.  —  Meet The Authors … In October 2022, Biden administration officials feared that Russia might use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine.
 
 
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Revealed: FCC chair Brendan Carr's close coordination with White House and rightwing media
Hyung-Jin Kim / Associated Press:
North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing
Brad Heath / Reuters:
Trump put thousands of soldiers on Washington's streets. They seldom stop crime
emptywheel:
DOJ Used Pam Bondi's Trophy Arrests as an Excuse to Spy on Minnesota's Anti-ICE Community
Politico:
ICE's wins on mandatory detention come from just a handful of judges
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and CalMatters
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
How fake polling could upend the midterm elections
 Earlier Items: 
Colin Demarest / Axios:
Iran war, said to be over “very soon,” nears 6 months
Discussion: Roll Call and The Maine Wire
Jon Levine / The Washington Free Beacon:
Hasan Piker's Wingman Brother Is Space Engineer With Security Clearances Who's Worked on Air Force One and Nuclear ‘Doomsday Plane’ for Boeing
Jeff Stein / NOTUS:
Nearly Half of Trump's Treasury Appointees Have Left
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Yes, Woke 1.0 Was Crazy. Now Where's the Accountability?
Vimal Patel / New York Times:
A Texas University Is Using A.I. to Cut Left-Leaning Content
 

 
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
Letter: movie theater trade organization Cinema United, which previously supported the AGs' lawsuit against Paramount's WBD deal, now favors settlement talks

Max Tani / Semafor:
Memo: MS NOW plans to launch a $7.99/month membership program for “super fans” on September 9, offering members-only content verticals, a 24/7 feed, and more

Trishla Ostwal / Adweek:
OpenAI expands its ad pilot program across 31 European markets, including Germany, France, Spain, and Italy; the pilot launched in the US, the UK, and others
 
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