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Sarah Kliff / New York Times:
A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested.  Now He's a Senator.  —  Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found.  Some had bank accounts garnished.  —  It was Easter weekend in 2007 when a police car pulled up to Joe Vasquez's home in rural Kansas.
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Which Republican Senate Candidates Are Skipping Trump's Convention?  —  For G.O.P. candidates in the most competitive races, deciding whether to appear with President Trump can be tricky.  Some are going, while others are staying away.  —  For Republican candidates running in battleground Senate races …
Axios:
Trump's summer of sabotage
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Probing the polling problem
Discussion: Washington Post
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump bans some Canadian imports as North America trade war intensifies  —  President Trump said the U.S. would ban Canadian alcohol, some dairy products and large motorcycles, sharply escalating a trade war largely fought with tariffs. … - Trump imposed the bans under Section 338 …
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CBS News:
What Canada's retaliatory tariffs could mean for U.S. consumers as Trump threatens escalation  —  Canada is imposing retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in American goods as President Trump threatens further escalation, including a ban on the Canadian plane manufacturer Bombardier.
Bloomberg:
Canada's Carney Takes Calculated Risk in US Trade War
Haaretz:
Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7.  He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs  —  Article printing is available to subscribers only  —  Zen reading is available to subscribers only  —  Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format
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New York Times:
Smithsonian's Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution  —  In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.  —  After a seven-year run marked most recently by attacks …
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
US strikes Iranian tankers after more attempted missile attacks on Navy warship
Discussion: Gizmodo, Joe.My.God. and NewsMax.com
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms  —  This piece was originally written for Democracy Docket members.  We're sharing this one with everyone because the stakes for this election are too high not to.  Become a member to get Marc's exclusive analysis first.
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Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Former GOP lawmakers join Democrats to challenge Trump's mail-in voting crackdown  —  A group of Democratic lawmakers — and some former GOP members of Congress — is asking the Supreme Court to block President Donald Trump's attempt to restrict mail-in voting, arguing that the president …
The Hill:
Kavanaugh won't revive Missouri's GOP-friendly congressional map for midterms  —  Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday refused to lift a block on Missouri's new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November.
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court rebuffs Missouri's push to use new US House map backed by Trump in November
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over  —  Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans' financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people …
CNN:
NYC Mayor Mamdani releases 9/11 records showing officials misled New Yorkers about air quality around Ground Zero  —  New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials …
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New York Times:
After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality
Stine Jacobsen / Reuters:
Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump posts map showing island under American flag  —  Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag, local broadcaster RUV said.
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TheJournal.ie:
Iceland summons US ambassador over Trump map portraying it as part of America
Discussion: The Independent
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
At 9/11 Tribute, Trump Adds New Claim to His Disputed Role After Attack  —  President Trump has long sought to position himself close to the Sept. 11 recovery effort and has made a series of questionable and provocative statements to burnish his political brand.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Bizarre History With 9/11
Discussion: The Independent
GOV.UK:
Foreign Secretary Oral Statement on Israel-Palestine  —  Foreign Secretary's oral statement to the House of Commons on Israel-Palestine as delivered.  —  From:  —  Location: … Delivered on: … Madame Deputy Speaker, with permission, I would like to make a statement on Israel and Palestine.
Adrian Horton / The Guardian:
South Park changes name to South America in response to Trump changes  —  Satirical program's new title is ‘inspired by bravery and patriotism’ of Apple and Google, who capitulated to Trump's requests to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’  —  In light of Donald Trump's attempts to rename a gulf …
Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump's Approval Rating Reaches New Floors In 2 Polls—As Support Among GOP Voters Slips  —  Topline  —  President Donald Trump had a 33% approval rating and 36% approval rating in the two latest polls—new lows in the groups' polling as negative views of the president's performance …
Discussion: NOTUS, NewsMax.com and Newsweek
Gary Fields / Associated Press:
National Guard crime task force member arrested in DC, accused of drawing gun on fellow Guard member  —  A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of President Donald Trump's task force to fight crime has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member …
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Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:   National Guard member jailed after allegedly pointing weapon at fellow service member in DC
Dan Murphy / ESPN:
SEC schedules vote about whether to expel LSU, amends lawsuit  —  The SEC filed an amended complaint against LSU on Tuesday regarding the school's potential plans to add former NFL players to its roster and has scheduled a vote of the conference presidents on whether to expel the Tigers from the league.
Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun  —  A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.  —  Here comes “The Sun.”  —  The Washington Sun, that is — the new name for the news website NOTUS …
Olivia George / Washington Post:
Authorities decline to prosecute woman who made false report against Buttigieg  —  The accuser has a history of alcohol abuse, hallucinations and delusional thinking, according to an Indiana prosecutor who determined she was not able to form criminal intent.  —  Summary
 
 
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Why House Republicans are pulling money from a key swing seat
Sarah Longwell / The Atlantic:
Voters Have a Message for Democrats
Discussion: New York Times
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Veterans group launches new campaign against Trump's planned arch
Discussion: Washington Post and Joe.My.God.
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
Supreme Court declines Catholic mother's bid for son's vaccine exemption in N.Y.
Discussion: The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Scott R. Anderson / Lawfare:
Why We're Suing the State Department Over International Agreements
Ryan King / New York Post:
‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan illegally colluded with liberal group attacking Alaska GOP Sen. Sullivan, watchdog alleges
Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian:
US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Parnas Perspective
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Burgess / Wired:
Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids
Politico:
Newsom's Buttigieg walkback and Villegas' Valley test
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
NOTUS:
Trump Is Quietly Planning to Majorly Change How National Parks Are Run
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Wall Street Journal:
Yemen's Houthi Militants Attack Saudi Energy Infrastructure
Paul Waldman / MS NOW:
Trump won the battle over his awful arch. The next Democratic president can win the war.
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Exclusive poll: GOP's gains among Latinos fade in House battlegrounds
Discussion: NewsMax.com, The Hill and Joe.My.God.
 

 
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Ina Fried / Axios:
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