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New York Times:
Behind the Scenes, Vance Gathered Unvarnished Views of the Iran War  —  Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, President Trump and other top administration officials were saying publicly.  —  Leer en español阅 …
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Politico:
How Republicans are privately talking about their Senate map at the convention  —  DALLAS — Top Republicans are scrambling to shore up their Senate map in Alaska, Texas and other red states — and are privately acknowledging they could very well lose in Georgia and North Carolina.
Discussion: Washington Post and Slate
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Vance, Eying 2028, Relishes the Spotlight at Trump's Convention  —  The vice president, widely seen as a potential White House candidate, sought to use his speech in Dallas to show a more personal side to the MAGA faithful.  —  Republicans descended on Dallas this week with the ostensible aim …
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Vance appears more like Trump's heir-apparent at GOP convention
New York Times:   Fears of a Democratic Wave Push Texas to Center Stage at G.O.P. Convention
New York Times:
Some in G.O.P. Balk at Trump's $5,000 Offer: 'We're $40 Trillion in Debt'  —  The president's call to send a $5,000 “dividend” to every American adult if Republicans win the midterms disturbed some members of his party.  —  Republicans spent the first five hours of their midterm convention …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump leads convention in pledge: ‘You go to h—’ if you don't vote  —  President Trump closed out the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Thursday by urging attendees to pledge to go out and vote in November's midterm elections.  —  “Please raise your right hand,” …
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Trump tells Republicans to vote or ‘go to hell’  —  He's promising to pay you $5,000.  He's asking you to swear an oath.  He's telling you you'll “go to hell” if you don't vote November 3.  President Donald Trump spent the last two days in Dallas trying every which way to convince …
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Why you shouldn't bank on Trump's $5,000 dividends happening
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump keeps telling voters he doesn't care much about affordability
Discussion: Politico and Business Insider
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Trump's phony $5,000 promise gets him the headlines he wanted
Politico:
DeSantis rebukes Trump's $5K checks: ‘More debt and more inflation’
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Trump on Iran war regrets: “You can always question yourself a little bit”
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Trump's plan if Democrats win Congress: “I'll be a blocker”
Veena Ali-Khan / Bloomberg:
Houthi Attacks: How They Threaten Red Sea Shipping and Saudi Oil  —  By threatening ships in the Strait of Hormuz and attacking the energy facilities of its Gulf neighbors, Iran has imposed economic costs on the US for the war it launched at the end of February.
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Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters:
Yemen's Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane  —  Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Friday reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, potentially tightening their grip on one of the world's vital shipping routes …
Bloomberg:
Gulf States Weigh Rare Meeting With Iran Next Week on Hormuz
Discussion: Al Jazeera
ABC News:
Joe diGenova, loyalist tapped by Trump to oversee controversial DOJ probe targeting his foes, resigns: Sources  —  DiGenova had been probing officials involved in past investigations of Trump.  —  Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin, and Luke Barr  —  A Trump loyalist who had been tapped …
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Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Kimmel says Talarico interview won't air on TV under regulatory pressure from FCC  —  Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said the agency that regulates television “threatened” the show and that an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas …
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
White House Melts Down Over Jimmy Kimmel Accusation
Angela Fu / Poynter:
McClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most severe layoffs in years  —  At least 13 papers — including The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star — lost reporters  —  McClatchy, whose titles include The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, executed its most severe layoffs …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠  —  When it comes to 9/11, Donald Trump has always had a problem with the truth.  Now that he's increasingly detached …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Washington Post:
RFK Jr. uses military aircraft as he campaigns for GOP in midterms  —  The White House and Department of Health and Human Services lawyers signed off on the plan to let the health secretary use military jets, five people said.  —  Summary  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Reuters:
Americans to mark 25 years since September 11 attacks amid enduring grief, reflection  —  Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on U.S. soil, Americans will pause on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center …
Ryan Quinn / Inside Higher Ed:
Architect of Ohio Higher Ed Overhaul Calls Shared Governance ‘Garbage’  —  Jerry Cirino, former chair of the Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee, successfully passed a sweeping, controversial law in his state.  He's an example of state lawmakers getting more involved in colleges and universities.
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Rand Paul and his staff travel by private jet with taxpayer dollars while preaching fiscal restraint  —  Six staffers for one of Capitol Hill's most outspoken deficit hawks traveled by private jet as part of a bipartisan congressional investigation into the attempted assassination …
Alex Cuadros / ProPublica:
EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells  —  The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that'll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
Washington Post:
GOP convention attendee calls for shooting Democrats during Cruz's speech  —  Democrats condemned the calls for violence.  The Republican senator did not address the outburst in the moment but later posted a clip in which it could be clearly heard.  —  Summary
Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:
Al Franken, other Jewish Americans endorse El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race  —  Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in the Michigan Senate race, has faced a backlash from some Jewish Democrats for his intense criticism of Israel.  —  Former senator Al Franken (D-Minnesota) …
Aaron Mak / Politico:
Sam Altman pitches utilities on AI grid defense  —  OpenAI has met with representatives of multiple top power companies to discuss methods of securing the electrical grid, the artificial intelligence firm told POLITICO — conversations that occurred amid a continuing series of revelations …
Stephen Witt / New York Times:
This Is Really Bad  —  The biggest vibe shift in artificial intelligence since the release of ChatGPT is currently underway.  Researchers in Silicon Valley — and around the world — are beginning to recognize that A.I. may no longer be entirely within human control.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Trump team expands midterms spending to $57 million so far  —  The operation's long-awaited spree fortified competitive House races.  —  More reinforcements that Republicans have eagerly anticipated from President Donald Trump's war chest arrived Thursday with additional spending in House and Senate races …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Avery Lotz / Axios:
The post-9/11 national security apparatus is still evolving  —  Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, some lessons remain deeply ingrained in the national security apparatus — while others have faded.  —  The big picture: A vast majority of Americans say the attacks forever changed the country.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In Pa. coal country, local police join with ICE to bring arrests, fear  —  SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. — Brett Sell had a bad feeling about coming to work on July 28.  The painting contractor was part of a small work crew rehabbing a two-store commercial property in Orwigsburg …
 
 
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress gripped by AI panic after doomsday warnings
Discussion: USA Today, Mediaite and The Free Press
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Inside the RNC's legal fight over “election integrity”
Bloomberg:
ECB's Nagel ‘Concerned’ About Rise of Far-Right Parties
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The Next Terrorist Attack Is Predictable
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Why Are Women Over 100% of Jobs Gained Under Trump's Second Term?
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