The Brutalist Report

The Hill

• Academics call on Congress to restore agency independence after Trump v. Slaughter [8d]
• Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong urge UK to take action against Paramount-Warner Bros. merger [8d]
• Senate tees up final vote on Jay Clayton intel chief nomination [8d]
• 40 percent report buying less produce amid cyclospora outbreak: Poll [8d]
• Federal panel votes to propose changes to historic preservation rules that Trump administration says holds up projects [8d]
• Top Democrat calls on Taylor Farms to provide information on Trump administration cyclospora communications [8d]
• House map roughly as favorable to GOP as 2018’s, despite redistricting: Analysis [8d]
• Trump sounds communism alarm in Michigan but doesn’t mention El-Sayed [8d]
• Thune cool to Trump’s demand to cancel August recess for SAVE America Act [8d]
• Dylan Mulvaney responds to Trump: ‘I am microchipped into their minds’ [8d]
• DOJ asks Supreme Court to restore Trump’s mail-in voting executive order [8d]
• ICE launching operation in New York City [8d]
• EPA exempts data center power plants from pollution limits seeking to prevent acid rain [8d]
• Obama to headline redistricting fundraiser [8d]
• Trump administration makes big claims on noncitizen voting but won’t explain the math [8d]
• House Ethics Committee says it is investigating Texas Republican [8d]
• All senators invited to Zelensky meeting as Congress weighs Russia sanctions bill [8d]
• Homan: ICE officer in Maine shooting shouldn’t have cleared vetting if allegations true [8d]
• Judge dismisses challenge to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission [8d]
• Waltz: US not ‘exporting enrichment capability to the Saudis’ under nuclear deal [8d]
• Watch live: Senate Democrats hold forum on Trump crypto investments [8d]
• Economic pessimism eases slightly: Gallup [8d]
• Trump aid cuts put HIV response at risk, reports show [8d]
• Carville: Hogg should take over ‘dysfunctional’ DNC [8d]
• Ken Martin has been a disaster for Dems [8d]
• Fauci’s diary revealed: Wet market not origins of COVID [8d]
• Trump must be held to account for Iran, but don’t expect Congress to act [8d]
• McConnell to skip Fancy Farm picnic; physician says he’s not cleared to return to Senate [8d]
• Loomer explains war shift from Ukraine bunker [8d]
• Comey moves to dismiss seashell case as ’86 47′ message was not a ‘true threat’ [8d]
• Pentagon’s Iran war casualty count tops 600 amid transparency questions [8d]
• Wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy shot in Virginia [8d]
• Fauci diary entries: ‘Press is going wild with me’ [8d]
• Democrats are reclaiming the flag. It’s about time [8d]
• Nate Silver: Americans may be ‘moving on’ from Trump [8d]
• Nvidia launches new open-source AI security alliance [8d]
• Watch live: Trump speaks in Michigan [8d]
• Ohio’s cautionary tale on data centers is a lesson for us all [8d]
• Senate Republican: McConnell visitor said he’s ‘clear-minded’ [8d]
• Dozens sickened across 17 states in salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs: What to know [8d]
• The mayor, the king and the long way home: an American odyssey [8d]
• Melania Trump issues call for White House holiday volunteers and performers [8d]
• Almost half in new poll can’t explain One Big Beautiful Bill Act [8d]
• Oil prices fall after weekend pause in US, Iran fighting [8d]
• Red Sea shipping slows after Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia: Data [8d]
• Mamdani’s fantasy of arresting Netanyahu would have turned his own cops into felons [8d]
• Trump presses Thune to keep Senate in session until SAVE America Act passes [8d]
• Proud uncle welcomes NASA astronaut Chris Williams’ safe journey home [8d]
• Piker challenges Hannity to book him for appearance [8d]
• Jeffries says DNC chief ‘has my full support’ amid scrutiny [8d]
• Live updates: US, Iran back off attacks; Trump heads to Michigan to tout manufacturing [8d]
• Soft on crime? Not Gavin Newsom. [8d]
• Key Senate Republican: Passing reconciliation 3.0 ‘a very small needle to thread’ [8d]
• Netanyahu: Mamdani ‘fomenting hate’ [8d]
• Democrats must stop feeding Republicans’ socialist boogeyman [8d]
• Some GOP senators say they will vote to cancel recess over SAVE America Act [8d]
• Iran says it controls Strait of Hormuz after weekend pause in strikes [8d]
• Todd Blanche doesn’t deserve to be attorney general [8d]