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Axios

White House revives unprecedented effort to remove Fed governor Lisa Cook [6d]
Summer jobs report is a double whammy for workers [6d]
Cassidy to support Blanche for attorney general [6d]

Salon

Trump pitches ballroom as “military center” after appeals court halts construction [6d]
What the Ted Lasso Way doesn’t get about women in sports [6d]
Reflecting on Trump’s bottomless pool of corruption [6d]

The Drudge Report

Alleged Nazi-saluting Young Republican appears to be back in fold... [6d]
Justin Trudeau, Katy Perry and the Look of Celebrity Statesman... [6d]
Top US general in Europe abruptly removed from command... [6d]
Lutnick Hypes Don Jr-Backed Magnet Firm... [6d]
China-Free Batteries Made From Salt Are Finally Here... [6d]
Elon building biggest building on earth: 100M square feet... [6d]
Lake Mead, nation's largest reservoir, reaches lowest water level on record... [6d]
Howard Stern staffers 'NOT allowed to speak directly to him'... [6d]
DOJ top prosecutor in LA hires liaison with pending battery charge, string of DUIs... [6d]
BANK OF AMERICA spending $250M on weight loss drugs for its staff... [6d]
TAIWAN PRESIDENT PICTURED BEING RUSHED INTO ARMOURED VEHICLE; CHINA INVASION FEAR... [6d]
TEST ALLIANCE AMID WEAPONS SHORTAGE... [6d]
Crude oil supplies at 45-year low... [6d]
Abuse allegations threaten to derail midterm message... [6d]
Men injecting sketchy substances in faces for 'looksmaxxing.' Doctors horrified... [6d]
TRUMP IN RUINS! [6d]
FORD Four-Door Version of 'Mustang'... [6d]
Pentagon releases new batch of UFO files: 'Did you see that?' [6d]
New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls... [6d]
ROKU Unleashes 24/7 Slop Channel... [6d]
ALITO: 'I'M HERE FOR ANOTHER TERM'... [6d]
REPORT: Iran officials 'would not be surprised' if Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei dies soon... [6d]
TX POLL: TALARICO OPENS 4-POINT LEAD... [6d]
Coffee Drinkers Pay $32 for Single Cup at New Chain... [6d]
The Dem male's midlife crisis... [6d]
VOLKSWAGEN plans to win America back with a pickup... [6d]
E-bike war explodes in Orange County... [6d]
Video shows US military tracking what appears to be mysterious object flying over Middle East... [6d]
Former NBA first round pick declares for WNBA Draft... [6d]
From Milk to Snack Foods, More Products Going 'Regenerative'... [6d]
President revives effort to fire Fed Cook... [6d]
Woman admits to murdering wife -- decades after killing ex-husband... [6d]
Argentine ranch where tech CEOs plan to ride out apocalypse... [6d]
Supersonic flight making comeback decades after Concorde. Hurdle remains... [6d]
Canada adds 75,000 new jobs in July, unemployment rate lowest in 2 years... [6d]
ENERGY BATTLE: ROCKSTAR BOSS EYES CELSIUS... [6d]
TAIWAN PRESIDENT PICTURED BEING RUSHED INTO ARMOURED VEHICLE; CHINA INVASION FEAR... [6d]
AI BARRON HITS SOCIALS... [6d]
FOX Flexing Political Independence as Trump Polls Nosedive... [6d]
TRUMP IN RUINS! [6d]
BALLROOM BLOCKED [6d]
EVEN FOX RUNNING AWAY [6d]
Mysterious Footage Revealed As New UFO Files Drop... [6d]
Lake Mead, nation's largest reservoir, reaches lowest water level on record... [6d]
New Orleans will use AI to answer 911 calls... [6d]
New Moon crater revealed in first pictures of SPACEX crash... [6d]
TEST ALLIANCE AMID WEAPONS SHORTAGE... [6d]
Iran displays more violent billboards and murals across country... [6d]
Trump's Suddenly Thick Hair Raises Eyebrows... [6d]
Wild three days of 'wig' transformations... [6d]
Homes selling BELOW asking in 38 of 50 biggest markets... [6d]
Along parts of East Coast, it's as humid as the Amazon Rainforest... [6d]
STUDY: Seeing Ghosts Good For You? [6d]
Inside Rubio's Cuba pressure campaign... [6d]
'Pervert glasses': Backlash against META grows... [6d]
Murkowski comes out against Blanche putting nomination in jeopardy... [6d]
Yen Surrenders Half Its Gains From US-Japan Intervention... [6d]
Men injecting sketchy substances in faces for 'looksmaxxing.' Doctors horrified... [6d]
White House loses 21 straight court battles for state voter rolls... [6d]
How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror The Don's Washington... [6d]
LAND INVASION? [6d]
Turkey, Saudi, Pakistan sign defense pact... [6d]
ECONOMY LOSES 23,000 JOBS IN JULY [6d]
REVISIONS DOWN SHARPLY [6d]

The New Republic

Trump Launches New Attack on Fed Governor Despite Supreme Court Ruling [6d]
The GOP’s Midterm Convention Will Be the Worst Film Festival Ever [6d]
Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Entire Country [6d]
Alleged Abuser Max Miller Sued His Daughter’s Daycare Over Her Bruises [6d]
Women Made up 100 Percent of Jobs Trump Cost Us in July [6d]
Rubio Tightens “Noose” Around Cubans’ Necks [6d]
Protecting Workers From AI Is Easier Said Than Done [6d]
Trump Dealt Biggest Blow Yet as Judges Rule His Ballroom Is Illegal [6d]
Trump May Not Help Struggling Republicans in the Midterms [6d]
Interior Dept. Officials Are “Terrified” of Leaving Written Record [6d]
Outgoing Republican Senator Still Caves to Trump on Todd Blanche [6d]
Feds Lied About Journalist Arrested While Covering Anti-ICE Protest [6d]
Fox News Struggles to Spin Yet Another Bad Jobs Report [6d]
Todd Blanche’s Nomination on Thin Ice Thanks to Lisa Murkowski [6d]
Trump-Backed Rep. Loses Primary After Republicans Redistricted Him [6d]

Talking Points Memo

Trump Won’t Take No for An Answer from Allies on Supreme Court [6d]
Let’s Finish This [6d]
Most of Our Ideas About Party Divisions Are Bullshit — Let’s Discuss [6d]
Kevin Hassett Thinks Ignoring the Dismal Jobs Numbers Makes Them Disappear [6d]
A GOP Primary Loss Couldn’t Have Happened to a Nicer Guy: The Andy Ogles Story [6d]
With Blanche Nomination in Limbo, All Eyes Are Once Again on a Senator Trump Has Scorned [6d]
Ogles Gets Primaried [6d]
How the 2026 Midterms Are Recycling 2020 Conspiracy Theories [6d]
The Big Questions Around a Damaging Trump Administration Concession in Court [6d]

Politico

Pete Buttigieg: Everyone’s ‘watching the state of Michigan right now’ [6d]
Trump calls on Jeanine Pirro to ‘re-visit’ Reflecting Pool case [6d]
‘The odds drop precipitously’: Delays imperil Senate crypto bill [6d]
Alito bats down retirement rumors: ‘Obviously I’m here for another term’ [6d]
Trump renews bid to remove Fed official Lisa Cook [6d]

The Hill

Army removes a top US general in Europe from command [6d]
RFK Jr. set to release food ingredient review [6d]
Trump administration targets Head Start for overhaul [6d]
Senate confirms 74 Trump nominees: Here are 5 notable ones [6d]
Trump restarts effort to fire Fed’s Lisa Cook [6d]
Alito to WSJ: ‘Obviously I’m here for another term’ [6d]
Trump urges GOP to keep Senate in session until college sports bill passes [6d]
Spokesman for Chuck Edwards blasts Ethics panel, report: ‘Not driven by due process’ [6d]
Judge rejects SPLC bid to dismiss case as ‘vindictive’ prosecution [6d]
Murkowski, Merkley demand answers on Trump’s Smithsonian disclaimers [6d]
Hillary Clinton calls for unity within Democratic Party: ‘It can’t be a one-way street’ [6d]
Trump announces deals and investments to bolster mining [6d]
Ex-Trump aide: Vance is ‘negative rizz’ [6d]
College sports bill holding up Senate’s path to August recess [6d]
Vance on joke about columnist’s weight: ‘I feel pretty good about that’ [6d]
Agriculture groups call on Senate to pass reconciliation in White House push [6d]
ICE body camera releases must be in agency’s ‘best interests’: Policy [6d]
Trump response to Pirro question ‘shocking’: Haberman [6d]
Scientists extend instrument life on Voyager 2 probe [6d]
Senate confirms FEMA leader [6d]
Watch live: Trump hosts roundtable on mining [6d]
Watch live: Trump hosts roundtable on mining [6d]
Dr. Oz urges senators to reject Budd hemp amendment [6d]
Senate overwhelmingly passes Russia sanctions bill [6d]
Amazon responds to Mamdani’s cease-and-desist letter [6d]
Trump nominates Project 2025 author to be Interior Department watchdog [6d]
What’s in a foreign-sounding name? Trump’s first House primary loss [6d]
Francesca Hong fires back at Axelrod over ‘zany liberal’ criticism [6d]
Trump touts wins in Tennessee primary despite Ogles loss [6d]
How the transportation bill can protect communities, wildlife and taxpayers [6d]
Buc-ee’s responds as beaver logo battle gains national attention [6d]
Buc-ee’s responds as beaver logo battle gains national attention [6d]
Don Lemon asks judge to dismiss ‘vindictive’ charges tied to Minnesota church protest [6d]
More frequent marijuana users being treated with nausea and vomiting condition: Report [6d]
Harris throws support behind El-Sayed in Michigan: ‘I proudly stand with him’ [6d]
Time out! A reality check on business aviation’s sustainability record [6d]
With no definite end in sight on Iran, the president has to either fish or cut bait [6d]
Watch live: Senate looks to power through major priorities before August recess [6d]
Michigan lifts lettuce warnings as cyclospora cases fall [6d]
AI used to create synthetic virus [6d]
The US should invest in light crude refining before the next chokepoint closes [6d]
Appeals court blocks Trump’s White House ballroom construction [6d]
Cassidy will support Blanche, sealing confirmation to head Justice Department [6d]
Will the Pentagon prioritize munitions when the Iran conflict ends? [6d]
Watch live: Cassidy to announce stance on Blanche as AG [6d]
Meta ordered to pay $567M in child safety case [6d]
Fauci made ‘huge mistake’ in pleading the Fifth: Chuck Todd [6d]
91-year-old Florida man accused of killing wife, saying he was ‘keeping his promise’ [6d]
College athletics faces crisis without national rules in place [6d]
Sorry, congressman: Spending four days in Havana is not the same as knowing Cuba [6d]
Rick Scott on Fauci contempt vote: ‘All he had to do was tell the truth’ [6d]
Talarico opens 4-point lead over Paxton in Texas Senate poll [6d]
HHS should protect payments to clinical trial participants [6d]
Trump: It’s a ‘mistake’ to go against data centers [6d]
US loses 23k jobs in July, unemployment dips slightly [6d]
Live updates: Senate faces day of big votes with Blanche’s nomination on the ropes [6d]
Section 31 tariffs are meant to be a scalpel, not a sledgehammer [6d]
Crenshaw weighs in on ‘dumb’ $20 burrito sparking debate over affordability [6d]
Trump declines to back Thune for another term as Senate GOP leader [6d]
Republicans can’t just commie-punch their way to victory [6d]

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