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A New Twist on an Old Bet With Buffett

A new wager of the century?

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This Isn’t the First Misstep for Powell’s Fed

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Mamdani’s Identity Games

Questions arise about his Columbia application, a Hanukkah video, and his father’s comparison of the U.S. … Mamdani’s Identity GamesRead more

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Republicans Try a Novel Pitch: Make Virginia 2021 Again

Abigail Spanberger and her Democrats are dubious that a state hit hard by DOGE will buy … Republicans Try a Novel Pitch: Make Virginia 2021 AgainRead more

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Ending the Corruption Known as ‘Climate Policy’

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How the GOP Beat Democrats to a Child Care Win

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Disturbing Glimpses of Democratic Anger

Some Democrats are calling on their elected representatives to engage in violence against Trump’s policies.

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A New Generation of Democrats Takes Center Stage

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CIA Contradicts Obama Officials’ Sworn Denials About Russiagate

Explosive new evidence suggests that some of the highest-ranking officials in the Obama-era CIA and FBI … CIA Contradicts Obama Officials’ Sworn Denials About RussiagateRead more

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FBI Launches Criminal Investigations of Brennan, Comey

The FBI is investigating former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey for … FBI Launches Criminal Investigations of Brennan, ComeyRead more

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  • Timeline: What the Trump administration has said about Epstein files release

    What the Trump admin has said about Epstein files release

  • Social Media - Texas floods fact-check: NWS and NOAA cut jobs, but Trump hasn't ‘defunded’ them

    The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”

  • Hakeem Jeffries - Permanent tax breaks for billionaires, temporary for everyone else? That’s exaggerated

    President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”

  • Reports of 2 girls rescued from a tree fueled false hope after Texas storms. Here's how it spread.

    How a fake story about two girls on a tree in Texas spread

  • Social Media - Naturally occurring rainfall caused deadly Texas flooding, not a corporation’s cloud seeding

    The Rainmaker Technology Corp.’s cloud seeding caused the July 4 flooding in Texas.

The Atlantic

  • Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson for the Left

    The New York City mayoral primary showcased a better kind of politics than progressives are used to.

  • What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Understand About Soldiers

    Lethality alone doesn’t win wars.

  • Trump’s New Favorite General

    Dan “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, doesn’t want the spotlight—but with this White House, there’s no avoiding it.

  • The Man Who Thinks Medicaid Cuts Won’t Cut Medicaid

    In Kevin Hassett, the Trump administration has picked an especially unfortunate spokesperson.

  • How Much Worse Is This Going to Get?

    Political violence poses an existential threat to our nation and our freedoms—but it’s not too late.

The LBJ Foundation: Preserving a Legacy of Leadership, Civil Rights, and Public Service

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  • Weaker Banks Won't Stabilize the Treasury Market
  • Please, No More Mayoral Victory Laps on Crime
  • Supreme Court Says the President Can Fire People
  • Exposing Obama's Dirty Tricks
  • Ending the Corruption Known as 'Climate Policy'

The Atlantic

  • Zohran Mamdani’s Lesson for the Left

    The New York City mayoral primary showcased a better kind of politics than progressives are used to.

  • What Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Understand About Soldiers

    Lethality alone doesn’t win wars.

  • Trump’s New Favorite General

    Dan “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, doesn’t want the spotlight—but with this White House, there’s no avoiding it.

  • The Man Who Thinks Medicaid Cuts Won’t Cut Medicaid

    In Kevin Hassett, the Trump administration has picked an especially unfortunate spokesperson.

  • How Much Worse Is This Going to Get?

    Political violence poses an existential threat to our nation and our freedoms—but it’s not too late.

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  • The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come

    This article first appeared at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive...

  • Only KBJ Recognizes the Historic Stakes of Trump’s Purges

    A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version....

  • How the ‘Seven Mountains Mandate’ Is Linked to Political Extremism in the US

    This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. Vance...

  • A Modest Jeff Epstein Proposal

    As you have probably seen, Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that there’s no there there with the whole Jeff...

  • Trump Official Suggests Replacing Deported Farm Workers with Medicaid Enrollees

    There are several layers to my conclusion that today’s remarks from President Trump’s agriculture secretary are among the most creatively...

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  • ICE swoops in on MS-13 kingpin hiding in America's heartland after investigation

    ICE agents arrested an alleged MS-13 kingpin on El Salvador's Top 100 Most Wanted list and an associate in Nebraska, both living illegally in the US and considered serious threats.

  • Former Navy SEAL and 'political outsider' announces GOP campaign for Wisconsin governor

    Navy SEAL veteran Bill Berrien enters Wisconsin gubernatorial race as a Republican, comparing himself to President Trump as a business-minded outsider focused on manufacturing, and law and order.

  • SCOTUS denies Florida AG request to enforce controversial immigration law

    Florida can’t enforce law making it a felony for undocumented migrants to reenter after deportation, as Supreme Court leaves lower court block in place.

  • Suspect in anti-ICE Texas shooting granted green card under Biden administration

    A former DACA recipient who received a green card under the Biden administration has been charged in connection with an anti-ICE attack in Alvarado, Texas.

  • Red state will require new teachers pass PragerU 'America First' test to keep license

    Oklahoma partners with PragerU to implement new teacher assessment to ensure educators who have relocated to the state align with its America-first educational standards.

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  • Supreme Court greenlights layoffs: What it means for federal employees

    Federal agencies can resume implementing President Trump’s mass layoff directive following Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling, greenlighting agencies to take their first steps in booting thousands of federal workers. The apparent 8-1 emergency decision lifts the widest block on Trump’s plans for massive reductions in force (RIF). But a patchwork of injunctions that have yet to reach...

  • House Republican moves to permanently repeal sanctions on Syria 

    Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) on Wednesday filed text to permanently repeal legislation that imposed strict sanctions on Syria, following President Trump’s move to unwind penalties on the country following the ousting of long-time dictator Bashar al-Assad.  Wilson moved to repeal the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, filing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act...

  • HHS abruptly cancels preventive services task force meeting

    Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has abruptly postponed a meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force originally scheduled for Thursday, according to an email sent to members of the public who had planned on attending. “The Immediate Office of the Secretary is postponing the July USPSTF meeting. Moving forward,...

  • Abbott announces redistricting will be included in Texas special session

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced on Wednesday that redistricting will be included in a legislative special session slated to take place later this month. The governor said in a release that the session will tackle "[legislation] that provides a revised congressional redistricting plan in light of constitutional concerns raised by the U.S. Department of...

  • Democrats gloat as MAGA World explodes over Epstein files

    Democrats are experiencing a devilish glee as MAGA World clashes over the Trump administration’s push to defuse conspiracy theories surrounding the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In cable news interviews, social media posts and formal calls to release more Epstein files, Democrats are highlighting the administration’s handling of the case in hopes of exacerbating the unusual...

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  • Trump announces 50% tariff on Brazil, citing what he claims is a ‘witch-hunt’ against Bolsonaro – live updates

    US president slaps tariff on Brazil and complains about treatment of Brazil’s former president, who is facing trial over an alleged coup attemptTrump targets Brunei, Libya and Moldova with latest threat of US tariffsTrump says Bolsonaro ‘not guilty of anything’ amid Brazil coup trialThe US justice department has sued California over state policies allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ school sports, alleging that allowing them to do so violates federal anti-discrimination laws.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, claims that California’s policies violate Title IX, which affords legal protection against sex discrimination.Our Fed Rate is AT LEAST 3 Points too high. “Too Late” is costing the U.S. 360 Billion Dollars a Point, PER YEAR, in refinancing costs. No Inflation, COMPANIES POURING INTO AMERICA. “The hottest Country in the World!” LOWER THE RATE!!!ANYBODY BUT “TOO LATE.”In effect, we went on hold when we saw the size of the tariffs and essentially all inflation forecasts for the United States went up materially as a consequence of the tariffs.Anybody would be better than Jay Powell. He’s costing us a fortune because he keeps the rate way up. Continue reading...

  • Trump sues California over transgender athletes in girls’ school sports

    Justice department says state policy violates Title IX, which offers legal protection against sex discriminationThe Trump administration has sued California over its policies allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ school sports, alleging that their participation violates federal anti-discrimination laws.The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, claims that California’s policies violate Title IX, which affords legal protection against sex discrimination. Continue reading...

  • US supreme court blocks Florida from enforcing anti-immigration law

    Judge finds Republican-crafted law likely unconstitutional for encroaching on federal government’s authorityThe US supreme court maintained on Wednesday a judicial block on a Republican-crafted Florida law that makes it a crime for undocumented immigrants in the United States to enter the state.The justices denied a request by state officials to lift an order by Florida-based US district judge Kathleen Williams that barred them from carrying out arrests and prosecutions under the law while a legal challenge plays out in lower courts. Williams ruled that Florida’s law conflicted with the federal government’s authority over immigration policy. Continue reading...

  • Zelenskyy to replace Ukraine’s envoy to US in diplomatic shuffle

    Oksana Markarova will be recalled from Washington in move designed to strengthen ties with Trump teamVolodymyr Zelenskyy is replacing Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, who has been heavily criticised by leading Republicans, as part a diplomatic reshuffle designed to strengthen ties with the Trump administration.Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, confirmed on Wednesday that Oksana Markarova will be recalled from Washington after four years in the job. He described her as “extremely effective, charismatic and one of our most successful ambassadors”. Continue reading...

  • US agriculture secretary says Medicaid recipients can replace deported farm workers

    Brooke Rollins also claimed automation can replace the immigrant labor force despite repeated evidence of failureThe US agriculture secretary has suggested that increased automation and forcing Medicaid recipients to work could replace the migrant farm workers being swept up in Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, despite years of evidence and policy failures that those kinds of measures are not substitutes for the immigrant labor force underpinning American agriculture.Speaking at a news conference with Republican governors on Tuesday, Brooke Rollins said the administration would rely on “automation, also some reform within the current governing structure”, and pointed to “34 million able-bodied adults in our Medicaid program” as potential workers. Continue reading...

Politico

  • Musk announces arrival of new ‘America Party’ after Trump split

    The billionaire donor has teased the launch of a third party ever since his megabill squabble with Trump.

  • The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

    Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

  • Dems are gearing up to weaponize Trump’s megabill

    House Democrats see an opportunity to expand the battleground, going on offense into red areas across the country and recruiting candidates deep into Republican territory.

  • This Pennsylvania Republican withstood pressure on the megabill. Here’s why.

    Brian Fitzpatrick, who won his seat in 2016, faces a serious Democratic challenger next year.

  • Colin Allred enters U.S. Senate race in Texas

    Allred, who lost his 2024 Senate bid against Sen. Ted Cruz, reenters an increasingly crowded Democratic primary.

NPR

  • After Murkowki's pivotal vote, what do Alaskans think of the GOP budget bill?

    Republicans made concessions for Alaska to get Sen. Lisa Murkowski to cast the deciding vote approving the GOP's sweeping tax and spending bill. Do her constituents think she got a good deal?

  • Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, started calling itself 'MechaHitler'

    On Sunday, the chatbot was updated to "not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated." By Tuesday, it was praising Hitler.

  • Over 160 people still missing after Texas floods. And, federal layoffs can now resume

    The death toll for the Texas floods tops 100 as the search and rescue efforts continue for over 160 missing people. And, the Supreme Court is allowing Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now.

  • Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut

    The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

  • Impostor uses AI to impersonate Rubio and contact foreign and U.S. officials

    The State Department is warning U.S. diplomats of attempts to impersonate Secretary of State Marco Rubio and possibly other officials using technology driven by artificial intelligence.

Five Thirty Eight

  • What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry

    Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly-ish polling roundup. It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that he’s directing three House committees to start investigating whether President Biden benefited from his son Hunter’s business dealings overseas. McCarthy accused the Biden family of “a culture of corruption,” saying that the Biden administration

  • The Second GOP Debate Could Be Smaller, With Or Without Trump

    The second Republican presidential primary debate is less than two weeks away, so time is running out for GOP contenders to meet the Republican National Committee’s qualification criteria. To make the Sept. 27 debate, each candidate must have at least 3 percent support in two qualifying national polls, or at least 3 percent in one

  • The Senate Is Losing One Of Its Few Remaining Moderate Republicans

    On Wednesday, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney announced he would not run for reelection in 2024. On the surface, the electoral impact of Romney’s decision is minimal — his seat should stay safely in Republican hands. But it’s still notable because it represents the departure of one of the few remaining Republican senators who had a

  • Why ‘Bidenomics’ Isn’t Working For Biden

    Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): For a long time, the economy has been seen as a big liability for President Biden in his reelection bid. Inflation soared in 2021 and 2022, culminating at a rate of 9.1 percent last June. The same

  • Why Biden Is Losing Support Among Voters Of Color

    Among the most politically tuned-in, last week saw the kind of hand-wringing and accusations of bias surrounding the polls that you’d usually expect from the final two months of a campaign, not the final year and two months of a campaign. The focus was largely on general election polls: Whether a Wall Street Journal poll

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