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Trump Admin will be setting fire to enough food to feed 1.5 million children for a week (500 tons)

(Rolling Stone) Enough food to feed about 1.5 million children for a week — equal to nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food — is set to expire today, The Atlantic reports. Despite Secretary of State Marco Rubio ensuring representatives on the House Appropriations Committee in May that food aid would reach its intended recipients, the Trump administration reportedly plans to spend $130,000 to burn the biscuits instead of sending them to children in need.

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Trump's Disapproval Rating Just Hit a Record for His Second Term

(Daily Beast) President Donald Trump’s disapproval rating has hit a new high for his second term as those outside his MAGA base steadily desert him, according to a new poll. A survey conducted over the weekend by the Economist/YouGov shows that Trump’s overall disapproval rating has climbed to the dizzying new height of 55 percent. Forty-one percent of the 1,680 U.S. adults who responded still approve of the job Trump is doing, down from 42 percent in the same poll a week earlier, when Trump’s disapproval rating sat at 53 percent.

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Democrats demand accountability over the Jeffrey Epstein case

(AP) Democrats are latching on to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, demanding records be released and trolling Republicans on social media, news shows and in the U.S. House as they revel in a rare fissure between President Donald Trump and his fiercely loyal base. Conspiracy theories over Epstein’s death in prison and potential evidence in his sex trafficking case, including an alleged “client list,” have largely been a fixation for the right, one egged on by Trump himself.

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Johnson breaks with Trump, calls for DOJ to release Epstein files

(Politico) Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for the Department of Justice to release all of its information on Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in jail after being charged with sex trafficking, and wants Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain previous statements on the matter. In an interview published shortly after the vote, Johnson told conservative commentator Benny Johnson that he is "for transparency."

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New labor-backed PAC pledges $50M in battleground House races

(Politico) A new labor-backed coalition is pledging $50 million to help Democrats take back the House in next year’s midterm elections. Battleground Alliance PAC, which shared its plans first with POLITICO, said it is building a registration and turnout operation in 37 Republican-held districts across the country. Though Democrats only need to flip three seats in the House to win control of the chamber, provided they hold all their seats, the group said it is looking to expand the party’s footprint and position Democrats to ride a potential wave election.

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Senate votes to move ahead with Trump's request for $9 billion in spending cuts

(AP) Senate Republicans on Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump's request to cancel some $9 billion in previously approved spending, overcoming concerns from some lawmakers about what the rescissions could mean for impoverished people around the globe and for public radio and television stations in their home states. The Senate vote was 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie.

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Russia calls Trump's demand for Ukraine ceasefire in 50 days unacceptable

(CBS News) Russia has rejected President Trump's "ultimatum" for Moscow to sign a ceasefire deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days on Tuesday as "unacceptable," calling for continued negotiations and insisting that the invasion ordered by President Vladimir Putin would continue until its goals are achieved.

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'Egregious': Over 75 ex judges slam Trump's 'deeply inappropriate' judicial pick

(Raw Story) With two days to go until the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on advancing the judicial nomination of President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Emil Bove, more than 75 former federal and state judges wrote to lawmakers to demand they reject the "deeply inappropriate" appointment.

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Hegseth lashed out at DOGE official in tense Pentagon confrontation

(Washington Post) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at the Pentagon’s top representative from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service weeks ago in an angry confrontation arising from claims the DOGE official had summoned law enforcement to remove a subordinate from the building, according to three people familiar with the matter. The tense encounter in early April occurred with Yinon Weiss, a tech entrepreneur and military veteran like the secretary who had just become Musk’s team lead at the Defense Department.

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White House National Security Council hit by more departures, sources say

(Reuters) Two senior officials at the White House National Security Council have left their roles in recent days, according to two sources familiar with the moves, the latest departures for a body that has been cut sharply in recent months. Ian Bennitt, the senior director for maritime and industrial capacity, and Brian McCormack, the NSC's chief of staff, both departed last week, said the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel moves.

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Mike Huckabee makes a surprise appearance at Netanyahu's corruption trial but was quickly asked to leave

50 min ago - Wednesday 16 July 2025 07:45 EDT U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee made a surprise appearance at Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial on Wednesday. Huckabee said he dropped in on Netanyahu’s trial to “see what’s going on ... (The Independent)

Trump to put tariffs of over 10% on smaller nations, including those in Africa and the Caribbean

1 hr ago - Updated 10:52 PM EDT, July 15, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he plans to place tariffs of over 10% on smaller countries, including nations in Africa and the Caribbean. “We’ll probably set one ... (AP)

'A family of traitors': Trump's Brazil tariffs ultimatum backfires on Bolsonaro

2 hrs ago - Beneath the museum’s brutalist hulk, Marques spotted a cardboard effigy of the US president and took a picture with her phone before the Trump dummy was set on fire. “Laranjão safado,” which translates as big orange dirtbag, she ... (The Guardian)

Trump administration restarts third country deportations with flight to Eswatini

2 hrs ago - July 16, 2025, 6:52 AM EDT The Department of Homeland Security resumed third country deportation flights on Tuesday by deporting five immigrant detainees, all from different countries, to the small nation of Eswatini in Southern Africa. The five men ... (NBC News)

NOAA was developing a way to predict extreme rainfall -- until Trump officials stopped it

2 hrs ago - The Commerce Department has indefinitely suspended work on a crucial tool to help communities predict how rising global temperatures will alter the frequency of extreme rainfall, according to three current and former federal officials familiar with t ... (Washington Post)

Wholesale inflation measure was unchanged in June

3 hrs ago - Published Wed, Jul 16 2025 8:32 AM EDT Updated 6 Min Ago A measure of wholesale prices showed no change in June, providing a conflicting sign over whether tariffs threaten to boost inflation in the coming months. The producer price index was flat, ac ... (CNBC)

New labor-backed PAC pledges $50M in battleground House races

3 hrs ago - 07/16/2025 05:55 AM EDT A new labor-backed coalition is pledging $50 million to help Democrats take back the House in next year’s midterm elections. Battleground Alliance PAC, which shared its plans first with POLITICO, said it is building a reg ... (Politico)

Democrats are trolling Trump and the GOP over the Jeffrey Epstein case

4 hrs ago - Updated 7:36 PM EDT, July 15, 2025 PHOENIX (AP) — Democrats are latching on to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, demanding records be released and trolling Republicans on social media, news shows and in the U.S. House as they revel in a rare fissure ... (AP)

'A seismic change': Trump wants LGBTQ+ material axed from sex ed

4 hrs ago - 11h The Trump administration is telling organizations working to prevent teen pregnancy that they must stop teaching content that doesn’t align with the administration’s views on transgender people and parental rights or they'll risk losing ... (msn/USA Today)

Bipartisan lawmakers reup immigration bill amid Trump deportation crackdown

5 hrs ago - Updated on: July 15, 2025 / 7:01 PM EDT Washington – A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday reintroduced a comprehensive bill to reform the immigration system and create a potential pathway to legal status for long-term undocumented immigra ... (CBS News)

FDA to screen all imports, exemptions for low-value shipments revoked

5 hrs ago - July 15, 2025 6:16 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago July 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it will now review all imports of the products it regulates regardless of their quantity or value, after a federal law enforcemen ... (Reuters)

Senate clears key procedural hurdles on Trump DOGE cuts as deadline looms

5 hrs ago - Published 12:00 AM EDT, Wed July 16, 2025 CNN — The Senate narrowly cleared two procedural hurdles Tuesday to move closer to a final vote on the GOP effort to codify Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts as a deadline to act on the ... (CNN Politics)

'Egregious': Over 75 ex judges slam Trump's 'deeply inappropriate' judicial pick

6 hrs ago - July 15, 2025 5:35PM ET With two days to go until the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on advancing the judicial nomination of President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Emil Bove, more than 75 former federal and state judges wr ... (Raw Story)

DOJ urges court to dismiss lawsuit against Trump executive order that aims to end mail-in voting and enforce citizenship

6 hrs ago - Jul 15th, 2025, 5:31 pm The Trump administration is imploring a federal court to allow the government to move forward with a suite of federally-enforced changes to some states' long-standing election laws. On March 25, President Donald Trump issued ... (Law & Crime)

White House National Security Council hit by more departures, sources say

6 hrs ago - July 15, 2025 5:24 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - Two senior officials at the White House National Security Council have left their roles in recent days, according to two sources familiar with the moves, the latest depart ... (Reuters)

Arkansas farmer launches bid to challenge US Sen. Tom Cotton's reelection bid

6 hrs ago - Updated 4:56 PM EDT, July 15, 2025 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A sixth-generation farmer from northeast Arkansas announced Tuesday that she is seeking the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence C ... (AP)

US SEC ousts head of accounting watchdog, email says

7 hrs ago - Tue, July 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM EDT 1 min read (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has pushed out the head of the U.S. watchdog that oversees public company auditors, according to an email to staff seen by Reuters. Erica Williams, wh ... (Yahoo! Finance/Reuters)

Democrats demand Pam Bondi and Kash Patel be summoned for Epstein hearing

7 hrs ago - Tue 15 Jul 2025 15.24 EDT Last modified on Tue 15 Jul 2025 16.01 EDT Democratic members of the House judiciary committee on Thursday demanded that Republicans summon the attorney general, Pam Bondi, the FBI director, Kash Patel, and their deputies fo ... (The Guardian)

Immigration agents demand tenant information from landlords

8 hrs ago - Posted 3:36 PM, Jul 15, 2025 and last updated 3:37 PM, Jul 15, 2025 Immigration authorities are demanding that landlords turn over leases, rental applications, forwarding addresses, identification cards and other information on their tenants, a sign ... (Scripps News)

Inspired to 'get in good trouble again:' Black lawmakers salute the legacy of John Lewis

8 hrs ago - Updated July 15, 2025, 3:19 p.m. ET WASHINGTON ‒ One by one, members of the Congressional Black Caucus honored the legacy of the late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, July 14, reading the works of the civil rights icon and vowing to also get into “ ... (USA Today)

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