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New York Times:
Natalie Harp, Trump's Most Devoted Aide, Is Always by His Side.  What Exactly Does She Do?  —  President Trump's White House aide Natalie Harp is always by his side.  What, exactly, does she do?  —  She never takes a day off, not even on Sunday.  She works out of the Oval Office and she's got a regular seat on Marine One.
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TMZ.com:
Trump Aide Natalie Harp's Brother Explains Her Infatuation With POTUS  —  TRUMP AIDE NATALIE HARP'S BROTHER HER ‘INFATUATION’ WITH POTUS ISN'T PHYSICAL!!!  —  Donald Trump's executive assistant Natalie Harp may be infatuated with the president ... but her estranged brother says he seriously doubts she's physically attracted to him.
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:   First Draft: 👱‍♀️ 🖨️ Inside Trumpland's Freakout Over ‘Natalie’
CNN:
Meet Natalie Harp, the aide so close to Trump she once rode in an SUV trunk to accompany him
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Exclusive: GOP issues stark warning to AI companies  —  The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio.  — In the memo, obtained by Axios …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox & Friends, echoing GOP memo, runs cover against “far-left” data center opposition  —  Republican leaders who fear that the furious, bipartisan backlash against AI data centers could cost their party in the midterm election are getting help from their loyal propagandists at Fox News.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Gov. Josh Shapiro takes a hard line against ‘predatory’ data center developers in Pennsylvania
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: The new existential threat to AI
Discussion: The Hill and WPR, more at Techmeme »
Brett Bachman / NOTUS:
Progressive Challenger Upsets Alex Vindman in Florida's Democratic Senate Primary  —  Alex Vindman, a former national security official who played a key role in the first impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, lost a stunning upset to a progressive challenger in Florida's U.S. Senate race Tuesday.
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
A Stunning Win for the Left in Florida: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday's Primaries  —  State Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive firebrand, defeated a moderate who dramatically out-raised her with grass-roots enthusiasm.  Can it carry her to victory in November?
Jackie Llanos / NOTUS:
Tarp Covering Kennedy Center Facade Must Stay, DOJ Argues in Court  —  The tarp covering the Kennedy Center facade must remain as part of ongoing construction activities following the removal of President Donald Trump's name from the building, Justice Department attorneys argued in a recent court filing.
Discussion: MS NOW
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Trump, Trump, Trump: Kennedy Center Board Voted To Return POTUS's Name To Three Different Spots On Complex's Grounds
Discussion: Reuters
Hyung-Jin Kim / Associated Press:
North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing  —  North Korea said Wednesday that a U.S. decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea does not change what it see as their provocative nature, dampening hopes for a resumption …
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Wall Street Journal:
Novel Cancer Vaccine Prevents Melanoma From Returning in First for mRNA  —  Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines  —  An experimental mRNA-based vaccine succeeded in preventing cancer from coming back or spreading in a study …
Emily Davies / New York Times:
'I'm Not That Informed on National Security,' Graham Says in South Carolina Debate  —  Senator Darline Graham made the remark in a debate against Representative Ralph Norman, her opponent in the runoff election to succeed her brother, Lindsey Graham.  Here are five takeaways.
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Lucy Valeski / The State:
Loud crowd, no answer on national security. 5 takeaways from the GOP Senate debate
Associated Press:
An alarmed bond market gets the Trump administration to act again  —  Normally quiet, the bond market can occasionally send warning signals loud enough to hit stock markets worldwide and even grab the attention of U.S. presidents and other world leaders.  After the bond market's alarm bells rose …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
‘No serious dispute’ that Comey's seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say  —  The Department of Justice is defending its prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey, saying “there is no serious dispute” that a social media post of seashells he made last year …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:   DOJ cites Comey's novel in urging judge not to toss ‘86 47’ seashells threat to Trump case
Anna Griffin / New York Times:
Scion of Democratic Politics Makes Runoff for Alaska Governor  —  Tom Begich, a former Democratic legislator and singer-songwriter, will be one of four candidates on the ranked-choice ballot for governor in November.  —  Tom Begich, a singer-songwriter and former state lawmaker …
Discussion: Newsweek, The Hill and Fox News
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Washington Post:
8 takeaways and surprises from Florida, Wyoming and Alaska primaries
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Secret Police Spying on Americans?  It's Darker than We Knew.  —  It's time to familiarize yourselves with the names “Operation Puppet Master” and “Operation Keyhole.”  If those nefarious phrases evoke to you the U.S. government's domestic spying on leftist groups in the 1960s and 1970s, it's for good reason.
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
California senators call for ‘maximum oversight’ over conspiracist Tina Peters' new election job  —  Both of California's senators are deeply worried about convicted election denier Tina Peters' possible new job assisting with elections in the conservative bastion of Shasta County …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Wired:
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police.  We Got Its Code  —  Flock's surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage.  WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.
Politico:
Trump tries to quiet his mass deportation campaign.  Voters aren't moving.  —  Republicans are struggling to reverse the damage President Donald Trump's immigration agenda has done with voters.  —  With less than 90 days until the midterm election, the Trump administration has sought …
Betsy Klein / CNN:
‘Very special stone’: Trump unveils another White House construction project  —  President Donald Trump unveiled a new White House construction project Wednesday, issuing an impromptu invitation to reporters to join him on the South Lawn and tour the replacement of the White House driveway as well as progress made on his new helipad.
MS NOW:
Trump to appear on Michael Cohen's podcast  —  The president is scheduled to record a podcast Wednesday with his former lawyer and fixer, according to a White House official.  —  President Donald Trump is set to record a podcast interview on Thursday with Michael Cohen …
Discussion: The Independent
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump's Lust for Vengeance Is Turning Into a Farce  —  The principal aim of President Trump's second term is revenge.  —  Trump is consumed by this lust for revenge.  It defined the first moments of his second term.  “Within hours of taking the presidential oath,” my news-side colleagues Maggie Haberman …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump's profits irk Americans as Dems test anti-corruption message  —  A majority of Americans believe President Trump has profited inappropriately from a cryptocurrency empire while in office and disapprove of his family's global business activity, according to recent polls.
Discussion: The Hill
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Fed officials warned rate hikes may be needed if inflation stays high  —  Many Federal Reserve officials believed that the central bank would have to raise interest rates if inflation did not ease, according to the minutes released on Wednesday from the Fed's July 28-29 policy meeting.
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Max Miller insists he can win again — but warns in court filings he's bleeding union support and cash  —  GOP Rep. Max Miller is fretting that the loss of support from a key constituency could damage his reelection prospects — even as his party base continues to stand with him in spite …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Contrarian
Brad Heath / Reuters:
Trump put thousands of soldiers on Washington's streets.  They seldom stop crime  —  Well past midnight one day this spring, three police officers pulled up to a nightclub where a man was stomping on a young woman lying on the sidewalk.  —  The officers stopped the attack and arrested him, according to a police report.
NBC News:20 minutes ago
Trump administration was warned about peeling Reflecting Pool nearly a month before it brought vandalism case  —  A National Park Service engineer warned that the pool's floor was peeling due to the renovation process and the materials used for the reinstallation.
 
 
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David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
UN's Guterres seriously concerned by US sanctions on ICC   Find
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NBC News:
Trump administration was warned about peeling Reflecting Pool nearly a month before it brought vandalism case   Find
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Trump celebrates Florida loss of ‘treasonous creep’   Find
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MS NOW:
Trump to appear on Michael Cohen's podcast   Find
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Fed officials warned rate hikes may be needed if inflation stays high   Find
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Judge halts Trump's abstinence-only overhaul of teen sex ed program   Find
 
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David Brunnstrom / Reuters:
UN's Guterres seriously concerned by US sanctions on ICC20 minutes ago
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Judge halts Trump's abstinence-only overhaul of teen sex ed program
Oliver Ward / Politico:
Trump is trying to wage an ambitious trade war with a shrinking army
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Sen. Ruben Gallego flew sister-in-law, Brazilian au pair to Washington with campaign funds — as federal probe looms
Nidal Al-Mughrabi / Reuters:
Israeli airstrike kills nine Palestinians at Gaza police station, medics say
Discussion: MS NOW, UPI, Politico and The Korea Herald
Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
Rand Paul says he doesn't understand the buzz over Mitch McConnell's health
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead FDA
 Earlier Items: 
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump says he told Cory Mills to ‘get out of the race’
Paul Krugman:
What Are Bond Markets Telling Us?
Discussion: Pen Strokes
Clair McFarland / Cowboy State Daily:
Near-Total Massacre For Freedom Caucus In Wyoming Primary
Discussion: MS NOW and Pluribus News
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Disney runs out of patience with Brendan Carr's bullsh*t
John F. Harris / Politico:
Bill Clinton Turns 80 Today. Does the Old Man Have Character?
 

 
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Erin Griffith / New York Times:
Stripe agrees to acquire New York-based OpenRouter; a source says Stripe is paying $7.5B, with $1.5B going to the startup's founders and $6B to its investors

Matt Day / Bloomberg:
Amazon plans to expand Prime Air drone deliveries to cities in at least five more US states in the coming months, including Chicago and Atlanta by 2026's end

Dana Wollman / Bloomberg:
Marvell and Google expand their chip development deal, and Marvell grants Google a warrant to buy up to nearly 59M shares at $206.58 each, totaling up to $12.2B
 
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