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3:55 PM ET, July 25, 2023

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
DeSantis lets go of more than 1/3 of campaign staff as reset continues  —  The cuts, which were confirmed by advisers, will amount to a total of 38 jobs shed across an array of departments.  —  Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign is expanding the number of staff it's cutting to include …
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Fox News:
DeSantis involved in car accident on drive to Chattanooga; Florida governor unhurt  —  Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was involved in a car accident in Tennessee on Tuesday, his spokesman says.  —  “This morning, the governor was in a car accident while traveling …
Steve Contorno / CNN:
DeSantis uninjured after being involved in car accident Tuesday, campaign says
CNN:
Bidens' dog Commander involved in biting incidents as White House says he's getting more training  —  President Joe Biden's younger dog, Commander, has been involved in several biting incidents at the White House and in Delaware, according to US Secret Service email correspondence …
Discussion: HuffPost and Political Wire
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Biden's dog Commander sent Secret Service officer to hospital, bit 6 others after replacing first pooch Major  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden's nearly 2-year-old German shepherd Commander bit seven people in a four-month period after former first dog Major was ousted from the White House …
The Texas Tribune:
Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture  —  The professor, an expert on the opioids crisis, was placed on paid administrative leave and investigated, raising questions about the extent of political interference in higher education, particularly in health-related matters.
Discussion: The Messenger, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Karl Mathiesen / Politico:
Gulf Stream shutoff could happen this century, scientists warn  —  It would be the end of the world as we know it but some scientists say they feel fine.  —  3 MINUTES READ  —  The Atlantic Ocean current that keeps large parts of Europe warm could come to an abrupt and catastrophic stop …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
McCarthy floats the idea of an ‘impeachment inquiry’ against Biden  —  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Monday night that unsubstantiated investigations launched by Republican lawmakers into the business dealings of President Biden's family members are “rising to the level of impeachment inquiry.”
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CNN:
US attorney who has led Hunter Biden probe offers to publicly testify to Congress this fall
Washington Post:
Vaccine rejection may be linked to excess deaths among Florida, Ohio Republicans  —  Happy Tuesday!  It's my first time filling in for The Health 202 - my regular beat here at The Post is opioids and addiction.  Not a subscriber?  Sign up here.  —  Today's edition: The White House …
Discussion: NPR, JAMA Network, New Republic and The Hill
Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Federal judge blocks Biden's controversial asylum policy in a major blow to administration  —  A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden's controversial asylum policy, delivering a major blow to the administration, which has leaned on the measure to drive down border crossings.
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge tosses Biden administration asylum rule for migrants
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
UPS Reaches Tentative Deal With Teamsters to Head Off Strike  —  United Parcel Service faced a potential walkout by more than 325,000 union members after their five-year contract expires next week.  —  United Parcel Service announced Tuesday that it had reached a tentative deal …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Striking new data about young voters should alarm Trump and the GOP  —  Something is happening among young voters in America — even if, to paraphrase the old Bob Dylan song, we don't know what it is.  —  Consider: Youth turnout exploded during the 2018 midterm elections under President Donald Trump.
Discussion: American Greatness
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into Harvard's Legacy Admissions  —  An inquiry into admissions preferences for family of alumni and donors began after the Supreme Court's decision last month limiting affirmative action.  —  Reporting from Washington
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name  —  Billionaire Elon Musk's decision to rebrand Twitter as X could be complicated legally: companies including Meta (META.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) already have intellectual property rights to the same letter.
Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
DeSantis Message Falls Flat  —  West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of Republican voters say former President Donald Trump would be their strongest nominee in the 2024 election and few feel the criminal indictments he faces are of any concern.  According to the Monmouth ("Mon-muth") …
Ben Sisario / New York Times:
Jason Aldean, Decrying ‘Cancel Culture,’ Has a No. 2 Hit  —  “Try That in a Small Town” went from overlooked to almost topping the charts after a week of controversy.  —  In May, the country star Jason Aldean released a single, “Try That in a Small Town,” with lyrics that paint contemporary urban life …
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Biden administration taps Coker as next NCD  —  If confirmed by the Senate, the intelligence community veteran will fill a permanent leadership vacancy atop the office.  —  The White House is planning to nominate Harry Coker as the nation's second ever national cyber director, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Associated Press:
Obamas' personal chef drowns near family's home on Martha's Vineyard  —  Former President Barack Obama's personal chef has drowned near the family's home on Martha's Vineyard.  Massachusetts State Police confirmed that the paddleboarder whose body was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond …
Christopher R. Browning / The Atlantic:
A New Kind of Fascism  —  I've resisted using the word until now, but something menacing and novel is taking shape with the possibility of a second Trump term.  —  For some years, a variety of news commentators and academics have called Donald Trump a fascist.  I was one of those who resisted using that term.
Discussion: Raw Story
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Georgia prosecutors eye criminal solicitation crimes in Trump inquiry  —  Exclusive: Fulton county DA has identified multiple state election crimes in the 2020 election investigation, sources say  —  The Fulton county district attorney investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn …
 
 
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James LaPorta / The Messenger:
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Freddie deBoer / New York Magazine:
AOC Is Just a Regular Old Democrat Now
Amy Nelson / Fox News:
Maskless churchgoer settles lawsuit over 2020 arrest, calls liberalism a ‘modern-day cult’
Discussion: National Review and IJR
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