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10:40 PM ET, July 25, 2023

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
DeSantis lets go of more than a third 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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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis fires staffer who retweeted video with Nazi imagery  —  DeSantis' campaign fired Nate Hochman, a communications staffer who this weekend promoted and then deleted a video that superimposed a sonnenrad over the candidate's face.  —  As part of its latest downsizing effort …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Alex Thompson / Axios:
DeSantis team fires aide who secretly made video with Nazi symbol  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' 2024 campaign fired an aide this week who secretly created and shared a pro-DeSantis video that featured the candidate at the center of a Sonnenrad, an ancient symbol appropriated by the Nazis and still used by some white supremacists.
Steve Contorno / CNN:
DeSantis uninjured after being involved in car accident Tuesday, campaign says
The Hill:
DeSantis campaign hit by further shake-up
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and Mediaite
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Man who misused donations solicited for Trump agenda sentenced to prison  —  A Colorado man was sentenced Tuesday to 63 months in prison for his role in a scheme that misused donations solicited for former President Trump's border wall agenda.  —  Prosecutors said Timothy Shea …
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Kara Deniz / International Brotherhood of Teamsters:
“We've Changed the Game”: Teamsters Win Historic UPS Contract  —  (WASHINGTON) - Today, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide.  The overwhelmingly lucrative contract raises wages …
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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.
NBC News:
Eight search warrants issued in Trump classified documents case, new filings show  —  Prosecutors argued that seven additional warrants should be kept secret.  —  Eight search warrants and affidavits were filed in connection with the federal case involving former President Donald Trump's mishandling …
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.
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.
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
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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
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Vacates Bowe Bergdahl's Conviction and Dishonorable Discharge  —  The Army colonel overseeing the court-martial trial had applied for a job with the Trump-era Justice Department, raising the appearance of bias.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  A federal judge on Tuesday wiped …
Discussion: Reuters, CBS News and The Messenger
New York Times:
After Ousting Marjorie Taylor Greene, Freedom Caucus Is at a Crossroads  —  The ouster of Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from the ultraconservative group and the rise of another rebel faction have raised questions about where the real power lies on the far right.  —  Reporting from Washington
Discussion: Raw Story and Insider
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, New Republic, JAMA Network and The Hill
CNN:
Inside McCarthy's sudden warming to a Biden impeachment inquiry  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy in recent weeks has heard similar advice from both a senior House Republican and an influential conservative lawyer: prioritize the impeachment of President Joe Biden over a member of his Cabinet.
Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden's lawyers face SANCTIONS after being accused of lying to the clerk in his criminal tax case as judge orders First Son's attorneys to explain themselves by tonight  — Hunter Biden's legal team is accused of lying to the clerk in his criminal case
Peter Ditlevsen / Nature:
Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation  —  orcid.org/0000-0003-2120-7732 1 na1 & - Susanne Ditlevsen  —  14, Article number: 4254 (2023) Cite this article  —  Abstract  —  The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) …
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Karl Mathiesen / Politico:
Gulf Stream shutoff could happen this century, scientists warn
Discussion: New Scientist
Veronica Roseborough / The Hill:
These five American women will appear on new quarters in 2024  —  The U.S. Mint has announced five new women who will be circulated on quarters in 2024 as part of the third year of the American Women Quarters Program.  —  The circulation is part of a larger effort to raise awareness …
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") …
Doha Madani / NBC News:
5 Florida high school staffers charged with failure to report teen's sexual assault  —  Palm Beach Central High School's principal and four others are accused of mishandling a 15-year-old girl's sexual assault after a friend alerted a teacher.  —  Five employees of the Palm Beach County school district …
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Federal judge tosses Biden administration asylum rule for migrants  —  A federal judge in California on Tuesday struck down the Biden administration's temporary restrictions on migrants seeking asylum, ruling that the government's plan to reduce illegal crossings on the southern border violated federal law.
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Kirk Siegler / NPR:
Ammon Bundy ordered to pay $50 million.  But will the hospital ever see the money?  —  A jury has ordered anti-government extremist Ammon Bundy and associates to pay more than $50 million in damages to Idaho's largest hospital in connection with armed protests last year that led to a security lockdown.
Jonathan Mattise / Associated Press:
Transgender Patients Sue Hospital For Giving Records To Tennessee's Attorney General  —  Two patients sued Vanderbilt University Medical Center for violating their privacy by turning their records over to Tennessee's attorney general.  —  Vanderbilt University Medical Center is being sued …
Discussion: The Tennessean and WKRN-TV
NBC News:
Pope tells transgender person: ‘God loves us as we are’  —  Pope Francis has previously said “who am I to judge” when asked about the LGBTQ community.  —  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has told a young transgender person that “God loves us as we are,” his latest outreach gesture towards the LGBTQ community.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Senate Targets US Investments in China Through Key Defense Bill
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Politico:
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum qualifies for first GOP primary debate
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump's Lawyer Labels Daily Beast Story ‘Election Interference’
Discussion: Raw Story, Washington Post and HuffPost
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into Harvard's Legacy Admissions
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Trump's downfall is coming: Now the Democrats must use his crimes to finish him
Discussion: Raw Story and Al Jazeera