memeorandum: Rep. Van Orden gets bipartisan scolding after he cursed at teen Senate pages (Juliana Kim/NPR)

8:35 PM ET, July 29, 2023

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GOP Rep. John James, one of the party's highest-profile Black lawmakers, blasts Ron DeSantis over Florida's new slavery curriculum: 'You've gone too far. Stop.' — GOP Rep. John James called out Gov. Ron DeSantis over the new slavery curriculum in Florida.

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Trump Tells Iowa Republicans Not to Take a Chance on DeSantis — GOP front-runner makes rare appearance alongside a dozen rivals for the party's presidential nomination — DES MOINES, Iowa—As the campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis struggles and former President Donald Trump braces …

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:

Trump and DeSantis Collide for First Time in Iowa, as Fortunes Diverge — A contest once viewed as a two-man race between Donald J. Trump and Ron DeSantis has settled into a new dynamic: Mr. Trump versus everyone else. — Reporting from Des Moines and Osceola, Iowa.

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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:

WATCH: GOP presidential candidate, Trump critic Will Hurd booed off stage at Iowa event — Hurd declared Trump was running for president to ‘stay out of prison’ — Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Will Hurd was booed off the stage at a campaign event in Iowa …

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump shows in Iowa he still rules the GOP — despite his deepening criminal peril

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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump insulted their governor and may be indicted again. They love him.

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Julia Shapero / The Hill:

Pentagon investigating Air Force engineer's ‘critical compromise’ of communications across military branch: Forbes — The Pentagon is investigating a “critical compromise” of communications within the Air Force, after an engineer at Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee allegedly gained unauthorized access …

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Thomas Brewster / Forbes:

Exclusive: Pentagon Investigates ‘Critical Compromise’ Of Air Force Communications Systems — FBI communications may also have been compromised by an engineer working on Tennessee Air Force base, a search warrant reveals. — The Pentagon is investigating what it has called a “critical compromise” …

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Juliana Kim / NPR:

Rep. Van Orden gets bipartisan scolding after he cursed at teen Senate pages — Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a freshman Republican from Wisconsin, said he was enraged after witnessing a group of high school-age Senate pages “defiling” the Capitol and treating the building like a “frat house common room.”

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Andrew Zhang / Politico:

Judge dismisses Trump's ‘Big Lie’ lawsuit against CNN — The Trump-appointed judge wrote that CNN's statements, while “repugnant,” were not defamatory. — A federal judge late Friday dismissed Donald Trump's $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, in which the former president argued …

Andrew Zhang / Politico:

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Washington Post:

Biden escalates clash with Tuberville over military vacancies — Alabama senator has blocked hundreds of military appointments over abortion. Biden says he is torpedoing national security. — President Biden is sharply escalating his criticism of Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville …

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Leila Sackur / NBC News:

Mass shooting near community event leaves 5 injured in Seattle — The shooting targeted a youth community outreach event, police said, and injured 5 people, two critically, who were all in their 20s. — Five people injured in Seattle shooting — A mass shooting near a community event …

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