Politics and Government - The Trump administration faces ongoing pressure over its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, leading to a spat with media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the removal of Wall Street Journal reporters from the president's trip to Scotland [1] - The White House released over 230,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, raising concerns from King's family about the historical context [1] - The tax cut and spending package signed into law is projected to add $34 trillion to the national debt over the next decade and is expected to cause more than 10 million people to lose their health insurance due to Medicaid cuts [1] International Relations and Trade - President Trump is scheduled to meet with the President of the Philippines to discuss tariffs and trade, with a potential 20% tariff rate being considered if an agreement is not reached by August 1st [1][2] Weather and Environment - Millions of people across the US are under heat alerts, with temperatures expected to soar into the triple digits and heat index values potentially reaching 110 degrees Fahrenheit or higher in some areas [2] - Severe weather, including heavy rain and flash floods, is threatening the upper Midwest and portions of the South [2] Accidents and Investigations - The FAA and Air Force are investigating a close call over North Dakota involving a B-52 bomber and a Delta Airlines regional jet carrying 80 people, which occurred during a flyover at the North Dakota State Fair [2][3] - A fighter jet crashed into a school in Bangladesh, resulting in at least 27 fatalities, including 25 children, prompting an investigation into the technical malfunction [3] Legal and Justice System - A federal appeals court overturned the 2017 conviction of Pedro Hernandez for the 1979 murder and kidnapping of six-year-old Eton Pates, potentially leading to a new trial or his release [3] - A former Louisville police officer, Brett Hankison, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for deprivation of rights under color of law in connection with the raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor [7][8]

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Well, consistency is not exactly Donald Trump's thing. And so, Donald Trump has more than one way of expressing how, say, terrified he is. He might fly into obsessive, relentless social media postings about the thing he's terrified about. Sometimes he'll do it about the thing he's terrified about, and sometimes not.Sometimes about like anything else, which is kind of what he's been doing. And the other way Donald Trump communicates his fear is silence, which is also what he's been doing. That's how Donald T ...

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The White House removes the Wall Street Journal from the press pool for President Donald Trump's Scotland trip, citing the newspaper's story about Jeffrey Epstein and the president https://t.co/SdQAZofVKC ...

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So Ben Smith in his latest piece for semaphore which carries the headline how to resist the Epstein temptation. And in it Ben writes this. There's obviously great fun in watching the world's dumbest media revolution.The social media Epstein detectives lied by led by podcasters turn keystone cops devour its children. There are political incentives for Democrats to join MAGA and stoking wild theories. And there are good non-conspiratorial questions about how Epstein linked business, social climbing, and sex.M ...

Here to break it all down, NBC News White House correspondent Von Hillyard, New York Times White House correspondent Luke Broadwater, MSNBC political analyst and Boston Globe columnist Kimberly Atkins, and MSN MSNBC legal analyst, former federal prosecutor Paul Butler. Van, first to you. President Trump filed this lawsuit less than 24 hours after the story dropped.And even before he did it, he remarked on the recent victories he's had in settling lawsuits against media outlets. So, how much did that inform ...

Good morning guys. I'm Emily Ketta in for Joe Frier. We're so happy you're here today and I'm Savannah Sers.We're going to get started with our show this morning at the White House. That's where President Trump is struggling to move past this firestorm surrounding his administration's handling of files related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And this is all happening, as we just mentioned, as Mr.. Trump hits the six-month mark in office. So on Friday, the president called on the Justi ...

All right, Donald Trump is taking a victory lap on what he calls a growing support uh amid his handling of the Epstein files. The president uh took to Truth Social to brag about his poll numbers within the Republican party, saying they've gone up significantly despite what he falsely calls the Jeffrey Epstein hoax. Of course, there is just one problem with all that facts.His poll numbers are cratering with everyone else. Um, a new CBS Yuggov poll shows Trump's approval rating has fallen to 42% with 58% disa ...