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Roughly 700 active-duty US Marines who were mobilized last month to respond to protests in Los Angeles are being sent home from the mission, the Pentagon said Monday. More via @halbritz 👇cnn.com/2025/07/21/pol…

The Air Force confirmed that a 52 bomber was performing a flyover of the North Dakota State Fair Friday evening and said it is “looking into” reports of a close call with a Delta regional jet… cnn.com/2025/07/20/us/…

New: It was after midnight in Malaysia when Sec Rubio dialed in to a call btw President Trump & NATO SecGen Rutte - a call in which Trump made a major policy pivot on Ukraine. A deep dive into Rubio’s quiet ascent into Trump’s inner circle: cnn.com/2025/07/20/pol…

Analysis: QAnon shows the staying power of Epstein theories. Trump should know they won’t go away cnn.com/2025/07/16/med…

NEWS: Trump administration completes large-scale prisoner swap w/ Venezuela. Abt 250 Venezuelans deported from US currently detained in El Salvador were sent back to home country in exchange for remaining American hostages in Venezuela, sources tell CNN. cnn.com/2025/07/18/pol…

What this includes: 10 US nationals are on their way back to the US, 252 Venezuelans detained in an El Salvadoran prison were sent back to Venezuela & dozens of Venezuelan political prisoners were released.

Periodic reminder that the Senate Intel Committee, led at the time by a certain future secretary of state Marco Rubio, concluded this in its comprehensive review of Russian interference in the 2016 election: intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/upl…

Hello from Wiesbaden where yesterday I spoke w/ Ukraine’s drone forces commander Maj. Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, who stressed the need for NATO to better incorporate drones into defense strategy & said putting trust in Putin is “not respectful to yourself” —> cnn.com/2025/07/16/pol…

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s amendment to cut security assistance for Taiwan from the defense appropriations bill gets absolutely crushed, 6-421. Not sure I’ve ever seen a non-procedural vote that lopsided.

Trump writes on Truth Social that when he personally told Rupert Murdoch that the WSJ story was not true, "Mr. Murdoch stated that he would take care of it but, obviously, did not have the power to do so." Trump says he's going to sue WSJ -- and Rupert Murdoch.

The great @ErinBurnett had me on @CNN to talk about NPR. One of the revelations: many of the lawmakers who claim NPR is biased have been guests on NPR, and have been able to tell their own stories in their own words. vimeo.com/1102363466/e1f…

“The move is particularly surprising because ‘The Late Show’ is typically the highest-rated show in late-night. And the timing is bound to raise questions because it comes just two weeks after the parent company of CBS, Paramount, settled a lawsuit lodged by President Trump…

Among the people fired from the State Department: the entire staff of the office assisting families of employees who die overseas, sources told CNN More on the cuts & reorganization- and its impact - from me, @kylieatwood & @AnnieGrayerCNN cnn.com/2025/07/17/pol…

“There is no real good reason for a 50-day extension to impose tariffs…and this gives the president an opportunity to back out,” Dem Rep @YVindman as Trump sets another new deadline for Russia to stop attacks on Ukraine.

How top Dem on House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Meeks, is responding to Trump’s Ukraine-Russia announcement today. Interesting given the Trump’s recent shift in rhetoric re Putin.

A WH official tells me the president means he will impose "100% tariffs on Russia + secondary sanctions on other countries that buy oil from Russia" if a deal isn't struck in 50 days

President Trump says he'll impose secondary tariffs on Russia "at about 100%" if there's no agreement on ending the war within 50 days. He also confirms the US will send weapons to Ukraine.