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White House releases a memo from Dr. Barbabella on "mild swelling" in President Trump's lower legs:

Full log of Karoline’s comments to reporters (h/t @cbsnews’s @kristincbrown) “I know that many in the media have been speculating about bruising on the president's hand and also swelling in the president's legs. So in the effort of transparency, the president wanted me to share…

A yearslong project to renovate Fed buildings has become the centerpiece of President Trump’s pressure campaign against Fed Chair Jerome Powell wsj.com/economy/centra…

President Trump has privately vented about having a Comey work in his administration, sources tell ABC.   Comey is the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, who Trump fired during his first term in office because he the initiated the Russia investigation.

President Trump denied that he was planning to attempt to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell after polling Republican lawmakers during a closed-door meeting about whether he should oust him wsj.com/politics/polic… via @WSJ

Two things about conspiracy theories of which the Epstein case is an example: 1. They almost never pan out. 2. They almost never go away.

President Trump with a lengthy post on Truth Social about what he is calling the "Jeffrey Epstein Hoax":

Inflation picked up in June, a potential sign that companies are starting to pass tariff costs on to consumers wsj.com/economy/inflat… via @WSJ

After Trump Deal, Ukraine’s Fortunes Hinge on How Fast NATO Can Deliver Arms wsj.com/world/europe/u…

“I think it’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to require Democrats to just toughen up,” Obama said at a private fundraiser in NJ Friday. "What’s needed now is courage.” cnn.com/2025/07/14/pol…

Trump Raises Pressure on Russia With Tariff Threat, Ukraine Weapons Deal wsj.com/world/trump-ag… via @WSJ

Rubio Cites New Path to Ukraine Peace Talks After Meeting Russia’s Lavrov wsj.com/world/rubio-ci… via @VeraMBergen in Malaysia

Trump says 50 days for a peace deal or 100% tariffs on Russia, far less than 500% tariffs being pushed in Congress On the bill: “I’m not sure we need it … It could be very useful we will have to see…...The 500% is sort of meaningless after a while.” Says 100% have same effect

🇬🇧🇺🇸 The President of the United States of America, President Donald J. Trump, accompanied by the First Lady Mrs. Melania Trump, will be hosted by His Majesty The King for a State Visit to the United Kingdom from 17th September to 19th September 2025.

Just want to take a minute to mark a huge moment in DC. The legendary @danbalz is retiring from full-time work at the @washingtonpost after 47 remarkable years. I had the great privilege of sitting next to Dan in the Post newsroom and working with him for years. He is the last of…

WSJ exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a program that people briefed on the talks described as a center for conservative scholarship, possibly modeled on Stanford’s Hoover Institution wsj.com/us-news/educat…

Also on Air Force One: WESLEY HUNT 👀

Lobbyist Barry Bennett has flown 379,000 miles this year looking for business. “I have three and a half more years,” he said. “You can sleep when you’re dead.” In Trump’s Washington, lobbyists are navigating the question of how to get rich—but not so rich that they attract…

The wife of TX Attorney General and GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton announces she has filed for divorce on "biblical grounds" citing "recent discoveries"

Missed this but Pence wrote a letter to a woman who refused her pardon for Jan. 6: “Your honorable decisions speaks volumes about your commitment to the Rule of Law and I wanted to pass along my genuine respect.”