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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Today, E Jean Carroll gets her $5M payment from Trump plus interest per court documents; the Justice Department loses another voter roll case bringing them to zero for 13; the Wisconsin Elections Commission has made two criminal referrals to the Brown County DA against Elon Musk for his $1M voter lottery scheme; Senate Democrats have blocked the $1.15T Pentagon policy bill; ICE has been ordered to stop pursuing people in cars; one of the strictest abortion bans in the US could be defeated in November; Marco Rubio launches a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court; New York became the first state to ban data centers; new polling shows Talarico leads Paxton among Hispanic business owners in Texas; Michael Cohen has been secretly meeting with Donald Trump; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Trump plans primetime speech on voting machines and foreign influence in elections | MS NOW

New York becomes the first state to impose a data center moratorium | Reuters

Elon Musk likely broke the law by giving voters $1 million, Wisconsin board says | CNN Politics

Senate Dems block defense bill in protest of Iran war | POLITICO

Trump's HHS shelves threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care | NPR

ICE pauses most vehicle stops as pressure to arrest is blamed for fatal shootings | NBC News

Man is killed by truck as he flees immigration agents in St. Augustine | Miami Herald

Michael Cohen Helped Convict Trump. Now, He’s Making Nice Again | The New York Times

Marco Rubio launches campaign to dismantle international criminal court | The Guardian

Trump DOJ 0 for 13 in voter roll grab after court dismisses West Virginia lawsuit | Democracy Docket

New polling shows Talarico leads Paxton among Hispanic business owners | MS NOW

One of strictest US abortion bans could be overturned in November’s election | Idaho | The Guardian

E. Jean Carroll receives $5.62 million payment from Trump in sex abuse and defamation case after yearslong wait | CBS News

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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Today, Trump will give a Thursday night address likely to produce falsified evidence of foreign interference in the 2020 election; a federal judge has sanctioned two lawyers and referred Blanche and Woodward to the Bar for disciplinary action after finding Donald’s lawsuit against the IRS was a fraud on the court; the Justice Department has finally turned over evidence in the shooting case of Renée Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis; 12 states have filed a lawsuit to block the Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. merger; the Governor of South Carolina has appointed Lindsey Graham’s sister to take over his Senate seat for the remainder of the term; ICE agents have killed another person in a vehicle in Biddeford Maine sparking protests at Susan Collins’ office; 20 agents from the FBI and other federal agencies were seen with U.S. Capitol Police officers entering Lindsey Graham’s house; Katie Phang fires back at Todd Blanche’s refusal to release court-ordered Epstein documents; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

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Trump election task force to begin releasing classified intel documents | MS NOW

Trump Had Role in Weighing Proposals to Seize Voting Machines | The New York Times

Trump administration tried to ‘manipulate the judicial process’ with its IRS settlement, judge says | NBC News

Fractures emerge after feds share evidence from Good, Pretti killings with Minnesota authorities | Minnesota Star Tribune

12 states file lawsuit to block $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger | NBC News

Lindsey Graham’s sister picked to serve the rest of his Senate term | The Washington Post

FBI agents search Sen. Graham’s DC home | NBC News

ICE Agent Kills Person in Vehicle in Biddeford, Maine, State Officials Say | The New York Times

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Monday, July 13, 2026

Today, Lindsey Graham died this weekend and a scramble for his Senate seat is already underway; New York Times journalists have been subpoenaed over the story revealing deficiencies in the Qatari bribe jet; the FBI has admitted it has training videos on who to redact from the Epstein files; a Houston man killed by ICE was not their original target; Trump has ousted the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of the midterms; Jeanine Pirro begs a judge for more time to produce records relating to Kash Patel’s drinking; Judge Kelly has granted Trump’s motion to dismiss the Proud Boys’ seditious conspiracy charges; Congressman Ro Khanna was detained by IDF during his West Bank visit; whistleblowers have detailed several problems stemming from rushed or improper reconstruction of the Kennedy Center; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

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A scramble for power has already begun after Lindsey Graham’s death | POLITICO

Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media | The New York Times

Trump will allow a bipartisan housing bill he thwarted to become law tomorrow | NBC News

Rep. Ro Khanna says he was detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit | NBC News

Democrat announces whistleblower allegations of construction problems at Kennedy Center | AP News

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Monday, July 13, 2026

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n a stunning admission, the FBI just confirmed to me the existence of training videos instructing FBI analysts on what to redact in the Epstein Files. I’ll show you the letter and discuss the massive implications.

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