Russia launched a major barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight on Wednesday, which seemed to target military sites. The news comes after President Trump had sharply criticized Vladimir Putin for taking only “meaningless” steps toward peace in settlement talks. https://trib.al/NxQGjeJ

Bondi tries (badly) to explain why that minute is missing from the Epstein prison video

Confronted Over Epstein Files, Trump and Bondi Tell Supporters to Move On

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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.

A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.

If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

Ag secretary says able-bodied Medicaid recipients should replace immigrant farm workforce USDA secretary says there’s “no amnesty” from mass deportations for farm labor, but that enforcement should be “strategic.”

Trump's USDA secretary said the millions of Medicaid recipients facing stricter work requirements under the GOP megabill should replace immigrant farm workers deported under his administration's policies.

“There will be no amnesty," she said.

U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was overseeing a deal to free Americans and political prisoners held in Venezuela. But it never happened. https://trib.al/UZDtZzt

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings at Federal Agencies

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Poland ready to seek Starlink alternatives for Ukraine if Musk proves ‘unreliable’ Warsaw says it can spend its $50 million a year on other satellite providers to help Ukraine.

Poland says it’s prepared to seek alternatives to Elon Musk's Starlink network to provide satellite internet access to Ukraine if the tech billionaire proves to be an "unreliable provider."

Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This Administration threatens that progress.

Because of historic investments in foundational research, we have effective treatments for lethal conditions today. A retrenchment of American science could mean that people will suffer from the many illnesses for which we currently have little to offer.

Read Danielle Sassoon’s Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Annotated Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned Thursday as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney, writes to Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain her refusal to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.

Danielle Sassoon, who resigned Thursday as Manhattan’s U.S. attorney, wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi to explain her refusal to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York.

Women always get it done.

It Took Trump Only Twenty-four Days to Sell Out Ukraine Amid the chaos in Washington, the President’s phone call with Putin has Moscow filled with glee.

“The selling out of Ukraine was an inevitable consequence, no doubt, of America’s decision to reëlect Trump.” Susan B. Glasser writes about President Trump’s breathtaking pivot toward Moscow.

This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.

Constantly reevaluating and learning.

Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”

More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.

I got Perfect!

They destroy it every time.

Meet the Ukrainian immigrant — and Eagles fan — who brought down the house with his saxophone national anthem “I appreciated that Philadelphia accepted me,” said Ivan Glubish, who immigrated to Philadelphia in 2015 and is better known by his stage name, Vanya Sax.

Meet the Ukrainian immigrant — and Eagles fan — who brought down the house with his saxophone national anthem

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So America is beautiful but not great. Got it.

Zelenskyy offers Ukraine’s help to fight California wildfires after Trump Jr post Ukrainian president says 150 firefighters are ready to be deployed, days after Donald Trump Jr accused LA’s fire department of donating supplies to Ukraine

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