An L.A. activist who handed out protective masks to protesters during anti-ICE demonstrations last month has been indicted on federal counts of conspiracy and aiding civil unrest. My latest: latimes.com/california/sto…

I’m in Kerrville, where I spoke to a man who said he and his wife were swept underwater. He tried to swim toward her voice, he said, but lost her when he was struck in the head by debris. He survived by holding onto a tree. #floods #Texas nytimes.com/2025/07/04/us/… via @NYTimes

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NEW: U.S. Turns Eight Migrants Over to South Sudan, Ending Weeks of Legal Limbo. w/ Hamed Aleaziz Gift link >> nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/…

Michael McCown, father of Linnie, went to Camp Mystic to walk and search. He needed to find his daughter. I respectfully share this short dispatch about a grieving father and am so grateful to him for letting me in. washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…

United States Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer and Petty Officer Scott Ruskin, directly saved an astonishing 165 victims in the devastating flooding in central Texas. This was the first rescue mission of his career and he was the only triage coordinator at the scene. Scott Ruskin is

Our investigation into the Israeli airstrike on Evin Prison in Tehran — analysis of satellite imagery and videos shared to social media revealed damage in four areas of the complex, with structures nearly 2,000 feet apart in ruins. We verified the deaths of 43 prison staff

The Texas flooding is one of the deadliest events for U.S. children that we have ever seen. 21 dead so far. More children killed than in any mass shooting, including Uvalde and Sandy Hook. It may end up killing more children than Hurricane Katrina. Unfathomable heartbreak.

I wanted to finish this night on one positive note: This is Scott Ruskan, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. He is credited with saving 165 people from Camp Mystic. It was his first rescue mission. Here is his story: nytimes.com/2025/07/06/us/…

NPR's Anas Baba in Gaza faced Israeli military fire, US contractors pointing laser beams at his forehead, crowds with knives fighting for rations, and masked thieves when he sought food from a new group backed by the US and Israel. Listen and read: npr.org/2025/07/06/g-s…

Read the memo that Biden's aides sent the president to convince him to do an early debate with Trump: politico.com/newsletters/pl… 2024 comes out tomorrow! Order the book: amazon.com/2024-Trump-Ret…

Some of the conspiracies around Epstein and the “deep state” of bureaucrats supposedly covering up the extent of his crimes have been fanned by the same people now in top roles, including FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy Dan Bongino, who have since taken a more sober tone.

New PRESS BOX w/ David Shoemaker: The NYT + Mamdani Another Epstein Bust David Foster Wallace on Roger Federer Revisited The WSJ's Josh Dawsey on Trump, Harris, and the untold stories of 2024 Plus: Clark Kent's Career as a Journalist open.spotify.com/episode/2hWJEI…

NEW TONIGHT: @IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to a decades-old ban on politicking by tax-exempt nonprofits. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/…

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My former colleagues at Reuters and I investigated the entity mentioned here in 2013, and estimated its holdings at $95 billion. But while Khamenei controls Setad and its wealth, we found no evidence he was using it to enrich himself. Read our series here reuters.com/investigates/i…

Our investigation into Israel's strike on Evin on the front page. Photos arash khamooshi

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Trump's disenchantment with Putin, along with more positive recent interactions with Zelensky, appears to have driven Trump's decision to resume sending some critical munitions to Ukraine after their delivery was halted last month w/Maggie Haberman nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/…

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.”