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NARRATIVE: One redacted email reopens the Epstein file in court
On July 30, 2026, the Department of Justice confirmed it had transmitted unredacted files tied to Jeffrey Epstein to a federal judge for private…

OPINION: A study finds zero American jobs saved by ICE raids
Zero. That is the number of American jobs a new academic study finds were protected by the mass immigration enforcement raids conducted under the…

COMMENTARY: Trump's approval among under-50 voters craters by 38 points
Minus-41. That is Donald Trump's net approval score among American voters under age 50, according to an analysis published on July 30, 2026 by…

DECODING: Duct tape holds up US election security before the midterms
On July 31, 2026, a CNN report by Sean Lyngaas revealed that the Trump administration is working to rebuild from scratch the federal election…

INVESTIGATION: Eight law firms paid for peace with the White House
On Sunday, August 2, 2026, a New York Times report by Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg detailed how Brad Karp, chair of Paul,…

FACT CHECK: Trump says everything is down, five times more prices went up
On July 31, 2026, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale published an analysis calling Donald Trump's claim that everything else is down absolutely and unequivocally false.…

ANALYSIS: Trump threatens Iran at night, cancels the strike hours later
On the night of August 1, 2026, a Saturday, Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States was locked and loaded to…

TESTIMONY: Assam, 700,000 Displaced and a State Rebuilding Every Monsoon
On July 20, 2026 , Al Jazeera reported that at least 25 people had been killed by floods and landslides in northern and northeastern…

ANALYSIS: Gaza's Phase Two, a Ceasefire Stalled in Cairo
On July 28, 2026 , a Hamas delegation left for Cairo to continue negotiations on implementing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.