The Paper Trail: July 8, 2025
Texas Flood Finger-Pointing; 1/3 of Southern Border is Militarized; U.S. Contractors Fire Live Ammo at Palestinians; And More.
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Texas Flood Finger-Pointing; 1/3 of Southern Border is Militarized; U.S. Contractors Fire Live Ammo at Palestinians; And More.
Kristi Noem’s Dark Money Income; Rule #1 in Trump’s Washington: Don’t Write Anything Down; Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention; And More.
DOJ Sues Federal Judges; Trump Preparing to Challenge Impoundment Law; Military Domestic Violence Convictions Skyrocket; And More.
U.S.-Iran Conflict; FDA’s Secret Gamble on Imported Drugs; Beware “Juice Jacking” and “Honeypot” Networks; And More.
Trump broke spending law—again; Golden phones, crypto, conflict chaos; Student debt tanks credit scores; And More.
L.A. Military Deployment; What It Takes to Get a Trump Pardon; CDC Vaccine Panel Picks Spark Concern; And More.
Trump Deploys Troops to Los Angeles; SCOTUS Grants DOGE Access to Data, Shields It from Disclosure; RFK Jr. Fires Vaccine Advisory Panel; And More.
Elon Musk’s 130-Day Self-Interest Spree; New Questions About IRS Nominee; Looming Salt Crisis for U.S. Rivers; and more.
DOGE Busier Than Ever, Elon Musk “Really Not Leaving”; White House Rebukes GAO over “Invasive” Probes; Trump Military Parade Cost an Underestimate; And More.
Trump’s Clemency Spree; FEMA at “High Risk” ahead of 2025 Hurricane Season; MAHA Report Rife with Errors; And More.
Who Attended Trump’s Meme Coin Dinner?; White House Budget Chief Mocks GAO Impoundment Opinion; Police Killings Rising Since George Floyd Murder; And More.
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