Axios reports: Attorney General Pam Bondi dodged questions on the Jeffrey Epstein files or on any clashes with FBI deputy director Dan Bongino during a Tuesday news conference. Trump told reporters Tuesday that Bondi has “done a very good job,” but appeared to agree with his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, who said there needs to be “more transparency” and suggested the …

West Palm Beach’s CW affiliate reports: Black streaks have reappeared on the LGBTQ Pride intersection in Delray Beach after a pickup truck drove by—twice—and did burnouts, video shows. Video from the scene shows what appears to be a man in a black pickup truck and glasses, stopping at a stop sign near the rainbow intersection as cars drive by. The …

Reuters reports: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of half of the 4,000 National Guard troops who had been sent to Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel during a spate of protests last month, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the decision owed to the success of the mission. “Thanks to …

The Huffington Post reports: In a head-spinning move on Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation that would repeal cuts to Medicaid he helped make possible only two weeks ago. “President Trump has always said we have to protect Medicaid for working people. Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect,” Hawley said …

The Hill reports: Vermont was named the best state for quality of life by CNBC for the fifth year in a row, according to a Monday release from the news outlet. Maine, New Jersey, Minnesota, Connecticut, Hawaii, North Dakota, Massachusetts, Nebraska and Virginia also made the top 10 list for a high quality of life. But the Green Mountain state …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized ruled by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have removed medical debt from credit reports. U.S. District Court Judge Sean Jordan of Texas’s Eastern District, who was appointed by Trump, found that the rule exceeded the CFPB ‘s authority. Jordan said that the CFPB is not …

Wired reports: Newly uncovered metadata reveals that nearly three minutes of footage were cut from what the US Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation described as “full raw” surveillance video from the only functioning camera near Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell the night before he was found dead. The video was released last week as part of the Trump …

Crooks & Liars reports: This good Christian family that fled the United States to escape ‘teh gays’ is about to get some harsh lessons in how the world really works, especially the Russian world, their new home. Derek Huffman convinced himself that by signing his one-year contract, he’d somehow be able to use his welding skills to avoid the fighting in …

Axios reports: House Republicans on Tuesday voted down another Democratic procedural maneuver aimed at forcing the Justice Department to release documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. It’s the second time this week Democrats have forced their GOP colleagues to choose between loyalty to President Trump and a MAGA base that is furious at his administration over its handling of the Epstein …

Politico reports: Trump wants lawmakers in Texas to redraw the state’s congressional district map to give Republicans five more House seats, he told reporters Tuesday. “There could be some other states we’re going to get another three, or four or five in addition. Texas would be the biggest one.” he said. “Just a simple redrawing we pick up five seats.” …

From homocon rioter Brandon Straka: Radical socialism is NOT the answer. Its empty promises won’t fix the problems that New Yorkers face every day; in fact, it will make these problems worse. We are not asking anyone to become Republican. We are not asking anyone to become MAGA. Our message is simple: Socialist policies don’t work. Socialism ALWAYS fails. So …

Politico reports: Senate Republicans will scale back the White House’s $9.4 billion spending clawback request as they look to shore up their vote count. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), who is leading the rescissions effort in concert with the White House, said Republicans will remove a $400 million cut to the global AIDS program known as PEPFAR, bringing the total amount …

The New York Times reports: It was a startling, almost unbelievable, allegation. It turned out to be untrue. On June 25, Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, told a Senate committee that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, had spent $9.3 million “to advise Russian doctors on how to perform abortions …

“AOC — look. I think she’s very nice. But she’s very low IQ, and we really don’t need low IQ. Between her and Crockett, we’re gonna give ’em both an IQ test to see who comes out best. I took a real test at Walter Reed Medical Center and I aced it. Now it’s time for them to take a …

The Atlantic reports: Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people abroad who need it. Nearly 500 metric tons of emergency food—enough to feed about 1.5 million children for a week—are set to expire tomorrow, according to current and former government employees with …

“When they say LGBT support for President Trump may have dipped a little bit in this last election, I’m not really sure because he has the support of most normal gays that I talk to, and most gay people are tired of being lumped in with the non-binary LGBTQIA R2D2 nonsense. I don’t need to constantly feel like I’m part …

“So this is what I said yesterday: ‘I’m done about talking about Epstein for the time being.’ Nobody, not a single news outlet said ‘for the time being.’ They did not include that second part of the sentence. “I’m going to trust my friends of the administration. I’m gonna trust Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, JD Vance. It’s their ball. It’s …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Director of Emergency Management is defending the conditions at the “Alligator Alcatraz” internment facility, arguing that people sheltering from hurricanes wish they had the kind of space illegal immigrants get at the site. The training airport on the edge of the Everglades in recent weeks has become a staging ground for deportations from the Donald Trump …

The New York Post reports: Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has carved out a key exemption to the county’s controversial mask ban — allowing local cops involved in ICE raids and working undercover to still wear face coverings. The existing law only exempts public mask-wearing for religious or health reasons, but Blakeman’s new executive order now gives federal, state and …

CBS News reports: Russia has rejected President Trump’s “ultimatum” for Moscow to sign a ceasefire deal to end the war in Ukraine within 50 days on Tuesday as “unacceptable,” calling for continued negotiations and insisting that the invasion ordered by President Vladimir Putin would continue until its goals are achieved. In response to President Trump’s threat to impose 100% secondary …