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Two people dead and a third injured in shooting at Michigan shopping mallThe Guardian US
‘A total disappointment’: revelers face unbearable heat at Great American State FairThe Guardian US
CDC investigates parasite that’s caused cases of ‘explosive’ diarrhea in 18 US statesThe Guardian US
Louisiana court halts criminal indictment against state attorney generalThe Guardian US
Americans disgusted at Trump earning $1bn from crypto as president: ‘Obviously a grift’The Guardian US
Why Gen Z bros are ditching their MAGA hatsVox
The Supreme Court can no longer explain itselfVox
The fatal flaw in how America handles heat wavesVox
A very Trump July 4Vox
Medicare is now offering $50 GLP-1 prescriptions. The US may never be the same.Vox
Speaker Mike Johnson reacts as reporter reads birthright citizenship opinion to him liveCNN
Jeffries: What happens in handful of primaries not 'indicative of what needs to happen in November'CNN
‘Everybody’s profiting’: Trump shrugs off concerns about profiting during presidencyCNN
With Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship, here’s what to know about immigration to the US, in chartsCNN
Mamdani’s speech for America’s 250th takes direct aim at MAGA bigotryMS NOW
The Declaration contains perhaps the greatest sentence ever crafted by human handMS NOW
Cleaning up America’s polluted campaign finance ecosystem just got a lot harderMS NOW
America’s 250th year was horrible for civil rights. But there’s a path forward.MS NOW
POLITICS & DEMOCRACY
Former Olympian Charged with One Count of Felony Vandalism In Reflecting Pool SagaTalking Points Memo
Chicago FBI Head Ousted; Official Account Claims He Wasn’t ‘On Board’ With TrumpTalking Points Memo
There Was a White House Playbook for Selling Unpopular Foreign Policy Ideas. Trump Has Thrown It Away.Talking Points Memo
God’s Country: America250 History Comic Book Has Very Strong Opinions About the ConstitutionTalking Points Memo
An Update on ColoradoTalking Points Memo
Mainstream media gets nothing from caving to TrumpDaily Kos
11 times Trump and his cronies were unpatriotic as hellDaily Kos
Don’t touch the waterDaily Kos
Miccosukee Tribe member wants ‘Alligator Alcatraz’—but Miami doesn’t have the land backDaily Kos
Newsom vowed to transform kids’ mental health. Many California schools are still waiting.Daily Kos
Trump's odd new 'kleptomania' habit a clear sign he's suffering from dementia: expertRaw Story
'Didn't need to die': Immigration center ignored detainee's pleas before killing himRaw Story
'Perverted little fantasy': Stephen Miller instantly buried after bizarre postRaw Story
'Demon in human skin!' Fox News host loses it as Dem threatens to upend Texas Senate raceRaw Story
Melania gives Congress private deadline as she works around Trump's team: reportRaw Story
Fox News Is Unintentionally Highlighting Trump's Failed Great American State FairPoliticus USA
Trump Is Worried That No One Will Show Up For His 4th Of July SpeechPoliticus USA
Trump Gifts Democrats The Election By Holding A Midterm ConventionPoliticus USA
INVESTIGATION & ANALYSIS
“He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.ProPublica
Massachusetts Set to Extend Statute of Limitations for Rape Cases With DNA EvidenceProPublica
How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter SpiralProPublica
A Troubling Milestone: Most Supreme Court Rulings Are Secretive Votes With Little JustificationProPublica
“That Guy Is Still Out There”ProPublica
Trump’s Communist Boogeyman Playbook: Charging Protesters as TerroristsThe Intercept
How Florida’s Cuban Diaspora and the Israeli Lobby Came Together — and Are Coming ApartThe Intercept
RFK Jr. Claims He’s Investigating Terrorism Now, TooThe Intercept
ICE Flouting Federal Judge’s Order to Stop Arresting Immigrants at New York CourtsThe Intercept
Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First TermThe Intercept
The Federal Government Has Made America 250 a Spectacle. These States Want It to Be a Moment for Reflection.Mother Jones
America is 250 Years Old. Have You Ever Read the Declaration of Independence?Mother Jones
I Talked to Trump Supporters About Cuts to the Train… on the TrainMother Jones
Watch: Trump’s Dystopia Takes Over the National MallMother Jones
“He’s Mister Iran”: How Netanyahu Made a Better Iran Deal ImpossibleMother Jones
Slaughterhouse SixThe Nation
Fourth of July FireworksThe Nation
My Doppelgänger Trying to Attack AOCThe Nation
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NEW: Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana.
Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility's staff failed to adequately respond.
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
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Active Redistricting Cases: 41
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