NYTIMES (Farnaz Fassihi, Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt) - Iran Considered Retaliatory Strike on Ukrainian Seaport
A flurry of diplomacy has eased tensions, officials said, after an incident risked triggering a wider war.
NYTIMES (Abbie VanSickle) - Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn $83.3 Million Award in Carroll Defamation Case
President Trump paid E. Jean Carroll more than $5 million from a 2023 lawsuit, but he is now asking the court to overturn a much larger award that a jury ordered him to pay in 2024 for defaming her.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Georgia teen shooter gets maximum sentence of life in prison without parole
16-year-old Colt Gray pleaded guilty to all 55 counts against him last week for fatally shooting two teachers and two students at Apalachee High School in September 2024. Nine others were wounded.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Rob Taub) - Lindsay Clancy only took fraction of prescribed medications: Prosecutors
Prosecutors showed evidence of several missed pills from prescription bottles filled for Lindsay Clancy for several months.
BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - The Babylon Bee's Woman Of The Year Is Elliot Page
The Babylon Bee has selected Elliot Page as its annual Woman of the Year.
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AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - Scoop: Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn $83M judgment for E. Jean Carroll
President Trump 's lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the $83.3 million defamation judgment he was ordered to pay to E. Jean Carroll, Axios has learned. - The judgment stemmed from Trump's 2019 statements in which he denied Carroll's claim that he'd sexually assaulted her in the 1990s and attacked her credibility, accusing her of making up the allegation. Driving the news: Trump's lawyers argue he's entitled to presidential immunity because he made the comments while he was serving as president in response to reporters' questions, which centered on his fitness for office. State of play: Trump's lawyers unsuccessfully appealed the $83.3 million judgment to the federal appeals court in the 2nd Circuit. - Now, in their…
NYTIMES (Pranav Baskar and Shirin Hakim) - Houthis Claim Strike on Another Saudi Oil Tanker
With their ally, Iran, bottling up the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthi group in Yemen is escalating its declared blockade of Saudi shipping in another vital waterway, the Red Sea.
REDSTATE (Duke) - Michigan Democrats Have a Senate Problem - and No Easy Answer
WASHINGTONPOST (Brady Dennis) - Teenage school shooter in Georgia is sentenced to life without parole
Colt Gray last week pleaded guilty to a 2024 rampage that left four dead at a high school outside Atlanta.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed refuses to apologize for 'ogre on a pike' remark, says Fetterman was the target
Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed doubled down on his "ogre on a pike" metaphor at the final primary debate, drawing condemnation from members of his own party just days before the August 4 primary. El-Sayed, a progressive candidate and former Wayne County Health Department director, used Monday night's debate to clarify that his now-infamous […] The post Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed refuses to apologize for 'ogre on a pike' remark, says Fetterman was the target appeared first on American Almanac .
Michigan Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed doubled down on his "ogre on a pike" metaphor at the final primary debate, drawing condemnation from members of his own party just days before the August 4 primary. El-Sayed, a progressive candidate and former Wayne County Health Department director, used Monday night's debate to clarify that his now-infamous remark was aimed at Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, not at his primary opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens. He declined to apologize. The clarification did little to quiet the backlash from fellow Democrats, gun-control advocates, and even some on the left who called the language unacceptable. The controversy traces back to a Zoom call with Democratic donors. Audio obtained by Politico…Open