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5+ hour, 26+ min ago  (153+ words) Illinois Governor JB Pritzker reiterated his theory that Donald Trump is "suffering from dementia," claiming the president is a different man than he was 10 years ago," The Wrap reports. Said Pritzker: Look, the man is continually suffering from dementia. I…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago  (312+ words) President Luiz In'cio Lula da Silva maintained his advantage over Fl'vio Bolsonaro ahead of Brazil's October election," Bloomberg reports. Lula leads Bolsonaro by roughly 7 percentage points, 49%-42%, in a possible runoff vote, according to a survey by Atlas Intel." Goddard spent…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (153+ words) When Rep. Tom Kean Jr. revealed Tuesday his extended absence from the House was due to inpatient treatment for depression, he ended months of speculation but also fueled a delicate conversation: Just how much privacy are elected officials entitled to?...

5+ hour, 38+ min ago  (162+ words) They're streaming matches on their phones in between votes on Capitol Hill. They're buying into the Team USA hype. And they're thrilled that soccer fans from all over the world are experiencing American food and culture for the first time…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago  (182+ words) Wall Street Journal: "Europeans have long shunned air conditioning, viewing it as noisy, a blight on their architectural heritage and, above all, unnecessary, as long as the summers were mild. They feared widespread adoption of the energy-hungry technology would undermine their…...

4+ hour, 7+ min ago  (72+ words) Indirect talks in Doha, Qatar, between officials from the United States and Iran aimed at ending the Middle East war have started," Agence France-Presse reports. Bloomberg: Qatar burnishes its influence as Trump's go-to. "Indirect talks in Doha, Qatar, between officials…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago  (157+ words) Punchbowl News: "For the second week in a row, Speaker Mike Johnson was railroaded by his own colleagues in the House Republican Conference." "Thirteen GOP lawmakers rejected Johnson's efforts to bring a key FY2027 spending package and the annual Pentagon policy…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago  (198+ words) President Donald Trump isn't exactly the outdoorsman and conservationist that was Theodore Roosevelt, a hunting, wilderness-loving president who preserved hundreds of millions of acres of public land and, in his final years, led a jungle expedition to the Amazon," the…...

5+ hour, 46+ min ago  (134+ words) Tensions over pesticide use erupted in an Oval Office meeting last week, as a top agriculture lobbyist warned President Trump that an executive order calling for pest-killing alternatives would cost Trump support from farming interests," Axios reports. The confrontation, which…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago  (678+ words) July 1 (UPI) " Progressives had a big night in Colorado's primaries Tuesday, led by lawyer Melat Kiros, who was poised to unseat 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana De Gette for the Democratic nomination in the state's 1st Congressional District. With votes still being…...