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American History TV (@cspanhistory) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 1969, Mr. Rogers testified before a Senate Committee to advocate for educational programming and public broadcasting funding. #ThrowbackThursday

James Surowiecki (@jamessurowiecki) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The ease with which Johnson lies is staggering. The 90% is Trump's approval rating with Republicans, not with voters as a whole. (And no, 90% is not even an all-time high approval rating for a president with his own party - Obama hit 95% with Dems.)

Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Likely new CBS owner David Ellison, the CEO of Skydance, was in DC to meet with FCC chair Brendan Carr and other FCC officials on Tuesday, according to a new government filing.

John Arnold (@johnarnoldfndtn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Last year was the largest one-year percentage point decline in murder ever recorded. This year is on track to do so again. In fact, nearly every category of crime is down sharply, with many at multi-decade lows or even the lowest per-capita rates ever recorded.

Last year was the largest one-year percentage point decline in murder ever recorded. This year is on track to do so again. In fact, nearly every category of crime is down sharply, with many at multi-decade lows or even the lowest per-capita rates ever recorded.
Daniel Dale (@ddale8) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No, there aren’t 5 states (or any) with $1.99 gas. No, prices aren’t “all down” under Trump. No, it isn’t a lie to note prices are up. No, grocery prices aren’t down. No, core inflation isn’t below 2%. Fact check on Trump’s inflation lies last night: cnn.com/2025/07/23/pol…

Daniel Dale (@ddale8) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The president is trying to concoct a fantasy world in which prices are “all down,” like not a single price is up, and his opponents are liars for correctly pointing out that federal data shows prices continue to rise: cnn.com/2025/07/23/pol…

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8:45 PM ET, Wednesday, July 23: On the left, the top of the app for the Wall Street Journal. On the right, the top of the app for Fox News.

8:45 PM ET, Wednesday, July 23:

On the left, the top of the app for the Wall Street Journal. 

On the right, the top of the app for Fox News.
ProPublica (@propublica) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New: Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers -- many to whom he has personal or political ties -- to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day's work. propub.li/4lDUukh

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ken paxton & angela paxton hold mortgages on 3 homes that are each listed as their primary residence (saving them thousands of dollars, collecting impermissible homestead tax breaks on 2 of them). my question is do any TX GOP primary voters even care apnews.com/article/paxton…

Byron Tau (@byrontau) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Between us Eric Tucker and I have probably read as much as anyone without a security clearance about the 2016 Russia investigation. We look at Gabbard's latest claims and find them unsupported (and in some cases contradicted) by the documents she released: apnews.com/article/gabbar…

Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump’s approval has dipped to 37%, the lowest of this term and just slightly higher than his all-time worst rating of 34% at the end of his 1st term, per Gallup. Trump’s rating has fallen 10 points since January and 17 points among independents, to 29%. news.gallup.com/poll/692879/in…

The Bulwark (@bulwarkonline) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Trump: “It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion. It went up a little bit…The $2.7 is now $3.1.” Powell: “I’m not aware of that.” Trump: “It just came out.” Powell: “This came from us?” Trump: “Yes.” Powell: “You are including the Martin renovation. You just added in a third

Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

July 1: Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's personal lawsuit against CBS. July 22: Trump and Paramount dismiss the case, formalizing the settlement. July 24: Trump-appointed FCC approves $8 billion Paramount merger. nytimes.com/2025/07/24/bus…

Doug Lewin (@douglewinenergy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There's a new solar power record in Texas: 28,451 megawatts. It happened on the same day Texans used the most power so far this year. It was the first time demand was over 82 gigawatts. Solar produced over 25% of power demand throughout the day, including on peak. #txenergy

There's a new solar power record in Texas: 28,451 megawatts. 

It happened on the same day Texans used the most power so far this year. It was the first time demand was over 82 gigawatts. Solar produced over 25% of power demand throughout the day, including on peak. #txenergy
julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Victims testified under oath that Maxwell sexually abused them with Epstein. Victims testified under oath that she recruited them and schooled them on how to give sexualized massages to Epstein. Victims testified that she took their passports so that they became prisoners on the

Decoding Fox News (@decodingfoxnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

PBS reported the American automaker General Motors lost $1.1 billion in earnings due to Trump's tariff policies. Stellantis, a multinational company that employs tens of thousands of Americans, also lost earnings due in part to tariffs.

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118 of the Venezuelan immigrants were sent to El Salvador while in the middle of their immigration cases, which should have protected them from deportation. Some were only days away from a final hearing. propublica.org/article/venezu…

Peter Elkind (@peterelkind) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“You just added in a third building,” Mr. Powell said. “It’s a building that’s being built,” Mr. Trump said. “No, it was built five years ago,” Mr. Powell said. Face to Face, Powell Told Trump He Was Wrong About a Construction Project nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/…