Front Page · Friday, July 3, 2026
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A few of today's stories are from earlier this week. The edition refreshes through the day.
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SectionsDonald Trump
Marco Rubio
Ron DeSantis
Lindsey Graham
Edition Briefing
Friedrich Merz’s defense of higher German defense outlays put Berlin’s budget choices squarely inside the burden-sharing debate Trump has pressed for years.
Lead story
Trump’s NATO Spending Argument Gets a Merz-Shaped Exhibit as Germany Defends Military Push
Also moving 2
Rubio Finds Cleanest Possible Pro-America Lane After Balogun Red Card
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Musk Gets His Number as Tesla Deliveries Rebound to 384,122
Live desk
12 stories filed across the desks · 6 final scores in the rail.
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12 filedDeSantis Again Vetoes Florida Keys College Air-Conditioning Funds
Ron DeSantis · 8:08 AM
Graham Gets Factory-Floor Victory Lap at BMW’s Plant Spartanburg Event
Lindsey Graham · 4:09 AM
Rubio Becomes USA’s Top Defender in World Cup Red-Card Appeal Push
Marco Rubio · 4:05 PM
Harris Turns Reported Outreach to Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani Into Early 2028 Coalition Claim
Kamala Harris · 12:04 AM
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11 public figures across today’s slate.
Beat spread
politician · tech
Desk note
Lead package updates directly from the current slate rather than static promo copy.
Developing Now
6 live itemsWith Folarin Balogun dismissed and the USMNT forced to continue without a key forward, the Florida Republican backed the national team at the exact moment the assignment became unmistakable.
Marco Rubio · Source-backed update
Tesla’s second-quarter deliveries rose from 336,681 in the prior quarter, giving Musk a hard-count answer to claims that backlash was defining demand.
Elon Musk · Source-backed update
The governor kept the campus cooling project out of the state budget for a second straight year, giving one facilities line item an outsized role in his spending-cut victory lap.
Ron DeSantis · Source-backed update
The South Carolina senator joined Gov. Henry McMaster and BMW Group executives at the automaker’s Home of X showcase in the Upstate.
Lindsey Graham · Source-backed update
The Florida senator urged the United States to challenge the dismissal, turning a soccer ruling into a matter of national lineup preservation.
Marco Rubio · Source-backed update
The reported courtship gives Harris a tangible progressive marker before any formal presidential campaign has begun.
Kamala Harris · Source-backed update
Newswire
5 current linesThe Meta chief reportedly told staff the company’s AI agents have not advanced as quickly as he had hoped, giving the shortfall a founder-approved finish line.
The governor cast Illinois as an active recovery partner for communities moving from emergency response into repairs.
The Republican vice president put the New York Democrat in the next presidential-cycle conversation, and she kept the useful part without accepting his script.
The governor’s signature turns the state spending plan into a two-year operating runway for California government.
The House Democratic leader treated the election results as a coalition-building victory, even as several newly victorious progressives kept their distance from his leadership bid.
