{"id":585071,"date":"2023-07-31T13:29:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-hills-morning-report-two-faces-of-trumps-sway\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T13:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:29:20","slug":"the-hills-morning-report-two-faces-of-trumps-sway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hills-morning-report-two-faces-of-trumps-sway\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Hill\u2019s Morning Report \u2014\u00a0Two faces of Trump\u2019s sway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s note: The Hill\u2019s\u00a0Morning\u00a0Report\u00a0is our daily <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter that dives deep into Washington\u2019s agenda. To subscribe,\u00a0click here\u00a0or fill out the box below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sailthru_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-widget sailthru-signup-display-area sailthru-signup-hill-position-main\">\n        <span class=\"sailthru-signup-widget-close\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\">Close<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sailthru_form\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-success-message\" hidden=\"hidden\">\n<p class=\"thanks\">Thank you for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"watch\">Subscribe to more newsletters here<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sailthru-subscribe-grid-display\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-display-message-wrapper\">\n<p>                            <span>The latest in politics and policy.<br \/>\nDirect to your inbox.<br \/>\nSign up for the Morning Report newsletter<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former <strong>President Trump<\/strong>\u2019s aides and former advisers have described their time in his orbit as either the best of times, or the worst.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Facing serious criminal charges, those differing perspectives are in stark relief.<\/p>\n<p>As<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/30\/us\/politics\/trump-documents-de-oliveira-nauta.html\"> The New York Times reports<\/a>, Trump has a reputation for plucking subordinates from estimable careers, trouble or obscurity and offering the benefits of influence, advancement or power \u2014 and, by extension, a sense of obligation to him. He measures relationships in terms of leverage and stews over those who are loyal, or not. Those opportunities and obligations sometimes come with a cost, as Trump\u2019s personal valet, <strong>Walt Nauta<\/strong>, as well as a Mar-a-Lago property manager<strong> Carlos De Oliveira<\/strong> discovered as they face Justice Department charges in the ongoing classified documents case.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has denied any wrongdoing and accuses the government of election interference amid his bid to return to the White House in 2025. De Oliveira, who faces four charges, is scheduled to be arraigned today in Miami (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/07\/31\/carlos-de-oliveira-arraignment-trump-employee-classified-documents-case\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s current political team is creating a legal defense fund to take on some of the bills faced by accused co-conspirators and others, to be paid out of the Save America PAC that supports Trump\u2019s campaign, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>Former Trump lawyer <strong>Michael Cohen<\/strong>, who went to prison for actions he took to help his former boss, advised Nauta and De Oliveira, both of whom are now in Justice\u2019s crosshairs with Trump, to \u201crun\u201d (The Hill).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u201c<em>He\u2019s not going to pay for the attorney<\/em>,\u201d<\/strong> Cohen said last week during a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2023\/07\/28\/michael-cohen-donald-trump-walt-nauta-carlos-de-oliveira-loyalty-cnntm-vpx.cnn\">CNN interview<\/a>. <strong><em>\u201cYou may have just seen that with the settlement that I just was engaged in. He\u2019s not going to pay for it unless you stay on message. And if you stay on message, you will end up behind bars. There\u2019s no doubt about it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-cabinet-endorsements-rcna96648\">NBC News<\/a> reached out to 44 of the dozens of people who served in Trump\u2019s Cabinet over his four years in office to gauge their outlook on the 2024 GOP White House race. Most declined to comment or ignored the requests for comment. A total of four have said publicly they support Trump\u2019s bid for reelection. One is <strong>Mark Meadows<\/strong>, a former North Carolina congressman who was Trump\u2019s final White House chief of staff. Several have been coy about where they stand, stopping short of endorsing the former president and others actively oppose his bid for the GOP nomination (one example is former Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> <strong>William Barr<\/strong>) or are adamant that they don\u2019t want him back in power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pending criminal charges against Trump put a spotlight on the government\u2019s efforts to present evidence of \u201cconsciousness of guilt,\u201d according to legal experts who suggest such evidence could influence a jury about Trump\u2019s state of mind (The Hill). The government alleges that Trump was personally involved in directing deletion of Mar-a-Lago security footage one day after prosecutors flagged plans to subpoena security camera video on the estate tied to White House records taken to Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side of Trump\u2019s legal entanglements is the political influence Republicans believe the former president adds to Senate primaries using the reach of his megaphone (The Hill and<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-republicans-impeachment-ukraine-pennsylvania-c22cda6a5f6783b5f6a1123b724ebaff\"> The Associated Press<\/a>). The former president on Saturday publicly pressed House Republicans to help punish his political foes, including <strong>President Biden<\/strong> (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-republicans-impeachment-ukraine-pennsylvania-c22cda6a5f6783b5f6a1123b724ebaff\">The Associated Press<\/a>).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong>2024 roundup:<\/strong> A high-profile Alabama redistricting case is headed back to court. Voting rights advocates on Friday accused state Republicans of flouting a judicial mandate to create a second majority-Black district and enacting a map that continues to discriminate against Black voters in the state (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alabama-redistricting-voting-rights-act-ee356d38cfa17f62ce477a923da33e65\">The Associated Press<\/a>). \u2026The White House has taken direct and unabashed aim at House Republicans and the GOP as Biden leans into his reelection narrative (The Hill). \u2026 In the GOP presidential primary, entrepreneur <strong>Vivek Ramaswamy<\/strong> is emerging as a breakout star. Where will the contest take him? (The Hill). \u2026 Republican Gov. <strong>Doug Burgum<\/strong> defended his presidential campaign\u2019s gift-card giveaway fundraising technique during a Fox News Sunday interview. The strategy attracted <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> attention and helped the candidate secure a spot in the upcoming first GOP debate (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/30\/burgum-gift-cards-republican-debate-00108901\">Politico<\/a>). \u2026 High-school boys have been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americansurveycenter.org\/newsletter\/are-young-men-becoming-conservative\/\">trending more conservative than liberal<\/a> in their views (The Hill).\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25aa <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/30\/politics\/chris-christie-trump-indictment-cnntv\/index.html\"><strong>CNN<\/strong><\/a><strong>: GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie on Sunday: <em>\u201cBy the time we get on the debate stage on Aug. 23, the frontrunner will be out on bail in four different jurisdictions, Florida, Washington, Georgia, and New York.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong>\u25aa <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-cnn-defamation-florida-lawsuit-dismissed-4aa93cf5264405fbb6b0b87bbf21f695\"><strong>The Associated Press<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Florida judge throws out Trump\u2019s defamation suit against CNN.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25aa <\/strong><strong>The Hill<\/strong><strong> and<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/republican-presidential-debate-2024-election-qualified-candidates-863ffb85147072c4e9cf021e85d4ba1b\"><strong> <\/strong><strong>The Associated Press<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Here are the Republicans who have met requirements for the first GOP debate on Aug. 23.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25aa <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2023\/07\/30\/desantis-trump-florida-gop-primary\/\"><strong>The Washington Post<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Trump dominates in the Sunshine State.<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong>\u25aa <\/strong><strong>The Hill<\/strong><strong>: Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis faces backlash from Black conservatives\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>LEADING THE DAY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 CONGRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/House-Granger_072723_AP_J.-Scott-Applewhite.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u00a9 The Associated Press \/ J. Scott <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>lewhite | House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-Texas) at the Capitol on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The House and Senate are in recess until September, leaving a stack of unfinished government funding bills for members to return to in the fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The House, wrestling with GOP discord about spending levels for the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, will have 12 legislative days in September to approve the remaining 11 appropriations measures after the House last week passed funding for military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Senate is going in a different direction than the House with higher federal spending levels, which puts GOP appropriators in a bind.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Going into the recess, the House Republicans who craft the conference\u2019s government funding bills are showing signs of frustration as hard-line conservatives pressure leadership for further cuts to spending that some worry could be too aggressive. The Hill\u2019s Aris Folley and Mychael Schnell write that some of the 12 Appropriations subcommittee chairs \u2014 the so-called cardinals \u2014 told reporters that they are struggling to see where those additional cuts could come from, as September\u2019s shutdown deadline looms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve done a lot of cuts, a lot of cuts,\u201d<\/em> House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman <strong>Kay Granger <\/strong>(R-Texas) told The Hill this week. <em>\u201cAnd so if it\u2019s cuts just for cuts\u2019 sake, I don\u2019t agree with it. But if it\u2019s something that we can do without, that\u2019s fine.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest hurdles facing lawmakers will be the appropriations bills to fund the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which are tied up in the House amid disagreements over abortion and spending levels. As The Hill\u2019s Nathaniel Weixel reports, GOP leaders scuttled a vote planned for Friday on legislation funding the FDA and the Department of Agriculture after moderate Republicans objected to a provision that would reverse the FDA\u2019s decision to allow the abortion pill mifepristone drug to be dispensed through the mail and in retail pharmacies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both FDA and HHS funding bills face a major fight in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where the Appropriations Committee has already passed its own version by near unanimous margins, owing to an agreement by Democratic and Republican leaders not to insert \u201cpoison pill\u201d amendments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2023\/07\/28\/recess-arrives-with-schumer-touting-contrast-with-the-house\/\">Roll Call<\/a>: Recess arrives with Senate Majority Leader <strong>Chuck Schumer <\/strong>(D-N.Y.) touting contrast with the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/07\/29\/steve-womack-arkansas-considers-retirement\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>: An \u201cinstitution guy\u201d in the House, Rep. <strong>Steve Womack<\/strong> (R-Ark.) is fed up.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/28\/us\/politics\/john-fetterman-pennsylvania-interview.html\">The New York Times<\/a>: Sen. <strong>John Fetterman<\/strong> (D-Pa.), hoodie and all, is adjusting to life in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Senate GOP leaders didn\u2019t want it to get to this point. They tried and tried to get Sen. <strong>Tommy Tuberville<\/strong> (R-Ala.) to lift the holds he\u2019s placed on hundreds of military promotions over the Pentagon\u2019s abortion policy \u2014 which have opened Republicans up to attacks from the Biden administration. But their efforts have failed, and they are now in a situation where the earliest a resolution might be found is September, when lawmakers will also be busy trying to avoid a government shutdown. As The Hill\u2019s Al Weaver reports, one Senate Republican said finding an offramp agreeable to both Tuberville and those opposed to the holds has become a <em>\u201crecurring discussion\u201d<\/em> in the Senate GOP conference, and that Senate Minority Leader <strong>Mitch McConnell<\/strong> (R-Ky.) has been personally involved in that quest.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere\u2019s not a lunch that goes by that we don\u2019t talk about it,\u201d<\/em> the senator said, but added there\u2019s <em>\u201cno chance of a resolution\u201d<\/em> any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two high-profile incidents in quick succession involving McConnell and Sen. <strong>Dianne Feinstein<\/strong> (D-Calif.) have put the issue of aging politicians front and center, The Hill\u2019s Niall Stanage writes in The Memo, but the questions raised around mental capacity and fitness for office have no easy answers. Proposals that might begin to address the issue, such as term limits or cognitive tests beyond a certain age, confront an instant Catch-22. In order to be enacted, they need the support of politicians who might be negatively impacted by them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think some of what drives these people to stay on forever is a personal power thing that they can\u2019t let go of,\u201d<\/em> progressive strategist <strong>Jonathan Tasini<\/strong> said. <em>\u201cThe second thing that drives this, though, is the staff. I think what really gets ignored is how the staff cover for people who clearly can\u2019t function, because they themselves don\u2019t want to lose their power.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u25aa The Hill: McConnell\u2019s health scare puts a focus on the shadow race to replace him.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/28\/politics\/mitch-mcconnell-to-serve-out-this-congress\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: McConnell\u2019s office says he will serve through 2024 as GOP leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa The Hill: Sen. <strong>Chris Coons<\/strong> (D-Del.) questions if McConnell will lead the Senate GOP conference after the current Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udef8 A bipartisan group of House Oversight Committee lawmakers say a high-profile hearing on UFOs last week is just the start of their push for answers, and they are threatening to use heavier handed tactics if the Pentagon and intelligence agencies stand in their way. As The Hill\u2019s Ellen Mitchell reports, Reps. <strong>Anna Paulina Luna<\/strong> (R-Fla.), <strong>Matt Gaetz<\/strong> (R-Fla.), <strong>Tim Burchett<\/strong> (R-Tenn.) and <strong>Jared Moskowitz<\/strong> (D-Fla.) want more information on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) \u2014 commonly referred to as UFOs \u2014 beginning with the creation of a select committee. The lawmakers said they are willing to use subpoena power if needed to get the answers they\u2019re seeking from the federal government.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4<\/strong><strong> ADMINISTRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IRS is getting ready to go after what it calls <em>\u201clarge, complex partnerships\u201d<\/em> as part of its push to pursue wealthy tax cheats with tens of billions of dollars in additional funding. The agency plans to double audit coverage for partnerships with $10 million or more in assets by fiscal year 2025 over fiscal 2021 levels. But as The Hill\u2019s Tobias Burns reports, new research from the government\u2019s internal watchdog finds that the specific types of legal and commercial structures the IRS is targeting need to be more clearly defined in order to recoup the uncollected funds.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIRS has not defined or developed guidance on what a large, complex partnership is or developed measures to ensure additional audits focus on such partnerships,\u201d<\/em> the Government Accountability Office (GAO) wrote in a report released Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/07\/30\/1190970429\/the-irs-will-no-longer-knock-on-doors-unannounced\">NPR<\/a>: The IRS will no longer knock on doors unannounced.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/07\/30\/house-lawmakers-scrutinize-pandemic-era-employee-retention-tax-credit-.html\">CNBC<\/a>: House lawmakers scrutinize pandemic-era small business tax break expert calls \u201cfraught with fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the deaths of multiple wild horses during public land roundups in Nevada this summer, activists are pressing for urgent change in the ways the federal government controls the West\u2019s sprawling equine population, The Hill\u2019s Sharon Udasin reports. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) conducts these \u201cgathers\u201d to both protect horse health and prevent <em>\u201cunnecessary degradation of public lands,\u201d<\/em> using helicopters to wrangle the animals into a corral and then onto a trailer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Activists have been fighting the gather and removal process for years, arguing that the practice is harmful to animal welfare and that the noise from the choppers terrifies the horses. From July 9-24 alone, <strong>Laura Leigh<\/strong>, founder of the Nevada-based nonprofit organization Wild Horse Education, and her team counted at least 19 wild horses that died during roundups in the eastern Nevada Antelope Complex-South and Antelope Complex-North gathers. By Thursday, they said the death toll was up to 21. <em>\u201cThis is probably the worst roundup I\u2019ve seen in a very, very, very long time,\u201d<\/em> Leigh told The Hill.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>IN FOCUS\/SHARP TAKES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4<\/strong><strong> INTERNATIONAL\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Russia<\/strong> has entered a dangerous new phase of its war against <strong>Ukraine<\/strong> since it exited the Black Sea grain deal earlier this month, weaponizing global food exports, stepping up attacks on Ukrainian ports and cities and increasing the risk of spillover into NATO countries. But as The Hill\u2019s Laura Kelly reports, the escalation is unlikely to deter the U.S. and allies from following through on delivering F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles to Ukraine in the coming months, which Moscow has repeatedly warned against. Since pulling out of the Black Sea grain deal July 17, Russian President <strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> has targeted attacks on Ukraine\u2019s southern city of Odesa, damaging the seaport and grain storage facilities and hitting residential and historical buildings, including an Orthodox cathedral.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The grain deal, negotiated by the United Nations and <strong>Turkey<\/strong>, allowed for the export of Ukrainian grain through a Russian blockade on the Black Sea. Like many of the farmers who live near Odesa, <strong>Tetiana Lazarova<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/07\/29\/ukraine-grain-agriculture-russia-attacks\/\">told the Washington Post<\/a> she is convinced that Moscow\u2019s attacks on the port and its agriculture sector are aimed at extracting maximum pain following Putin\u2019s decision to terminate the grain deal.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ukrainian President <strong>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong> said Sunday he expects Russia to resume its attacks on his country\u2019s energy system once cold weather returns later this year, and he vowed to do everything possible to protect the power grid. Nearly 40 percent of the Ukrainian energy system was damaged in Russian missile and drone strikes over the past winter (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/zelenskiy-expects-russia-resume-attacks-ukraines-power-grid-2023-07-30\/\">Reuters<\/a>). Kyiv brought the war into the heart of Russia again Sunday with drone attacks that Russian authorities said damaged two office buildings a few miles from the Kremlin and a pig breeding complex on the countries\u2019 border (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attack-moscow-4801c01e9f07ac882ab28d33666bf8d0\">The Associated Press<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-66352765\">BBC<\/a>). Russian missiles slammed into the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih today, killing at least one person and likely trapping others beneath rubble (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-missile-attack-kryvyi-rih-429c1b97cc19484e0a6e2f3ce92d739a\">The Associated Press<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-africa-summit-ukraine-grain-war-125d5a6d5052f4221c46be52c1618cf7\">The Associated Press<\/a>: African leaders leave Russia summit without a grain deal or a path to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/russias-prigozhin-says-wagner-is-not-recruiting-now-may-do-so-future-2023-07-31\/\">Reuters<\/a>: Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a voice message that his Wagner group is not currently recruiting fighters but may do so in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/no-cease-fire-ukraine-russia-war-offensive-vladimir-putin\/\">Politico EU<\/a>: No cease-fire while Ukraine is on the offensive, Putin declares.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/americas-military-falls-behind-russia-china-race-for-melting-arctic-2a71dfac?mod=world_lead_story\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>: America\u2019s military trails Russia and <strong>China<\/strong> in the race for the melting Arctic. The U.S. is competing with a partnership between the two countries, but has fewer icebreakers and ports and less experience.<\/p>\n<p>West African countries have imposed sanctions on <strong>Niger\u2019s<\/strong> new military leaders, threatening to use force if they fail to reinstate ousted President <strong>Mohamed Bazoum<\/strong> within a week, after the latest coup in the Sahel region raised alarm on the continent. In the third coup in as many years to topple a leader in the region, Niger\u2019s elected president Bazoum \u2014 a Western ally \u2014 has been held by the military since Wednesday. The military junta that seized power last week said today that the toppled government had authorized <strong>France<\/strong> to carry out strikes at the presidency to try to free Bazoum. (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/7\/30\/west-african-govts-give-niger-coup-leaders-a-week-to-cede-power\">Al Jazeera<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/niger-junta-says-government-authorised-french-strikes-2023-07-31\/\">Reuters<\/a>). Meanwhile thousands of supporters of the junta marched through the capital, Niamey, on Sunday waving Russian flags and denouncing former colonial power France. Russian mercenary group Wagner is already operating in neighboring <strong>Mali<\/strong>, and Putin would like to expand his country\u2019s influence in the region, but it is unclear yet whether the new leaders are going to move toward Moscow or stick with Niger\u2019s Western partners (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/07\/30\/1190969703\/supporters-of-nigers-coup-march-waving-russian-flags-and-denouncing-france\">NPR<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>France and the European Union cut off financial support to Niger over the weekend. In a statement, France called for the <em>\u201cimmediate return to the Nigerien constitutional order\u201d<\/em> adding to the mounting international pressure on the coup plotters (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/29\/africa\/niger-coup-pressure-intl\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>). The United States is also poised to cut off assistance to Niger if Bazoum is not restored to office, Secretary of State <strong>Antony Blinken<\/strong> said Saturday, warning that the military ouster could have painful ramifications for its citizens. The declaration was the clearest sign yet the United States was readying to pull back contacts with a nation the Biden administration had held up as a hopeful example of democratic transition (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/07\/29\/blinken-niger-coup-aid-cut\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/International-Niger_073023_AP_Sam-Mednick.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u00a9 The Associated Press \/ Sam Mednick | Niger protesters who back coup leader Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani in the capital on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/29\/world\/middleeast\/iraq-water-crisis-desertification.html\">The New York Times<\/a>: A climate warning from the cradle of civilization.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/07\/27\/turkey-earthquakes-nurdagi-rebuild\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>: <strong>Turkey<\/strong>\u2019s earthquakes turned this town into \u201cnothing.\u201d Can it be saved?<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/bomb-political-rally-northwest-pakistan-kills-least-35-people-wounds-1-rcna97141\">NBC News<\/a>: Suspected suicide bombing in <strong>Pakistan <\/strong>kills at least 55, injures 135 more at a political rally.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>OPINION<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 Hunter Biden, FARA and unequal justice, <\/strong>by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/hunter-biden-foreign-agents-registration-act-robert-mueller-donald-trump-26596b5a?mod=opinion_lead_pos1\">The Wall Street Journal editorial board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 What Jack Smith knows, <\/strong>by Gary J. Bass, guest essayist, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/31\/opinion\/jack-smith-trump.html\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 Russia\u2019s warmongers are turning against Putin,<\/strong> by Maksym Skrypchenko, opinion contributor, The Hill.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>WHERE AND WHEN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The House<\/strong> will convene at 3 p.m. on Tuesday for a pro forma session. Lawmakers return to Washington on Sept. 11. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee will hear testimony behind closed doors today from <strong>Devon Archer,<\/strong> a former <strong>Hunter Biden <\/strong>associate who will discuss business dealings years ago in Ukraine (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/former-hunter-biden-associate-sit-closed-door-testimony\/story?id=101618183\">ABC News<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Senate<\/strong> is out until Sept. 5 and will hold a pro forma session on Tuesday at 12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The president<\/strong> has no public schedule and is spending the week on vacation at his home in Rehoboth Beach, Del.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice President Harris<\/strong>\u2019s recent interview from Iowa with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinseyDavis\/status\/1685431053220229120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">ABC News<\/a> airs today.\u00a0 <em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>ELSEWHERE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 HEALTH &amp; WELLBEING<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Health-Rx_032823_AP_Elise-Amendola.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u00a9 The Associated Press \/ Elise Amendola | A prescription in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The first 10 drugs selected for Medicare price negotiation, to be announced by Sep. 1, will set the stage for unprecedented government action regulating drug costs, with billions of dollars at stake and scores of patients standing to benefit. Once the initial batch of drugs chosen for negotiations are announced, the years-long negotiation process \u2014 currently being challenged in courts \u2014 will kick off. The manufacturers of the drugs picked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will have one month to send in their agreements saying they will engage in the negotiation process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those who don\u2019t agree to negotiate, and the spate of lawsuits makes it clear that many don\u2019t, will have to contend with ending their lucrative relationships with Medicare or facing heavy excise taxes. CMS has given no indication as to what drugs will make the first round, but The Hill\u2019s Joseph Choi reports on those who have already speculated which will make the list.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/medicaid-health-care-coverage-77d715bdb520316820d3cccbfda9cff7\">The Associated Press<\/a>: Paperwork problems drive surge in people losing Medicaid health coverage.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/29\/health\/most-states-received-a-d-or-f-grade-on-maternal-mental-health-it-could-get-worse\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: Most states received a D or F grade on maternal mental health. It could get worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa The Hill:Why is hazing so hard to eliminate?\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>THE CLOSER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Closer-permafrost_111610_AP_ARTHUR-MAX.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u00a9 The Associated Press \/ Arthur Max | Siberia, pictured 4,000 miles east of Moscow in 2010, has warmed and scientists study effects on ancient nematodes that were dormant and revived.<\/p>\n<p><em>And finally \u2026<\/em> \ud83e\udeb1 Ancient worms, revived from permafrost to wriggle and reproduce. Akin to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> fiction, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/29\/science\/roundworm-nematodes-siberia-permafrost.html\">The New York Times reports<\/a> that buried deep in Siberia\u2019s cold 46,000 years ago, a minuscule pair of roundworms got the Big Chill. Millennia later, thawed out of the ice, the worms were their old selves, demonstrating to scientists that bygone critters (late Pleistocene era, to be precise) could be dormant and then reawakened in water. Along with the rest of a warming planet, Siberia\u2019s ice has been melting for years. The roundworm discovery was published last week in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS Genetics.<\/p>\n<p>Nematode DNA is cut out for the cryptobiotic state, and while there are no current practical applications of the discovery, scientists say they are patient.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe major take-home message or summary of this discovery is that it is, in principle, possible to stop life for more or less an indefinite time and then restart it,\u201d<\/em> said <strong>Teymuras Kurzchalia<\/strong>, a professor emeritus at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong>Stay Engaged<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We want to hear from you! Email: Alexis Simendinger and Kristina Karisch. Follow us on Twitter (@asimendinger and @kristinakarisch) and<\/strong><strong> suggest this newsletter to friends<\/strong><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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