{"id":1025,"date":"2026-07-10T21:09:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:09:26","slug":"drain-the-pool-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1025","title":{"rendered":"Drain the Pool (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><i>Good afternoon. This is the Final NOTUS newsletter for July 10, 2026. You can get it in your inbox every day by <\/i><span><i><u>signing up here<\/u><\/i><\/span><i> \u2014 it\u2019s free!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1023\">Trump and Iran \u2018Might Get Worse Before It Gets Better\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>THE LATEST<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>Donald Trump won\u2019t sign<\/b> the bipartisan housing bill many Republicans wanted to promote ahead of the midterms. The \u201cbig yawn\u201d measure is still <span><u>set to<\/u><\/span> become law without him.<\/p>\n<p><b>The U.S. and Iran<\/b> appear to be slowly <span><u>restoring<\/u><\/span> their truce after a week of attacks by both sides \u2014 though the chance of escalations remains high.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iran has asked to resume talks, Trump said on <span><u>Truth Social<\/u><\/span> this morning \u2014 but he added that the ceasefire is still \u201cOVER.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>THE ADMINISTRATION<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>The White House<\/b> could soon erect new <span><u>fences<\/u><\/span> at the ends of Pennsylvania Avenue NW that allow the Secret Service to prevent pedestrian access in front of the building.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crews have added a <span><u>tarp<\/u><\/span> to the White House, hiding scaffolding as they repair the columns\u2019 stonework.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Who\u2019s behind the<\/b> new Trump-promoted Freedom Fuel gas stations? We tried to <span><u>find out<\/u><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>The Reflecting Pool<\/b>, beset by an algae bloom and peeling paint, is being <span><u>drained<\/u><\/span> again.<\/p>\n<p><b>DHS is moving forward<\/b> with plans to <span><u>create<\/u><\/span> its own fleet of government-owned aircraft to bolster deportations.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1022\">Who\u2019s Behind Those Mysterious Trump-Promoted \u2018Freedom Fuel\u2019 Gas Stations?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Witnesses who saw<\/b> ICE agents shoot and kill a man in Houston earlier this week are disputing the agency\u2019s account of what happened.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Three migrants who were also arrested during the same operation <span><u>told The Washington Post<\/u><\/span> that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo did not ram \u2014 or even veer the vehicle toward\u2014 ICE officers in another car. <\/li>\n<li>\u201cThat is a lie,\u201d Jose Trinidad Rojas, 51, wrote in a statement to the newspaper. \u201cThere were no officers in front of or behind the vehicle. They were on the sides.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>THE HILL <\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>A new video shows<\/b> Sen. <b>Mitch McConnell<\/b> (R-Kentucky) being <span><u>loaded<\/u><\/span> into an ambulance on a stretcher last month before his hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p><b>Wyoming candidate Reid Rasner<\/b>, an openly gay Republican running for the state\u2019s sole House seat, is <span><u>suing<\/u><\/span> members of his party for defamation, including calling him a \u201cpedophile.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><b>WANT A SENATE SEAT?<\/b><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s a local small business owner with deep roots in Maine who I think could replace Platner, though I\u2019m admittedly only in the middle of vetting him pic.twitter.com\/DwzbtQHiQN<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 db (@dbessner) July 10, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Thank you for reading! <\/b>Today\u2019s newsletter was produced by Kelly Poe and Erik Schutz. If you liked it, please forward it to a friend. 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