Today in News History

On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1793, Journalist and French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday, a member of the opposing political faction. In 1858, Stewart Culin, American ethnographer and author (died 1929) was born. In 1910, Loren Pope, American journalist and author (died 2008) was born. In 1919, William F. Quinn, American lawyer (died 2006) was born. In 1922, Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (born 1870) passed away. In 1934, Peter Gzowski, Canadian journalist and academic (died 2002) was born. In 1946, Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (born 1864) passed away. In 1973, Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. In 2005, Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (born 1922) passed away. In 2024, President of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Nicolle Wallace slams Trump’s ‘shocking and galling’ attacks on the Smithsonian

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July 8, 2026

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The MS NOW host said a new White House report is part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to exert control over America’s cultural institutions. The post Nicolle Wallace slams Trump’s ‘shocking and galling’ attacks on the Smithsonian appeared first on MS NOW.

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The New Civil Rights Movement

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· Jun 29, 2026

Questions Swirl After Tight-Lipped Clarence Thomas Visits House

Questions — and rumors — are swirling after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas made an unannounced visit to Capitol Hill, where at least one intrepid reporter was quick to notice and ask questions. MS NOW’s Mychael Schnell caught up with the justice but did not get many answers. When asked who he was meeting [] The post Questions Swirl After Tight-Lipped Clarence Thomas Visits House appeared first on The New Civil Rights Movement.

Twitchy

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· Jul 9, 2026

Report Lays Out the Leftist 'Ideological Capture' of the Smithsonian

Report Lays Out the Leftist 'Ideological Capture' of the Smithsonian

URL Media

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· Jul 8, 2026

Our Biggest Takeaways from the White House Report Targeting Smithsonian Native American Exhibits

The post Our Biggest Takeaways from the White House Report Targeting Smithsonian Native American Exhibits appeared first on URL Media.

Hot Air

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· Jul 7, 2026

Should I Sue Charles Blow and the New York Times?

Should I Sue Charles Blow and the New York Times?

The Daily Beast

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· Jul 6, 2026

Trump Goons Melt Down at Top Museum for Teaching History

Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesA new White House report written by anonymous officials has accused the nation’s premier museum of being anti-American for daring to mention slavery.The McCarthyesque charge was leveled at the Smithsonian Institution in a long report issued late on July 4, with the White House claiming the Smithsonian “cannot be trusted” with American history.The explosive document takes particular aim at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, which it says is led by “radical activists,” and suggests Donald Trump may be planning to install his own leadership team there.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Tucker Carlson

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· Jul 1, 2026

Tucker on Trump’s “Supernatural Powers”

Watch more here: https://www.youtube.com/@TuckerCarlson/featured

MS NOW

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· Jul 7, 2026

This White House doesn’t understand how to love America. The Smithsonian does.

A report attacking the National Museum of American History would prefer Americans feel a shallow patriotic crush than truly love this country. The post This White House doesn’t understand how to love America. The Smithsonian does. appeared first on MS NOW.

Fox News

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· Jun 25, 2026

Mercury's now-deleted social media post mocking Caitlin Clark draws scrutiny after star's injury

The Mercury's deleted social media post mocking Caitlin Clark drew scrutiny after what Fever coach Stephanie White called blatant cheap shots.

ScheerPost

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· Jun 27, 2026

Press Sees Mamdani as ‘Kingmaker’ Because They Don’t See Voters as Rational

Janine Jackson FAIR To translate from the Murdochian, “hateful” here means being opposed to genocide, police brutality and rent-gouging (New York Post, 6/24/26). The win by a number of progressive candidates in New York City primaries told us something about corporate media. Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post (6/24/26) surprised no one with a front page declaiming: “The Hateful []

DNyuz

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· Jun 26, 2026

‘Suffer and die?’ CNN struggles to make it through Trump’s ‘alarmist’ post

CNN reporter Kristen Holmes and anchor Brianna Keilar struggled to take President Donald Trump‘s social media rant seriously on Friday after the MAGA leader uncorked a 400-word screed on his Truth Social platform. Holmes, CNN’s White House correspondent, reported that a political adviser had told her the Republican pitch heading into the midterms “wasn’t going []

Spiked

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· Jul 11, 2026

RIP Ann Widdecombe – and shame on her haters

The post RIP Ann Widdecombe – and shame on her haters appeared first on spiked.

The Advocate

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· Jul 9, 2026

White House attacks Smithsonian for telling ‘radical’ LGBTQ+ stories at American history museum

A new White House report attacks the Smithsonian Institution’s management of the National Museum of American History. Among its complaints are the inclusion of drag queens, LGBTQ+ icons, and magazines with nude women on the cover.

Off The Press

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· Jul 9, 2026

Smithsonian Defends Museum After White House Rebuke

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III is pushing back after the White House accused the National Museum of American History of pushing extreme political activism in a report. In an email to staffers obtained by the Washington Post, Brunch said, “we will continue to review the report and its findings carefully,” and noted, “there will always []...Click to read more

The Hill

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· Jul 6, 2026

White House brands Smithsonian's American history museum leaders as 'extreme' activists

A new report from the White House Domestic Policy Council labels leaders at the Smithsonian Institution as “extreme” activists attempting to impose their own ideology on how American history is presented. The 162-page report, released on July 4, alleges the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NAMH) “fails in the basic task of illuminating” U.S....

Knewz

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· Jun 30, 2026

Justice Clarence Thomas pushes for Supreme Court to revisit 62-year-old opinion that shaped defamation law

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas renewed his call for the court to revisit New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, the landmark 1964 decision that established the “actual malice” standard for defamation claims involving public figures. Thomas’s dissent came as the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from longtime Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz,...

Les Crises

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· Jul 4, 2026

Ce ne sont pas les marchés capitalistes qui résoudront les pandémies ou la crise climatique

Davis, écrit Wallace-Wells, avait « des raisons impérieuses de revenir sur cette page secrète de l’histoire ». Il cherchait tout particulièrement à remettre en cause les récits historiques traditionnels qui, soit ignoraient ces famines dévastatrices, soit en déformaient profondément les causes politiques et économiques. Source : Jacobin, Jag BhallaTraduit par les lecteurs du site Les-Crises []

Diane Ravitch's blog

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· Jun 29, 2026

Paul Krugman: The Supreme Court Just Gave More Power to an Incompetent President

Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist, is outraged by the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the almost century-old precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor, which held that presidents could not fire members of independent commissions without cause.. The case was called Trump v. Slaughter. Rebecca Slaughter sued when Trump removed her from the Federal Trade Commission without []

Loonie Politics

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· Jun 23, 2026

Trump is the frontman for his own party as rival groups vie to shape America’s 250th anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) — The complexities of the American story aren’t hard to miss. Just steps into the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the gavel used by Nancy Pelosi when she became the first female speaker of the U.S. House sits next to a red “Make America Great Again” cap. A shirt emblazoned with a [] The post Trump is the frontman for his own party as rival groups vie to shape America’s 250th anniversary appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Watchdog Report

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· Jul 9, 2026

DNA Bombshell Upends Kirk Shooting

In the struggle to separate evidence from rumor in the Charlie Kirk assassination case, Cam Higby’s work matters because it exposes just how aggressively social media can invert the facts—especially around the DNA and video evidence against Tyler Robinson. Key Points Prosecutors have assembled a multi-layered evidentiary case against Tyler Robinson—DNA, rooftop “sniper pad” findings, []

The Daily Wire

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· Jul 7, 2026

The White House Just Highlighted These Absurd Displays At The Nation’s Top History Museum

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History pushes left-wing activism, featuring bizarre displays including chest binders, a crotch harness, and the diary of a gender-confused girl, according to a scathing White House report released Monday. The Trump administration’s Domestic Policy Council released a 162-page report concluding that the Smithsonian “fails in the basic task of ...

Reuters

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· Jul 10, 2026

Suspect in Kirk killing expressed regret, roommate says

The former roommate of Tyler Robinson, who is accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, told prosecutors that Robinson expressed regret a day after the killing and planned to hand himself over to police, according to a video interview played in court on July 9. #charliekirk #tylerrobinson #assassination #court #lancetwiggs #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/roommate-charlie-kirk-killing-suspect-make-first-public-statement-2026-07-09/ 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on X: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en

Variety

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· Jun 21, 2026

‘Criminal Minds’ Star Paget Brewster Tells TV Journalist to ‘Work at a Shelter’ After Mixed Review, Sparking Outrage From Other Critics

“Criminal Minds” star Paget Brewster lashed out at ScreenRant staffer Shealynn Scott over X on Saturday afternoon for her story lamenting the changes Paramount+ has brought to the long-running procedural drama. “Hello critic Shealynn Scott,” Brewster wrote in the since-deleted post. “You’re young. You don’t know that bad pics and bad reviews can lead to []

Boston.com

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· Jun 25, 2026

More of Michael Proctor’s slur-filled messages revealed in bid to dismiss 2021 murder case

Attorneys for Myles King allege Proctor “held views so fundamentally racist and opposed to him as a black man that the entire investigation was tainted.” The post More of Michael Proctor’s slur-filled messages revealed in bid to dismiss 2021 murder case appeared first on Boston.com.

ArcaMax

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· Jun 22, 2026

'Criminal Minds' star Paget Brewster sorry for rant at TV journalist

“Criminal Minds” star Paget Brewster apologized Sunday for excoriating a journalist who wrote something she didn’t like, telling her to “work at a shelter” and declaring, “you suck.” ScreenRant writer Shealyn Scott had compared the ...

Townhall

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· Jul 2, 2026

Wait, That Cannot Be the New Narrative Against Caitlin Clark

Wait, That Cannot Be the New Narrative Against Caitlin Clark

Crikey

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· Jul 8, 2026

The Snoop: NACC inspector drops investigation into Brereton, National Archives probed on JFK assassination, and more

Plus: Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall take to Reddit, and the conservative American right targets its own over Charlie Kirk’s death. The post The Snoop: NACC inspector drops investigation into Brereton, National Archives probed on JFK assassination, and more appeared first on Crikey.

Washington Examiner

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· Jul 8, 2026

Mamdani’s war on New York landlords and its socialist endgame

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. No one should be surprised that New York’s Rent Guidelines []

UPI

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· Jul 6, 2026

White House criticizes Smithsonian museum for ‘extreme political activism’

White House criticizes Smithsonian museum for ‘extreme political activism’

Daily Mail

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· Jul 9, 2026

The Outrageous thing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked a dinner party guest...

The Outrageous thing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asked a dinner party guest...

Sky News Australia

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· Jul 10, 2026

Explosive new details rock Charlie Kirk murder case

CNN reporter Nick Watt discusses the Charlie Kirk murder case, in which the suspect’s ex-roommate and romantic partner reveals their texts. “Twiggs testified they messaged back and forth, he and Tyler Robinson, on the night, in the hours after Charlie Kirk was shot,” Mr Watt told Sky News Australia. “Apparently, Tyler Robinson cried a little bit and confirmed that he’d done it. He also said he wished he hadn’t. “It makes Tyler Robinson look pretty guilty.”

Right Wing Watch

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· Jul 6, 2026

War On The Smithsonian

God's Country Suspicious Stock Purchases Nasty Drama

BoingBoing

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· Jun 23, 2026

The Mouth of Moron returns to explain that pond scum is democracy

Karoline Leavitt returned to Fox News and immediately tried to convince America that the Lincoln Memorial Algae Farm is a campaign promise kept. On FOX, Leavitt called the algae-costumed protesters deranged leftists and said, Only the Democrats could hate beautifying our nation's capital and making it a symbol of pride again, but this is what the American people elected President Trump to do. — Read the rest The post The Mouth of Moron returns to explain that pond scum is democracy appeared first on Boing Boing.

The Nation

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· Jul 3, 2026

Slaughterhouse-Six

Steve Brodner TR’s revenge. The post Slaughterhouse-Six appeared first on The Nation.

RedState

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· Jul 6, 2026

Morning Minute: George Washington...Rap Star?

Morning Minute: George Washington...Rap Star?

Wonkette

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· Jul 10, 2026

JD Vance's Week In Literally Glaring Racism, Civil War History Lessons, And Cats

And this was a quiet week.

Irish Star

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· Jun 25, 2026

'I went to Donald Trump's new $14M Reflecting Pool, and 1 thing surprised me’

EXCLUSIVE: After months of Trump boasting and bragging about how wonderful the new Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool would be, and then week of algae-filled chaos, I took a trip to Washington, D.C. to see what the fuss was all about

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