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 1910, Loren Pope, American journalist and author (died 2008) 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 1940, Paul Prudhomme, American chef and author (died 2015) was born. In 1973, Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1985, Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon. In 2012, Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (born 1934) 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. In 2024, Thomas Matthew Crooks, American student, known for attempting to assassinate former US President Donald Trump (born 2003) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

The Onion Has Taken Over Infowars With a Gloriously Deranged Parody

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July 12, 2026

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The Onion Has Taken Over Infowars With a Gloriously Deranged Parody

“What greater irony would it be for Infowars to be turned into this artsy-fartsy comedy streaming site?”

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Irish News

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· Jun 27, 2026

Newton Emerson: The political fallout from Donaldson’s downfall may only be beginning

Our Saturday columnist offers his inimitable take on the stories making the news this week

Hot Air

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· Jul 9, 2026

SHOCK: New York Times Editor Has a Bit of Shame!

SHOCK: New York Times Editor Has a Bit of Shame!

The Daily Wire

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· Jul 10, 2026

How The ‘.30-06 Always Exits’ Lie Is Fueling The Worst Charlie Kirk Conspiracies

Let’s cut the crap right now. Candace Owens, Ian Carroll, and their gaggle of online grifters from podcastistan are peddling the dumbest, most unscientific conspiracy garbage imaginable about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The woke reich conspiracists claim a .30-06 can’t possibly produce the wound we saw because it “always” goes through a human neck or would ...

Twitchy

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· Jun 30, 2026

We Don't Hate Them Enough: NPR Forced to Retract COMPLETELY FAKE Story About Samuel Alito

We Don't Hate Them Enough: NPR Forced to Retract COMPLETELY FAKE Story About Samuel Alito

TwistedSifter

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· Jul 7, 2026

The IT Scapegoat: Why a Condominium HOA President Just Terminated a Brand-New Guard for a System Crash She Couldn’t Control.

Nobody likes a gossip. The post The IT Scapegoat: Why a Condominium HOA President Just Terminated a Brand-New Guard for a System Crash She Couldn’t Control. appeared first on TwistedSifter.

RedState

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· Jul 9, 2026

CNN's McConnell Coverage Takes an Embarrassing Turn Thanks to a Fake Congressman

CNN's McConnell Coverage Takes an Embarrassing Turn Thanks to a Fake Congressman

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 []

Talking Points Memo

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· Jul 9, 2026

Come Nerd Out About Politics With TPM and The Handbasket

When news breaks — about, say, Graham Platner’s Senate campaign imploding over sexual assault allegations or Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization —...

Townhall

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· Jun 30, 2026

There's No Way That NPR's Explanation for the False Alito Retirement Article Is This Bad, Right?

There's No Way That NPR's Explanation for the False Alito Retirement Article Is This Bad, Right?

Armstrong Economics

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· Jun 29, 2026

They Told You Your Dishwasher Could Spy on You

Back in 2012, Wired published an article titled “CIA Chief: We’ll Spy on You Through Your Dishwasher.” That was not some wild theory. That was based on remarks from then-CIA Director David Petraeus, who was speaking about the so-called Internet of Things at an In-Q-Tel summit, the CIA’s own venture capital arm. Petraeus called these []

Attack the System

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· Jul 12, 2026

CIA Dreams Leaking Through Hollywood?

REGISTER FOR THE CONVENTION, AUG 15th in CHICAGO: https://forms.gle/WYhUxiEqZXYXhGbo8 “Imperialism Anti-Imperialism: Key Writings and Lectures” https://amazon.com/dp/B0H2F6L19H JOIN THE CENTER FOR POLITICAL INNOVATION: https://www.cpiusa.org/join-cpi CIA Dreams Leaking Through Hollywood? In this livestream, Caleb Maupin investigates the relationship between the CIA, Hollywood, propaganda, intelligence agencies, the deep state, and [] The post CIA Dreams Leaking Through Hollywood? first appeared on Attack the System.

Powerline

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· Jul 12, 2026

How to Lie With Statistics

The New York Times has probably put out more significant misinformation than any other news outlet over the last 40 years. Being scrupulously fair, I admit that the National Enquirer may have propounded even more fake stories than the Times, but the Enquirer’s misinformation is generally insignificant–three-headed calves, cabbages that look like Jesus, and the like–while the Times’ lies are important, like the Russia collusion hoax. Here is a nice

BoingBoing

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· Jul 8, 2026

InfoWars is finally back, but not quite as you remember it

Satirical newspaper The Onion's acquisition of infamous conspiracy-theorist news platform InfoWars has been a long time coming. This is, in large part, thanks to its inherent connection to previous owner Alex Jones' long legal battles, which resulted in the court order to liquidate the platform in the first place. — Read the rest The post InfoWars is finally back, but not quite as you remember it appeared first on Boing Boing.

Politizoom

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· Jul 11, 2026

CNN’s Scott Jennings’s Entire Career Down to a Phone Call

This column first appeared in Rawstory Scott Jennings has long played the utterly insufferable and condescending “know-it-all,” smugly talking over and around rather earnest liberals during CNN’s early evening analysis of the day’s events. Obviously, the MAGA Mayhem team on “X” cannot get enough of him, including the equally obnoxious (at times) Joe Rogan, who

Slate Magazine

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· Jul 12, 2026

How Comedian Tim Heidecker Turned Alex Jones’ Conspiracy Empire on Its Head

“What greater irony would it be for Infowars to be turned into this artsy-fartsy comedy streaming site?”

Washington Examiner

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· Jun 23, 2026

The tragedy of Joe Biden: Historians paint a damning picture of what went wrong

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets, which takes a deep dive into a new history of the Biden presidency. The verdict is brutal, even among writers who are willing themselves to find some wins. So given all that, why is Gavin Newsom talking up his relationship with a president who is even less popular []

Drudge Report

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· Jun 30, 2026

'Shame of the Nation'...

'Shame of the Nation'... (First column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:Don Jr. and Eric Torched Over Ties to Mining Deal in Scathing NYPOST Op-Ed... Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron

The Media Line

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· Jul 1, 2026

Facing the Middle East with Felice Friedson, ep. 23: Hate Is a Dirty Word

This episode of Facing the Middle East takes [] The post Facing the Middle East with Felice Friedson, ep. 23: Hate Is a Dirty Word appeared first on The Media Line.

Russia Today

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· Jun 26, 2026

Nothing sticks to John Bolton

A spy scandal, a plea deal, and maybe no jail: Bolton’s latest escape act shows how Washington protects its most connected failures Read Full Article at RT.com

Punching Bag Post

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· Jun 25, 2026

De Niro and the Hate America Coalition is Doubling Down

Not long ago, this writer offered commentary on the coalition of left-wing America haters. A follow-up piece addressed the provocative anti-Trump and anti-American rhetoric of actor Robert De Niro. Some readers believed the criticism landed too heavily on the has been thespian and perhaps misrepresented his true feelings. Weeell new evidence has surfaced. Ironically, [] The post De Niro and the Hate America Coalition is Doubling Down appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

The Daily Beast

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· Jun 26, 2026

Trump Drops Dumb Malapropism in Attack on Fox News Host

The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersDonald Trump has turned a routine immigration brag into yet another attack against a female reporter — this time taking aim at Fox News anchor Shannon Bream while accidentally reinventing the English language in the process.In a lengthy post celebrating immigration enforcement figures, Trump claimed without evidence that he had overseen the highest average daily arrest rate by federal immigration authorities and the highest rate of removals of any president.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Off The Press

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· Jul 5, 2026

NY Times reporter roasted for complaining about July 4th flyovers

DC was a little busy going full America for this New York Times reporter. A famed ex-NPR host-turned-podcaster for the Gray Lady ignited a social media firestorm for railing against the dozens of military flyovers that roared across DC’s skies to mark America’s 250th birthday. Lulu Garcia-Navarro, who hosts “The Interview” for The Times, decried []...Click to read more

Futurism

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· Jul 12, 2026

Journalist Alarmed When He’s Fired, But Company Keeps Posting AI Slop Under His Name

It was a slap in the face. The post Journalist Alarmed When He’s Fired, But Company Keeps Posting AI Slop Under His Name appeared first on Futurism.

NPR News

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· Jun 30, 2026

Editor's note: NPR retracts story

Editor's note: NPR retracts story

Really America

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· Jul 2, 2026

BREAKING: Trump Humiliated by Fox News

Good evening, this is Really American.

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.

Gizmodo

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· Jun 23, 2026

Are British Civil Servants Merrily Playing ‘GTA Online’ at the Taxpayer’s Expense?

Scandalous waste of resources or conservative media beat-up? Oh go on, guess.

Bacon’s Rebellion

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· Jul 6, 2026

The Left Tinkles on America’s Birthday Party

by Kerry Dougherty Did anyone else’s spidey senses go off the minute they saw this Reuter’s photo that the corporate media labels “chilling”? Lemme get this straight: These white supremacists took the metro to a downtown D.C. march this weekend and a freelance photographer just happened to be in the same rail car where a []

Must Read Alaska

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· Jun 23, 2026

Opinion: Democrat Legislators Drop Embarrassing Subpoena Attempt After Lt. Governor Threatens to Sue

By Greg Sarber This article was originally published in Seward’s Folly, the author’s personal Substack, on June 23, 2026 under the title “More Democrat Dirty Tricks in the Alaska Legislature.” The Democrats are not giving up on their political dirty trick of attempting to run a second individual named Dan Sullivan in this year’s US [] The post Opinion: Democrat Legislators Drop Embarrassing Subpoena Attempt After Lt. Governor Threatens to Sue appeared first on Must Read Alaska.

Canada's National Observer

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· Jun 23, 2026

Big tech is a thief and liar, says NYT publisher

A warning from New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger: Big Tech is stealing the news media’s property and undermining democracy, and that the only solution is for news organizations to work together to resist them.

BingNews

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· Jun 23, 2026

Une note diplomatique secrète fuite: Berlin craint les foudres de Trump

La fuite dans les médias d'un câble diplomatique de l'ambassadeur d'Allemagne à Washington, très critique de Donald Trump, a suscité la polémique dimanche à la veille de l'investiture du président élu ...

Wonkette

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· Jun 23, 2026

New Tulsi Is Here To Eat Toenails And Sic CIA On Trump's Enemies, Is All Out Of Toenails

A terrible appointment even by Trump's degraded standards.

Lawyers, Guns & Money

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· Jul 6, 2026

The day James Comey blew up the world

10 years ago today now: “It is hard to think of another single event in the last decade that has had such far-reaching and sweeping and unintended global consequences as Jim Comey’s press conference.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus [image or embed] — Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of disarray” (@ryanjreilly.com) 9:17 AM · Jul [] The post The day James Comey blew up the world appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

The Intercept

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· Jun 29, 2026

The Businessman Who Helped Peter Thiel Kill Gawker Wanted to Save Journalism. Then His Site Went Dark.

Aron D’Souza sees the media as in peril. His solution is an AI-powered tribunal to adjudicate the facts of reporting. The post The Businessman Who Helped Peter Thiel Kill Gawker Wanted to Save Journalism. Then His Site Went Dark. appeared first on The Intercept.

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