Good afternoon. This is the Final NOTUS newsletter for July 10, 2026. You can get it in your inbox every day by signing up here — it’s free!
THE LATEST
Donald Trump won’t sign the bipartisan housing bill many Republicans wanted to promote ahead of the midterms. The “big yawn” measure is still set to become law without him.
The U.S. and Iran appear to be slowly restoring their truce after a week of attacks by both sides — though the chance of escalations remains high.
- Iran has asked to resume talks, Trump said on Truth Social this morning — but he added that the ceasefire is still “OVER.”
Trending
THE ADMINISTRATION
The White House could soon erect new fences at the ends of Pennsylvania Avenue NW that allow the Secret Service to prevent pedestrian access in front of the building.
- Crews have added a tarp to the White House, hiding scaffolding as they repair the columns’ stonework.
Who’s behind the new Trump-promoted Freedom Fuel gas stations? We tried to find out.
The Reflecting Pool, beset by an algae bloom and peeling paint, is being drained again.
DHS is moving forward with plans to create its own fleet of government-owned aircraft to bolster deportations.
Witnesses who saw ICE agents shoot and kill a man in Houston earlier this week are disputing the agency’s account of what happened.
- Three migrants who were also arrested during the same operation told The Washington Post that Lorenzo Salgado Araujo did not ram — or even veer the vehicle toward— ICE officers in another car.
- “That is a lie,” Jose Trinidad Rojas, 51, wrote in a statement to the newspaper. “There were no officers in front of or behind the vehicle. They were on the sides.”
THE HILL
A new video shows Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) being loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher last month before his hospitalization.
Wyoming candidate Reid Rasner, an openly gay Republican running for the state’s sole House seat, is suing members of his party for defamation, including calling him a “pedophile.”
WANT A SENATE SEAT?
Here’s a local small business owner with deep roots in Maine who I think could replace Platner, though I’m admittedly only in the middle of vetting him pic.twitter.com/DwzbtQHiQN
— db (@dbessner) July 10, 2026
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