Headlines for July 15, 2026

The Daily Beans podcast headlines sourced and cited

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Today, E Jean Carroll gets her $5M payment from Trump plus interest per court documents, the Justice Department loses another voter roll case bringing them to zero for 13, the Wisconsin Elections Commission has made two criminal referrals to the Brown County DA against Elon Musk for his $1M voter lottery scheme, Senate Democrats have blocked the $1.15T Pentagon policy bill, ICE has been ordered to stop pursuing people in cars, one of the strictest abortion bans in the US could be defeated in November, Marco Rubio launches a campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court, New York became the first state to ban data centers, new polling shows Talarico leads Paxton among Hispanic business owners in Texas, and Michael Cohen has been secretly meeting with Donald Trump

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Michael Cohen Helped Convict Trump. Now, He’s Making Nice Again. - The New York Times

https://www.ms.now/news/new-polling-shows-talarico-leads-paxton-among-hispanic-business-owners

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/e-jean-carroll-trump-5-million-sex-abuse-defamation-payment/

Trump DOJ 0 for 13 in voter roll grab after court dismisses West Virginia lawsuit - Democracy Docket

ICE told to stop pursuing people in cars as pressure to arrest blamed for fatal shootings

One of strictest US abortion bans could be overturned in November’s election | Idaho | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/13/marco-rubio-dismantle-international-criminal-court

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/14/us/supreme-court-kagan-barrett

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article316506896.html

https://www.reuters.com/world/new-york-becomes-first-state-impose-data-center-moratorium-2026-07-14/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/politics/elon-musk-wisconsin-supreme-court-1-million-checks

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/14/senate-dems-block-defense-bill-protest-iran-war-00997134

Trump’s HHS backs off most radical effort to stop healthcare for trans youth : NPR