Badlands Media Special Coverage: 7/23/26 - White House Briefs Press on Taxes, Saudi Deal, and Elections
Buckle up, because this briefing tries to cram in a World Series celebration, a Correspondents Dinner preview, tax refund bragging rights, and a Saudi nuclear deal with strings attached, all before lunch. The press secretary walks through record breaking tax refund numbers, a data center ratepayer pledge expanding to cover 80% of American power delivery, and a civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that comes with one very specific condition tied to the Abraham Accords. Reporters push on China's alleged AI theft, self driving car legislation, a WNBA player facing backlash for a common…
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