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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Shares of Disney, Netflix and Other Studios Fall After Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Movies ‘Produced in Foreign Lands’  —  Shares of entertainment companies including Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global took a hit Monday as investors assessed Hollywood's potential exposure …
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The Guardian:
Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’
Scott Bessent / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Three Steps to Economic Growth
Discussion: Townhall, The Hill and Semafor
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Put 100% Tariff on Movies Made Outside U.S.
Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
A GOP congressman is peppered with questions about Trump during raucous town hall  —  Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler's suburban New York swing district heaped criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night, peppering him with questions around President Donald Trump's aggressive agenda …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Lawler town hall devolves into chaos  —  Rep. Mike Lawler's (R-N.Y.) town hall in his suburban swing district devolved into chaos on Sunday evening as attendees lobbed questions about President Trump and boos before some were removed by law enforcement.  —  Lawler's office required attendees …
Washington Post:
These 6 Republican ‘red lines’ could complicate Trump's policy plans  —  “Some of these are clearly in conflict,” one former Republican aide said.  —  As Republican lawmakers hammer out a “big, beautiful bill” to enact President Donald Trump's policy plans, they're running into a problem: their colleagues' growing list of red lines.
Discussion: Raw Story, Semafor and Press Herald
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
‘60 Minutes’ Thumbs Its Nose at Trump With Scathing Segment  —  NOT SCARED OF YOU  —  The show brought on lawyers and firms targeted by President Donald Trump's sweeping executive orders.  —  60 Minutes examined Donald Trump's revenge tour against Big Law in a scathing episode on Sunday …
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Washington Post:
Trump says trade deals ‘could very well be’ announced this week
Discussion: CBS News and Wall Street Journal
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He Asked Mexico to Let U.S. Military In to Fight Cartels
Fox News:
Trump says Mexican president is afraid of cartels after she rejected his offer to send US troops to Mexico
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump  —  The president's older sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, spent the past two weeks traveling the world and announcing deals, many of which will financially benefit their father.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Israel plans to capture all of Gaza under new plan, officials say  —  Israel approved plans on Monday to capture the entire Gaza Strip and remain in the territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, in a move that if implemented would vastly expand Israel's operations …
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Giorgio Leali / Politico:
Von der Leyen, Macron knock Trump's war on universities as ‘gigantic miscalculation’
Discussion: Semafor
Kristin Wright / NPR:
An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters  —  An exhibit showing victims of gun violence has been taken down at the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of Justice has confirmed.
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Memorial to victims of gun violence taken down at ATF headquarters
Discussion: Townhall
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked  —  A hacker has breached and stolen customer data from TeleMessage, an obscure Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages, 404 Media has learned.
Andres Picon / Politico:
GOP may be closer than ever to enacting a massive rule-busting bill  —  “For those who say it would make a radical change ... I'd say, ‘Thank heaven above for that,’” says Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee.  —  Conservative Republicans have spent more than a decade working toward a wholesale rollback …
Discussion: Raw Story
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Former Maine governor moves to challenge vulnerable House Democrat  —  Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) filed paperwork on Sunday to run against Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) for Maine's 2nd Congressional District next year.  —  LePage served as the governor of Maine between 2011 and 2019 …
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Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Paul LePage files to run for Maine's swing 2nd District
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump Throws a Tantrum After Getting Roasted by Karl Rove  —  LATE-NIGHT RANT  —  The president was stung after the Republican strategist ripped into him on tariffs, communications, and the AI image of Trump as the pope.  —  President Donald Trump ripped into Republican strategist Karl Rove …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Trump Tells Hate Leader And J6 Seditionist ‘I Love You Guys’ At Mar-A-Lago: Report  —  The president chatted with the former extremist group boss as he was dining at Trump's country club.  —  Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys and convicted seditionist in the Jan. 6 …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Pence says January 6 attack's failure ‘became a triumph of freedom’ as he receives JFK Profile in Courage Award  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday while receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award that January 6, 2021, “became a triumph of freedom” …
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘Clearly Unhinged’: Critics Sink Trump's ‘Asinine’ Plan To Reopen Alcatraz Prison  —  The president wants to turn the park back into a penitentiary despite the fact that it would cost a fortune.  —  President Donald Trump's plan to expand and reopen Alcatraz as a prison …
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Associated Press:
Trump says he's going to reopen Alcatraz prison. Doing so would be difficult and costly
Janet Lorin / Bloomberg:
Ackman Slams Harvard for Failures, Calls for Pritzker Removal  —  Bill Ackman rattled off a list of concerns over how his alma mater Harvard University has handled the conflict with President Donald Trump, arguing it needs a change in board leadership.  —  The Pershing Square Capital …
Associated Press:
Berlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany  —  Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945.  After decades of division and its revival …
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr's national autism database  —  US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse  —  Autism researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database …
Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
Trump Team Set to Dissolve Reagan-Era Transnational Crime Unit  —  Task forces that specialize in fighting organized crime, drug cartels and human traffickers were told to shut down by Sept. 30, according to documents and people familiar with the matter  —  The Trump administration is …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Senators unveil bipartisan plan to lower drug costs  —  Sens. Josh Hawley and Peter Welch are teaming up on bipartisan legislation aimed at lowering drug costs by barring drug companies in the U.S. from charging higher prices than the international average.  While their bill is different …
Washington Examiner:
Becoming an American  —  As the Trump administration has moved at a breakneck pace during its first few months in office, the administration's near-total shutdown of the southern border and an end to the wave after wave of illegal immigrants has rightly been a major focus.
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The most disturbing aspect of Trump's first 100 days  —  Too many American businesses are acting like he's already a dictator  —  Almost everything Donald Trump does becomes a bizarre, larger-than-life spectacle.  —  But precisely for that reason, it's important to remember that “normal” …
 
 
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The Guardian:
Judge cautions prosecutors in healthcare exec murder trial to refrain from public comments
Stephen Sorace / Fox News:
GOP rep urges lawmakers to ‘right-size’ bloated bureaucracy, national debt: ‘Wheels are coming off the wagon’
Discussion: IJR and The Daily Wire
Bloomberg:
The Trade War Is Coming for Your Plumbing
Peter Elkind / ProPublica:
The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data
Discussion: New York Times
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Mike Waltz and government by sycophantic clowns
Discussion: New York Post
Derek Beres / The Guardian:
Maga's era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed
Miles Bryan / Vox:
Trump promised his tariffs would create jobs. They're already destroying them.
 Earlier Items: 
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How Trump could make Americans permanently poorer
Discussion: The Information and New York Times
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Trump and Harvard Both Want ‘Viewpoint Diversity.’ What Does It Mean?
Discussion: CBS News and RealClearPolitics
Al Jazeera:
Rwanda confirms talks with US over receiving deported migrants
Discussion: New York Times, Reuters and Axios
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
From One Fake Left-wing Hysteria to the Next
Meaghan Tobin / New York Times:
China's Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Forbes has cut ties with dozens of contributing writers; one exec said Forbes needs to ensure the contributor model is “financially sound”

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the First Amendment Watch's SLAPP Back Initiative, a US SLAPP tracker; in 2024, 69 of 500 cases involved the media, of which 46 were dismissed
 
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