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Sylvan Lane / The Hill:
Stunning revisions show US added 258K fewer jobs than first reported — The U.S. added 258,000 fewer jobs in May and June than the Labor Department first reported, according to federal data released Friday. — The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) issued stunning revisions to its reports …
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Wall Street Journal, Axios, NOTUS, Breitbart, The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. added just 73,000 jobs in July and numbers for prior months were revised much lower … Nonfarm payroll growth was slower than expected in July and the unemployment rate ticked higher, raising potential trouble signs for the U.S. labor market as President Donald Trump ramps up tariffs.
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MeidasTouch News, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Yahoo Finance, Joe.My.God., UPI, RedState, The Cross Section, Bloomberg, Raw Story, Mediaite, Deadline and al.com
Associated Press:
US employers slash hiring as Trump advances a punishing trade agenda — U.S. hiring is slowing sharply as President Donald Trump's erratic and radical trade policies paralyze businesses and raise doubts about the outlook for the world's largest economy. The Labor Department reported Friday …
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Axios, New York Magazine, Washington Post, CNN, CBS News, New Republic, WCNC-TV, The Hill, Associated Press and Kiplinger
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics to be fired after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets — President Donald Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt.
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Axios, The Hill, Joe.My.God., NewsMax.com and Newsweek
Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
Employers Pulled Back on Hiring, Adding 73,000 Jobs
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Axios, The Guardian, NewsMax.com, The Independent, Washington Examiner and Associated Press
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
U.S. job growth turns cold as Trump's agenda takes its toll on the economy
U.S. job growth turns cold as Trump's agenda takes its toll on the economy
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Beyer, Washington Examiner, Reuters, The Hill, Politico, Raw Story, The Nation, Semafor and So What
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'll Fire Labor Statistics Head After Weak Jobs Data
Trump Says He'll Fire Labor Statistics Head After Weak Jobs Data
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New York Post
Ty Roush / Associated Press:
Unemployment Rose To 4.2% In July As Hiring Fell Sharply
Unemployment Rose To 4.2% In July As Hiring Fell Sharply
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Reuters, NPR, Fox Business, New York Times, Daily Kos, Washington Times and OutsideTheBeltway
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Ghislaine Maxwell Moved to Minimum-Security Women's Prison in Texas — The longtime Epstein associate, now serving a 20-year sentence, was relocated from a federal prison in Florida about a week after being interviewed by a Justice Department official. — Ghislaine Maxwell …
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Crooks and Liars
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New York Sun:
EXCLUSIVE: Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's Longtime Associate, Is Moved From Florida to a Prison in Texas — The quiet transfer comes as her attorneys are seeking for her to receive a pardon or commutation from President Trump in exchange for her cooperation in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
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CNN, The Hill, USA Today, CNBC, The Independent, New York Daily News, Metro.co.uk, KVUE-TV, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, NewsNation, IJR, NewsMax.com and The Sun
Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas — About an hour ago, CNN and NBC reported that Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum security camp in Texas. — According to sources who have spoken on the condition of anonymity …
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CBS News, Washington Examiner and Mediaite
Ben Kochman / New York Post:
Ghislaine Maxwell is quietly moved to cushy new Texas prison as she pushes for deal to tell all on Epstein, his associates — Ghislaine Maxwell has quietly been moved to a far more favorable Texas prison camp as she hashes out a possible deal to divulge secrets about her sex-crimes accomplice Jeffrey Epstein.
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NBC News, USA Today, Miami Herald, MSNBC, TMZ.com, al.com and Talking Points Memo
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, is transferred to a prison camp in Texas
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Axios, Washington Post, The Guardian, Bloomberg and Reuters
Katie Hawkinson / The Independent:
Ghislaine Maxwell quietly moved from Florida to Texas prison as lawyers seek Trump pardon: reports
Ghislaine Maxwell quietly moved from Florida to Texas prison as lawyers seek Trump pardon: reports
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Joe.My.God. and Axios
CPB:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations following the passage of a federal rescissions package and the release …
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Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
The FBI Redacted Trump's Name in the Epstein Files — The bureau's FOIA team tasked with conducting a final review of the records blacked out the names before higher-ups said last month that releasing the documents ‘would not be appropriate or warranted.’ … ‘The most transparent administration in history’
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New Republic, PoliticusUSA, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and al.com
Ryan Patrick Jones / Reuters:
Trump orders nuclear submarines moved near Russia — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in regions near Russia in response to threats from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. — “I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Says He Ordered Subs Repositioned in Rare Nuclear Threat to Russia — In a social media post, the president described the move as a deterrent prompted by threats by a former Russian leader. It is unclear if any submarines did actually change position.
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The Gateway Pundit, The Independent and NewsMax.com
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump orders nuclear submarines closer to Russia over “provocative statements”
Trump orders nuclear submarines closer to Russia over “provocative statements”
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MSNBC, USA Today and The Kyiv Independent
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates — By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act …
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New York Times:
‘Clinton Plan’ Emails Were Likely Made by Russian Spies, Declassified Report Shows — An annex to a report by the special counsel John H. Durham was the latest in a series of disclosures about the Russia inquiry, as the Trump team seeks to distract from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
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Makena Kelly / Wired:
Palantir Is Extending Its Reach Even Further Into Government — Palantir has become one of the few winners in the Trump administration's cost-cutting efforts, offering other contractors a lifeline while consolidating its own reach and power. — President Donald Trump's administration …
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Washington Post, Joe.My.God. and CNBC, more at Techmeme »
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump's Bad-to-Worse Options on Epstein … The Trump administration has been flailing as it struggles to contain the fallout from its handling of the so-called Epstein files. Is there a way out? — Even on an overseas trip, President Donald Trump couldn't escape persistent queries …
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Why Epstein has Trump crashing out
Jonathan Wolfe / New York Times:
Trump Administration Cuts Funds to U.C.L.A., Chancellor Says — The university is the latest to be targeted by the federal government over accusations that it has not done enough to fight antisemitism on campus. — The federal government is cutting research funds for the University of California …
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USA Today, Algemeiner.com, Office of the Chancellor, UPI and CalMatters
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Trump administration cuts UCLA research funds
Trump administration cuts UCLA research funds
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New York Times, Middle East Monitor, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Caller, NewsMax.com and ABC7
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
With His Reordering of Global Trade, Trump Turns to the Untested — President Trump has long wanted to rework world trade. The tariffs set to go into effect next week will carry out that plan. — President Trump's plan to impose stiff tariffs on dozens of trading partners next week …
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CNN, Washington Times, The Independent, CBS News, USA Today, Associated Press and Breitbart
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's latest tariffs will cost U.S. households $2,400 this year, analysis says
Trump's latest tariffs will cost U.S. households $2,400 this year, analysis says
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Newsweek, Joe.My.God., Forbes, CBS News and Bloomberg
Janay Kingsberry / Washington Post:
Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum — The Smithsonian said it restored the display to an earlier version, which notes that “only three presidents have seriously faced removal.” — The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History …
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Rashid Khalidi / The Guardian:
I spent decades at Columbia. I'm withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump — The university's draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossible — I am writing you an open letter since you have seen fit to communicate the recent decisions …
New York Times:
‘Can We Extradite Him?’ How U.S. Officials Grappled With the Release of a Triple Murderer — The decision to free an American convicted of murder in a prisoner swap with Venezuela threatened to undercut President Trump's claims of keeping the worst of the worst out of the United States.
Noah Shachtman / New York Magazine:
Inside the Crisis at the Anti-Defamation League — The group used to fight for justice for all. Its war against anti-Zionism has changed everything. — On June 4, an executive at the Anti-Defamation League, which was founded with a mission to defend the Jewish people and …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Dems threaten investigation if Harvard cuts deal with Trump — A group of House and Senate Democrats who attended Harvard are threatening their alma mater with a “rigorous” investigation if the school cuts a deal to end hostilities with President Trump, Axios has learned.
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NewsMax.com and The Hill
Brandi Buchman / HuffPost:
Judges Are Begging The Public To Take Trump's Attacks On Them Seriously — Federal judges wonder if they can't keep themselves or their families safe, how are they expected to uphold the rule of law? — Sitting federal judges targeted for impeachment or misconduct complaints …
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Democracy Docket, Reuters, New Republic, Salon, Washington Post and CBS News
Politico:
Trump administration firings mount as staffers' loyalty is called into question … In an interview with POLITICO, Loomer said she is now fielding tips from administration officials about colleagues they want exiled amid what she called “a serious vetting crisis,” predicting there are “hundreds” more she expects to purge.
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The Independent, New Republic, Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and The Daily Beast
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Nearly 150,000 Federal Workers Have Left Under Trump, New Analysis Shows — Making employees miserable has helped the administration push them out the door through deferred resignation and early retirement programs. — Around 149,000 employees have left the federal government since President …
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GovExec.com, The War Horse, New York Times, Partnership for Public Service and The Independent

