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5:40 PM ET, August 6, 2025

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New York Times:
Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky  —  President Trump has been stymied for months in his efforts to find a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, after more than three years of war.  —  President Trump intends to meet in person with President Vladimir V. Putin …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Addressing Threats to The United States by the Government of the Russian Federation  —  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.)
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Associated Press:
Trump to put additional 25% import taxes on India, bringing combined tariffs to 50%  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to place an additional 25% tariff on India for its purchases of Russian oil, bringing the combined tariffs imposed by the United States on its ally to 50%.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Lula rejects ‘humiliation’ of calling Trump over US-Brazil tariff
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Associated Press
NBC News:
Live updates: 5 soldiers shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia, shooter in custody  —  Gunfire erupted at the army base on Wednesday morning, prompting the base commander to lock down facilities in the wake of an “active shooter” incident. … Shooter was from Florida and had no deployments
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Associated Press:
Army sergeant shot 5 soldiers before he was tackled and arrested at Fort Stewart, officials say
Department of Homeland Security:
Secretary Noem Unveils No Age Limit for Patriotic Americans to Join ICE Law Enforcement to Help Remove Worst of the Worst from U.S.  —  In less than one week since DHS launched its recruitment campaign, more than 80,000 Americans applied to join ICE  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Department …
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Department of Homeland Security:
The Speedway Slammer: A New Partnership with DHS and the State of Indiana to Expand Detention Space
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump administration makes it easier to join ICE
Discussion: Newsweek and al.com
Owen Dahlkamp / The Texas Tribune:
Paxton launches investigation into Beto O'Rourke's political group for funding Democrats who left state  —  The attorney general accused the organization of running a financial influence scheme that convinced Texas Democrats to leave the state.  —  WASHINGTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton …
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Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying
Seth Masket / Tusk:
The case for Democratic recklessness, redux
Discussion: Indianapolis Star
New York Times:
Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor's Race  —  The possibility that the president will seek to intercede could inject an element of unpredictability into an already fractious contest.  —  President Trump may have moved out of New York City, but he has privately discussed whether …
TJ L'Heureux / Phoenix New Times:
Women shouldn't hold office, says GOP woman now running for office  —  “I don't know if I would vote for any female,” said state senate hopeful Mylie Biggs, the daughter of GOP Rep. Andy Biggs. … Audio By Carbonatix … The daughter of Rep. Andy Biggs, one of Donald Trump's biggest …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Thomas Kennedy / Miami New Times:
Experts Say Florida's Alligator Alcatraz Migrant Camp May Be Illegal
David Dayen / American Prospect:
FEMA Employees Reassigned to ICE  —  Probationary employees who had been on paid leave were told to report to ICE within seven days or lose their jobs.  It could signal problems with ICE recruitment.  —  A number of employees with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) …
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Rubio, Noem Slapped With Lawsuit Over ‘War’ on Free Speech Amid Crackdown on Student Visa Holders
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and NewsMax.com
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common  —  Last Friday, the Supreme Court all but announced how it would rule on the future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.  —  The case in question, Louisiana v. Callais, which was heard for the first time in March, is a dispute over the drawing of the state's six congressional districts.
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Discussion: The Guardian, MSNBC and The 19th
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn announces she's running for governor in Tennessee  —  Blackburn would be the state's first female governor if she wins.  —  Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is running for governor, she announced Wednesday, promising to help her state be “America's conservative leader” for generations to come.
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senator Marsha Blackburn Will Run for Governor of Tennessee
Chloe Atkins / NBC News:
FBI crime report says violent crime decreased by 4.5% in 2024  —  Violent crime is defined as murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.  —  Statistics released Tuesday by the FBI indicate that violent crime decreased overall in the United States by 4.5% last year.
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Nation's violent crime rate fell in 2024 to lowest in 20 years: FBI
Discussion: Reason and News Talk 105.9 WMAL
Warren P. Strobel / Washington Post:
Gabbard overrode CIA officials' concerns in push to release classified Russia report  —  CIA officials worried that the release of a House report on 2016 Russian election meddling could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources, but Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard authorized …
Discussion: Raw Story, emptywheel and Joe.My.God.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Allegations surrounding GOP's Cory Mills go from bad to worse  —  House Republican leaders didn't need another controversy surrounding one of their members, but they apparently have one anyway.  —  All things considered, House Republican leaders didn't need another controversy surrounding …
Aria Bendix / NBC News:
RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research  —  The cuts add to mounting evidence that Kennedy is pursuing an aggressive anti-vaccine agenda.  —  The Trump administration is terminating 22 contracts focused on developing mRNA vaccines …
Politico:
Trump administration staffer known as ‘Big Balls’ assaulted in DC … President Donald Trump posted a photo on his social media platform showing a shirtless Coristine with what appeared to be blood spattered on his face, body and pants.  He called for a change in the law so that the juveniles …
Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
The Banality of Weasel  —  Yesterday, the president of the United States appeared without explanation on the roof of the White House, walked aimlessly for a bit, shouted back-and-forth with reporters, said some hard-to-interpret things about nuclear weapons, gesticulated oddly, and then left.
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Apple Announces $100 Billion US Investment Ahead of Trump Event  —  Apple Inc. committed to spending another $100 billion on domestic manufacturing ahead of an event with President Donald Trump, marking the latest pledge by the tech giant to increase US production as it seeks to avoid punishing tariffs on its flagship iPhones.
Molly Redden / ProPublica:
Trump's War on Big Law Means It's Harder to Challenge the Administration  —  Some of America's largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability.
Discussion: Above the Law
The Economist:
Why the laws of war are widely ignored  —  Global courts struggle to cope with power politics  —  International courts have never been busier.  Conflicts are more common than at any point since 1945.  Ever more civilians are being bombed, starved and raped by men with guns.
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Vance expected to host Epstein strategy dinner with Bondi, Blanche, Patel  —  Officials are considering releasing the Ghislaine Maxwell interview transcript.  —  Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks on the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” at Don's Machine Shop in West Pittston, Penn., on July 16, 2025.
Justin Ray / Columbia Journalism Review:
Glenn Kessler Believes Fact-Checkers Are Getting Easier to Ignore … Last week Glenn Kessler, the longtime writer of the Washington Post's Fact Checker column, announced that he had accepted a buyout, joining dozens of his former colleagues in walking away from the storied institution.
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
What Do We Owe Andry?  —  Our country sent this young man and hundreds of others to a foreign gulag to be tortured and sexually assaulted.  —  ∙ Paid  —  THE MOST PIERCING QUESTION from the Watergate scandal was “What did the president know, and when did he know it?”
 
 
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
The Art Of The D***: Trump Is Trying To Censor The Smithsonian And Everyone Hates It
Todd Gillespie / Bloomberg:
Citi CEO Meets Trump on Fannie, Freddie Public Offerings
Bloomberg:
Wall Street Sees Decline in Dealmaking for Oil and Gas Clients
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Molly Taft / Wired:
Combating Domestic Violent Extremism Is No Longer a FEMA Priority
New York Times:
Trump Spending Bill Means Big Cuts for New Mexico
Jake Lahut / Wired:
Trumpworld Knows Epstein Is a Problem. But They Can't Solve It
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Sarkis Darbinyan / Financial Times:
Russia's internet crackdown is in a dangerous new phase
mpdc.dc.gov:
MPD Makes Two Arrests in Swann Street Attempted Carjacking
Discussion: Fox News and The Daily Caller
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
America Is Blinding Itself
 

 
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