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4:25 PM ET, August 6, 2025

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Donna Brazile / The Hill:
‘Trumpmandering’ — a nationwide scheme to undermine Black and Hispanic voters  —  In a desperate power grab to preserve Republican control of the U.S. House in the 2026 elections, President Trump is demanding Republican elected officials in Texas and other states redraw congressional district boundaries.
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NBC News:
Democrats draw up plans to retaliate if Republicans gerrymander Texas — but they face legal hurdles  —  California is eyeing a ballot initiative this fall to redraw its House map for 2026 — only if Texas Republicans redistrict to gain more seats.  New York Democrats may have to wait until 2028.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Donald Trump and John Roberts Have a Lot in Common
Discussion: Mother Jones
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats
Discussion: The Guardian, MSNBC and The 19th
Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Chicago hotel where some Texas Democrats are staying
Amanda Seitz / Associated Press:
RFK Jr. Cancels $500 Million In Funding For Vaccine Development  —  The mRNA vaccines are credited with slowing the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.  —  The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
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Madeline Halpert / BBC:   RFK Jr cancels $500m in funding for mRNA vaccines for diseases like Covid
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%
Reuters:
Exclusive: Lula rejects ‘humiliation’ of calling Trump over US-Brazil tariff
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Associated Press
Reuters:
Casualties reported in active shooter incident at U.S. Army base in state of Georgia  —  An active shooter incident at the Fort Stewart U.S. Army base in Georgia has resulted in casualties, authorities said, and the base has been put on lockdown.  —  “The installation was locked down at 11:04 …
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NBC News:
Live updates: 5 soldiers shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia, shooter in custody
Reuters:
Five US soldiers shot at Georgia base, suspect a fellow soldier, official says
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) …
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
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.
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CNN:
Top Trump officials will discuss Epstein strategy at Wednesday dinner hosted by Vance
FIRE:
LAWSUIT: FIRE challenges unconstitutional provisions Rubio uses in crusade to deport legal immigrants over protected speech  — The First Amendment trumps the statutes that the government is abusing to deport people for speech alone  — This lawsuit seeks a landmark ruling …
Discussion: The Hill, USA Today and Bloomberg
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Free Speech Group Sues Rubio, Noem for ‘War Against Noncitizens’ Freedom of Speech'  —  The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonpartisan free speech advocacy nonprofit, has filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem over …
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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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Senator Marsha Blackburn Will Run for Governor of Tennessee  —  A conservative Trump ally in the Senate, Ms. Blackburn will now try to become the first woman to serve as governor.  —  Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee announced on Wednesday that she would run for governor, less than a year after winning another term in the Senate.
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Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn announces she's running for governor in Tennessee
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 …
Discussion: The Hill
Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump, Apple to Announce Fresh $100 Billion US Investment  —  President Donald Trump will announce that Apple Inc. will commit to spend another $100 billion on domestic manufacturing, the latest pledge by the tech giant to increase US production of its products as it seeks to avoid punishing tariffs on its flagship iPhones.
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
A judge blocks FEMA from repurposing disaster mitigation funding.
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: emptywheel and Joe.My.God.
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
A new low in bipartisanship: Trump hasn't met with Schumer or Jeffries  —  Presidents traditionally host opposing party leaders early in their term, as Trump did in 2017, but that tradition is now gone.  —  Just now  —  Almost six and a half months into his new term …
Discussion: Detroit Free Press
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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 …
Thomas Kennedy / Miami New Times:
Experts Say Florida's Alligator Alcatraz Migrant Camp May Be Illegal  —  A Trump-appointed judge gave officials until Thursday to prove they can legally detain migrants in the Everglades. … Audio By Carbonatix … What the state of Florida is doing in the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp is illegal, point blank.
Discussion: MSNBC and The Nation
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 …
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
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.
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.
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.
Los Angeles Times:
Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games  — Trump said he would send the military back to Los Angeles if he so chose in order to protect the Games.  — More concentrated involvement from Trump could spell further strain with Los Angeles city officials.
Sarkis Darbinyan / Financial Times:
Russia's internet crackdown is in a dangerous new phase  —  Criminalising searches is an escalation of repressive state control  —  The writer is a lawyer, co-founder of digital rights organisation RKS Global and CLO of VPN Guild  —  In July, Russian authorities passed laws ushering in a new era of digital repression.
Axios:
MAGA expectations soar after DOJ orders Russia grand jury probe  —  The MAGA movement has spent the past 10 years demanding the arrests of President Trump's political enemies.  — Now, for the first time, the levers of power are aligned to pursue that goal from inside the federal government.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Wall Street Sees Decline in Dealmaking for Oil and Gas Clients
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky
Molly Taft / Wired:
Combating Domestic Violent Extremism Is No Longer a FEMA Priority
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Former Georgia lieutenant governor joins Democratic Party
The Economist:
Why the laws of war are widely ignored
New York Times:
Trump Spending Bill Means Big Cuts for New Mexico
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
What Do We Owe Andry?  —  Our country sent this young man and hundreds of others to a foreign gulag …
 Earlier Items: 
Jake Lahut / Wired:
Trumpworld Knows Epstein Is a Problem. But They Can't Solve It
Meghan Leahy / Washington Post:
Adult son ‘canceled’ his grandma, uncle and cousin. We are heartbroken.
Tina Reed / Axios:
Trump teases stepwise tariff plan for pharma
Discussion: RTÉ, CNBC, NewsMax.com and Newsweek
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
America Is Blinding Itself
 

 
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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

New York Times:
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

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”

 
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