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2:55 PM ET, August 9, 2025

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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 8, 2025 (Friday)  —  During the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed he could stop Russia's war on Ukraine with a single phone call.  Instead, Matt Murphy and Ned Davies of the BBC report that Russian attacks on Ukraine have doubled since Trump took office.
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine and Europe Counter Putin's Cease-Fire Proposal  —  European powers and Kyiv presented their own blueprint to end the war in Ukraine, after Putin demanded territorial concessions and Trump said he'd meet with the Russian leader next week  —  BERLIN—European powers and Ukraine responded …
Associated Press:
Zelenskyy rejects formally ceding Ukrainian territory, says Kyiv must be part of any negotiations
Helen Catt / BBC:
Vance and Lammy to host meeting on Ukraine, as Zelensky says Kyiv will not give up land to Russia
New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Meet With Putin in Alaska Next Week
Washington Post:
Trump, Putin meeting set for next week in Alaska
Washington Post:
What can the FBI do in Texas redistricting fight?  Not much, experts say.  —  Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said the FBI had pledged its assistance in bringing Democratic lawmakers back to the state.  But so far, the bureau appears to have taken few concrete steps to help.
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
Judge blocks Beto O'Rourke from financially supporting Texas Democrats who left the state
New York Times:
Suspect and Officer Are Dead After Shooting Outside C.D.C. in Atlanta  —  The gunman fired at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because he blamed the Covid vaccine for his maladies, an official said.  —  A gunman who believed the coronavirus vaccine was to blame …
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Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Shooter who attacked the CDC headquarters was a 30-year-old man from suburban Atlanta
Alix Martichoux / The Hill:
Officer injured responding to active shooter at Emory University, near CDC headquarters in Atlanta
Washington Post:
Trump expands use of tariffs to reach national security goals  —  Officials wanted to press countries near China for closer defense ties, documents show.  —  President Donald Trump's freewheeling use of tariffs as a tool of American power may have been more extensive than was publicly known …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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Politico:
Foreign governments bet big to lobby Trump on tariffs.  Most came up empty. … At least 30 nations hired new lobbyists with connections to Trump since the election.  They include major trading partners like South Korea and Japan as well as smaller countries like Bosnia and Ecuador.
Lizzy Lawrence / STAT:
STAT+: Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, weeks after his ouster  —  WASHINGTON — Vinay Prasad is returning to the Food and Drug Administration to resume his role overseeing vaccine, gene therapy, and blood product regulation.  —  “At the FDA's request, Dr. Vinay Prasad is resuming leadership …
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Threatens to Take Over Harvard's Patents  —  Move is latest escalation in White House's battle with Ivy League school  —  The Trump administration is warning Harvard University that it could take over its patents, worth hundreds of millions of dollars …
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Bloomberg:   Trump Administration Threatens to Seize Valuable Harvard Patents
Luis Ferré-Sadurní / New York Times:
ICE Is Holding Migrants in Crowded and Unsanitary Cells, Suit Claims  —  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in New York have been used to detain migrants for days.  U.S. officials have denied that the conditions are poor.  —  A recently detained immigrant filed …
Discussion: Mission Local, Gothamist and Truthout
Claire Rush / Associated Press:
Some Democrats want new leadership.  Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden says he has what it takes to resist Trump  —  Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is in his fifth decade in Congress and showing no inclination to step aside even as pressure builds on aging Democratic officeholders to give way to a new generation.
Discussion: Democrats
Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote  —  The man who oversees the nation's military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote.
New York Times:
Flattery, Lobbyists and a Business Deal: Crypto's Richest Man Campaigns for a Pardon  —  A sophisticated operation is pushing President Trump to forgive Changpeng Zhao, which would boost the chances for his company, Binance, to break into the U.S. market.  —  In 2023, as Changpeng Zhao …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Axios:
“Watts Rebellion” 60th anniversary renews call for Kerner Report plan  —  The 60th anniversary of a shocking uprising in Los Angeles, which foretold similar unrest in cities throughout the 1960s and 1970s, is being marked with calls to revisit solutions to poverty outlined in a famous report.
Giovanna Bellotti Azevedo / Bloomberg:
Lula, Putin Discuss Stronger Brazil-Russia Ties in Phone Call  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin called Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss cooperation among so-called BRICS countries, whose loose alliance has been energized by US tariff policy.
Public Notice:
The sordid origin of ‘America First,’ explained by a historian  —  “They were not keen on fighting Nazis.”  —  ∙ Paid … 👇  —  “America First” was problematic long before Donald Trump was on the scene.  —  In the 1930s, as fascism was on the rise abroad …
Washington Post:
DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show  —  Communities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects including debris removal, waste water treatment repairs, roads and bridges, damaged buildings and parks, as well as for emergency protective measures.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Trump Is a ‘Totem for Wealth.’ What Happens if the Economy Crashes?  —  Three Opinion writers on Trump's most recent power grabs.  —  President Trump is destroying trust in public institutions, and there's a reason for that, the Opinion columnist Jamelle Bouie tells the Opinion national …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 
 
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Washington Post:
Cars, coffee and clothing are poised to get pricier with new tariffs
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