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Constant Méheut / New York Times:
Ukraine and Europe Project United Front Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit — Washington's push to negotiate an end to the war has raised concerns the Trump administration will make concessions to Moscow that Kyiv cannot accept. — Ukraine and its European allies sought on Sunday to present …
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Washington Post:
Russians cheer Putin's Alaska invitation, envision no concessions on Ukraine — Analysts noted Alaska was once part of the Russian Empire, and some nationalists believe it should be returned. — MOSCOW — Russian officials and commentators crowed about landing a summit between President Vladimir Putin …
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The Independent, Sputnik News, Reuters and Atlantic Council
Paul Sonne / New York Times:
With Ukraine in the Balance, Trump and Putin Head Into Summit With Mismatched Goals — For President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, it is an opportunity not just to end the Ukraine war on his terms but to split apart the Western security alliance. — Late last month, President Vladimir V. Putin …
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The Atlantic:
Trump Invites Putin to Step Foot in America
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Lindsey Graham says Russia and Ukraine would likely need to swap land in a ceasefire deal
Lindsey Graham says Russia and Ukraine would likely need to swap land in a ceasefire deal
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Nicholas Kerr / ABC News:
NATO Secretary General Rutte says Trump-Putin summit is about ‘testing Putin’
NATO Secretary General Rutte says Trump-Putin summit is about ‘testing Putin’
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Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
Trump-Putin summit in Alaska resembles a slow defeat for Ukraine
Trump-Putin summit in Alaska resembles a slow defeat for Ukraine
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Jones Hayden / Politico:
Thousands in Israel march against Netanyahu's plan to escalate Gaza war — Families of hostages were among the protesters amid new fears over the 50 remaining captives, with 20 of them thought to be alive, held by Hamas. — Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across Israel …
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Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Netanyahu rebuffs ‘shameful’ European plans to recognize Palestinian state
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Orders DC Homeless to ‘Move Out IMMEDIATELY’ — ‘NO MR. NICE GUY’ — Around 5,000 people in the nation's capital are unhoused on a given night. — President Donald Trump wants homeless people to evacuate the nation's capital. — “We're having a News Conference tomorrow in the White House …
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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Declares War on Unhoused D.C. Residents: ‘No MR. NICE GUY’
Trump Declares War on Unhoused D.C. Residents: ‘No MR. NICE GUY’
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Maya Goldman / Axios:
RFK Jr.'s vaccine pullback stokes fears of lost medical breakthroughs — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cut federal funding for mRNA vaccine research is the latest in a series of moves that have the potential to crush future medical breakthroughs and accelerate a brain drain.
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Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
How RFK Jr. Mastered Fake Science—and Screwed Us in the Process … EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ABOVE SCENARIO is hypothetical—except the final part about the funding. That part happened last week. — On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced …
CBS News:
Transcript: Former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 10, 2025 — The following is the transcript of an interview with Dr. Jerome Adams, the former U.S. surgeon general during President Trump's first term, that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Aug. 10, 2025.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Vance urges “decisive action” on GOP redistricting efforts — Vice President JD Vance said Republicans must take “very decisive action” with redistricting, arguing in an interview aired Sunday that those efforts and a new census will make “the congressional apportionment fair.”
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Democrats try to separate their tactical use of redistricting from that of Republicans
Democrats try to separate their tactical use of redistricting from that of Republicans
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Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Newsbusters, New York Post, Raw Story and Chicago Sun Times
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
New chatbot on Trump's Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him — An “answer engine” on Trump's social media site says the 2020 election wasn't stolen, tariffs aren't boosting the stock market and Barack Obama is seen favorably. — Just now — President Donald Trump …
CNN:
Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell — Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the yearslong tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents.
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Raw Story
Paul Krugman:
The Economics of Smoot Hawley 2.0, Part II — This trade war is really a class war — Most of Donald Trump's tariffs are clearly illegal. There is a special court, the Court of International Trade, which is supposed to have jurisdiction over these issues, and it ruled the tariffs illegal on May 28.
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Computer Science Grads Struggle to Find Jobs in the A.I. Age … Manasi Mishra recently graduated from Purdue University with a degree in computer science.Madeleine Hordinski for The New York Times — Growing up near Silicon Valley, Manasi Mishra remembers seeing tech executives …
Caroline Orr Bueno, PhD / Weaponized:
Silent Coup: How Trump's Allies Are Gaming Algorithms To Seize Your Feed — New research unravels the secret tactics behind Stop the Steal and other right-wing disinformation campaigns. — A sophisticated strategy is playing out in plain sight that few outside of digital war rooms truly understand or even notice.
Jerome Adams / STAT:
Former surgeon general: The CDC shooting must be a wakeup call — We need better discourse, leadership, and action to protect public health workers — At approximately 4:50 p.m. on Friday, a gunman — opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — headquarters in Atlanta.
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Keren Landman / The Atlantic:
'I'm Actually Surprised It Didn't Happen Sooner'
'I'm Actually Surprised It Didn't Happen Sooner'
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Politico:
Appeals court rules Trump clamp-down on spending data defies Congress' authority … “No court would allow a losing party to defy its judgment. No President would allow a usurper to command our armed forces,” Judge Karen Henderson, a George H.W. Bush appointee, wrote in support of the decision …
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Raw Story
Julia Simon / NPR:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn't vote — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reposted and praised a video interview of a self-described Christian nationalist pastor whose church doesn't believe women shouldn't be allowed to vote.
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Coral Murphy Marcos / The Guardian:
Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn't be allowed to vote
Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn't be allowed to vote
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Althouse, Letters from an American and Crooks and Liars
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump suggests “MAGA” stock listing for mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie — Days after the administration confirmed plans to start selling the government's stakes in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, President Trump suggested they might be combined and trade as “MAGA.”
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Michael G. Holzman / The UnPopulist:
Yoram Hazony's National Conservatism Wants to Abandon Liberal Democracy so that the Jewish People Maintain Hegemony in Israel — The Israeli political theorist, Yoram Hazony, recently appeared on The Ezra Klein Show to defend his vision for society. Hazony is best known as the leading luminary …
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Wall Street Journal:
China Detains Senior Diplomat Who Aided U.S. Relations — Liu Jianchao gained warm reception during visit to Washington and New York where he was seen as potential foreign minister — Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat widely seen as a potential foreign minister …
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Abigail S. Gerstein / The Harvard Crimson:
Trump Expands Race Data Disclosure Requirements, Putting Harvard Admissions Under Scrutiny Again — Harvard and all other American universities will now be required to submit data proving that they do not consider race in admissions, following a Thursday memorandum from President Donald Trump.
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