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11:30 AM ET, August 11, 2025

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Washington Post:
Trump readies federal moves on D.C. crime, takes over D.C. police  —  The president is planning to flex his law enforcement power over Washington, declaring that he would clear the city of homeless people and crack down on crime.  —  President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would place …
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Paul McLeary / Politico:
Trump will send National Guard into Washington … The White House plans to activate around 800 National Guard troops in Washington to support local law enforcement, according to a senior defense official.  —  They will assist with logistics, transportation, and guarding facilities …
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Trump orders homeless he passed en route to golf course to leave Washington DC  —  President demands unhoused residents leave US capital or face eviction and vowed to use officers to make arrests  —  In a social media post on Sunday, Donald Trump demands homeless residents of Washington DC leave …
Idrees Ali / Reuters:
US military preparing for National Guard activation in Washington D.C., officials say  —  The U.S. military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.  —  The officials, who were speaking on the condition of anonymity …
Discussion: New York Times, Politico and Townhall
New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  President Trump has claimed that crime is “out of control” and threatened a federal takeover of the capital.  Officials said in January that violent crime in the city was at a 30-year low.  —  Here's the latest.  —  The U.S. military is preparing …
WUSA:
Sources close to DC mayor and police say, Trump will deploy National Guard on Monday  —  To stream WUSA9 on your phone, you need the WUSA9 app.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Watch: Trump puts Washington, DC, police under federal control, deploys National Guard
Diana Nerozzi / New York Post:   Trump admin plans to flood Washington with over 100 federal agents in push to make capital ‘great again’
NBC News:
Live updates: Trump to hold news event on D.C. crime after threatening a federal takeover
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
FBI moves to dispatch 120 agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime
David Hogberg / The American Spectator:
DC May Be More Receptive to a Trump Takeover Than Many Assume
Discussion: News Talk 105.9 WMAL
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, and an unnamed assistant by Israeli forces in Gaza.
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Al Jazeera:
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel in Gaza  —  Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.  —  Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside four colleagues in a targeted Israeli attack …
Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza  —  Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital  —  A prominent Al Jazeera journalist …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Eric Holder to strategize with House Democrats on redistricting … - Republicans in Texas, at the urging of President Trump, are moving to redraw their state's congressional districts in an effort to create as many as five new Republican seats.  — Democrats have threatened to respond …
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Proportional representation is the solution to gerrymandering
Brian Beutler / Off Message:   Fighting Gives Democrats Stories To Tell
Washington Post:   He was the first to tell Biden to step down. Now, will he?
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Financial Times:
Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale revenues to US government  —  Chipmakers agree to unusual arrangement to secure export licences from Trump administration  —  Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15 per cent of the revenues from chip sales in China …
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics  —  President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy  —  A generation ago conventional wisdom held that as China liberalized, its economy would come to resemble America's.
Brendan Murray / Bloomberg:
Small US Firms Paying Trump Tariffs Face $202 Billion Annual Hit  —  Small US companies, the source of more than half of the country's job creation in recent years, are struggling to comply with President Donald Trump's new tariffs and cope with growing financial strains clobbering them from higher import costs.
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Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:   Trump is losing his foolish trade war. This will cost ordinary Americans greatly
James Downie / MSNBC:
Trump's Oval Office chart charade can't hide the truth
Discussion: New York Times
Charlotte Graham-McLay / Associated Press:
Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Albanese says  —  Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signaling they would do so.  His remarks followed weeks of urging …
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Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Rages at Nobel-Winning ‘Deranged Bum’ in Late-Night Meltdown  —  JEALOUS, MUCH?  —  The president went after economist Paul Krugman in an irate Truth Social post.  —  Donald Trump has lashed out at Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman in a late-night rant after he weighed …
Discussion: New York Post, Mediaite, Raw Story and IJR
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Paul Krugman:
The Political Economy of Incompetence
Discussion: Deadline and Raw Story
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
Alaska Summit: Trump and Putin Planning to Carve Up Ukraine  —  REMEMBER WHEN, A FEW WEEKS BACK, commentators suddenly started talking about Donald Trump's “pivot” or “dramatic shift” on Ukraine and Russia?  The promises of aid to the one and scary sanctions against the other?
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Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
Crime is down.  But Trump's authoritarian power grabs are escalating.  —  🗣️ Public Notice is 100 percent reader funded.  If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please sign up and support us.  👇  —  The White House has seized …
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling  —  Kim Davis, a former clerk who refused gay couples, brought the appeal.  —  Paula Faris speaks to Kim Davis, the Kentucky court clerk who went to jail because she refused to issue gay marriage licenses.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
 
 
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