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6:15 AM ET, August 11, 2025

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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 …
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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.
Ephrat Livni / New York Times:
Israeli Strike Kills 4 Al Jazeera Journalists, Network Says  —  Anas al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent for the network, was among those killed.  Israel said it had conducted a strike targeting Mr. al-Sharif, claiming he worked for Hamas.  —  An Israeli strike near a hospital in Gaza City …
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Put F.B.I. Agents on Night Patrol in Washington  —  The move is part of President Trump's pledge to crack down on street crime in the nation's capital.  —  The Trump administration plans to temporarily reassign 120 F.B.I. agents in Washington to nighttime patrol duties …
Discussion: Associated Press, Politico and The Hill
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Orders DC Homeless to ‘Move Out IMMEDIATELY’
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China  —  In a highly unusual arrangement with President Trump, the companies are expected to kick 15 percent of what they make in China to the U.S. government.  —  Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to pay …
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Free DC
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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: Civil Discourse …
NBC4 Washington:
Trump considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard to D.C. … President Donald Trump is considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops to D.C. and could make the announcement as early as Monday, one defense official and two U.S. officials confirmed on Sunday night.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Considers Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  Officials are looking at E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, among others, to head jobs-data agency  —  The Trump administration is interviewing candidates to lead the Bureau …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
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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Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Netanyahu rebuffs ‘shameful’ European plans to recognize Palestinian state
Discussion: Foreign Policy, Reuters and Politico
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Pritzker: Trump Is ‘Cheating Americans Out of Their Votes’ With Gerrymandering Plans  —  Republicans are attempting to unconstitutionally redraw congressional districts to stave off losses in the upcoming midterm elections  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker isn't pulling punches.
Discussion: Newsbusters, Raw Story and Breitbart
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Former Surgeon General on HHS cancelling vaccine research: ‘Over 2 million lives have been saved because of mRNA technology’  —  Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday pushed back against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently winding down its mRNA vaccine …
Discussion: CBS News
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Maya Goldman / Axios:
RFK Jr.'s vaccine pullback stokes fears of lost medical breakthroughs
Discussion: The Bulwark
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Intel CEO Singled Out by Trump to Visit White House on Monday  —  Lip-Bu Tan is set to meet with the president, who last week called for Tan's removal  —  Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is set to visit the White House Monday after President Trump called for his removal last week over ties to Chinese businesses …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death  —  The latest Los Angeles protest march against President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation arrests took off from the city's MacArthur Park uneventfully on Friday night, which might have been just as well for a British photojournalist named Nick Stern.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Red states lead push for MAHA soda bans  —  Republican-led states are leading the charge to ban soda and candy from their food stamp programs, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement flips traditional partisanship on its head.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Lindsey Graham says Russia and Ukraine would likely need to swap land in a ceasefire deal  —  Land swaps have been a non-starter for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press” that Russia and Ukraine would have to swap …
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NBC News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham says ‘there will be land swaps’ to end Russia-Ukraine war: Full interview
 
 
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Discussion: Washington Examiner
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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
Discussion: Washington Examiner
ABC News:
1 dead, 5 wounded, including 5-year-old girl, in Baltimore ‘mass shooting’: Police
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
New chatbot on Trump's Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him
 

 
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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, set to close after WBD splits into two companies in Q3 2026

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

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