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8:25 AM ET, August 10, 2025

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NBC News:
White House is considering inviting Zelenskyy to Alaska  —  Trump is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to discuss a potential ceasefire in Ukraine.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska …
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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 …
Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
Trump-Putin summit in Alaska resembles a slow defeat for Ukraine  —  Video Ad Feedback  —  Zelensky rejects territorial concession with Russia  —  Zelensky rejects territorial concession with Russia  —  Ukrainians tell CNN how they feel about Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska
Paul Sonne / New York Times:
With Ukraine in the Balance, Trump and Putin Head Into Summit With Mismatched Goals
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill and Bloomberg
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump is letting Putin manipulate him, again
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Graham ‘confident’ Trump will walk away from summit if Putin ‘insists on bad deal’
New York Times:
Gunman in Deadly C.D.C. Shooting Fixated on Covid Vaccine, Officials Say  —  The shooting in Atlanta, which killed a police officer, followed the spread of false information around Covid vaccines and animosity directed at the agency, public health workers say.
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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.”  —  When gunfire pelted the Atlanta-based headquarters of the CDC yesterday, hundreds of employees were inside the campus's buildings.  The experience was terrifying.
Discussion: STAT
Brandy Zadrozny / MSNBC:
After a deadly shooting at the CDC, shaken scientists demand answers from RFK Jr.  —  CDC Director Susan Monarez convened an online all-hands meeting of the agency division that focuses on vaccines, and employees called out Kennedy's rhetoric specifically.  —  A shooting outside the Centers …
Discussion: New York Times, STAT and Politico
Associated Press:
CDC shooter believed COVID vaccine made him suicidal, his father tells police
CNN:
Gunman in CDC shooting identified as staffers reel from attack on heavily scrutinized agency
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Half of GOP Would Still Vote for Trump If Implicated in Epstein Crimes  —  SAFE FROM SCANDAL  —  A new survey has found that 47 percent of Republican voters wouldn't be swayed if the president were found complicit in the disgraced financier's crimes.  —  Half of Republican voters …
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The One Trump Flaw Most Americans Can't Tolerate  —  Democrats should emphasize not that the president is corrupt or inmoral, but that he is incompetent.  —  tens of millions of Americans voted for President Donald Trump in the belief that he would be competent.
Discussion: Raw Story
David Lim / Politico:
Top vaccine regulator returns to FDA after recent firing … The return of Prasad marks a personnel victory for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Makary, who opposed his dismissal.  In the days after Prasad's ouster, Makary told reporters he encouraged Prasad to reconsider his exit from government.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Christina Jewett / New York Times:
Ousted F.D.A. Vaccine Chief Returns to Agency
Discussion: Mercury News
Washington Post:
IRS, White House clashed over immigrants' data before tax chief was ousted  —  The Trump administration's move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldn't release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally.
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Vile Take on Teenager's Rape Goes Viral as Epstein Woes Deepen  —  VICTIM BLAMING  —  Old footage of the president defending convicted rapist Mike Tyson has resurfaced as speculation mounts that the president may pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.  —  President Donald Trump's shocking defense …
Discussion: Mediaite
Noble Brigham / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
‘Disgraceful moment’: FBI fires official who was head of Las Vegas field office, attorney says  —  Cardboard cruising: Kids race in homemade boats at Clark County pool  —  Attorneys have only few days before Review-Journal judicial performance survey closes
Discussion: The Hill
Molly Jong-Fast / New York Times:
Donald Trump, Julian Fellowes and the Gilded Age Finale  —  HBO's “The Gilded Age,” Julian Fellowes's frothy, decorous, lavishly set-decorated historical soap opera set amid the social-climbing robber barons of New York City in the 1880s, is having its Season 3 finale on Sunday night.
Coral Murphy Marcos / The Guardian:
Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn't be allowed to vote  —  Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’  —  The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, recently shared a video in which several pastors say women …
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote
Discussion: NPR, Mother Jones and New Republic
Mathew Schumer / Baltimore Sun:
6 people, including a young girl, injured in mass shooting near Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore Police say  —  Baltimore Police say six victims, including one young girl, were shot Saturday night in the Central Park Heights neighborhood near Pimlico Race Course.
Discussion: New York Post and WTIC
Washington Post:
Laura Loomer knocks Medal of Honor recipient in new attack on Army  —  The unofficial adviser to President Donald Trump chastised Army Secretary Dan Driscoll over a social media post recognizing Florent Groberg, a decorated soldier who backed Hillary Clinton in 2016.  —  Just now
Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Texas Complaint Asks California to Arrest Democrats Blocking GOP Congressional Map  —  It's been nearly one week since a group of Democrats left Texas to stop Republicans from passing a high-stakes redistricting map that could hand the GOP five more seats in Congress.
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Wall Street Journal:
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
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Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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