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8:00 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
Discussion: Al Jazeera, Reuters, Global News and Semafor
Washington Post:
FBI moves to dispatch 120 agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime  —  The Trump administration has assigned FBI agents to work overnight shifts to combat carjackings and other crimes.  —  just now  —  The FBI has begun dispatching about 120 of its agents in overnight shifts …
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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 …
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Orders DC Homeless to ‘Move Out IMMEDIATELY’
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: Washington Post and 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 …
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 …
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Jake Evans / ABC:
Albanese announces Palestinian recognition, saying war in Gaza has gone too far  —  In short:  —  Australia will move to recognise a state of Palestine at the next United Nations meeting in September, in unison with the United Kingdom, France and Canada.  —  Anthony Albanese …
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.
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: Paul Krugman and New York Post
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
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: Breitbart
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Democrats try to separate their tactical use of redistricting from that of Republicans
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.
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 and Axios
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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 …
Marc Santora / New York Times:
A Sidelined Zelensky Warns That Russia Will Try to Deceive the U.S.  —  Ukraine fears that the Kremlin will try to convince President Trump at U.S.-Russian talks in Alaska that Ukraine, not Russia, is the obstacle to peace.  —  With President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin preparing …
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Luis Jaime Acosta / Reuters:
OBITUARY Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe dies after campaign shooting in June  —  Miguel Uribe, a Colombian senator who was vying for his party's candidacy in upcoming presidential elections, died on Monday, two months after being shot at a campaign rally.  He was 39.
Discussion: CBS News and Al Jazeera
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.
 
 
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
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Politico:
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Discussion: Fox News
Andy Kessler / Wall Street Journal:
Make Cars Beautiful Again
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Red states lead push for MAHA soda bans
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Casey Parks / Washington Post:
A family opened a town's first bookstore. A bathroom bill is driving them away.
Dana Bash / CNN:
US Ambassador to NATO: 'It's possible' Zelensky will attend Trump-Putin summit
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Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump rips ‘disgusting degenerate’ Pelosi, alleges ‘average’-minded husband Paul got rich off ‘inside information’
Robinson Meyer / New York Times:
Trump Is Destroying the Future of America to Own the Libs
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Trump is rushing to build his ballroom. A review process could take years.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death
New York Times:
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Discussion: Newsweek and Raw Story
 

 
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