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4:55 PM ET, August 11, 2025

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Washington Post:
Trump orders federal takeover of D.C. police, deploys National Guard  —  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.  —  just now  —  President Donald Trump announced Monday …
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New York Times:
District residents say they feel safe, but occasionally unnerved.  —  President Trump ordered what was expected to be a 30-day takeover of D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department and suggested the federal intervention could be expanded to other cities.  —  Here's the latest.
Washington Post:
Bowser calls Trump's takeover of D.C. police department ‘unsettling and unprecedented’  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) on Monday called President Donald Trump's federal takeover of the D.C. police department “unsettling and unprecedented” and said that the city's police chief remains in charge of the District's police force.
The Guardian:
‘Unsettling and unprecedented’: Washington DC mayor responds to Trump's federal takeover of city police - live  —  White House official confirms that the federal takeover of DC police department expected to be in effect for 30 days but added that this would be ‘subject to change’
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump puts Washington, DC, police under federal control, deploys National Guard … President Donald Trump on Monday said he is placing the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploying National Guard troops in order to address what he claims is out-of-control crime in the capital city.
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 …
Discussion: Techdirt
Washington Post:
Trump says crime in D.C. is out of control.  Here's what the data shows.  —  Crime in D.C. and nationwide is declining from pandemic-era spikes.  But individual incidents can shake residents and capture the president's attention.  —  President Donald Trump once again catapulted crime …
Max Matza / BBC:
Trump demands homeless people ‘immediately’ move out of Washington DC
Josephine Walker / Axios:
These are the cities Trump targeted next after federalizing D.C. police
Discussion: RedState
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Military Preparing to Activate National Guard in D.C.
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Convicted Felon Trump Lies About Crime Rate In D.C., Deploys Troops
Associated Press:
Trial to start on whether deployment of National Guard to Los Angeles violated federal law
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Fighting Gives Democrats Stories To Tell  —  It's easier to rally people when they have protagonists to cheer on.  —  Fighting is most important because it's a predicate to winning.  Good, hard fighters combine strategic thinking with aggression, and that mixture alone will change an opponent's behavior.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Politico:
House Republicans want another megabill. One GOP senator says it could be ‘damaging.’
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Proportional representation is the solution to gerrymandering
Discussion: Axios and American Thinker
Hans von der Burchard / Politico:
Trump to join European leaders on emergency call before Putin talks  —  BERLIN — U.S. President Donald Trump will join European leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an emergency virtual summit on Wednesday.  —  The call, organized by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz …
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Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter:
Looking past the performative cruelty to see the reality of Trump's collapsing agenda
Discussion: The Guardian and IJR
Cathy Young / The Bulwark:
Alaska Summit: Trump and Putin Planning to Carve Up Ukraine
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.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Small Businesses Brace for the Punishing Side Effects of Trump's Tariffs  —  Large firms with big bank balances, workers already in jobs and households near the top of the income ladder will have an easier time navigating the economic waves.  —  Katrina Golden, the owner of Lil Mama's Sweets & Treats …
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Brendan Murray / Bloomberg:   Small US Firms Paying Trump Tariffs Face $202 Billion Annual Hit
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:   Trump is losing his foolish trade war. This will cost ordinary Americans greatly
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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Lorenzo Tondo / The Guardian:
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
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 and Raw Story
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Paul Krugman:
The Political Economy of Incompetence
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Deadline
CBO Publications:
How the 2025 Reconciliation Act (Public Law 119-21) Will Affect the Distribution of Resources Available to Households  —  This interactive tool illustrates the distributional effects of the 2025 reconciliation act (P.L. 119-21).  It allows users to explore how that law will affect …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Steve Vladeck / One First:
172. “Federalizing” D.C.  —  Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia.  But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” a weekly newsletter that aims …
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.
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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