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Matt Brown / Associated Press:
Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime  —  President Trump said he was declaring a public safety emergency, taking over the DC police and calling in National Guard troops to fight crime and tackle homelessness in the nation's capital.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump Isn't Liberating D.C. He's Subduing It.  —  New consumer price numbers out this morning!  Overall, inflation held steady at 2.7 percent year over year last month, the Labor Department reported.  But core inflation was elevated, coming in at 3.1 percent as tariff-related price hikes started to kick in.
Washington Post:
Fighting crime in D.C. cannot end with Trump's show of force  —  The president's takeover of the D.C. police will be temporary.  Longer-term solutions will be needed.  —  President Donald Trump is putting on quite the show to project strength on crime after the foiled carjacking of a staffer in his administration.
Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Is Expanding the Role of the American Military on U.S. Soil  —  His deployment of the National Guard in D.C. comes as he plans to broaden the use of U.S. military bases for immigrant detention centers  —  President Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops in Washington …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump, D.C. Police Commissioner
Anna Spiegel / Axios:
Trump's D.C. crime claims don't match the data
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   August 11, 2025  —  President Donald J. Trump's big announcement today at his press conference …
New York Times:
Trump Pulls Military Into Another Political Issue
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Russia Has High Hopes for Trump-Putin Summit.  Peace Isn't One of Them.  —  The meeting represents a victory for Putin, who seeks to end international isolation and separate Russian ties with the U.S. from the fate of Ukraine  —  Expectations in Russia are running high ahead …
Discussion: Sputnik News and NewsMax.com
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
From Alaska with love  —  Ahead of Friday's meeting, Putin knows that Trump is desperate for a deal on Ukraine  —  Should Ukraine's worst fears come to pass, Donald Trump will on Friday give away land in the negotiating chamber that Russia could not win by force of arms.
Dasha Burns / Politico:
'Trusting Trump's instincts': White House sets modest expectations ahead Putin summit
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Meridith McGraw / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Nominate Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  E.J. Antoni is chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation and has long criticized the agency's approach to collecting jobs data  —  President Trump said on Monday that he plans to nominate E.J. Antoni …
Molly Smith / Bloomberg:
Trump Names Heritage's EJ Antoni to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
Discussion: Daily Kos and KVIA-TV
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Key Consumer Price Index gauge rises as Trump trade war weighs  —  A key measure of consumer prices that strips out energy and food costs rose at a faster clip in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday. … - But core CPI — the measure watched most closely by policymakers …
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Colby Smith / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. Inflation Report Shows Effects of Trump's Tariffs  —  A gauge of underlying inflation in July showed prices increasing at the fastest annual pace in five months, a sign that businesses are passing along tariff-related costs to customers.  —  What to know about the report.
Bloomberg:
China Urges Firms to Avoid Nvidia H20 Chips After Trump Ends Ban  —  Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade.  Sign up here.  —  Beijing has urged local companies to avoid using Nvidia Corp.'s H20 processors, particularly for government-related purposes …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Extends China Tariff Truce by Three Months
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:   Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Ongoing Discussions with The People's Republic of China
Paul Krugman:
Trump Plays the Carnage Card  —  Fake crime wave, real power grab  —  First, some personal news.  For those who may not know, I received a great honor this weekend:  —  I have now added “Deranged BUM” to my Substack profile.  —  But enough about me.  Let's move on to the subject of today's post …
Discussion: Jeff-alytics
Washington Post:
After CDC shooting, its employees turn their anger to RFK Jr. and Trump  —  Investigators allege the shooter targeted the agency because of his coronavirus vaccine beliefs, according to two CDC officials briefed on the case.  —  KENNESAW, Georgia — A gaunt Patrick White approached his neighbor …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study  —  An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children …
Discussion: NPR and STAT
Andrea Margolis / Fox News:
Democratic whistleblower told FBI that Adam Schiff approved classified leaks to target Trump  —  Intelligence staffer who worked for House Democrats called the alleged behavior ‘treasonous’ and ‘illegal’  —  A Democratic whistleblower told the FBI that Adam Schiff approved leaking classified information …
New York Times:
Harvard Nears a Deal With the Trump Administration to Restore Funding  —  A potential $500 million settlement would end a monthslong battle that pitted the nation's wealthiest school against the Trump administration's extraordinary crackdown on higher education.
ProPublica:
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.  —  ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013.  Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longer banned.
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Massie, Khanna bringing Epstein survivors to Capitol  —  Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) are planning to bring survivors of abuse by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell to the Capitol.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
An Uncomfortably Revealing Laura Loomer Deposition  —  Insights into her insults, clues about her career hopes.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Coming Soon: The Laura Loomer Foundation for Twitter Trolling  —  LAURA LOOMER HAS BEEN HYPERACTIVE during the second Trump administration …
Discussion: Mediaite
Associated Press:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth belongs to an archconservative church network.  Here's what to know  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's proud to be part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, an archconservative network of Christian congregations.
Discussion: Advocate
Washington Post:
Trump's risky role as the would-be CEO of America  —  Trump's personal approach to running the economy — and other issues from Ukraine to D.C. — departs from traditional conservatism and carries political peril.  —  Just now  —  President Donald Trump's personal involvement in a deal …
Discussion: Raw Story
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
A Right-Wing Influencer Tried to Be a Tradwife.  It Almost Broke Her.  —  Lauren Southern, one of the most well-known right-wing influencers during Donald Trump's first term, first went viral with a 2015 video titled “Why I Am Not a Feminist.”  Then 19, beautiful and blond …
 
 
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