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6:45 AM ET, August 12, 2025

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Anna Spiegel / Axios:
Trump's D.C. crime claims don't match the data  —  Violent crime is declining in D.C. — not rising, as President Trump claimed on Monday. … - And for the first half of 2025, violent crime has dropped in all categories in Washington, according to new data from Major Cities Chiefs Association …
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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 …
New York Times:
Trump Pulls Military Into Another Political Issue  —  The National Guard troops who will move into Washington, D.C., will not perform law enforcement tasks but may be able to detain people temporarily, officials said.  —  President Trump's decision to send at least 800 National Guard troops …
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Trump's moves toward taking over Washington are unprecedented.  Here's what the law says  —  President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C. on Monday, saying it's needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down.
Sara Libby / San Francisco Chronicle:
By sending troops to D.C. and eyeing Oakland, Trump continues targeting Black-led cities
Washington Post:
Bowser calls Trump's takeover of D.C. police department ‘unsettling and unprecedented’
National Politics:
President Trump on Holds News Conference on Washington, DC Security
Chris Mirasola / Lawfare:
Deploying the D.C. National Guard
Discussion: Al Jazeera
David Klepper / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime
Discussion: UPI and New York Times
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Doesn't Really Care About Crime
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Trump's Farcical D.C. Crackdown
Shawn Hubler / New York Times:
Trump's Use of National Guard in L.A. Remains Contentious
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   Why Trump's Chilling Flex of Brute Force is So Disturbing
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Warns Fascist D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
D.C. Police Put Under Federal Control, Are Now ‘Allowed to Do Whatever the Hell They Want’
New York Times:
D.C. Mayor Calls Trump's Police Takeover ‘Unsettling’ but Promises Cooperation
Matt Pusatory / WUSA:
DC mayor, police chief blindsided by Trump's announcement of federal police force takeover, sources say
Brian Mann / NPR:
Federal agents spread out across D.C. streets amid Trump's vow to crack down on crime
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Trump nominates Bureau of Labor Statistics critic to replace fired agency head  —  E.J. Antoni, a staunch critic of the BLS, had emerged in recent days as a favorite candidate among some influential Trump advisers, including Stephen K. Bannon.  —  President Donald Trump will nominate …
Discussion: pbump, The Independent, KVIA-TV and NPR
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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  —  President Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing the former head of the agency earlier this month.
Discussion: Daily Kos, KVIA-TV and The Guardian
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Further Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Ongoing Discussions with The People's Republic of China  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)
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CNBC:
Trump extends China tariff deadline by 90 days … President Donald Trump on Monday delayed high U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from snapping back into place for another 90 days, a White House official told CNBC.  —  Those tariffs were set to resume Tuesday.
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Extends China Tariff Truce by Three Months  —  President Trump's order continues a reprieve from the threat of escalating tariffs and export controls, which rocked the global economy earlier this year.  —  阅读.体中文.閱讀.體中文.
Discussion: NPR, CNBC and Reuters
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
U.S., China extend tariff pause another 90 days
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
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Trump's tax law will mostly benefit the rich, while leaving poorer Americans with less, CBO says
Discussion: The Hill and NOTUS
Jarrell Dillard / Bloomberg:
Trump Tax Law Squeezes Poor, Boosts Income for Wealthy, CBO Says
Discussion: KVIA-TV
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: NewsMax.com
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Says He's Going to Alaska to See What Putin ‘Has in Mind’  —  President Trump set a low bar for his summit with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, saying he was ready to walk away if no deal was forthcoming.  —  President Trump set the lowest possible bar for his meeting …
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.
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: STAT
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 …
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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Robin Bravender / Politico:
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Adam Yamaguchi / CBS News:
Fear of immigration raids turns California community into ghost town
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump admin claims Social Security, Medicare at risk if tariffs blocked
New York Times:
Trump Wields Tariffs as a Force in Diplomacy, to Questionable Effect
Discussion: Politico
Reuters:
American Bar Association adopts resolution against Trump's law firm crackdown
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