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8:45 AM ET, August 22, 2025

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Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
Patel's FBI raids John Bolton's home in high-profile national security probe  —  FBI agents raided the DC-area home of President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton on Friday morning in a high-profile national security probe, The Post can exclusively reveal.
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
DEVELOPING: FBI Raids John Bolton's House  —  Shortly before 7:00 a.m. Friday morning, the FBI and Montgomery County police were seen at the Bethesda home of John Bolton, who served as national security advisor for part of Donald Trump's first term.  Montgomery County police sealed off …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI searches home of former Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says  —  The FBI is searching the Maryland home of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump's first administration as national security adviser but later became critical of the president …
Punchbowl News:
Senate Dems' funding fight strategy takes shape  —  Senate Democrats have laid the groundwork throughout August to make this fall's government-funding fight all about health care.  —  Yet Democrats still need to decide how far to take this clash — and whether they're willing to force a government shutdown.
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Politico:
Playbook: Can Dems talk their way out of the wilderness?
Discussion: Axios
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Newsom Signs California Redistricting Plan to Counter Texas Republicans
Wall Street Journal:
The Gerrymander Race to the Bottom
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
California legislators pass redistricting plans to put a Democratic-drawn map before voters
Washington Post:
Newsom signs bills for redrawing voting maps as parties fight for control
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
California Democrats Pass Redistricting Bill to Counter Trump's Texas Gerrymander
Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact  —  The ruling, which gives the state 60 days to act, comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to convert a prison in North Florida into a second immigrant detention site.  —  A federal judge in Miami gave the state …
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NBC News:
Judge rules ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ can stay open for now, but no further detainees or construction are allowed  —  Within 60 days, the facility must also remove “all generators, gas, sewage, and other waste and waste receptacles,” which calls into question how it would operate.
Axios:
Florida ordered to undo Alligator Alcatraz due to environmental risks
Discussion: UPI and The Gateway Pundit
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push  —  The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday.
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court hands down some incomprehensible gobbledygook about canceled federal grants  —  My brain hurts. … Late Thursday afternoon, the Supreme Court handed down an incomprehensible order concerning the Trump administration's decision to cancel numerous public health grants.
New York Times:
Red Envelopes With Cash Are Changing Hands at Adams Campaign Rallies  —  New York Times reporters witnessed supporters of Mayor Eric Adams handing out cash-filled envelopes.  Sometimes, that money went to reporters from Chinese-language outlets.  —  Few New York City politicians …
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Samantha Maldonado / The City:
The Chips Fall as Rivals Fry the Mayor
Brianna Lyman / The Federalist:
Trump Cleaning Up DC In One Week Proves Democrats Are Destroying Their Cities By Choice  —  For years, Washington, D.C.'s so-called leaders resigned themselves to the idea that crime was inevitable.  Then came President Donald Trump, who saw a problem and took the novel approach …
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Washington Post:
Trump thanks officers and National Guard troops in D.C. stop
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations  —  The Trump administration said Thursday it is reviewing more than 55 million people who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation, part of a growing crackdown on foreigners …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump admin vetting 55M U.S. visa holders for potential violations
Discussion: Associated Press
GovExec.com:
IRS is canceling its layoff plans, will ask some it fired or pushed out to return  —  The Internal Revenue Service is no longer planning to pursue layoffs as it seeks to rebuild parts of its workforce.  The tax agency is now working to plug staffing holes with hiring, reassignments and rescinding …
Discussion: Federal News Network
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Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:   IRS Backtracks on Layoffs After Critical Staff Shortages
ProPublica:
Getting “DOGED”: DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media.  Then the Taliban Took His Family.  —  It was early morning on April 1 when Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar, got a panicked message from his son.  Halimi's name had just appeared in a viral post on X …
Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
Judge says former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as US attorney in New Jersey  —  A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Starts Investigation That Could Lead to Tariffs on Wind Turbines  —  The tariffs would hamper a clean energy industry that the president has often railed against.  —  Since taking office, President Trump has railed against wind power and the turbines that are needed to generate that energy.
Discussion: The Hill and Bloomberg
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Trump administration launches national security investigation into wind turbine imports
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Poll suggests Trump's ICE raids are backfiring in California … About half of California voters favor a pathway to citizenship, while smaller proportions favor eligibility for permanent residency and temporary work permits.  —  There's “an impulse of empathy and humanity …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America  —  The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years.  Experts say he's emboldening Trump's drive toward authoritarianism  —  On 4 March, Donald Trump delivered …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
New York Times:
F.B.I. Plans to Lower Recruiting Standards, Alarming Agents … Instead of spending about 18 weeks training at the academy in Quantico, Va., a new group of agents will receive eight weeks.Eric Lee for The New York Times  —  The Trump administration is preparing to lower the recruitment standards …
Discussion: CNN and GovExec.com
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Ohio 2026 Poll: Senator Husted Starts Matchup with Six-point Lead Over Sherrod Brown  —  Home Polls Ohio 2026 Poll: Senator Husted Starts Matchup with Six-point Lead Over Sherrod Brown  —  Ramaswamy leads Democratic candidates in potential Gubernatorial matchups
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Florida Politics
 
 
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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops for the First Time in Decades
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
New visas paused for commercial truck drivers, Rubio says
Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Pence calls for secondary sanctions on Russia
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Orlando Sentinel:
Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub removed overnight
James Laporta / CBS News:
Gabbard barred sharing intelligence on Russia-Ukraine negotiations with “Five Eyes” partners
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Jack Silvers / The Daily Beast:
Trump and Melania's Crypto Grifts Suffer Catastrophic Plunge
Sophia Solano / Washington Post:
How a thrown sub made ‘Sandwich Guy’ a resistance icon in Trump's D.C.
Discussion: Newsbusters and The Daily Caller
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
Rep. Chip Roy, an outspoken fiscal conservative, is running for Texas attorney general
Washington Post:
ICE aims to spend millions on decked-out vehicles for D.C. operation