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Associated Press:
Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump — An appeals court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, ruling Thursday in New York state's lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth.
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New York Times:
Divided Court Eliminates Trump's Half-Billion-Dollar Fine in Fraud Case — New York appeals judges said that the judgment was excessive, but agreed to uphold the case so the appeal could continue. — A divided New York appeals court on Thursday threw out a half-billion-dollar judgment …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
BREAKING: NY Appellate Court Tosses Letitia James' Judgment Against Trump
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Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
N.Y. Appeals Court Throws Out $500 Million Civil Fraud Penalty Against Trump
N.Y. Appeals Court Throws Out $500 Million Civil Fraud Penalty Against Trump
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ABC News:
Appeals court throws out Trump's $454 million civil fraud judgment
Appeals court throws out Trump's $454 million civil fraud judgment
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NBC News:
New York appeals court throws out Trump's more than $500 million fraud judgment
New York appeals court throws out Trump's more than $500 million fraud judgment
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Ben Kochman / New York Post:
Trump's massive $500M civil fraud fine in AG Tish James' case thrown out by NY appeals court
Trump's massive $500M civil fraud fine in AG Tish James' case thrown out by NY appeals court
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The City:
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips — A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday.
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New York Times:
Adams Adviser Suspended From Campaign After Giving Cash to Reporter — A campaign volunteer for Mayor Eric Adams of New York was suspended after giving a journalist cash in a potato chip bag. — A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his re-election campaign on Wednesday …
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Annabelle Timsit / Washington Post:
Eric Adams adviser suspended after giving reporter cash in potato chip bag
Eric Adams adviser suspended after giving reporter cash in potato chip bag
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Washington Post:
Trump says he will join police, military on D.C. streets Thursday — The move continues his administration's efforts to exert control over the capital city. — just now — President Donald Trump said he will join law enforcement officials on D.C. streets Thursday …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump to patrol DC streets with police and military
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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump lays out his redistricting endgame: A 100 seat Republican majority — President Trump shared his ultimate voting reform goal in a Wednesday Truth Social post, saying he wants the GOP to pick up 100 congressional seats. … - “If we do these TWO things, we will pick up 100 more seats …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Dem darling showered with Miriam Adelson-linked money
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Associated Press:
California is set to act fast after Texas advances congressional maps to boost Republicans
California is set to act fast after Texas advances congressional maps to boost Republicans
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
California Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom's redistricting push
California Supreme Court rejects GOP effort to halt Newsom's redistricting push
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New Republic:
Stephen Miller Erupts in Manic Fascist Rant—and Reveals a Big Weakness — Stephen Miller exploded in a long, unhinged rant about demonstrators who are protesting President Trump's military occupation of Washington, D.C. It was classic authoritarian agitprop, attacking demonstrators as …
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New Republic:
Transcript: Stephen Miller's Crazed Fascist Rant to Media Is Revealing — The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 21 episode of the — Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. — Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
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Bloomberg:
Fed Found Over 22,000 Mortgages Like Those Pulte Is Flagging — President Donald Trump and his allies are demanding Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook resign over alleged owner-occupancy fraud — a practice the central bank itself has found to be “broad-based” across the US.
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Wall Street Journal:
Weaponizing the Housing Regulator — Bill Pulte, the FHFA chief, goes after Trump's political opponents. — Click for Sound — Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director William Pulte on Wednesday accused Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee, of mortgage fraud.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Unlikely enforcers shape Trump's “weaponization” crusade
Unlikely enforcers shape Trump's “weaponization” crusade
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ProPublica:
How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies — When the Trump administration announced massive cuts to federal health agencies earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was getting rid of excess administrators who were larding the government with bureaucratic bloat.
Pew Research Center:
U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023 — Preliminary data indicates continued growth into 2024 and a decrease in 2025 — Table of Contents Table of Contents — Pew Research Center conducted this research to understand changes in the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States.
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Unauthorized immigrant population hit record 14M in 2023
Unauthorized immigrant population hit record 14M in 2023
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 — US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.
Brooke Migdon / The Hill:
DOJ subpoenas patients' information in transgender care investigation — The Justice Department (DOJ) is demanding confidential patient information from hospitals that provide gender-affirming health care to minors, including their birth dates, Social Security numbers and home addresses …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care
Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade — The United States and the European Union are pleased to announce that they have agreed on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade ("Framework Agreement").
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Eight damning new revelations about Fox's 2020 election lies from the Smartmatic filings — Newly available filings in the election technology company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News provide fresh insights into the network's egregious and irresponsible promotion …
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Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to ‘Behave’ in Trump Meeting — It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraine's leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state. — As President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine headed into a high-stakes meeting …
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Rachel Roth Aldhizer / New York Times:
I'm a Proud Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live. — I'm a registered Republican who just watched her party spend much of the summer pushing through new cuts to Medicaid. I'm also here to tell you why I'm an unlikely supporter of the program. My son's life depends on government assistance.
David French / New York Times:
One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems — On Nov. 8, 1787, a pamphleteer who wrote under the pseudonym Cato published one of the most prescient warnings in American history. — Cato looked at the proposed Constitution and declared that it might well turn into a vehicle for tyranny.
The Guardian:
Revealed: Israeli military's own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war — Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000 — Emma Graham-Harrison and Yuval Abraham in Jerusalem
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Wired and Business Insider remove ‘AI-written’ freelance articles — Wired and Business Insider have removed news features written by a freelance journalist after concerns they are likely AI-generated works of fiction. — Freedom of expression non-profit Index on Censorship is also in the process …
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
FBI association accuses Director Kash Patel of violating due process in high-profile firings — The FBI Agents Association is warning lawmakers that recent firings at the agency have “purposely violated” the due process rights of agents, expressly calling out FBI Director Kash Patel …
New York Times:
How Tiffany Trump's Husband Benefited From Proximity to Power — A Times investigation found that Michael Boulos and his family benefited financially from proximity to his in-laws for years. — Michael Boulos and his wife, Tiffany Trump, at the Liberty Ball for the inauguration …
NBC News:
White House suspends tours for ballroom construction — The White House announced last month that construction on the ballroom would start in September. — WASHINGTON — The White House is suspending public tours because of the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom initiated …
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89 — The founder of the evangelical group Focus on the Family, he spent decades denouncing what he saw as the unraveling of the social order. — James Dobson, the evangelical Christian broadcaster who waged war on homosexuality …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 20, 2025 — President Donald J. Trump created a firestorm yesterday when he said that the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, located mostly in Washington, D.C., focuses too much on “how bad slavery was.”
Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Israel Is Making Sure There Is No One to Document the Horror of Its War — Eleven days ago, Israel assassinated a Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist, a young man who had suddenly become the face and voice of the desperate people of his homeland, Gaza. — In gripping dispatches on Al Jazeera …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump demands release of Colorado official sentenced in election data scheme — Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison sentence on charges that include conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation. — President Donald Trump is demanding the release …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Harris to embark on tour to promote memoir about presidential campaign — The former vice president will travel to 15 cities in support of her new memoir, “107 Days.” — Former vice president Kamala Harris is set to embark on a 15-city book tour to promote her new memoir, “107 Days,” …
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