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Washington Post:
Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse  —  The firing follows a June preliminary assessment from the DIA — the Pentagon's main intelligence wing — of the Iran military strikes, which prompted vicious backlash from the Trump administration.  —  just now
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New York Times:
Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief  —  The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting President Trump's contention that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in Iran.  —  The Pentagon has fired the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency …
Discussion: New York Post and Raw Story
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Hegseth reportedly fires the DIA chief, pushing Pentagon purge to a ridiculous new level
Discussion: Washington Times
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's FBI Raid of John Bolton's Home Looks Like a “Five-Alarm Fire”  —  Whatever we end up learning about the rationale for the FBI's early-morning raid on former national security adviser John Bolton's Bethesda, Maryland, home on Friday, there's plainly a major escalation underway …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Retribution Phase of Trump's Presidency Has Begun  —  There was a certain awful predictability about the F.B.I.'s Friday-morning raids targeting the former Trump adviser turned critic John Bolton.  —  It's not like he was hiding the plan.  When Donald Trump campaigned for a return …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and CNBC
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Vance denies the FBI is investigating John Bolton because he's a Trump critic
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
FBI Raids the Home of John Bolton
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Vendetta Campaign Targets John Bolton
New York Times:
Intel Agrees to Sell U.S. a 10% Stake in Its Business  —  The deal is among the largest government interventions in a U.S. company since the rescue of the auto industry after the 2008 financial crisis.  —  President Trump said on Friday that Intel, the troubled Silicon Valley chipmaker …
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John Ruwitch / NPR:
Intel will give the U.S. government a 10% stake, Trump says  —  President Trump said on Friday he had asked Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan for a 10% stake in the company during a recent meeting at the White House.  —  “He agreed, and they've agreed to do it, and I think it's a great deal for them,” Trump told reporters.
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
Ghislaine Maxwell says she never saw Trump “in any inappropriate setting”  —  Ghislaine Maxwell rejected the notion that Trump was seen in any “inappropriate setting"during her interview with the Department of Justice, newly released transcripts show.
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Politico:
Ghislaine Maxwell, who wants a pardon, says she never saw Trump ‘in any inappropriate setting’ … The information in those files is not yet public.  The moves are part of the department's continued efforts to quell the uproar from Trump's MAGA base over the administration's handling of the Epstein files.
Associated Press:
Epstein's former girlfriend told Justice Department she did not see Trump act in ‘inappropriate way’
Chris Nalls / WZTV:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia free from Tennessee jail and returning home to Maryland, lawyer says  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been freed from Putnam County Jail and is on his way to reunite with his family in Maryland, his lawyer confirms to FOX 17 News.  This comes after a U.S. magistrate judge …
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Associated Press:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is freed from Tennessee jail so he can rejoin family in Maryland to await trial  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail in Tennessee on Friday so he can rejoin his family in Maryland while awaiting trial on human smuggling charges.
Laura Romero / Associated Press:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from criminal custody in Tennessee  —  The Salvadoran native was wrongly deported to CECOT in March.  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, leaves the Putnam County Jail, Aug. 22, 2025, in Cookeville, Tenn.  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March …
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be deported to Uganda, official says
Discussion: RedState
US Department of Justice:
Maxwell Interview  —  Redactions of victim names and other identifying information have been applied.
New York Times:
Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built  —  The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.  —  The Trump administration on Friday ordered that all construction stop on Revolution Wind …
Zachary Small / New York Times:
White House Lists Smithsonian Exhibits It Finds Objectionable  —  The Trump administration highlighted material dealing with topics like sexuality, slavery and immigration.  —  The White House published a list of Smithsonian exhibits, programming and artwork it considered objectionable on Thursday …
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New York Times:
Will Museums Fight Back Against Trump?
Discussion: The Hill
Bhargav Acharya / Reuters:
Trump names Sergio Gor as next US ambassador to India  —  President Donald Trump said on Friday that he had named Sergio Gor to be the next U.S. ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs.  —  Gor, who is currently the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office …
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
National Guard Members On DC Streets Will Be Armed, Military Says  —  The Pentagon and the Army said last week that troops would not carry guns.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump's law …
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New York Times:
Trump Says Chicago and New York Are Next for Federal Crackdown on Crime
Bluesky:
Our Response to Mississippi's Age Assurance Law  —  Keeping children safe online is a core priority for Bluesky.  We've invested a lot of time and resources building moderation tools and other infrastructure to protect the youngest members of our community.  We're also aware of the tradeoffs that come with managing an online platform.
Fox News:
National Guard mobilizing in 19 states amid immigration, crime crackdown  —  President indicates Chicago and New York could be next targets for expanded operations  —  Up to 1,700 National Guardsmen are set to mobilize in 19 states in the coming weeks to assist the Department of Homeland Security …
Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding from 34 cities and counties over ‘sanctuary’ policies  —  A judge ruled late Friday the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Alina Habba judge is Republican, Federalist Society member  —  The judge appointed by former President Obama who ruled this week that Trump pick Alina Habba lacks the authority to serve as the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey is a longtime Republican, with membership in the conservative Federalist Society …
Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
Ketanji Brown Jackson Stops Just Short of Saying the Supreme Court Is Breathtakingly Full of Shit  —  “Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules.  We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins.”  —  Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a dissenting opinion yesterday …
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
Covid Vaccine Opponent Tapped to Lead Federal Review Team  —  Panel members have been given a broad mandate, despite pleas from C.D.C. employees asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation.  —  A task force formed by an influential advisory committee to review the safety …
Stephanie van den Berg / Reuters:
Dutch foreign minister quits caretaker government over Gaza  —  Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, part of a caretaker government, quit his cabinet post on Friday ahead of schedule over the government's position on Israel's war in Gaza, he told reporters.
Discussion: The Times of Israel and Bloomberg
Matthew Xiao / The Washington Free Beacon:
Abigail Spanberger Supporter Wields Racist Sign: 'If Trans Can't Share Your Bathroom Then Blacks Can't Share My Water Fountain'  —  A white supporter of Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat running for Virginia governor, held up a racist sign Thursday evening to protest against black Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears.
Associated Press:
Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional  —  The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for colleges with large numbers of Hispanic students that is being challenged in court …
Alex Kaplan / Media Matters for America:
9/11 conspiracy theorist Richard Gage says Ron Johnson will keynote his conference  —  On far-right podcast, Gage also says that the Wisconsin GOP senator will meet with “several stakeholders in the 9/11 truth movement”  —  On a far-right podcast, conspiracy theorist Richard Gage said that Sen. Ron Johnson …
 
 
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
MAGA World Is So Close to Getting It
Robert McCoy / New Republic:
ICE Used So Much Tear Gas, a Public School Fled Its Campus
Discussion: Rolling Stone and KATU-TV
Politico:
Cuomo transfers old funds for mayoral run as Mamdani raises $1M
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Deseret News
Laura Curtis / Bloomberg:
Mail Carriers Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion
Discussion: Reuters and RTÉ
Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
The Resistance is Active in DC—You're Just Not Looking Closely Enough
Discussion: WJLA-TV
 Earlier Items: 
Adam Wren / Politico:
The ‘woke’ words Democrats should cut from their vocabulary
Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Trump's presidential philosophy is government by shakedown
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin judge rejects motions to dismiss charges against Trump aides
Sarah Ewall-Wice / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 79, Smears Right Hand In Makeup Amid Cankles Cover-Up
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Year Will End With 300,000 Fewer Federal Workers, Trump Official Says
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Jerusalem Demsas / The Argument:
The case for staying on Twitter
Washington Post:
IRS plans to bring back workers it pushed out but now needs
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Your Rectitude Isn't Helping  —  Gavin Newsom is getting a lot of attention for something …
 

 
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