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11:25 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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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says  —  The FBI is searching the Maryland home and Washington office of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump's first administration as national security adviser but later became critical of the president …
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: Hackwhackers and Raw Story
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: F.B.I. Searches John Bolton's Maryland Home  —  Where Things Stand  — John Bolton: F.B.I. agents early Friday were searching the Maryland home of John Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser, said an F.B.I. official.
Benjamin Wittes / Dog Shirt Daily:
FBI action at John Bolton's House—Live  —  A recording from Benjamin Wittes's live video  —  Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare, and Tim Miller  —  Get more from Benjamin Wittes in the Substack app  —  Discussion about this video
Discussion: The Bulwark
Fox News:
John Bolton's home and office raided by federal agents
Discussion: The US Sun and IJR
Inae Oh / Mother Jones:
FBI Raids the Home of John Bolton
Discussion: Deadline, The Daily Signal and Newsweek
NBC News:
FBI raids former national security adviser John Bolton's home in a probe to find classified records
Discussion: MSNBC, Rolling Stone and Breitbart
Politico:
FBI searches ex-national security adviser John Bolton's house in Maryland
Discussion: Daily Mail, NewsNation and Mediaite
April Rubin / Axios:
FBI raids former National Security Adviser John Bolton's home: Reports
Newsweek:
John Bolton's Home Raided By FBI: Live Updates
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.
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 …
Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Defense Secretary Hegseth authorizes 2K National Guard troops to carry arms in DC  —  The authority is expected to be acted upon in coming days.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order authorizing the latest National Guard troops to arrive in Washington …
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
National Guard members on DC streets for Trump's crackdown will soon be armed, military says
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Powell indicates conditions ‘may warrant’ interest rate cuts as Fed proceeds ‘carefully’ … Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday gave a tepid indication of possible interest rate cuts ahead as he noted a high level of uncertainty that is making the job difficult for monetary policymakers.
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Politico:
Playbook: Can Dems talk their way out of the wilderness?  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  On today's Playbook Podcast, Adam Wren and Megan Messerly talk about Democrats' focus on their own language, why the White House is leaning in on its D.C. crackdown and the expected …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Democrats police their word police: Read the list
Discussion: Politico
Laurel Rosenhall / New York Times:
Newsom Signs California Redistricting Plan to Counter Texas Republicans  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers moved quickly to create new districts that could help their party flip five congressional seats.  Their plan still requires voter approval.
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump and the case of the nonexistent $600 billion EU ‘gift’  —  Seventeen days ago, President Donald Trump made a dramatic claim in an interview on the business news channel CNBC.  As part of his July trade agreement with the European Union, he said, the EU gave the United States …
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 …
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Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Hispanic Voters in Texas Are Starting to Turn on Trump
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
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 …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Famine in Gaza confirmed by hunger monitor for first time since war started  —  Portions of Gaza are enduring famine, a UN-backed hunger monitor said Friday in a determination Israel rejected as fabricated and political. … - The IPC, which was established by the UN, aid groups and governments …
Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
Russia's foreign minister says no Putin-Zelenskyy summit planned despite Trump's peace push  —  Sergey Lavrov told NBC News' “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in an exclusive interview Friday that the Ukrainian leader had rejected Trump's proposed terms for a deal.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Thanks, Trump: ICE Just Gassed a Public School Into Submission  —  Federal riot police are bombarding a Portland neighborhood with so many chemical munitions it forced a public school to flee  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — Donald Trump's forces have tear gassed a public school into submission.
New York Times:
Trump's Attacks on Institutions Threaten a Bulwark of Economic Strength  —  The president's efforts to control the Federal Reserve and Bureau of Labor Statistics carry risks.  But collectively, the moves could be even more damaging, economists warn.  —  Through recessions, wars …
Discussion: Raw Story and San Bernardino Sun
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court hands down some incomprehensible gobbledygook about canceled federal grants  —  Late Thursday afternoon, the Supreme Court handed down an incomprehensible order concerning the Trump administration's decision to cancel numerous public health grants.
 
 
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Joseph C. Sternberg / Wall Street Journal:
The Defunct Economist Who Shapes Trump's Trade Policy
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Wall Street Journal:
Treasury Department's No. 2 Official Set to Depart
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Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Says He'll Fire Fed's Cook If She Doesn't Resign
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Doctors take on RFK Jr. on back-to-school COVID vaccines
Discussion: Politico, Reuters and NBC News
The Hill:
Immigrants risk being shut out of America's health system
Discussion: New York Times and Baltimore Sun
Washington Post:
Democrats are pushing back against crackdown on sanctuary cities
Discussion: The Contrarian, Townhall and Blue Amp
Jeet Heer / The Nation:
Andrew Cuomo Has Unmasked Himself as a Full-Blown Trumpist
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Why the Epstein drama isn't going away anytime soon
Discussion: Wide World of News
Chris Marquette / Politico:
State Department halts employment visas for truck drivers
Punchbowl News:
Senate Dems' funding fight strategy takes shape
Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
Trump Budget Office Is Withholding H.I.V. Funds That Congress Appropriated
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Mike Catalini / Associated Press:
Judge says former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been unlawfully serving as US attorney in New Jersey
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate

James Faris / Business Insider:
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