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4:35 PM ET, August 24, 2025

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Matt Friedman / Politico:
One party has a New Jersey recruitment bonanza.  The other... not so much. … “Democrats in New Jersey feel like the stakes are existential — literally existential — in these midterm elections,” said Hunterdon County Democratic Chair Tom Malinowski, a former 7th District representative whom Kean ousted in 2022.
Discussion: RedState
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Trump's redistricting push could bring decades of Republican rule to the US House  —  President Donald Trump's push for Republican-led states to redraw their U.S. House of Representatives districts to protect their majority in next year's midterm elections could set the stage for Republicans …
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Mike Lawler on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 24, 2025
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pentagon plans military deployment in Chicago as Trump eyes crackdown  —  Military officials are sketching out a plan that could deploy a few thousand National Guard members, officials said.  The use of active-duty forces has also been discussed.  —  The Pentagon has for weeks been planning …
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Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
After Trump's Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back  —  President Trump said he was considering sending troops to cities like Chicago, New York and Baltimore.  State and local leaders say they have crime under control.  —  Democrats on Sunday pushed …
New York Times:
Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge  —  In its campaign of “uprooting the foot soldiers,” the Trump Justice Department has fired or demoted more than two dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors, even as those they sent to prison walk free.  —  The lawyer took the elevator 32 floors …
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
In Washington Crackdown, Making a Federal Case Out of Low-Level Arrests  —  A single afternoon in court illustrated the new ways in which laws are being enforced after President Trump's takeover of the city's police.  —  As President Trump posed triumphantly for photos with police officers …
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir.  Months after her death, it's coming out  —  A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, will be published this fall, publishing house Alfred A. Knopf said Sunday.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Exclusive: Ghislaine Maxwell was honored at a prestigious Clinton event years after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced  —  Years after she was publicly accused in civil lawsuits and the press of helping Jeffrey Epstein groom and sexually abuse minors, Ghislaine Maxwell was an honored guest …
Discussion: New York Post, NewsMax.com and Mediaite
Amanda Hurley / WTTG-TV:
Trump slams ‘crime-ridden’ Baltimore in response to Maryland governor's invitation  — President Donald Trump is slamming Baltimore, along with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in a recent social media post.  — The post is in response to an invitation by the governor for the president to visit Maryland.
Discussion: CBS News and Raw Story
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Tara Lynch / CBS News:
Gov. Moore invites President Trump to Maryland for public safety walk after National Guard Deployment in D.C.
Andrea Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Most California voters disapprove of Trump's immigration enforcement policies, poll shows  — The poll was completed online in English and Spanish from Aug. 11-17 by 4,950 registered voters in California.  — 69% of respondents said they disapprove of the way immigration enforcement is being carried out in the state.
Discussion: USA Today
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:   The Supreme Court could give immigration agents broad power to stop and question Latinos
NBC News:
JD Vance says Putin ‘not at all’ misleading Trump in Ukraine talks: Full interview  —  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Vice President JD Vance says “sanctions aren't off the table” as President Trump tries to get Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy together for peace talks.
New York Times:
Trump Is Defunding Medical Research.  It Could Cost You Your Life.  —  They hoped to make tomorrow's medicines.  Then came Trump.By Francesca Trianni, Adam Westbrook and Jan Kobal  —  In the Opinion video above, meet the scientists who are trying to save your life — and the lives of your children and grandchildren.
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Alina Habba slams Sens. Chuck Grassley, Thom Tillis over Senate's blue slips … “This tradition that Senator Grassley is upholding effectively prevents anybody in a blue state from going through into Senate to then be voted on,” Habba said on “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.”
Washington Post:
Countries are suspending postal deliveries to the U.S. Here's why.  —  Postal companies across Europe, Asia and the Pacific plan to suspend package deliveries to the U.S. because of President Donald Trump's order ending tariff exemptions.  —  Postal operators around the world have announced …
Aaron Krolik / New York Times:
Why Haven't Sanctions on Russia Stopped the War?  The Money Is Still Flowing.  —  For decades, companies feared being on the wrong side of U.S. sanctions.  That's not always true anymore.  —  What kind of power can the United States exert to punish other countries for their misdeeds?
Irene Rotondo / masslive.com:
Mass. mom detained by ICE for 10 days over decades-old minor marijuana charge  —  Marcel Rosa watched helplessly as federal agents led his wife, Jemmy Jimenez Rosa, away at Boston Logan International Airport on Aug. 11.  Their three young daughters clung to him in tears, fear and confusion.
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Mainstay Nancy Mace Cancels Speech After Just Eight People Show Up  —  PITY PARTY  —  The South Carolina gubernatorial candidate is known for her theatrics but reportedly struggled to find an audience—any audience.  —  GOP Rep. Nancy Mace—who is currently running …
Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
Kremlin casts doubt on Trump's push for Ukraine peace as rifts remain unresolved  —  Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's comments to NBC News' “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker underscore how far apart Ukraine and Russia remain even after White House efforts.
 
 
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Shane Galvin / New York Post:
Zohran Mamdani fails at bench press while trying to show-off at Men's Day in Brooklyn — as Cuomo, Adams roast rival
Rolling Stone:
Tax the Rich. They'll Stay
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The DNC Will Have No Choice But to Restore New Hampshire's First-In-the-Nation Role
Discussion: Washington Post
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 23, 2025  —  “It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The House Freedom Caucus is under renovation
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Slavish Stupidity
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Wall Street Journal:
How GOP Lawmakers Are Privately Bashing Trump's Tariffs
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Goodin / Miami Herald:
Almost all the Epstein files given to Congress were already public, Democrats say
Sammy Turner / KHOU-TV:
Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks claiming to be officers, HPD says
Discussion: Fox News
USA Today:
Army base used for WWII Japanese internment now nation's largest ICE detention center
Discussion: Rolling Stone
James Fallows / Breaking the News:
A Summer Afternoon in Washington D.C.
Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:
Conservative Pundit Cornered On CNN For Touting Ghislaine Maxwell Prison Interview
Discussion: CNN, Must Read Alaska, The Hill and Mediaite
Lindsey Cormack / DCinbox Insights:
Was It Something The Democrats Said?  —  A Response to Third Way's Political Language Memo
Discussion: Instapundit
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

New York Times:
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
Sources: Forbes has cut ties with dozens of contributing writers; one exec said Forbes needs to ensure the contributor model is “financially sound”
 
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