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1:05 AM ET, August 25, 2025

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Associated Press:
Trump expands cities targeted for possible military deployment to Baltimore in a spat with governor  —  Some National Guard units patrolling the nation's capital at the direction of President Donald Trump have started carrying firearms, an escalation of his military deployment that makes …
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Daniel Wu / Washington Post:
National Guard now carrying weapons in D.C.  —  Guard members will carry their service-issued weapons, which may include pistols or rifles, and “detentions may occur leading to arrests,” a spokesperson said.  —  Just now  —  National Guard members in Washington are now carrying weapons and …
Discussion: Axios, Al Jazeera and New York Times
Amanda Hurley / WTTG-TV:
Trump slams ‘crime-ridden’ Baltimore in response to Maryland governor's invitation
Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
After Trump's Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back
Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
What's Life Like in Washington, D.C., During Trump's Takeover?
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 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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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 …
New York Times:
Russia's Top Diplomat Says There Is No Plan for Putin-Zelensky Meeting  —  The statement by Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov deals a blow to President Trump's efforts to mediate an end to the war in Ukraine.  —  A top Russian official told NBC News that there was no meeting planned between …
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NBC News:
JD Vance says Putin ‘not at all’ misleading Trump in Ukraine talks: Full interview
Charles Kushner / Wall Street Journal:
A Letter to Emmanuel Macron  —  Public statements haranguing Israel embolden extremists, fuel violence, and endanger Jewish life in France.  —  Dear President Macron,  —  On the 81st anniversary of the Allied Liberation of Paris, which ended the deportation of Jews from French soil …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Gov. Moore says he is looking into redistricting Maryland: ‘All options are on the table’  —  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said in a Sunday interview that he is actively looking into redistricting options in his state, as the partisan effort expands across the country.
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Natalia Jaramillo / Sun-Sentinel:
DOT repaints Pulse crosswalk for a second time.  FHP and OPD watching site  —  A Florida Department of Transportation crew early Sunday painted the Pulse crosswalk back to black and white for a second time as supporters continued to try to restore the rainbow-colored crossing.
Discussion: New York Times and NPR
Barton Gellman / New York Times:
Trump's Stunning Power Grab on Elections  —  At first glance, President Trump's Truth Social post alleging voting fraud did not look especially alarming — not, anyway, by this president's singular standards.  Mr. Trump's long-debunked lies about stolen elections are no less malignant in 2025 …
Discussion: masslive.com
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
Ghislaine Maxwell just made Trump look even more guilty  —  Trump knew.  —  Ghislaine Maxwell did what I thought was impossible.  She made Donald Trump look even more guilty when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.  —  That is my takeaway after reading the transcript of Maxwell's testimony taken …
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Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
‘Big Balls’ Posts ‘Recovery’ Workout Video After Bloody D.C. Attack  —  MAGA'S MAN  —  The teenager has risen to MAGA stardom since being assaulted in D.C. earlier this month.  —  Former DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine has served up fresh content to his growing MAGA fanbase …
Thomas Germain / BBC:
YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos.  The results could bend reality  —  YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission.  As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our shared connection with real life?  —  Rick Beato's face just didn't look right.
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
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 193.  —  ... Fox actually brought Gym Jordan on to vouch for the credibility of Ghislaine Maxwell: “This confirms what we all knew - President Trump didn't do anything wrong.  This transcript confirms that.  There's nothing there based on this interview with Maxwell.”
 
 
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The Times:
Academics are to blame for the woke wreckage at universities
James Mackintosh / Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Family Cashes In on ‘the Infinite Money Glitch’
Paul Krugman:
The Economics of Stagflation, Part II
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
As Other Israelis Die in War, Ultra-Orthodox Resist Call to Fight
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Mike Lawler on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 24, 2025
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 Earlier Items: 
Andrea Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Most California voters disapprove of Trump's immigration enforcement policies, poll shows
Discussion: USA Today
Rolling Stone:
Tax the Rich. They'll Stay
New York Times:
Trump Is Defunding Medical Research. It Could Cost You Your Life.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The DNC Will Have No Choice But to Restore New Hampshire's First-In-the-Nation Role
Discussion: Washington Post
Aaron Krolik / New York Times:
Why Haven't Sanctions on Russia Stopped the War? The Money Is Still Flowing.
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Mainstay Nancy Mace Cancels Speech After Just Eight People Show Up