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7:55 PM ET, August 24, 2025

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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 …
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 …
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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CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Mike Lawler on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 24, 2025
Discussion: NewsMax.com
David Morgan / Reuters:
Trump's redistricting push could bring decades of Republican rule to the US House
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
NBC News:
National Guard troops in D.C. to begin carrying firearms  —  A majority of the National Guard troops deployed to D.C. as part of President Trump's crime crackdown will now carry M17 pistols.  —  WASHINGTON — National Guard troops deployed to Washington this month to support President Donald Trump's effort …
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
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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
Tara Lynch / CBS News:
Gov. Moore invites President Trump to Maryland for public safety walk after National Guard Deployment in D.C.
CNN:
Officials have been planning for weeks to send National Guard to Chicago as Trump seeks to expand crime crackdown  —  The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to send the National Guard to Chicago, two officials told CNN, as President Donald Trump looks to expand his anti-crime agenda …
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Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
After Trump's Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back
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 …
Discussion: Axios and The Forward
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Philippe Ricard / Le Monde:
Paris summons US ambassador after his ‘lack of sufficient action’ on antisemitism accusations  —  Charles Kusher, the new United States ambassador to France, sent a letter to President Emmanuel Macron criticizing France's plan to recognize the State of Palestine, days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a similar move.
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
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
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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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
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.
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
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.”
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.
 
 
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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
Mississippi Clarion Ledger:
Reeves sends Mississippi National Guard troops to DC. Should they be in Jackson? Take our poll
New York Times:
As Other Israelis Die in War, Ultra-Orthodox Resist Call to Fight
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
 Earlier Items: 
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
Aaron Krolik / New York Times:
Why Haven't Sanctions on Russia Stopped the War? The Money Is Still Flowing.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 23, 2025  —  “It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America …
Irene Rotondo / masslive.com:
Mass. mom detained by ICE for 10 days over decades-old minor marijuana charge
 

 
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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

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”

Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the First Amendment Watch's SLAPP Back Initiative, a US SLAPP tracker; in 2024, 69 of 500 cases involved the media, of which 46 were dismissed
 
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