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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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Althea Legaspi / Rolling Stone:
Pritzker Calls Trump's Threat to Target Chicago Next ‘An Authoritarian Grab of Major Cities’
Pritzker Calls Trump's Threat to Target Chicago Next ‘An Authoritarian Grab of Major Cities’
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Vance says redistricting push is a way to make representation “a little bit more fair” … - California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed redistricting bills sent to him by the Democratic-controlled state legislature into law Thursday and declared a Nov. 4 special election for Californians to consider …
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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 …
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LGBTQ Nation
Wall Street Journal:
Pentagon Has Quietly Blocked Ukraine's Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia — The Defense Department has withheld approval for attacks as the White House has sought to entice Moscow to open peace talks — WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has for months been blocking Ukraine's use of long-range missiles …
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Emily Goodin / Miami Herald:
Almost all the Epstein files given to Congress were already public, Democrats say — Only a small percentage of the Jeffrey Epstein files turned over to a House committee this week contained new information, Democrats charged. — The Justice Department, in response to a congressional subpoena …
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Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Epstein files released to Congress are mostly ‘recycled’ documents, Democrat says
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Sent Congress Epstein Files That Were Already Public, Democrats Say
Justice Dept. Sent Congress Epstein Files That Were Already Public, Democrats Say
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The Mahablog
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.
USA Today:
Army base used for WWII Japanese internment now nation's largest ICE detention center — Eduardo Cuevas Lauren VillagranUSA TODAY — FORT BLISS, Texas - Americans of Japanese heritage say they hear echoes of their families' forced internment in the Trump administration's newest immigrant detention site.
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Sammy Turner / KHOU-TV:
Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks claiming to be officers, HPD says — “It was just two people and they're masked up and no police cars, no lights or anything like that,” said Lt. Khan with HPD. … HOUSTON — An investigation is underway after two men wearing ski masks and claiming …
Son Ji-hyoung / The Korea Herald:
Lee heads to Washington for key summit with Trump — Agenda expected to include thorny issues such as tariffs, USFK deployment, civil nuclear cooperation — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung flew to Washington on Sunday to meet US President Donald Trump in a summit expected to address tariffs …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
The Supreme Court could give immigration agents broad power to stop and question Latinos — The case began on June 18 when three Pasadena residents were arrested at a bus stop where they were waiting to be picked up for a job. — If the court rules for Trump, it 'could be enormously consequential …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 23, 2025 — “It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an even more incredible future,” President Donald Trump wrote yesterday afternoon on social media.
Wall Street Journal:
How GOP Lawmakers Are Privately Bashing Trump's Tariffs — Criticizing the president's policies could earn a public rebuke from the White House. But embracing the new duties could be politically risky. — In April, a group of Utah business leaders visited Washington to meet with lawmakers …
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Raw Story
NBC News:
Justice Department gave Ghislaine Maxwell ‘a platform to rewrite history,’ family of Epstein abuse survivor says — The family of Virginia Giuffre said they are “outraged” by the agency's decision to release transcripts from Maxwell's “bizarre interview” with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
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Adam Klasfeld / All Rise News:
The Maxwell transcripts: Trump's lawyer gives away the game
The Maxwell transcripts: Trump's lawyer gives away the game
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Mother Jones, Hackwhackers, Daily Mail and The Independent
Lindsey Cormack / DCinbox Insights:
Was It Something The Democrats Said? — A Response to Third Way's Political Language Memo — I'm so grateful to Jonathan Bernstein over at Good Politics/Bad Politics for putting the topic of this post on my radar. While I was going to take a week off, he pushed me to check out Third Way's memo …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The House Freedom Caucus is under renovation — The far-right caucus is losing several of its most prominent members, creating an opening for new leaders and new approaches. — Just now — After more than a decade of upending life under the Capitol dome, leading members …
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 …
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Lauren Floyd / Axios:
Mail-in voting backed by most Americans despite Trump push to end it — More than half of Americans supported allowing no-excuse mail-in voting in a Pew Research Center poll despite President Trump's promise to end the practice he denounced as “fraudulent.”
