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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 …
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Politico:
Playbook: Back to school — With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco — Good Monday morning. This is Jack Blanchard, back in D.C after some essential family time and thrilled to be back in your morning inbox. Eternal thanks to the Playbook team for holding the torch in my absence.
Associated Press:
Some National Guard units in Washington are now carrying firearms in escalation of Trump deployment — 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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Amanda Hurley / WTTG-TV:
Trump slams ‘crime-ridden’ Baltimore in response to Maryland governor's invitation
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Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
After Trump's Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back
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CNN:
Officials have been planning for weeks to send National Guard to Chicago as Trump seeks to expand crime crackdown
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
These House Democrats seek a new middle ground on immigration — The New Democratic Coalition unveiled a plan to win back voters on immigration but they need the party's support. — Just now — A group of House Democrats hope they have the solution to a policy issue that has long plagued the Democratic Party: immigration reform.
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Andrea Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Most California voters disapprove of Trump's immigration enforcement policies, poll shows
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USA Today
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 …
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Associated Press:
AP freelancer among 4 journalists killed in Israeli strike on hospital in Gaza, health officials say — An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza killed four journalists on Monday, including a freelancer who worked for The Associated Press, according to health officials.
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NBC News:
Meet the Press - August 24, 2025 — Vice President JD Vance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Monica Alba, Matt Gorman, Fmr. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, and Amna Nawaz — KRISTEN WELKER: — This Sunday, push for peace. One week after the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska …
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New York Times:
Russia's Top Diplomat Says There Is No Plan for Putin-Zelensky Meeting
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LewRockwell, New York Post, The Kyiv Independent, Politico and CNBC
Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
Kremlin casts doubt on Trump's push for Ukraine peace as rifts remain unresolved
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Fox News, New York Post, Wall Street Journal and Semafor
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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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’ — WAR ON SCIENCE — A close associate of the HHS secretary claims the U.S. government will soon pull COVID-19 mRNA jabs from the market. — EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration will move to pull the COVID vaccine off the U.S. market …
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Raw Story, Columbian and Boston Herald
Axios:
Scoop: Trump plans order to end “cashless bail” in D.C. — President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Monday that aims to eliminate “cashless bail” for arrested suspects in Washington, D.C., Axios has learned. … - Trump previewed his support for ending cashless bail in D.C. earlier this month.
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New York Post and NewsMax.com
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Foreign Diplomats Are Worried About the Rule of Law in Trump's America … Donald Trump's second term in office has been marked by a series of unprecedented and highly controversial law enforcement decisions — everything from mass pardons to an immigration crackdown that has pushed …
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Raw Story
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 …
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Reason and masslive.com
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.
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New York Times and NPR
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 …
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RedState
Dylan Scott / Vox:
A public health expert keeps going viral on Instagram for delivering this very simple message — Jessica Knurick explains how to counter MAHA when no one trusts experts. … The way Jessica Knurick sees it, the Make America Healthy Again movement won over Americans on social media …
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Axios
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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Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Jim Jordan Says He Believes Ghislaine Maxwell. He Thinks You Should Too
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Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Cities Move Away From Strategies That Make Drug Use Safer — San Francisco, Philadelphia and others are retreating from “harm reduction” strategies that have helped reduce deaths but which critics, including Trump, say have contributed to pervasive public drug use.
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.
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