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New York Times:
Trump Says He Is Firing Lisa Cook From Fed Board of Governors  —  President Trump told Lisa Cook that he had found sufficient cause “to remove you from your position.”  Ms. Cook and her lawyer said they would fight the firing.  —  President Trump said on Monday that he was taking …
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Paul Krugman:
In the Matter of Lisa Cook  —  Trump's attempt to fire a Fed governor is illegal.  Now we find out whether that matters.  —  Yesterday Donald Trump said that he had fired Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.  My wording is advisable: He “said” that he had fired her.
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump says he's firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook … Trump has repeatedly sought to influence the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates and has previously suggested removing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in order to get the bank to change its policy.
Financial Times:
US long-term debt sells off after Trump's attempted firing of Fed governor  —  Gap between long-term and short-term borrowing costs is close to its widest for three years  —  Long-dated US government debt sold off on Tuesday as investors worried that Donald Trump's attempted firing …
Associated Press:
Trump says he's firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, opening new front in fight for central bank control  —  President Donald Trump said Monday night that he's firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move that would constitute a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control …
Steve Kopack / NBC News:
Trump says he's removing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, citing his administration's allegations of mortgage fraud
Bloomberg:
Long US Bonds Fall as Threat to Fed's Cook Spurs Inflation Worry
The Hill:
Watch live: Trump meets with Cabinet amid DC takeover, Fed fight
Bloomberg:
Trump Moves to Fire Fed's Cook, Setting Up Historic Fight
Discussion: Axios
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's red state army threatens America's cities  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  Thus far, President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard members in two major American cities.  He's not going to stop there.  —  In recent days, Trump made clear …
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Trump order calls for broader National Guard role in domestic unrest
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Al Jazeera
CBS News:
Full text of Illinois Gov. JB Pritkzer's speech at news conference on reported Trump military plan for Chicago
New Republic:   Transcript: Trump's Fury Erupts at Many Targets as Expert Fears Worsen
New Republic:
Trump's Fury Erupts in Many Directions, Unnerving Experts: “Insanity!”
Discussion: Townhall and The Korea Herald
Nicholas Nehamas / New York Times:
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says  —  DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, according to the agency's chief data officer.  —  Members of the Department …
Discussion: Axios and Forbes, more at Techmeme »
Carrie Johnson / NPR:
‘The most illegal search’: Judges push back against D.C. criminal charges  —  Veteran defense lawyers and law enforcement experts have been warning about the potential for overreach since the federal government muscled its way into policing decisions in the nation's capital nearly three weeks ago.
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Nicole Markus / Politico:
Lutnick says administration considering taking stakes in defense companies … The investment came partially from grants awarded from the CHIPS Act, but not yet paid out.  President Donald Trump has previously railed against the Biden-championed law, calling on Congress to “get rid” of it.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Maryland-based judges over handling of immigration cases  —  The Trump administration alleged that the court had no authority to issue a standing order that imposes an automatic, two-day pause in deportation cases.  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge …
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Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Judge rules Utah's congressional map must be redrawn for the 2026 elections  —  The Utah Legislature will need to rapidly redraw the state's congressional boundaries after a judge ruled Monday that the Republican-controlled body circumvented safeguards put in place by voters to ensure districts aren't drawn to favor any party.
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Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
In Big Win for Voters, Pennsylvania Must Count Undated Mail-In Ballots, Court Rules  —  A federal circuit court upheld a lower court ruling Tuesday that requires Pennsylvania to count undated or wrongly dated mail-in ballots, finding that a previous law rejecting such ballots violated the First and 14th Amendments.
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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Josh Findlay / The Federalist:
Mail-In Voting Is A Recipe For Election Disasters
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Melania Trump unveils new “age of AI” challenge for students and teachers  —  First lady Melania Trump will lead a new White House-backed challenge that aims to inspire children and educators to become more comfortable with AI, she announced Tuesday. … - The competition charges K-12 students …
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Jack Smith's Legal Team Fires Back Against Ethics Complaint  —  For months, the former special counsel has remained silent as the president and his advisers have publicly attacked him.  —  Lawyers for Jack Smith, the former special counsel who investigated Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: WTOP News
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Republican Told to Take His 'Head Out of Trump's A**' in Town Hall Trainwreck  —  MIC DROP  —  Other constituents complained about the president's support for Russia and booed his mass-deportation policy.  —  Voters at a town hall meeting in Missouri demanded that their Republican congressman …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Democrats lead the U.S. House generic ballot by 8; voters back fair maps and oppose Trump's tariffs  —  This article reports results from the August Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read our previous poll releases here.  —  Summary of main poll findings:
Discussion: Daily Kos
Robert Booth / The Guardian:
Can AIs suffer?  Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times  —  As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient  — AI called Maya tells Guardian: 'When I'm told I'm just code, I don't feel insulted.
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
The case against Kilmar Ábrego García is a study in sadistic absurdity  —  In its allegations against the Maryland man, the Trump administration is claiming authority over reality itself  —  In a way, you could think of the brief stint that Kilmar Ábrego García spent …
Discussion: CNN, Axios, The Nation and KSDK-TV
New York Times:
Rabbis Emerge as Growing Voice of Criticism of Israel's Tactics in Gaza  —  Among the recent public letters was one from dozens of Orthodox rabbis demanding “moral clarity” to what they called a humanitarian crisis.  —  As Israel's tactics in Gaza have increasingly provoked international condemnation …
Discussion: The Forward and RNS
Politico:
Trump to put Dan Scavino in charge of hiring at White House … Gor endeared himself to the president and his family for adopting a zero tolerance policy toward job-seekers who had been critical of Trump in the past, often scouring their social media posts and occasionally intervening to block hirings.
Discussion: Axios
KFF Health News:
Blue States That Sued Kept Most CDC Grants, While Red States Feel Brunt of Trump Clawbacks  —  The Trump administration's cuts to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding for state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of a state, according to a KFF Health News analysis.
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump, chairman of corporate America … - No one's stopping him, so he continues to confidently plow ahead.  — Those with insight into his strategy say it's anything but arbitrary — there's a mold-breaking calculus at play, they say, centered on national security and American competitiveness.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Dylan Scott / Vox:
America's leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.  —  For decades, the American public, the federal government, and the medical community have been nearly unanimous: Vaccines are important because they save lives.  Today, after years of escalating attacks, that consensus has irrevocably shattered.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Beast
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Judge orders Kari Lake to answer questions about Voice of America under oath  —  A senior federal judge ordered Trump administration official Kari Lake to submit to questioning under oath in ongoing litigation over her efforts to effectively dismantle Voice of America despite Congressional mandates that it be maintained.
Jon Henley / The Guardian:
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing  —  Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi's Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires  —  More than 80 years after it was looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam …
Discussion: New York Post
Elena Giordano / Politico:
EU resists Trump: Tech regulation is our ‘sovereign’ right  —  U.S. president launches attack on Europe's digital rules, drawing opposition from Brussels.  —  BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Tuesday defended the bloc's right to set and enforce its own tech rules …
 
 
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NBC News:
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Reuters:
Trump's migrant crackdown gives ICE power and money but puts it under strain
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
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MSNBC:
‘We are watching and taking names’: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago
 

 
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