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7:15 AM ET, August 25, 2025

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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
Alyce McFadden / New York Times:
After Trump's Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago, Democrats Push Back
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
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  —  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 …
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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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, New York Times and CBS News
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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
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
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 …
Discussion: Axios
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Mediaite
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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.
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
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
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.
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.
 
 
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Republicans, it's time to give up the Epstein saga once and for all
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Swati Pandey / Bloomberg:
Trump Threatens NBC, ABC Licenses Over News Coverage
James Mackintosh / Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Family Cashes In on ‘the Infinite Money Glitch’
Paul Krugman:
The Economics of Stagflation, Part II
Discussion: Issues & Insights and Raw Story
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 193.
New York Times:
As Other Israelis Die in War, Ultra-Orthodox Resist Call to Fight
Discussion: The Times of Israel
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Andrea Castillo / Los Angeles Times:
Most California voters disapprove of Trump's immigration enforcement policies, poll shows
Discussion: USA Today
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
 

 
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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:
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