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5:10 PM ET, August 27, 2025

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New York Times:
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent  —  It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump's move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.  —  Federal prosecutors on Tuesday …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Feds fail to get indictment against DC ‘Subway’ sandwich thrower who DOJ fired
NBC News:
Live updates: Shooter contained after incident at Minneapolis church and school  —  The city of Minneapolis said that there is no active threat at this time after a Wednesday morning shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. … Minneapolis Police had already been investigating three deadly shootings in 12 hours
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Associated Press:
Shooting occurs at Minneapolis Catholic school and authorities say shooter has been ‘contained’  —  A gunman opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church and struck a group of children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two and wounding 17 people …
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Live: Two children and gunman dead after shooting at Minneapolis church, law enforcement source says  —  (Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)  —  First responders said at least 20 victims were shot during a school Mass in south Minneapolis.  A sea of police cars and ambulances surrounded the church …
New York Times:
Witnesses describe harrowing scenes at the hospital and school.  —  At an afternoon news conference on the shooting, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said, “There shouldn't be words for these kinds of incidents because they should not happen.”  —  Aimee Ortiz  —  The F.B.I. is investigating …
New York Post:
Minneapolis Catholic school gunman ID'd as Robin Westman— while possible manifesto shows psychotic obsession with mass shooters  —  The deranged gunman who slaughtered two children and injured at least 17 others who were attending morning mass at a Catholic school in Minneapolis has been identified …
Josh Skluzacek / KSTP-TV:
Sources ID shooter who killed 2 children, hurt 17 others in mass shooting at Minneapolis church
Torey Van Oot / Axios:
What we know about the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis
The Guardian:
Minneapolis Catholic school shooting: two children killed and 17 injured
Tara Copp / Washington Post:
National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties  —  Service members say they're glad to help the National Park Service.  But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.  —  Just now  —  The August air was crisp Tuesday …
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Washington Post:
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge  —  A federal grand jury refused three times to indict a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent as magistrate judges questioned tactics in other arrests.  —  President Donald Trump's surge of federal law enforcement on the streets …
Discussion: Reuters and CNN
HuffPost:
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Praises Donald Trump's Police Takeover  —  The city's Democratic mayor has maintained an unusual friendship with the Republican president.  —  WASHINGTON - Mayor Muriel Bowser on Wednesday praised President Donald Trump's surge of federal police into the city, saying it had significantly reduced carjackings.
Discussion: NBC News, The Daily Caller and WUSA
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
U.S. Transportation Department plans to take over D.C.'s Union Station
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Just 38% of Americans support Trump's use of troops to police DC, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Few Americans outside President Donald Trump's Republican Party support his deployment of National Guard troops to police the streets of Washington, D.C., according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Associated Press:
Denmark summons US envoy after report of Americans carrying out influence operations in Greenland  —  Denmark's foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections …
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Richard Connor / Associated Press:
Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland reports
Associated Press:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia requests asylum in the US, hoping to prevent his deportation to Uganda  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has come to encapsulate much of President Donald Trump 's hard-line immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday.
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Politico:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia files new bid to stay in the US
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Associated Press:
Top Florida official says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will likely be empty within days, email shows  —  A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration …
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
DHS moves to bar aid groups from serving undocumented immigrants  —  Disaster-aid groups said the new contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a disaster.  —  The Department of Homeland Security is now barring states …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Lim / Politico:
FDA revokes emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines … “When Robert F. Kennedy Jr said that he is not going to take vaccines away from people that want them, he was wrong.  He just did,” said Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee …
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Matthew Perrone / Associated Press:
FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults
Janet Yellen / Financial Times:
Trump's attack on the Fed threatens US credibility  —  History teaches us that chaos follows when leaders undermine the independence of central banks  —  The writer is a distinguished fellow in residence at the Brookings Institution, former chair of the Federal Reserve and former secretary of the Treasury
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Strangling the Life Out of D.C.'s Restaurants  —  BY DONALD TRUMP'S TELLING, WASHINGTON, D.C.'s restaurants are doing great.  And, naturally, it's all because of him.  —  “Friends of mine are going out to dinner,” Trump told reporters Monday, claiming that his deployment …
Discussion: The Hill
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak  —  President Donald Trump's administration is taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak in the latest example of the federal government exerting its power over the nation's capital.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Majority Of Voters Oppose Deploying National Guard To D.C., Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support Drops For U.S. Military Aid To Israel As 50% Think Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza  — mail_outline  —  In the wake of President Donald Trump's decision …
Discussion: The Hill
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
All the President's ‘Butt Snorkelers’  —  Our long national nightmare is over: Cracker Barrel announced last night they will abandon their woke new logo and go back to the old one after all.  For good measure, representatives of the company called Donald Trump and—in the words …
Taylor Lorenz / Wired:
A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers  —  An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line.  All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.
Max Moran / Revolving Door Project Newsletter:
This is Who the Tech Wonder Boys Always Were  —  The start of 2025 saw the three wealthiest men on Earth—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—finance and attend the inauguration of a fascist American president.  In the months since, these men have explicitly and implicitly supported …
Washington Post:
CDC director being ousted weeks into job  —  Susan Monarez, a longtime federal government scientist, was confirmed by the Senate in late July to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  —  Susan Monarez, the newly installed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Discussion: Bloomberg
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Honoring the Victims of the Tragedy in Minneapolis, Minnesota  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on August 27, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by the authority vested in me as President …
GasBuddy:
GasBuddy: Labor Day National Average Gas Price To Be Lowest Since 2020  —  Gas prices wrap up their cheapest summer in five years with more declines possible  —  GasBuddy, North America's trusted fuel savings platform for more than 25 years, today released its annual Labor Day gas price forecast …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NewsMax.com
Tim Marchman / Wired:
The Magic Phrase Behind Donald Trump's Power Grab  —  The Trump administration frequently invokes the president's priorities to justify its actions—regardless of whether they align with the law.  —  Hi, I'm Tim Marchman, WIRED's director of politics, science, and security, and I'm filling in for Jake this week.
Reuters:
Live updates: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting  —  Acquire Licensing Rights  —  Ukraine sees ‘priceless’ digital battlefield data trove as key to West's support  —  Israeli tanks close in on Gaza City, Trump to chair meeting  —  Israeli tanks pushed into a new area on the edge of Gaza City overnight.
Discussion: CBS News and RedState
David Gilbert / Wired:
This Is the Group That's Been Swatting US Universities  —  WIRED spoke to a self-proclaimed leader of an online group called Purgatory, which charged as little as $20 to call in fake threats against schools.  —  A self-proclaimed leader of an online group linked to the violent extremist network …
 
 
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Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
California Supreme Court Rejects Latest GOP Redistricting Challenge
Discussion: The Hill
Chuck Ross / The Washington Free Beacon:
Pulitzer Board Can't Delay Trump Lawsuit, Florida Supreme Court Says
Discussion: New York Sun and Florida Politics
Steve Vladeck / One First:
Bonus 174: Playing the Justices for Fools
Tierra Cunningham / ABC News:
Trump pledges to protect Social Security amid possible cost cutting
Discussion: CBS News
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump threatens to prosecute George Soros for backing protests
Pien Huang / NPR:
Drowning prevention program comes to a halt at the CDC
Aaron Mak / Politico:
Jim Jordan invites Nigel Farage to Capitol Hill to bash tech laws
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Maureen Tkacik / American Prospect:
Foot Soldiers of the Trump Mafiacracy
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Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Police State is Here  —  As Donald Trump's approval numbers sink under the weight …
Jeremy Kohler / ProPublica:
Trump's Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats
Discussion: NBC News
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
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