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11:30 AM ET, August 28, 2025

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New York Times:
New C.D.C. Director Is Fired, White House Says  —  Susan Monarez was said to have refused to adopt Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s stance on vaccination policy.  —  The White House said late Wednesday that it had fired Susan Monarez, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control …
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NBC News:
CDC director pushed out, flood of top resignations follow  —  The ouster comes at a tumultuous time for the embattled health agency.  Other top officials also submitted their resignations Wednesday.  —  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and several top officials …
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 …
Jessica Nix / Bloomberg:
RFK Jr. Says CDC Needs to More Closely Align With Trump's Agenda
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Fed Governor Cook sues Trump after he attempted to fire her  —  Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming U.S. President Donald Trump has no power to remove her from office, setting up a legal battle that could reset long-established norms for the U.S. central bank's independence.
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Lisa Cook Sues Trump Over Move to Oust Her From Fed Board  —  Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her over claims she lied on mortgage applications, kicking off a historic fight over independence of the US central bank.
New York Times:
Fed Governor Lisa Cook Sues Trump Over Dismissal  —  Lisa Cook, who has not been charged with a crime, sought to retain her position, arguing her firing was “unprecedented and illegal.”  —  Lisa Cook, a governor on the Federal Reserve Board, sued President Trump on Thursday over his decision …
Paul Krugman:
Why Aren't Markets Freaking Out?  —  For those of us who follow economic policy in general and the Federal Reserve in particular, the past week has been shocking and terrifying.  Donald Trump's ongoing attempts to bully the Fed into large interest rate cuts have escalated into an attempt to fire Lisa Cook …
The Seattle Times:
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire  —  Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were arrested by federal law enforcement Wednesday, in a confrontation described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video.  —  Why the two firefighters were arrested is unclear.
Discussion: Heatmap News and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
In Trump's Second Term, a Bolder President Charges Ahead Unchecked  —  Trump is frequently riffing on authoritarianism and ignoring caution from advisers  —  Some aides to Donald Trump warned the president that building a ballroom at the White House would force them to tear down part …
Discussion: Politico
Rebecca Carballo / Politico:
Trump administration plans to limit how long foreign students can study in the US … “For too long, past Administrations have allowed foreign students and other visa holders to remain in the U.S. virtually indefinitely, posing safety risks, costing untold amounts of taxpayer dollars …
Brett Forrest / Wall Street Journal:
Tulsi Gabbard Blindsided CIA Over Revoking Clearance of Undercover Officer  —  The naming of an agency Russian hand on a list of officials has alarmed people inside the spy agency  —  Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, surprised Central Intelligence Agency officials last week …
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Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Intelligence Chief Gabbard Slammed for Identifying Undercover CIA Officer
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Shooting Madness in Minneapolis  —  The alleged killer of children at church fits a too-common profile.  —  The details are still emerging about the person who shot up a church full of Catholic school children in Minneapolis on Wednesday at a celebratory Mass for the first week of the new school year.
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Samantha Fischer / KARE-TV:
Minneapolis Catholic school shooter: What we know
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Air Force to provide funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt  —  The U.S. Air Force will provide Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt with military funeral honors, reversing a Biden-era decision that denied her family's request, according to a legal group that has represented her family.
New York Times:
2 Weeks After Trump Talks, Russia Bombards Kyiv, Killing at Least 18 … Emergency responders at a residential building that was hit by a Russian strike in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, on Thursday.  —  Visuals by Finbarr O'Reilly  —  An hourslong barrage of Russian missiles and drones killed …
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Politico:
Putin defies pressure for peace with massive strike hitting EU mission in Kyiv
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
FDA approves COVID-19 vaccines only for ‘high risk’ people  —  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved the updated version of Pfizer's and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccines for this upcoming respiratory viral season, but limited the approval to seniors and people at a high risk …
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April Rubin / Axios:
RFK Jr. limits who is eligible for COVID shots
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The authoritarian checklist  —  There is so much happening that occasionally pausing to take stock is necessary.  So where are we?  In deep trouble.  America may not be fully authoritarian, but by no means can we consider it to be a functioning democracy.
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Erupts in Rage as Dem Gov's Harsh Takedown Hits Home  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 28 episode of the  —  Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Pelted With Rocks in Campaign Stunt Disaster  —  ROCK AND HARD PLACE  —  Argentina's president was whisked away by bodyguards as things turned nasty on the campaign trail.  —  Argentina's Trump-loving president was whisked away from a rally by his security goons when protesters started lobbing rocks and bottles at him.
NPR:
'We didn't do enough': How U.S. policy failed Palestinians in Gaza  —  In late February of 2024, Jordanian cargo planes flew over northern Gaza, dropping large pallets of food attached to giant parachutes down to crowds of scrambling Palestinians.  —  The area had been without consistent aid for weeks.
New York Times:
Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures  —  A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care.  —  Like millions of older adults, Frances L. Ayres faced a choice …
Discussion: The Independent
Oliver Darcy / Status:
YouTube's Deal With the Devil … In late 2020, YouTube took a decisive step: The company suspended the right-wing conspiracy factory One America News, demonetized its channel, and declared that it was not an “authoritative” source.  It was the correct call: OAN has a lengthy record …
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Vance defends thoughts and prayers after school shootings  —  Vice President Vance is criticizing anyone who would mock the idea of offering thoughts and prayers after a school shooting following the killings of two children at a Catholic school Wednesday in Minneapolis.
Noor Al-Sibai / Futurism:
OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police  —  As the loved ones of the people impacted by these dangerous bots rally for change to prevent such harm from happening to anyone else, the companies that run these AIs have been slow to implement safeguards …
Discussion: CNET, Mashable, The Guardian and The Verge
Emily Peck / Axios:
Republican support for unions plunged this year  —  Support for labor unions among Republicans declined this year, finds a Gallup survey out Thursday morning. … - The latest numbers mark a return to form. … - Unions got 90% approval from Democrats and 69% among independents.
Discussion: Gallup
Rachel Dobkin / The Independent:
Sean Hannity says he left New York City because he got too many mean looks from people at restaurants  —  ‘They had daggers in their eyes,’ Hannity said of New Yorkers who saw the Fox News host out in public  —  The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday
 
 
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Discussion: HotAir
ProPublica:
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NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters' ice cream
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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

New York Times:
The New York Times sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and kept using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

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”
 
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