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12:05 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 sandwich thrower fired by DOJ: Report
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 …
Discussion: WTTG-TV and The Independent
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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: CNN and Civil Discourse …
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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Aki Nace / CBS News:
Police respond to possible active shooter in south Minneapolis  —  Law enforcement in south Minneapolis are responding to a possible active shooter incident Wednesday morning.  —  WCCO crews at the scene on 53rd Avenue and Bryant Avenue South have seen a large number of ambulances nearby Annunciation Catholic School.
Associated Press:
Minnesota governor says a shooting has occurred at a Minneapolis school
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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Wall Street Journal:
What if Trump Runs the Federal Reserve?  —  His firing of Lisa Cook shows he wants to put monetary policy under his personal control.  He may succeed, but the country will live to regret it.  —  President Trump has long wanted to control the Federal Reserve, and on Monday night he made his power play by firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook.
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
Get Ready for the End of Fed Independence
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump knee-caps America's institutions
Discussion: Politico
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
Discussion: Reuters
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 …
Discussion: New York Post, Raw Story and Politico
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   August 26, 2025  —  Today, for the second time in as many days, President Donald J. Trump suggested …
David Nir / The Downballot:
Iowa Democrats win massive upset to break GOP supermajority  —  Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey won a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping a deep-red seat in the state Senate and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.  —  Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch by a wide 55-45 margin …
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Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority  —  Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years.
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak  —  Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department is taking management of Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington, away from Amtrak …
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Sri Taylor / Bloomberg:
Trump Administration to Reclaim Control of DC's Union Station
Discussion: New York Post and Washington Times
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.
Discussion: AP-NORC, The Hill, NewsNation and MSNBC
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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 and Washingtonian
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter  —  About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of Congress and other officials protesting the agency's leadership and direction.  —  The Trump administration placed …
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump  —  Justice Dept. Broadens Inquiry Into Key Players in Russia Investigation  —  Deploy Troops to Chicago?  Trump Says He Can ‘Do Anything I Want to Do.’  —  2 MIN READ  —  A Teen Was Suicidal.  ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
Associated Press:
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers say he wants to seek asylum in the United States  —  Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has become the face of President Donald Trump 's hard-line immigration agenda, wants to seek asylum in the United States, his lawyers told a federal judge Wednesday.
Claudia Sahm / Bloomberg:
The Fed Shouldn't Take the Political Bait  —  The central bank can't win a fight with the White House, but it can and should do a better job explaining its role.  —  President Donald Trump's attempt to remove Lisa Cook as a governor of the Federal Reserve is a brazen escalation …
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Gabrielle M. Etzel / Washington Examiner:
RFK Jr. asks medical schools to boost nutrition education for doctors  —  The Trump administration is angling to overhaul the medical education system by improving nutrition and healthy lifestyle education for physicians and other healthcare providers as part of the Make America Healthy Again agenda.
Discussion: RealClearPolitics
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr.: An Apple a Day Is a Good Prescription
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
All the Things Trump Thinks He Owns  —  The White House does not belong to Donald Trump.  It is the property of the United States — of the American people.  The president is a temporary resident whose claim on the building lasts only as long as his time in office, which is set by the Constitution.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Chairman Trump's Great Grift Forward  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  Millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump multiple times because they thought that because of his experience in business, he must understand the American economy — and know how to make it work.
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 …
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.
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats weigh mini-convention before 2026 midterms  —  Senior Democratic officials want to hold a rare national convention before the 2026 midterms to showcase candidates and emerging leaders of the party, people familiar with the conversations tell Axios.
Discussion: Politico and NewsMax.com
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.
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force  —  This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”  You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio app, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.
 
 
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Nicole Markus / Politico:
Major Democratic-aligned think tank urges suspension of redistricting commissions
Discussion: LAist and San Diego Union-Tribune
Julian Berger / WFAE 90.7:
After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras
Maureen Tkacik / American Prospect:
Foot Soldiers of the Trump Mafiacracy
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Jennifer Ouellette / Ars Technica:
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
 Earlier Items: 
Jack Silvers / The Daily Beast:
Gavin Newsom Attacks Trump, 79, With Dementia Post as Feud Goes Feral
Taylor Herzlich / New York Post:
Cracker Barrel reverses course on new logo, brings back ‘Old Timer’ after fan backlash: ‘We said we would listen’
The Economist:
Have foreign tourists really avoided America this year?
ProPublica:
The Leader of Trump's Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
DOGE accused of copying entire Social Security database to insecure cloud system
Associated Press:
Israeli military says strikes on Gaza hospital targeted a Hamas camera, without providing evidence
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Has Forced Out Nearly 10% Of The Federal Workforce
 

 
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