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Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
Kennedy Must Resign — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign. — Mr. Kennedy and the rest of the Trump administration tell us, over and over, that they want to Make America Healthy Again.
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Bonfire of expertise: Trump drives scientists, spies and soldiers out of government — Centuries' worth of experience walked out of key government agencies this summer, including high-level departures from the CDC, Pentagon and intelligence community just in the past week.
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
RFK Jr.'s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, once regarded as the nation's premier agency against illness, is now damaged beyond repair, according to one of its most prominent departing leaders.
Apoorva Mandavilli / Associated Press:
Will the C.D.C. Survive? — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s assault may have dealt lasting damage to the agency …
Adam Cancryn / CNN:
New CDC chief was part of meetings where officials pressed ousted leader on vaccines
New CDC chief was part of meetings where officials pressed ousted leader on vaccines
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Guardian and Al Jazeera
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
RFK Jr. targets CDC with a ridiculous complaint as chaos grips the agency
RFK Jr. targets CDC with a ridiculous complaint as chaos grips the agency
Discussion:
Reason, CNN and New York Times
New York Times:
Trump's Sweeping Tariffs Invalidated by Appeals Court — The decision is a big blow to President Trump's trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court. — A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that many of President Trump's …
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Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules
Discussion:
New York Times
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Federal Circuit Rules Against Trump's Massive IEEPA Tariffs in Our Case Challenging Them
Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Bessent Warns of US ‘Embarrassment’ If Tariffs Ruled Illegal
Bessent Warns of US ‘Embarrassment’ If Tariffs Ruled Illegal
Discussion:
New York Times and Reason
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Court extends suspension of 98-year-old US circuit judge Newman
Jon Passantino / Status:
Burying the Bruises … On Monday, press photographers gathered in the Oval Office to capture President Donald Trump meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung when one unusual detail stood out. A large bruise on the back of Trump's right hand. — It wasn't the first time the 79 …
Discussion:
Public Notice
Mark Hertling / The Bulwark:
Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military — ON JULY 1, 1971, I STOOD ON THE PLAIN at the United States Military Academy and raised my right hand for the first time. Along with hundreds of other new cadets, I swore an oath every service member takes: “to support and defend the Constitution …
Discussion:
New York Post
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Social Security data chief resigns after whistleblower complaint over DOGE data access … In his whistleblower complaint, Borges said DOGE employees built a copy of the Social Security database in a cloud-based system that “circumvents oversight,” and disregarded an agency security assessment that their action posed a high risk.
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Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Judge blocks Trump's broad expansion of expedited removal of migrants — The ruling says the administration's policy violated due process rights as it sought to speed up the president's mass deportation agenda. — Just now — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration …
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump's Mass Deportation Campaign
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
CHP to protect ex-VP Kamala Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service detail, sources say — Former Vice President Kamala Harris will receive protection from the California Highway Patrol after President Donald Trump revoked her Secret Service protection, law enforcement sources said Friday.
Discussion:
New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and Associated Press
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Claudia Grisales / NPR:
With newly approved maps in Texas, GOP puts its gains with Latinos to the test — SEGUIN, Texas - Under a broiling sun, there's a popular, frozen drinks stop here in the seat of Guadalupe County known as Milly's where locals cool off in the summer. — But business owner Tomas Hernandez Jr …
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New York Times:
The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled — President Trump's repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning. — Eric Lee/The New York Times
NBC News:
Angry constituents confront Congress on immigration, Medicaid cuts and Gaza — The few lawmakers who held town halls this summer faced voters furious with Republicans about Trump's agenda and with Democrats for not doing enough to fight back. — With political tensions running high …
Jonathan Freedland / The Guardian:
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode — Trump's dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it's time to call it what it is — If this were happening somewhere else - in Latin America, say - how might it be reported?
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
He Plagiarized and Promoted Falsehoods. The White House Embraces Him. — Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, has enjoyed rare access and promotion from the Trump administration. — The day after President Trump announced the federal takeover of law enforcement in Washington …
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists — The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency. — The Trump administration on Friday moved to lay off nearly …
Discussion:
The Hill and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
Mother of boy, 15, held at gunpoint by US immigration agents files $1m claim — Trump officials accused of false imprisonment and ‘unconstitutional racial profiling’ over incident in LA — The mother of a 15-year-old boy who was detained at gunpoint by federal immigration agents is seeking $1m …
Associated Press:
Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects — The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
Discussion:
New York Times and The Economist
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is Starting to Turn on the People He Handpicked — Multiple Senate-confirmed Trump officials face ouster while longtime aides come under scrutiny — After months of pushing out career government officials and Democratic holdovers, President Trump is starting to turn on some of his own picks.
Discussion:
CNN


