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4:15 PM ET, August 31, 2025

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Donica Phifer / Axios:
Noem: More cities could see federal law enforcement, even in red states  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that nothing is “off the table” for cities with high crime rates and that others could see federal law enforcement on their streets — including in Republican-led states.
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Chicago mayor signs order with blueprint for fighting a potential Trump crackdown
CBS News:
Transcript: Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 31, 2025
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population  —  The Trump administration and international partners are discussing proposals to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza.  One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.
Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D.  —  He also wants to restrict mail-in voting and allow only paper ballots.  The Constitution doesn't give the president explicit authority over election law.  —  President Trump said late Saturday that he would issue an executive order …
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Ismail Shakil / Reuters:
Trump says he will order voter ID requirement for every vote
Discussion: Democracy Docket and Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump faces a hurdle in banning mail-in voting: His own Republican Party
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
This Is What—and Who—We're Losing in RFK's Purge  —  The story of one scientist, a career in public health, and the crisis at the CDC.  —  UNTIL THIS PAST THURSDAY, Demetre Daskalakis was in charge of the CDC's division for immunization and respiratory disease—making him, arguably …
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Oren Oppenheim / ABC News:
Missouri's GOP governor calls special session to redraw congressional districts  —  The governor's proposed map redraws the Democratic-held 5th district.  —  LIVE  —  Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe speaks to supporters Aug. 6, 2024, in Jefferson City following his primary election win.
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. James Lankford says he doesn't think RFK Jr. has ‘gone a wrong direction’ on vaccines  —  Asked whether he has 100% confidence in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Oklahoma Republican did not directly answer.  —  Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Sunday declined …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:   Lankford on autism and vaccines: 'I don't connect those two'
Vox:
The Covid revenge policy
Discussion: Daily Mail
Danai Nesta Kupemba / BBC:
China and India pledge to be ‘partners not rivals’  —  Laura Bicker & Stephen McDonellChina correspondents, in Beijing and Tianjin and  —  The leaders of China and India say there is now deepening trust between them after years of tension that includes a long-running border dispute.
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The Handbasket:
Officer repeatedly seen on camera in DC crackdown shows Trump agents' impunity  —  This piece was co-produced by Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket and Jacqueline Sweet, an independent investigative journalist.  If you want to support The Handbasket's 100% independent journalism, become a paid subscriber or leave a tip.
New York Times:
Videos Contradict Israel's Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack  —  The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people.  A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a second time, killing first responders and journalists.
Discussion: NBC News
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Washington Post:
Ruling on Trump's tariffs is a major setback for the White House
Reuters:
Lawyer Alan Dershowitz loses appeal in CNN defamation case  —  Retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz lost his bid on Friday to overturn a ruling that dismissed his defamation lawsuit against CNN over the news channel's coverage of remarks he made during President Donald Trump's 2020 impeachment trial.
Discussion: New York Sun
Politico:
Judge blocks flights sending hundreds of children back to Guatemala … “I have the government attempting to remove minor children from the country in the wee hours of the morning on a holiday weekend, which is surprising, but here we are,” Sooknanan said at the hastily assembled hearing.
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in New Hampshire car wreck after helping domestic violence victim: spokesman  —  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a freak car accident in New Hampshire on Saturday night, a rep said.  —  Giuliani, 81, was hospitalized …
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump's Attacks on Science  —  Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence.  Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics.  —  Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
In Trump's Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit … Dr. Peggy Carr, the chief statistician at the Education Department, was dismissed after a 36-year career as part of the Trump administration's plan to drastically reduce the size of the federal work force.Jared Soares for The New York Times
Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
Ghislaine Maxwell hinted at Epstein's ties to Trump officials - why wasn't she pressed for names?  —  Experts raise questions about the DoJ's interview with the Epstein associate that left questions remaining  —  As deputy US attorney Todd Blanche announced last week that the justice department …
David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘It infuriates us’: Veterans rage at ‘abusive’ Trump over reports of him stiffing soldiers  —  Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.  —  The reports started earlier in the summer …
Wall Street Journal:
Populist Right-Wing Parties Lead Polls in Europe's Biggest Economies  —  Surge in immigration and weak economic growth spark voter backlash in France, the U.K. and Germany  —  LONDON—For the first time, populist or far-right parties are leading the polls in the U.K., France and Germany …
Washington Post:
As RFK Jr. upends America's public health system, Trump cheers him on  —  Trump pledged that he'd empower Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “go wild” on health care.  The president has kept his promise — to the alarm of public health leaders and even some Republicans.  —  Just now
Discussion: HuffPost
 
 
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Rep. Ro Khanna says Trump is following Nixon's playbook in attempt to ‘interfere’ with the Federal Reserve
Discussion: New York Sun
Maya Goldman / Axios:
RFK Jr.'s polling divide: Food vs. vaccines
Discussion: New York Times
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences
Washington Post:
Kari Lake's accusations about VOA and China are bad for the country
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Turns to Small Group of Advisers, Shrinks National Security Council
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Lays Out ‘America First’ Plan For Helping Ukraine End War, Casts Doubt On Putin-Zelenskyy Meeting
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Bondi fires DOJ staffer who flipped off National Guard in DC — and was seen boasting about it
 

 
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