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Corey Williams / Associated Press:
1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows — It's tomato season and Lidia is harvesting on farms in California's Central Valley. — She is also anxious. Attention from U.S. Immigration Control and Enforcement could upend her life …
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Erik Loomis / New York Times:
It's Labor Day. And Trump Is the Most Anti-Union President in Decades. — This is a most unfortunate Labor Day for labor. The labor movement has taken it on the chin repeatedly in the last several decades, but President Trump is the most ruthlessly antilabor president since before the Great Depression.
Andrea Hsu / NPR:
How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time
How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time
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Fox News, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Robert Mueller Has Parkinson's Disease, Family Says — The former special counsel, who led the Russia investigation during President Trump's first term, has had difficulty speaking in recent months and will not be able to comply with a request that he testify before Congress.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Mueller's family tells NYT he has Parkinson's, can't testify before Congress
Henry Foy / Financial Times:
Ursula von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS interference — Officials suspect jamming operation forced jet carrying European Commission president to land in Bulgaria using paper maps — A suspected Russian interference attack targeting Ursula von der Leyen disabled GPS navigation services …
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Euronews, Reuters, The Kyiv Independent, Semafor, The Times of Israel and Politico
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Ivana Kottasová / CNN:
Plane carrying EU's top leader targeted by alleged Russian GPS jamming — A plane carrying the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was targeted by GPS navigation jamming while trying to land in Bulgaria on Sunday, a spokesperson for the commission told CNN.
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Reuters, Bloomberg, Politico, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, CBS News, israelhayom.com, WCSH and WTOP News
New York Times:
We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American's Health — We have each had the honor and privilege of serving as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, either in a permanent or acting capacity, dating back to 1977. Collectively, we spent more than 100 years working …
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The Guardian and Washington Post
New York Times:
Smiles and Clasped Hands as Xi, Putin and Modi Try to Signal Unity — Their display of friendship in China was aimed at projecting an alternative to U.S. global leadership, even as serious differences among them remain. — It was a scene in eastern China almost certainly intended …
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Reuters, Bloomberg, CNN, KSTP-TV, HuffPost, NewsMax.com, Politico, The Japan Times, Semafor and Wall Street Journal
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Christian Shepherd / Washington Post:
China tries to use Trump turmoil to unite leaders against U.S.-led order
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Putin, Modi and Erdoğan among leaders in China for talks with Xi
Putin, Modi and Erdoğan among leaders in China for talks with Xi
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Bloomberg, CNN, Telegraph, Politico, NewsMax.com, Reuters, Turkish Minute, Al Jazeera, KSTP-TV, The Kyiv Independent, The Japan Times, Meidas+, BBC and India Today
David W. Chen / New York Times:
Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington — Republican governors who have mustered National Guard troops for deployment in blue-state cities may re-examine their deployments if federal intervention significantly brings crime down.
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Rural South, West states have highest violent crime rates: FBI — Rural states in the American South and West had some of the nation's highest violent crime and homicide rates in 2024, driven by violence in small communities, according to an Axios analysis of FBI data.
Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Democrats' head-scratching reaction to Trump's DC crime crackdown puts them at odds with voters
Democrats' head-scratching reaction to Trump's DC crime crackdown puts them at odds with voters
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Newsweek and Daily Caller News Foundation
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Giuliani Is Hurt in Car Crash in New Hampshire — Mr. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and lawyer for President Trump, suffered a fractured vertebra, his head of security said. — Rudolph W. Giuliani was injured in a car accident in New Hampshire on Saturday evening and taken …
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New York Times:
India Was the Economic Alternative to China. Trump Ended That. — A lurch in policy has shaken the India-U.S. economic alliance against China, leaving India little choice but to consider reversing its own strategy. — President Trump's 50 percent tariffs landed like a declaration …
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Judge orders administration to halt deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children — A federal judge rushed an emergency hearing after learning that the Trump administration was moving to deport children to Guatemala despite an order she had issued earlier Sunday. — just now
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Associated Press, Semafor, NPR, Axios, NewsMax.com, ABC News, Reuters and Politico
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Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
Biden judge halts ‘surprising’ illegal alien minor repatriation plan after advocacy groups sue
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Associated Press, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Examiner
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Judge blocks deportation of Guatemalan migrant children as flights were ready to take off
Judge blocks deportation of Guatemalan migrant children as flights were ready to take off
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Lawfare, ABC News, The Guardian, Breitbart, Rolling Stone, New York Times, NPR, The Daily Caller, Al Jazeera and Reuters
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Five burning questions about Trump, Democrats in this fall's elections — While he is not on the ballot this year, views of Trump and his administration are factoring prominently into the marquee competitions. — The midterms are over a year away, but both parties are gearing up for a spate …
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NBC News, NewsNation and RedState
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Most Communist President Ever — How we lose our democracy and our economy — Republicans, before the Donald Trump cult took hold, frequently railed (rightly so) against communist and fascist regimes that nationalized industry, indulged in crony capitalism, and substituted propaganda for the free flow of reliable information.
NBC News:
Outbreaks of rabies seem to be rising across the U.S., CDC surveillance shows — The CDC's rabies team says it's tracking 15 different likely outbreaks from New York to Oregon. — Six deaths from rabies have been reported over the last 12 months in the U.S., the highest number in years …
Wall Street Journal:
Taxes, Psychedelics, Crypto: Kyrsten Sinema Sees Opportunity Under Trump — An Arizona business advocacy organization led by the former Democrat is taking credit for portions of the ‘big, beautiful bill’ — As Democrats panic over their diminished power and struggle to curtail President Trump …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Developer-in-Chief: Trump determined to leave a physical imprint on the White House and capital … And it's just the start. — In a second term defined by the scope of Trump's unrestrained ambition, America's first property developer-turned-president is at times approaching the job …
Punchbowl News:
9/1/25 ☀️ AM: … Our brand new studio at the Punchbowl News Townhouse is almost done. Fly Out Day premieres this Thursday with an all-star newsmaker guest, who we will announce soon, and a great reporter conversation with two veteran Capitol Hill hands - Manu Raju of CNN and Jackie Kucinich of the Boston Globe.
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Maybe Rex Tillerson Was Right. Maybe Donald Trump Really Is Just A Moron. — His lying and temper tantrums aside, evidence abounds that the president's most important, and dangerous, feature is his ignorance. — WASHINGTON ― Exactly 10 days after taking the presidential oath …
David Schleicher / The Argument:
YIMBYs beat the politicians. Now they have to beat the judges. — As legislatures have said yes to new housing, obstacles still remain. — The intellectual fight over liberalizing land-use regulations is over. The YIMBYs have won. — Almost all economists and legal scholars agree …
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Fort Worth Report
Constant Méheut / New York Times:
Kyiv Links Moscow to Killing of Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker — Ukraine said it had arrested a suspect in the murder of the politician, who had voiced anti-Russian views. The authorities did not explain how the suspect was tied to Moscow. — Ukraine said on Monday that it had arrested …
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Reuters, Al Jazeera, CBS News, The Kyiv Independent, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Politico and Bloomberg
Reuters:
Ambani family postpones New York cultural event amid fraught U.S.-India trade ties — Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's family has postponed a cultural showcase in New York, citing “unforeseen circumstances”, a decision made after Washington sharply raised tariffs on imported Indian goods over its purchases of Russian oil.
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Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Black Americans Are Losing Jobs in a Warning for the Economy — Unemployment among Black people reaches highest level since 2021; ‘I am in the fight of my life’ — Unemployment in the U.S. remains historically low at 4.2%. Yet Black workers are living in a different reality …
Yan Zhuang / New York Times:
Far-Right, Anti-Immigration Protests Worry Leaders in Australia — The government condemned the demonstrations, which drew tens of thousands of people. Some of the events included speakers tied to neo-Nazi groups. — Australia's leaders on Monday condemned anti-immigration protests …
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Bloomberg, israelhayom.com, Reuters and Al Jazeera
Joshua Keating / Vox:
Donald Trump is a globalist … The defining photo of the recent White House Ukraine summit will likely turn out to be one depicting five European leaders plus the leaders of the European Commission and NATO smooshed in around the Resolute Desk, seemingly listening to a soliloquy by the unseen President Donald Trump.

