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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
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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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Judge blocks deportation of Guatemalan migrant children as flights were ready to take off
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Jasmine Baehr / Fox News:
Biden judge halts ‘surprising’ illegal alien minor repatriation plan after advocacy groups sue
Biden judge halts ‘surprising’ illegal alien minor repatriation plan after advocacy groups sue
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RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Associated Press
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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Jack Brook / Associated Press:
Rudy Giuliani injured in New Hampshire car crash, his spokesperson says — Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire in which he was a passenger, a spokesperson for the former New York City mayor said Sunday.
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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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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Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
In Virginia's Governor Race, a Democrat Strives to Be the Anti-Mamdani
In Virginia's Governor Race, a Democrat Strives to Be the Anti-Mamdani
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American Thinker, Blue Virginia, twitchy.com and Washington Examiner
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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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.
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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.
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 …
Emell Derra Adolphus / The Daily Beast:
Bill Clinton, 79, Spotted With Medical Device at Airport — NOT MISSING A BEAT — Hillary Clinton was also in tow with the former president, who suffered a heart attack that required bypass surgery in 2004. — Former President Bill Clinton was spotted at the airport …
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twitchy.com
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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Holly Ellyatt / CNBC:
Trump keeps threatening to punish Putin. Here's what's holding him back … U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will punish Russia and President Vladimir Putin if Moscow doesn't come to the table and agree to peace talks or a ceasefire with Ukraine.
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Kristi Noem confirms plan to expand ICE operations in major cities — The DHS secretary's comments come after Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson threatened legal action against any surge of federal law enforcement or National Guard troops in the city. — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem …
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Jake Spring / Washington Post:
Chicago launches resistance campaign as Trump threatens to send troops
Chicago launches resistance campaign as Trump threatens to send troops
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NewsNation, Mediaite, New York Times, The Guardian, The Hill, Politico, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg and NBC News
Justin Driver / New York Times:
Applying to College in the Age of Racial Trauma — For many ambitious high school seniors, the standard end-of-summer blues arrive with an additional layer of intensity, as they reluctantly contemplate how to navigate the daunting application process for admission to elite universities.
Helen Davidson / The Guardian:
Putin, Modi and Erdoğan among leaders in China for talks with Xi — Chinese president hosts bilateral meetings on sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin — Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin have met on the sidelines of a showpiece summit in China that seeks …
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Bloomberg, Politico, CNN, Telegraph, NewsMax.com, New York Times, Reuters, HuffPost, Al Jazeera, KSTP-TV, The Kyiv Independent, The Japan Times, BBC, Meidas+, Wall Street Journal and India Today
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Medicaid cuts threaten rural hospitals — and access to maternity care — Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill cuts Medicaid by almost $1 trillion over the next decade, risking service cuts and closures that could force rural women to travel farther to safely have a baby.
