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Jordan Fischer / WUSA:
Grand jury refuses charges against woman accused of threatening President Trump, attorney says — Nathalie Rose Jones, 49, of New York, was arrested in August for allegedly making repeated threats toward President Donald Trump online. … WASHINGTON — A grand jury has refused charges …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
D.C. grand jury declines to indict another defendant amid Trump's crime crackdown — Grand juries have declined to indict at least six separate times in recent weeks as part of President Donald Trump's federal policing in Washington. — WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Washington declined …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump can't use National Guard, military in California to enforce laws, Judge Breyer rules … A federal judge on Tuesday barred President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard and other military troops in California to execute law-enforcement actions there, including making arrests, searching locations, and crowd control.
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Judge says Trump administration's use of US military in Los Angeles violated federal law
Judge says Trump administration's use of US military in Los Angeles violated federal law
ABC News:
Appeals court allows Trump to gut $16B in climate grants
Appeals court allows Trump to gut $16B in climate grants
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Federal Judge Rules Trump Willfully Broke the Law With His LA Troop Deployment
Federal Judge Rules Trump Willfully Broke the Law With His LA Troop Deployment
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Associated Press:
Trump says he will order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore despite local opposition — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to Chicago and Baltimore, despite local officials in both places opposing such moves.
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Pritzker: Trump is Preparing to Deploy Troops to Illinois
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
After Trump Says 'We're Going In' to Chicago With Troops, Illinois Officials Slam Plan
After Trump Says 'We're Going In' to Chicago With Troops, Illinois Officials Slam Plan
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Shia Kapos / Politico:
Chicago bracing for federal crackdown
Chicago bracing for federal crackdown
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Kadia Goba / Washington Post:
House committee releases first batch of Epstein documents — House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Kentucky) subpoenaed the Justice Department for the documents before the recess. — The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Monday night released 33,295 pages of documents related …
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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Oversight Committee Releases Epstein Records Provided by the Department of Justice — WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released 33,295 pages of Epstein-related records that were provided by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House releases first trove of Epstein files
House releases first trove of Epstein files
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Politico:
Massie files Epstein discharge petition — GOP Rep. Thomas Massie filed a discharge petition Tuesday afternoon to force the disclosure of Justice Department investigative files related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Massie filed the petition, which could allow the House …
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Kadia Goba / Washington Post:
Congress to tackle Epstein files controversy as it returns from recess
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Politico:
The latest on Epstein, Trump's crime bill and shutdown talks
The latest on Epstein, Trump's crime bill and shutdown talks
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Associated Press:
Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama — President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado. The long-expected decision from Trump caps …
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Trump announces Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama … Trump criticized Colorado's laws on voting by mail in his Oval Office announcement and said they were a “factor” in his decision. He was joined by Alabama's congressional delegation, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Threat to Occupy Cities Gets Scarier in Vile Fox Hit — The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 2 episode of the — Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. — Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
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New Republic:
Trump Threat to Occupy Cities Takes Ominous Turn in Vile Fox News Hit
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode
RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode
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Hilary Burns / The Boston Globe:
A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler's perspective. — The cornerstone of the Trump administration's justification for cracking down on Harvard University is that the Ivy League school has allegedly allowed antisemitism to fester on campus.
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Graham Linehan / The Glinner Update:
I just got arrested again — I arrived back in London to discover the UK is still a police state run by trans activists — Something odd happened before I even boarded the flight in Arizona. When I handed over my passport at the gate, the official told me I didn't have a seat and had to be re-ticketed.
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.
Washington Post:
Bowser to provide indefinite coordination with federal law enforcement — Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.” — just now — D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) …
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The Guardian:
Trump team's contentious climate report ‘makes a mockery of science’, experts say — Over 85 top climate specialists lambasted administration's review, calling it a ‘shoddy mess’ that downplays risks — A group of the US's leading climate scientists have compiled a withering review …
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Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial — Google will not be forced to break up its search business, but a federal judge has tentatively ordered other changes to the tech giant's business practices to keep it from further anticompetitive behavior.
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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Donald Trump To Make Televised Announcement at White House: What to Know — President Donald Trump is scheduled to make an unspecified announcement on Tuesday afternoon following days of rumors about his health. — The president will make “an announcement” from the Oval Office at 2 p.m. ET …
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Aaron Glantz / The Guardian:
Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice — Legal experts say charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration's crackdown on first amendment rights — The arrest of a US army veteran …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Death of Trump — What would happen to MAGA? And America? — ∙ Paid — 1. Koba — Last week Sarah, Sonny, and I sat down for a book movie club discussion about The Death of Stalin. (You can watch it here.) By total coincidence, the show dropped after a 36-hour period …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
ICE Barbie Kristi Noem's Ugly New Attack on CBS Exposes Big Trump Scam — If you need more evidence that there's zero percentage in trying to appease or bargain with authoritarians, check out what happened this weekend when Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attacked CBS News …
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Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
The Anti-Trump Strategy That's Actually Working — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. — Days after Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to put an end to the Justice Department's revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, captains of the legal resistance gathered by Zoom.
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump's Power Grab — 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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CNN:
Exclusive: Justice Amy Coney Barrett defends overturning Roe v. Wade and reveals Supreme Court dynamics in new book — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a new memoir defends her vote reversing a half century of national abortion rights, declaring that Roe v. Wade usurped the will of the American people and “came at a cost.”
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NBC News:
Jeffrey Epstein accusers urge Trump to release all the case files and rule out a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon — Six women, along with relatives of prominent Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, are speaking out as interest in the case returns to Capitol Hill.
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