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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
After Trump Says 'We're Going In' to Chicago With Troops, Illinois Officials Slam Plan  —  Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said the state was ready to fight the Trump administration's plan in court.  —  Officials in Illinois condemned the Trump administration on Tuesday for a planned immigration crackdown …
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.
Politico:
Judge rules Trump can't act as national police chief
Steve Vladeck / One First:
176. Illinois v. Texas
Devan Cole / CNN:
Judge says Trump administration's use of US military in Los Angeles violated federal law
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 …
Discussion: RedState and Law & Crime
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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 …
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:   Major New Blow to Pirro Over Woman in Alleged Trump Murder Threat
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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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 …
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
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.
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.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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New Republic:
Trump Threat to Occupy Cities Takes Ominous Turn in Vile Fox News Hit
Discussion: CTV News and twitchy.com
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.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Forward
Associated Press:
Trump says US strike on vessel in Caribbean targeted Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang, killed 11  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela and was operated by the Tren de Aragua gang.
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Washington Post:
U.S. kills 11 in strike on alleged drug vessel from Venezuela, Trump says
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.
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.
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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Brian Bennett / Time:
Trump Says Video of Object Tossed Out of Window Was ‘Probably A.I.’—After White House Implied Otherwise … The video was originally posted on an Instagram account called “Washingtonianprobs” and spread widely on social media, prompting jokes about White House security protocol and speculation about what was being thrown out.
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Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Donald Trump To Make Televised Announcement at White House: What to Know
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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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Financial Times:
Google spared break-up in US monopoly case
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 …
Discussion: Fox News, The Wrap, MSNBC and Newsbusters
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.
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.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Reason
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
 
 
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Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
Prominent critic of RFK Jr. blocked from FDA vaccine committee
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Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
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Reuters:
Burkina Faso parliament passes law outlawing LGBTQ practices
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Advocate
Molly White / Citation Needed:
Trump Jr.-advised prediction markets invite bets on president's demise
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Trump Asks for $15 Donation in Eternal Destination Email
New York Times:
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It's Easy to Find.
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We're Restoring Public Trust in the CDC
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