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Associated Press:
Trump says he's set to order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore, despite local opposition — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's ready to order federal authorities to mobilize and combat crime in Chicago and Baltimore, despite staunch opposition from elected leaders and many residents in both cities.
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Pritzker: Trump is Preparing to Deploy Troops to Illinois — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) said Tuesday President Donald Trump is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in the state over his repeated objections and will soon launch large-scale immigration raids in Chicago.
Geoff Buchholz / audacy.com:
Leaders share new details about potential federal surge in Chicago
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Reuters
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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Chicago Sun Times and Block Club Chicago
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it's real
Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it's real
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WXIA-TV, New York Times, Raw Story and Fox News
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Chicago bracing for federal crackdown
Chicago bracing for federal crackdown
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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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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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New York Post, NOTUS, Townhall and CBS News
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House releases first trove of Epstein files … The GOP-controlled House has released the first tranche of documents in its investigation into convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein — a move intended to quash the mounting calls for answers around why the Justice …
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Axios, New York Times, Punchbowl News, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Scripps News, UPI, New York Post, The Independent, Daily Mail and The Gateway Pundit
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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The Hill and Washington Times
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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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Law & Crime and RedState
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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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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
More rebukes for prosecutors: Grand jurors refuse to indict 2 people accused of threatening Trump
More rebukes for prosecutors: Grand jurors refuse to indict 2 people accused of threatening Trump
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The Hill, WUSA, Chicago Tribune, MSNBC and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
U.S. kills 11 in strike on alleged drug vessel from Venezuela, Trump says — The attack is a dramatic escalation that coincides with the administration's heightened counternarcotics focus and its intensifying feud with the Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Responds to Rumors About His Health During Oval Office Press Conference — In the world of presidential health, distrust and speculation run so rampant that even Mr. Trump's online assurance that he was fine was immediately explained away as part of a cover-up.
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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
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HuffPost, RedState and NewsMax.com
Zachary Basu / Axios:
How Trump's quiet holiday weekend fueled a viral death hoax
How Trump's quiet holiday weekend fueled a viral death hoax
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Breitbart, PolitiFact, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Wisconsin Examiner and New Jersey Online
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Appeals court blocks Trump from firing FTC commissioner — A federal appeals court reinstated Rebecca Slaughter, the Biden-appointed Federal Trade Commission commissioner whom President Trump fired, in a 2-1 decision on Tuesday. … - A White House official said in July ahead of appealing …
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Washington Examiner, Reuters, Democracy Docket, Politico, New York Times, Fox News, Washington Times and The Gateway Pundit
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump: Tariff decision “an emergency,” will appeal as soon as Wednesday
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CNBC, Notes from the Middleground, Bloomberg, NPR, Reuters, NewsMax.com, Tangle, MSNBC and The Hill
Politico:
Judge rules Trump can't act as national police chief … Breyer, a Clinton appointee based in San Francisco, concluded that Trump's LA deployment — an operation overseen by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — violated a longstanding law meant to prevent domestic law enforcement by the military: the Posse Comitatus Act.
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump can't use National Guard, military in California to enforce laws, Judge Breyer rules
Trump can't use National Guard, military in California to enforce laws, Judge Breyer rules
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New York Times:
Scientists Denounce Trump Administration's Climate Report — Scores of researchers reviewed the Energy Department's argument about greenhouse gases and found serious deficiencies. — More than 85 American and international scientists have condemned a Trump administration report that calls …
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CNN, Washington Examiner and The Hill
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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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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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Associated Press:
Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama
Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama
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David McCabe / New York Times:
Google Must Share Search Data With Rivals, Judge Rules in Antitrust Case — Judge Amit P. Mehta said the company must hand over some of its search data to rivals, but did not force other big changes the U.S. wanted. — Google must hand over its search results and some data to rival companies …
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Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial
Google avoids break up, but has to give up exclusive search deals in antitrust trial
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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.
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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.
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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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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The Atlantic
Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
Prominent critic of RFK Jr. blocked from FDA vaccine committee — Paul Offit, a pediatrician and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, can no longer participate in the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee. — Paul Offit, a pediatrician who has sparred with Health …
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The Guardian
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Death of Trump — 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 in Donald Trump had not been seen and there was speculation that he was unwell.
New York Times:
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It's Easy to Find. — In a post on Truth Social, the president suggested that the C.D.C. was being “ripped apart” over a question that was answered long ago. — In a message on social media that baffled many scientists, President Trump questioned …
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Raw Story and The Guardian
Molly White / Citation Needed:
Trump Jr.-advised prediction markets invite bets on president's demise — Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later. — Prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket opened betting markets …


