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Devan Cole / CNN:
Judge says Trump administration's use of US military in Los Angeles violated federal law — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law by using the US military to help carry out law enforcement activities in and around Los Angeles this summer.
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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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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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Los Angeles Times
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump can't use National Guard, military in California to enforce laws, Judge Breyer rules
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Reuters:
US judge blocks Trump administration's use of troops in California
US judge blocks Trump administration's use of troops in California
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump's use of National Guard during LA immigration protests is illegal, judge rules
Live updates: Trump's use of National Guard during LA immigration protests is illegal, judge rules
New Republic:
Trump Threat to Occupy Cities Takes Ominous Turn in Vile Fox News Hit
Trump Threat to Occupy Cities Takes Ominous Turn in Vile Fox News Hit
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Republicans fret about inflation's impact on 2026 midterms
Republicans fret about inflation's impact on 2026 midterms
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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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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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Politico:
The latest on Epstein, Trump's crime bill and shutdown talks — IN TODAY'S EDITION: — Massie plans immediate action on Epstein — Luna gives leaders new timeline on stock trading ban — WH aides to help GOP sell megabill — Congress is back.
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Politico:
House members ready action on Epstein files — House members are wasting no time laying the groundwork this week for a confrontation with GOP leaders over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. Freshly back in Washington from the August recess, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) …
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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New Republic
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 …
Associated Press:
Trump will announce Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama — President Donald Trump's administration will announce 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, according to two people familiar with the announcement.
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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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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Carry Out Baggage: UK Starmtroopers Now at Airports Snatching Up Comedians Who Mean Xweet
Carry Out Baggage: UK Starmtroopers Now at Airports Snatching Up Comedians Who Mean Xweet
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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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James Fontanella-Khan / Financial Times:
US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio — Billionaire hedge fund boss says other investors are too scared of Trump to speak out — Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned Donald Trump's America is drifting into 1930s-style autocratic politics …
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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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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Trump Teases ‘Announcement’ After Days of Health Speculation
Trump Teases ‘Announcement’ After Days of Health Speculation
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Bill De Blasio / New York Daily News:
Why I am endorsing Zohran Mamdani — What is a New York City where working class people no longer can afford to live? What kind of identity, what type of soul, would that place have? — Would it still glow with the restless energy with which we've always been defined by? Or would it recede in its absence?
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Nadler, Pillar of Democratic Party's Old Guard, Will Retire Next Year … Jerry Nadler intends to end a 34-year career in the House of Representatives at the conclusion of his current term next year.Clark Hodgin for The New York Times — Representative Jerrold Nadler …
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Paul Krugman:
The Bonfire of Trump's Vanities — A richness of embarrassments — Busy day yesterday, so all I have this morning is a brief follow-up on last week's post about the decision by an appeals court to uphold the Court of Trade's ruling that most of Trump's tariffs are illegal — which they clearly are.
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New York Times:
How Elon Musk Is Remaking Grok in His Image — Mr. Musk said he wanted xAI's chatbot to be “politically neutral.” His actions say otherwise. — Elon Musk has said Grok, the A.I.-powered chatbot that his company developed, should be “politically neutral” and “maximally truth-seeking.”
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Rahm Emanuel / Wall Street Journal:
We Have Met the Enemy and He Isn't Us — Can Americans stop fighting each other long enough to appreciate the threat from China? — The latest illustration of the division and dysfunction in our politics—images of the National Guard occupying our nation's capital—has justifiably infuriated my fellow Democrats.
New York Times:
After Court Defeat, Trump Warns of Economic Chaos From Loss of Tariffs — The president and his advisers have suggested they will fight a federal appeals court's ruling that found many of the administration's tariffs to be illegal. — President Trump spent the weekend decrying a court decision …
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Justin Weinberg / Daily Nous:
Philosophy Grad Student from China Deported upon Arrival in US (updated) — A 22-year-old student from China who had traveled from China to Texas to study philosophy at the University of Houston was detained upon arrival in the state, questioned, and deported back to China 36 hours later, according to the Associated Press.
Charles T. Munger Jr / New York Times:
Do Not Re-Gerrymander California — For the better part of two decades, California's elections have been freer and fairer because the state doesn't allow for the gerrymandering of political districts. I like to think I am in large part responsible. — Working alongside former …
Reuters:
Exclusive: US regulators cancel bank exams as Trump rollback gathers pace — U.S. regulators are pulling back on some bank exams and the use of confidential disciplinary notices, a sign lenders are already benefiting from a softer touch under President Donald Trump's administration, said more than half a dozen industry executives.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Turmoil Inside MAHA Is About More Than Just Vaccines — Disparate factions are sparring over some of RFK Jr.'s biggest priorities; a top FDA scientist is hired, ousted, then hired again — WASHINGTON—Dr. Vinay Prasad seemed like a fitting choice by Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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Derek Thompson:
The US Population Could Shrink in 2025, For the First Time Ever — It's a story with massive economic and political significance. But it's receiving strangely little attention. — The United States is on the precipice of a historic, if dubious, achievement.
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Wall Street Journal:
Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds — Trump is contending with a disconnect between the nation's sour outlook and traditional measures showing a robust economy — America is becoming a nation of economic pessimists.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
RFK Jr gives Republicans a chance to defy Trump on easy mode — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one 👇 — 😷 Subscribe to PN 😷 — Last week, Health and Human Services secretary and anti-vax crank Robert F. Kennedy extended his efforts …
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