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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 — 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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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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ABC News:
Appeals court allows Trump to gut $16B in climate grants
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Olga R. Rodriguez / Associated Press:
Trump's use of the National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal, a judge says
Trump's use of the National Guard during Los Angeles immigration protests is illegal, a judge says
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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
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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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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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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 York Times:
Trump Signals Imminent Supreme Court Appeal to Protect Tariffs — The president said they would seek expedited review of a federal appeals court's ruling that found many of the administration's tariffs to be illegal. — President Trump signaled that he would ask the Supreme Court as soon …
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Paul Krugman:
The Bonfire of Trump's Vanities
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump: Tariff decision “an emergency,” will appeal as soon as Wednesday
Trump: Tariff decision “an emergency,” will appeal as soon as Wednesday
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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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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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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
‘Do Something Radical!’ Joe Scarborough Calls on JB Pritzker to ‘Partner Up’ With Trump After Deadly Weekend in Chicago
‘Do Something Radical!’ Joe Scarborough Calls on JB Pritzker to ‘Partner Up’ With Trump After Deadly Weekend in Chicago
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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 will move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama
Trump will move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama
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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 …
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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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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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
MAGA Thug Kristi Noem's Hateful Attack on CBS Unmasks a 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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Washington Post:
Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely — Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.” The order gives no expiration date.
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Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Mike Lee, Slop Addict — Based Labor Day Weekend — Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) spent the Labor Day holiday weekend doing what he knows best: posting. An analysis of Lee's activity over the three-day break shows that he posted his own content, reposted other accounts, or in some cases reposted himself more than 70 times.
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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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 …
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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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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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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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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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps — Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons — US immigration agents will have access to one of the world's …
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr / Wall Street Journal:
We're Restoring Public Trust in the CDC — The agency's Covid failures stem from politicized science, bureaucratic inertia and mission creep. — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was once the world's most trusted guardian of public health. Its mission—protecting Americans from infectious disease—was clear and noble.
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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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