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House panel releases tranche of Epstein files as controversy looms large over Congress' return to Washington — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released tens of thousands of Jeffrey Epstein-related files it had received from the Justice Department, as the controversy surrounding …
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Epstein survivors float release of unofficial client list — Jeffrey Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips suggested Wednesday that victims of the convicted sex offender are contemplating publishing a list of people involved in their abuse if the Justice Department doesn't make more documents public.
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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Frantic Trump Tries to Kill Vote to Force Open Epstein Files
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Massie: Trump ‘may be covering for some rich and powerful people’ in Epstein files
Massie: Trump ‘may be covering for some rich and powerful people’ in Epstein files
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Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA splinters as Epstein fight returns to Congress
MAGA splinters as Epstein fight returns to Congress
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Ben Meiselas / Meidas+:
Very Important Message on Historic Day...
Very Important Message on Historic Day...
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Massie implores GOP colleagues to help force vote to release Epstein files
Massie implores GOP colleagues to help force vote to release Epstein files
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Washington Post:
Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so — Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery. — Florida's surgeon general on Wednesday announced plans to end all state vaccine mandates …
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Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis and Ladapo to ‘end all vaccine mandates in Florida law’ — Florida is set to end all state vaccine mandates, state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced at a news conference Wednesday.For decades, the state has required numerous vaccines for kids attending school …
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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say
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Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates
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New York Times:
Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams if He Quits Mayor's Race — The conversations have also involved Curtis Sliwa with the goal of giving Andrew Cuomo a better chance of defeating Zohran Mamdani in November. — Advisers to President Trump have discussed the possibility …
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Politico:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces a decision: A Trump administration post to drop his reelection campaign … A White House official would neither confirm nor deny that Trump advisers are talking with Adams. — The Trump administration's machinations were first reported by The New York Times …
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Eliza Shapiro / New York Times:
As Mamdani's Stature Grows, He Tries to Shed Some Past Stances
As Mamdani's Stature Grows, He Tries to Shed Some Past Stances
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Mehdi Hasan / The Guardian:
It's time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down — This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting, and fearless opposition. We all deserve better — In a recent podcast conversation, the former spokesperson for Jeb Bush sat down with the leader of the House Democrats.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans dismayed by Trump's decision to use pocket rescission
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Emily Baumgaertner Nunn / New York Times:
Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines — Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — California, Oregon and Washington announced plans …
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Amelia Templeton / OPB:
Oregon, Washington, California form health care alliance to protect vaccine access
Oregon, Washington, California form health care alliance to protect vaccine access
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests — What was happening in the criminal case of Nathalie Rose Jones, who was facing charges in Washington, D.C., federal court this summer, wasn't typical. — A grand jury of Washington, D.C., citizens on Tuesday …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House fails to censure LaMonica McIver in shock vote — House Democrats, with help from more than half a dozen Republicans, succeeded in killing a motion to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) for clashing with ICE officers in April. … - “If House Republicans think they can make me run scared …
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation
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Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
New Jersey Democrat avoids House censure with help of five Republicans
New Jersey Democrat avoids House censure with help of five Republicans
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Emily Peck / Axios:
Trump's return to office order worked — The remote work era is over in Washington: The share of federal employees working in-office is up sharply from last year, a Gallup survey released Wednesday finds. — Why it matters: President Trump's return-to-office order worked — and then some.
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Eoin Higgins / MSNBC:
A political novice's campaign to unseat Sen. Susan Collins is off to a strong start — Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, represents a new pugilistic approach to Democratic politics. — Speaking to a crowd of over 6,500 in Portland, Maine, on Labor Day …
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Politico:
Tillis says he will not consider Lisa Cook Fed replacement amid legal dispute — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said Wednesday he would not consider a nominee to replace ousted Fed Gov. Lisa Cook until the legality of President Donald Trump's move to fire her has been determined in court …
Schuyler Mitchell / Mother Jones:
The National Guard Soldier Pissed About Trump's DC Takeover — “This is an encroachment on everything we signed up for and it feels like a violation.” — Thanks to President Donald Trump, the residents of Washington, DC, are now safe from the horrors of fallen leaves and errant litter.
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism — President Donald Trump's effort to threaten American cities with federal military presence — a threat he has followed through on, using different authorities to do so, in two cities — got its strongest pushback yet on Tuesday morning.
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Mary Kekatos / ABC News:
More than 1,000 current, former HHS employees sign letter calling on RFK Jr. to resign — Staffers accused Kennedy of “endangering the nation's health.” — Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks as President Donald J Trump chairs a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room …
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David Mastio / Kansas City Star:
Eric Schmitt's conservative history isn't the America I want my kids taught — At the National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt gave a speech about American history in which the only brown person mentioned was George Floyd …
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NPR:
Trump confirms U.S. strike on alleged Venezuelan drug boat — Tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela are rising. Days after sending U.S. gunboats to South American waters, President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. Navy struck a vessel in the southern Caribbean carrying what he described as a Venezuelan drug shipment.
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Genevieve Glatsky / New York Times:
Venezuela, Drug Boats and Trump's Latest Claim: What to Know
Venezuela, Drug Boats and Trump's Latest Claim: What to Know
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Trump Team Urges G.O.P. to Rebrand Signature Policy Law — Top campaign officials told House Republicans they should rebrand the measure the president dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” in a nod to its unpopularity with voters. — Don't call it the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Damon Linker / Persuasion:
America Is Choosing Decline — The late Charles Krauthammer played a small part in provoking my exodus from the political right a little more than two decades ago. — He was one of a couple dozen neoconservative pundits who went all-in on providing a full-spectrum endorsement of the invasion of Iraq.
Media Matters for America:
Trump ally Laura Loomer on Palestinian children seeking medical care in US: “You think these kids are so innocent?” — Loomer: “You think these kids are so innocent? Because they're kids? Yeah? ... You think little kids are not capable of evil?”
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Putin Embarrasses Trump, Yet Again — Lots of news on the 2026 Senate campaign front today: With Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst retiring, Rep. Ashley Hinson is already jumping into the race to replace her. The Maine Democratic Senate primary has another entrant in brewer Dan Kleban.
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Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler — A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II. — “The story we got about world war ii is all wrong,” a guest told Tucker Carlson on his podcast two weeks ago. “I think that's right,” replied Carlson.
Liam Reilly / CNN:
Newsmax sues Fox News, calling it a monopoly that abuses its power — Christopher Ruddy's pro-Trump channel Newsmax on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox News, accusing the Rupert Murdoch-owned broadcaster of illegally blocking competition in the right-wing pay-TV market.
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New York Times:
White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind — The effort involves several agencies that typically have little to do with wind power, including the Health and Human Services Department. — The White House has taken the extraordinary step of instructing a half-dozen agencies …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump floats federal troops to New Orleans, not Chicago … That was a walk-back of his declaration just 24 hours earlier that “we're going in” to Chicago, a city he has long maligned for violent crime but has a Democratic governor who opposes Trump's deployment of federal troops in his state.
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Adam Leventhal / The Athletic:
Streameast, world's largest illegal sports streaming platform, shut down in sting — Streameast — the world's largest illegal sports streaming platform — has been shut down after a year long investigation, according to a leading United States-based anti-piracy organisation.
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Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Trump “worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize” for COVID vaccines, Pfizer CEO says … - His Health and Human and Services Department, led by vaccine skeptic Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is limiting access to COVID vaccines. — Kennedy is also pulling $500 million in funding to develop new mRNA vaccines …
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