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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Trump unlawfully canceled Harvard's research grants, US judge rules — A federal judge on Wednesday ruled U.S. President Donald Trump's administration unlawfully terminated about $2.2 billion in grants awarded to Harvard University and can no longer cut off research funding to the prestigious Ivy League school.
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding — The ruling was a victory for the university in its battle with President Trump, but the judge's decision may not be the final word. — Harvard University won a crucial legal victory in its clash with the Trump administration …
Associated Press:
Judge reverses Trump administration's cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University — A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration's cuts to more than $2.6 billion in funding for research grants for Harvard University.
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FIRE:
FIRE statement on ruling that Trump's funding freeze for Harvard was unlawful — Today, a federal court echoed what FIRE has said all along: The Trump administration trampled Harvard University's First Amendment rights and broke civil rights law when it yanked billions in federal grants and contracts over alleged Title VI violations.
CNN:
Judge says Trump administration unlawfully blocked $2 billion from Harvard
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E. Matteo Diaz / The Harvard Crimson:
Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration Funding Freeze to Harvard as Unconstitutional
NBC News:
Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard
Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2.2 billion in federal grants to Harvard
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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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Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates — “Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery,” Dr. Joseph Ladapo said. “Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?” — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Wednesday …
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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say — Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
Florida Moves to End Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren
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STAT and The Daily Caller
CNN:
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
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NBC News:
Epstein accusers put pressure on Congress to release the files
Epstein accusers put pressure on Congress to release the files
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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Frantic Trump Tries to Kill Vote to Force Open Epstein Files
Frantic Trump Tries to Kill Vote to Force Open Epstein Files
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Epstein accusers ramp up pressure on Congress: From the Politics Desk
Epstein accusers ramp up pressure on Congress: From the Politics Desk
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Axios, New Republic and The Hill
Gabriela Pomeroy / BBC:
‘We know their names’: Epstein victims say they are making their own list
‘We know their names’: Epstein victims say they are making their own list
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Ben Meiselas / Meidas+:
Very Important Message on Historic Day...
Very Important Message on Historic Day...
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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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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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Tara Copp / Washington Post:
National Guard orders in D.C. expected to be extended for months
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Trump Vows to ‘Liberate Chicago’ in Fundraising Email to Supporters
Trump Vows to ‘Liberate Chicago’ in Fundraising Email to Supporters
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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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Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
Cleta Mitchell Thinks Trump Will Use Emergency Powers to Take Control of Elections
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation
House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation
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NPR, The Hill, Florida Politics and Axios
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?”
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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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Dick Durbin calls for Senate hearing on Trump's threats to send troops to cities like Chicago
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Brian Finucane / Just Security:
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean — On Sept. 2nd, the Trump administration announced what it described as a “lethal strike” against an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean. In a post on social media accompanied with a video of the strike …
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Samantha Riedel / them.:
Malcolm Gladwell Speaks Out Against Trans Athletes, Reversing Past Statements: “I'm Ashamed” — The author behind The Tipping Point admonished his prior actions, saying he had felt “cowed” by the public. — Author and essayist Malcolm Gladwell has claimed he was previously “cowed” …
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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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Governor of California, STAT, New Republic, NOTUS and NewsMax.com
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 …
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.
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NextDraft
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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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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National Politics
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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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 …
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NOTUS, CNBC and The Gateway Pundit
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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