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New York Times:
Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels  —  The defense secretary and President Trump said a small boat was carrying drugs but offered little evidence and few details.  —  The Trump administration declared the start of a new and potentially violent campaign …
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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 …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
“We've never seen this before”: Trump's drug war looks like a real war  —  More missiles.  Fewer arrests. … - “The president's overall perspective is that, if there is a terrorist threat to the homeland of the United States, he trusts the military to take that threat out …
Washington Post:
Trump ordered strike on suspected drug boat to send a message, Rubio says
Beth Mole / Ars Technica:
In win for infectious diseases, Florida to end all school vaccine requirements … Florida is planning to end all vaccination requirements in the state, including requirements for school children to get routine childhood vaccinations that protect them and their communities from severe …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Semafor
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Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
Schools prepare for the worst as RFK Jr. reshapes the vaccine landscape
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates
Washington Post:
Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so
Ari Odzer / NBC 6 South Florida:
Florida working to end all vaccine mandates, DeSantis and Ladapo announce
Discussion: HuffPost
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 …
Discussion: Reuters, Al Jazeera and The Forward
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Washington Post:
Judge rules Trump administration cannot withhold funding from Harvard
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Judge Issues Ruling Helpful to Harvard in Case Against Trump
CNN:
Judge says Trump administration unlawfully blocked $2 billion from Harvard
Discussion: HotAir and Politico
FIRE:
FIRE statement on ruling that Trump's funding freeze for Harvard was unlawful
Discussion: Reason
Dylan Byers / Puck:
The Bari Market  —  With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss's The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News.  The deal is on the 1-yard line, I'm told.  —  Over the last month, as David Ellison has settled into control of Paramount …
New York Times:
Kennedy Faces Senate Grilling After Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake Up  —  Some Republican lawmakers have questioned whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent actions contradict pledges he made about vaccine access in order to win confirmation.
Discussion: Fox News and STAT
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Wall Street Journal:
CDC Turmoil Intensifies Ahead of RFK Jr. Hearing
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Chief Justice John Roberts is wary of entering political fray, his top adviser says … Robert Dow, a federal judge who serves as counselor to Roberts, told a judicial conference here that the chief justice was instead reacting to a long-term trend of eroding esteem for the judiciary.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases  —  Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.
Discussion: Newsweek
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
NBC News:
Trump appeals to the Supreme Court to preserve his sweeping tariffs  —  A federal appeals court last week ruled the president doesn't have the authority to set sweeping tariffs under the emergency powers law he invoked.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration asked …
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Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
DC National Guard troops have orders extended through December, official says  —  District of Columbia National Guard troops who are deployed as part of President Donald Trump's federal law enforcement intervention in the nation's capital have had their orders extended through December, a National Guard official said.
Discussion: CNN and WTTG-TV
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Schuyler Mitchell / Mother Jones:
The National Guard Soldier Pissed About Trump's DC Takeover
Discussion: NBC Chicago and WTOP News
Tara Copp / Washington Post:
National Guard orders in D.C. expected to be extended for months
Discussion: Washington Examiner and NewsNation
John Ingold / The Colorado Sun:
Colorado issues orders allowing people to get a COVID vaccination this year without a prescription  —  Colorado officials on Wednesday issued public health orders aimed at making it easier for Coloradans to receive a COVID vaccine booster this fall.  —  The orders essentially create …
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Jason Laughlin / The Boston Globe:   As national consensus on vaccines unravels, Mass. and other states chart disparate paths
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Nancy Mace Turns Back on Epstein Survivors to Defend Trump  —  Representative Nancy Mace offered a wild defense of President Donald Trump, who has dismissed calls for more transparency on Jeffrey Epstein, less than 24 hours after crying with survivors of the alleged sex trafficker.
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Trump, Who Campaigned On Releasing Epstein Files, Gets Roasted For Calling Them A ‘Democrat Hoax’
Washington Post:
House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies  —  The 14 proposals would usher in some of the most intense interventions in the city's justice system since the federal government took over many of its functions in the 1990s.  —  Just now
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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 …
The Hill:
Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden  —  President Trump on Thursday will host two dozen high-profile tech and business leaders for the first event in the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, including Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook …
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” …
IDSA Home:
Joint statement calling for Secretary Kennedy resignation  —  As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people.  —  Forcing high-level CDC expert leaders …
Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Navy reverses demotion of Rep. Ronny Jackson, former White House doctor  —  Rep. Ronny Jackson announced that the Navy has restored his retired rank of rear admiral, overturning a 2022 demotion that followed a scathing investigation that found major issues with his behavior while he was the top White House physician.
Discussion: UPI and CBS News
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer.  Here's what it shows. … Most Americans still don't know that alcohol can cause cancer — and the alcohol industry is working hard to make sure it stays that way.  —  For the past three years, the industry …
Newsmax Wires / NewsMax.com:
Newsmax Files Lawsuit Against Fox News; Antitrust Case Alleges Major Violations  —  BOCA RATON, Fla. - Newsmax Inc. (NYSE:NMAX) announced today that the Company's subsidiary, Newsmax Broadcasting, LLC, has filed a major federal antitrust lawsuit against Fox Corporation and Fox News Network …
 
 
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Geoff Mulvihill / Associated Press:
Texas lawmakers approve letting private citizens sue abortion pill providers
New York Times:
Smithsonian Responds to Trump's Demand for a Review of Its Exhibits
Discussion: Politico, The Bulwark and The Nation
NBC News:
Pentagon considers leasing part of Camp Pendleton to help fund Golden Dome missile defense system
Catharine Tunney / CBC News:
Project 2025 mastermind invited to speak at Carney's cabinet meeting
Discussion: Bloomberg
Reuters:
Exclusive: Guatemalan document undercuts U.S. claims on child deportations
Discussion: Public Notice and MSNBC
 Earlier Items: 
John O'Connor / Associated Press:
US appeals court reverses lower court, approves Illinois ban on carrying firearms on public transit
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
New York Times:
Senator's Visit to Spy Agency Was Canceled After Laura Loomer Complained
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House fails to censure LaMonica McIver in shock vote
Media Matters for America:
Trump ally Laura Loomer on Palestinian children seeking medical care in US: “You think these kids are so innocent?”
Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler
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