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United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Oversight Committee Releases Epstein Records Provided by the Department of Justice  —  WASHINGTON—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released 33,295 pages of Epstein-related records that were provided by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Punchbowl News:
9/3/25 ☀️ AM: … The most high-wire month on the legislative calendar is off to a rough start for Republicans.  —  Government funding will run out in 28 days.  And the Republican trifecta that controls Washington is pursuing three different strategies at the moment.
Discussion: CNN, NewsNation, Roll Call, NOTUS, ABC News and NPR
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House releases first trove of Epstein files
Devan Cole / CNN:
Federal appeals court says Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act for deportations  —  A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members is unlawful and blocked its use in several southern states …
Discussion: New York Times, UPI and IJR
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New York Times:
Appeals Court Blocks Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans
Discussion: Townhall and Newsweek
New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  The ruling was a setback for a key part of President Trump's immigration crackdown.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Trump cannot use Alien Enemies Act to deport members of Venezuelan gang, appeals court rules
Miami Herald:
As many as 100 Epstein victims will attend Washington rally Wednesday  —  As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department …
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NBC News:
Jeffrey Epstein accusers urge Trump to release all the case files and rule out a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon  —  Six women, along with relatives of prominent Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, are speaking out as interest in the case returns to Capitol Hill.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
The Posse Comitatus Act comes for Trump's authoritarianism  —  Trump's efforts to go after U.S. cities — first Los Angeles and D.C., with, it appears, Chicago next — are alarming.  A lot happened, as to all three cities, on Tuesday.  —  President Donald Trump's effort to threaten American cities …
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Washington Post:
Bowser to provide indefinite coordination with federal law enforcement  —  Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law within the District.”  —  just now  —  D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) …
Politico:
Judge rules Trump can't act as national police chief … Breyer, a Clinton appointee based in San Francisco, concluded that Trump's LA deployment — an operation overseen by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — violated a longstanding law meant to prevent domestic law enforcement by the military: the Posse Comitatus Act.
Politico:
Trump denies he's dead.  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
Discussion: Townhall
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Geoff Buchholz / audacy.com:
Leaders share new details about potential federal surge in Chicago  —  Pritzker, others say ICE agents to target Mexican Independence-themed events this weekend  —  Governor Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and other state and local leaders have shared new details about what they believe …
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Post
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Associated Press:
Trump says he's set to order federal intervention in Chicago and Baltimore, despite local opposition
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it's real
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
US military kills 11 in strike on alleged drug boat tied to Venezuelan cartel, Trump says  —  Video Ad Feedback  —  New video shows moment US strikes alleged ‘drug vessel’ tied to Venezuelan cartel  —  New video shows moment US strikes alleged ‘drug vessel’ tied to Venezuelan cartel
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Washington Post:
U.S. kills 11 in strike on alleged drug vessel from Venezuela, Trump says
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Pritzker: Trump is Preparing to Deploy Troops to Illinois
BBC:
Putin and Kim join Xi in show of strength as China unveils new weapons at huge military parade  —  Summary  — China's President Xi Jinping unveils laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles and giant underwater drones at a massive military parade 80 years on from the country's victory over Japan in World War Two
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
America's biggest adversaries “conspire” in Beijing  —  The tectonic plates of global power are shifting ever faster thanks to President Trump, and images beamed from China around the world this week provide one vision of where they will settle. … - For the first time ever …
Cecilia Kang / New York Times:
Federal Appeals Court Reinstates an F.T.C. Commissioner Fired by Trump  —  The court said the commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, had been illegally terminated without cause.  —  A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a Democrat who was fired by President Trump …
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story, Reuters and The Verge
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Michael Holden / Reuters:
UK police caught in ‘toxic culture wars’, chief says after Linehan's arrest  —  Britain's most senior police chief defended on Wednesday the arrest of an Irish comedy writer over comments about transgender issues, saying officers were in an impossible position arbitrating between free speech and criminal content.
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 …
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
More rebukes for prosecutors: Grand jurors refuse to indict 2 people accused of threatening Trump
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump faces political catch-22 over vaccines, RFK Jr.  —  President Trump is facing a quandary over his legacy and political outlook in the face of growing fissures at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over vaccine policy.  —  Trump has aligned himself closely with Health …
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New York Times:
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It's Easy to Find.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and The Guardian
Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
Prominent critic of RFK Jr. blocked from FDA vaccine committee  —  Paul Offit, a pediatrician and co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine, can no longer participate in the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.  —  Paul Offit, a pediatrician who has sparred with Health …
Discussion: The Guardian
NBC News:
Key GOP senator declines to elaborate on planned ‘oversight’ of RFK Jr. after CDC exodus  —  Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said he is “reserving judgment” while other Republicans expressed skepticism of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s job as HHS secretary following a recent CDC shake-up.
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Inside the Democratic plan to recapture the House majority in 2026  —  Their effort is running up against harsh political realities, from Trump's efforts to revamp the House map to a tarnished Democratic brand with abysmal approval ratings.  —  Just now  —  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries …
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Former New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu Exploring Senate Bid  —  Republicans previously failed to recruit his brother, former Gov. Chris Sununu.  — Copy  —  Former New Hampshire Republican Sen. John E. Sununu is interested in running for Senate again to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen …
John Hendel / Politico:
Cellphone calls are coming to the moon  —  The moon may be 239,000 miles from Earth and enshrouded in deadly cosmic radiation, but someday soon, humans will be making phone calls on it.  —  Nearly 150 years after Alexander Graham Bell made Earth's first phone call, technologists are attempting …
Discussion: Blaze Media and masslive.com
 
 
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
More than 1,000 HHS staff call on RFK Jr. to resign
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Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Is Backing Trump's Power Grab
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