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5:25 PM ET, September 4, 2025

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Susan Monarez / Wall Street Journal:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me  —  I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.  —  I served for 29 days as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The Senate confirmed me to ensure that unbiased evidence serves …
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New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  A combative Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his tenure as health secretary in a Senate hearing.
Maya Goldman / Axios:
Massachusetts becomes first state to impose its own vaccine coverage rules
Discussion: KSTP-TV
The Hill:
Kennedy to take bipartisan heat in Senate over CDC turmoil
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers  —  The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.  —  By ordering the U.S. military to summarily kill …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump won't get to heaven if he keeps murdering people on boats  —  If Donald Trump is serious about wanting to get to heaven, he has a very odd strategy.This was the stark subject line on an email the 47th president sent to his supporters at 10:54 a.m. on Tuesday, as the nation staggered …
Discussion: BBC
New York Times:
Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels
ProPublica:
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.  Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  The Trump administration has vowed …
Discussion: Mediaite and Fox Business
Washington Post:
Pentagon approves use of Navy base for Chicago ICE operations  —  Defense officials have said the installation also could be used by military forces who are called on to assist ICE.  —  Just now  —  The Pentagon has approved the use of a Navy base on the outskirts of Chicago as a staging ground …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
D.C. sues Trump administration over ‘illegal deployment’ of National Guard in Washington
CNN:
Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say  —  In the wake of the Minneapolis Catholic church shooting, senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people's right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Wire:
BREAKING: Trump DOJ Deliberates Over Gun Ban For Transgenders  —  WASHINGTON — In the wake of the latest deadly attack on a school by a transgender-identifying individual, President Donald Trump's Justice Department is considering blocking trans-identifying people from buying firearms, The Daily Wire has learned.
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Justice Department Considering Ban on Transgendered People Owning Firearms
Discussion: Catholic World Report
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Issues Subpoenas as Part of Probe into Fed Governor Lisa Cook  —  The criminal investigation centers on whether Cook submitted fraudulent information on mortgage applications  —  The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Lisa Cook, Elevating Trump's Claims  —  The move was instigated by Ed Martin, a Trump loyalist who has said it is legitimate for officials to publicly air criminal investigations into people targeted by the president.
Discussion: Fox Business
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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
There's a New Budget Showdown.  Senate Dems' Current Plan Is Bullshit … I agonized for a bit about the point I'm about to discuss.  But I didn't agonize for long because I decided there was not much to agonize about.  The topic is the September federal budget showdown …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What Dems Should Ask For … I've gotten some rather heated responses to today's BackChannel.  The one point which I think merits a response is people saying that I'm not proposing any alternative.  I saw that as implicit.  But fair enough.  Some say I'm just saying shut things down permanently.
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Trump's second presidency is ‘most dangerous period’ since second world war, Mitch McConnell says  —  Former Senate leader likens administration's fixation with tariffs to isolationist policies of the US in the 1930s  —  The world during Donald Trump's second presidency has entered a period of danger with …
New York Times:
President of Northwestern, a School Attacked by the G.O.P., Will Resign  —  The university's president, Michael Schill, said he would step down following months of turbulence, including Trump administration cuts of $790 million from the university's research funds.
Li Zhou / HuffPost:
Bari Weiss Poised For Top Role At CBS News: Reports  —  The move comes as Skydance's David Ellison takes the reins at Paramount.  —  Bari Weiss, the polarizing editor and founder of The Free Press, is poised to hold a prominent role at CBS News, according to multiple reports.
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Agency That Issues Visas and Green Cards Is Hiring Armed Agents  —  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agents will now be allowed to arrest people for immigration violations  —  The primary government agency in charge of issuing citizenship, visas and green cards is forming its own police force …
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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 …
Discussion: STAT, SAMHSA and Raw Story
Alex Harring / CNBC:
Labor market growth slows dramatically in August with U.S. adding just 54,000 jobs, ADP says … U.S. private sector hiring rose less than expected in August, data released Thursday shows, offering the latest indication of trouble in the labor market.  —  Private payrolls increased …
Discussion: UPI, The Hill, Fox Business and CBS News
Isabel Rosales / CNN:
Appeals court blocks judge's order to dismantle ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  —  A federal appeals court has blocked a judge's order requiring Florida and the federal government to shut down and dismantle a controversial immigration detention facility built in the Everglades, widely referred to as “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Rep. Tim Burchett scraps with protester on Capitol Hill  —  Rep. Tim Burchett and a protester got into a physical altercation Thursday outside of the Longworth House Office Building that ended with the Tennessee Republican forcefully shoving the man.  The scrap took place shortly after the final House votes of the week.
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge rules White House ‘pocket rescission’ gambit is illegal
David Shepardson / Reuters:
US drops Biden plan to require airlines to pay compensation for disrupted flights
Discussion: Gizmodo and CBS News
Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
The Conservative Media Ecosystem Is Coddling Amy Coney Barrett
Discussion: CBS News
Jana Winter / Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI employees worry Trump's Washington surge is exposing unmarked cars
Discussion: The Independent
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Ackerman / Washington Post:
Trump's pick for Federal Reserve plans to keep his White House job while on Fed
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Whistle-Blower Complaints Detail Tension Over Vaccines at N.I.H.
Discussion: ABC News
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
A boring theory of the populist right
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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