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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War  —  The president is turning back the clock to the name the agency held until shortly after World War II.  —  President Trump will sign an executive order on Friday renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War …
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Fox News:
Trump to rename Pentagon, restoring historic ‘Department of War’ in latest military move  —  ‘Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was Department of War,’ Trump told reporters in August  —  FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Friday …
April Rubin / Axios:
Trump seeks to rename Department of Defense to Department of War  —  President Trump will rename the Defense Department the Department of War, Fox News first reported and the White House confirmed Thursday. … - “As Department of War, we won everything.
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
Politico:
White House to rebrand Pentagon the Department of War … Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has embraced “warfighters” as part of the Pentagon's identity, simply posted Thursday night on X, “Department of War.”  —  It would likely cost billions of dollars to change the names of hundreds …
Washington Post:
Trump to rebrand Defense Department as War Department  —  The president is expected to sign an executive order Friday, though it is unclear if he can permanently change the agency's title without legislation from Congress.  —  President Donald Trump is expected to rename the Defense Department …
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
DOJ deputy chief: Government will “redact every Republican” from Epstein client list … - “They'll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal, Democratic people,” he told the reporter, who was undercover during the encounter, according to the video.
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Jonathan Alter / Washington Monthly:
Epstein Files Are Herpes For Trump  —  He thinks he will put the story behind him as a “Democratic hoax.”  This week, we learned he can't.  — Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook - Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X - Click to share on LinkedIn …
CNN:
Trump's pick to lead BLS ran Twitter account with sexually degrading, bigoted attacks  —  President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics operated a since-deleted Twitter account that featured sexually degrading attacks on Kamala Harris, derogatory remarks about gay people …
Discussion: Newsweek
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators signal to Trump that Kennedy is on thin ice  —  Republican senators are sending clear signs of disapproval and unhappiness with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., making it plain to President Trump that they want the administration to address the chaos …
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Sen. Bernie Sanders / Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr.'s Dangerous Designs for Public Health
New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  A combative Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his tenure as health secretary in a Senate hearing.
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 199. 9/4/25
Adam Cancryn / CNN:
Trump praises RFK Jr.'s performance even as some Republicans grow weary of his tumultuous term
New York Times:
How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart … President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, had an erratic relationship.  They met on Sentosa Island in Singapore in 2018.Doug Mills/The New York Times  —  A group of Navy SEALs emerged from the ink-black ocean …
Discussion: Reuters and Raw Story
New York Times:
Adams Considers Dropping Out of Race After Secret Meeting in Florida  —  Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has told confidants that he would consider abandoning his re-election bid, despite his public denials.  —  Facing a swirl of questions about a potential job in the Trump administration …
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Politico:
Trump's maneuvering in NYC mayor's race fuels push for Democrats to unite behind Mamdani
NOTUS:
Senate Republicans Barrel Toward Nuclear Option On Trump Nominees
Discussion: Semafor and NewsNation
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump's “strongly disapprove” numbers are record-setting (not in a good way)  —  Nearly a majority of Americans strongly disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president.  That is starting to have political costs  —  the New York Times reported that Donald Trump is trying to get the Republican Party …
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The Economist:
Donald Trump is unpopular. Why is it so hard to stand up to him?
Discussion: The Hill
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payrolls rose 22,000 in August, less than expected in further sign of hiring slowdown  —  Job creation sputtered in August, adding to recent signs of labor market weakening and likely keeping the Federal Reserve on track for a widely anticipated interest rate cut later this month.
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 …
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.
Financial Times:
US to cut some security funds for European countries bordering Russia  —  Move comes as Washington pushes Nato allies to pay more towards their own defence  —  The US is to phase out security assistance programmes for European armies along Russia's border, as it pushes the continent to pay for more of its own defence.
Suzanne Monyak / Bloomberg Law:
Kavanaugh Pushes New Label for Supreme Court Emergency Docket  —  Justice Brett Kavanaugh is doing his best to rebrand the Supreme Court's emergency docket — known colloquially as the “shadow docket” by another name.  —  “I think the term ‘interim docket’ best captures it,” …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Brett Kavanaugh on why Supreme Court rulings can be so cryptic
NBC News:
Justice Amy Coney Barrett says country is not in a ‘constitutional crisis’  —  Speaking to Free Press founder Bari Weiss to promote her new book, the conservative justice said the American people should trust the Supreme Court.  —  Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday …
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
First hearing held on detainees' legal rights at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ after judge orders wind down  —  A federal appeals court panel on Thursday put on hold a lower court judge's order to end operations indefinitely at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”
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Isabel Rosales / CNN:
Appeals court blocks judge's order to dismantle ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Rubio Says U.S. Will Work With Other Nations to ‘Blow Up’ Crime Groups  —  The Trump administration aims to carry out more violent strikes against drug cartels, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he met with Ecuador's president.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday …
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Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Joe Biden undergoes surgery to remove skin cancer on forehead  —  Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions, a spokesperson said Thursday, the latest health challenge for the former president.  His spokesperson Kelly Scully confirmed the surgery after Inside Edition published video …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden had procedure to remove skin cancer from forehead
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine  —  Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York plans to authorize pharmacists to provide the vaccine to almost anyone who wants it without a prescription.  —  In an effort to ensure more New Yorkers can get the latest Covid vaccines …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and masslive.com
Sara Randazzo / Wall Street Journal:
Northwestern University President Steps Down Amid Trump Pressure  —  Michael Schill, alluding to challenges ‘at the federal level,’ is the latest university leader to depart during higher education turmoil  —  Northwestern University President Michael Schill said Thursday he was resigning …
NBC News:
Trump grows pessimistic about the prospect of ending the Russia-Ukraine war  —  Whirlwind peacemaking efforts last month appear to have stalled, and there's no sign that Putin and Zelenskyy will meet anytime soon.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has grown increasingly pessimistic …
Washington Post:
How Stephen Miller is running Trump's effort to take over D.C.  —  The deputy White House chief of staff has emerged as a key enforcer of the D.C. operation in the month since Trump federalized the local police department.  —  Just now  —  From the head of the conference table …
Discussion: NOTUS
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
What is Blueskyism?  —  And why is it so toxic for political persuasion?  —  Bluesky, the Twitter spinoff that was once billed as a kinder, gentler alternative to what is now known as X, probably isn't on death's door.  But after a burst of growth around the election …
Public Notice:
Will Bunch on Trump's DC takeover as a prelude to dictatorship  —  “It's critical for his whole authoritarian project.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  🔥 Subscribe to PN 🔥  —  Last month, Philadelphia Inquirer national columnist …
 
 
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