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11:25 PM ET, September 5, 2025

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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 …
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New York Times:
Second Weak Jobs Report Undercuts Trump's Claims of a Booming Economy  —  After a bad employment report in August, President Trump fired the official in charge of the numbers.  This month's data was just as disappointing.  —  When the federal government last month reported a sharp decline …
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Weak summer labor market flashes warning signs for the economy
Daily Kos:   New jobs numbers are so bad, Trump would rather discuss Epstein
Robert Reich:
The jobs crash  —  Sorry to intrude on you again today, but this morning's jobs report shows …
Discussion: KGNS
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
US added just 22,000 jobs in August, continuing slowdown amid Trump tariffs
Scott Horsley / NPR:
Cracks in the U.S. economy: Job growth slows 75% from a year ago
Jason Breslow / NPR:
President Trump signs order to rename the Defense Department as the Department of War  —  President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to give the Department of Defense a new name: the Department of War.  —  The change returns the department to a name that it carried for much of its history …
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Trump orders return to the US ‘War Department’  —  U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” reverting to a title it held until after World War Two when officials sought to emphasize the Pentagon's role in preventing conflict.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Air Force Urges Personnel With ‘Highly Professional Image’ To Stand With Trump At Event
Discussion: Raw Story
Dell Cameron / Wired:
Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It's Called the War Department
Discussion: HuffPost and Deseret News
New York Times:
South Koreans Are Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Plant in Georgia  —  They were among nearly 500 workers apprehended at a construction site for a South Korean battery maker, officials said.  The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.  —  Immigration authorities arrested hundreds …
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Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal:
Hundreds Arrested in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Site in Georgia  —  South Korea protests after Korean company workers are detained  —  Hundreds of people including South Korean workers were arrested in an immigration raid at a Hyundai Motor battery plant under construction in Georgia …
CNN:
Massive immigration raid at Hyundai megaplant in Georgia leads to 475 arrests. Most are Korean
Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies  —  Kennedy's autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce …
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Annika Kim Constantino / CNBC:
Kenvue stock drops 10% on report RFK Jr. will link autism to Tylenol use during pregnancy … Shares of Kenvue fell more than 10% on Friday after a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will likely link autism to the use of the company's pain medication Tylenol in pregnant women.
Adriel Bettelheim / Axios:
RFK Jr. to draw link between Tylenol and autism: Report
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
US deploying stealth fighter jets to Caribbean for drug fight as tensions with Venezuela rise, sources say  —  The United States has ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels, sources say, adding more firepower …
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Nick Turse / The Intercept:
Pentagon Official: Trump Boat Strike Was a Criminal Attack on Civilians
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Post
Scott R. Anderson / Lawfare:   Did the President's Strike on Tren de Aragua Violate the Law?
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Trump breaks from RFK on vaccines: “Pure and simple, they work”  —  President Trump said he's supportive of vaccines on Friday, breaking with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … - “I think you have to be very careful when you say that some people don't have to be vaccinated,” …
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Fellow Kennedys call on RFK Jr. to resign as health secretary
Discussion: Latest - Truthout, STAT and The Hill
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News Agrees Not to Edit ‘Face The Nation’ Interviews Following Homeland Security Backlash  —  CBS News is giving up the power it has to hold “Face the Nation” interviewees to account.  —  The Paramount Skydance news unit said Friday it would cease editing taped interviews with newsmakers who appear on …
Discussion: New Republic
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New York Times:
CBS Abruptly Changes Editing Rules After Attacks From Administration
Janie Har / Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians  —  A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud.  His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers  —  Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status …
Ben Johansen / Politico:
Next year's G20 summit will take place at Trump property in Miami … Trump insisted that he will not personally profit from it.  —  The president has signaled that he may skip this year's summit, which is taking place in South Africa this November.  “Maybe I'll send somebody else because I've …
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New York Times:
Adams Insists He's Running for Mayor Despite Saudi Ambassadorship Talks  —  The discussions were said to be part of an effort to get Mayor Eric Adams to end his mayoral campaign in New York City, but appeared to be fading on Friday.  —  Close advisers have spent days crafting a plan …
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Lowell Cauffiel / Breitbart:
Trump-Supporting Muslim Mayor Halts English/Arabic Police Department Patch  —  The mayor of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, said the Detroit suburb's police department jumped the gun on posting a mockup of an optional patch in English and Arabic three days ago, explaining it should never have been presented as official.
NBC4 Washington:
2 teens charged in deadly shooting of DC congressional intern … Two 17-year-olds have been charged as adults in the deadly shooting of 21-year-old congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym in June, authorities said Friday.  —  A third person remains sought by police, U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said at a news conference.
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Kennedy Center ticket sales take a nosedive after Trump takeover  —  Prestigious Stuttgart Ballet likely to face 80% empty seats at DC's premier arts venue as audiences ‘vote with their feet’  —  Ticket sales at the Kennedy Center have continued to plummet following Donald Trump's takeover …
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 …
Brian Barrett / Wired:
Tech CEOs Praise Donald Trump at White House Dinner  —  At a White House dinner Thursday night, America's tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.  —  The camera zooms too close to the president's face; the table at which the tech executives are seated seems far too long.
Adam Wren / Politico:
State Rep. James Talarico to jump in Texas Senate race … Democrats have long hoped to flip the Lone Star state, which has at times seemed tantalizingly within reach.  But President Donald Trump won the state by more than 13 percentage points in 2024, a far wider margin than his other two single-digit victories in the state.
 
 
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Trump orders takedown of longtime protest tent at White House
Politico:
Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
National conservatism asserts its dominance in Trump's Washington
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Trump threatens more tariffs after EU fines Google €2.95B
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Mystery of former Federal Reserve Governor Kugler's resignation deepens as real estate records raise new questions
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously
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Dana Hull / Bloomberg:
Tesla Offers Unprecedented $1 Trillion Pay Package to Musk
Washington Post:
How Stephen Miller is running Trump's effort to take over D.C.
Discussion: The Post Millennial and Daily Kos