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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.
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Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.S. Labor Markets Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown — Employers added only 22,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.3 percent. Revised data also showed that employment fell by 13,000 jobs in June, the first net loss since December 2020.
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Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
US added just 22,000 jobs in August, continuing slowdown amid Trump tariffs — Latest report also contained more bad news - the US lost 13,000 jobs in June, according to the latest survey — The US jobs market stalled over the summer, adding just 22,000 jobs in August and continuing …
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Weak summer labor market flashes warning signs for the economy
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
The U.S. added only 22,000 jobs last month, showing cracks in the labor market
The U.S. added only 22,000 jobs last month, showing cracks in the labor market
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. economy adds only 22,000 jobs as labor market stalls
U.S. economy adds only 22,000 jobs as labor market stalls
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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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Ben Casselman / New York Times:
Is the Jobs Data Still Reliable? Yes, at Least for Now. — When last month's jobs report showed unexpected weakness in the labor market, President Trump fired the head of the agency that produces the data and named a loyalist to run the department that produces those numbers.
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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 …
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Byun Hye-jin / The Korea Herald:
Korea urges US clarification after 300+ Koreans detained in immigration raid at Hyundai-LG site
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Ross O'Keefe / Washington Examiner:
Immigration officers raid Hyundai EV manufacturing site in Georgia
Immigration officers raid Hyundai EV manufacturing site in Georgia
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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 …
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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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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
Ahead of Kennedy hearing, GOP saw poll showing Trump voters support vaccines
Ahead of Kennedy hearing, GOP saw poll showing Trump voters support vaccines
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Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine
Hochul to Sign Order to Get Around U.S. Limits on Covid Vaccine
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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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Politico:
White House to rebrand Pentagon the Department of War
White House to rebrand Pentagon the Department of War
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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump seeks to rename Department of Defense to Department of War
Trump seeks to rename Department of Defense to Department of War
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New York Times:
Talks Between Adams and Trump Adviser Center on Saudi Ambassadorship — The discussions are said to be part of an effort to get Mayor Eric Adams to end his mayoral campaign in New York City, clearing a path for Andrew Cuomo. — 4 MIN READ — Zohran Mamdani's Donations Surged After the Primary.
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Politico:
Eric Adams eyed by Trump for Saudi Arabia ambassadorship
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Politico:
Top Democrats pressed to back Mamdani as Trump meddles in NYC mayor's race
Top Democrats pressed to back Mamdani as Trump meddles in NYC mayor's race
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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 …
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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 …
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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously — At parades and in the halls of global power, America has been sidelined. — The leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea are not good men. They preside over brutal autocracies replete with secret police and prison camps.
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Dana Hull / Bloomberg:
Tesla Offers Unprecedented $1 Trillion Pay Package to Musk — Tesla Inc. proposed a new compensation agreement for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk potentially worth around $1 trillion, a massive package without precedent in corporate America. — The long-awaited proposal …
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.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Administration to End Security Programs Protecting European Allies From Russia — Ending the longstanding program is expected to impact hundreds of millions of dollars that have gone toward countries that border Russia. — The United States will move to end support for a program …
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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 …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's economic doom loop … - Some Republicans already fear inflation could cost them dearly in the 2026 midterms, warning Trump has only a few months to reset his trajectory on voters' most important issue. — For a president whose credibility on the economy has always been his strongest asset …
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
PBS slashes 15% of its staff after federal funding cuts — Public Broadcasting Service on Thursday announced a 15% staff cut in response to recent federal funding cuts that stripped PBS and National Public Radio of nearly $1.1 billion in funding for 2026 and 2027.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
PBS to Cut 15% of Its Staff
PBS to Cut 15% of Its Staff
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Trump faces a large intensity gap in his approval rating — On Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, the New York Times reported that Donald Trump is trying to get the Republican Party to rebrand its “One Big Beautiful Bill” because the law's poll numbers are so bad. In July, when Congress was taking up the bill …
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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 …
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Exclusive: Oversight Committee Dem expands inquiry into Corey Lewandowski — The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee fired off two letters seeking the personal financial disclosure forms for Corey Lewandowski, a former adviser to President Trump now serving in a temporary role at the Department of Homeland Security.
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
JB Pritzker Shows How to Handle Trump — Cower before a bully, and he'll only hit you harder. Stand up to him, however... Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a news conference at River Point Park, August 25, 2025, in Chicago. — One of the most consistent themes of Donald Trump's rise …
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John Yoon / New York Times:
Trump Administration Drops Biden Plan for Flight Delay Compensation — The Trump administration said it will withdraw President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s plan to require airlines to compensate passengers for carrier-caused disruptions. — The Trump administration has said it will drop …
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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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