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10:35 AM ET, September 6, 2025

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Politico:
Pentagon officials fume over Trump's Department of War rebrand … “This is purely for domestic political audiences,” said a former defense official.  “Not only will this cost millions of dollars, it will have absolutely zero impact on Chinese or Russian calculations.
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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 …
Dell Cameron / Wired:
Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It's Called the War Department
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Trump orders return to the US ‘War Department’
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 … “The challenge before us—from disease outbreaks to mental health crises—demand moral clarity, scientific expertise, and leadership rooted in fact,” he wrote.  “Those values are not present in the Secretary's office.  He must resign.”
Discussion: Latest - Truthout, STAT and The Hill
Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Labor Market Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown  —  Employers added 22,000 jobs in August.  Revised data also showed that employment fell by 13,000 jobs in June, the first net loss since December 2020.  —  After persevering through years of high interest rates …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Summer Jobs Stall  —  Most businesses have stopped new hiring as tariffs add costs and uncertainty, the latest jobs report confirms.  —  President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner last month because he didn't like the monthly jobs numbers.  He claimed the numbers were “rigged.”
New York Times:
Second Weak Jobs Report Undercuts Trump's Claims of a Booming Economy
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 200. 9/5/25
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Makary on reports of RFK Jr. linking Tylenol, autism: 'We're still in our discussions'  —  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary on Friday said the agency has not finalized a forthcoming report about autism after the Wall Street Journal reported Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
Discussion: NewsNation and Sherwood News
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Adriel Bettelheim / Axios:
RFK Jr. to draw link between Tylenol and autism: Report
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies
Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Miami Herald, New York Times seek to unseal records on Jeffrey Epstein's estate  —  The Miami Herald has joined an effort by The New York Times asking a judge to unseal financial records from Jeffrey Epstein's estate in the U.S. Virgin Islands.  —  The records — written …
Discussion: Raw Story
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NBC News:
Where things stand with the Epstein files as victims push for their release
Discussion: Mediaite, Forbes and Axios
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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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.
Haaretz:
Israel at War Day 701 |  IDF Says It Attacked Gaza City Building Used by Hamas for Intelligence Gathering  —  This handout photo taken on September 4, 2025 and released by the Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV and Israel's President Isaac Herzog exchanging gifts during a private audience …
Politico:
Immigration appeals court expands mandatory detention for millions … Previously, foreigners who entered illegally but could show they had been living in the U.S. for more than two years could ask an immigration judge for release on bond.  But the decision Friday from the Board …
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Politico:
San Francisco federal judge again blocks Trump from stripping immigration protections for Venezuelans, Haitians
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.
Bloomberg:
Trump Nests in a White House and City He's Remolding to Fit Him  —  President Donald Trump spent a Saturday afternoon, like many other Americans on a late summer day: venting about setbacks to a backyard landscaping project.  —  How had a gash, some 75 feet long, appeared in the limestone newly installed in his renovated Rose Garden?
Discussion: Associated Press and NewsMax.com
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars  —  The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.  —  every day, some 2 billion people around the world use privacy-protection tools supported by the Open Technology Fund.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Republicans eye Kansas and Nebraska to draw more House seats … - Nebraska and Kansas might be next in the gerrymandering line.  — Three Republicans currently represent Nebraska in the House. … - In neighboring Kansas, a Trump +16 state that has a Democratic governor …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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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 …
Aletha Adu / The Guardian:
‘This is not chaos’: PM's chief secretary defends reshuffle after Rayner's exit  —  Darren Jones says PM showed leadership by acting decisively after his deputy resigned  —  Keir Starmer's government is not in chaos, the prime minister's new chief secretary, Darren Jones …
 
 
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GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites
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Trump's Fed chair finalists are Hassett, Warsh and Waller
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Bloomberg and Politico
Politico:
Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat
Daily Kos:
New jobs numbers are so bad, Trump would rather discuss Epstein
Discussion: Rolling Stone
CNN:
Massive immigration raid at Hyundai megaplant in Georgia leads to 475 arrests. Most are Korean
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Trump threatens more tariffs after EU fines Google €2.95B
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
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