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4:10 AM ET, September 6, 2025

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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 …
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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.
Washington Post:
In defense of the War Department  —  Euphemisms such as “defense” and “security” have a tendency for bureaucratic mission-creep.  —  Euphemisms distort thought, and no entities are more adept at producing euphemisms than governments.  President Donald Trump's rebranding on Friday …
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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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
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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Adriel Bettelheim / Axios:
RFK Jr. to draw link between Tylenol and autism: Report
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Makary on reports of RFK Jr. linking Tylenol, autism: 'We're still in our discussions'
Discussion: NewsNation and Sherwood News
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
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Robert F. Kennedy's nephew calls for his resignation  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nephew on Friday called on his uncle to resign after giving testimony to a congressional committee Thursday that questioned the safety of vaccinations. … - “The challenges before us …
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?
Discussion: Fox News and Vox
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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CNN:
Massive immigration raid at Hyundai megaplant in Georgia leads to 475 arrests. Most are Korean
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite, Newsweek, RedState and CBS News
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Washington Post:
Defying past criticism, Trump plans G-20 summit at his Doral resort
Discussion: The Independent
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He Will Not Attend G-20 Summit in South Africa
Discussion: CBS News
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
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 …
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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Janie Har / Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians
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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Daily Kos:   New jobs numbers are so bad, Trump would rather discuss Epstein
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 …
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.
 
 
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
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