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4:35 PM ET, September 6, 2025

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Financial Times:
Donald Trump's economy falters as US jobs growth grinds to a halt  —  The president's promise to deliver prosperity to Americans is being undermined by the data  —  Donald Trump's pledge that he would deliver a booming economy to Americans is being undermined by a stalling labour market …
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
US unemployment rate near 4-year high as labor market hits stall speed
Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Labor Market Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Summer Jobs Stall
Ben Rothenberg / Bounces:
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump  —  NEW YORK — Following up on the earlier news first reported by Bounces about Rolex's invitation, I have further new information to report about the planning around presenting President Donald Trump's appearance at the U.S. Open.
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks  —  The decision follows a series of political controversies involving the Trump administration that have rattled the prestigious military institution.  —  Just now  —  The alumni association at the U.S. Military Academy …
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: NBC News and 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 The Contrarian
New York Times:
Settlement Talks Stall Between Harvard and the Trump Administration  —  One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.  —  Negotiations between Harvard University and the White House have stalled …
Discussion: Breaking the News
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restoring the United States Department of War  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  On August 7, 1789, 236 years ago, President George Washington signed into law …
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Politico:
Pentagon officials fume over Trump's Department of War rebrand
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II
Fox News:
Trump calls Florida's move to eliminate vaccine mandates a ‘tough stance’: ‘You have vaccines that work’  —  President Donald Trump said on Friday that Florida officials are taking a “tough stance” by moving to eliminate all vaccine mandates for students, as he stated that some “vaccines should be used.”
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Florida surgeon general on ending vaccine mandates: Not ‘actually a scientific debate’
Discussion: NewsNation and Truthout
The Hill:
GOP unease about RFK Jr. doesn't shake Trump's faith  —  A combative Senate hearing Thursday exposed growing cracks in Republican support for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has set off panic across the public health world with his moves to curb vaccine access, approval and research.
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George Chidi / The Guardian:
Trump claims Chicago is 'world's most dangerous city'.  The four most violent ones are all in red states  —  Jackson, Birmingham, St Louis and Memphis had the highest murder rates in 2024 - all are Republican-led states  —  As Donald Trump threatens to deploy national guard units to Chicago and Baltimore …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Breitbart
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden officials raised concerns with how he issued pardons, used autopen  —  High-ranking Biden administration officials repeatedly questioned and criticized how the president's team decided on controversial pardons and allowed the frequent use of an autopen to sign measures late in his term …
Justin Kaufmann / Axios:
Trump threatens Chicago with “Department of WAR” ahead of planned crackdown  —  President Trump on Saturday threatened to unleash “the Department of WAR” on Chicago in a Truth Social image evoking the film “Apocalypse Now.” … - The text on the image says “Chipocalypse Now.”
Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
The Jeffrey Epstein cover-up is an affront to US democracy  —  Democracy means a society and system in which everyone's rights matter.  Rapists count on this being untrue - and Trump is proving them right  —  Rape is a crime against democracy in the most immediate sense of equality between individuals …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Wave of Charges Under Trump's Crackdown  —  The persistent rejections suggest that the grand jurors may have had enough of prosecutors seeking harsh charges in a highly politicized environment.  —  In the three weeks since President Trump flooded the streets …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Is This The Hidden Part of the Trump-Epstein Drama? … Let me connect a few dots for you that may be a key part of the Trump-Epstein drama and may even be what Trump has been trying to keep hidden in those files.  I'm not sure quite what we're dealing with here.  But I think this is significant.
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
Judy Stone / Forbes:
What Parents Need To Know About Measles As Kids Head Back To School  —  Dr. Judy Stone focuses her writing on infectious diseases.  —  SaveComment … As children head back to school this year, parents are hearing conflicting advice, particularly about immunizations.
Discussion: KYMA-TV and Raw Story
Fox News:
ICE tells Kilmar Abrego Garcia he'll be deported to tiny African country  —  DHS mocked Abrego Garcia on social media, saying, ‘Homie is afraid of the entire western hemisphere’  —  An attorney representing the Department of Homeland Security and ICE has notified high-profile illegal immigrant …
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
George Mason's President, Gregory Washington, Will Not Apologize to the Trump Administration … The Trump administration demanded that Gregory Washington, president of George Mason University, personally apologize for supporting diversity programs.  He said no.Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times
Discussion: Washington Post
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Biden chooses Delaware for his presidential library as his team turns to raising money for it  —  Former President Joe Biden has decided to build his presidential library in Delaware and has tapped a group of former aides, friends and political allies to begin the heavy lift of fundraising and finding a site for the museum and archive.
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 …
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India Today:
PM to skip general debate at UN session in US, S Jaishankar to represent India
Discussion: New York Sun
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
How Donald Trump is weaponizing the government in his second term to settle personal scores
Discussion: Roll Call
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The Republican economist who says Trump is wrong about almost everything
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Modifying The Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and Establishing Procedures for Implementing Trade and Security Agreements
Paul Krugman:
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Haaretz:
Israel at War Day 701 | IDF Says It Attacked Gaza City Building Used by Hamas for Intelligence Gathering
Anna Gifty / Public Notice:
Trump's attack on Lisa Cook is an attack on Black women
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Excluded from Beijing, Trump confronts the limits of his global power
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Republicans eye Kansas and Nebraska to draw more House seats
Stephen Clark / Ars Technica:
GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites
Discussion: New York Times
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
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2 teens charged in deadly shooting of DC congressional intern
 

 
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