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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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Washington Post, Axios, Fortune, Raw Story, The Hill, BIG by Matt Stoller, Vox, The Independent, Politico, Noahpinion, MSNBC, CBS News and Rolling Stone
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The Republican economist who says Trump is wrong about almost everything
Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Labor Market Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown
Labor Market Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown
Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Summer Jobs Stall
The Trump Summer Jobs Stall
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Cafe Hayek, Raw Story, NewsNation, Fox News, The Hill, KGNS, Scripps News, KSTP-TV, MSNBC, NPR, Axios and Deseret News
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.
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Daily Mail, more at Mediagazer »
Tom Winter / NBC News:
DOJ says names of two associates Epstein wired $100k and $250k to should stay secret — The Justice Department request came after NBC News asked a federal judge to unseal the names of two people Epstein paid and helped protect from prosecution. — The Justice Department on Friday asked …
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and Mediaite
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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 …
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Raw Story
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 …
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Rolling Stone, Fox News, The Wrap, Variety, New York Sun, Deadline, Forbes, Raw Story, twitchy.com, Charlotte's Web Thoughts and New York Post
Jack Silvers / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance Goes Nuclear When Accused of ‘War Crime’: 'I Don't Give a S**t' — LAW BE DAMNED — The vice president erupted after a critic suggested on X that the U.S. violated international law by destroying a suspected drug boat from Venezuela. — Vice President JD Vance does not care …
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The Independent and The Daily Caller
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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 …
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Breaking the News
Kaanita Iyer / CNN:
Trump's former surgeon general calls for RFK Jr. to be fired — Jerome Adams, who served as US surgeon general during President Donald Trump's first administration, is calling for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be fired as controversy continues to swirl over his handling of vaccine approvals.
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Washington Examiner, The Guardian, HuffPost and Daily Kos
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Florida surgeon general on ending vaccine mandates: Not ‘actually a scientific debate’ — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Friday that Florida's move to end all school vaccine mandates is not “actually a scientific debate,” but rather about putting parents' and children's interests over the government.
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NewsNation
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Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
The Trump Administration Wants Your Voter Registration Data. Why? — In recent weeks, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its sweeping bid to wrangle private voter data from states — including by threatening legal action. — The department has received a range of responses …
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GOP.com
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 …
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The Moderate Voice, Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I and Breitbart
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.”
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 …
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 …
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Raw Story, Adventus, Christian Science Monitor and NewsMax.com
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 …
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.
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Rolling Stone, FOX 32 Chicago, Hackwhackers and Metro.co.uk
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.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, CNN, Washington Post and Breitbart
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.
Emily Forlini / PCMag:
Zuckerberg Caught in Revealing Hot Mic Moment During White House Dinner — After Mark Zuckerberg told President Trump that Meta would invest $600 billion by 2028, the CEO confessed to the president that he 'wasn't sure what number [Trump] wanted to go with.'
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RedState, Metro.co.uk, MSNBC, Business Insider, The Wrap, The Information and The Independent, more at Techmeme »
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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Laura Romero / Reuters:
Trump administration now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, Africa
Trump administration now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, Africa
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Fox News, Associated Press, UPI, The Hill, Blaze Media, Reuters, KYMA-TV, NewsNation, NewsMax.com, The Gateway Pundit and Rolling Stone
