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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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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
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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.”
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Samantha Waldenberg / CNN:
Trump says Chicago 'will find out why it's called the Department of WAR' ahead of planned crackdown — President Donald Trump posted a meme on social media Saturday saying that Chicago “will find out why it's called the Department of WAR,” as the city's officials brace for an immigration crackdown.
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Associated Press:
RFK. Jr's family members say he is a ‘threat’ to Americans' health and call for his resignation — Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s family are calling for him to step down as health secretary following a contentious congressional hearing this past week, during which the Trump Cabinet …
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Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, The Boston Globe, STAT, The Hill and Politico
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Kaanita Iyer / CNN:
Trump's former surgeon general calls for RFK Jr. to be fired
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Washington Examiner, The Guardian, HuffPost and Daily Kos
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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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
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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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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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
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
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
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
George Grylls / The Times:
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’ — Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities — With the warm California sunshine on their backs, the Russian dissidents were finally at journey's end.
