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8:10 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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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.
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
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.”
Discussion: Washington Times
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 …
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 200. 9/5/25
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
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
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
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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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
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.
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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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 …
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.
Stephen Clark / Ars Technica:
GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites … It was in 2002, during the George W. Bush administration, when NASA decided to put a satellite into orbit to track emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas pumped into the atmosphere through human activity.
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Laura Romero / Reuters:
Trump administration now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Eswatini, Africa
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Trump orders takedown of longtime protest tent at White House
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump's Fed chair finalists are Hassett, Warsh and Waller
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Bloomberg and Politico
Politico:
Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Eric Adams says he's staying in NYC mayoral race
Daily Kos:
New jobs numbers are so bad, Trump would rather discuss Epstein
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
National conservatism asserts its dominance in Trump's Washington
Discussion: The Daily Signal and Slow Boring
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Trump threatens more tariffs after EU fines Google €2.95B
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Mystery of former Federal Reserve Governor Kugler's resignation deepens as real estate records raise new questions
Discussion: Bloomberg
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Rep. Cory Mills faces ex-girlfriend in Florida hearing over restraining order request
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
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