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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Stop Funding Trump's Takeover — In about three weeks, the government's funding will run out. Democrats will face a choice: Join Republicans to fund a government that President Trump is turning into a tool of authoritarian takeover and vengeance or shut the government down.
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The Hill
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New York Times:
Trump Tramples Congress's Power, With Little Challenge From G.O.P. — On national security, spending and oversight, the president continues to undercut the legislative branch, and Republicans in charge have done little to stop him. — NEWS ANALYSIS — On national security …
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate GOP frustration grows after quick exits of key Trump officials
Senate GOP frustration grows after quick exits of key Trump officials
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Fox News
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
South Korea Negotiates Release of Korean Workers Detained in Georgia Raid — The South Korean government said on Sunday that it would send a charter plane to the United States to retrieve hundreds of workers detained in an immigration raid. — South Korea reached a deal with the United States …
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Korea Joongang Daily, UPI, The Hill, The Korea Herald and WTOP News
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Chris Hippensteel / New York Times:
What We Know About the Hyundai-LG Plant Immigration Raid in Georgia — Several hundred workers, most of them South Korean nationals, were detained at the construction site of a sprawling electric vehicle battery plant on Thursday. — Immigration officials arrested nearly 500 workers …
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Washington Post, The Korea Herald, UPI, NPR, NewsNation and Reuters
Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal:
Seoul Says It Reached Deal With U.S. to Release Workers Detained in Hyundai Raid — South Korea's presidential office says plane will be sent to repatriate them — SEOUL—South Korea and the U.S. have reached a deal to release Korean citizens who were detained last week in a large-scale immigration raid …
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New York Times, The Gateway Pundit and The Japan Times
Hyung-Jin Kim / Associated Press:
South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in massive Hyundai plant raid in Georgia
South Korea will bring home 300 workers detained in massive Hyundai plant raid in Georgia
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NBC News:
Poll: Trump's job ratings stay negative; Americans express strong support for vaccines — Trump's overall approval sits at 43%, while 78% of respondents said they support the use of vaccines. Inflation and the cost of living are the top economic concerns.
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Mother Jones and The Independent
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Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News poll: On Trump deploying National Guard, divisions over impact on crime, rights — The National Guard was deployed to Washington, D.C., and reportedly may be sent to other cities. But wherever Americans live, it is speaking to larger issues - ranging from crime and their safety …
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New York Sun
Bryan Armen Graham / The Guardian:
The USTA's censorship of Trump dissent at the US Open is cowardly, hypocritical and un-American — By asking broadcasters not to show any protest against Donald Trump at Sunday's final, the governing body has caved to fear while contradicting its own history of spectacle
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Raw Story, Reuters, Jamaica Observer and Deadline
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The Athletic:
USTA asks broadcasters to censor reaction to Donald Trump's attendance at U.S. Open
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump attending the US Open as Rolex's guest despite Swiss tariffs. Any boos may not be seen on TV
Trump attending the US Open as Rolex's guest despite Swiss tariffs. Any boos may not be seen on TV
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Bounces
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.
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Eschaton
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CNN:
Russia strikes Ukrainian government building for first time, in largest air attack of war — Russia launched its largest aerial assault of the Ukraine war overnight into Sunday, deploying more than 800 drones and striking a government building in Kyiv for the first time.
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New York Times, Lawfare, Reuters, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, New York Post, CBS News, Jamaica Observer, Townhall, NewsMax.com, The Sun, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, Fox News, KSTP-TV, Semafor and WTOP News
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump's team plans harder test for U.S. citizenship — and more leeway to reject applicants — The Trump administration is planning to make the test to become a U.S. citizen more difficult, possibly with an essay requirement that would help give officials wide discretion on which immigrants are approved.
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The Gateway Pundit
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
September 6, 2025 — Today the social media account of President Donald J. Trump posted an AI-generated image of Trump as if he were Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore from the 1979 film Apocalypse Now in front of the Chicago skyline with military helicopters and flames and the caption “Chipocalypse Now.”
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Civil Discourse … and Al Jazeera
Andrew Solender / Axios:
JFK grandson Jack Schlossberg takes step towards run for Congress — Jack Schlossberg, a writer and grandson of President John F. Kennedy, said Sunday he is forming an exploratory committee to run for Congress in New York. … - The seat, New York's 12th congressional district …
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NOTUS and New York Post
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Trump Tried to Kill the Infrastructure Law. Now He's Getting Credit for Its Projects. — Signs bearing President Trump's name have gone up at major construction projects financed by the 2021 law, which he strenuously opposed ahead of its passage. — In southern Connecticut …
Ben Makuch / The Guardian:
Blackwater founder and Maga disciple Erik Prince pitching services in Ukraine — Sources say Prince, whose firm's contractors committed 2007 Iraq massacre, eager to get into valuable drone sector — Amid reports that Donald Trump's administration is considering using US private military contractors …
Christopher Mathias / The Guardian:
Texas attorney general wants students to pray in school - unless they're Muslim — Ken Paxton, who is running for US Senate, is urging schools to say the Lord's Prayer as a Republican law goes into effect — Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general running for US Senate, has long believed in school prayer.
Washington Post:
Newsom won't stop mocking Trump — and Trump keeps taking the bait — The California governor has seized attention and filled a leadership void like no other Democrat in the president's second term in the White House. — Just now — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has seized attention …
Seth Masket / Tusk:
It wasn't her fault (or was it?) — Democratic Party chairs on the 2024 election results — Why exactly did Kamala Harris lose to Donald Trump last year? I'll bet you have a theory about it! A lot of people do. I am interested in just how those election narratives emerge and what effect …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Florida surgeon general denies need for study ahead of end to vaccine mandates in the state … “You have vaccines that work,” he told reporters. “They just pure and simple work. They're not controversial at all. And I think those vaccines should be used.
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The Hill, New York Post, Mother Jones, CBS News, CNN and Associated Press
NBC News:
The White House is exploring how to keep Trump's tariffs if the Supreme Court strikes them down — There are at least two other laws that President Donald Trump could use to continue his tariff agenda, though neither is as quick as the current authority he is using.
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Raw Story and SCOTUSblog
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Arizona Republicans seek to expel lawmaker who reposted Ice raid information — Democrat Analise Ortiz shared post warning of Ice activity near school; critics say she endangered federal agents — A Democratic lawmaker in Arizona who is facing calls for expulsion for resharing …
Patrick Temple-West / Financial Times:
Americans face biggest increase in health insurance costs in 15 years — Rising premiums add to pressure on households already feeling the pinch from the high price of goods — US health insurers, reeling from slumping share prices, are raising insurance premiums by the most in 15 years …
Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
‘No outreach’ to Epstein victims despite Trump's vow to investigate, lawyers say — Nine attorneys tell Guardian they have not been contacted by justice department - state of affairs they call ‘atrocious’ — For more than six months, Donald Trump and his justice department have insisted …
Joel Schectman / Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Hackers Pretended to Be a Top U.S. Lawmaker During Trade Talks — FBI is investigating a scheme to spy on trade groups using fake emails from China committee chair Rep. John Moolenaar — As the Trump administration's contentious trade talks with China were set to begin in Sweden last July …
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Reuters and NewsMax.com

