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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 …
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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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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
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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The Athletic:
USTA asks broadcasters to censor reaction to Donald Trump's attendance at U.S. Open — The United States Tennis Association asked broadcasters of the U.S. Open to censor any protests or reaction to President Donald Trump's appearance at the men's singles final Sunday, according a memo reviewed by The Athletic on Saturday.
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Raw Story, The Sun, Daily Mail and Fortune
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Ben Rothenberg / Bounces:
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
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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.
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.
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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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.
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, CBS News, Townhall, Reuters, KSTP-TV, Fox News, WTOP News, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, Al Jazeera and The Sun
Jack Silvers / The Daily Beast:
Epstein Made Me Dress Like a Sexy Nurse for Trump: Model — PREDATOR AND PRESIDENT — A model who was Jeffrey Epstein's friend in the '90s exclusively tells The Daily Beast Podcast how close Trump and Epstein were. — A one-time friend of Jeffrey Epstein has laid bare the extraordinary way he tried to impress Donald Trump.
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Daily Mail and Raw Story
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Rand Paul clashes with JD Vance over US strike on boat leaving Venezuela … Paul was referencing Harper Lee's widely read 1960 novel, the source of a classic 1962 film. — The strike, ordered by the White House and announced by President Donald Trump at a press conference last Tuesday …
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Washington Examiner, Krassencast, Raw Story, Mediaite, HuffPost, The Independent, New York Post, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
NHK WORLD:
Japan PM Ishiba decides to step down — NHK has learned that Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has decided to step down. It's believed he made the decision to try to contain the confusion within his ruling Liberal Democratic Party. — The Japanese government says Ishiba will hold a news conference at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
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Associated Press, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, New York Times and WTOP News


