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Rachael Bade / Politico:
'I'm Gonna Punch You in Your F—king Face': Scott Bessent Threatens an Administration Rival … A private dinner attended by dozens of administration officials and close advisers to President Donald Trump was temporarily marred by a dramatic clash between two of Trump's top economic officials …
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Democrats Bet Briefly Preventing a Health Insurance Apocalypse Is Good Politics  —  Their ask in exchange for avoiding a government shutdown is an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies.  What happens when Republicans say no?  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) …
Discussion: Eschaton, The Federalist and Bloomberg
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Semafor:   Republicans grapple with internal divide over Obamacare credits
Washington Post:
States face massive new costs under Trump budget cuts
Discussion: CBS News and Fortune
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It's Time to Say So  —  President Donald Trump understands better than anyone else alive that his hold on his supporters—and on plenty of swing voters too—depends on the mere perception that he's strong, wins everywhere, always acts boldly …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Baghdad Bessent  —  Sometimes events come along that are so remarkable, so epochal, that they compel us briefly to drop our myopic focus on national politics, and last night we got one such: If you didn't watch Ravens/Bills, you really missed out.  Happy Monday.  —  How Not to Spin the Economy
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein  —  My colleagues and I have spent much of the past six years digging into Jeffrey Epstein's finances and pieced together what we think is the definitive account of how and why JPMorgan spent years enabling the notorious sexual predator.
Discussion: Fortune
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC commissioner  —  Trump's actions are in direct tension with a 1935 ruling that upheld restrictions on the president's ability to remove FTC commissioners without cause.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to fire …
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Eli Hager / ProPublica:
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security  —  DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agency, who admits he sometimes made things worse.
Discussion: The Hill
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NOTUS:
Appeals Court Says Trump Still Owes E. Jean Carroll $83 Million for Defamation  —  Appellate judges on Monday upheld an $83.3 million verdict against President Donald Trump for defaming E. Jean Carroll, accusing the president of “extraordinary and unprecedented conduct” in his statements …
The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Was Cleared To Get Some Federal Funds.  Then DOGE Stepped In.  —  DOGE officials have used their control of a federal payment system to keep money away from Harvard — even after a judge's ruling required the National Institutes of Health to let some grants start flowing in July.
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids  —  The U.S. Supreme Court again backed President Donald Trump's hardline approach toward immigration on Monday, letting federal agents proceed with raids in Southern California targeting people for deportation based on their race or language.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court lifts limits on roving immigration patrols in Los Angeles area
Discussion: CNN
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Stabbing video fuels MAGA's crime message  —  MAGA influencers are drawing repeated attention to violent attacks to elevate the issue of urban crime — and accuse mainstream media of under-covering shocking cases.  — Shocking video of the fatal Aug. 22 knife attack on 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska …
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Anthony Blair / New York Post:
Horrid video of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska's slaughter on Charlotte train is met with deafening silence from Dem leaders, media
Pieter Haeck / Politico:
Rules-based world order is dead, EU to concede  —  BRUSSELS — The international world order is beyond repair and Europe should adapt to the law of the jungle — or else come up with new rules.  —  That's the bleak message the European Commission is set to give on Tuesday in a text detailing major challenges ahead.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Image of Capitalism Slips to 54% in U.S.  —  Perceptions of socialism remain steady at 39% positive  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are more positive toward capitalism than socialism, but the 54% viewing capitalism favorably is down from 60% in 2021 and near that level in most prior years.
Abhirup Roy / Reuters:
Exclusive: Tesla market share in US drops to lowest since 2017 as competition heats up  —  Tesla's (TSLA.O) U.S. market share dropped to a near eight-year low in August as buyers chose electric vehicles from a growing stable of rivals over the aging lineup offered by CEO Elon Musk's company …
Clea Skopeliti / The Guardian:
First Thing: 300 South Koreans detained at Hyundai plant in US to be released, says Seoul  —  The arrest of workers has strained relations between Seoul and Washington.  Plus, the Myanmar scam centers thought to hold 100,000 trafficked people  —  Good morning.
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Bloomberg:
US Migrant Raid Jolts South Korea, Stirs Investor Anxiety
NBC News:
Poll: Gen Z's gender divide reaches beyond politics and into its views on marriage, children and success  —  Gen Z men who backed Trump in 2024 rated having children at the top of a list of choices of how to define personal success.  Gen Z women who backed Harris rated it second to last.
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Here's a Shocking Idea: Democrats Don't All Have to Sound Alike  —  WILL DEMOCRATS EVER STOP ARGUING over what they should say, how they should say it, and where they should say it?  They really should, because the answers are obvious: It all depends—on who you are, where you live, and what you believe.
NOTUS:
RFK Jr. Touted a CDC Biosurveillance Program That Doesn't Appear to Exist Yet  —  When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his vision of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a recent op-ed, he cited one of the agency's biosurveillance programs as a prime example …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alison Main / CNN:
RFK Jr. says he sees no successes in the agency he leads  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he did not think there have been any “successes” among US health agencies Sunday, claiming the infiltration of pharmaceutical companies have led to a “series of bad decisions.”
Discussion: Human Events
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Military-related work absences at a 19-year high amid deployments  —  The president's use of the National Guard in U.S. cities means service members are having to step away from their full-time jobs during a vulnerable time for the labor market.  —  The number of Americans missing work …
Discussion: The Independent
Washington Post:
Johnson backs off claim that Trump was an ‘FBI informant’ in Epstein case  —  The statements from the House speaker come as Democrats and a small number of Republicans are pushing for legislation to compel the release of more files on Jeffrey Epstein.  —  Just now
Washington Post:
Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say  —  The company's lawyers intervened to shape research that might have shed light on risks in virtual reality, four current and former staffers have told Congress.  Meta denies the allegations.  —  At her home in western Germany …
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Politico:
Why California's political class is begging Alex Padilla to run for governor … Padilla does not command the clout or near-universal name recognition that Harris does, despite his decade in statewide office, and he lacks the sizzle of politicians like Newsom, a likely presidential contender …
Discussion: The Daily Signal and IJR
Axios:
Trump takes it easy on Big Tech  —  Trump 2.0 is taking it easy on Big Tech, despite some forecasts that he would wield an antitrust anvil.  —  Why it matters: The slackness is sparking a wave of large U.S. tech mergers, with dollar volume up 52% from this time last year.
Discussion: Reuters
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Juggling Congress and Life, She Opted to Freeze Her Eggs … Representative Sara Jacobs, 36, spent much of the August congressional recess going through the process of freezing her eggs.Eric Lee for The New York Times  —  Representative Sara Jacobs, Democrat of California …
Discussion: CBS News
 
 
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Washington Post:
RFK Jr. considers critics of coronavirus shots to join key vaccine panel
Mike Solana / The Atlantic:
The Abundance Delusion  —  I mean, what even is a Democrat at this point?
Thomas Frank / Politico:
Fired FEMA chief recounts ‘hostile relationship’ with Trump officials
Shamsul Haque / New York Daily News:
Why this cop backs Zohran Mamdani
Discussion: The Hill
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Democrats accuse Trump administration of blocking more than $400B in federal funding
Discussion: UPI, SCOTUSblog and Semafor
Ruchir Sharma / Financial Times:
Why the Fed should not cut rates now
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fortune
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How airlines lobbied away your flight compensation
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 Earlier Items: 
Fox News:
Rand Paul rips JD Vance's assertion that executing cartel members is the ‘best use of our military’
Ava Menkes / The Nation:
The “Refugee Pipeline” Has Been Abandoned
Punchbowl News:
Virginia special election Tuesday shrinks GOP margins
Discussion: Newsweek
Stephen Greenblatt / New York Times:
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Nancy Armour / USA Today:
Boos of Donald Trump heard on ABC's broadcast of US Open. Good
Ilya Somin / Reason:
Perils of the Pentagon's Plan to Use Military Lawyers to Adjudicate Immigration Cases
Discussion: The Bulwark
Chandelis Duster / NPR:
Postal traffic to US drops more than 80% after trade exemption rule ends, UN agency says
Discussion: New York Sun, The Hill and NewsMax.com
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, set to close after WBD splits into two companies in Q3 2026

New York Times:
The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months

The Guardian:
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia, and the Netherlands exit Eurovision after Israel received an all-clear to compete; the BBC and Germany's SWR plan to participate
 
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