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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 …
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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Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ‘roving’ ICE raids in Los Angeles … The court's three liberal justices dissented. — “We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job,” …
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Los Angeles Times, Washington Times and Tampa Free Press
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court lifts limits on roving immigration patrols in Los Angeles area — A federal judge had ruled that people could not be targeted simply because of their ethnicity, language spoken or place of work. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a federal judge's ruling …
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Devin Dwyer / Reuters:
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on Trump immigration tactics in California
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on Trump immigration tactics in California
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MeidasTouch News
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) …
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Eschaton, The Federalist and Bloomberg
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
It's time for Democrats to show some spine — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one 👇 — Asked last week about the possibility of a government shutdown — which will occur if Congress doesn't pass a budget resolution by the end of the month — President Trump railed …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
There Is No Third Door — Let's set the stage briefly. — Six months ago …
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The Hill, Fox News and New York Times
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Thune says Senate will change the rules to push through Trump's blocked nominees
Thune says Senate will change the rules to push through Trump's blocked nominees
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Breitbart, Blaze Media, The Daily Caller and The Hill
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump's Decisions
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump's Decisions
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Mother Jones, Washington Post, The Hill, Raw Story and Political Wire
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.
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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The Hill, Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog and New York Sun
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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
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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
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Understanding Trump's Pivot to “Crime”
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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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Chief justice allows Trump to fire a Democratic FTC commissioner for now — The ruling comes after an appeals court last week found that Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter could be reinstated to her job because the president had fired her “without cause.” — President Donald Trump can 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.
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The Hill
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump loses bid to overturn $83.3 million judgment in E. Jean Carroll defamation case … - CNBC Councils — Supply Chain Values — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel — Ad Choices — News Tips — Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. — CNBC Newsletters
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Appeals Court Says Trump Still Owes E. Jean Carroll $83 Million for Defamation
Appeals Court Says Trump Still Owes E. Jean Carroll $83 Million for Defamation
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Mike Solana / The Atlantic:
The Abundance Delusion — I mean, what even is a Democrat at this point? — Back in July, following an eight-month fetishization of Luigi Mangione on the far left, another gunman in New York City killed several people, including a mother of two school-age kids who happened to work at—uh-oh—Blackstone.
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.
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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New Republic, Washington Examiner, Al Jazeera, The Post Millennial, KSTP-TV, The Japan Times, Wall Street Journal and New York Times
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 …
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Justin Lahart / Wall Street Journal:
Healthcare Jobs Are a Rare Bright Spot in the Stalling Labor Market — Created with Highcharts 9.0.1Average monthly change in private-sector jobsSource: Labor DepartmentNote: Seasonally adjusted. 2025 data is through August. — Created with Highcharts 9.0.1Other sectorsHealth services2005'10'15'20'25-5000500 thousand jobs
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Sherwood News and Washington Examiner
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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 …
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Raw Story
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Trump says he'll direct Education Department to protect praying in public school … Trump did not detail what the new guidance will include, but during the 2024 campaign he promised to “bring back prayer” to public schools. — The Department of Education did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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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.”
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Human Events
Marissa J. Lang / Washington Post:
After a robbery, a D.C. store sought help. The White House sent a film crew. — After her business was looted by teenagers, Tumika Alston was quoted as telling Trump to “send the boys to Benning Road.” Then her cellphone rang. — At first she thought it was a joke …
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Daily Mail and Raw Story
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 …
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The Daily Signal and IJR

