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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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Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court upholds ‘roving patrols’ for immigration arrests in Los Angeles  — The decision is a significant victory for Trump, clearing the way for his oft-promised ‘largest Mass Deportation Operation’ in American history.  — L.A. and 20 other Southern California municipalities argued …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Politico:
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,” …
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 …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
Discussion: HotAir and Townhall
Devin Dwyer / Reuters:
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on Trump immigration tactics in California
Discussion: 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) …
Discussion: Eschaton, The Federalist and Bloomberg
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Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
Fear of Losing the Midterms Is Driving Trump's Decisions
Punchbowl News:
Virginia special election Tuesday shrinks GOP margins
Discussion: Washington Times and Newsweek
Semafor:   Republicans grapple with internal divide over Obamacare credits
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
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 …
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
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   Understanding Trump's Pivot to “Crime”
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: Mediaite and Fortune
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll's $83 Million Judgment Against Trump  —  The judges rejected President Trump's argument that the Supreme Court's decision extending presidential immunity should shield him from liability for defaming the writer E. Jean Carroll.  —  A federal appeals court …
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Appeals Court Says Trump Still Owes E. Jean Carroll $83 Million for Defamation
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
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.
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Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
White House Lashes Out at Celebs After Trump's U.S. Open Security Chaos  —  PICKING FIGHTS  —  The heightened security for the president's visit saw long queues for entry into Arthur Ashe Stadium.  —  The White House lashed out at a slew of Trump-critical celebrities after slow security delayed …
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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
Lawfare:
The Grand Jury Strikes Back  —  In rejecting indictments that overcharge, grand juries are returning to their constitutional mission of preventing government overreach.  —  Meet The Authors … Recently, the Department of Justice has been striking out in a surprising field: grand juries.
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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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘No Kings’ Unveils a Big New Trump Protest, and the Stakes Couldn't Be Higher
Marissa J. Lang / Washington Post:
After a robbery, a D.C. store sought help. The White House sent a film crew.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Raw Story
Axios:
Trump takes it easy on Big Tech
Discussion: Reuters
Mike Solana / The Atlantic:
The Abundance Delusion  —  I mean, what even is a Democrat at this point?
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Juggling Congress and Life, She Opted to Freeze Her Eggs
Discussion: CBS News
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Ruchir Sharma / Financial Times:
Why the Fed should not cut rates now
Discussion: Fortune and Washington Examiner
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How airlines lobbied away your flight compensation
Discussion: The Hill
Jill Lawrence / The Bulwark:
Here's a Shocking Idea: Democrats Don't All Have to Sound Alike
Alison Main / CNN:
RFK Jr. says he sees no successes in the agency he leads
Discussion: Human Events
Washington Post:
Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say
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RFK Jr. Touted a CDC Biosurveillance Program That Doesn't Appear to Exist Yet
Discussion: Raw Story
Stephen Greenblatt / New York Times:
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
Politico:
Why California's political class is begging Alex Padilla to run for governor
Discussion: The Daily Signal and IJR
 

 
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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

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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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