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5:05 PM ET, September 8, 2025

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Wall Street Journal:
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump's Signature Revealed  —  Lawyers for Epstein's estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book  —  Lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein's estate have given Congress a copy of the birthday book put together for the financier's 50th birthday …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
House Oversight receives Epstein estate files, including ‘birthday book’ … Trump has denied his association with the letter.  —  “The Oversight Committee has secured the infamous ‘Birthday Book’ that contains a note from President Trump that he has said does not exist,” said Rep. Robert Garcia …
Discussion: The Hill, TMZ.com, ABC News and Fox News
Washington Post:   Epstein estate documents come to the Hill
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Congress Reveals Epstein Birthday Note Trump Said Doesn't Exist
Discussion: Deadline
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Congress Obtains Drawing for Epstein Apparently Signed by Trump
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
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 stops 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: HotAir, The Daily Caller, MSNBC and UPI
New York Times:
Trump Administration Says It Has Begun Immigration Crackdown in Chicago  —  In Chicago, advocates for immigrants said they saw several arrests on Sunday, but were uncertain of the scale of federal action.  —  The Trump administration said on Monday that it had begun a crackdown …
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lifts restrictions on LA immigration stops set after agents swept up US citizens
Department of Homeland Security:
ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz in Honor of Katie Abraham to Target Criminal Illegal Aliens Terrorizing Americans in Sanctuary Illinois
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 …
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Project 2026: Trump's Plan to Rig the Next Election  —  On an April episode of the popular Politics War Room podcast, the veteran journalist Al Hunt posed an increasingly common question from listeners to Democratic strategist James Carville.  “Is Trump looking to spark enough protest …
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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: New York Post, Mediaite and Fortune
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
Fox News:
Trump condemns ‘lunatic’ in Charlotte stabbing: 'If we don't handle evil, we don't have a country'
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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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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New York Times:
Murdochs Reach Deal to Resolve Succession Fight  —  Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father's media empire will retain its conservative slant.  —  The Murdoch family's epic, decades-long succession battle has reached a multibillion-dollar finale.
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.
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 …
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
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
French Prime Minister Bayrou Loses Confidence Vote, Putting Pressure on Macron  —  Prime Minister François Bayrou failed a confidence vote aimed at breaking an impasse over the budget, adding more pressure on President Emmanuel Macron.  —  The government of François Bayrou …
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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 …
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.
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘No Kings’ Unveils a Big New Trump Protest, and the Stakes Couldn't Be Higher  —  A movement leader tells Rolling Stone about the No Kings 2 demonstrations on October 18, and how they can curb Trump's overreach  —  America's pro-democracy movement is gearing up for what may be its biggest …
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.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CBS News Hires Ombudsman From Conservative-Leaning Hudson Institute  —  Kenneth Weinstein, former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, will monitor the newsroom for bias.  —  Paramount has found its ombudsman for CBS News, Kenneth Weinstein, the former president and CEO of the conservative-leaning Hudson Institute.
Stephen Greenblatt / New York Times:
We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself  —  The Trump administration's assault on America's universities by cutting billions of dollars of federal support for scientific and medical research has called up from somewhere deep in my memory the phrase “duck and cover.”
 
 
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Trump downplays domestic disputes as he touts D.C. crime reduction
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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Reuters:
Norway's ruling Labour seen winning re-election
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Amy Mackinnon / Financial Times:
US ends international push to combat fake news from hostile states
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
ICE Spends Millions on Clearview AI Facial Recognition to Find People ‘Assaulting’ Officers
Discussion: Forbes
Steph Whiteside / The Hill:
Postal shipments to US down by 80% after de minimis ends
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Swalwell picked to lead Democrats on new Jan. 6 panel
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The Guardian:
Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals
Gwynne Hogan / The City:
These Immigrants Became Immigration Court Judges. Trump Just Laid Them Off.
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Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Trump praises cancellation of Tom Hanks ceremony by West Point alumni group
Mike Solana / The Atlantic:
The Abundance Delusion  —  I mean, what even is a Democrat at this point?
Abhirup Roy / Reuters:
Exclusive: Tesla market share in US drops to lowest since 2017 as competition heats up
Pieter Haeck / Politico:
Rules-based world order is dead, EU to concede
 

 
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