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4:35 PM ET, September 15, 2025

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Karen Attiah / The Golden Hour:
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.  —  Last week, the Washington Post fired me.  —  The reason?  Speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America's apathy toward guns.  —  Eleven years ago, I joined the Washington Post's Opinions department …
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Fox News:
Washington Post columnist fired over social media posts after Charlie Kirk's assassination  —  A left-wing columnist revealed in a Substack on Monday that she was fired by the Washington Post over social media posts amid the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the Colorado school shooting.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Bezos' MAGA Washington Post Fires Columnist Over ‘Unacceptable’ Charlie Kirk Posts
Samuel Benson / Politico:
‘The whole thing is screwed up’: Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers … “The whole thing is screwed up,” said John Painter, a three-time Trump voter who runs an organic dairy farm in Westfield.  “We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do.”
Discussion: MSNBC and Raw Story
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New York Times:
China's Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers China's Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers  —  North Dakota farmers are scrambling to find extra storage space and bracing for land values to fall as soybeans that should be bound for China begin to pile up.
New York Times:
On Charlie Kirk Show, JD Vance Talks of Crackdown on Liberal Groups  —  Some of the highest-ranking officials in the federal government used Charlie Kirk's podcast, guest-hosted by Vice President JD Vance, to lay out their plans.  —  Trump administration officials on Monday responded …
Discussion: Newsbusters
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
It's Stephen Miller's Show Now  —  Kash Patel's lonely one-man crusade to convince everybody he actually did a great job hunting down Charlie Kirk's killer continues.  “I made the decision to surge so many resources,” he told Fox & Friends this morning.  “I had to expedite the process …
Discussion: Boston.com
New York Times:
Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips.  The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches. … This summer, Steve Witkoff, President Trump's Middle East envoy, paid a visit to the coast of Sardinia, a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea crowded with super yachts.  —  On one of those extravagant vessels …
Washington Post:
‘It was me’: Suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting appeared to confess in Discord chat  —  ‘Im sorry for all of this’ read a message from the suspect's account, according to two people familiar with the message and screenshots obtained by The Post.  —  The 22-year-old suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing appears …
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy  —  More Americans are experiencing joblessness for six months or more, a sign of labor market's weakness ahead of the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated meeting this week.  —  More Americans are facing stretches …
Discussion: The Midwesterner
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Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Calen Razor / Politico:
Trump to GOP: Vote yes on the ‘clean’ CR  —  President Donald Trump is pressuring Republicans to vote for the “clean” short-term stopgap funding plan GOP leaders are working on to fund the government through late November.  “In times like these, Republicans have to stick TOGETHER to fight …
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New York Times:
Fired Prosecutor Challenges Trump's Claims to Sweeping Power in Lawsuit  —  The Justice Department gave no reason for its dismissal of Maurene Comey, a longtime federal prosecutor in Manhattan and the daughter of the former F.B.I. director, James Comey.  —  Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor …
Aaron Sibarium / The Washington Free Beacon:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Investigating Social Media Accounts That Appeared To Indicate Foreknowledge of Kirk Assassination  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating social media posts by at least seven different accounts that appeared to indicate foreknowledge of the assassination of Charlie Kirk …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Airlines Sell 5 Billion Plane Ticket Records to the Government For Warrantless Searching  —  This article was primarily reported using public records requests.  We are making it available to all readers as a public service.  FOIA reporting can be expensive, please consider subscribing to 404 Media to support this work.
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
We Cannot Excuse Political Violence  —  We are grateful that Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin is in custody.  We unreservedly denounce political violence and underscore that speakers, no matter their viewpoint, should never fear for their lives.  Nevertheless, we refuse to pull our punches …
Discussion: CNN
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
“Conservatism” Is Now Just a Domination Fetish  —  1. Fetlife  —  UPDATE: My convo with Heather Cox Richardson as been postponed because Substack kind of blew up this morning.  Hoping to reschedule soon as possible.  Sorry.  I promise that I'm more disappointed than you are.  —JVL
Marc Caputo / Axios:
How Charlie Kirk's killing sparked unfounded theories about Groypers … - Fuentes said early Saturday on X that his followers are being “framed” for Kirk's killing, “based on literally zero evidence.”  — Authorities told Axios they believe Robinson's romantic relationship …
Discussion: The Hill, Time, The Week and Metro.co.uk
Washington Post:
Why 1 in 6 U.S. parents are rejecting vaccine recommendations … The American parents who are choosing to skip or delay vaccines for their children are more likely to home-school their children, be White and very religious, identify as Republican or be under 35, according …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
1 in 6 parents reject vaccine recommendations: Poll
Discussion: Nashville Banner
Democracy Now:
U.S. Expresses Regret over ICE Raid Targeting South Korean Workers in Georgia  —  On Sunday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret over the recent ICE raid that detained 300 South Korean workers at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia.
NBC News:
Jeffrey Epstein estate turns over more documents to House committee  —  The newly turned-over documents include an additional name from the convicted sex offender's birthday book and his address book.  —  WASHINGTON — Jeffrey Epstein's estate has turned over additional documents …
Discussion: New York Daily News
Joe Rennison / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. and China Agree on ‘Framework’ for TikTok Deal, Bessent Says  —  Where Things Stand  — Future of TikTok: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the U.S. and Chinese officials had agreed on a “framework” for a deal allowing TikTok to continue operating in the United States.
Rachel Treisman / NPR:
Who is Fed nominee Stephen Miran, and why is he so controversial?  —  The Senate is set to vote Monday night to fill a vacancy on the Federal Reserve Board, the seven-member body that sets the nation's monetary policy and has found itself increasingly under attack by President Trump.
Discussion: New York Times
Patrick Reilly / New York Post:
‘Hacks’ star Hannah Einbinder slammed for crude Emmys speech: ‘F-k ICE and free Palestine’  —  “Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder is under fire for turning her Emmy acceptance speech into a crude, political soapbox in which she said, “F—k ICE and free Palestine.”
Patrick Reilly / New York Post:
Texas Tech student arrested after hurling vile comments at Charlie Kirk mourners: 'F-k y'all homie dead'  —  A Texas Tech student was arrested after she was filmed mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination and harassing mourners at a vigil for the conservative influencer.
Reuters:
We set out to craft the perfect phishing scam.  —  Major AI chatbots were happy to help.  —  Reuters and a Harvard University researcher used top chatbots to plot a simulated phishing scam - from composing emails to tips on timing - and tested it on 108 elderly volunteers.
Discussion: itfunk.org and Fox News
The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions  —  By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply.  —  Facing pressure from the Trump administration …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
British TV Station to Air Marathon of Trump's Lies as He Visits UK  —  The president's 2019 state visit to London was met with widespread protests.  He's headed back this week … The trip has already drawn criticism given Trump's increasingly authoritarian governance of the United States …
Charlie Sykes / To the Contrary:
Now Is Not the Moment to Fall Silent  —  Call Fascism, “fascism”.  And hate, “hate”.  —  The moment when it becomes most difficult, perhaps even impossible, to tell the truth, is the moment when it is most critically important to tell it.  —  Over the last few days …
Discussion: The Wrap
Eliana Johnson / The Washington Free Beacon:
Elliott Abrams on Why There Will Never Be a Palestinian State … After they rejected [former Israeli prime minister Ehud] Olmert's 2008 offer.  I hated his offer, which would have abandoned Jerusalem, and thought it would never get cabinet or Knesset approval.  But even that offer was rejected by the Palestinians.
Discussion: Tikvah Ideas and The Guardian
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Netanyahu spoke to Trump before Israel bombed Qatar  —  Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed President Trump last Tuesday morning that Israel planned to attack Hamas leaders in Qatar shortly before the strike took place, three Israeli officials with direct knowledge tell Axios.
Reuters:
Trump says US struck another Venezuelan drug vessel, killing three  —  President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military carried out a strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States, the second such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in recent weeks.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's case against the Fed's Lisa Cook goes from bad to worse  —  The White House's claim against Cook is rooted in the idea that she committed mortgage fraud, and now there's fresh evidence to suggest she did not.  —  It's been three weeks since Donald Trump, exercising a power he does …
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump says public companies should not have to report quarterly results  —  President Trump on Monday suggested U.S. public companies should no longer have to report earnings quarterly, but on a six-month schedule instead. … - The change would require approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Greene revives call for ‘national divorce’ after Kirk killing  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) renewed her call for a “national divorce” to divide the country along partisan lines on Monday — this time citing the fractured response to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk …
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Right Wing Groups Press Election Agency on Proof Citizenship Rule for Voter Registration  —  Right-wing groups are mobilizing activists to pressure a top federal voting agency to require documentary proof of citizenship on the federal voter registration form.
 
 
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Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
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Rusty Weiss / RedState:
Patel Reveals Shocking Note Left by Kirk's Assassin, Debunks Claims He Wasn't Driven by Leftist Ideology
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
A tragic murder, a baseless smear, and the fight for the U.S. Senate
Wall Street Journal:
Charlie Kirk Helped Republicans Break Through to Young People
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