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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 …
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
'We will do it in Charlie's name': Stephen Miller vows vengeance for Kirk's murder — Vice President JD Vance, hosting the podcast once helmed by Kirk, also encouraged people to make trouble for individuals who were “celebrating” the conservative activist's death.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Advisers Prepare to Target Left-Leaning Groups After Kirk Shooting
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Says He Would Have Lowered Flags for Slain Minnesota Lawmaker
Trump Says He Would Have Lowered Flags for Slain Minnesota Lawmaker
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April Rubin / Axios:
Stephen Miller blames “terrorist networks” for Kirk's death, stoking MAGA outrage
Stephen Miller blames “terrorist networks” for Kirk's death, stoking MAGA outrage
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Washington Times, The Guardian, The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
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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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting — Karen Attiah said she was fired for “speaking out against political violence” and America's apathy toward guns. — Karen Attiah, an opinion columnist for The Washington Post, said she was fired last week …
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Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Washington Post columnist says she was fired over her ‘unacceptable’ Charlie Kirk social media posts
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Fox News:
Washington Post columnist fired over social media posts after Charlie Kirk's assassination
Washington Post columnist fired over social media posts after Charlie Kirk's assassination
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Top FEMA official resigns after staffers ousted for negative Charlie Kirk comments
Top FEMA official resigns after staffers ousted for negative Charlie Kirk comments
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Bezos' MAGA Washington Post Fires Columnist Over ‘Unacceptable’ Charlie Kirk Posts
Bezos' MAGA Washington Post Fires Columnist Over ‘Unacceptable’ Charlie Kirk Posts
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Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
GOP's idea of free speech is you must praise Charlie Kirk or they will destroy you
GOP's idea of free speech is you must praise Charlie Kirk or they will destroy you
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Washington Post:
National park to remove photo of enslaved man's scars — The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.” — The Trump administration has ordered the removal of signs and exhibits related …
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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 …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: No evidence of primary residence violation by Fed Gov Lisa Cook, says Michigan official — Ann Arbor finds no tax rule violations by Cook — Trump administration accuses Cook of mortgage fraud — The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said that Federal Reserve …
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's case against the Fed's Lisa Cook goes from bad to worse
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Rachel Treisman / NPR:
Who is Fed nominee Stephen Miran, and why is he so controversial?
Who is Fed nominee Stephen Miran, and why is he so controversial?
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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.”
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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 …
Axios:
Trump backs Patel amid MAGA divide over FBI director — President Trump is rallying behind Kash Patel as Trump's MAGA base fractures over the FBI chief's handling of the investigation into Charlie Kirk's assassination. … - But others in the MAGA movement were alarmed …
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NBC News:
Kash Patel faces scrutiny ahead of congressional hearings: From the Politics Desk
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Lawmakers set to grill Kash Patel in back-to-back hearings
Lawmakers set to grill Kash Patel in back-to-back hearings
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Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
Channel 4 to Mark Trump's U.K. Visit With “Longest Uninterrupted Reel of Untruths Ever Broadcast on Television” — ‘Trump v The Truth’ will run for several hours on Sept. 17 and is set to be punctuated by “brief text-based fact-checks.” — Channel 4 is welcoming Donald Trump to the U.K …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
British TV Station to Air Marathon of Trump's Lies as He Visits UK
British TV Station to Air Marathon of Trump's Lies as He Visits UK
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Amber Kite / FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth:
Texas Tech student expelled after video showing Charlie Kirk rant on campus — Cameron Giselle Booker, 18 (Source: Lubbock County Jail) — An 18-year-old Texas Tech University student is no longer enrolled at the university after video circulated that appeared to show her arguing with another person about Charlie Kirk.
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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
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated. — For years, only a small portion of the people experiencing long spells of joblessness were college graduates. That's starting to change. — Sean Wittmeyer would seem to be highly employable.
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Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy
Long-term unemployment at post-pandemic high, straining workers and economy
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The Midwesterner
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.
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restoring Law and Order in Memphis — MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY — THE SECRETARY OF WAR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL — THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT — THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY — THE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump suggests he might designate antifa as a domestic terrorist group
Trump suggests he might designate antifa as a domestic terrorist group
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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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 …
Politico:
Top AfD politician makes surprise visit to White House — Beatrix von Storch, deputy leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, held talks at the White House this week, two people familiar with the matter told POLITICO. — The visit highlights the burgeoning relationship between …
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Breccan F. Thies / The Federalist:
We Can Give No Clemency To The Assassination Left — Playing around the people who inspire violence is not an option. Right now, to hold the country together, their movement can receive no quarter. — Last week, conservatives were bludgeoned, once again, by the reality that they live in a country full of people who want them dead.
Politico:
Senate Republicans ready Obamacare rescue … An expiration of the credits, he said, “would hurt my state, Alabama.” — The development comes as Democrats are mounting a huge push to make an extension of the enhanced tax credits necessary for them to support a bill that funds the government beyond Sept. 30.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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