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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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Advisers Prepare to Target Left-Leaning Groups After Kirk Shooting — GOP looks to harness outrage, draw younger voters ahead of midterm elections — WASHINGTON—The White House is moving swiftly to galvanize the outpouring of support for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk …
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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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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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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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The Wrap, The Independent, Ace of Spades HQ and The Washington Free Beacon
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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Daily Kos, Reason, Townhall and The College Fix
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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Breitbart, New Republic, Daily Mail and Raw Story
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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Dallas Morning News, New York Post and Fox Business
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 Kopack / NBC News:
Appeals court blocks Trump from removing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board before interest rate meeting — Trump has attempted to fire Cook over mortgage fraud allegations from his administration. — A panel of federal judges blocked President Donald Trump from removing Lisa Cook …
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Appeals court allows Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to keep her job
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump's case against the Fed's Lisa Cook goes from bad to worse
Trump's case against the Fed's Lisa Cook goes from bad to worse
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Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times and Bloomberg
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court is about to decide one of the biggest economic policy cases ever
The Supreme Court is about to decide one of the biggest economic policy cases ever
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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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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 …
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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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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MSNBC, NewsMax.com, UPI and Daily Kos
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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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
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Senate confirms Trump nominee Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve — Miran is the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. He will fill the rest of a former governor's term, which is set to end in January. — WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday night to confirm Stephen Miran …
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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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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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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Trump suggests he might designate antifa as a domestic terrorist group — Trump indicated in the Oval Office today that would most likely designate antifa as a domestic terrorist organization if he had support from key members of his administration, including Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restoring Law and Order in Memphis
Restoring Law and Order in Memphis
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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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New York Daily News
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 …
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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Newsweek
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 …
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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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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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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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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