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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Four arrested after photos of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle during president's U.K. visit — Trump, who arrived in the U.K. for a state visit, is scheduled to spend most of Wednesday at Windsor Castle with members of the royal family. — Police in the U.K. arrested four people …
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Live Updates: U.K. Prepares Royal Welcome for Trump in 2nd State Visit
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Wall Street Journal:
Pam Bondi Needs a Free Speech Tutorial — The Attorney General seems to think ‘hate speech’ is illegal. Charlie Kirk knew better. — Is a basic understanding of the First Amendment too much to expect from the nation's Attorney General? Progressives have spent years trying to create and define a category called “hate speech.”
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HuffPost, The Free Press, Politico, Cafe Hayek, Raw Story, Fox News, New York Post, New Republic, Breitbart and WBUR
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New York Times:
Bondi Prompts Broad Backlash After Saying She'll Target ‘Hate Speech’
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Robby Soave / Reason:
Pam Bondi Is Really Wrong About Hate Speech
Pam Bondi Is Really Wrong About Hate Speech
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Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
Stephen Miller's Quota Likely Drove Korean Arrests In Immigration Raid — When ICE agents decided to arrest over 300 Korean workers at a Georgia battery plant, a White House-imposed daily immigrant arrest quota was likely on their minds. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid …
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Letters from an American, The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali and Jacobin
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Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
South Korea to examine Georgia ICE raid for possible human rights abuses
South Korea to examine Georgia ICE raid for possible human rights abuses
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Boston.com, Scripps News, New Republic and Associated Press
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Senate Democrat: Patel ‘was testifying really for an audience of one: President Trump’ — Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) rebuffed comments FBI Director Kash Patel made Tuesday during a tense oversight hearing, calling Patel's testimony “a performance.” — “It was a performance.
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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
G.O.P. Again Cedes Power on Tariffs to Avoid Crossing Trump
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Democrats to propose alternative to GOP stopgap
Democrats to propose alternative to GOP stopgap
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New York Times:
Trump Invokes Kirk's Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents — In the wake of Charlie Kirk's killing, President Trump and his allies have laid out a broad plan to target liberal groups, monitor speech, revoke visas and designate certain groups as domestic terrorists.
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WTOP News, Robert Reich, The Hill and NOTUS
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Lawmakers Are Talking Out Of Both Sides Of Their Mouths On Political Violence
GOP Lawmakers Are Talking Out Of Both Sides Of Their Mouths On Political Violence
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The Gateway Pundit
Jeff Amy / Associated Press:
Republican Brad Raffensperger to run for Georgia governor after defying Trump over 2020 election — Georgia's Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who rejected Donald Trump's call to help overturn the state's 2020 election results, said Wednesday that he's running for governor in 2026.
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New York Times:
Fani Willis Loses Bid to Continue Prosecuting Georgia Trump Case
Fani Willis Loses Bid to Continue Prosecuting Georgia Trump Case
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Brandon Conradis / The Hill:
Democrat wins Minnesota special election to replace slain lawmaker — Democratic candidate Xp Lee is projected to win the special election to replace slain former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL), who was assassinated during a shooting in June that also killed her husband, according to Decision Desk HQ.
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Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Election to fill assassinated Minnesota House member's seat will decide control of the chamber
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Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Democrat wins special election for seat held by slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman
Democrat wins special election for seat held by slain Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman
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Newsweek
Bloomberg:
Bessent, Like Fed Governor, Made Contradictory Mortgage Pledges — US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that President Donald Trump …
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Fired by Trump, a Former Labor Official Warns Against Politicizing Economic Data — Erika McEntarfer, in her first appearance since she was ousted from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, cautioned that “economic data must be free from partisan influence.” — When the federal government revealed …
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Business Insider and The Gateway Pundit
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David Klepper / Associated Press:
Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions — Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war.
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Politico:
Former GOP officials fear US strikes on alleged drug smugglers aren't legal … Yoo, now a professor at the University of California Berkeley, authored the Bush administration's legal justification for enhanced interrogation techniques against suspected al Qaeda terrorists in the early years of Bush's war on terror.
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Raw Story, Jacobin, Newsweek and Washington Examiner
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing — The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
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New Republic, The Independent, Mediaite, Raw Story, Daily Kos, The Intellectualist, NextDraft and The Verge
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / Vanity Fair:
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause — By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy. — Before he was killed last week, Charlie Kirk left a helpful compendium of words …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
‘Pay Attention’: Spirit Flight Gets Earful From Controller For Nearing Air Force One — The presidential plane was en route to Britain when the commercial airliner got too close. — Air traffic controllers ordered a Spirit Airlines flight away from Air Force One Tuesday, telling the pilots to …
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The Sun
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Business Insider and the Bots … On Thursday afternoon, Business Insider staffers received a long-awaited memo from editor in chief Jamie Heller, outlining the Axel Springer-owned outlet's rules for using artificial intelligence. The guidelines had been eagerly anticipated since earlier this summer …
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The Verge, more at Mediagazer »
Laura Ann Rosenbury / New York Times:
Barnard President: Now Is the Time for Colleges to Host Difficult Speakers — Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking on a college campus. This is a grim moment for higher education, for our country and for freedom of speech. Violence is never a legitimate means of disagreeing with a speaker on a college campus.
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
RFK Jr.'s Crusade Against Vaccines Hits Its Action Phase — His anti-vax-stacked advisory committee is expected to revise rules for life-saving hepatitis B vax. — ∙ Paid — HEPATITIS B IS A HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE, blood-borne disease that's been called a “silent killer” …
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New York Times, New York Post and Greeley Tribune
Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Inside Stephen A. Smith's near-$40M-a-year bonanza as he launches into political prime time — Stephen A. Smith is already probably the most influential sports commentator in the media game. His salary proves it, as he is pushing $40 million a year in earnings, sources briefed on his contracts told The Athletic.
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Ryan Quinn / Inside Higher Ed:
After Kirk's Death, Some Conservatives Blame Higher Ed for Political Violence — The president and his allies are accusing the “radical left” of “terrorism,” blaming unnamed organizations. Some conservatives are condemning universities. — In a Sunday interview on Meet the Press …
Associated Press:
Justice Department says it's suing Oregon and Maine as it seeks voter data in multiple states — The Justice Department said Tuesday that it has sued Oregon and Maine for failing to turn over their voter registration lists, marking the first lawsuits the department has brought against states …
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US Department of Justice, OPB, Election Law Blog, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com and Democracy Docket
IndieCommerce:
Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success — An Instant New York Times Bestseller • A Washington Post Notable Book • A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year — “A first-rate financial thriller …
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Ken Klippenstein:
Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin — “Hey guys, I have bad news for you all ... it was me at UVU yesterday.” Thus Tyler Robinson messaged his friends on Discord, seemingly apologizing for murdering Charlie Kirk. “I'm sorry for all of this.”
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Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Andrew Cuomo's pivot on Israel marks a victory for Zohran Mamdani — Mamdani has turned the conventional wisdom on Israel policy on its head. — In the liberal press, the long-running conventional wisdom about state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani's bid for mayor of New York has been that his refusal …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump tries to stick up The New York Times with a water gun — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 📰 🗞️ Subscribe to PN 🗞️ 📰 — Yesterday, the world's most famous mugger leapt out from the digital bushes and demanded $15 billion from The Gray Lady.
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Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Musk's X can sue watchdog Media Matters in Texas, US judge rules — Billionaire Elon Musk's social media company X can keep its lawsuit against nonprofit advocacy group Media Matters in federal court in Texas, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday, rejecting arguments that the venue was improper and the case should be moved to California.
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The Hill
Jazmin Tolliver / HuffPost:
Trump Has Telling Reaction To Robert Redford's Death After The Actor Called Him ‘Dictator-Like’ — Redford, a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party, took aim at Trump over the years. — President Donald Trump is reflecting on the late Robert Redford's Hollywood career after hearing the news of his death.
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Bruce Schreiner / Associated Press:
Joel Willett says having his security clearance revoked gave added incentive for run for the Senate — Joel Willett, a military veteran and former CIA officer, launched his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky on Wednesday, saying the recent fallout from having …
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The Guardian

