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Associated Press:
Trump says he wants prosecutor who has investigated but not charged Letitia James removed from post — A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James has not resulted in criminal charges resigned Friday under pressure from the Trump administration.
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MSNBC, DocumentCloud, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, New York Post, Above the Law and Associated Press
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New York Times:
U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes Resigns After President Seeks to Oust Him
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Ringside at the Reckoning and Democracy Docket
NBC News:
Federal prosecutor tasked with investigating Trump adversary Letitia James resigns under pressure
Federal prosecutor tasked with investigating Trump adversary Letitia James resigns under pressure
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New Republic, Raw Story, The Guardian, Townhall, Bloomberg, Daily Kos and Daily Mail
Associated Press:
US attorney resigns amid pressure from Trump after sources say he refused to charge NY AG Letitia James
US attorney resigns amid pressure from Trump after sources say he refused to charge NY AG Letitia James
CNN:
US Attorney Erik Siebert under pressure from Trump tells staff he will be resigning, source says
US Attorney Erik Siebert under pressure from Trump tells staff he will be resigning, source says
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Mediaite, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 210. 9/19/25
Today in Politics, Bulletin 210. 9/19/25
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MSNBC and The Parnas Perspective
New York Times:
Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas — Administration officials said the charge would help American workers. President Trump also announced the terms of a new “gold card” program. — President Trump on Friday said that the federal government …
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The Daily Caller, more at Techmeme »
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Associated Press:
Trump signs proclamation adding $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications — President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a $100,000 annual visa fee for highly-skilled foreign workers and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a pathway to U.S. citizenship …
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Washington Post:
Trump unveils $100K yearly fee on H-1B visas in clampdown on legal immigration
Trump unveils $100K yearly fee on H-1B visas in clampdown on legal immigration
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The White House and The Information
Bloomberg:
Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown
Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown
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NBC News, New Republic, The White House, The Register, Raw Story, Blaze Media, Associated Press, The Hill, Newsweek, Forbes and NewsMax.com
Myah Ward / Politico:
Trump rolls out $1M gold card, a visa fast-track for wealthy foreigners
Trump rolls out $1M gold card, a visa fast-track for wealthy foreigners
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CBS News, Washington Times, Fox News, Metro.co.uk, Axios, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material — A document spells out the latest in a series of escalating restrictions placed on the press corps covering the Pentagon during Trump's second term. — The Trump administration unveiled a new crackdown Friday …
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Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Pentagon Expands Its Restrictions on Reporter Access
Pentagon Expands Its Restrictions on Reporter Access
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Truthout
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Democrats rapidly shift on Israel amid Gaza assault, evidence of famine — A growing number of prominent Democrats are calling for cutting off sales of offensive weapons to Israel, part of a broad shift in opinion on Israel in the party. — Just now — A growing number of prominent Democrats …
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Associated Press, Mondoweiss and AP-NORC
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Robert McCoy / New Republic:
I'm a Congressional Candidate. I Was Assaulted by ICE. — On Friday, Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Democratic U.S. House candidate in Illinois's 9th congressional district, was thrown forcefully to the ground by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent at a protest outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois.
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NBC News:
Ted Cruz rips FCC chair's Jimmy Kimmel threat as ‘unbelievably dangerous’ — Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr warned that the FCC could take action against ABC and Disney over the late-night host's remarks about Charlie Kirk's death. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz …
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Says Critical Coverage of Him Is ‘Really Illegal’ — It remained unclear why the president believed negative news coverage, which all of his predecessors have faced and is protected by the Constitution, would be against the law. — President Trump said Friday that news reporters …
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Bureau of Labor Statistics postpones key data report — The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday postponed the release of a key annual report central to future inflation data. … - There is heightened concern about the future of U.S. statistics, including the politicization and accuracy …
Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
Federal Judge Strikes Trump Defamation Lawsuit For Being Too Annoying to Read — Lawsuits rarely get tossed under Rule 8. But then again, lawsuits rarely spend 85 meandering pages talking about things like the plaintiff's “singular brilliance.” — On Friday, September 19 …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
DOJ wants to put attempted Kavanaugh assassin behind bars for at least 30 years — Federal prosecutors said Friday they will seek to imprison the person who attempted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in 2022 for at least 30 years and up to life.
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Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin Identifies As Transgender Woman, Legal Filings Show
EXCLUSIVE: Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin Identifies As Transgender Woman, Legal Filings Show
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New York Post, RedState, HotAir, Breitbart, Ace of Spades HQ, The Gateway Pundit, The Post Millennial, twitchy.com, Blaze Media and CBS News
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
ICE arrests nearly 550 in Chicago area as part of ‘Midway Blitz’ — Immigration enforcement officials have arrested almost 550 people as part of an operation in the Chicago area that launched a little less than two weeks ago, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.
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KSTP-TV, NewsMax.com, Block Club Chicago and Denver Post
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Erum Salam / MSNBC:
Congressional candidates are tear-gassed, thrown to the ground by ICE near Chicago
Congressional candidates are tear-gassed, thrown to the ground by ICE near Chicago
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HuffPost, Fox News, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent and Townhall
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy's Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots — The panel recommended that people consult a health professional before receiving a Covid vaccine. Left unclear was whether Americans can still walk into pharmacies for shots. — The federal vaccine committee appointed …
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Jessica Grose / New York Times:
Kennedy's Vaccine Mess
Kennedy's Vaccine Mess
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STAT, Politico, Wired, Chicago Tribune, Diane Ravitch's blog, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, The Independent, Associated Press and Reuters
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Republicans who came to Congress to fight the deficit face attacks for raising it under Trump — Some Republicans who spent years railing about the national debt, including those in tough re-election races, are facing blowback over their votes for Trump's “big, beautiful bill.”
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Government shutdown looms after Senate rejects House-passed stopgap funding bill
Government shutdown looms after Senate rejects House-passed stopgap funding bill
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NBC News:
‘No evidence’ found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, federal officials say — Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk's assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump's Most Lethal Policy — The Trump administration has claimed that no one has died because of its cuts to humanitarian aid, and it is now trying to cancel an additional $4.9 billion in aid that Congress already approved. Yet what I find here in desperate villages in southwestern Uganda …
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Sinclair pulls Charlie Kirk documentary from ABC affiliates — Sinclair, Inc. reversed its commitment to air a documentary on the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in a Friday evening time slot normally reserved for repeats of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” — The decision was announced …
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The Gateway Pundit, Chicago Tribune, twitchy.com, Associated Press and New York Post
Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Marvel Stars Stand for Jimmy Kimmel: Pedro Pascal Defends Free Speech While Others Endorse Boycott — Hollywood stars — including those with Disney, ABC, Hulu and Marvel Cinematic Universe credits — are continuing to show their support for the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ host in the wake of his suspension.
Alisha Grauso / Screen Rant:
Disney Is Scrambling After The Backlash To Jimmy Kimmel's Cancellation Blew Up — Wholly unsurprising to anyone paying attention, the backlash over the abrupt cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live! is only continuing to grow and spread, and Disney is now scrambling to fix a situation quickly spiraling out of its control.
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Declan Harty / Politico:
'Everything's up for examination': SEC's Atkins plots a new era for corporate America … “A lot of stuff has changed since 1970” when quarterly earnings reports became mandatory, Atkins told POLITICO on Friday. “So I don't see why we can't or shouldn't look at it again and see what's …
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NewsMax.com
Jill Lawrence / History Keeps Happening:
Trump is destroying America. Are his voters starting to realize that? — Take your pick of bad news this week that hits close to home. The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates, which could help the flagging job market but won't curb rising costs. The fired director of a top public health agency …
Olesia Safronova / Bloomberg:
Zelenskiy Will Meet Trump at UNGA to Push on Security Guarantees — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet with US President Donald Trump next week in a bid to persuade the US administration join a security guarantees framework supported by Kyiv and its European allies.
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The Hill


