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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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New York Times:
U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes Resigns After President Seeks to Oust Him  —  Erik S. Siebert had hit roadblocks investigating New York's attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.  —  President Trump said on Friday that he wanted to see the ouster …
Associated Press:
US attorney resigns amid pressure from Trump after sources say he refused to charge NY AG Letitia James
Politico:
Trump says US attorney should be fired after not prosecuting NY AG James
Discussion: Raw Story
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  —  In June, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which makes recommendations about the childhood vaccine schedule, claiming the move would “restore public trust in vaccines.”  The new panel was assembled quickly …
Politico:
CDC vaccine advisers: Remove blanket recommendation for Covid-19 shot for older Americans
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Bloomberg:
Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown  —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation as soon as Friday that would move to extensively overhaul the H-1B visa program, requiring a $100,000 fee for applications in a bid to curb overuse, according to a White House official familiar with the matter.
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Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas
Washington Post:
Trump unveils $100K yearly fee on H-1B visas in clampdown on legal immigration
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 …
Washington Post:
Congressional candidate thrown to ground during protest outside ICE facility  —  Kat Abughazaleh, 26, a Democrat running for the 9th Congressional District seat in Illinois, was among the demonstrators who clashed with federal agents.  —  Federal agents clashed with protesters and threw …
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Chicago Tribune:
At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans  —  Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Broadview Friday morning.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Judge Dismisses Trump's Lawsuit Against The New York Times  —  The judge said that the complaint failed to contain a “short and plain statement of the claim.”  Mr. Trump has 28 days to refile.  —  A federal judge in Florida on Friday threw out President Trump's defamation suit …
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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 …
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’
Discussion: Raw Story and Gizmodo
Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Congressional Black Caucus says resolution honoring Charlie Kirk ‘not about healing’  —  Members of the Congressional Black Caucus condemned a bipartisan resolution to memorialize conservative organizer Charlie Kirk on Friday, saying the measure validated Kirk's beliefs, and legitimized …
Discussion: Raw Story and HotAir
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Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
House approves resolution honoring Charlie Kirk with dozens of Democrats opposed
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
House passes a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, but prospects in the Senate look dim
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 …
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: Attempted Kavanaugh Assassin Identifies As Transgender Woman, Legal Filings Show  —  WASHINGTON—The man who attempted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as a transgender woman and was deeply mentally ill and suicidal, according to court documents first obtained by The Daily Wire.
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Politico:
Russian warplanes breach NATO airspace in ‘dangerous provocation’ over Estonia  —  Three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace on Friday in what would appear to be the third attempt by the Kremlin this month to test NATO's eastern border.  —  The MiG-31 aircraft …
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
More than 400 arrests made in Chicago area operation so far, top immigration official says  —  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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Arden Farhi / CBS News:
Who's paying for the White House ballroom and what's in it for them  —  Washington — Contribute money to the new White House ballroom President Trump is constructing and, in exchange, donors may be able to choose a Trumpian option: their names etched inside the White House forever.
AP-NORC:
Pessimism about the direction of the country is growing among Republicans  —  Forty-nine percent of Republicans say things in the United States are heading the right direction down from 75% in June. … Since June, the share of adults who say the country is on the wrong track increased 13 percentage points from 62% to 75%.
John K. Wilson / Inside Higher Ed:
Censorship Is the Authoritarian's Dream  —  The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.  —  More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history.
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
This is how Trump ends democracy  —  Jimmy Kimmel's suspension — the direct result of an FCC threat to pull the licenses of networks that aired him — has shown us how authoritarianism can come to America.  —  I mean this literally.  The specific threats that Federal Communications …
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 …
Asawin Suebsaeng / Rolling Stone:
Children's Hospital Chaplain Jailed by Trump Admin Finally Released  —  Ayman Soliman, a beloved former children's hospital chaplain in the Cincinnati area, was released on Friday … Just before 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Adam Allen — one of the Cincinnati Children's Hospital chaplains who was fired …
Molly DeVore / Block Club Chicago:
Chicago Starbucks Worker Did Not Write ‘Loser’ On Order Honoring Charlie Kirk, Company Says  —  NORWOOD PARK — A viral social media video this week claimed that employees at a Norwood Park Starbucks wrote “Loser” on a drink ordered in honor of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
 
 
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
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Reuters:
Trump administration plans $6.4 billion in weapons sales to Israel, sources say
Discussion: Associated Press
Sean Illing / Vox:
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Aashna Shah / Bloomberg:
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Politico:
Republicans bristle at rising costs for rebuilding Baltimore bridge
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Axios:
Scoop: Mills “likely” to run for Senate to try to defeat Susan Collins
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
The Census Bureau is now headed by a Trump official in an acting position
Discussion: Associated Press
Mohamed Mandour / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Israel's killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years
Discussion: Washington Post
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Waltz confirmed as Trump's ambassador to UN ahead of global confab
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Schumer, Wary of Blowback, Holds Out on Mamdani
Adam Wren / Politico:
Weighted vest women are the 2026 swing voters
Discussion: Raw Story and RealClearPolitics
Michael Macagnone / Roll Call:
Some Republicans turn to social media pressure after Charlie Kirk killing
 

 
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