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10:45 AM ET, September 20, 2025

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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  —  The Department of Defense will force reporters to pledge not to gather or use any information that had not been formally authorized for release, or risk losing their credential to cover the military.  —  The Pentagon said Friday …
Discussion: Truthout
New York Times:
Read the Pentagon's New Restrictions on Reporters  —  The Pentagon said it would forbid reporters from gathering any information that had not been authorized for release, and would revoke press passes from any journalists who did not obey. … See more on: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Politics, Sean Parnell
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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Associated Press:
US attorney resigns amid pressure from Trump after sources say he refused to charge NY AG Letitia James
Ron Filipkowski / Meidas+:
Today in Politics, Bulletin 210. 9/19/25
Discussion: 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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Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas  —  The Trump administration is adding $100,000 to the existing fee for H-1B visa applications, taking aim at a program that is used to attract highly skilled workers to the U.S.  —  President Trump signed an executive order late Friday adding …
Associated Press:
Trump signs proclamation adding $100K annual fee for H-1B visa applications
Washington Post:
EPA tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say  —  Staff from the EPA's Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered scientists in at least …
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.
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Rolling Stone:
Donald Trump's Most Authoritarian Week Yet  —  Trump and company are using Charlie Kirk's assassination as an excuse to ramp up their ongoing campaign for total power  —  It was clear Donald Trump and his allies would ramp up their crackdown against any and all opposition in the wake …
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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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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans $6 Billion in New Arms Sales to Israel
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Newsweek
Reuters:
Trump administration plans $6.4 billion in weapons sales to Israel, sources say
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
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: Politico, Raw Story and Gizmodo
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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 …
The Maritime Executive:
USCG Releases Dramatic Video of Interdiction of Narco Fast-Go Boat  —  The U.S. Coast Guard began an enhanced drug interdiction program in the Pacific during August, known as Operation Pacific Viper.  To date, it reports that more than 75,000 pounds of cocaine have been seized in the Eastern Pacific.
Discussion: Washington Times
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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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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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
Washington Post:
Vaccine panel that limited covid shot scrutinized after chaotic meetings  —  Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices showed a tenuous grasp of process and cited flawed research as they revisited covid, hepatitis B and MMRV shots.  —  The chair of a new panel …
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Kennedy's Vaccine Panel Votes to Limit Access to Covid Shots
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 …
Bob Tita / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Invokes ‘Golden Share’ to Block U.S. Steel Plans for Illinois Plant  —  Commerce secretary told U.S. Steel CEO the administration wouldn't allow Granite City production to cease  —  The Trump administration flexed its new authority over U.S. Steel, blocking the company's plan to shut …
Discussion: Boston Herald and Bloomberg
 
 
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Armed man detained at site of planned memorial service for Charlie Kirk
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
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Declan Harty / Politico:
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
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Jill Lawrence / History Keeps Happening:
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Mohamed Mandour / Committee to Protect Journalists:
Israel's killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years
Discussion: Washington Post
John K. Wilson / Inside Higher Ed:
Censorship Is the Authoritarian's Dream
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Annie Karni / New York Times:
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