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MSNBC:
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down. — The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025. — In an undercover operation last year …
Patrick Frey / Quillette:
The Post-Kirk Clampdown … America's new cancel culture has arrived. Any remaining doubts about that were laid to rest on 17 September 2025, when a federal government official used the lingo of a mob boss to demand the removal of a comedian from the air for saying things that the US president didn't like.
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NBC News:
Pressure mounts on Disney over Kimmel suspension as some boycott calls spread
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Andy Craig / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Censorship Binge After Kirk's Killing Is Part of an All-Out Effort to Crush the Opposition
Rolling Stone:
Donald Trump's Most Authoritarian Week Yet
Donald Trump's Most Authoritarian Week Yet
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Chris Gardner / The Hollywood Reporter:
Marvel Stars Stand for Jimmy Kimmel: Pedro Pascal Defends Free Speech While Others Endorse Boycott
Marvel Stars Stand for Jimmy Kimmel: Pedro Pascal Defends Free Speech While Others Endorse Boycott
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
Je Suis Jimmy
Je Suis Jimmy
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RedState, Orlando Sentinel, Business Insider and Vanity Fair
Alisha Grauso / Screen Rant:
Disney Is Scrambling After The Backlash To Jimmy Kimmel's Cancellation Blew Up
Disney Is Scrambling After The Backlash To Jimmy Kimmel's Cancellation Blew Up
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Politico:
White House tries to tamp down corporate panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul … The White House said Sunday that corporate lawyers and “others with agendas are creating a lot of FAKE NEWS” around the proclamation, and said it does not apply to anyone with a current visa …
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Washington Post:
Trump's changes to skilled worker visas spark confusion. Here's what to know. — Trump announced a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, and said entry restrictions would apply as of Sunday. That's led to confusion among visa holders and immigration lawyers. — President Donald Trump's announcement …
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New York Times:
Trump Says the U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for Skilled Worker Visas
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers
Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers
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Pranav Dixit / Business Insider:
Big Tech and finance companies are telling H-1B employees to get to the US in under 24 hours
Big Tech and finance companies are telling H-1B employees to get to the US in under 24 hours
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CNBC, The Verge, TechCrunch and Fox Business
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 …
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NPR:
Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new ‘pledge’ for reporters at the Pentagon — The Pentagon will drastically change its rules for journalists who cover the Department of Defense, two U.S. officials who are not authorized to speak publicly confirmed to NPR Friday.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Top Democratic Leaders Ask Trump for Meeting to Avert a Shutdown — After a Republican plan to keep funding flowing foundered in the Senate, Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer accused the president of standing in the way of a solution.
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Schumer, Jeffries demand meeting with Trump amid shutdown showdown
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart and New Republic
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Theatrics, not vital legislation, now dominate action in Congress
Theatrics, not vital legislation, now dominate action in Congress
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Florida Politics
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer, Jeffries demand meeting with Trump to avoid government shutdown
Schumer, Jeffries demand meeting with Trump to avoid government shutdown
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Politico:
Trump administration taps new US attorney in eastern Virginia amid fallout from Siebert resignation … Cleary wrote in May that the experience of being falsely accused led her to apply to become U.S. attorney in Virginia with a plan to “end politically weaponized investigations.”
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Andrew J. Tessman / Washington Post:
I tried mortgage fraud cases. Trump's revenge prosecutions are a sham. — No competent federal prosecutor would bring baseless charges against political targets. — Just now — Andrew J. Tessman is a former assistant U.S. attorney for D.C. and Southern District of West Virginia.
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Washington Post:
Armed man detained at site of planned memorial service for Charlie Kirk — The service, which will feature President Donald Trump and Cabinet members, has a top-level security designation akin to a Super Bowl. — An armed man claiming to be affiliated with law enforcement was detained Friday …
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Greg Norman / Fox News:
Charlie Kirk memorial in Arizona expected to draw 100,000, with Trump and Vance headlining
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Georgia Worrell / New York Post:
Armed man posing as law enforcement arrested at Arizona stadium where Charlie Kirk's funeral will be held
Armed man posing as law enforcement arrested at Arizona stadium where Charlie Kirk's funeral will be held
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey — The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become ‘overly politicized’ — The Trump administration is canceling an annual government effort to gather data on how many Americans struggle to get enough food.
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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 …
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Ty Roush / Associated Press:
U.S. Attorney Refers Gavin Newsom To Secret Service For ‘Threat Assessment’ Over X Post — Topline — Bill Essayli, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, on Saturday said he referred Gov. Gavin Newsom to the Secret Service for a “full threat assessment,” …
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twitchy.com:
‘Is That a Threat?’ Newsom Press Office Blasted for Alarming Post About Secretary Noem — The left-wing press has really been hyping Gavin Newsom's social media team lately for their GovPressOffice account. Run by Izzy Gardon, Newsom's Director of Communications, and his team …
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The Onion
Los Angeles Times:
'We're not North Korea.' Newsom signs bills to limit immigration raids at schools and unmask federal agents — In response to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration raids that have roiled Southern California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed a package of bills aimed …
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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.
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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 …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. conducts fourth strike against vessel transferring drugs, Trump says — The U.S. military conducted a strike on Friday against a vessel that was allegedly transferring drugs, President Trump said. … He also posted a video of the strike. — He claimed the vessel was …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society — The assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist and media personality, is not the reason President Trump and his allies have pursued a crackdown on their critics in media and civil society. As terrible as Kirk's killing was, it has become, for the administration, a pretext.

