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8:55 AM ET, September 21, 2025

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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 …
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New York Times:
Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash  —  Mr. Homan came under scrutiny after he was recorded last year taking $50,000 in cash from undercover F.B.I. agents.  —  Tom Homan, who was later named President Trump's border czar, was recorded …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
The Guardian:
Trump border czar Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents  —  Alleged handoff occurred before Trump won second presidency, after which administration killed federal corruption case  —  The FBI reportedly recorded Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan accepting $50,000 …
New York Times:
Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes  —  His demand came a day after he ousted the federal prosecutor who failed to charge two of his most-reviled adversaries, Letitia James and James B. Comey.  —  President Trump demanded on Saturday that his attorney general move quickly …
Discussion: Fox News
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
'We can't delay any longer': Trump urges Bondi to prosecute his rivals … Trump appeared to confirm those reports, accusing Siebert of saying “that we had no case.”  —  “There is a GREAT CASE,” Trump said.  —  Trump also appeared to float his onetime personal attorney Lindsey Halligan …
Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Trump Makes Bonkers Demand for Bondi to Lock Up His Enemies  —  NOT YOUR EMAIL, DON  —  The president sent a rambling message to his attorney general on a public forum.  —  President Donald Trump has appeared to order Attorney General Pam Bondi to indict his political enemies in an incoherent rant …
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Trump publicly pushes Attorney General Pam Bondi to go after his political foes  —  In a Truth Social post, Trump sent a message directly to Bondi, saying the Justice Department needed to do something about certain officials, including Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff.
Politico:
Trump administration taps new US attorney in eastern Virginia amid fallout from Siebert resignation
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee Sets Off Scramble Across Corporate America  —  Companies urgently order workers back to the U.S. before Sunday; White House seeks to clarify that the fee doesn't apply to current visa holders  —  The Trump administration's moves to upend the immigration system set off …
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Washington Post:
Trump's changes to skilled worker visas spark confusion. Here's what to know.
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America  —  The Trump administration is ending the federal government's annual report on hunger in America, stating that it had become “overly politicized” and “rife with inaccuracies.”
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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.
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue  —  Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines  —  Republican lawmakers in Oklahoma introduced legislation this week that would require every public university …
Discussion: People For, HuffPost and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Man is arrested and charged in New Hampshire country club shooting  —  A gunman opened fire in a New Hampshire country club on Saturday as a wedding was taking place, killing one person and wounding two others, authorities said.  The person who died at the Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua …
Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Meta exposé author faces bankruptcy after ban on criticising company  —  Exclusive: Sarah Wynn-Williams faces $50,000 fine every time she breaches order banning her from criticising Meta  —  A former Meta executive who wrote an explosive exposé making allegations …
Politico:
Trump's new detention policy targets millions of immigrants.  Judges keep saying it's illegal. … The result has been hundreds of frantic lawsuits by immigrants who have been arrested without warning at work, at routine check-ins with immigration authorities or after immigration court proceedings.
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Tulsi Gabbard did not alert White House before revoking 37 security clearances  —  Exclusive: White House only realized afterwards that clearances at the CIA and in Congress had been rescinded  —  Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, did not inform the White House that her office …
CNN:
US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says  —  The United States will have control over TikTok's algorithm in the acquisition of the social media platform's US operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Saturday.
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
Discussion: The Hill
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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Andy Craig / The UnPopulist:
Trump's Censorship Binge After Kirk's Killing Is Part of an All-Out Effort to Crush the Opposition  —  “When you have a [television] network and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump,” complained the most powerful man in the world while onboard Air Force One …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
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Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
EXCLUSIVE: Bill to Block Arms Sales to Israel Endorsed by Congressional Progressive Caucus
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Allison Gill / The Breakdown:
NEW: Jack Smith: “The Department of Justice Was My Home...That Home is Now On Fire.”
Discussion: Raw Story
Gene Maddaus / Variety:
ABC Affiliate in Sacramento Hit by Gunshots a Day After Kimmel Protest
Hannah Natanson / Washington Post:
His wife was dying, his federal job crumbling. It tested his faith — in God and Trump.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
States Grapple With Fundamental Change in Food Stamps
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 Earlier Items: 
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Theatrics, not vital legislation, now dominate action in Congress
Georgia Worrell / New York Post:
Armed man posing as law enforcement arrested at Arizona stadium where Charlie Kirk's funeral will be held
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump's economic promises to Black voters fall short after a modest shift in support for him in 2024
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society
Maham Javaid / Washington Post:
Under Trump, Palestinians seeking U.S. asylum face new hurdle, documents show
Discussion: Raw Story
Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. conducts fourth strike against vessel transferring drugs, Trump says
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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