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New York Times:
Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order … For 15 years, Michele Beckwith oversaw some of the toughest federal prosecutions in California.  She went after transnational terrorists, sex traffickers and the Aryan brotherhood.  —  She became the acting U.S. attorney …
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New York Times:
Justice Department Seeks Information on Georgia D.A. Who Prosecuted Trump  —  Federal investigators have subpoenaed records related to travel they believe Fani Willis took around the time of last year's election, but it was not immediately clear why.  —  The Department of Justice has issued …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Overcame Internal Dissent to Get His Case Against Comey
Politico:
Why the case against James Comey may end in humiliation for Trump's DOJ
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Comey Perjury Count the Grand Jury Refused to Charge
CNN:
False statement charge against Comey appears to center on Hillary Clinton email probe
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say  —  The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, three people familiar with the matter said Friday.
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
F.B.I. Fires More Agents, Including Those Who Knelt During Racial Justice Protests  —  Agents group says the latest dismissals are part of a “dangerous pattern” of weakening the nation's top law enforcement agency.  —  Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, fired roughly 20 agents on Friday …
ABC News:
FBI fires agents who kneeled at protest after George Floyd's death: Sources  —  The firings involve as many as 20 agents, according to sources.  —  The FBI has fired a group of agents who took part in a civil rights-related protest in Washington, D.C., in the wake of George Floyd's death in 2020 …
Discussion: Associated Press
CNN:
Trump asks Supreme Court to decide whether he can end birthright citizenship  —  The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship, pushing the issue back before the justices for the second time this year.
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Associated Press:
Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship  —  President Donald Trump 's administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Just Rewrote the Constitution to Give Trump Terrifying New Powers  —  The conservative supermajority's lawless shadow docket decision let the president unilaterally cancel $4 billion in foreign aid. … The Supreme Court upended the constitutional separation of powers …
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Trump to Slash Foreign Aid
Reuters:
US to revoke Colombian president's visa over comments at pro-Palestinian gathering  — Colombia leader calls on US soldiers to disobey Trump  — Petro, Trump have clashed over Gaza, deportations, drug policy  — Petro calls for global force to liberate Palestinians
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Andrew Jeong / Washington Post:
State Department revokes visa for Colombian President Gustavo Petro  —  The State Department accused Petro of urging U.S. soldiers to disobey orders and incite violence, after his remarks at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York.  —  The U.S. State Department said late Friday it had revoked …
CNN:
ICE arrests superintendent of Iowa's largest school district  —  The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools — Iowa's largest school district - was detained Friday morning by immigration agents, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which said the educator was in the country illegally …
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Des Moines Register:
Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts arrested by ICE
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders  —  The university system said faculty must comply with President Trump's order recognizing only two genders, possibly a first for a major public institution of higher education.  —  The Texas Tech University system …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and them.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Shutdown hostage taking  —  Nice government you've got there.  Shame if anything were to happen to it.  Maybe some more federal employees disappear.  I don't want to do it.  You are forcing my hand.  But you know I've done it before.  —  This, in a nutshell, is the White House negotiation strategy over the government shutdown.
Discussion: Politico, CNN, RealClearPolitics and Axios
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Washington Post:
National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches  —  Staffing cuts under the Trump administration mean forecasters are struggling to maintain normal operations.  —  Just now  —  Some National Weather Service staffers are working double shifts to keep forecasting offices open.
Discussion: Raw Story
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Musk, Thiel, Bannon named in partially redacted Epstein documents released by Democrats … Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and former Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon are among those who appeared in partially redacted files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that were released …
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Epstein calendar released by Democrats mentions Elon Musk, who denies visiting his island
CBS News:
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed Smartmatic, federal judge rules  —  MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, an ally of President Trump, defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.
Jack Revell / The Daily Beast:
Ultra-Conservative GOP Rep Busted for Child Porn  —  A former South Carolina state lawmaker used a “Joe Biden” screen name to spread horrific child abuse content online.  —  PARTNER UPDATE  —  A STEP ABOVE  —  From hikes to hangouts, Merrell has got you covered every step of the way.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The Tax on Being a Girl  —  President Trump's cuts to humanitarian assistance abroad have hurt all kinds of people.  But from what I see on the ground, those suffering the most are women and girls — and that will leave all of us, including men and boys, worse off.
Washington Post:
New details emerge on Hegseth's unusual mass gathering of top brass  —  The defense secretary is expected to lecture about the “warrior ethos” for less than an hour, according to multiple people familiar with the event.  But top generals are bracing for possible firings or demotions.  —  just now
New York Times:
Trump's Targeting of Soros Foundations Sparks Fear and Defiance on Left  —  Facing a nascent administration investigation, Alex Soros privately pledged that the Open Society Foundations would back down only “over my dead body.”  —  During a panel discussion featuring world leaders …
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
Jobs crisis in plain sight … Starting with our interview last spring with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, where he foresaw a white-collar bloodbath, we've been warning of a jobs crisis unfolding in plain sight across America.  — Last week, Mike Allen and I talked privately with 20 different CEOs of a wide range of companies.
Discussion: Raw Story
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
September 26, 2025  —  Today Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that twenty men who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre would keep their medals, despite more than a century of controversy over them.
Till Eckert / ProPublica:
I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman to the Floor Inside a New York Courthouse  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has taken …
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
You cannot trust the federal government  —  This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ✍️ Subscribe to PN ✍️  —  After a gunman opened fire at a ICE facility in Dallas on Wednesday morning …
Discussion: Fox News and 77 WABC
Vox:
The real cost of Trump's $100,000 visas  —  This program is likely to hurt American workers — and the whole economy. … With one declaration, President Donald Trump upended an aspect of our immigration system.  —  Last week, Trump announced that the US would begin imposing …
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Jared Kushner's Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts  —  Mr. Kushner's private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.  —  Jared Kushner's private equity firm …
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Giuliani settles $1.3 billion Dominion defamation lawsuit  —  President Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani settled his $1.3 billion lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over disseminating a false theory about the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents.
Discussion: Washington Post
 
 
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
An Ugly American berates the United Nations — and shames the rest of us
Denis Campbell / The Guardian:
'Don't trust Trump': how UK health experts are fighting back against a war on medicine
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump's fuzzy math
Discussion: Raw Story
Willamette Week:
Federal Agents Amass in Portland, Local Officials Say
Discussion: New York Times and Oregonian
 Earlier Items: 
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Trump Displays Little Interest in Fostering Unity Amid Political Violence
NBC News:
Economic anxiety grows under Trump, creating a new political liability for the GOP
Seth Stern / Freedom of the Press Foundation:
Americans rallied for Jimmy Kimmel. Do the same for Mario Guevara
Discussion: Scripps News
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Money manager Howard Rubin detained in sex trafficking case after feds cite hitman threat
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Sinclair gets nothing it asked for, puts Jimmy Kimmel back on anyway
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Cory Mills denies ‘anything salacious’ as he seeks to fend off restraining order
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
AJ Dellinger / Gizmodo:
Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
Discussion: New York Post
Axios:
Scoop: Congressional trips cancelled ahead of potential shutdown
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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