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Chris Megerian / Associated Press:
Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Oregon, in latest deployment to US cities  —  President Donald Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his controversial deployments to more American cities.
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump says he is authorizing military to use ‘Full Force’ in Portland … The White House and the Defense Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Washington Post:
Trump authorizes troops for Portland, escalating use of military inside U.S.  —  The president authorized the use of “Full force, if necessary,” in a campaign to use the military against Americans that has little modern precedent.  —  President Donald Trump said Saturday that he will send troops …
Discussion: Oregonian and Washington Examiner
Kit Maher / CNN:
Trump says he's sending troops to Portland to protect ICE facilities  —  President Donald Trump said in a social media post Saturday he is directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “provide all necessary troops” to Portland, Oregon, a city he described as “war ravaged,” …
Politico:
Trump falsely suggests FBI agents to blame for igniting Jan. 6 violence … In reality, the inspector general of the Justice Department revealed 10 months ago that “hundreds” of FBI agents went to the Capitol to assist at the request of the beleaguered Capitol Police.
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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.
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
F.B.I. Fires More Agents, Including Those Who Knelt During Racial Justice Protests
Discussion: RedState
NBC News:   FBI fires at least 15 agents over conduct during George Floyd protests
ABC News:
FBI fires agents who kneeled at protest after George Floyd's death: Sources
Discussion: Associated Press
Cristian Farias / New York Magazine:
John Roberts Wrote Trump a Permission Slip to Indict Comey  —  The Justice Department's political targets can thank the chief justice.  —  The criminal indictment against former FBI director James Comey will be parsed on the law, the facts, and the question of whether the Trump administration's decision …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Overcame Internal Dissent to Get His Case Against Comey
Washington Post:
Trump's central role in Comey case may become key to defense strategy
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
State Department revokes Colombian president's visa
Wall Street Journal:
Inside the Crisis at Tylenol  —  The CEO behind Tylenol thought he'd found a way to work with the Trump administration.  Then everything went off the rails.  —  The chief executive of the company that makes Tylenol got a text message earlier this month that contained nothing but a single link to a Substack post.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Arwa Mahdawi / The Guardian:
Trump's war on Tylenol is also very much a war on women  —  A concern for women's health is absolutely not at the heart of it - rather, this is yet another way to control women  —  Trust-fund-Trump wants women to “tough it out”  —  Donald Trump is a man with no medical training.
Discussion: Raw Story, NPR and The Gateway Pundit
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: NewsMax.com and Raw Story
NBC News:
Justice Department issues subpoena for Fani Willis travel records  —  Willis is a district attorney in Georgia who charged Donald Trump in an election interference case.  —  The Department of Justice has issued a subpoena for records related to the travel history of Fani Willis …
Discussion: New York Post, The Hill and WAGA-TV
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New York Times:
Justice Department Seeks Information on Georgia D.A. Who Prosecuted Trump
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
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The Texas Tribune:
Texas Tech chancellor limits academic mentions of transgender and nonbinary identities at five universities
Discussion: them. and The Concho Observer
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.
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.
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
Kathryn Palmer / Inside Higher Ed:
Poll: Public Confidence in Higher Ed Growing  —  Despite the Trump administration's ongoing attacks on colleges and universities, American confidence in higher education is growing.  —  According to a poll the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy published Thursday …
Ken Klippenstein:
Trump's NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”  —  New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions  —  With the mainstream media distracted by the made-for-TV drama of James Comey's indictment, Trump has signed a little-noticed national …
Discussion: CBS News, The White House and RedState
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.
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.
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 and NewsMax.com
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court allows Trump to cut $4B in foreign aid in ‘pocket rescission’  —  Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.  —  Justices of the Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2022.
Jacob Grier / Slate:
It's Called America's “Weirdest” City.  But Just Wait Until You Hear What's Going On in Its Coffee Shops.  —  President Trump keeps saying Portland is an anarchic hellscape in need of the National Guard.  With the help of my bike and a serious caffeine addiction, I set out to discover the truth.
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.
 
 
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Government shutdowns high on drama, but low on long-term political impact
Discussion: New York Times and HotAir
New York Times:
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Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Alligator Alcatraz Is A New Kind Of Immigration Jail — And It's Multiplying
Discussion: Raw Story
Fox News:
Obama Presidential Center deposits just $1M into $470M reserve fund aimed to protect taxpayers
Discussion: RedState and twitchy.com
CNN:
ICE arrests superintendent of Iowa's largest school district
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Denis Campbell / The Guardian:
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump's fuzzy math
Discussion: Raw Story
Seth Stern / Freedom of the Press Foundation:
Americans rallied for Jimmy Kimmel. Do the same for Mario Guevara
Discussion: Scripps News
New York Times:
Trump's Targeting of Soros Foundations Sparks Fear and Defiance on Left
 

 
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