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Iona Cleave / Telegraph:
Mormon church gunman was Marine ‘who supported Trump’ — Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, killed by police after ramming truck into Michigan church and opening fire on worshippers — The gunman who rammed his truck into a Mormon church and opened fire on worshippers was an Iraq war veteran who had previously shown support for Donald Trump.
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Detroit Free Press:
Michigan church shooting suspect went on anti-LDS tirade, political candidate said — Andrea May Sahouri Clara HendricksonDetroit Free Press — This story has been updated with additional information. — When Burton City Council candidate Kris Johns heard that someone shot churchgoers …
Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
Karoline Leavitt Says MAGA Shooter Just Hated Mormons — SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS — Trump's press secretary made the claim as officials continue to probe the motive. — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed on Monday that the Mormon church shooter “hated” members of the faith.
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USA Today:
What we know about Thomas Jacob Sanford, the Michigan church shooting suspect — Joey Garrison Chris Quintana Dinah Voyles PulverUSA TODAY … Michigan law enforcement authorities identified 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford of Burton, Michigan as the suspect who killed four people …
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Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Mormon Church Shooter Had a Trump Sign Outside His House
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Mormon church shooting suspect had Trump sign outside home, records show
Mormon church shooting suspect had Trump sign outside home, records show
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New York Times:
'I'm From Here!': U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump's Dragnet — As immigration agents take a more aggressive approach, they have stopped and in some cases detained American citizens. — U.S. citizens, many of them Latino men, have been stopped and in some cases taken into custody …
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Brad Heath / Reuters:
Exclusive: Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to deportations — Federal drug prosecutions drop 10% in 2025 as agents focus on immigration — Number of new cases being filed is lowest in decades, according to Reuters analysis
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Perry Bacon / New Republic:
With Portland, Trump's Police State Is Getting Bigger and More Radical — Add Portland and Memphis to a list that already includes cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston and individuals like Mahmoud Khalil, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Rümeysa Öztürk.
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Jake Sheridan / Chicago Tribune:
Pritzker: Feds seeking to deploy military to Illinois to protect ICE agents
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Politico:
Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying state's National Guard in Portland
Oregon sues to block Trump from deploying state's National Guard in Portland
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MSNBC:
How Tom Homan wound up ensnared in an FBI contracts-for-cash sting — A former associate of Trump's border czar allegedly proposed a $1 million scheme last year that put FBI agents on Homan's trail. — Tom Homan, the White House border czar, became entangled in an FBI sting last year …
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MSNBC:
Democratic voters are furious with party leaders. And that disaffection has a cost. — The Trump era has put the Democratic Party in an unprecedented bind. — By Jill Lawrence, author of “The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock”
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CNBC:
'We're headed to a shutdown,' Vance says after Trump meeting with leaders ends
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Erin Doherty / CNBC:
Democrats refuse to cave on health care before meeting with Trump on government shutdown
Democrats refuse to cave on health care before meeting with Trump on government shutdown
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Axios:
Scoop: Schumer floats shutdown fix … He and Senate Democrats are also starting to think about how to get out of one. — A 7-10 day spending bill would require unanimous consent in the Senate, which could put pressure on Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Republicans to abandon their plans for a seven-week bill.
New York Times:
‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal — The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades. — The Trump administration …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats — Exclusive: Miller's homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say — Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has played a leading role in directing US strikes …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Trump would head Gaza ‘board of peace’ in new postwar plan — President Trump would chair an international “board of peace” to govern and reconstruct the Gaza Strip as part of a 20-point plan released Monday by the White House, describing an end to the war between Israel and Hamas and a transition toward peace.
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump and Netanyahu agree on a plan to end Gaza war and await Hamas to accept terms
Live updates: Trump and Netanyahu agree on a plan to end Gaza war and await Hamas to accept terms
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pbump:
How Trumpworld inflates the perceived danger of the left — It is stipulated at the outset that there have been gruesome acts of political violence in recent months that appear to have been motivated by hostility to right-wing politics or the administration. This is not really contestable and rarely seriously contested.
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Robert Reich:
Again: Why isn't the media reporting on Trump's growing dementia? — Over the weekend, on his Truth Social, Trump shared a video purporting to be a segment on Fox News — it wasn't — in which an AI-generated, deepfaked version of himself sat in the White House and promised that …
New York Times:
Americans' Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds — A majority of American voters now oppose sending additional economic and military aid to Israel, a stunning reversal in public opinion since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. — Nearly two years into the war in Gaza …
New Republic:
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President. These Brutal New Polls Confirm It. — What if we told you that Donald Trump is a really unpopular president? Would that surprise you? It's not something you hear much in the media. Yet in recent days new polls from the Associated Press, Gallup …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's Argentina bailout enriches one well-connected billionaire — A $20 billion taxpayer-funded rescue package for Argentina is a gift for a hedge fund manager with personal and professional ties to the Treasury Secretary — Last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced …
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Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
The ADL Defended Elon Musk's ‘Awkward Gesture.’ Now He Calls It a Hate Group — “The ADL hates Christians, therefore it is is a hate group,” Musk tweeted Sunday. — READING TIME 4 MINUTES — Read Later Read Later — When Elon Musk gave two Nazi-style salutes the day President Donald Trump …
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The Independent
Associated Press:
Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52.5 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout — Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield,” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $52.5 billion in what could become the largest buyout ever funded by private equity firms.
Wall Street Journal:
YouTube to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Lawsuit Brought by Trump — Google subsidiary is the last of three Big Tech companies to resolve personal litigation Trump filed against social-media platforms — WASHINGTON—YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit …
Kayla Huynh / Journal Sentinel:
Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison — International freshman enrollment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has dropped to its lowest level in at least a decade, according to recently released admissions data for the fall semester.
Fox News:
Editorial overhaul: Washington Post's new opinion chief feels the weight of the challenges ahead … But that's the situation 33-year-old Adam O'Neal has found himself in at The Washington Post. — “I just feel a tremendous responsibility to get this right,” O'Neal told Fox News Digital …
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Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Pete's ‘Manic’ Meltdowns Exposed by Aides — PRESSURE COOKIER — The former Fox News host is reportedly spiraling out of control. — Pete Hegseth is crumbling under the pressure of leading the Pentagon. — The defense secretary—who prefers the moniker “Secretary of War” …
Dan Zaksheske / OutKick:
EXCLUSIVE: Paul Finebaum ‘Considering’ Leaving ESPN To Pursue U.S. Senate Seat As A Republican — SEC Network host and analyst Paul Finebaum says he is “considering” leaving ESPN to run for the U.S. Senate. And he would run on the republican ticket. — In an exclusive interview …
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Axios:
Democrats turn up heat on Johnson over Epstein files vote delay … But she has to be sworn in first. — Grijalva was elected in a landslide last Tuesday in the race to succeed her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), in Congress. — She has accused Johnson of dragging …
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Reuters:
Under Trump, US cedes its share of China's beef market to Australia — US beef exports to China plummet due to tariffs and lack of permits — Australian beef imports rose to over $220 million a month in July and August — Other US farm exports to China have also fallen under Trump
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Newsweek
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
We Are in the Worst-Case Scenario — The November 2024 version of you would be shocked at what the September 2025 version accepts as reality. — ∙ Paid — 1. Plans — After Trump's re-election I did my best to imagine how things might go better than we feared.
Joe Pinkstone / Telegraph:
First-cousin marriage has ‘benefits’, says NHS guidance despite birth defect risk — Tory MP says health service should ‘stop taking the knee’ to damaging cultural practices — The NHS has been urged to apologise for publishing guidance extolling the benefits of first-cousin marriage despite the increased risk of birth defects.
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Is Trump keeping all his promises? This MAGA couple doesn't think so. — Eight months into his second term, the president is facing some difficulties living up to the high expectations of his supporters. — Just now — SWAINSBORO, Ga. — Jessie Meadows told her mother-in-law not to panic …
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Raw Story
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Melts Down as Bad Bunny Is Named as Next Super Bowl Headliner — TRUMP HATER — The Puerto Rican-born superstar was announced as the Super Bowl headliner. — MAGA talking heads have not taken kindly to a musician who sings in Spanish being announced as the next Super Bowl halftime performer.
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John Thune / Washington Post:
What Democrats are demanding isn't negotiation — Republicans are ready to reach a bipartisan funding agreement right now. Time is short. — John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, is majority leader of the U.S. Senate. — On Wednesday, Oct. 1, the federal government will shut …
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Akash Sriram / Reuters:
Trump says US to impose 100% tariff on movies made outside the country — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would impose a 100% tariff on all foreign-made movies, an unprecedented move that threatens to upend Hollywood's global business model. — The step signals Trump's willingness …
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