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Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship  —  An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who've unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”  —  The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip …
Discussion: Raw Story
Shane O'Neill / Washington Post:
His Vanity Fair photos of Trumpworld blew up online.  We called to talk.  —  Every line, spot, blemish and blood vessel was captured by Christopher Anderson's lens.  What was he thinking?  —  On Tuesday, Vanity Fair published a two-part story by Chris Whipple about the inner circle …
Discussion: Bloomberg, Raw Story and New Republic
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Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Byron York points out Susie Wiles ‘invited’ Vanity Fair controversy  —  Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York suggested White House chief of staff Susie Wiles should have expected a negative outcome from agreeing to an interview with Vanity Fair.
Ariana Baio / The Independent:
White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’  —  Newest additions appear to be part of the administration's ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump's opponents
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Associated Press:
Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame  —  Months after President Donald Trump refashioned a West Wing walkway into what he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame, he has added partisan and subjective plaques to the display …
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump trolls Biden, Obama in new plaques on ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’
NBC News:
White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a ‘criminal scheme’ to overturn 2020 election  —  Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.  —  WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith told …
Discussion: Roll Call, Al Jazeera, NPR and Raw Story
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition … He maintained that this team found evidence to prove “beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power.”
Associated Press:
Jack Smith set for private interview with lawmakers about Trump investigations  —  Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith told lawmakers in a closed-door interview Wednesday that his team of investigators “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump …
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Fani Willis gives full-throated defense of 2020 election subversion case
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
FBI's No. 2 quietly tells colleagues he's moving on  —  Speculation and anticipation have gripped the nation's premier law enforcement agency over the future of one of its top leaders, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino.  —  Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official  —  FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling …
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies  —  Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vole on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy …
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Axios:
House Republicans help Democrats defy Johnson on ACA in stunning revolt
Ruby Mellen / Washington Post:
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center  —  Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”
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New York Times:
National Center for Atmospheric Research to Be Dismantled, Trump Administration Says  —  Russell Vought, the White House budget director, called the laboratory a source of “climate alarmism.”  —  The Trump administration said it will be dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado …
Washington Post:
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.  —  HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities.  The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
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Berkeley Lovelace Jr / NBC News:
HHS cuts millions in grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics
Discussion: UPI and Axios
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear  —  Trump's former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question  —  President Trump on Tuesday received and discussed a draft copy of a book by lawyer Alan Dershowitz …
Politico:
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails … The Biden appointee noted that the seven-day notice requirement complicated lawmakers' ability to view real-time conditions at facilities immigrants have long complained are overcrowded, unsanitary and unsafe.
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Democrats' push to limit boat strikes and attacks on Venezuela fails in House
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Hegseth, There Is One Boat Strike He Doesn't Want the Public to See  —  The Pentagon has released plenty of video clips that show American missiles blowing boats suspected of carrying drugs out of the water.  But the “double tap” strike on Sept. 2 is being kept under wraps.
Discussion: The Hill, Reason and Axios
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Politico:
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers … The markets, glutted with supply and with prices at nearly five-year lows, are giving President Donald Trump an unusually free hand to tighten military pressure on the South American OPEC member …
Washington Post:
‘You see this news?’:  What Charlie Kirk's alleged killer told friends after the attack  —  A patchwork of social interactions and a trail of online posts provide a view into Tyler Robinson's life and his beliefs, a Post examination found.  —  Fifty-five minutes before he allegedly shot …
David Ingram / NBC News:
Two families sue Meta over teens' deaths by suicide, citing ‘sextortion’ scams  —  One boy joined Instagram on Sunday and was dead by Tuesday afternoon.  His mother says the app is to blame.  —  Warning: This article includes descriptions of self-harm.  —  The families of two teenage boys …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
100 days of Kavanaugh stops and the justices who silently allowed them — and a bill to change that  —  The Shadow Docket Sunlight Act is being introduced on Wednesday.  And, Justice Kavanaugh still isn't saying if he's having second thoughts on his September opinion.
ProPublica:
Inside the Trump Administration's Man-Made Hunger Crisis  —  On July 18, a mild, overcast night in Nairobi, Kenya, a team of President Donald Trump's top foreign aid advisers ducked into a meeting room at the Tribe Hotel, their luxury accommodations in the city's diplomatic quarter, for a private dinner.
Discussion: Futurism
Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:
Trump admin broke spending deal agreement to halt mass layoffs, judge says … “The government did what it was ordered not to do,” she later added.  —  Illston said she would issue another order — at least the third in the case — that will again ban the administration from initiating …
New York Times:
Trump Dangles Cash Payments to Buoy Voters' Views of the Economy  —  With tariffs unpopular and prices still high, the White House has teased the promise of tariff rebates and large tax refunds next year.  —  Tariffs are unpopular, prices remain stubbornly high and Americans are souring on President Trump's handling of the economy.
Shikha Dalmia / The UnPopulist:
Help Us Stand Up to Authoritarianism: Become a Paid Subscriber This Holiday Season  —  Right-wing extremism is well funded.  That means liberals can't afford to hold back if they want to win.  —  Liberal institutions don't survive on good intentions alone.
Washington Post:
Senators freeze Coast Guard admiral's promotion over swastika, noose policy  —  Adm. Kevin Lunday had condemned both symbols and directed they be prohibited, but a new workplace harassment policy downgrading them to “potentially divisive” was allowed to take effect.  —  Just now
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Man Who Rules the Country Presides Over Nothing  —  There is a presidency at work in Washington, but it is not clear that there is a president at work in the Oval Office.  —  Ask Donald Trump about the goings on of his administration, and there is a good chance he'll defer to a deputy rather than answer the question.
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
ABC News:
Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to set aside her conviction  —  Maxwell's request could complicate the release of the Epstein files.  —  In this Sept. 20, 2013, file photo, Ghislaine Maxwell attends an event in New York.  —  Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator …
John Ismay / New York Times:
Defense Dept. Opens Formal Inquiry Into Senator Mark Kelly  —  The Pentagon said it was initiating a “command investigation” into the senator, another extraordinary step as the Trump administration seeks retribution against the president's perceived foes.  —  The Defense Department …
Discussion: The Hill
Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: First look at ‘MELANIA’ film  —  EXCLUSIVE: First lady Melania Trump is giving Fox News an exclusive first look at her upcoming film, “MELANIA,” set to hit theaters worldwide next month.  —  The 104-minute film is set to hit theaters globally on Jan. 30, 2026 …
Reuters:
They prosecuted the Capitol rioters.  Now the rioters and the DOJ are after them.  —  After Trump's mass pardons of the U.S. Capitol rioters, some have gained influence inside the Justice Department, meeting with officials to push for prosecutions of the federal lawyers who once helped convict them, Reuters found.
 
 
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