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New York Times:
Todd Blanche Wins Over G.O.P. Holdouts on AG Confirmation After Assurances on Trump IRS Deal — Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis expressed support after Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, issued a memo abandoning part of a deal the Justice Department had struck with President Trump.
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
Cornyn, Tillis confirm they will vote for Blanche — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has a clear path to the Senate Judiciary Committee advancing his nomination to the permanent job after two GOP holdouts confirmed Monday they would vote for him. The statement from Sens. John Cornyn …
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Axios, Legal Insurrection, The Daily Caller, Truthout and Fox News
Jeremy Roebuck / Washington Post:
Blanche formally rescinds plan for ‘weaponization’ fund, in deal to advance AG nomination
Blanche formally rescinds plan for ‘weaponization’ fund, in deal to advance AG nomination
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CBS News, NPR, Fox News, Associated Press, KIFI-TV, Wonkette, Raw Story, Townhall, CNBC, MS NOW, The Hill, New Republic, Reuters, Wall Street Journal and The Post Millennial
Caitlin Dewey / Vox:
Trump still really wants a slush fund
Trump still really wants a slush fund
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Above the Law and The Independent
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
GOP Sheep to the Midterm Slaughter
Barbara McQuade / Bloomberg:
Trump Still Has That IRS Immunity. Don't Be Fooled
Trump Still Has That IRS Immunity. Don't Be Fooled
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MS NOW, Democracy Docket, New York Times and Los Angeles Times
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Faux Deal Ends Faux Fight Over Blanche Nomination
Faux Deal Ends Faux Fight Over Blanche Nomination
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New Republic, CBS News, Scott MacFarlane Reports, HotAir, The Hill, The Independent and Democracy Docket
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Blanche's Pledge to Kill Fund Has Loopholes
Trump Administration Live Updates: Blanche's Pledge to Kill Fund Has Loopholes
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Vox, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Raw Story, NextDraft, Staff Stories, The Guardian, MS NOW and Toledo Blade
Alayna Treene / CNN:
Furious Trump is considering removing Pirro over Reflecting Pool filing, sources say — President Donald Trump is considering removing Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, over a Justice Department conclusion that problems with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool stemmed …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump: Pirro ‘choked,’ ‘folded like an umbrella’ in Reflecting Pool case — President Trump said U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “choked” in her decision to drop charges against U.S. Olympian David Hearn in the Reflecting Pool vandalism case, casting blame on the judge overseeing the case.
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Associated Press, NBC News, RedState and Raw Story
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Ethics panel urges censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards over sexual harassment violation … - The panel said it “intends to bring a privileged resolution for consideration and vote by the full House.” — The findings follow Axios' reporting that Edwards singled out two young female staffers …
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New York Post, The Hill, Associated Press, RedState, The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
House Panel Finds Lawmaker Likely Violated Rules on Sexual Harassment
House Panel Finds Lawmaker Likely Violated Rules on Sexual Harassment
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CBS News
Jack Morphet / Wall Street Journal:
House Ethics Panel Recommends Censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards
House Ethics Panel Recommends Censure of Rep. Chuck Edwards
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Talking Points Memo, Fox News, The Guardian, UPI, New York Sun, The Daily Wire, Raw Story and Daily Mail
CNN:
Exclusive: US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish Iran — The Middle East Donald Trump Federal agencies US military — The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump's war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.
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New York Times:
Iran Says No Current Talks With U.S. After Trump Cites Progress on the Strait of Hormuz
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CNBC:
Trump insists Iran talks are underway despite Tehran's ‘duplicitous’ denials
Trump insists Iran talks are underway despite Tehran's ‘duplicitous’ denials
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New York Post, CBS News, NBC News, The Guardian, Washington Times, The Times of Israel, The National, Salon, Associated Press, NewsMax.com, BBC, RedState, Reuters, Ace of Spades HQ, UPI, Raw Story, One America News Network, Al Jazeera, Politico, New Republic, Scripps News, France 24 and New York Times
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The right-wing bubble seals in the GOP with Max Miller — This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — “The left-wing media already has a narrative,” Ohio Rep. Max Miller declared Sunday morning in a livestream on X.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats mull whether to push Max Miller expulsion
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Media Matters for America, Washington Examiner, Zeteo, The Daily Caller and Al Jazeera
Associated Press:
25 states sue over Trump administration's latest tariffs, citing Supreme Court ruling — Twenty-five states sued the Trump administration Monday over its latest tariffs, calling them a pretext for replacing import taxes the Supreme Court struck down in February.
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NY State Attorney General, CBS News, The Hill, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Guardian, FOX 32 Chicago, FOX 13 Seattle, Reason, Joe.My.God. and The Independent
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Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Twenty five states sue Trump administration over latest global tariffs
Twenty five states sue Trump administration over latest global tariffs
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NewsMax.com
Rebecca Carballo / Politico:
Trump administration asks colleges to commit to education overhaul — The Education Department is asking university leaders to publicly commit to a series of institutional changes, many of which are in line with the Trump administration's higher education agenda, by the end of the year.
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New York Times, UPI and NewsMax.com
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Liam Knox / Bloomberg:
McMahon Asks US Colleges to Pledge Campus Reforms by End of 2026
McMahon Asks US Colleges to Pledge Campus Reforms by End of 2026
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The Hill and U.S. Department of Education
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Jack Smith invited to testify before Senate next month — Jack Smith, the former special counsel who brought criminal charges against President Donald Trump, has been invited to testify Sept. 22 before the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to an invitation from Chair Chuck Grassley reviewed by POLITICO.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief—and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA Scam — Over the weekend, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin committed the ultimate sin in the eyes of MAGA personalities, triggering vicious attacks and even calls for his ouster. What was this grave transgression?
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Politico, MS NOW, Washington Examiner, Yahoo News, Forbes, Raw Story, The Independent, Joe.My.God., National Politics and Breitbart
Justin Fox / Bloomberg:
The New York-ification of Media Keeps Growing, Warts and All — Why has New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani become nationally prominent so quickly? Part of it has to do with his bold and controversial policy proposals, his undeniable political skills and his wholehearted embrace of social media.
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
Fare thee well, Adam O'Neal — There's a line from Bob Dylan's caustic lament, “Don't Think Twice, It's All Right,” that goes like this: Goodbye is too good a word, babe, so I'll just say fare thee well. — I was going to title this post “Good riddance, Adam O'Neal,” …
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Raw Story and Status, more at Mediagazer »
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
FBI Agent Is Accused of Taking Cryptocurrency From Suspect's Accounts — Agent was charged and fired after confessing to making unauthorized withdrawals — An FBI counterintelligence agent is accused of taking about $1 million worth of cryptocurrency from the digital accounts …
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NBC News, Washington Examiner and KIFI-TV
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
F.B.I. Agent Is Accused of Stealing Cryptocurrency
F.B.I. Agent Is Accused of Stealing Cryptocurrency
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Joe.My.God., more at Techmeme »
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Author of Democrats' 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter — A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party's turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward. — TIMES EXCLUSIVE — A dispute over the chapter between …
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NOTUS, Truthout, The Independent, The Daily Wire, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, The Hill, HuffPost and Althouse
Fox News:
FIRST ON FOX: Trump to open direct line with military families in ground-up readiness push — FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Monday creating a new White House commission aimed at putting military families at the heart of military readiness, Fox News Digital has learned.
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Washington Examiner and The White House
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Nicole Russell / USA Today:
Mamdani's city-owned grocery stores are a socialist trap — NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani says city-owned grocery stores will save New Yorkers 30% on food. Experts say taxpayers will pay for it instead, while undercutting the free market that built New York City.
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Washington Examiner, Vox, The Daily Wire, RedState, Fox News and NewsMax.com
Hell Gate:
Eric Adams Is Selling Data Centers in Wisconsin Now — The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day. … He recently told the Real Deal that he'd be working as a “business development consultant” for several “real estate-related technology companies,” …
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Raw Story
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Brown's President Will Resign After a Tenure That Included Trump Deal — The president, Christina H. Paxson, led the campus for over a decade, but in recent years faced protests, political pressure and a shooting that killed two students. — Brown University's president said Monday …
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Brown University, Reuters, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Brown University, WBUR, Jewish Insider and The College Fix
Jessica Nix / Bloomberg:
Two People Die From Illness Traced to US Parasite Outbreak — Two people have died in Michigan from the severe diarrhea-causing parasite that has sickened thousands across the US, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — Both people had underlying health conditions, the agency said in a statement Monday.
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Axios, Associated Press, The Hill, New Republic, Washington Post, CNN, CBS News, TODAY.com, NPR, UPI, New York Times, Reuters, Forbes, TMZ.com, FOX 32 Chicago, Fox News and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops' Fate … Capt. Kai Proce before his separation board hearing at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in June.Kate Warren for The New York Times — She had lost 26 of her last 27 cases, a string of defeats and disappointments unlike anything she had experienced in her legal career.
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