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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
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump slams Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case, says she “choked”
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Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Scripps News, Politico, New York Post, The Daily Wire, NewsMax.com, Washington Times, Raw Story and Staff Stories
Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
Trump's silly Reflecting Pool story masks something serious
Trump's silly Reflecting Pool story masks something serious
Discussion:
New Republic and No More Mister Nice Blog
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, The Preamble, Legal Insurrection, The Daily Caller, Truthout and Fox News
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Treasury Sued Over Lawsuit Settlement Payouts to Trump Allies
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, CNN, NPR, Fox News, Associated Press, Townhall, CNBC, Wonkette, Raw Story, The Hill, MS NOW, New Republic, Reuters, The Post Millennial and Wall Street Journal
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
GOP Sheep to the Midterm Slaughter
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
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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Bloomberg, Vox, CBS News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Raw Story, NextDraft, Staff Stories, The Guardian, MS NOW and Toledo Blade
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 — President Trump cited progress in the negotiations when canceling a threatened attack on Iran over the weekend. Iran said there were no current talks with the United States.
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Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, HotAir, Al Jazeera, The Independent, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, The Hill, NewsMax.com, Townhall, News Talk 105.9, The Gateway Pundit, Straight Arrow, New Republic, RedState, The Guardian, Middle East Monitor, CBS News, Washington Post and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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, The Guardian, CBS News, NBC News, The National, Newsweek, Washington Times, The Times of Israel, Salon, NewsMax.com, Associated Press, BBC, Raw Story, UPI, One America News Network, RedState, Ace of Spades HQ, Reuters, Al Jazeera, New Republic, Politico, Scripps News, France 24 and Semafor
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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Chris Marquette / Politico:
Chuck Edwards recommended for censure by House Ethics Committee
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Raw Story
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
House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Chuck Edwards
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Chuck Edwards
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MS NOW, Roll Call and New Republic
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, The Guardian, UPI, New York Sun, The Daily Wire, Fox News, Courthouse News Service and Daily Mail
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats mull whether to push Max Miller expulsion — House Democrats are privately mulling whether to force a vote to expel Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) from Congress over domestic abuse allegations, which he denies. … - One House Democrat, speaking on the condition of anonymity …
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CNN, Washington Examiner, Media Matters for America, The Daily Caller and Al Jazeera
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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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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, Chicago Sun Times, Reason, The Guardian, FOX 32 Chicago, FOX 13 Seattle, The Independent and Joe.My.God.
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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
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, The Independent, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., National Politics and Breitbart
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.
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 »
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.
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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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 »
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, Fox News, RedState and NewsMax.com
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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Truthout, NOTUS, The Independent, The Guardian, Washington Examiner, The Hill, The Daily Wire, HuffPost and Althouse
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, UPI, WBUR, Brown University, Jewish Insider and The College Fix
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
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, Forbes, FOX 32 Chicago, TMZ.com, New York Times, Reuters, Fox News and NewsMax.com

