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CNN:
Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump  —  Donald Trump Federal agencies US military  —  The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during …
Discussion: The Independent and Daily Kos
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NBC News:
Navy discusses renaming aircraft carrier after Trump instead of heroic Black sailor  —  The USS Doris Miller would be the first aircraft carrier named after a Black and an enlisted sailor.  The decision to name the carrier after Miller was made during Trump's first term.
Discussion: CNN
Bo Erickson / Reuters:
Trump, former fixer Michael Cohen have warm interview at political low point for president  —  U.S. President Donald Trump had a warm public reunion on Thursday with Michael Cohen, his former fixer turned foe whose court testimony contributed to Trump's 2024 conviction in the Stormy Daniels hush-money trial.
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77 WABC:
Michael Cohen and President Trump Speak Again
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:   President Trump and ally-turned-antagonist Michael Cohen reconcile
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting.  Now It Can't Prove It.  —  The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state's voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
Discussion: MS NOW and The Mahablog
Washington Post:
Swing-state Democrats criticize an unpopular institution: Their own party  —  Multiple candidates seeking Senate seats are running ads critical of their own party, supportive of Republican policies, or both.  —  Summary  —  Democrats running for Senate have savaged President Donald Trump …
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Matt Calkins:
I was a sports columnist at the Seattle Times for 11 years.  This is why I resigned  —  I really wanted the column to run.  I didn't think it would, but I felt obligated to try to get it in.  —  Toward the end of last month, before the Seattle Storm hosted the Indiana Fever …
Discussion: HotAir, Fox News, Instapundit and RedState
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Carlos E. Castañeda / CBS News:
Aisha Wahab wins special election to serve out remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell's term, AP projects  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  In a special election, Bay Area voters have chosen state Sen. Aisha Wahab to carry out the remainder of former Rep. Eric Swalwell's term, The Associated Press projects.
Discussion: WTOP News
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Progressive wins special election to fill Swalwell's California House seat
Calen Razor / Politico:
All the Democrats' probes  —  Presented by This newsletter will be on hiatus next week.  We'll be back to our normal schedule on Monday, Aug. 31.  —  IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Parties battle scandal-plagued primaries  — GOP braces for White House funding battle  — Freeland wants Braid's job
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Politico:   The midterms of scandal are underway
Imran Mulla / Middle East Eye:
Jason Arday's marathon challenge and other claims found to be true after his death  —  Claims the late academic made which were widely derided as false in media and online discourse this month appear to be true, an MEE analysis has found  —  Key claims made by Jason Arday …
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Chris Osuh / The Guardian:
Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Natalie Harp's Intimate Letters to Trump Revealed in Full  —  WITH ALL MY HEART  —  Trump's biographer Michael Wolff is revealing two bombshell letters Harp wrote to Trump, calling him her “Guardian and Protector.”  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Natalie Harp's intimate letters to Donald Trump …
Rachel Maddow / MS NOW:
Charter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska, military says  —  A statement from the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center did not provide details on the specific work the individuals were doing.  —  A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site …
Associated Press:
Why Treasury Secretary Bessent's moves to calm the bond market haven't worked so far  —  Interest rates rebounded Thursday despite efforts by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to put a lid on longer-term borrowing costs, a sign Wall Street investors remain worried about burgeoning government debt …
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GOV.UK:
Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: a guide for asylum seekers (accessible)  —  Living in the UK  —  You are in the United Kingdom (UK) because you are seeking asylum.  —  We understand that coming to a new country can be diffi cult, and that laws and customs here may be different from your home country.
Timothy Cama / Politico:
Republican Mike Rogers backs Michigan data center moratorium  —  Republican Mike Rogers expressed support Thursday for a “pause” on data center construction as he runs against a progressive Democrat for Michigan's open Senate seat.  —  Michigan is one of the top Senate battlegrounds this cycle …
Brendan Rascius / The Independent:
FBI stops suspected ISIS plot to blow up New York Capitol building  —  The suspect, a 35-year-old woman, allegedly purchased bomb materials and spent weeks surveilling the Capitol building  —  Federal authorities on Thursday arrested a woman accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the New York State Capitol in Albany.
Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
ICE begins deporting Haitians who lost TPS back to homeland  —  Community leaders said Thursday's removal flight was one of the largest they had seen and included people who were detained in recent weeks.  —  The first deportation flight to Haiti since the Trump administration ended humanitarian protections …
Dan Merica / Washington Post:
Are Flock cameras the next bipartisan political issue?  —  In today's edition ... The rise of Flock cameras as a political issue ... The disingenuous outrage over the national debt ... but first ...  Programming note  —  This newsletter will take its annual summer break next week and will return …
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92  —  A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.  —  Nancy Kissinger, the wife of former Secretary …
Discussion: New York Post and Bloomberg
Axios:
Oil markets are tuning out Trump's “truths”  —  Oil price changes in response to President Trump's social media posts about the Iran war have been shrinking over time, an Axios analysis shows. … - Traders weigh whether his comments suggest U.S. moves that would help or hinder oil transit …
Dustin Volz / New York Times:
Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public  —  Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.  —  The White House in recent weeks …
Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Trump's biggest political event so far isn't in a battleground state  —  President Donald Trump is going the extra mile for Sen. Darline Graham in deep-red South Carolina.  —  That's left battleground Republicans wondering when it'll be their turn, even while they acknowledge Trump's campaign trip …
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
They're Building The Excuse Now  —  On Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a Department of Commerce “report” that claims more than 24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in the 2020 election.  That sounds bad, right?  At least, until you hear the response.
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
In Year 2 of Trump's funding grab, Congress fights back  —  Republican lawmakers are still locked in a power struggle with the White House over control of federal cash, long since President Donald Trump swept back into office with unprecedented orders undermining Congress' power of the purse.
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Effectively Just Told Iran to Get a Nuclear Weapon  —  He may also have blurted out classified information about North Korea.  —  Anyone can get distracted now and then, and say things out loud he or she probably shouldn't say.  Perhaps an excited friend lets on about a surprise party …
Trixie Yap / Reuters:
Hormuz ship crossings hover in single digits, data shows  —  Ship crossings at the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint were down on Thursday from the previous day, initial shipping data showed, amid growing concern over risks to shipping in the Middle East, with US-Iran peace talks remaining in limbo.
 
 
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Democrats sue Trump DOJ for records on potential ballot seizures in midterms
Associated Press:
Investigators examining foes of Trump seek interviews related to Mar-a-Lago search, AP sources say
Discussion: Reuters
Victor Nava / New York Post:
James Talarico accused of siding with teen killer Karmelo Anthony after lamenting ‘there were no black members of the jury’ at his trial
Ja'han Jones / MS NOW:
Pastors at TPUSA summit push Christian nationalism amid Islamophobia
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Michael Scherer / The Atlantic:
President Trump Has a Pet-Project Docket at the National Parks
Reuters:
US hits Hezbollah with fresh sanctions, emphasizing ties to Iranian government
The Economist:
Britain would be bonkers to ditch Palantir
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Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass Throws Her Support Behind Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Settlement
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
The Only Truth About Trump's America Is That Everything Is a Lie
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
A Seattle Times sports columnist quits, citing its repeated refusal to publish columns that went “against the grain”, including one on transgender athletes

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