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Rhianna Schmunk / CBC News:
American tariffs on Canadian goods take effect after trade talks fall apart  —  Prime minister says Canada will match the latest American levies ‘dollar for dollar’  —  The Trump administration's latest round of tariffs against billions of dollars worth of Canadian goods took effect …
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Associated Press:
US is set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products  —  The United States was set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies.
New York Times:
Canada-U.S. Trade War Escalates as Talks Collapse  —  Intense negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse as Mark Carney suspended talks.  U.S. tariffs on Canada, and retaliatory tariffs on the U.S., will come into effect.
Miguel Macias / NPR:
Hours after U.S. imposes tariffs, Canada says it'll strike back starting Sept. 8  —  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country will initiate retaliatory tariffs against U.S. imports starting Sept. 8.  The move came hours after the Trump administration began enforcing 50% tariffs on a slew of Canadian goods.
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Mike Rogers-AIPAC rupture roils Michigan Senate race  —  Allies of Mike Rogers, Michigan's GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, have asked AIPAC not to advertise on his behalf, triggering a rupture with the powerful but polarizing pro-Israel group.  — Rogers spoke with AIPAC chair Michael Tuchin in Los Angeles last week.
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication  —  The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent.  They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet's editorial independence.  —  The Defense Department on Friday fired …
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Lara Korte / Stars & Stripes:   Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face ‘uncharted territory’ amid bureaucratic confusion
Stars & Stripes:
Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes editor, publisher and reporter
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
GOP lawmakers criticize Trump's beef import plan amid blowback from ranchers  —  The president announced Friday that his administration would temporarily lift tariffs on up to 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef.  —  House and Senate Republicans on Friday criticized President Donald Trump's decision …
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump finds tamping down costs to be tricky
Azhar Sukri / CNBC:
Ahead of tough new U.S. sanctions, Iran criticizes ‘extraterritorial sovereignty’ … Iran maintained its harsh rhetoric Saturday against the U.S.' plans to impose tough new sanctions.  —  “The United States' declaration of new economic sanctions on Iran is far more than continued unlawful 'economic warfare …
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Eric Martin / Bloomberg:
Trump's Economic Isolation Plan Risks Iran Strikes Across Gulf
Discussion: Small Wars Journal
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Ankle Monitors Leave Haitians in Ohio Feeling Shaken and Shackled  —  The devices, which will make it easier for authorities to locate immigrants in Springfield if large-scale deportations begin, have intensified a sense of dread.  —  Before dawn on Wednesday, Jonas Julien waited in the darkness …
Discussion: America Magazine and The Preamble
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Free speech group calls foul play at prosecutors using Comey novel in case against him  —  PEN America condemns lawyers using passage from thriller to bolster claim ex-FBI director intended to harm Trump  —  A leading US free-expression group has hit out at federal prosecutors' use …
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Judge Strikes Down Trump's 75-Country Visa Ban  —  The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio's legal authority.  —  A federal judge on Friday struck down the Trump administration's ban on issuing visas to immigrants from 75 countries …
Adam Sella / New York Times:
Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots  —  The plan complies with President Trump's executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.  —  2 MIN READ  —  Trump Accounts Get an Unlikely Endorser: Gavin Newsom
Discussion: MS NOW, Fox News, The Hill and NewsMax.com
Julia Boehning / The Hill:
Leavitt to work at Trump-affiliated super PAC following White House departure  —  Karoline Leavitt is set to work at President's Trump MAGA Inc. super PAC following her departure from the White House, the outgoing press secretary confirmed Friday.  —  Leavitt shared her next career move …
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Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
Karoline Leavitt to work for Trump-affiliated super PAC after leaving White House
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Desperation Mounts as Thousands in Indiana Endure 10 Days Without Power  —  Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn't expected until next week.  —  Grocery shelves have been empty for days.
CNN:
Deleted tweets show Natalie Harp's zealous support of Trump on January 6  —  Donald Trump Congressional news January 6th Social media  —  Years before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she flooded her Twitter feed with posts demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021.
Discussion: emptywheel and NBC News
Sarah Kessler / New York Times:
Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty  —  To create a new bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. avatars of its instructors.  —  I've just started a video call with a general partner at a venture capital firm.  “Whenever you're ready, please start your pitch,” he says.
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
After prison release, Tina Peters takes her election conspiracy roadshow to Washington  —  Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Election security  —  Two months into her post-prison life, election denier Tina Peters traveled to Washington for high-level meetings this week …
Uwa Ede-Osifo / The Guardian:
Trump says he views strait of Hormuz as ‘American territory’  —  President at rally in South Carolina makes comments on key strategic waterway and jokes about bombing Iran  —  Donald Trump called the strait of Hormuz “an American territory” on Friday, as the US continues its military blockade …
Financial Times:
Trump's economic challenge: $40tn debt, 6.7% mortgages and $5 diesel  —  The president's agenda is under strain as the Iran war pushes up prices and America's finances worsen  —  Almost two years since Donald Trump won election pledging to slash prices and fix the US's public finances …
Discussion: DCReport.org, Fortune and Townhall
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
She's a Trump acolyte.  He's a ‘gringo Sandinista.’ Meet the Harps.  —  According to his social media, the estranged brother of presidential aide Natalie Harp has a deep affinity for leftist, revolutionary politics in Latin America.  —  Summary  —  MEXICO CITY — Natalie Harp's brother had a busy morning Friday on Facebook.
Discussion: El País
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
ICE Wants a Weapon That Leaves No Mark  —  The dark, twisted logic of the agency's new electric-shock gloves.  —  ICE'S NEW INVESTMENT—a purchase of thousands of electric-shock gloves—sounds like something out of a dystopian movie.  And it turns out that the likely logic behind the purchase is disturbing.
Akbar Shahid Ahmed / NOTUS:
Trump Faces a Moment of Truth on Netanyahu  —  A new Israeli government effort to build settlements near Jerusalem could lead to another uptick in Israeli-Palestinian tensions, and there's little indication the Trump administration will use its influence to limit rising instability.
Discussion: GOV.UK, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera
Charlie Herman / MS NOW:
Trump is living inside a billionaire bubble in the White House  —  President Donald Trump has long boasted that he understands ordinary Americans better than other politicians.  —  But this week offered signs that he may be out of step with public opinion, especially when it comes to the economy.
Daniel Miller / Politico:
California, Paramount reps expected to meet Monday in antitrust settlement talks  —  LOS ANGELES — Representatives of the California attorney general's office and Paramount Skydance are scheduled to meet Monday for settlement talks in an attempt to resolve the antitrust litigation challenging …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Other Ballroom: An 11,000-Square-Foot Banquet Hall in New Jersey  —  The president has proposed building a ballroom at his private golf club in Bedminster that would be used for holiday events and weddings  —  One ballroom isn't enough.  —  President Trump is quietly making plans for another one …
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
How a Progressive Democrat in Florida Gave Her Party New Hope — and New Fears  —  Angie Nixon, a state lawmaker from Jacksonville, shocked Democrats in red Florida by soundly defeating her centrist primary opponent.  Now comes the hard part.  —  Florida, of all places …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Iran says the world has accepted it has defeated the US, and other Middle East developments
Discussion: The Hill and WTOP News
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
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Phillip Walter Wellman / Stars & Stripes:
Pentagon adds 60 wounded to Iran war casualty count
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Are Gearing Up for a Wave of Investigations Into Trump and His Allies
Tracey Tully / New York Times:
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Politico:
The Iran war is testing a depleted Treasury
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Washington Post:
Ed Martin leaving Justice Dept. after tumultuous tenure that alienated colleagues
Brett LoGiurato / Status:
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Discussion: Breitbart
Ashley Gold / Axios:
Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit