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Washington Post:
Trump lauded low prices at Freedom Fuel.  A supplier says some gas wasn't paid for.  —  Mansfield Oil Company alleges in a lawsuit that a distributor never paid for gas that was supplied to some Freedom Fuel stations.  —  Summary  —  A chain of gas stations that lowered prices last month …
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Kathy Gilsinan / Politico:
Lawsuit alleges Freedom Fuel gas stations touted by Trump are selling stolen fuel
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump Says U.S. Has Deal for Control of Large Share of Venezuela's Oil  —  The president said an agreement between the countries covered more than 65 billion barrels of reserves.  A U.S. official said it would involve a partnership with a private company.  —  President Trump said late Friday …
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Associated Press:
What we know about Trump's deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela  —  Besides a social media post from President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY” in Venezuela.  Trump said the agreement announced Friday night …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves
Shira Ovide / Washington Post:
The Fed confronts a powerful new economic force  —  Officials at the country's top financial institution regularly debate the effect of artificial intelligence on the U.S. economy, a Washington Post analysis found.  —  Summary  —  Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh promised to bust inflation …
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Neil Irwin / Axios:
Why Fed chief Kevin Warsh turned to Central Banking 101  —  With markets wobbling and the world watching, Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh went back to basics yesterday morning: He affirmed that the Fed is determined to get inflation down and may have to raise interest rates to accomplish it …
Wall Street Journal:
Kevin Warsh: the Hawk at Jackson Hole
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK  —  Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can't prove US residency  —  Far-right British media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported from the US after being detained …
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Jack Morphet / Wall Street Journal:
ICE Has Detained British Media Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
At the FBI, a history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired  —  The FBI previously refused to hire job applicants if they admitted to hiring sex workers or stealing from an employer — or engaging in acts of bestiality.
New York Times:
An ICE Shooting, an Extradition Showdown and the Federal Case That Stalled  —  Federal prosecutors planned to charge an immigration agent arrested in connection with a shooting in Minneapolis.  Then the agent walked free.  —  Federal prosecutors in Minnesota were preparing to file civil rights charges …
Discussion: Slate
Olesia Safronova / Bloomberg:
Ukraine Says Russia Planning Ground Offensive on Kyiv, Chernihiv  —  Ukraine has received intelligence that Russia is preparing for a possible new ground offensive toward Kyiv as well as Chernihiv in the nation's far north, a top official said.  —  There are no concrete dates or signs …
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CFTC:
CFTC Orders Gabriel Perez to Pay $172,000 for Insider Trading of Mention Market Event Contracts  —  WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced an order filing and settling charges against Gabriel Perez for misappropriating material, nonpublic information obtained through …
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Teleprompter Operator Settles Insider-Trading Probe
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
In Georgia, Ossoff Courts Broad Appeal With an Anti-Trump Script  —  Senator Jon Ossoff, the youngest sitting senator and the only Democrat seeking re-election this year in a state President Trump won in 2024, hasn't moderated his message in his critical race.
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers says he saw Bin Laden's body with his ‘own eyes’.  He did not  —  Ex-House intel committee chair, now running against Abdul El-Sayed, instead saw photo of Osama bin Laden's body  —  In a recent fundraising email, the Republican candidate …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Haley Zimmerman / Financial Times:
Trump deportations take a bite out of an unexpected industry: US fast food  —  A sector that relies on population increases for sales growth struggles with new reality of fewer mouths to feed  —  The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is eating into sales at US fast-food restaurants …
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Trump's DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: 'It's outrageous'  —  Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies  —  The Trump administration has been deploying …
Discussion: emptywheel
Mac William Bishop / Rolling Stone:
No One Knows How to End the War with Iran  —  Both Washington and Tehran want to inflict enough pain that the other side buckles.  But neither side seems to be living in reality  —  The United States and Iran appear locked into their six-month-old war, with both lacking a clear path …
Bloomberg:
Trump Backlash Adds New Risks to the Stocks the Government Owns  —  Traders have made a bundle over the past year following President Donald Trump as the US government pursues an unprecedented strategy of taking ownership stakes in publicly traded companies.
Associated Press:
The Earth is sizzling, but climate isn't a hot topic for Democrats in this year's campaigns  —  Climate change has been the backdrop to Charles Hughes' entire life, from kindergarten lessons about disappearing habitats to wildfire smoke billowing through the air he breathed while growing up in Colorado.
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
This Appalachian memoir author is running as a Democratic contrast to JD Vance  —  Beth Macy is challenging Rep. Ben Cline in a bright-red Virginia district, hoping her own story and the stories she told about the region will win back rural and working-class White voters.  —  Summary
Anthony L. Fisher / MS NOW:
Trump normalized gutter racism.  Now the GOP has a young-Nazi problem.  —  The Washington Post published a report Thursday revealing the shocking-but-not-all-that-surprising news of yet another young Republican political operative posting Nazi and Ku Klux Klan-related content to social media.
Discussion: Capital B News
Hayes Brown / MS NOW:
What Trump's ‘Lake America’ rebrand says about his presidency  —  Saying “no” to the president of the United States is never easy, and it must be even harder for the spineless sycophants in Donald Trump's administration.  But someone should have found a diplomatic way to tell Trump …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Tony Romm / New York Times:
High Debt and Rising Prices Catch Up to Trump, as Midterms Near  —  To win in 2024, the president promised an economic course correction.  Almost two years later, his agenda has made that fight even harder.  —  A series of concerning economic snapshots for President Trump have been released …
Discussion: Alternet.org
New York Times:
Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics.  Many Are Quietly Paid for It.  —  Their videos have proliferated on social media, but the payments are frequently hidden from viewers.  —  Josh Greene is a rising left-wing social media star with his own podcast, nearly 800,000 followers …
 
 
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Emily Kopp / The Daily Caller:
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Discussion: RedState
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Stars and Stripes journalists facing firing get one-week reprieve
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Trump Administration Appeals Ruling Halting Mail-In Voting Rules
Wall Street Journal:
Drain on U.S. Munitions From Iran War Raises Fears Over Ability to Deter China, Russia
Discussion: Politico
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Are Worried About the Midterms. Trump Is Focused on His Legacy.
Discussion: HuffPost
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