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Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship — An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who've unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.” — The Trump administration plans to ramp up efforts to strip …
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Shane O'Neill / Washington Post:
His Vanity Fair photos of Trumpworld blew up online. We called to talk. — Every line, spot, blemish and blood vessel was captured by Christopher Anderson's lens. What was he thinking? — On Tuesday, Vanity Fair published a two-part story by Chris Whipple about the inner circle …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a ‘criminal scheme’ to overturn 2020 election — Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee. — WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith told …
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Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition
Jack Smith makes his case against Trump in closed-door deposition
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New York Times:
House Republicans Press Jack Smith Over Investigations Into Trump
House Republicans Press Jack Smith Over Investigations Into Trump
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Ariana Baio / The Independent:
White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’ — Newest additions appear to be part of the administration's ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump's opponents
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Associated Press:
Trump writes partisan plaques for predecessors in his newly installed Presidential Walk of Fame — Months after President Donald Trump refashioned a West Wing walkway into what he calls the Presidential Walk of Fame, he has added partisan and subjective plaques to the display …
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The Hill:
House passes GOP health care bill without ObamaCare subsidy extension — House Republicans on Wednesday passed a partisan package of health care policies designed to provide a conservative alternative to extending the expiring ObamaCare subsidies. — The legislation has little chance …
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CNN:
GOP centrists choose nuclear option in fight with Mike Johnson over Obamacare — House leadership Health care policy Congressional news — A bloc of House GOP centrists just made the ultimate hardball play against Speaker Mike Johnson — agreeing to help Democrats effectively seize control …
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
House Republicans pass health care plan without re-upping insurance subsidies
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Over 200 House Dems vote against criminalizing transgender surgery for kids
Over 200 House Dems vote against criminalizing transgender surgery for kids
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Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear — Trump's former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question — President Trump on Tuesday received and discussed a draft copy of a book by lawyer Alan Dershowitz …
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Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
FBI's No. 2 quietly tells colleagues he's moving on — Speculation and anticipation have gripped the nation's premier law enforcement agency over the future of one of its top leaders, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino. — Bongino has quietly told confidants he plans to formally leave …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he plans to resign next month as bureau's No 2 official — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling …
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Washington Post:
American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. — HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For Hegseth, There Is One Boat Strike He Doesn't Want the Public to See — The Pentagon has released plenty of video clips that show American missiles blowing boats suspected of carrying drugs out of the water. But the “double tap” strike on Sept. 2 is being kept under wraps.
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Robert Jimison / New York Times:
House Rejects Measure to Bar Strikes Inside Venezuela
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Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Democrats' push to limit boat strikes and attacks on Venezuela fails in House
Democrats' push to limit boat strikes and attacks on Venezuela fails in House
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Senate passes defense bill that defies Trump and forces sharing of boat strike videos
Senate passes defense bill that defies Trump and forces sharing of boat strike videos
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John Rogers / Associated Press:
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Vietnam and Gulf War, has died — Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died at 91.
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Politico:
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails … The Biden appointee noted that the seven-day notice requirement complicated lawmakers' ability to view real-time conditions at facilities immigrants have long complained are overcrowded, unsanitary and unsafe.
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Ruby Mellen / Washington Post:
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center — Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The revealing pointlessness of Trump's primetime speech — When a president gives a primetime televised speech, it is typically about something of serious import: to make the case for a major new policy or to announce the beginning of a war. — President Donald Trump's speech on Wednesday night had no grave significance.
Quinnipiac University Poll:
Voters Give Democrats In Congress A Record Low Job Approval But Still Might Vote For Them In 2026, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Majority Think Trump's Use Of Presidential Power Goes Too Far — mail_outline — Heading into a year with midterm elections …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Americans weary of Trump's executive authority, military action in Venezuela, Quinnipiac poll finds
Americans weary of Trump's executive authority, military action in Venezuela, Quinnipiac poll finds
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Politico:
Prosecutors tried and failed to add 3rd felony charge against Letitia James, court docs show … Prosecutors also asked a magistrate judge to keep records of the proposed indictment sealed after grand jurors rejected all three alleged charges, but the judge declined the request, according to court records.
Politico:
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers … The markets, glutted with supply and with prices at nearly five-year lows, are giving President Donald Trump an unusually free hand to tighten military pressure on the South American OPEC member …
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David Ingram / NBC News:
Two families sue Meta over teens' deaths by suicide, citing ‘sextortion’ scams — One boy joined Instagram on Sunday and was dead by Tuesday afternoon. His mother says the app is to blame. — Warning: This article includes descriptions of self-harm. — The families of two teenage boys …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
100 days of Kavanaugh stops and the justices who silently allowed them — and a bill to change that — The Shadow Docket Sunlight Act is being introduced on Wednesday. And, Justice Kavanaugh still isn't saying if he's having second thoughts on his September opinion.
ABC News:
Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to set aside her conviction — Maxwell's request could complicate the release of the Epstein files. — In this Sept. 20, 2013, file photo, Ghislaine Maxwell attends an event in New York. — Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator …
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Politico:
US, Russia to hold talks on Ukraine war in Miami this weekend … The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. — Witkoff and Kushner earlier this week held marathon talks in Berlin with Ukrainian and European officials to agree on U.S. security guarantees for Kyiv …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Trump Family Business Empire Is Growing. We Mapped Out 268 Pieces of It. — A second-term boom in crypto and other areas has created billions in new wealth for the first family — When President Trump ran for re-election in 2024, he and his family already had vast business interests stretching …
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Washington Post:
Senators freeze Coast Guard admiral's promotion over swastika, noose policy — Adm. Kevin Lunday had condemned both symbols and directed they be prohibited, but a new workplace harassment policy downgrading them to “potentially divisive” was allowed to take effect. — Just now
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Washington Post:
‘You see this news?’: What Charlie Kirk's alleged killer told friends after the attack — A patchwork of social interactions and a trail of online posts provide a view into Tyler Robinson's life and his beliefs, a Post examination found. — Fifty-five minutes before he allegedly shot …
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