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House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies — The 14 proposals would usher in some of the most intense interventions in the city's justice system since the federal government took over many of its functions in the 1990s. — Just now
2025-09-04 03:00:28 UTC
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IDSA Home:
Joint statement calling for Secretary Kennedy resignation — As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. — Forcing high-level CDC expert leaders …
2025-09-04 02:20:10 UTC
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels — The defense secretary and President Trump said a small boat was carrying drugs but offered little evidence and few details. — The Trump administration declared the start of a new and potentially violent campaign …
2025-09-04 01:15:01 UTC
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Washington Post:
Judge rules Trump administration cannot withhold funding from Harvard — The Trump administration illegally withheld federal funding for alleged antisemitism violations, a federal judge in Boston ruled. — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration violated the Constitution …
2025-09-04 00:50:01 UTC
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Chief Justice John Roberts is wary of entering political fray, his top adviser says … Robert Dow, a federal judge who serves as counselor to Roberts, told a judicial conference here that the chief justice was instead reacting to a long-term trend of eroding esteem for the judiciary.
2025-09-03 23:55:00 UTC
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Dylan Byers / Puck:
The Bari Market — With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss's The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I'm told. — Over the last month, as David Ellison has settled into control of Paramount …
2025-09-03 23:20:01 UTC
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FIRE:
FIRE statement on ruling that Trump's funding freeze for Harvard was unlawful — Today, a federal court echoed what FIRE has said all along: The Trump administration trampled Harvard University's First Amendment rights and broke civil rights law when it yanked billions in federal grants and contracts over alleged Title VI violations.
2025-09-03 22:25:00 UTC
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Brian Finucane / Just Security:
Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean — On Sept. 2nd, the Trump administration announced what it described as a “lethal strike” against an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean. In a post on social media accompanied with a video of the strike …
2025-09-03 22:25:00 UTC
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New York Times:
White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind — The effort involves several agencies that typically have little to do with wind power, including the Health and Human Services Department. — The White House has taken the extraordinary step of instructing a half-dozen agencies …
2025-09-03 22:20:01 UTC
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CNN:
Judge says Trump administration unlawfully blocked $2 billion from Harvard — A federal judge on Wednesday gave Harvard University a landmark victory in its fight against the Trump administration, siding with the Ivy League school in its effort to restore more than $2 billion in federal funding for research frozen by the White House.
2025-09-03 22:20:01 UTC
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump floats federal troops to New Orleans, not Chicago … That was a walk-back of his declaration just 24 hours earlier that “we're going in” to Chicago, a city he has long maligned for violent crime but has a Democratic governor who opposes Trump's deployment of federal troops in his state.
2025-09-03 22:15:00 UTC
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House fails to censure LaMonica McIver in shock vote — House Democrats, with help from more than half a dozen Republicans, succeeded in killing a motion to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) for clashing with ICE officers in April. … - “If House Republicans think they can make me run scared …
2025-09-03 21:35:01 UTC
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E. Matteo Diaz / The Harvard Crimson:
Judge Strikes Down Trump Administration Funding Freeze to Harvard as Unconstitutional — A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the Constitution when it froze more than $2.7 billion in research funding to Harvard, striking down the freeze in its entirety and delivering the University a major legal victory.
2025-09-03 21:35:01 UTC
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding — The ruling was a victory for the university in its battle with President Trump, but the judge's decision may not be the final word. — Harvard University won a crucial legal victory in its clash with the Trump administration …
2025-09-03 21:10:00 UTC
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Harvard Secures a Court Victory in Its Fight With Trump — Harvard had sued the Trump administration in an effort to restore billions in research funds that the government canceled this spring. — Harvard University won a crucial legal victory in its clash with the Trump administration on Wednesday …
2025-09-03 21:10:00 UTC
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Samantha Riedel / them.:
Malcolm Gladwell Speaks Out Against Trans Athletes, Reversing Past Statements: “I'm Ashamed” — The author behind The Tipping Point admonished his prior actions, saying he had felt “cowed” by the public. — Author and essayist Malcolm Gladwell has claimed he was previously “cowed” …
2025-09-03 21:00:32 UTC
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Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates — “Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery,” Dr. Joseph Ladapo said. “Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?” — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Wednesday …
2025-09-03 20:45:03 UTC
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Epstein survivors implore Congress to act as push for disclosure builds — Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse made their voices heard Wednesday on Capitol Hill, pressuring lawmakers to force the release of the sex trafficking investigation into the late financier and pushing …
2025-09-03 20:40:01 UTC
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NBC News:
Epstein accusers put pressure on Congress to release the files — Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna say they need just two more Republicans to force a vote. But the White House and GOP leaders are frantically working to quash the rebellion. — WASHINGTON — A group of Jeffrey Epstein accusers …
2025-09-03 20:15:01 UTC
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Politico:
NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces a decision: A Trump administration post to drop his reelection campaign … A White House official would neither confirm nor deny that Trump advisers are talking with Adams. — The Trump administration's machinations were first reported by The New York Times …
2025-09-03 20:10:02 UTC
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The worst possible antitrust outcome (permalink)
Well, fuck.
Last year, Google lost an antitrust case to Biden's DoJ. The DoJ lawyers beat Google like a drum, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that Google…
2025-09-03 20:02:29 UTC
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Yair Rosenberg / The Atlantic:
The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler — A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II. — “The story we got about world war ii is all wrong,” a guest told Tucker Carlson on his podcast two weeks ago. “I think that's right,” replied Carlson.
2025-09-03 19:50:01 UTC
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Nicholas Wu / Politico:
House Democrats move to punish GOP Rep. Cory Mills in censure escalation — House Democrats are moving to formally reprimand Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) in response to a GOP lawmaker's effort to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.). Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) is proposing to rebuke McIver …
2025-09-03 19:30:02 UTC
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Media Matters for America:
Trump ally Laura Loomer on Palestinian children seeking medical care in US: “You think these kids are so innocent?” — Loomer: “You think these kids are so innocent? Because they're kids? Yeah? ... You think little kids are not capable of evil?”
2025-09-03 19:25:01 UTC
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Trump aides push a megabill rebrand as some House Republicans bristle — Top White House officials tried to salvage President Donald Trump's major legislative achievement in a Wednesday morning briefing with House Republicans, pushing a rebrand for the megabill as it flounders with key voting blocs.
2025-09-03 19:20:01 UTC
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Politico:
Tillis says he will not consider Lisa Cook Fed replacement amid legal dispute — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said Wednesday he would not consider a nominee to replace ousted Fed Gov. Lisa Cook until the legality of President Donald Trump's move to fire her has been determined in court …
2025-09-03 19:20:01 UTC
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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say — Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other health mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2025-09-03 18:55:04 UTC
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Schuyler Mitchell / Mother Jones:
The National Guard Soldier Pissed About Trump's DC Takeover — “This is an encroachment on everything we signed up for and it feels like a violation.” — Thanks to President Donald Trump, the residents of Washington, DC, are now safe from the horrors of fallen leaves and errant litter.
2025-09-03 18:55:04 UTC
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Epstein survivors float release of unofficial client list — Jeffrey Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips suggested Wednesday that victims of the convicted sex offender are contemplating publishing a list of people involved in their abuse if the Justice Department doesn't make more documents public.
2025-09-03 18:30:02 UTC
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Newsmax sues Fox News for allegedly abusing monopoly power … Newsmax filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing conservative media giant Fox News of acting as a monopoly and suppressing its right-leaning competitors. — “Fox has sought to protect and expand its monopoly power …
2025-09-03 18:05:01 UTC
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans dismayed by Trump's decision to use pocket rescission — Related Video: Congress Returns, Facing Trump's DC Crime Crackdown, Shutdown Deadline, Epstein — Senate Republicans are signaling their dismay over President Trump's provocative decision to advance a $5 billion …
2025-09-03 17:55:00 UTC
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New York Times:
Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams to Quit Mayor's Race — The discussions are said to be part of an effort to clear the field for a one-on-one general election race between Andrew M. Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani. — Advisers to President Trump have discussed the possibility …
2025-09-03 17:40:00 UTC
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Damon Linker / Persuasion:
America Is Choosing Decline — The late Charles Krauthammer played a small part in provoking my exodus from the political right a little more than two decades ago. — He was one of a couple dozen neoconservative pundits who went all-in on providing a full-spectrum endorsement of the invasion of Iraq.
2025-09-03 17:25:00 UTC
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Mehdi Hasan / The Guardian:
It's time for Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries to step down — This fascist moment, this age of Trump, demands outspoken, unrelenting, and fearless opposition. We all deserve better — In a recent podcast conversation, the former spokesperson for Jeb Bush sat down with the leader of the House Democrats.
2025-09-03 16:55:00 UTC
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Washington Post:
Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so — Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery. — Florida's surgeon general on Wednesday announced plans to end all state vaccine mandates …
2025-09-03 16:35:00 UTC
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Second big-name Republican jumps into the race to replace Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — Former state House Speaker Paul Renner becomes the second prominent Republican in a primary field expected to expand. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner filed to run …
2025-09-03 16:25:00 UTC
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Hegseth: Venezuela mission won't stop “with just this strike” — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested in a Wednesday interview that the U.S. strike on a drug vessel that officials said hailed from Venezuela would not be the last as U.S. assets amass off the country's shores.
2025-09-03 15:20:00 UTC
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Emily Baumgaertner Nunn / New York Times:
Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines — Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. — California, Oregon and Washington announced plans …
2025-09-03 15:00:25 UTC
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Marissasaldivar / Governor of California:
California, Oregon, and Washington to launch new West Coast Health Alliance to uphold scientific integrity in public health as Trump destroys CDC's credibility — What you need to know: In response to recent federal actions that have undermined the independence of the CDC and raised concerns …
2025-09-03 14:40:04 UTC
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CNN:
House panel releases tranche of Epstein files as controversy looms large over Congress' return to Washington — The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released tens of thousands of Jeffrey Epstein-related files it had received from the Justice Department, as the controversy surrounding …
2025-09-03 14:25:00 UTC
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Bryce Covert / Talking Points Memo:
Former Fox News Producer With History of Racist Social Media Posts Lands New Gig at EEOC — Connor Clegg, a former Fox News producer who was ousted from his school's student government over accusations of racism, is working in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's communications department …
2025-09-03 14:05:01 UTC
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David Mastio / Kansas City Star:
Eric Schmitt's conservative history isn't the America I want my kids taught — At the National Conservatism Conference in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Missouri Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt gave a speech about American history in which the only brown person mentioned was George Floyd …
2025-09-03 13:40:01 UTC
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Eoin Higgins / MSNBC:
A political novice's campaign to unseat Sen. Susan Collins is off to a strong start — Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and combat veteran, represents a new pugilistic approach to Democratic politics. — Speaking to a crowd of over 6,500 in Portland, Maine, on Labor Day …
2025-09-03 13:35:00 UTC
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CNN:
Trump escalates battle to take control of spending away from Congress — Just over seven months into his second term, President Donald Trump has made significant headway toward his goal of weakening Congress' centuries-old power of the purse — pushing the boundaries of executive authority …
2025-09-03 13:30:02 UTC
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Meg Tirrell / CNN:
HHS employees demand RFK Jr. resign for ‘compromising the health of this nation’ — More than 1,000 current and former employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote a letter to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, arguing that his leadership has …
2025-09-03 13:10:00 UTC
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests — What was happening in the criminal case of Nathalie Rose Jones, who was facing charges in Washington, D.C., federal court this summer, wasn't typical. — A grand jury of Washington, D.C., citizens on Tuesday …
2025-09-03 12:55:01 UTC
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Federal appeals court says Trump unlawfully invoked the Alien Enemies Act for deportations — A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act to rapidly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members is unlawful and blocked its use in several southern states …
2025-09-03 11:45:00 UTC
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BBC:
Putin and Kim join Xi in show of strength as China unveils new weapons at huge military parade — Summary — China's President Xi Jinping unveils laser weapons, nuclear ballistic missiles and giant underwater drones at a massive military parade 80 years on from the country's victory over Japan in World War Two
2025-09-03 11:20:01 UTC
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Inside the Democratic plan to recapture the House majority in 2026 — Their effort is running up against harsh political realities, from Trump's efforts to revamp the House map to a tarnished Democratic brand with abysmal approval ratings. — Just now — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries …
2025-09-03 11:10:00 UTC
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Miami Herald:
As many as 100 Epstein victims will attend Washington rally Wednesday — As many as 100 survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and other victims of sexual abuse are expected to attend a rally Wednesday in Washington, D.C. as a bipartisan Congressional effort gains steam to force the U.S. Department …
2025-09-03 10:35:02 UTC
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