Trump to sign executive order to punish those who burn American flags (Alayna Treene/CNN)

Alayna Treene / CNN:
Trump to sign executive order to punish those who burn American flags  —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that would direct the Justice Department to try to bring charges against people who burn the American flag, a White House official told CNN.

2025-08-21 19:50:01 UTC

CNN

California passes first of three bills to counter Texas in nationwide fight over election maps (Maeve Reston/Washington Post)

Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
California passes first of three bills to counter Texas in nationwide fight over election maps  —  California's Democratic lawmakers want to redraw congressional maps as Texas, led by Republicans, moves toward final approval of its plans.  —  The California Assembly on Thursday passed …

2025-08-21 19:45:00 UTC

Washington Post

How Tiffany Trump's Husband Benefited From Proximity to Power (New York Times)

New York Times:
How Tiffany Trump's Husband Benefited From Proximity to Power  —  A Times investigation found that Michael Boulos and his family benefited financially from proximity to his in-laws for years.  —  Michael Boulos and his wife, Tiffany Trump, at the Liberty Ball for the inauguration …

2025-08-21 19:30:00 UTC

New York Times

State Department can't deny visas based on Trump travel ban, judge rules (Josh Gerstein/Politico)

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
State Department can't deny visas based on Trump travel ban, judge rules … Lawyers for the Trump administration asked Sooknanan to accept the “longstanding practice” of the State Department to refuse visas to people whose entry would be blocked by a presidential order.

2025-08-21 18:55:01 UTC

Politico

Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to 'Behave' in Trump Meeting (Karoun Demirjian/New York Times)

Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to ‘Behave’ in Trump Meeting  —  It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraine's leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state.  —  As President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine headed into a high-stakes meeting …

2025-08-21 18:00:00 UTC

New York Times

Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to 'Behave' in Trump Meeting (Karoun Demirjian/New York Times)

Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to ‘Behave’ in Trump Meeting  —  It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraine's leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state.  —  As President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine headed into a high-stakes meeting …

2025-08-21 18:00:00 UTC

New York Times

Divided Court Eliminates Trump's Half-Billion-Dollar Fine in Fraud Case (New York Times)

New York Times:
Divided Court Eliminates Trump's Half-Billion-Dollar Fine in Fraud Case  —  New York appeals judges said that the judgment was excessive, but agreed to uphold the case so the appeal could continue.  —  A divided New York appeals court on Thursday threw out a half-billion-dollar judgment …

2025-08-21 17:55:01 UTC

New York Times

Transcript: Stephen Miller's Crazed Fascist Rant to Media Is Revealing (New Republic)

New Republic:
Transcript: Stephen Miller's Crazed Fascist Rant to Media Is Revealing  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 21 episode of the  —  Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.

2025-08-21 17:55:01 UTC

New Republic

Trump lays out his redistricting endgame: A 100 seat Republican majority (April Rubin/Axios)

April Rubin / Axios:
Trump lays out his redistricting endgame: A 100 seat Republican majority  —  President Trump shared his ultimate voting reform goal in a Wednesday Truth Social post, saying he wants the GOP to pick up 100 congressional seats. … - “If we do these TWO things, we will pick up 100 more seats …

2025-08-21 17:30:02 UTC

Axios

One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems (David French/New York Times)

David French / New York Times:
One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems  —  On Nov. 8, 1787, a pamphleteer who wrote under the pseudonym Cato published one of the most prescient warnings in American history.  —  Cato looked at the proposed Constitution and declared that it might well turn into a vehicle for tyranny.

2025-08-21 17:25:01 UTC

New York Times

Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Wired and Business Insider remove ‘AI-written’ freelance articles  —  Wired and Business Insider have removed news features written by a freelance journalist after concerns they are likely AI-generated works of fiction.  —  Freedom of expression non-profit Index on Censorship is also in the process …

2025-08-21 17:20:00 UTC

Press Gazette

Trump says he will join police, military on D.C. streets Thursday (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Trump says he will join police, military on D.C. streets Thursday  —  The move continues his administration's efforts to exert control over the capital city.  —  just now  —  President Donald Trump said he will join law enforcement officials on D.C. streets Thursday …

2025-08-21 17:15:00 UTC

Washington Post

White House suspends tours for ballroom construction (NBC News)

NBC News:
White House suspends tours for ballroom construction  —  The White House announced last month that construction on the ballroom would start in September.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is suspending public tours because of the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom initiated …

2025-08-21 16:50:00 UTC

NBC News

Trump's 'Law and Order' Push in D.C. Looks a Lot Like an Immigration Raid (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Trump's ‘Law and Order’ Push in D.C. Looks a Lot Like an Immigration Raid  —  Nearly half of the arrests under the security crackdown have been of people in the country illegally  —  WASHINGTON—In the neighborhood of Mount Pleasant, which has a large Hispanic population …

2025-08-21 16:45:01 UTC

Wall Street Journal

Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump (Associated Press)

Associated Press:
Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump  —  An appeals court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, ruling Thursday in New York state's lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth.

2025-08-21 15:50:00 UTC

Associated Press

I'm a Proud Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live. (Rachel Roth Aldhizer/New York Times)

Rachel Roth Aldhizer / New York Times:
I'm a Proud Conservative.  My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live.  —  I'm a registered Republican who just watched her party spend much of the summer pushing through new cuts to Medicaid.  I'm also here to tell you why I'm an unlikely supporter of the program.  My son's life depends on government assistance.

2025-08-21 15:35:00 UTC

New York Times

Revealed: Israeli military's own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war (The Guardian)

The Guardian:
Revealed: Israeli military's own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war  —  Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000  —  Emma Graham-Harrison and Yuval Abraham in Jerusalem

2025-08-21 14:40:01 UTC

The Guardian

Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)

President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade  —  The United States and the European Union are pleased to announce that they have agreed on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade ("Framework Agreement").

2025-08-21 14:20:00 UTC

The White House

Weaponizing the Housing Regulator (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Weaponizing the Housing Regulator  —  Bill Pulte, the FHFA chief, goes after Trump's political opponents.  —  Click for Sound  —  Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director William Pulte on Wednesday accused Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee, of mortgage fraud.

2025-08-21 12:50:01 UTC

Wall Street Journal

Stephen Miller Erupts in Manic Fascist Rant--and Reveals a Big Weakness (New Republic)

New Republic:
Stephen Miller Erupts in Manic Fascist Rant—and Reveals a Big Weakness  —  Stephen Miller exploded in a long, unhinged rant about demonstrators who are protesting President Trump's military occupation of Washington, D.C. It was classic authoritarian agitprop, attacking demonstrators as …

2025-08-21 12:35:00 UTC

New Republic

In Trump's Ideal Picture of America, Diversity Is Taboo (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times)

Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
In Trump's Ideal Picture of America, Diversity Is Taboo … A demonstration in May for the protection of Black history and against the removal of artifacts from the National African American Museum of History and Culture.Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times

2025-08-21 12:15:06 UTC

New York Times

How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies (ProPublica)

ProPublica:
How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies  —  When the Trump administration announced massive cuts to federal health agencies earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was getting rid of excess administrators who were larding the government with bureaucratic bloat.

2025-08-21 11:35:00 UTC

ProPublica

Russian attack hits US electronics plant in western Ukraine (Kateryna Denisova/The Kyiv Independent)

Kateryna Denisova / The Kyiv Independent:
Russian attack hits US electronics plant in western Ukraine  —  A massive Russian attack struck the U.S.-owned Flex factory in the western Ukrainian city of Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, overnight on Aug. 21.  —  “This was an ordinary civilian facility with American investment.

2025-08-21 11:15:01 UTC

The Kyiv Independent

Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 (Jake Tapper/CNN)

Jake Tapper / CNN:
Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024  —  US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.

2025-08-21 08:05:00 UTC

CNN

Adams Adviser Suspended From Campaign After Giving Cash to Reporter (New York Times)

New York Times:
Adams Adviser Suspended From Campaign After Giving Cash to Reporter  —  A campaign volunteer for Mayor Eric Adams of New York was suspended after giving a journalist cash in a potato chip bag.  —  A close adviser to Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his re-election campaign on Wednesday …

2025-08-21 04:50:01 UTC

New York Times

Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care (Chris Cameron/New York Times)

Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Officials Demanded Confidential Data About Transgender Children Seeking Care  —  A June subpoena to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia sought Social Security numbers and addresses of patients who received gender-related care, as well as “every writing or record” made by doctors on such treatments.

2025-08-21 03:35:00 UTC

New York Times

A Texas County Cuts Over 100 Polling Sites as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting Nationally (Drew Shaw/ProPublica)

Drew Shaw / ProPublica:
A Texas County Cuts Over 100 Polling Sites as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting Nationally  —  The decision by commissioners in Tarrant County, which includes Fort Worth, comes amid growing concern about GOP efforts to limit voting access ahead of next year's midterm elections.  —  Co-published with Fort Worth Report

2025-08-21 02:40:00 UTC

ProPublica

Gabbard to slash Director of National Intelligence staff by nearly 50% (Beatrice Peterson/ABC News)

Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Gabbard to slash Director of National Intelligence staff by nearly 50%  —  Gabbard wants to create “a leaner, faster, and more agile institution.”  —  Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard talks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.

2025-08-21 02:25:00 UTC

ABC News

White House tours canceled indefinitely because of Trump's ballroom (Jonathan Edwards/Washington Post)

Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
White House tours canceled indefinitely because of Trump's ballroom  —  Officials have canceled all tours that were scheduled for next month, when the president wants construction to start.  —  Just now  —  Public tours of the White House have been suspended indefinitely because of planned construction …

2025-08-21 01:25:01 UTC

Washington Post

Government's demand for trans care info sought addresses, doctors' notes, texts (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Government's demand for trans care info sought addresses, doctors' notes, texts  —  Legal experts said the Justice Department's subpoenas related to medical care for transgender patients younger than 19 appear to be unprecedented.  —  The Justice Department is demanding that hospitals turn …

2025-08-21 01:20:01 UTC

Washington Post

How a strawberry delivery driver was caught in a fight between Newsom and Trump (Brittny Mejia/Los Angeles Times)

Brittny Mejia / Los Angeles Times:
How a strawberry delivery driver was caught in a fight between Newsom and Trump  —  The strawberry delivery driver was making his last drop-off in Little Tokyo, unloading nearly a dozen boxes onto the sidewalk outside the Japanese American National Museum.  —  Inside the building …

2025-08-21 01:15:04 UTC

Los Angeles Times

Kristi Noem is pushing for ICE to buy and operate a fleet of deportation planes, sources say (Julia Ainsley/NBC News)

Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Kristi Noem is pushing for ICE to buy and operate a fleet of deportation planes, sources say  —  Former officials say if ICE owns its own planes, it could double the number of people it deports each month.  But it would be costly.  —  WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem …

2025-08-21 01:15:04 UTC

NBC News

JD Vance Heckled With 'Couch F*cker' Chants During Visit to D.C.'s Union Station (Mark Elibert/Complex)

Mark Elibert / Complex:
JD Vance Heckled With ‘Couch F*cker’ Chants During Visit to D.C.'s Union Station  —  The vice president was confronted by hecklers in Washington, D.C., who shouted vulgar chants at him during his photo-op. … On Wednesday, Vance joined Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief …

2025-08-21 00:35:01 UTC

Complex

Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips (The City)

The City:
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips  —  A former top City Hall advisor and current campaign confidante to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to give money to a reporter from THE CITY following a campaign event in Harlem Wednesday.

2025-08-21 00:05:00 UTC

The City

Texas House approves GOP congressional map after two-week delay from Democrats' walkout (The Texas Tribune)

The Texas Tribune:
Texas House approves GOP congressional map after two-week delay from Democrats' walkout  —  Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from President Donald Trump to protect the GOP's slim majority in the U.S. House.

2025-08-20 23:25:00 UTC

The Texas Tribune

Tulsi Gabbard green-lights plans to slash ODNI staff (Brittany Gibson/Axios)

Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Tulsi Gabbard green-lights plans to slash ODNI staff  —  Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is moving forward with the next phase of plans to eventually cut staffing in her department by almost half. … - “When the president asked her to do this job, that was part of the conversation,” the official added.

2025-08-20 23:00:01 UTC

Axios

Two Big Law Firms Said to Be Doing Free Work for Trump Administration (New York Times)

New York Times:
Two Big Law Firms Said to Be Doing Free Work for Trump Administration  —  After making deals with the president to avoid punitive executive orders, Paul Weiss and Kirkland & Ellis are helping the Commerce Department.  —  At least two large law firms that struck deals with President Trump …

2025-08-20 22:10:04 UTC

New York Times

How Americans View Journalists in the Digital Age (Pew Research Center)

Pew Research Center:
How Americans View Journalists in the Digital Age  —  Americans largely value journalists' role in society but see their influence declining - and often differ over who fits the label  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Pew Research Center has been studying how Americans get news …

2025-08-20 21:55:01 UTC

Pew Research Center

Military officers shifted to prosecute local D.C. crimes amid Trump takeover (Ryan J. Reilly/NBC News)

Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Military officers shifted to prosecute local D.C. crimes amid Trump takeover  —  Members of the Judge Advocate General Corps are set to join the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.  —  WASHINGTON — As members of the National Guard deploy to the nation's capital as part …

2025-08-20 21:50:00 UTC

NBC News

Texas Democrats plot to stall redistricting effort until Epstein files released (Asher Price/Axios)

Asher Price / Axios:
Texas Democrats plot to stall redistricting effort until Epstein files released … - Earlier this month, a legal nonprofit sued the Trump administration for not releasing Epstein-related documents and requested them in an expedited manner.

2025-08-20 21:30:00 UTC

Axios

Spam PACs Raise Money by Deceiving Seniors (Adam Bonica/On Data and Democracy)

Adam Bonica / On Data and Democracy:
Spam PACs Raise Money by Deceiving Seniors  —  One 89-year-old woman made 7,532 donations totaling $68,666  —  In a recent article, I broke down how the spam PACs flooding our phones and inboxes spend exorbitant amounts on fundraising and consulting fees.  The kind of Democratic fundraising …

2025-08-20 20:55:00 UTC

On Data and Democracy

Would You Trust This Man With Your Elections? (Richard L. Hasen/New York Times)

Richard L. Hasen / New York Times:
Would You Trust This Man With Your Elections?  —  With Republicans potentially losing their current seven-vote majority in the House in next year's midterm elections (or, less likely, their six-vote majority in the Senate), President Trump has been sending clear signals of his intent to interfere …

2025-08-20 20:25:00 UTC

New York Times

Former national guard vice chief calls deployment into D.C. an 'intimidation' tactic (NPR)

NPR:
Former national guard vice chief calls deployment into D.C. an ‘intimidation’ tactic  —  Several Republican-led states are deploying more National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. to address what President Trump has called a “crime emergency” in the nation's capital.

2025-08-20 20:20:01 UTC

NPR

Target's CEO is stepping down as customers turn away (Nathaniel Meyersohn/CNN)

Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Target's CEO is stepping down as customers turn away  —  Video Ad Feedback  —  Why customers turned away from Target  —  Why customers turned away from Target  —  JFK Jr. explains his magazine's controversial Cindy Crawford cover  —  This three-Michelin-starred chef opened a restaurant in a Singapore car factory

2025-08-20 20:20:01 UTC

CNN

Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on 'How Bad Slavery Was' (Zolan Kanno-Youngs/New York Times)

Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’  —  The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history.  —  President Trump accused the Smithsonian Institution on Tuesday of focusing too much on …

2025-08-20 19:45:00 UTC

New York Times

MAGA erupts after Israeli official charged in child sex ring flees U.S. (Tal Axelrod/Axios)

Tal Axelrod / Axios:
MAGA erupts after Israeli official charged in child sex ring flees U.S. … - Alexandrovich posted a $10,000 bail without appearing before a judge and quickly fled to Israel, raising questions about why his passport was not confiscated.  — Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson told …

2025-08-20 19:10:01 UTC

Axios

White House Rages at Rocker Who Dissed Trump's 'Vulgar' Oval Office (Cameron Adams/The Daily Beast)

Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
White House Rages at Rocker Who Dissed Trump's ‘Vulgar’ Oval Office  —  B*TTHURT  —  Donald's decor is full of “splendor and significance,” White House Communications Director Steven Cheung told the Daily Beast.  —  The Trump administration has clapped back at Grammy-winning musician Jack …

2025-08-20 19:05:00 UTC

The Daily Beast

Why Trump deserves credit for his Ukraine push — and why it may all fall apart (Stephen Collinson/CNN)

Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Why Trump deserves credit for his Ukraine push — and why it may all fall apart  —  It was the best day Ukraine has had in a very long time.  But it's still hard to see how the war unleashed by Russia's brutal invasion ends any time soon.  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited …

2025-08-19 09:35:01 UTC

In Surprise Move, Trump Taps Missouri Attorney General to Help Run F.B.I. (New York Times)

New York Times:
In Surprise Move, Trump Taps Missouri Attorney General to Help Run F.B.I.  —  The move appears to diminish the authority of the current deputy director, Dan Bongino, whose tumultuous tenure has included a pitched argument over files related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

2025-08-19 04:20:00 UTC

Texas Democratic legislator to stay in State Capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave (Natasha Korecki/NBC News)

Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Texas Democratic legislator to stay in State Capitol after refusing law enforcement escort to leave  —  State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth said she will remain locked in the Austin statehouse chamber until the House reconvenes Wednesday morning.  —  First, Texas House Democrats refused …

2025-08-19 01:45:04 UTC