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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Nationalization of Intel? — A 10% federal stake in the computer chip maker would be another dive into corporate statism. (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
The Nationalization of Intel?  —  A 10% federal stake in the computer chip maker would be another dive into corporate statism.  —  Click for Sound  —  The Trump Administration is reportedly negotiating to take a 10% stake in Intel Corp., in what would amount to a de facto nationalization …

2025-08-19 01:30:00 UTC

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Top Air Force general to exit in Hegseth's latest shake-up of Pentagon (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Top Air Force general to exit in Hegseth's latest shake-up of Pentagon  —  Gen. David Allvin will retire halfway through his four-year term, becoming the most recent senior military official to be forced out by the Trump administration.  —  Just now  —  The chief of staff of the Air Force …

2025-08-19 01:10:00 UTC

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Air Force chief announces he's leaving post early (Jack Detsch/Politico)

Jack Detsch / Politico:
Air Force chief announces he's leaving post early … In a statement, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said he was “forever grateful” for his partnership with Allvin.  —  Allvin had emerged as a vocal supporter of the reforms that Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have pledged for the military …

2025-08-19 00:25:00 UTC

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Ukraine offers $100bn weapons deal to Trump to win security guarantees (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Ukraine offers $100bn weapons deal to Trump to win security guarantees  —  Document seen by the FT lays out Kyiv's proposals to US president at crucial White House meeting  —  Max Seddon in Berlin, Christopher Miller in Washington and Ben Hall in London  —  Ukraine will promise to buy $100bn …

2025-08-18 23:05:00 UTC