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Disgruntled NYT journalist to 'anti-woke' power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go? (David Klion/The Guardian)

David Klion / The Guardian:
Disgruntled NYT journalist to ‘anti-woke’ power grab: how far can Bari Weiss go?  —  After leaving the New York Times, she turned her Substack into a unshakeable pro-Israel voice.  Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump's ally among media elites

2025-09-10 17:45:01 UTC

The Guardian

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Former top FBI officials sue, say Kash Patel fired them to stay in Trump's good graces (Ryan J. Reilly/NBC News)

Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former top FBI officials sue, say Kash Patel fired them to stay in Trump's good graces  —  The suit, which names Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, was filed by former acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll as well as Steven Jensen and Spencer Evans.  —  WASHINGTON — Three former top FBI officials …

2025-09-10 17:40:01 UTC

NBC News

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Schumer moves to force vote on Epstein files release in brazen breach of Senate protocol (CNN)

CNN:
Schumer moves to force vote on Epstein files release in brazen breach of Senate protocol  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer moved on Wednesday to force a vote on releasing documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, putting the contentious issue front-and-center in the chamber.

2025-09-10 17:40:01 UTC

CNN

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Republicans bash Florida's anti-vaccine stand: 'Horrible idea' (The Hill)

The Hill:
Republicans bash Florida's anti-vaccine stand: ‘Horrible idea’  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms over Florida's move to end vaccine mandates for school children, voicing fears about the spread of preventable infectious diseases and what it means for their home states.

2025-09-10 17:35:00 UTC

The Hill

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The climate of fear is self-imposed (pbump)

pbump:
The climate of fear is self-imposed  —  I am not generally in the habit of criticizing the editorial decisions of The Washington Post, my employer for 11 years and an institution that continues to do good, important work in covering the unwinding of American democracy.

2025-09-10 17:25:00 UTC

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Is the signature Trump's? Epstein birthday book feeds speculation. (Matt Viser/Washington Post)

Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Is the signature Trump's?  Epstein birthday book feeds speculation.  —  Trump denies it is his, and experts say they can't be sure.  The White House welcomed a forensic analysis of the loopy D and long tail.  —  just now  —  For much of his presidency, President Donald Trump has been focused …

2025-09-10 17:25:00 UTC

Washington Post

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Mills is interviewing staff for a possible Senate run (Andrew Howard/Politico)

Andrew Howard / Politico:
Mills is interviewing staff for a possible Senate run  —  Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills is interviewing staff for a potential Senate bid, a person familiar with the process confirmed on Wednesday.  The news was first reported by Punchbowl.  The interviews come as Mills is “seriously considering” …

2025-09-10 16:55:00 UTC

Politico

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Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis's role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM (The Guardian)

The Guardian:
Leak exposes Washington Post boss Will Lewis's role as secret adviser to Boris Johnson while PM  —  Extensive meetings in 2022 between Lewis, then vice-chair of AP, and Johnson were not disclosed in transparency records  —  The publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis …

2025-09-10 16:50:00 UTC

The Guardian

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Capitol agenda: What the CR timing dispute is really about (Mia McCarthy/Politico)

Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Capitol agenda: What the CR timing dispute is really about  —  The Trump administration wants a stopgap funding plan through Jan. 31.  Appropriators are prepared to go their own way.  It's about more than a date — it's the latest proxy battle in the larger clash over whether to pursue …

2025-09-10 16:10:00 UTC

Politico

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Appeals court, weighing Trump's Library of Congress takeover, reinstates copyright chief (Josh Gerstein/Politico)

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Appeals court, weighing Trump's Library of Congress takeover, reinstates copyright chief  —  A federal appeals court ruled the nation's top copyright official can continue serving in her post following President Donald Trump's attempt to fire her.  A divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court …

2025-09-10 16:05:01 UTC

Politico

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Federal Agents Retreat From Immigration Raid In Upstate New York Amid Protests: 'Gestapo' (Marita Vlachou/HuffPost)

Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Federal Agents Retreat From Immigration Raid In Upstate New York Amid Protests: ‘Gestapo’  —  The operation took one man into custody, according to local outlet WXXI.  —  Federal agents pulled back from a raid on rooftop workers at a rental site in upstate New York on Tuesday morning …

2025-09-10 15:45:00 UTC

HuffPost

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Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It (New York Times)

New York Times:
Boat Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Is Said to Have Turned Before U.S. Attacked It  —  The Trump administration has argued that the summary killing of 11 people it accused of running drugs was legal under the laws of war.  —  A Venezuelan boat that the U.S. military destroyed in the Caribbean …

2025-09-10 15:35:01 UTC

New York Times

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National Guard documents show public 'fear,' troops' 'shame' over D.C. presence (Alex Horton/Washington Post)

Alex Horton / Washington Post:
National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops' ‘shame’ over D.C. presence  —  Internal documents reviewed by The Post show how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans' trust in the military.  —  The National Guard, in measuring public sentiment …

2025-09-10 14:20:00 UTC

Washington Post

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"The Axios Show" exclusive: Lutnick says U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue (Ben Berkowitz/Axios)

Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
“The Axios Show” exclusive: Lutnick says U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue … The debut episode, featuring our conversation with Lutnick in his Commerce Department office, will be out later this week. … - The next step, Lutnick says, is to guarantee the U.S. gets …

2025-09-10 14:15:03 UTC

Axios

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They Don't Want to Live in Lincoln's America (Jamelle Bouie/New York Times)

Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
They Don't Want to Live in Lincoln's America  —  Although it has long since entered the pantheon of American rhetoric as one of our nation's great orations, there was a time, however brief, when the Gettysburg Address had its critics.  —  The president's funeral sermon …

2025-09-10 14:05:00 UTC

New York Times

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'It's not my signature': Trump says about alleged Epstein 'birthday book' letter (ABC News)

ABC News:
'It's not my signature': Trump says about alleged Epstein ‘birthday book’ letter  —  Trump was asked by ABC News for comment on the alleged note.  —  US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the restaurant Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2025.

2025-09-10 13:45:00 UTC

ABC News

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The Many Ways in Which the September 2 Caribbean Strike was Unlawful ... and the Grave Line the Military Has Crossed (Marty Lederman/Just Security)

Marty Lederman / Just Security:
The Many Ways in Which the September 2 Caribbean Strike was Unlawful ... and the Grave Line the Military Has Crossed  —  Now that the President has submitted the required War Powers Resolution report to Congress, we can begin to take stock of just how extraordinary and significant last Tuesday's lethal strike in the Caribbean Sea was.

2025-09-10 13:35:03 UTC

Just Security

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After declaring D.C. 'safe,' Trump dines out in the city (Matt Viser/Washington Post)

Matt Viser / Washington Post:
After declaring D.C. ‘safe,’ Trump dines out in the city  —  The president boasted in recent days about the success of the federal takeover of D.C. police.  During his first term, he ventured only to the restaurant at the hotel he owned.  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday night arrived …

2025-09-10 13:10:01 UTC

Washington Post

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Trump Gets Called Hitler on First Ever D.C. Restaurant Trip (Julia Ornedo/The Daily Beast)

Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Gets Called Hitler on First Ever D.C. Restaurant Trip  —  NAZI SURPRISE  —  The president wanted to make a point about safety on D.C. streets.  —  President Donald Trump got an icy reception after stepping out onto the streets of Washington, D.C. Tuesday night to eat at a local establishment for the first time ever.

2025-09-10 13:05:00 UTC

The Daily Beast

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NATO Says It Scrambled Fighter Jets to Shoot Down Russian Drones Over Poland (New York Times)

New York Times:
NATO Says It Scrambled Fighter Jets to Shoot Down Russian Drones Over Poland  —  The incursion was the first time alliance planes had engaged enemy targets in NATO airspace.  Poland's leader called it “a large-scale provocation.”  —  More than a dozen Russian drones entered Poland overnight …

2025-09-10 13:00:42 UTC

New York Times

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Poland Says It Shot Down Russian Drones That Entered Its Airspace (Qasim Nauman/New York Times)

Qasim Nauman / New York Times:
Poland Says It Shot Down Russian Drones That Entered Its Airspace  —  The Polish military called the incursions an “act of aggression.”  It said the drones crossed the border during a wave of Russian strikes in Ukraine.  —  Poland said on Wednesday that it had shot down Russian drones …

2025-09-10 13:00:42 UTC

New York Times

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The Constant Battle — The first excerpt from 107 Days ... The first stop on the day's calendar ... (Kamala Harris/The Atlantic)

Kamala Harris / The Atlantic:
The Constant Battle  —  The first excerpt from 107 Days … The first stop on the day's calendar had been planned months earlier.  At a meeting in the Oval Office discussing her work uplifting Black executives and entrepreneurs, Dr. Stacie NC Grant had invited me to address the annual gathering …

2025-09-10 12:30:01 UTC

The Atlantic

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Democratic governors build vaccine firewall against RFK Jr. (Politico)

Politico:
Democratic governors build vaccine firewall against RFK Jr. … “We're ... creating a public health infrastructure that used to exist under the federal government, but with RFK, Jr. at the helm, has been completely disrupted and dismantled,” Healey told reporters Monday at the state Capitol.

2025-09-10 12:00:04 UTC

Politico

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Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites (BBC)

BBC:
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites  —  The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run its armed security, a BBC investigation has found.

2025-09-10 11:25:00 UTC

BBC

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GENERAL (RET.) MARK A. WELSH III (Mark A. Welsh III/president.tamu.edu)

Mark A. Welsh III / president.tamu.edu:
GENERAL (RET.) MARK A. WELSH III  —  I am reaching out today to follow up on a statement I distributed through social media yesterday regarding an ongoing issue with one of our 16,000 course sections.  I directed the Provost to remove the College of Arts and Sciences Dean and English Department Head from their administrative positions.

2025-09-10 06:30:00 UTC

president.tamu.edu