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Makary on reports of RFK Jr. linking Tylenol, autism: 'We're still in our discussions' (Ashleigh Fields/The Hill)

Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Makary on reports of RFK Jr. linking Tylenol, autism: 'We're still in our discussions'  —  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Marty Makary on Friday said the agency has not finalized a forthcoming report about autism after the Wall Street Journal reported Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

2025-09-06 15:05:02 UTC

The Hill

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Pentagon officials fume over Trump's Department of War rebrand (Politico)

Politico:
Pentagon officials fume over Trump's Department of War rebrand … “This is purely for domestic political audiences,” said a former defense official.  “Not only will this cost millions of dollars, it will have absolutely zero impact on Chinese or Russian calculations.

2025-09-06 13:25:00 UTC

Politico

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Labor Market Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown (Lydia DePillis/New York Times)

Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
Labor Market Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown  —  Employers added 22,000 jobs in August.  Revised data also showed that employment fell by 13,000 jobs in June, the first net loss since December 2020.  —  After persevering through years of high interest rates …

2025-09-06 10:15:01 UTC

New York Times

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Kennedy Center ticket sales take a nosedive after Trump takeover (Richard Luscombe/The Guardian)

Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Kennedy Center ticket sales take a nosedive after Trump takeover  —  Prestigious Stuttgart Ballet likely to face 80% empty seats at DC's premier arts venue as audiences ‘vote with their feet’  —  Ticket sales at the Kennedy Center have continued to plummet following Donald Trump's takeover …

2025-09-06 02:25:01 UTC

The Guardian

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Trump breaks from RFK on vaccines: "Pure and simple, they work" (Herb Scribner/Axios)

Herb Scribner / Axios:
Trump breaks from RFK on vaccines: “Pure and simple, they work”  —  President Trump said he's supportive of vaccines on Friday, breaking with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … - “I think you have to be very careful when you say that some people don't have to be vaccinated,” …

2025-09-06 01:25:01 UTC

Axios

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President Trump signs order to rename the Defense Department as the Department of War (Jason Breslow/NPR)

Jason Breslow / NPR:
President Trump signs order to rename the Defense Department as the Department of War  —  President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to give the Department of Defense a new name: the Department of War.  —  The change returns the department to a name that it carried for much of its history …

2025-09-05 23:30:01 UTC

NPR

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Next year's G20 summit will take place at Trump property in Miami (Ben Johansen/Politico)

Ben Johansen / Politico:
Next year's G20 summit will take place at Trump property in Miami … Trump insisted that he will not personally profit from it.  —  The president has signaled that he may skip this year's summit, which is taking place in South Africa this November.  “Maybe I'll send somebody else because I've …

2025-09-05 23:05:01 UTC

Politico

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US deploying stealth fighter jets to Caribbean for drug fight as tensions with Venezuela rise, sources say (Reuters)

Reuters:
US deploying stealth fighter jets to Caribbean for drug fight as tensions with Venezuela rise, sources say  —  The United States has ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels, sources say, adding more firepower …

2025-09-05 21:55:01 UTC

Reuters

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Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud. His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers (Reuters)

Reuters:
Exclusive: Bill Pulte accused Fed Governor Lisa Cook of fraud.  His relatives filed housing claims similar to hers  —  Close relatives of the federal official who has accused a Federal Reserve governor of improperly claiming primary residence on two properties have declared the same status …

2025-09-05 21:55:01 UTC

Reuters

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Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians (Janie Har/Associated Press)

Janie Har / Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump administration's ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians  —  A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti and Venezuela the right to live and work in the United States.

2025-09-05 21:35:01 UTC

Associated Press

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Trump orders return to the US 'War Department' (Phil Stewart/Reuters)

Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Trump orders return to the US ‘War Department’  —  U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” reverting to a title it held until after World War Two when officials sought to emphasize the Pentagon's role in preventing conflict.

2025-09-05 21:05:00 UTC

Reuters

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State Rep. James Talarico to jump in Texas Senate race (Adam Wren/Politico)

Adam Wren / Politico:
State Rep. James Talarico to jump in Texas Senate race … Democrats have long hoped to flip the Lone Star state, which has at times seemed tantalizingly within reach.  But President Donald Trump won the state by more than 13 percentage points in 2024, a far wider margin than his other two single-digit victories in the state.

2025-09-05 20:45:01 UTC

Politico

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US added just 22,000 jobs in August, continuing slowdown amid Trump tariffs (Lauren Aratani/The Guardian)

Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
US added just 22,000 jobs in August, continuing slowdown amid Trump tariffs  —  Latest report also contained more bad news - the US lost 13,000 jobs in June, according to the latest survey  —  The US jobs market stalled over the summer, adding just 22,000 jobs in August and continuing …

2025-09-05 19:35:00 UTC

The Guardian

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U.S. economy adds only 22,000 jobs as labor market stalls (Courtenay Brown/Axios)

Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. economy adds only 22,000 jobs as labor market stalls  —  Hiring stalled again in August, with the labor market adding just 22,000 jobs, as the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday. … - The report shows that July job gains were revised slightly higher …

2025-09-05 19:25:00 UTC

Axios

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Did the President's Strike on Tren de Aragua Violate the Law? (Scott R. Anderson/Lawfare)

Scott R. Anderson / Lawfare:
Did the President's Strike on Tren de Aragua Violate the Law?  —  By applying the tools of war to civilians, the Trump administration is entering unprecedented—and deeply problematic—legal territory.  —  S_R_Anders  —  sranderson.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors

2025-09-05 19:15:01 UTC

Lawfare

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Top DOJ Official Spills Epstein Cover-Up Plans to Honeytrap (Catherine Bouris/The Daily Beast)

Catherine Bouris / The Daily Beast:
Top DOJ Official Spills Epstein Cover-Up Plans to Honeytrap  —  PLAYED DATE  —  Pam Bondi's acting deputy chief was filmed bragging to a date about the department's plans to alter the Epstein files.  —  A senior official in the Department of Justice was caught in a honeytrap scheme bragging …

2025-09-05 19:05:02 UTC

The Daily Beast

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South Koreans Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant in Georgia (New York Times)

New York Times:
South Koreans Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant in Georgia  —  They were among nearly 500 workers apprehended at a construction site for a South Korean battery maker, officials said.  The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.  —  Immigration authorities arrested hundreds …

2025-09-05 18:50:00 UTC

New York Times

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South Koreans Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant in Georgia (New York Times)

New York Times:
South Koreans Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant in Georgia  —  They were among nearly 500 workers apprehended at a construction site for a South Korean battery maker, officials said.  The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.  —  Immigration authorities arrested hundreds …

2025-09-05 18:50:00 UTC

New York Times

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Weak summer labor market flashes warning signs for the economy (Lauren Kaori Gurley/Washington Post)

Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Weak summer labor market flashes warning signs for the economy  —  Employers added 22,000 jobs in August but shed jobs in June for the first time since the pandemic.  —  just now  —  The U.S. labor market created few jobs in August and shrank earlier in the summer, a first since the pandemic …

2025-09-05 18:15:03 UTC

Washington Post

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Trump Has Successfully Tanked the American Labor Market (Rolling Stone)

Rolling Stone:
Trump Has Successfully Tanked the American Labor Market  —  The president's disastrous tariffs and mass deportation campaign are wrecking the economy … The federal government released another weak jobs report Friday, after the previous poor jobs report resulted in Trump lashing out and firing the Commissioner of Labor Statistics.

2025-09-05 18:10:00 UTC

Rolling Stone

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RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies  —  Kennedy's autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce …

2025-09-05 18:05:02 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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CBS News Agrees Not to Edit 'Face The Nation' Interviews Following Homeland Security Backlash (Brian Steinberg/Variety)

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News Agrees Not to Edit ‘Face The Nation’ Interviews Following Homeland Security Backlash  —  CBS News is giving up the power it has to hold “Face the Nation” interviewees to account.  —  The Paramount Skydance news unit said Friday it would cease editing taped interviews with newsmakers who appear on …

2025-09-05 17:05:00 UTC

Variety

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The U.S. added only 22,000 jobs last month, showing cracks in the labor market (Scott Horsley/NPR)

Scott Horsley / NPR:
The U.S. added only 22,000 jobs last month, showing cracks in the labor market  —  The job market downshifted significantly over the summer.  —  U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs in August, according to a report Friday from the Labor Department, while revised figures showed a net loss …

2025-09-05 15:30:02 UTC

NPR

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The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously (Tom Nichols/The Atlantic)

Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously  —  At parades and in the halls of global power, America has been sidelined.  —  The leaders of Russia, China, and North Korea are not good men.  They preside over brutal autocracies replete with secret police and prison camps.

2025-09-05 15:25:00 UTC

The Atlantic

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Tech CEOs Praise Donald Trump at White House Dinner (Brian Barrett/Wired)

Brian Barrett / Wired:
Tech CEOs Praise Donald Trump at White House Dinner  —  At a White House dinner Thursday night, America's tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.  —  The camera zooms too close to the president's face; the table at which the tech executives are seated seems far too long.

2025-09-05 15:25:00 UTC

Wired