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Justice Department Issues Subpoenas as Part of Probe into Fed Governor Lisa Cook (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Issues Subpoenas as Part of Probe into Fed Governor Lisa Cook  —  The criminal investigation centers on whether Cook submitted fraudulent information on mortgage applications  —  The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook …

2025-09-04 14:05:00 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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Trump officials restore Ronny Jackson's military rank after Biden-era demotion (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Trump officials restore Ronny Jackson's military rank after Biden-era demotion  —  “I was, and still am, a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral,” Jackson said, suggesting the misconduct allegations upheld against him were politically motivated.  —  Just now  —  The U.S. Navy restored the retired rank …

2025-09-04 14:00:00 UTC

Washington Post

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Transcript: Epstein Survivor Nukes Trump in Moving Speech as WH Panics (New Republic)

New Republic:
Transcript: Epstein Survivor Nukes Trump in Moving Speech as WH Panics … The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 4 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.

2025-09-04 13:50:00 UTC

New Republic

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Kennedy Faces Senate Grilling After Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake Up (New York Times)

New York Times:
Kennedy Faces Senate Grilling After Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake Up  —  Some Republican lawmakers have questioned whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent actions contradict pledges he made about vaccine access in order to win confirmation.

2025-09-04 13:50:00 UTC

New York Times

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Trump commits to pursuing Russia-Ukraine peace: They are "not ready yet," but "something is going to happen" (Robert Costa/CBS News)

Robert Costa / CBS News:
Trump commits to pursuing Russia-Ukraine peace: They are “not ready yet,” but “something is going to happen”  —  President Trump told CBS News on Wednesday that he remains committed to pursuing a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, despite mounting uncertainty over the prospect of face …

2025-09-04 13:45:00 UTC

CBS News

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Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden (The Hill)

The Hill:
Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden  —  President Trump on Thursday will host two dozen high-profile tech and business leaders for the first event in the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, including Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook …

2025-09-04 13:15:04 UTC

The Hill

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me (Susan Monarez/Wall Street Journal)

Susan Monarez / Wall Street Journal:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC and Me  —  I was fired after 29 days because I held the line and insisted on rigorous scientific review.  —  I served for 29 days as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The Senate confirmed me to ensure that unbiased evidence serves …

2025-09-04 12:50:02 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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Nancy Mace Turns Back on Epstein Survivors to Defend Trump (Edith Olmsted/New Republic)

Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Nancy Mace Turns Back on Epstein Survivors to Defend Trump  —  Representative Nancy Mace offered a wild defense of President Donald Trump, who has dismissed calls for more transparency on Jeffrey Epstein, less than 24 hours after crying with survivors of the alleged sex trafficker.

2025-09-04 12:15:01 UTC

New Republic

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In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases (Lawrence Hurley/NBC News)

Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases  —  Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.

2025-09-04 12:10:01 UTC

NBC News

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Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here's what it shows. (Dylan Scott/Vox)

Dylan Scott / Vox:
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer.  Here's what it shows. … Most Americans still don't know that alcohol can cause cancer — and the alcohol industry is working hard to make sure it stays that way.  —  For the past three years, the industry …

2025-09-04 12:05:01 UTC

Vox

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Kennedy to take bipartisan heat in Senate over CDC turmoil (The Hill)

The Hill:
Kennedy to take bipartisan heat in Senate over CDC turmoil  —  Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will come under bipartisan pressure in the Senate on Thursday to show his shake-up at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not left the country …

2025-09-04 11:40:00 UTC

The Hill

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Colorado issues orders allowing people to get a COVID vaccination this year without a prescription (John Ingold/The Colorado Sun)

John Ingold / The Colorado Sun:
Colorado issues orders allowing people to get a COVID vaccination this year without a prescription  —  Colorado officials on Wednesday issued public health orders aimed at making it easier for Coloradans to receive a COVID vaccine booster this fall.  —  The orders essentially create …

2025-09-04 04:50:01 UTC

The Colorado Sun

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Trump appeals to the Supreme Court to preserve his sweeping tariffs (NBC News)

NBC News:
Trump appeals to the Supreme Court to preserve his sweeping tariffs  —  A federal appeals court last week ruled the president doesn't have the authority to set sweeping tariffs under the emergency powers law he invoked.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration asked …

2025-09-04 03:05:00 UTC

NBC News

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House GOP weighing bills to remove elected D.C. AG, overhaul justice policies (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
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

Washington Post

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Joint statement calling for Secretary Kennedy resignation (IDSA Home)

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

IDSA Home

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Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels (New York Times)

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

New York Times

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Judge rules Trump administration cannot withhold funding from Harvard (Washington Post)

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

Washington Post

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Chief Justice John Roberts is wary of entering political fray, his top adviser says (Josh Gerstein/Politico)

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

Politico

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The Bari Market — With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge ... (Dylan Byers/Puck)

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

Puck

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Legal Issues Raised by a Lethal U.S. Military Attack in the Caribbean (Brian Finucane/Just Security)

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

Just Security

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FIRE statement on ruling that Trump's funding freeze for Harvard was unlawful (FIRE)

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

FIRE

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White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind (New York Times)

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

New York Times

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Judge says Trump administration unlawfully blocked $2 billion from Harvard (CNN)

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

CNN

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Trump floats federal troops to New Orleans, not Chicago (Eli Stokols/Politico)

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

Politico

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House fails to censure LaMonica McIver in shock vote (Andrew Solender/Axios)

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

Axios