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RFK Jr.'s damage to the CDC is 'past the point of no return,' Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns (Christopher Wiggins/Advocate)

Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
RFK Jr.'s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, once regarded as the nation's premier agency against illness, is now damaged beyond repair, according to one of its most prominent departing leaders.

2025-08-30 00:45:00 UTC

Advocate

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Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules (Dietrich Knauth/Reuters)

Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
Most Trump tariffs are not legal, US appeals court rules  —  A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that most of Donald Trump's tariffs are illegal, undercutting the Republican president's use of the levies as a key international economic policy tool.  —  Trump has made tariffs a pillar …

2025-08-29 23:35:01 UTC

Reuters

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Trump Take LEGO — Add LEGO to the list of hobbies that Trump has made more expensive and worse with his tariff policy. (Matthew Gault/404 Media)

Matthew Gault / 404 Media:
Trump Take LEGO  —  Add LEGO to the list of hobbies that Trump has made more expensive and worse with his tariff policy.  Thanks to America's ever shifting trade policies, LEGO has stopped shipping more than 2,500 pieces from its Pick a Brick program to both the United States and Canada.

2025-08-29 23:25:01 UTC

404 Media

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Alert the media: The White House is lying about Trump's health (Stephen Robinson/Public Notice)

Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Alert the media: The White House is lying about Trump's health  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  🤝 Subscribe to PN 🤝  —  Donald Trump held a bonkers press conference last Friday during which he lied about his authoritarian occupation …

2025-08-29 22:55:01 UTC

Public Notice

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Social Security whistleblower submits 'involuntary resignation,' citing 'intolerable' work conditions (NBC News)

NBC News:
Social Security whistleblower submits ‘involuntary resignation,’ citing ‘intolerable’ work conditions  —  Charles Borges said he was stepping down as chief data officer for the Social Security Administration because of the agency's “actions against me.”  —  The Social Security Administration official …

2025-08-29 22:50:00 UTC

NBC News

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Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)

Jeff Horwitz / Reuters:
Exclusive: Meta created flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift, other celebrities without permission  —  Meta has appropriated the names and likenesses of celebrities - including Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, Anne Hathaway and Selena Gomez - to create dozens of flirty social-media chatbots without their permission, Reuters has found.

2025-08-29 21:30:00 UTC

Reuters

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Trump Administration Reaffirms Commitment to Not Reward Terrorism and Revokes Visas of Palestinian Officials Ahead of UNGA (United States Department of State)

United States Department of State:
Trump Administration Reaffirms Commitment to Not Reward Terrorism and Revokes Visas of Palestinian Officials Ahead of UNGA  —  In accordance with U.S. law, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is denying and revoking visas from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) …

2025-08-29 20:05:01 UTC

United States Department of State

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Bessent Warns of US 'Embarrassment' If Tariffs Ruled Illegal (Erik Larson/Bloomberg)

Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
Bessent Warns of US ‘Embarrassment’ If Tariffs Ruled Illegal  —  Trump cabinet officials told a federal appeals court that ruling president's global tariffs illegal would seriously harm US foreign policy, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warning of “dangerous diplomatic embarrassment.”

2025-08-29 19:45:01 UTC

Bloomberg

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump and 'Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud' Ed Martin are speaking as often as four times per week as the GOP activist prepares to seek indictments against prominent Democrats (Andrew Feinberg/The Independent)

Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump and ‘Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud’ Ed Martin are speaking as often as four times per week as the GOP activist prepares to seek indictments against prominent Democrats … A series of investigations into some of President Donald Trump's political adversaries run by …

2025-08-29 18:45:01 UTC

The Independent

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Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst won't seek reelection to third term, sources tell CNN (Jeff Zeleny/CNN)

Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst won't seek reelection to third term, sources tell CNN  —  Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst has decided not to seek reelection to a third term, two people familiar with the decison say, and is poised to make an announcement next week.  —  Ernst has been wrestling …

2025-08-29 18:45:01 UTC

CNN

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Steve Witkoff's go-it-alone diplomacy is frustrating US and European officials (Felicia Schwartz/Politico)

Felicia Schwartz / Politico:
Steve Witkoff's go-it-alone diplomacy is frustrating US and European officials  —  President Donald Trump's surprise Anchorage summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin could have been a signature achievement for Steve Witkoff, the developer-turned-diplomat who facilitated the meet up.

2025-08-29 18:40:00 UTC

Politico

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Trump's Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn--and Hands Dems a Weapon (Greg Sargent/New Republic)

Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon … This week, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker offered an extraordinary viral response to President Trump's vow to dispatch troops into Chicago.  Critically, Pritzker cast Trump as a malignant, active threat to his Illinois constituents …

2025-08-29 17:35:01 UTC

New Republic

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Trump's military occupation of American cities is unpopular. The media is trying to manufacture consent for it. (Anne Caprara/Finding Gravity)

Anne Caprara / Finding Gravity:
Trump's military occupation of American cities is unpopular.  The media is trying to manufacture consent for it.  —  Donald Trump's military assault on America's cities has been denounced by legal and national security experts as an “authoritarian power grab” that is “dangerous for liberty” …

2025-08-29 16:20:00 UTC

Finding Gravity

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Democrats Predict Shutdown After Trump Tries to Snatch Congress' Most Important Power (Kate Riga/Talking Points Memo)

Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Democrats Predict Shutdown After Trump Tries to Snatch Congress' Most Important Power  —  Congressional Democrats point to skyrocketing odds of a government shutdown Friday after President Trump announced that he'll unilaterally take back money Congress had already appropriated for foreign aid, according to multiple outlets.

2025-08-29 16:15:00 UTC

Talking Points Memo

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RFK Jr. is bad for your health (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?)

Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
RFK Jr. is bad for your health  —  The Centers for Disease Control shitshow is a microcosm of the mismanagement of the Trump era.  It also demonstrated some extraordinary courage among principled public servants, who were willing to lose their jobs to draw attention to damage being done to public health.

2025-08-29 16:10:01 UTC

Can We Still Govern?

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Exclusive: Military feared mistakes in LA deployment could have 'far-reaching' implications, records show (Tom Hals/Reuters)

Tom Hals / Reuters:
Exclusive: Military feared mistakes in LA deployment could have ‘far-reaching’ implications, records show  —  As President Donald Trump began his push to send the National Guard and Marines to U.S. cities, military leaders privately questioned whether the troops had received proper training and warned of the …

2025-08-29 16:00:04 UTC

Reuters

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An Astrologer's Messy Affair With a Trump Pentagon Official (E.J. Dickson/The Cut)

E.J. Dickson / The Cut:
An Astrologer's Messy Affair With a Trump Pentagon Official  —  Amy Tripp advertises herself as “the internet's most notorious astrologer.”  Under the professional name Starheal, she offers her followers wisdom such as “Moon opposite Chiron at 3:04pm ET exposes where old wounds meet current vulnerabilities.

2025-08-29 15:55:00 UTC

The Cut

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Joni Ernst won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say (Jennifer Jacobs/CBS News)

Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Joni Ernst won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say  —  Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa has told confidantes she plans to reveal next week that she won't seek reelection in 2026, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.  —  Ernst's announcement is scheduled for Thursday, the sources said.

2025-08-29 15:45:00 UTC

CBS News

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Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman's mother Mary Grace not cooperating with cops, hires criminal defense attorney (Shane Galvin/New York Post)

Shane Galvin / New York Post:
Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman's mother Mary Grace not cooperating with cops, hires criminal defense attorney  —  The mother of transgender Minneapolis mass shooter Robin Westman is not cooperating with police in the investigation — and has hired a criminal defense attorney in the wake …

2025-08-29 15:15:01 UTC

New York Post

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White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power (Politico)

Politico:
White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power … The White House budget office said Friday morning that President Donald Trump has canceled $4.9 billion in foreign aid by using a so-called pocket rescission — furthering …

2025-08-29 14:20:00 UTC

Politico

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Emil Bove Continued to Work at Justice Dept. After Judicial Confirmation (Devlin Barrett/New York Times)

Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Emil Bove Continued to Work at Justice Dept. After Judicial Confirmation  —  The code of conduct for federal judges does not appear to apply to Mr. Bove, who has yet to be sworn in.  But his continued presence at the department has raised eyebrows.  —  Emil Bove III, a senior Trump …

2025-08-29 14:05:01 UTC

New York Times

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The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok 'ASAP' (Zoë Schiffer/Wired)

Zoë Schiffer / Wired:
The White House Apparently Ordered Federal Workers to Roll Out Grok ‘ASAP’  —  A partnership between xAI and the US government fell apart earlier this summer.  Then the White House apparently got involved, per documents obtained by WIRED.  —  The White House appears to have instructed leaders …

2025-08-29 14:00:00 UTC

Wired

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Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt offered full military funeral, Air Force confirms (NBC News)

NBC News:
Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt offered full military funeral, Air Force confirms  —  Babbitt, 35, was an Air Force veteran who was fatally shot by Capitol police while protesting Donald Trump's defeat in the 2020 presidential election.  —  The Air Force has offered full military funeral honors …

2025-08-29 13:35:01 UTC

NBC News

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Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students (Stuart Anderson/Forbes)

Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
Trump Deals A New Immigration Blow To International Students  —  Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization.  —  SaveComment  —  The Trump administration has proposed a new rule to limit international students to fixed periods of entry, making enrolling at U.S. universities more precarious.

2025-08-29 13:25:01 UTC

Forbes

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Trump cancels Kamala Harris' Secret Service detail that was extended by undisclosed Biden order (Edward-Isaac Dovere/CNN)

Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Trump cancels Kamala Harris' Secret Service detail that was extended by undisclosed Biden order  —  President Donald Trump revoked Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection on Thursday, according to a copy of a letter reviewed by CNN.  —  Former presidents receive Secret Service protection for life.

2025-08-29 12:30:01 UTC

CNN