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Higher Prices Are Coming for Household Staples (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Higher Prices Are Coming for Household Staples  —  Companies from Hormel to Ace Hardware forecast prices rising as the costs of Trump's tariffs are passed on to consumers  —  U.S. companies have an unwelcome message for inflation-weary consumers: Prices are going up.

2025-08-29 11:35:00 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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Higher Prices Are Coming for Household Staples (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Higher Prices Are Coming for Household Staples  —  Companies from Hormel to Ace Hardware forecast prices rising as the costs of Trump's tariffs are passed on to consumers  —  U.S. companies have an unwelcome message for inflation-weary consumers: Prices are going up.

2025-08-29 11:35:00 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library (Greg Jaffe/New York Times)

Greg Jaffe / New York Times:
Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library  —  The Pentagon is putting back up a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the military academy, as the Trump administration seeks to restore honors for American figures who fought to preserve slavery.

2025-08-29 04:10:01 UTC

New York Times

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DOJ drops charges against another client of AG Pam Bondi's brother Brad (Associated Press)

Associated Press:
DOJ drops charges against another client of AG Pam Bondi's brother Brad  —  A DOJ spokesperson says AG Pam Bondi “had no role” in the decision.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks with reporters during a briefing with President Donald Trump in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington.

2025-08-29 03:15:00 UTC

Associated Press

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Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out (Nina Agrawal/New York Times)

Nina Agrawal / New York Times:
Pediatric Brain Cancer Trial Group to Be Phased Out  —  A network of hospitals and cancer centers dedicated to early phase trials of novel treatments will no longer receive federal funding.  —  A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials …

2025-08-29 02:50:00 UTC

New York Times

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FBI investigating Minnesota school shooting as hate crime against Catholics (Brett Samuels/The Hill)

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
FBI investigating Minnesota school shooting as hate crime against Catholics  —  The FBI is investigating Wednesday's shooting in Minnesota as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics, Director Kash Patel said.  —  Patel confirmed the suspected shooter was identified …

2025-08-29 02:00:00 UTC

The Hill

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ICE Eyes Naval Base Outside Chicago as Operations Center (Victoria Albert/Wall Street Journal)

Victoria Albert / Wall Street Journal:
ICE Eyes Naval Base Outside Chicago as Operations Center  —  Border czar Tom Homan says to expect a ramp up of enforcement in sanctuary cities  —  The Trump administration is weighing the use of a naval base north of Chicago as an ICE operations center, border czar Tom Homan said Thursday.

2025-08-29 01:40:00 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States (New York Times)

New York Times:
CVS Holds Off on Offering Covid Vaccines in 16 States  —  The country's largest pharmacy chain said it needed a C.D.C. panel to recommend the shots before it could offer them nationwide.  —  CVS, the country's largest pharmacy chain, is currently not offering Covid vaccines in 16 states …

2025-08-29 01:30:01 UTC

New York Times

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'People will die because of this': How RFK Jr. drove out the CDC's senior leaders (Brandy Zadrozny/MSNBC)

Brandy Zadrozny / MSNBC:
‘People will die because of this’: How RFK Jr. drove out the CDC's senior leaders  —  On the same day Susan Monarez was fired, four of the agency's top leaders quit.  —  On Wednesday, the nation's premier health agency lost some of its most senior and respected leaders …

2025-08-29 00:35:01 UTC

MSNBC

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The Sycophancy Must Be Televised (Susan B. Glasser/New Yorker)

Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Sycophancy Must Be Televised  —  Notes from the longest, cringiest Trump Cabinet meeting yet.  —  When Donald Trump began to speak on Tuesday, during what would become the longest televised Cabinet meeting ever, he did not exactly advertise his plans to make history.

2025-08-29 00:35:01 UTC

New Yorker

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'Lacking Legitimacy': Sen. Bill Cassidy Breaks With RFK Jr. After CDC Leadership Exodus (NOTUS)

NOTUS:
‘Lacking Legitimacy’: Sen. Bill Cassidy Breaks With RFK Jr. After CDC Leadership Exodus  —  Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician and leading voice on public health in the chamber, called for a key government vaccine panel to postpone its upcoming meeting after the stunning exodus …

2025-08-28 21:45:01 UTC

NOTUS

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White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director (Dan Diamond/Washington Post)

Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director  —  The selection of Jim O'Neill reflects Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s influence as he seeks to remake federal vaccine policy.  —  Just now  —  The White House on Thursday selected a top deputy of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

2025-08-28 21:45:01 UTC

Washington Post

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White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director (Dan Diamond/Washington Post)

Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director  —  The selection of Jim O'Neill reflects Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s influence as he seeks to remake federal vaccine policy.  —  Just now  —  The White House on Thursday selected a top deputy of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …

2025-08-28 21:45:01 UTC

Washington Post

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Monarez would not cross 'red lines' before she was fired, confidant says (Sophie Gardner/Politico)

Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Monarez would not cross ‘red lines’ before she was fired, confidant says … In June, Kennedy fired all the current members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and replaced them with people more skeptical of vaccines.  ACIP is composed of outside experts who vote …

2025-08-28 21:25:00 UTC

Politico

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Kennedy Sought to Fire C.D.C. Director Over Vaccine Policy (New York Times)

New York Times:
Kennedy Sought to Fire C.D.C. Director Over Vaccine Policy  —  The director, Susan Monarez, declined to fire agency leaders or to accept all recommendations from a vaccine advisory panel made over by Mr. Kennedy, according to people with knowledge of the events.  — 1.1k

2025-08-28 20:40:01 UTC

New York Times

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Trump and Democrats Float Unusual Midterm Conventions (Shane Goldmacher/New York Times)

Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump and Democrats Float Unusual Midterm Conventions  —  Both parties appear to be weighing gatherings that would gin up excitement for candidates in 2026 — and give a major platform for ambitious politicians hoping to lead the parties in 2028.  —  President Trump suggested on Thursday …

2025-08-28 20:25:01 UTC

New York Times

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CDC leaders who resigned said RFK Jr. undermined vaccine science, risking lives (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
CDC leaders who resigned said RFK Jr. undermined vaccine science, risking lives  —  As the CDC reels from the firing of its director, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Fox News the agency is “in trouble and we need to fix it.”  —  As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reeled …

2025-08-28 20:25:01 UTC

Washington Post

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Army Parade 'Disappointed' Trump, So Navy Will Do One Too (Margaret Hartmann/New York Magazine)

Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Army Parade ‘Disappointed’ Trump, So Navy Will Do One Too  —  Donald Trump fulfilled his yearslong dream of holding a military parade in Washington, D.C., this past June.  Miraculously, both the president and his opponents mostly got what they wanted out of the event.

2025-08-28 19:50:03 UTC

New York Magazine

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey (Katie Robertson/New York Times)

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey  —  The publication says the time is right to pour all of its resources into its online news operation and get its journalism “in front of the most people.”  —  When Andrew Morse joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution as its president …

2025-08-28 18:55:02 UTC

New York Times

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Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails. (Jeremy Faust/Inside Medicine)

Jeremy Faust / Inside Medicine:
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.  —  The end of an era. … UPDATE: I've added a second, longer letter from Dr. Daskalakis, posted on X/Twitter. … Moments ago, Inside Medicine broke news that three top career CDC officials have resigned from the agency …

2025-08-28 18:50:00 UTC

Inside Medicine

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Preparations for immigration enforcement surge in Chicago underway (NewsNation)

NewsNation:
Preparations for immigration enforcement surge in Chicago underway  —  Plans for a multiagency federal operation in Chicago have been in the works, and a crackdown could begin after Labor Day  —  Federal immigration enforcement agencies are staging for a multiagency law enforcement blitz …

2025-08-28 18:25:00 UTC

NewsNation

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Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman confessed he was 'tired of being trans': 'I wish I never brain-washed myself' (New York Post)

New York Post:
Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman confessed he was ‘tired of being trans’: ‘I wish I never brain-washed myself’  —  Transgender mass shooter Robin Westman confessed that he “was tired of being trans” and wished he “never brain-washed” himself in a manifesto posted online before he slaughtered …

2025-08-28 18:15:00 UTC

New York Post

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What to know about the Minneapolis Annunciation Catholic Church shooting (David Zimmermann/Washington Examiner)

David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
What to know about the Minneapolis Annunciation Catholic Church shooting  —  Hours after Wednesday's shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church and school left two children dead and 17 other people wounded, Minnesota officials identified the now-deceased gunman as 23-year-old Robin Westman, who has been identified as transgender.

2025-08-28 18:00:00 UTC

Washington Examiner

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Jan. 6 Rioter Killed As She Stormed Capitol Will Receive Military Funeral Honors (Brandi Buchman/HuffPost)

Brandi Buchman / HuffPost:
Jan. 6 Rioter Killed As She Stormed Capitol Will Receive Military Funeral Honors  —  The Babbitt family also received a settlement of $5 million earlier this year.  —  Despite the fact that Ashli Babbitt attempted to climb through a shattered glass door inside the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers fled …

2025-08-28 17:35:03 UTC

HuffPost

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Warnings From Weimar — Why Bargaining With Authoritarians Fails (Daniel Ziblatt/Foreign Affairs)

Daniel Ziblatt / Foreign Affairs:
Warnings From Weimar  —  Why Bargaining With Authoritarians Fails  —  On March 23, 1933, inside a dimly lit chamber filled with the stale scent of cigar smoke, Ludwig Kaas tried to convince himself he was making the right decision.  A Catholic priest and the leader of Germany's establishment Center Party, he stood at a crossroads.

2025-08-28 17:20:01 UTC

Foreign Affairs