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All the Things Trump Thinks He Owns (Jamelle Bouie/New York Times)

Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
All the Things Trump Thinks He Owns  —  The White House does not belong to Donald Trump.  It is the property of the United States — of the American people.  The president is a temporary resident whose claim on the building lasts only as long as his time in office, which is set by the Constitution.

2025-08-27 15:55:00 UTC

New York Times

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Trump's attack on the Fed threatens US credibility (Janet Yellen/Financial Times)

Janet Yellen / Financial Times:
Trump's attack on the Fed threatens US credibility  —  History teaches us that chaos follows when leaders undermine the independence of central banks  —  The writer is a distinguished fellow in residence at the Brookings Institution, former chair of the Federal Reserve and former secretary of the Treasury

2025-08-27 15:50:01 UTC

Financial Times

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Live updates: Shooter contained after incident at Minneapolis church and school (NBC News)

NBC News:
Live updates: Shooter contained after incident at Minneapolis church and school  —  The city of Minneapolis said that there is no active threat at this time after a Wednesday morning shooting at Annunciation Catholic School. … Minneapolis Police had already been investigating three deadly shootings in 12 hours

2025-08-27 15:50:01 UTC

NBC News

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Live updates: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting (Reuters)

Reuters:
Live updates: Minneapolis Catholic school shooting  —  Acquire Licensing Rights  —  Ukraine sees ‘priceless’ digital battlefield data trove as key to West's support  —  Israeli tanks close in on Gaza City, Trump to chair meeting  —  Israeli tanks pushed into a new area on the edge of Gaza City overnight.

2025-08-27 15:35:01 UTC

Reuters

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Trump Is Strangling the Life Out of D.C.'s Restaurants (Adrian Carrasquillo/The Bulwark)

Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Strangling the Life Out of D.C.'s Restaurants  —  BY DONALD TRUMP'S TELLING, WASHINGTON, D.C.'s restaurants are doing great.  And, naturally, it's all because of him.  —  “Friends of mine are going out to dinner,” Trump told reporters Monday, claiming that his deployment …

2025-08-27 15:05:00 UTC

The Bulwark

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Police respond to possible active shooter in south Minneapolis (Aki Nace/CBS News)

Aki Nace / CBS News:
Police respond to possible active shooter in south Minneapolis  —  Law enforcement in south Minneapolis are responding to a possible active shooter incident Wednesday morning.  —  WCCO crews at the scene on 53rd Avenue and Bryant Avenue South have seen a large number of ambulances nearby Annunciation Catholic School.

2025-08-27 15:00:00 UTC

CBS News

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Scoop: Democrats weigh mini-convention before 2026 midterms (Alex Thompson/Axios)

Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats weigh mini-convention before 2026 midterms  —  Senior Democratic officials want to hold a rare national convention before the 2026 midterms to showcase candidates and emerging leaders of the party, people familiar with the conversations tell Axios.

2025-08-27 14:50:00 UTC

Axios

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All the President's 'Butt Snorkelers' (William Kristol/The Bulwark)

William Kristol / The Bulwark:
All the President's ‘Butt Snorkelers’  —  Our long national nightmare is over: Cracker Barrel announced last night they will abandon their woke new logo and go back to the old one after all.  For good measure, representatives of the company called Donald Trump and—in the words …

2025-08-27 14:50:00 UTC

The Bulwark

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Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak (Darlene Superville/Associated Press)

Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak  —  Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that his department is taking management of Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington, away from Amtrak …

2025-08-27 14:35:02 UTC

Associated Press

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Bluesky now platform of choice for science community (Jennifer Ouellette/Ars Technica)

Jennifer Ouellette / Ars Technica:
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community … Marine biologist and conservationist David Shiffman was an early power user and evangelist for science engagement on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.  Over the years, he trained more than 2,000 early career scientists …

2025-08-27 14:20:00 UTC

Ars Technica

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Chairman Trump's Great Grift Forward (Paul Waldman/Public Notice)

Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Chairman Trump's Great Grift Forward  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  Millions of Americans voted for Donald Trump multiple times because they thought that because of his experience in business, he must understand the American economy — and know how to make it work.

2025-08-27 14:20:00 UTC

Public Notice

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D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
D.C. judges and grand jurors push back on Trump policing surge  —  A federal grand jury refused three times to indict a woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent as magistrate judges questioned tactics in other arrests.  —  President Donald Trump's surge of federal law enforcement on the streets …

2025-08-27 13:40:00 UTC

Washington Post

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Get Ready for the End of Fed Independence (Greg Ip/Wall Street Journal)

Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
Get Ready for the End of Fed Independence  —  Markets haven't yet grappled with the implications of the president having control over the central bank  —  The market response to President Trump's Monday attempt to fire a Federal Reserve governor was relatively subdued.  —  Don't let that fool you.

2025-08-27 13:40:00 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers (Taylor Lorenz/Wired)

Taylor Lorenz / Wired:
A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers  —  An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line.  All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.

2025-08-27 13:35:00 UTC

Wired

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Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent (New York Times)

New York Times:
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent  —  It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump's move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.  —  Federal prosecutors on Tuesday …

2025-08-27 13:20:03 UTC

New York Times

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Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent (New York Times)

New York Times:
Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent  —  It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump's move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.  —  Federal prosecutors on Tuesday …

2025-08-27 13:20:03 UTC

New York Times

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Denmark summons US envoy after report of Americans carrying out influence operations in Greenland (Associated Press)

Associated Press:
Denmark summons US envoy after report of Americans carrying out influence operations in Greenland  —  Denmark's foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections …

2025-08-27 13:15:01 UTC

Associated Press

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What if Trump Runs the Federal Reserve? (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
What if Trump Runs the Federal Reserve?  —  His firing of Lisa Cook shows he wants to put monetary policy under his personal control.  He may succeed, but the country will live to regret it.  —  President Trump has long wanted to control the Federal Reserve, and on Monday night he made his power play by firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook.

2025-08-27 13:10:00 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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Handling crime a strength for Trump as many in US see a 'major problem' in big cities: AP-NORC poll (Associated Press)

Associated Press:
Handling crime a strength for Trump as many in US see a ‘major problem’ in big cities: AP-NORC poll  —  As armed National Guard troops patrol the nation's capital as part of an unprecedented federal takeover of Washington's police department, handling crime is now a relative strength …

2025-08-27 13:10:00 UTC

Associated Press

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Just 38% of Americans support Trump's use of troops to police DC, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (Jason Lange/Reuters)

Jason Lange / Reuters:
Just 38% of Americans support Trump's use of troops to police DC, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Few Americans outside President Donald Trump's Republican Party support his deployment of National Guard troops to police the streets of Washington, D.C., according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

2025-08-27 12:40:00 UTC

Reuters

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Trump's law enforcement surge is alienating DC residents, senior officers say (Associated Press)

Associated Press:
Trump's law enforcement surge is alienating DC residents, senior officers say  —  A pair of senior Washington, D.C., police commanders acknowledged Tuesday that the ongoing federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital is alienating the population and damaging community relationships that will have to be mended in the future.

2025-08-27 12:25:01 UTC

Associated Press

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National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties (Tara Copp/Washington Post)

Tara Copp / Washington Post:
National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties  —  Service members say they're glad to help the National Park Service.  But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.  —  Just now  —  The August air was crisp Tuesday …

2025-08-27 12:15:00 UTC

Washington Post

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National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties (Tara Copp/Washington Post)

Tara Copp / Washington Post:
National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties  —  Service members say they're glad to help the National Park Service.  But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.  —  Just now  —  The August air was crisp Tuesday …

2025-08-27 12:15:00 UTC

Washington Post

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Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Espionage Allegations (New York Times)

New York Times:
Denmark Summons U.S. Envoy Over Espionage Allegations  —  It's the latest twist in the Greenland drama.  President Trump wants the island, but Denmark refuses to hand it over.  —  Denmark summoned the head of the U.S. Embassy on Wednesday after allegations emerged that three Americans …

2025-08-27 12:00:34 UTC

New York Times

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Deploy National Guard to Chicago? Trump Says He Has 'The Right to Do Anything I Want to Do.' (Chris Cameron/New York Times)

Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Deploy National Guard to Chicago?  Trump Says He Has ‘The Right to Do Anything I Want to Do.’  —  President Trump, who has sent the military into Los Angeles and Washington, has targeted states and cities governed by Democrats.  —  President Trump declared on Tuesday that he had unlimited power …

2025-08-27 11:20:01 UTC

New York Times