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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

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Democrats prepare to set their 2028 presidential nominating calendar (Natasha Korecki/NBC News)

Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Democrats prepare to set their 2028 presidential nominating calendar  —  Once again, it's not clear which state will vote first when the party chooses its next presidential candidate, after Joe Biden's party scrambled the traditional order in 2024.  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Democrats are already looking …

2025-08-27 11:05:01 UTC

NBC News

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Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland reports (Richard Connor/Associated Press)

Richard Connor / Associated Press:
Denmark summons US envoy over Greenland reports  —  Denmark has summoned the US head of mission in Copenhagen over alleged covert US influence efforts in Greenland.  The move comes after US President Donald Trump said he wanted the island — and even hinted at using force.

2025-08-27 09:01:03 UTC

Associated Press

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Trump Plays Reality Television Host at Cabinet Meeting That Lasts Hours (Katie Rogers/New York Times)

Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Plays Reality Television Host at Cabinet Meeting That Lasts Hours  —  As hours ticked by, President Trump played reality television host — “This has never been done before!”  — as his cabinet members offered praise.  It was a glimpse of how he runs his presidency.

2025-08-27 05:05:00 UTC

New York Times

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FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump (Maxine Joselow/New York Times)

Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump  —  The letter, sent to Congress on Monday, said cuts made by the Trump administration had erased improvements made to disaster response since Hurricane Katrina.  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday suspended around 30 employees …

2025-08-27 04:55:00 UTC

New York Times

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FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump (Maxine Joselow/New York Times)

Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump  —  The letter, sent to Congress on Monday, said cuts made by the Trump administration had erased improvements made to disaster response since Hurricane Katrina.  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday suspended around 30 employees …

2025-08-27 04:55:00 UTC

New York Times

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Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority (Stephen Gruber-Miller/Des Moines Register)

Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority  —  Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years.

2025-08-27 02:15:01 UTC

Des Moines Register

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FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter (Brianna Sacks/Washington Post)

Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter  —  About 180 current and former FEMA staffers sent a letter on Monday to members of Congress and other officials protesting the agency's leadership and direction.  —  The Trump administration placed …

2025-08-27 01:45:00 UTC

Washington Post

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Iowa Democrats win massive upset to break GOP supermajority (David Nir/The Downballot)

David Nir / The Downballot:
Iowa Democrats win massive upset to break GOP supermajority  —  Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey won a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping a deep-red seat in the state Senate and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.  —  Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch by a wide 55-44 margin …

2025-08-27 01:40:00 UTC

The Downballot

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Cracker Barrel scraps new logo after outrage from customers, Trump (Dan Mangan/CNBC)

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Cracker Barrel scraps new logo after outrage from customers, Trump … Cracker Barrel Old Country Store will scrap its controversial rebranding plan, the company announced Tuesday.  —  “We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel.  We said we would listen, and we have.

2025-08-27 00:20:01 UTC

CNBC

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Israeli military says strikes on Gaza hospital targeted a Hamas camera, without providing evidence (Associated Press)

Associated Press:
Israeli military says strikes on Gaza hospital targeted a Hamas camera, without providing evidence  —  The Israeli military said Tuesday that its double strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people targeted what it believed was a Hamas surveillance camera.

2025-08-26 23:45:01 UTC

Associated Press

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Gates Foundation Quietly Cuts Ties With Firm Linked to Democrats (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)

Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Gates Foundation Quietly Cuts Ties With Firm Linked to Democrats  —  Officials made no mention of politics in cutting ties with a network of nonprofit funds, but Bill Gates has made other moves to insulate the charity from political pressures.  —  America's largest charitable foundation …

2025-08-26 23:35:01 UTC

New York Times

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Trump Has Forced Out Nearly 10% Of The Federal Workforce (Jennifer Bendery/HuffPost)

Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Has Forced Out Nearly 10% Of The Federal Workforce  —  “We're seeing the arson of our government,” warned Max Stier of Partnership for Public Service, which has been tracking people's lost jobs since January.  —  WASHINGTON - More than 199,000 federal workers have left their jobs …

2025-08-26 23:30:00 UTC

HuffPost

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National Guard members activated for DC federal takeover seen picking-up trash (Stephanie Ramirez/WTTG-TV)

Stephanie Ramirez / WTTG-TV:
National Guard members activated for DC federal takeover seen picking-up trash  — National Guard members were seen picking up trash near the White House Tuesday morning.  — Officials say it's part of a broader beautification mission tied to the federal “D.C. Takeover.”

2025-08-26 22:45:00 UTC

WTTG-TV

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The Senate Must Preserve Fed Independence (Michael R. Strain/National Review)

Michael R. Strain / National Review:
The Senate Must Preserve Fed Independence  —  President Trump's attempt to fire Federal Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook is dangerous and a threat to long-term prosperity.  The Senate needs to be watching carefully, being sure to only confirm future Fed governors who are perceived to be independent of the president.

2025-08-26 22:30:00 UTC

National Review

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August 25, 2025 — This morning, President Donald J. Trump talked to reporters ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters ...)

Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
August 25, 2025  —  This morning, President Donald J. Trump talked to reporters as he signed several executive orders in the Oval Office.  Trump sat behind the Resolute Desk as he has been doing lately, seeming to put its bulk between him and the reporters.

2025-08-26 22:20:00 UTC

Letters ...

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Trump Again Escalates Power Grabs in Bid to Fire Fed Member (Charlie Savage/New York Times)

Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Again Escalates Power Grabs in Bid to Fire Fed Member  —  President Trump claimed he has cause to remove a member of the independent board who has not obeyed his demands to vote for lower interest rates.  —  President Trump's bid to fire a member of the Federal Reserve board …

2025-08-26 22:00:00 UTC

New York Times

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Exxon Held Secret Talks With Rosneft About Going Back to Russia (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Exxon Held Secret Talks With Rosneft About Going Back to Russia  —  Resuming business in Russia would mark a dramatic rapprochement after Exxon's messy breakup with Moscow when Putin attacked Ukraine in 2022  —  After huddling with President Trump in Alaska, President Vladimir Putin told reporters Russia …

2025-08-26 21:50:00 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)

Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
A Teen Was Suicidal.  ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. … A photograph of Adam Raine taken not long before his death.  His baby blanket, which his mother found in his bed, hangs over a corner.  Mark Abramson for The New York Times  —  When Adam Raine died in April at age 16, some of his friends did not initially believe it.

2025-08-26 21:20:03 UTC

New York Times

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Vanity Fair staff erupt in fury over proposed Melania Trump cover with foul-mouthed meltdown (Steve Helling/Daily Mail)

Steve Helling / Daily Mail:
Vanity Fair staff erupt in fury over proposed Melania Trump cover with foul-mouthed meltdown  —  Raging Vanity Fair employees have vowed to quit their jobs and work at a supermarket if First Lady Melania Trump is granted a spot on its cover.  —  'I will walk out the motherf***ing door …

2025-08-26 21:05:00 UTC

Daily Mail

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Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role (Ali Swenson/Associated Press)

Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role  —  A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role …

2025-08-26 20:45:01 UTC

Associated Press

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A notorious Pennsylvania election denier now holds a top Homeland Security post for 'elections integrity' (Katie Bernard/The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Katie Bernard / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A notorious Pennsylvania election denier now holds a top Homeland Security post for ‘elections integrity’  —  A prominent Pennsylvania election denier who led an unsuccessful effort to cancel the votes of hundreds of Pennsylvanians last year and has long been notorious for spreading inaccurate data …

2025-08-26 20:30:01 UTC

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Trump Is Leaning in on Crime. Democrats Need a Better Response — and Fast. (Rachael Bade/Politico)

Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump Is Leaning in on Crime.  Democrats Need a Better Response — and Fast. … To many Washington insiders, President Trump's early August Beltway crime crackdown seemed like an opportunistic and hamhanded pivot after getting walloped for weeks over the Jeffrey Epstein affair.

2025-08-26 20:30:01 UTC

Politico

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Trump's Unconstitutional Plan to Penalize States that Allow Cashless Bail (Ilya Somin/Reason)

Ilya Somin / Reason:
Trump's Unconstitutional Plan to Penalize States that Allow Cashless Bail  —  President Trump recently issued an executive order directing the Justice Department to penalize jurisdictions that allow cashless bail, by withholding federal funds from them:

2025-08-26 19:50:00 UTC

Reason

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DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to 'vulnerable' cloud server, says whistleblower (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
DOGE uploaded live copy of Social Security database to ‘vulnerable’ cloud server, says whistleblower  —  A top Social Security Administration official turned whistleblower says members of the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded hundreds of millions …

2025-08-26 18:50:03 UTC

TechCrunch