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Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief (New York Times)

New York Times:
Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief  —  The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting President Trump's contention that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in Iran.  —  The Pentagon has fired the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency …

2025-08-22 23:30:01 UTC

New York Times

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Alina Habba judge is Republican, Federalist Society member (Elizabeth Crisp/The Hill)

Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Alina Habba judge is Republican, Federalist Society member  —  The judge appointed by former President Obama who ruled this week that Trump pick Alina Habba lacks the authority to serve as the acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey is a longtime Republican, with membership in the conservative Federalist Society …

2025-08-22 23:05:01 UTC

The Hill

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Powell indicates conditions 'may warrant' interest rate cuts as Fed proceeds 'carefully' (Jeff Cox/CNBC)

Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Powell indicates conditions ‘may warrant’ interest rate cuts as Fed proceeds ‘carefully’ … Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday gave a tepid indication of possible interest rate cuts ahead as he noted a high level of uncertainty that is making the job difficult for monetary policymakers.

2025-08-22 15:10:03 UTC

CNBC

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Russia's foreign minister says no Putin-Zelenskyy summit planned despite Trump's peace push (Freddie Clayton/NBC News)

Freddie Clayton / NBC News:
Russia's foreign minister says no Putin-Zelenskyy summit planned despite Trump's peace push  —  Sergey Lavrov told NBC News' “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in an exclusive interview Friday that the Ukrainian leader had rejected Trump's proposed terms for a deal.

2025-08-22 14:55:03 UTC

NBC News

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Playbook: Can Dems talk their way out of the wilderness? (Politico)

Politico:
Playbook: Can Dems talk their way out of the wilderness?  —  With help from Eli Okun, Bethany Irvine and Ali Bianco  —  On today's Playbook Podcast, Adam Wren and Megan Messerly talk about Democrats' focus on their own language, why the White House is leaning in on its D.C. crackdown and the expected …

2025-08-22 14:10:00 UTC

Politico

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Judge rules 'Alligator Alcatraz' can stay open for now, but no further detainees or construction are allowed (NBC News)

NBC News:
Judge rules ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ can stay open for now, but no further detainees or construction are allowed  —  Within 60 days, the facility must also remove “all generators, gas, sewage, and other waste and waste receptacles,” which calls into question how it would operate.

2025-08-22 13:55:00 UTC

NBC News

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FBI action at John Bolton's House--Live (Benjamin Wittes/Dog Shirt Daily)

Benjamin Wittes / Dog Shirt Daily:
FBI action at John Bolton's House—Live  —  A recording from Benjamin Wittes's live video  —  Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare, and Tim Miller  —  Get more from Benjamin Wittes in the Substack app  —  Discussion about this video

2025-08-22 13:45:00 UTC

Dog Shirt Daily

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Newsom signs California redistricting measures in response to Texas bill (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)

Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Newsom signs California redistricting measures in response to Texas bill  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two redistricting bills into law on Thursday after the state's Democratic-controlled Legislature passed them earlier in the day. … - Newsom, at the bills' signing …

2025-08-22 13:45:00 UTC

Axios

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Trump Administration Live Updates: F.B.I. Searches John Bolton's Maryland Home (Eileen Sullivan/New York Times)

Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: F.B.I. Searches John Bolton's Maryland Home  —  Where Things Stand  — John Bolton: F.B.I. agents early Friday were searching the Maryland home of John Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser, said an F.B.I. official.

2025-08-22 13:35:04 UTC

New York Times

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Fact check: Trump and the case of the nonexistent $600 billion EU 'gift' (Daniel Dale/CNN)

Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump and the case of the nonexistent $600 billion EU ‘gift’  —  Seventeen days ago, President Donald Trump made a dramatic claim in an interview on the business news channel CNBC.  As part of his July trade agreement with the European Union, he said, the EU gave the United States …

2025-08-22 13:30:01 UTC

CNN

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Poll suggests Trump's ICE raids are backfiring in California (Tyler Katzenberger/Politico)

Tyler Katzenberger / Politico:
Poll suggests Trump's ICE raids are backfiring in California … About half of California voters favor a pathway to citizenship, while smaller proportions favor eligibility for permanent residency and temporary work permits.  —  There's “an impulse of empathy and humanity …

2025-08-22 13:30:01 UTC

Politico

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FBI Launches Dramatic Dawn Raid on Trump Nemesis John Bolton (Nico Hines/The Daily Beast)

Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
FBI Launches Dramatic Dawn Raid on Trump Nemesis John Bolton  —  LONG KNIVES  —  The feds swooped in on the home of Trump's former national security adviser.  —  FBI agents raided the home of President Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser John Bolton on Friday morning.

2025-08-22 13:25:00 UTC

The Daily Beast

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FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says (Eric Tucker/Associated Press)

Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says  —  The FBI is searching the Maryland home and Washington office of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump's first administration as national security adviser but later became critical of the president …

2025-08-22 13:20:00 UTC

Associated Press

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Defense Secretary Hegseth authorizes 2K National Guard troops to carry arms in DC (Anne Flaherty/ABC News)

Anne Flaherty / ABC News:
Defense Secretary Hegseth authorizes 2K National Guard troops to carry arms in DC  —  The authority is expected to be acted upon in coming days.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed an order authorizing the latest National Guard troops to arrive in Washington …

2025-08-22 13:20:00 UTC

ABC News

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DEVELOPING: FBI Raids John Bolton's House (Jonathan V. Last/The Bulwark)

Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
DEVELOPING: FBI Raids John Bolton's House  —  Shortly before 7:00 a.m. Friday morning, the FBI and Montgomery County police were seen at the Bethesda home of John Bolton, who served as national security advisor for part of Donald Trump's first term.  Montgomery County police sealed off …

2025-08-22 12:00:05 UTC

The Bulwark

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Patel's FBI raids John Bolton's home in high-profile national security probe (Caitlin Doornbos/New York Post)

Caitlin Doornbos / New York Post:
Patel's FBI raids John Bolton's home in high-profile national security probe  —  FBI agents raided the DC-area home of President Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton on Friday morning in a high-profile national security probe, The Post can exclusively reveal.

2025-08-22 11:50:05 UTC

New York Post

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Getting "DOGED": DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family. (ProPublica)

ProPublica:
Getting “DOGED”: DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media.  Then the Taliban Took His Family.  —  It was early morning on April 1 when Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar, got a panicked message from his son.  Halimi's name had just appeared in a viral post on X …

2025-08-22 11:10:01 UTC

ProPublica

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IRS is canceling its layoff plans, will ask some it fired or pushed out to return (GovExec.com)

GovExec.com:
IRS is canceling its layoff plans, will ask some it fired or pushed out to return  —  The Internal Revenue Service is no longer planning to pursue layoffs as it seeks to rebuild parts of its workforce.  The tax agency is now working to plug staffing holes with hiring, reassignments and rescinding …

2025-08-22 04:45:00 UTC

GovExec.com

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Judge bars Florida from bringing more detainees to 'Alligator Alcatraz' (Politico)

Politico:
Judge bars Florida from bringing more detainees to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ … Authorities have not disclosed the number of people held at the detention facility in the vast wetlands west of Miami.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opened it in July and said it would eventually hold …

2025-08-22 04:10:01 UTC

Politico

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Supreme Court clears way for nearly $800 million in cuts to NIH grants (Justin Jouvenal/Washington Post)

Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court clears way for nearly $800 million in cuts to NIH grants  —  The ruling allows the Trump administration to slash research on health issues in minority, gay and transgender communities while legal battles play out over the funding.  —  A divided Supreme Court on Thursday cleared …

2025-08-22 03:30:00 UTC

Washington Post

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Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact (Lori Rozsa/Washington Post)

Lori Rozsa / Washington Post:
Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact  —  The ruling, which gives the state 60 days to act, comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to convert a prison in North Florida into a second immigrant detention site.  —  A federal judge in Miami gave the state …

2025-08-22 02:20:01 UTC

Washington Post

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Red Envelopes With Cash Are Changing Hands at Adams Campaign Rallies (New York Times)

New York Times:
Red Envelopes With Cash Are Changing Hands at Adams Campaign Rallies  —  New York Times reporters witnessed supporters of Mayor Eric Adams handing out cash-filled envelopes.  Sometimes, that money went to reporters from Chinese-language outlets.  —  Few New York City politicians …

2025-08-22 01:50:04 UTC

New York Times

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The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America (Ed Pilkington/The Guardian)

Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America  —  The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years.  Experts say he's emboldening Trump's drive toward authoritarianism  —  On 4 March, Donald Trump delivered …

2025-08-22 00:25:01 UTC

The Guardian

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Trump to patrol DC streets with police and military (Brett Samuels/The Hill)

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump to patrol DC streets with police and military  —  President Trump said he plans to go out on patrol with the Metropolitan Police Department and National Guard troops around Washington, D.C., on Thursday night amid a federal crackdown on crime.  —  “I'm going to be going out tonight …

2025-08-21 22:30:02 UTC

The Hill

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Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push (Lindsay Whitehurst/Associated Press)

Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push  —  The Trump administration can slash hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, the Supreme Court decided Thursday.

2025-08-21 22:25:01 UTC

Associated Press