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Judge Says Habba Has Served as U.S. Attorney Without Legal Authority (New York Times)

New York Times:
Judge Says Habba Has Served as U.S. Attorney Without Legal Authority  —  Defense lawyers had questioned whether Alina Habba, a Trump loyalist, was legally authorized to run the U.S. attorney's office in New Jersey.  —  A federal judge on Thursday ruled that Alina Habba had been serving …

2025-08-21 21:15:01 UTC

New York Times

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ICE is joining D.C. police patrols. Moped drivers are an early target. (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
ICE is joining D.C. police patrols.  Moped drivers are an early target.  —  D.C. police's efforts to enforce moped laws resulted mostly in food delivery drivers' immediate release.  But ICE has joined in, and now, drivers are being detained.  —  A growing number of delivery drivers …

2025-08-21 21:10:00 UTC

Washington Post

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F.B.I. Plans to Lower Recruiting Standards, Alarming Agents (New York Times)

New York Times:
F.B.I. Plans to Lower Recruiting Standards, Alarming Agents … Instead of spending about 18 weeks training at the academy in Quantico, Va., a new group of agents will receive eight weeks.Eric Lee for The New York Times  —  The Trump administration is preparing to lower the recruitment standards …

2025-08-21 20:55:01 UTC

New York Times

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U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023 (Pew Research Center)

Pew Research Center:
U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023  —  Preliminary data indicates continued growth into 2024 and a decrease in 2025  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents  —  Pew Research Center conducted this research to understand changes in the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States.

2025-08-21 20:25:00 UTC

Pew Research Center

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Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations (Matthew Lee/Associated Press)

Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump administration is reviewing all 55 million foreigners with US visas for any violations  —  The Trump administration said Thursday it is reviewing more than 55 million people who have valid U.S. visas for any violations that could lead to deportation, part of a growing crackdown on foreigners …

2025-08-21 20:25:00 UTC

Associated Press

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Trump to sign executive order to punish those who burn American flags (Alayna Treene/CNN)

Alayna Treene / CNN:
Trump to sign executive order to punish those who burn American flags  —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that would direct the Justice Department to try to bring charges against people who burn the American flag, a White House official told CNN.

2025-08-21 19:50:01 UTC

CNN

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California passes first of three bills to counter Texas in nationwide fight over election maps (Maeve Reston/Washington Post)

Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
California passes first of three bills to counter Texas in nationwide fight over election maps  —  California's Democratic lawmakers want to redraw congressional maps as Texas, led by Republicans, moves toward final approval of its plans.  —  The California Assembly on Thursday passed …

2025-08-21 19:45:00 UTC

Washington Post

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How Tiffany Trump's Husband Benefited From Proximity to Power (New York Times)

New York Times:
How Tiffany Trump's Husband Benefited From Proximity to Power  —  A Times investigation found that Michael Boulos and his family benefited financially from proximity to his in-laws for years.  —  Michael Boulos and his wife, Tiffany Trump, at the Liberty Ball for the inauguration …

2025-08-21 19:30:00 UTC

New York Times

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State Department can't deny visas based on Trump travel ban, judge rules (Josh Gerstein/Politico)

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
State Department can't deny visas based on Trump travel ban, judge rules … Lawyers for the Trump administration asked Sooknanan to accept the “longstanding practice” of the State Department to refuse visas to people whose entry would be blocked by a presidential order.

2025-08-21 18:55:01 UTC

Politico

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Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to 'Behave' in Trump Meeting (Karoun Demirjian/New York Times)

Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to ‘Behave’ in Trump Meeting  —  It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraine's leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state.  —  As President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine headed into a high-stakes meeting …

2025-08-21 18:00:00 UTC

New York Times

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Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to 'Behave' in Trump Meeting (Karoun Demirjian/New York Times)

Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to ‘Behave’ in Trump Meeting  —  It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraine's leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state.  —  As President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine headed into a high-stakes meeting …

2025-08-21 18:00:00 UTC

New York Times

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Divided Court Eliminates Trump's Half-Billion-Dollar Fine in Fraud Case (New York Times)

New York Times:
Divided Court Eliminates Trump's Half-Billion-Dollar Fine in Fraud Case  —  New York appeals judges said that the judgment was excessive, but agreed to uphold the case so the appeal could continue.  —  A divided New York appeals court on Thursday threw out a half-billion-dollar judgment …

2025-08-21 17:55:01 UTC

New York Times

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Transcript: Stephen Miller's Crazed Fascist Rant to Media Is Revealing (New Republic)

New Republic:
Transcript: Stephen Miller's Crazed Fascist Rant to Media Is Revealing  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 21 episode of the  —  Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.

2025-08-21 17:55:01 UTC

New Republic

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Trump lays out his redistricting endgame: A 100 seat Republican majority (April Rubin/Axios)

April Rubin / Axios:
Trump lays out his redistricting endgame: A 100 seat Republican majority  —  President Trump shared his ultimate voting reform goal in a Wednesday Truth Social post, saying he wants the GOP to pick up 100 congressional seats. … - “If we do these TWO things, we will pick up 100 more seats …

2025-08-21 17:30:02 UTC

Axios

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One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems (David French/New York Times)

David French / New York Times:
One Sentence in the Constitution Is Causing America Huge Problems  —  On Nov. 8, 1787, a pamphleteer who wrote under the pseudonym Cato published one of the most prescient warnings in American history.  —  Cato looked at the proposed Constitution and declared that it might well turn into a vehicle for tyranny.

2025-08-21 17:25:01 UTC

New York Times

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Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Wired and Business Insider remove ‘AI-written’ freelance articles  —  Wired and Business Insider have removed news features written by a freelance journalist after concerns they are likely AI-generated works of fiction.  —  Freedom of expression non-profit Index on Censorship is also in the process …

2025-08-21 17:20:00 UTC

Press Gazette

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Trump says he will join police, military on D.C. streets Thursday (Washington Post)

Washington Post:
Trump says he will join police, military on D.C. streets Thursday  —  The move continues his administration's efforts to exert control over the capital city.  —  just now  —  President Donald Trump said he will join law enforcement officials on D.C. streets Thursday …

2025-08-21 17:15:00 UTC

Washington Post

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White House suspends tours for ballroom construction (NBC News)

NBC News:
White House suspends tours for ballroom construction  —  The White House announced last month that construction on the ballroom would start in September.  —  WASHINGTON — The White House is suspending public tours because of the construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom initiated …

2025-08-21 16:50:00 UTC

NBC News

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Trump's 'Law and Order' Push in D.C. Looks a Lot Like an Immigration Raid (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Trump's ‘Law and Order’ Push in D.C. Looks a Lot Like an Immigration Raid  —  Nearly half of the arrests under the security crackdown have been of people in the country illegally  —  WASHINGTON—In the neighborhood of Mount Pleasant, which has a large Hispanic population …

2025-08-21 16:45:01 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump (Associated Press)

Associated Press:
Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump  —  An appeals court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump, ruling Thursday in New York state's lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth.

2025-08-21 15:50:00 UTC

Associated Press

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I'm a Proud Conservative. My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live. (Rachel Roth Aldhizer/New York Times)

Rachel Roth Aldhizer / New York Times:
I'm a Proud Conservative.  My Disabled Son Needs Medicaid to Live.  —  I'm a registered Republican who just watched her party spend much of the summer pushing through new cuts to Medicaid.  I'm also here to tell you why I'm an unlikely supporter of the program.  My son's life depends on government assistance.

2025-08-21 15:35:00 UTC

New York Times

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Revealed: Israeli military's own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war (The Guardian)

The Guardian:
Revealed: Israeli military's own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war  —  Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000  —  Emma Graham-Harrison and Yuval Abraham in Jerusalem

2025-08-21 14:40:01 UTC

The Guardian

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Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)

President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade  —  The United States and the European Union are pleased to announce that they have agreed on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair, and Balanced Trade ("Framework Agreement").

2025-08-21 14:20:00 UTC

The White House

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Weaponizing the Housing Regulator (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
Weaponizing the Housing Regulator  —  Bill Pulte, the FHFA chief, goes after Trump's political opponents.  —  Click for Sound  —  Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director William Pulte on Wednesday accused Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, a Biden appointee, of mortgage fraud.

2025-08-21 12:50:01 UTC

Wall Street Journal

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Stephen Miller Erupts in Manic Fascist Rant--and Reveals a Big Weakness (New Republic)

New Republic:
Stephen Miller Erupts in Manic Fascist Rant—and Reveals a Big Weakness  —  Stephen Miller exploded in a long, unhinged rant about demonstrators who are protesting President Trump's military occupation of Washington, D.C. It was classic authoritarian agitprop, attacking demonstrators as …

2025-08-21 12:35:00 UTC

New Republic