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US military 'conducted a lethal strike' on alleged 'drug vessel' in southern Caribbean, Rubio says

The United States “conducted a lethal strike” against an alleged “drug vessel” coming from Venezuela, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday. “As @potus just announced moments ago, today the U.S. military conducted a lethal strike in the southern Carribean against a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization,” Rubio said in a post on X after President Donald Trump referenced the incident in Oval Office remarks. The use ...

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Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The military will begin sending groups of 150 attorneys — both military and civilians — to the Justice Department “as soon as practicable,” and the military services should have the first round of people identified by next week, according to the Aug. 27 memo. The effort comes as ...

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Proud Boys members call for Pam Bondi's resignation for seeking to dismiss their $100 million lawsuit

September 2, 2025 / 1:41 PM EDT Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department are facing blowback over their effort to block a lawsuit from members of the far-right Proud Boys, who are seeking financial reimbursement for their criminal cases and imprisonment for offenses stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The Proud Boys Jan. 6 rioters, who met in a social media "X spaces" gathering last month, are calling for Bondi's resignation, after the Justice Department filed ...

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With discharge petition, Massie continues crusade for release of Epstein files

Posted September 2, 2025 at 4:26pm As the House returns from a monthlong recess, Rep. Thomas Massie is applying renewed pressure on the government to release records related to the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He lost no time Tuesday, sounding off on the so-called Epstein files and taking a procedural step that could cause headaches for Speaker Mike Johnson during the busy month ahead. Massie’s plans were temporarily interrupted when Johnson sent the House home ahead ...

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RFK Jr. Stands Behind His Conspiracy Theories Amid Demands for Resignation

HEALTH HAZARD The Health Secretary is calling lifesaving COVID vaccines “experimental and ineffective” while favoring unproven, alternative methods. Laura Esposito Sep. 2 2025 4:54PM EDT ................... Kennedy, a conspiracy theorist with no background in science, published a Wall Street Journal op-ed Tuesday defending his chaotic overhaul of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amid growing calls for his resignation. In the piece, the notorious anti-vaxxer blasted the CDC ...

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Trump's LA Troop Deployment Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules

(Bloomberg) A US judge ruled President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles during protests against his immigration crackdown violated federal law. US District Judge Charles Breyer on Tuesday issued an order barring barring the use of troops deployed in California and any other military troops in the state “to execute the laws.” But he paused his ruling pending further legal action.

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'Big betrayal': Trump accused of breaking campaign promises by major union

(Raw Story) Although President Donald Trump's administration likes to boast that it puts "American workers first," several news reports published on Monday document the president's attacks on the rights of working people and labor unions. As longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse explained in The Guardian, Trump, throughout his second term, has "taken dozens of actions that hurt workers, often by cutting their pay or making their jobs more dangerous."

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Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds

(Wall Street Journal) America is becoming a nation of economic pessimists. A new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds that the share of people who say they have a good chance of improving their standard of living fell to 25%, a record low in surveys dating to 1987. More than three-quarters said they lack confidence that life for the next generation will be better than their own, the poll found.

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Republicans Keep Getting Booed at Their Own Town Halls

(Mother Jones) It hasn’t been a great last week of the August recess for Republican members of Congress. At town hall events across the country, attendees booed, laughed, jeered, and demanded answers as their GOP representatives tried to defend Donald Trump’s agenda. The list of issues angering their constituents is long—everything from the Trump-backed cuts to Medicaid and other impacts of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, to the deployment of the National Guard to Democratic-run cities, to the lack of transparency over the Epstein files.

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Republicans fret about inflation's impact on 2026 midterms

(Axios) Republican operatives and lawmakers are increasingly anxious about how inflation could affect the GOP in the 2026 midterms, and want President Trump to take more aggressive steps to address rising prices. GOP insiders and lawmakers believe the cost of drugs and consumer items — and how the White House deals with Trump's tariffs potentially turbocharging prices and creating shortages — will be key to whether the GOP keeps control of Congress next year.

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'Unhinged': Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump threat to deploy National Guard to Chicago

2 min ago - Posted 5:46 PM, Sep 02, 2025 and last updated 5:46 PM, Sep 02, 2025 Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker is again pushing back on President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to combat crime. Speaking Tuesday at a pr ... (Scripps News)

The numbers are in: National Guard deployed to DC to fight crime has picked up 500 bags of trash along 3.2 miles

28 min ago - Tuesday 02 September 2025 22:37 BST National Guard troops were deployed to Washington, D.C. to fight crime, but they have also participated in President Donald Trump’s beautification efforts, collecting 500 bags of trash along a 3.2-mile stretch ... (The Independent)

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Jeffries warns Republicans: Democrats will oppose GOP spending bill

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Appeals court blocks Trump from deporting Venezuelan migrants under Alien Enemies Act, finding "no invasion"

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Hundreds of economists sign open letter backing embattled Fed Governor Lisa Cook after Trump attacks

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McGovern Hammers Comer Over Epstein Files Dump - '97% of Which Is Already Out in Public'

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Congress releases first batch of Epstein files

11 hrs ago - Sep. 2, 2025, 6:33 PM EDT / Updated Sept. 2, 2025, 6:50 PM EDT The House committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein released a batch of files Tuesday related to the late convicted sex offender amid pressure for the Trump administration to release more ... (NBC News)

A red state community bet on carbon capture. Trump is blocking it

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Grand jury refuses to indict second person accused of threatening President Trump

11 hrs ago - WASHINGTON -- For a second time this week, a federal grand jury declined to indict a defendant accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office informed a magistrate judge Tuesday afternoon that a grand jury ... (WUSA9)

RFK Jr. Stands Behind His Conspiracy Theories Amid Demands for Resignation

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Pentagon deletes post after accidentally revealing Trump's big mystery announcement

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