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Trump order calls for broader National Guard role in addressing domestic unrest

By Dan Lamothe
Aug 25, 2025 8:22 pm - President Donald Trump on Monday directed the National Guard to prepare for deeper involvement in any future civil unrest throughout the United States and called for the creation of a new military unit that is deputized to enforce federal laws, specifically in D.C.
Trump fires Fed Governor Lisa Cook, escalating fight for control over central bank

By CHRIS RUGABER and WILL WEISSERT
Aug 25, 2025 8:08 pm - President Donald Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook late Monday, a surprise move constituting a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over what has long been considered an institution independent from day-to-day politics.
Congress investigating whether D.C. police manipulated crime data

Olivia George
Aug 25, 2025 7:57 pm - The House Oversight Committee is investigating whether D.C. police manipulated data in a potentially widespread effort to make crime rates appear lower at the direction of department leadership, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.
House committee subpoenas Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for documents, including birthday book and contacts

By STEPHEN GROVES
Aug 25, 2025 7:50 pm - The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the estate of the late Jeffrey Epstein on Monday as congressional lawmakers try to determine who was connected to the disgraced financier and whether prosecutors mishandled his case.
Trump meets with South Korean leader after public blast

By Natalie Allison, Michelle Ye Hee Lee
Aug 25, 2025 5:44 pm - President Donald Trump hosted South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at the White House on Monday, just hours after suggesting in a social media post that the United States might stop doing business with the country.
FEMA staff warn that Trump officials’ actions risk a Katrina-level disaster

By Brianna Sacks
Aug 25, 2025 5:20 pm - More than 180 Federal Emergency Management Agency employees sent a letter Monday to members of Congress and other officials, arguing that the agency’s direction and current leaders’ inexperience harms the agency’s mission and could result in a disaster on the level of Hurricane Katrina.
Trump signs order aimed at ending cashless bail, flag burning

By Emily Davies, Jenny Gathright
Aug 25, 2025 3:11 pm - President Donald Trump moved on two issues important to his conservative base Monday, signing executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail across the country and pushin...
As AI becomes part of everyday life, it brings a hidden climate cost

By CALEIGH WELLS
Aug 25, 2025 10:57 am - AI is largely powered by data centers that field queries, store data and deploy information. As AI becomes ubiquitous, the power demand for data centers increases, leading to grid reliability problems for people living nearby.
Stocks slip on Wall Street after last week’s rally

By DAMIAN J. TROISE
Aug 25, 2025 10:53 am - Stocks on Wall Street closed broadly lower Monday, giving back some of the big gains the market notched last week on hopes for interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces new deportation efforts after ICE detains him in Baltimore

By BRIAN WITTE and BEN FINLEY
Aug 25, 2025 8:26 am - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose case has become a flashpoint in President Donald Trump’s aggressive effort to remove noncitizens from the U.S., was detained by immigration authorities in Baltimore on Monday to face renewed efforts to deport him after a brief period of freedom.

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