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4:15 AM ET, August 11, 2025

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Al Jazeera:
Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel in Gaza  —  Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.  —  Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside four colleagues in a targeted Israeli attack …
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, and an unnamed assistant by Israeli forces in Gaza.
Ephrat Livni / New York Times:
Israeli Strike Kills 4 Al Jazeera Journalists, Network Says  —  Anas al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent for the network, was among those killed.  Israel said it had conducted a strike targeting Mr. al-Sharif, claiming he worked for Hamas.  —  An Israeli strike near a hospital in Gaza City …
Discussion: Reuters, Al Jazeera and Global News
Washington Post:
FBI moves to dispatch 120 agents to D.C. streets as Trump vows crackdown on crime  —  The Trump administration has assigned FBI agents to work overnight shifts to combat carjackings and other crimes.  —  just now  —  The FBI has begun dispatching about 120 of its agents in overnight shifts …
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Trump Administration to Put F.B.I. Agents on Night Patrol in Washington  —  The move is part of President Trump's pledge to crack down on street crime in the nation's capital.  —  The Trump administration plans to temporarily reassign 120 F.B.I. agents in Washington to nighttime patrol duties …
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill and Politico
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Orders DC Homeless to ‘Move Out IMMEDIATELY’
Tripp Mickle / New York Times:
U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China  —  In a highly unusual arrangement with President Trump, the companies are expected to kick 15 percent of what they make in China to the U.S. government.  —  Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to pay …
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WUSA:
Sources close to DC mayor and police say, Trump will deploy National Guard on Monday  —  To stream WUSA9 on your phone, you need the WUSA9 app.
Discussion: Free DC
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Idrees Ali / Reuters:
US military preparing for National Guard activation in Washington D.C., officials say  —  The U.S. military is preparing for the activation of hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.  —  The officials, who were speaking on the condition of anonymity …
Discussion: Civil Discourse …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Considers Longtime Critic to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics  —  Officials are looking at E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, among others, to head jobs-data agency  —  The Trump administration is interviewing candidates to lead the Bureau …
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Pritzker: Trump Is ‘Cheating Americans Out of Their Votes’ With Gerrymandering Plans  —  Republicans are attempting to unconstitutionally redraw congressional districts to stave off losses in the upcoming midterm elections  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker isn't pulling punches.
Discussion: Newsbusters, Raw Story and Breitbart
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Former Surgeon General on HHS cancelling vaccine research: ‘Over 2 million lives have been saved because of mRNA technology’  —  Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday pushed back against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently winding down its mRNA vaccine …
Discussion: CBS News
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Maya Goldman / Axios:
RFK Jr.'s vaccine pullback stokes fears of lost medical breakthroughs
Discussion: The Bulwark
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Intel CEO Singled Out by Trump to Visit White House on Monday  —  Lip-Bu Tan is set to meet with the president, who last week called for Tan's removal  —  Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is set to visit the White House Monday after President Trump called for his removal last week over ties to Chinese businesses …
New York Times:
Netanyahu Doubles Down on Gaza Offensive After Global Backlash  —  This is not the first time the Israeli prime minister has called for one final military drive to dismantle Hamas and end the war.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel defended on Sunday his government's plan …
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Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Netanyahu rebuffs ‘shameful’ European plans to recognize Palestinian state
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
CNN:
Trump moves Obama, Bush portraits to hidden stairwell  —  Once a dramatic feature of the White House entryway, the official portrait of former President Barack Obama has been moved to a decidedly less prominent position, underscoring the yearslong tensions between the 44th and 47th presidents.
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In L.A., police nightsticks are clubbing press freedom to death  —  The latest Los Angeles protest march against President Donald Trump's aggressive deportation arrests took off from the city's MacArthur Park uneventfully on Friday night, which might have been just as well for a British photojournalist named Nick Stern.
GOV.UK:
Joint leaders' statement on Peace for Ukraine  —  Statement by President Macron, Prime Minister Meloni, Chancellor Merz, Prime Minister Tusk, Prime Minister Starmer, President von der Leyen and President Stubb on Peace for Ukraine ahead of President Trump's planned meeting with President Putin.
Discussion: NPR, Politico and Bloomberg
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Constant Méheut / New York Times:
Ukraine and Europe Project United Front Ahead of Trump-Putin Summit
Casey Parks / Washington Post:
A family opened a town's first bookstore.  A bathroom bill is driving them away.  —  The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota.  They sold it and moved after a new law would have required their daughter to use a boy's bathroom.  —  VERMILLION, S.D. …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Lindsey Graham says Russia and Ukraine would likely need to swap land in a ceasefire deal  —  Land swaps have been a non-starter for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham said in an interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press” that Russia and Ukraine would have to swap …
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NBC News:
Sen. Lindsey Graham says ‘there will be land swaps’ to end Russia-Ukraine war: Full interview
 
 
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Red states lead push for MAHA soda bans
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Dana Bash / CNN:
US Ambassador to NATO: 'It's possible' Zelensky will attend Trump-Putin summit
Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump rips ‘disgusting degenerate’ Pelosi, alleges ‘average’-minded husband Paul got rich off ‘inside information’
Robinson Meyer / New York Times:
Trump Is Destroying the Future of America to Own the Libs
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Trump is rushing to build his ballroom. A review process could take years.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Can AriZona's 99-Cent Iced Tea Survive Trump's Tariffs?
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Natasha Singer / New York Times:
Computer Science Grads Struggle to Find Jobs in the A.I. Age
Michael G. Holzman / The UnPopulist:
Yoram Hazony's National Conservatism Wants to Abandon Liberal Democracy so that the Jewish People Maintain Hegemony in Israel
Discussion: Washington Examiner
ABC News:
1 dead, 5 wounded, including 5-year-old girl, in Baltimore ‘mass shooting’: Police
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
New chatbot on Trump's Truth Social platform keeps contradicting him
Andrew Atterbury / Politico:
Florida's universities face research overhaul courtesy of Trump and DeSantis
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Forbes
 

 
From Techmeme:

Luc Olinga / Gizmodo:
Sam Altman says OpenAI is restoring GPT-4o to ChatGPT and raising reasoning model limits for free and Plus users, as usage of reasoning models increases

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing upgraded App Intents with Uber, Temu, Amazon, YouTube, WhatsApp, and other apps to transform Siri into a true voice-first interface

Stevie Bonifield / PC Gamer:
AOL is discontinuing its dial-up internet service on September 30; it was launched in 1991 and reportedly had subscribers “in the low thousands” in 2021

 
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