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CDC Standoff: RFK Jr.’s Push to Fire Director Devolves Into Chaos  The New York Times Sanders calls for bipartisan investigation into CDC director’s firing  The Hill Monarez would not cross ‘red lines’ before she was fired, confidant says  Politico CDC official includes ‘pregnant people’ terminology and pronouns in resignation letter  Fox News CDC officials escorted from headquarters as chaos engulfs public health agency  The Independent …

Patty Murray, the Washington senator, has called for the Trump administration to provide “immediate answers” about reports that two firefighters were detained by border agents as they were responding to a wildfire in the state. Federal immigration authorities on Wednesday staged an operation on the scene of the Bear Gulch fire, a nearly 9,000-acre (3,600-hectare) blaze in the Olympic national …

Emergency service workers at the site of a Russian air strike on a residential building in Kyiv. (Bloomberg) — Russia unleashed a wave of drone and missile strikes on Kyiv, in defiance of US calls for an end to the fighting, as Ukraine and its allies kept up efforts to obtain future security guarantees for the war-torn nation. The Russian …

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Democrats press GOP leaders for meeting as shutdown looms  Politico Democratic leaders push to reverse Trump cuts in government shutdown fight  Axios 7 reasons a government shutdown is likely this fall  The Hill Another federal shutdown threat looms as Congress heads back to DC  Military Times The Calm Before the Return of the Congressional Storm  Bloomberg.com Source link

Burning Man’s infamous Orgy Dome won’t reopen, organizers say  San Francisco Chronicle ‘Straight-up f—king mud’: Burning Man just keeps getting wetter  SFGATE Burning Man ‘Orgy Dome’ destroyed by high winds as the event began  USA Today What is a haboob? Here’s what causes the dust storm like the one in Arizona.  CBS News Man airlifted from Burning Man after possible electrocution  KRNV Source link

Members of the South Carolina National Guard stand outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., last week. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images As the Trump administration moves to take more control over the management of Washington, D.C., it is setting its sights on Union Station — a major transportation hub and national …

Additional victim identified in mass church shooting, bringing total to 2 dead, 18 injured  kare11.com Robin Westman: Police examine material possibly linked to Minneapolis church shooting suspect  CNN FBI director calls Minneapolis school shooting ‘barbaric’ domestic terrorism with anti-religious motives  Fox News Minneapolis shooting live updates: 2 children killed, 18 injured at Catholic school; FBI investigating attack as hate crime  yahoo.com What we know …

Banksy-style posters of a protester throwing a sandwich are seen in Union Market on August 21, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) THESE ARE DARK DAYS FOR AMERICAN lovers of liberty, so any glimmers of light are especially welcome. Let’s start with “Sandwich Man.” The world knows him as the pink-shirted guy who shouted at federal agents …