WASHINGTONPOST (Patrick Marley) - FEMA can’t condition security grants on election changes, judge says
The Trump administration had sought to limit anti-terrorism funding for local governments that didn’t check the citizenship status of voters.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - FBI agents DEMOTED, Deputy Director RESIGNS amid DRAMA over Stephen Miller threats case
Two veteran FBI counterterrorism agents have been removed from their jobs after a disagreement over an investigation into harassing phone calls made to the wife of White House deputy Chief of staff Stephen Miller. The FBI's Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey resigned Monday, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family, but MS NOW's Ken Dilanian reports he was annoyed by the recent demotions. In a statement on X, the FBI said the claim that Bailey was annoyed with the demotions was “false” and that “he supported those moves.”
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - 'Concentration Camps': Locals PROTEST new ICE facility
Locals in Alexandria, Louisiana are protesting an alleged ICE family detention center set to open in a few weeks. In a statement to MS NOW, ICE denied the allegations that it intents to open a detention facility at England Airpark, describing it instead as a "staging facility...where illegal aliens await their deportation flight." MS NOW's Rosa Flores reports from Alexandria with the latest.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: Sailor on USS Lincoln punished after jumping overboard
The wife of a Navy sailor said he was reprimanded after attempting suicide by jumping 67 feet from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on Aug. 3. Exclusive interviews with his wife and Navy documents obtained by MS NOW show what he went through. MS NOW's Priya Sridhar has the latest.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Pentagon breach exposed sensitive data on nearly 3 million people
The breach included Social Security numbers and details about jobs people held.
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YOUTUBE (CNN) - Tennessee to execute a woman for the first time in over 200 years
Christa Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 over a murder she committed in 1995 at the age of 18. Here’s why human rights advocates are urging the government to rethink the decision. CNN's Antoinette Radford reports.
NYTIMES (Michael C. Bender) - Trump Officials Revise How Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules Are Enforced
The change follows a court ruling barring Title IX from protecting L.G.B.T.Q. people and has angered advocates for sexual assault survivors.
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NYTIMES (Zachary Small) - Kehinde Wiley Wants to Buy His Embassy Painting Back From Trump
Administration officials mocked his work, then removed it from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic, suggesting they would auction it. Wiley offered to buy it back.
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YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Weissmann: Trump’s TAXPAYER-FUNDED AD could lead to much worse
The Trump administration has aired a new ad that appears to be a regurgitation of a 2024 Trump campaign ad, despite a disclaimer at the end saying it was "paid for by the U.S. Government." The White House claims that this is a "public service announcement." MS NOW's Andrew Weissmann breaks down the potential consequences of allowing taxpayer-funded ads like this.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Democracy Defenders: The Art of Protest
With the head of the Smithsonian announcing his retirement and artists facing censorship by the Trump administration, the freedom to make art — and use it to challenge those in power—is under threat in the United States. But across Washington, D.C., protest art is pushing back. In this episode of MS NOW’s Democracy Defenders, Maya Eaglin follows D.C. artist and activist Robin Bell as he uses light projections to cast messages of protest onto landmarks across the city — showing how art can illuminate injustice, inspire action and remind us that democracy must be practiced to survive. Know a democracy defender in your community? Tell us in the comments!