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YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - 'MONSTROUS': Kash Patel's FBI lowers hiring standards for people with history of SEX OFFENSES Mon Aug 31 22:44:07 2026

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Despite an earlier claim from FBI Director Kash Patel that the bureau would not change its rigorous standards, the Associated Press is reporting that the FBI is "dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes and will instead consider in a more holistic manner at least some candidates who have engaged in the practice in the past..." Alicia Menendez – in for Nicolle Wallace – is joined by Michael Feinberg for reaction on Deadline White House.

WASHINGTONPOST (Riley Beggin, Catherine Belton) - Russian finance minister, invited by Trump, draws objections at G-20 meeting Mon Aug 31 22:40:51 2026

As Moscow pounds Ukraine, the appearance by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was “quite troubling,” said one attendee. U.S. officials cited a need for “dialogue.”

AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns from post Mon Aug 31 22:33:46 2026

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down from his post, according to multiple reports . Why it matters: Driscoll, the youngest Army secretary in U.S. history, was well-liked in the military and regarded as a Trump 2.0 power player who took on a diplomatic role in talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Between the lines: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not warm to Driscoll as the two worked at the Department of Defense, but Driscoll's friendship with Vice President JD Vance offered him some protection. - Tension between Hegseth and Driscoll was in part over the Defense secretary allegedly removing four officers — two Black men and two women — from a promotions list after Driscoll refused to do so, The New York…

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down from his post, according to multiple reports . Why it matters: Driscoll, the youngest Army secretary in U.S. history, was well-liked in the military and regarded as a Trump 2.0 power player who took on a diplomatic role in talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Between the lines: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not warm to Driscoll as the two worked at the Department of Defense, but Driscoll's friendship with Vice President JD Vance offered him some protection. - Tension between Hegseth and Driscoll was in part over the Defense secretary allegedly removing four officers — two Black men and two women — from a promotions list after Driscoll refused to do so, The New York…Open

YOUTUBE (CNN) - Met Gala exhibit canceled amid backlash Mon Aug 31 22:30:36 2026

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled its spring 2027 exhibition honoring controversial British designer John Galliano, who was fired from Dior in 2011 after an antisemitic rant. CNN’s Leah Dolan reports on the public backlash that followed after the museum announced the exhibit just weeks ago.

NYTIMES (Andy Newman, Maria Cramer, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Caitlyn Freeman) - Woman Stabs 2, Killing One, in Times Square and Is Shot Dead by Police Mon Aug 31 22:28:02 2026

The police fired at the knife-wielding woman after trying to use less lethal force, officials said.

ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - 2 stabbed in Times Square, suspect shot by police: Authorities Mon Aug 31 22:19:47 2026

The stabbings occurred at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue. The woman allegedly fled north toward the NYPD substation, where police confronted her, authorities said.