Police in Atlanta say the suspect is dead and there is no ongoing threat after reports of an active shooter near Emory University and the CDC headquarters.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 09.08.2025.
It displays 140 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
09.08.2025 ⇢ Summit Shadows, Domestic Policies Unfold
⌨The anticipated Trump-Putin summit in Alaska concerning Ukraine peace remained a primary focus for US media throughout the day. Early reports speculating on territorial concessions were later countered by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy's firm rejections of ceding land. By late day, European allies and Ukraine voiced unease about being sidelined in these discussions. Domestically, the evolving shooting incident near Emory University and CDC headquarters in Atlanta dominated initial headlines, with reports confirming an officer's death and later identifying the assailant. Concurrently, attention expanded to President Trump's domestic policy shifts. This included the replacement of the IRS Commissioner, a new executive order on federal grants, and a significant reversal of an immigration 'quiet amnesty,' alongside ongoing scrutiny of his administration's financial dealings.
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One America News
President Donald Trump’s new Executive Order (EO) “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans” will penalize “debanking” and prevent discrimination from financial institutions.
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As detailed in my new book “Breaking the Law,” here are eight clear examples that prove Letitia James had no intention of ever affording President Trump equal protection under the law.
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00:13⇢Alaska Summit on Ukraine
⌨The US media continues its strong focus on President Trump's diplomatic initiatives, with widespread reporting on his confirmed meeting with Russian President Putin in Alaska next week to discuss peace efforts in Ukraine, potentially involving territorial concessions (CNN, Fox News, NPR, NYTimes, Washington Post, AP News, The Daily Beast, The Daily Wire). Domestically, a significant breaking story is the active shooter incident near Emory University and CDC headquarters in Atlanta, resulting in one officer injured and the suspect dead (ABC News, CBS, NY Post, Newsweek, USA Today).
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The Atlanta Police Department has reported that a gunman is now dead following a shooting near the Emory University Campus in Georgia, which left a police officer in critical condition.
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One America News
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan maintains that he has “always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards” following calls for his resignation from President Donald Trump.
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New York Post
The suspect died after the frightening shooting that prompted students to shelter in place on the last day of the summer term, according to the Atlanta Police Department.
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The Atlanta Police Department said an active shooter near Emory University is dead and one officer was killed in the incident.
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Police in Atlanta say the suspect is dead and there is no ongoing threat after reports of an active shooter near Emory University and the CDC headquarters.
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Associated Press
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The Daily Beast
Police believe the suspected gunman was motivated by anger over COVID vaccines.
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Associated Press
Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed a peace agreement at the White House, aiming to end decades of conflict.
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A group of parents in Redlands, California, is pushing for Candy Olson to resign over racist and antisemitic memes she "liked" on Instagram.
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President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning to meet in the United States, multiple sources tell CBS News.
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The Daily Beast
Critics say the once-independent department has morphed into the president’s personal weapon.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom stood with Texas state lawmakers in their opposition to President Trump’s plan to redraw voting maps and maintain Republican majorities in Congress in the midterm election.
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The Daily Beast
Just hours after criticizing her “South Park” depiction as “petty,” Noem attempted to own the narrative.
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New York Post
The Georgia officer killed when a deranged gunman opened fire on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters was known for his deep commitment to serving his community, leaving behind a pregnant wife…
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The Trump administration has replaced former Missouri Congressman Billy Long as IRS Commissioner, after less than two months on the job. It's the latest in a string of management shakeups at the tax collection agency.
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The Daily Beast
Charlie Kirk thinks the president embodies masculinity. The internet disagrees.
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07:52⇢Alaska Peace Summit Looms
⌨US media prominently covers President Trump's confirmed meeting with Russian President Putin in Alaska next week, anticipating discussions on peace efforts for the Ukraine conflict (CBS, HuffPost, CNN, NYTimes, Washington Post, The Daily Wire, Slate). Domestically, attention is on the Atlanta shooting, with authorities identifying an officer killed near Emory University (ABC News, NY Post, USA Today). The Trump administration also replaced the IRS Commissioner (NPR), amidst ongoing political and legal disputes.
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A group of parents in Redlands, California, is pushing for Candy Olson to resign over racist and antisemitic memes she "liked" on Instagram.
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Billy Long, who was sworn in just under two months ago, was already the sixth person to hold the job this year.
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Associated Press
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed the planned summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning that any peace deal excluding Kyiv would lead to “dead solutions.”
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President Trump has been pushing to broker an end to the war in Ukraine since he took office. But it hasn't been quick or easy.
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Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton have been competing to show that they're supporting Trump.
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Gunfire riddled CDC offices in Atlanta. Afterward, a police officer is dead and the shooter too. Here’s what we know
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The New York Times
Times reporters documented how fentanyl was concealed by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate, which is adapting amid a crackdown by two governments.
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Laura Miller
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The Washington Post
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Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking co-conspirator was moved to a minimum-security camp, where offenders and local residents share a careful co-existence.
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New York Post
The violent gunfire erupted during a dispute between two people near the intersection of 44th Street and 7th Avenue at around 1:20 a.m., the NYPD told The Post.
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The violent gunfire erupted during a dispute between two people near the intersection of 44th Street and 7th Avenue at around 1:20 a.m., the NYPD told The Post.
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Officer David Rose of the DeKalb County Police Department served since September 2024. He died responding to the attack, officials said.
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Associated Press
The man who oversees the nation’s military has reposted a video on X, formerly Twitter, about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote and should “submit” to their husbands.
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New York Post
New York City’s controversial safe injection sites have reached a raunchy new low — with zonked out addicts having al fresco sex at the doorstep of neighbors forced to endure the madness in East Harlem.
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12:27⇢Alaska Summit: Ukraine Stance Hardens
⌨US media continues to focus on President Trump's diplomatic efforts, with reports confirming his upcoming meeting with Russian President Putin in Alaska to discuss Ukraine peace, amidst Zelensky's vow not to concede territory (NPR, CNN, CBS, HuffPost). Domestically, ongoing coverage details the Atlanta shooting near CDC offices, where a police officer and the shooter were killed (CNN, ABC News, USA Today).
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Associated Press
An executive order signed by President Donald Trump aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars of grants that are awarded by federal agencies.
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President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning to meet in Alaska on Friday, August 15.
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Trump's Tariffs May Soon Make Car Insurance More Expensive
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Los Angeles Times
Agricultural workers are toiling in the state’s worst heat wave this year, amid questions about the state’s commitment to ensure their safety.
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From Terror Sanctions to Military Strikes? Trump's Cartel Policy Sidesteps Congress
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European states have armed Israel through almost two years of genocide in Gaza. While the European Union’s trade deal with Israel is meant to be conditional on human rights, in practice EU leaders have turned a blind eye to its crimes.
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Texas Democrats packed their bags and made plans to be out of the state for weeks. Some are missing big events, like their kid's first day of school.
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The Atlantic
What else do you call a strategy designed to raise prices and lower productivity?
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Breitbart News
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard overrode officials from the CIA and other intelligence agencies to release a “minimally redacted” version of declassified documents that shed light on the Obama administration’s fabricated Trump-Russia collusion narrative, sources told the Washington Post.
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Authorities released more information after a shooter opened fire on Centers for Disease Control buildings near Emory University in Atlanta.
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One America News
President Donald Trump has removed former U.S. Rep. Billy Long from his position as IRS commissioner.
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The Daily Beast
Patel accused the Marine combat veteran of “poor judgement” and a “lack of impartiality” in an scathing letter.
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Increasingly, mainstream Democrats have sought to carve out a space for “acceptable” Zionism by saying that they support Israel but oppose Bibi Netanyahu. But the horrors of Gaza are a result of processes far more vast than one right-wing leader.
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Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly with attorneys and are being held in dangerous conditions.
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15:30⇢Presidential Power Expands
⌨US media coverage has broadened its focus on President Trump's administration, encompassing not only his ongoing diplomatic efforts, like the planned summit with Putin concerning Ukraine (CBS, CNN), but also significant domestic policy shifts. Reports detail new executive orders on federal grants (AP News), high-level personnel changes including the IRS Commissioner (One America News Network, HuffPost), and scrutiny over intelligence declassification (Breitbart). The Atlanta shooting investigation also continues (ABC News, USA Today, Newsweek).
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One America News
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan maintains that he has “always operated within the highest legal and ethical standards” following calls for his resignation from President Donald Trump.
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Why Netanyahu’s right-wing partners are fuming at his Gaza takeover plan
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Laura Miller
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President Donald Trump’s promised law enforcement surge in the nation’s capital didn’t appear to happen as scheduled on its first night.
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Recent raids at Los Angeles Home Depot stores are raising concerns over whether federal agents may be violating a temporary restraining order that bans the use of racial profiling in immigration arrests.
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The Daily Beast
The vice president once described the United Kingdom as “some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years.”
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One America News
The DeKalb County Police Department has identified the officer who was fatally shot while responding to a gunman near the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The deranged man who fatally shot a cop at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters has been identified by Georgia authorities.
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More states are clearing the way for a burial process that turns dead bodies into soil that can be used to nurture plants and gardens.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
The deranged man who fatally shot a cop at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters has been identified by Georgia authorities.
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In the hills of southeastern Turkey lies a site so ancient, it's turning our understanding of civilization on its head and leading to conspiracy theories.
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New York Post
“People aren’t signing up for Sirius because of [Stern] anymore — those days are over,” one of the staffers explained, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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New York Post
“People aren’t signing up for Sirius because of [Stern] anymore — those days are over,” one of the staffers explained, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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By clinging to American primacy through force and intimidation, Donald Trump is, ironically, undermining US global power. A saboteur trying to subvert US interests from the inside could hardly do better than what he’s accomplished through sheer incompetence.
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President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ending former President Joe Biden’s so-called “quiet amnesty.”
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18:05⇢Trump Reshapes Immigration Policy
⌨US media coverage is increasingly highlighting President Trump's domestic policy shifts, with reports on the reversal of an immigration 'quiet amnesty' (Breitbart) and new ICE enforcement actions (LA Times). There are also discussions surrounding the IRS and White House clashing over immigrant data (Washington Post), and a proposed census change (Newsweek). Concurrently, the planned Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine remains a key focus, with Zelenskyy rejecting territorial concessions (ABC News, CNN, CBS).
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One America News
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued a new guidance directing all federal agencies to erase any records related to employees' COVID-19 vaccination status, prior mandate noncompliance or exemption requests.
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The Blaze
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The New York Times
Ukraine and its allies are concerned that President Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia will make a deal without them.
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Zohran Mamdani’s potential election as New York City mayor could be transformational for the city’s underfunded public K–12 schools and higher education system.
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'We co-operate, we collaborate, but there is not going to be an invasion,' Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in latest pushback against Trump.
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Brady Kiser will not face charges in his son's May drowning because there is "no reasonable likelihood of conviction," officials said last month.
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From inflation to recession, we who cover the economy and business at NPR get asked about tariffs all the time. Here are some of the most frequent questions — and what we answer.
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Police escorted ‘Stand Up to Racism’ activists away from a protest against migrant child rape to jeers of “pedos out” by Nuneaton locals.
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The Daily Beast
Michael Wolff shares the odd—and creepy—details of the custom chess set Jeffrey Epstein had on display at his Manhattan townhouse.
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President Donald Trump has nominated State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce to be the next U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations (UN).
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As it prepares to sack Gaza City, Jewish state leaders are signaling to the US that their military takeover can be halted in favor of a cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas, Israeli television reported Saturday.
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The Daily Beast
Old footage of the president defending convicted rapist Mike Tyson has resurfaced as speculation mounts that the president may pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.
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The Trump administration has given an ultimatum to immigrants without legal status: Leave voluntarily, or you'll be detained and deported. This has forced some immigrant families in the U.S. to grapple with very hard choices.
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23:05⇢Europe's Summit Unease
⌨US media continues to focus on the announced Trump-Putin summit, with European allies and Ukraine expressing concerns about being sidelined and the potential for unfavorable deals (ABC News, NYTimes, CBS, CNN). This diplomatic event is framed within broader discussions of President Trump's domestic policies, including controversial immigration enforcement driving some to leave the US (NPR) and his administration's financial dealings (Boston Globe).
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An inside source speculated Howard Stern might move to another platform.
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“Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video released Aug. 9.
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The Daily Beast
The outspoken Republican hit back at Mark Levin for calling her a “nasty hypocrite.”
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