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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 23.08.2025.
It displays 151 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
23.08.2025 ⇢ The Day Kilmar Ábrego García Deportation Threat Intensified
⌨The day opened with continued focus on Ghislaine Maxwell's DOJ interview, particularly her statements regarding President Trump and Epstein associates, building on previous day's releases. Concurrently, President Trump's announcement of a 10% U.S. government stake in Intel emerged as a significant new economic policy discussion.
By mid-morning, the Texas Senate's contentious GOP redistricting bill progressed, receiving Governor Abbott's intent for approval, a development set to reshape midterm elections and face legal challenges. Simultaneously, a federal judge blocked President Trump's efforts to defund "sanctuary" cities, marking a judicial hurdle for his administration.
As the day progressed, the situation of Kilmar Ábrego García escalated, with reports of his attorneys claiming coercion to avoid deportation to Uganda. This story gained prominence, framed within the Trump administration's broader mobilization of the National Guard for immigration enforcement and its assertive 'revenge' agenda.
By mid-morning, the Texas Senate's contentious GOP redistricting bill progressed, receiving Governor Abbott's intent for approval, a development set to reshape midterm elections and face legal challenges. Simultaneously, a federal judge blocked President Trump's efforts to defund "sanctuary" cities, marking a judicial hurdle for his administration.
As the day progressed, the situation of Kilmar Ábrego García escalated, with reports of his attorneys claiming coercion to avoid deportation to Uganda. This story gained prominence, framed within the Trump administration's broader mobilization of the National Guard for immigration enforcement and its assertive 'revenge' agenda.
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The president's highly unusual announcement underscores the Trump administration's desire to take control over U.S. businesses.
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The Atlantic
In just one week, the administration has targeted dozens of its perceived critics, leaving national security officials angry and afraid.
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The Daily Beast
The jailed socialite also claimed that Prince Andrew’s former wife, Sarah Ferguson, was “putting the moves” on Epstein.
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The parents of seven-month-old Emmanuel Haro have now been arrested following a week-long search for the missing boy.
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The move comes weeks after the admin was criticized for earlier refusal to release a separate trove of investigative records in Jeffrey Epstein case.
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FBI searches Trump critic John Bolton’s home and office as part of resumed national security investigation
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The Daily Beast
The president announced Friday that the U.S. government now owns a 10% stake in Intel.
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One America News
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has released hours-long transcripts from Ghislaine Maxwell’s two-day interview, in which she recounted her past relationship with the late pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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Intel is expected to receive about $10 billion in CHIPS Act grants from the government to help fund the building of chip plants in the U.S.
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One America News
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran illegal alien who was deported back to his home country from the U.S. after being deemed a member of MS-13 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was released from criminal custody in Tennessee on Friday -- despite his pending human smuggling criminal case.
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Abrego Garcia, 30, had been held at Putnam County Jail in Cookeville since June, after the Trump administration arranged his return from El Salvador to face human smuggling charges.
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The Justice Dept. released transcripts of Deputy AG Todd Blanche's two-day interview with convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Los Angeles Times
The parents of missing baby Emmanuel Haro were arrested Friday on suspicion of murder, more than a week after his mother claimed he was abducted, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials said.
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03:04⇢Maxwell's Trump Testimony
⌨US media continues its significant coverage of Ghislaine Maxwell's released DOJ interview, focusing on her statements about President Trump (ABC News, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, HuffPost). A new prominent topic is the Trump administration's unusual acquisition of a 10% stake in Intel, sparking discussions about government intervention in markets (NPR, NYTimes, The Daily Beast, USA Today). Concurrently, the release of illegal migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia draws conservative media attention (Breitbart, NY Post, OANN), while the John Bolton investigation persists (CNN, The Atlantic).
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Breitbart News
On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about the raid on John Bolton’s house that took place on Friday.
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A day after denying release for his younger brother, Erik, a California Parole Board ruled that Lyle Menendez should also remain in prison for gunning down his parents with a shotgun in 1989.
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The Menendez brothers have been incarcerated for decades for the murders of their wealthy parents in 1989.
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The Daily Beast
The jailed socialite also claimed that Prince Andrew’s former wife, Sarah Ferguson, was “putting the moves” on Epstein.
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Associated Press
The push to redraw congressional maps in Texas is shifting the dynamics of the state’s 2026 Senate campaign.
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Associated Press
The Texas Senate has given final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.
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The Texas Legislature passed a plan called for by President Trump to give Republicans an edge. And California lawmakers are sending theirs to the voters as the two most populous states compete to shape the midterm elections for Congress.
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The 21-year-old was training at the Cardrona Skifield on New Zealand's South Island when the injury occurred on Aug. 15.
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New York Post
“Based on the evidence, investigators determined a kidnapping in Yucaipa did not occur.
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The New York Times
The president is demanding government stakes in U.S. companies. Experts see some similarities to state-managed capitalism in other parts of the world.
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Ben Mathis-Lilley
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The mid-decade map redraw adds five Republican-leaning districts and sets up a legal showdown over minority representation.
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10:27⇢Maxwell's Disclosures
⌨The US media continues its significant coverage of Ghislaine Maxwell's released DOJ interview, focusing on her statements about Epstein associates and President Trump (ABC News, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, HuffPost, CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post). A new prominent topic is the Texas Senate's passage of a contentious GOP redistricting bill, which is expected to face legal challenges over minority representation (CBS, NPR, AP News, Slate). Concurrently, President Trump's broader policies, including efforts to defund sanctuary cities and potential National Guard deployments, remain debated (Fox News, Common Dreams).
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The Texas Senate has given final approval to a new, Republican-leaning congressional voting map, sending it to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature.
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Frank Ilett announced in October he wouldn't trim his locks until Manchester United won five matches in a row. He's still waiting.
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The Washington Post
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Residents are fearful the worst is yet to come.
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The White House is pressuring Ukraine to give up land as part of peace negotiations with Russia. What does that mean for Ukrainians in occupied areas?
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NBC News
The case involves a former student who alleges he was abused by an abbot priest in the mid-1970s.
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The mid-decade map redraw adds five Republican-leaning districts and sets up a legal showdown over minority representation.
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Talks over the Ukraine war show that Donald Trump thinks both the US and Russia can end up as winners. Europe is being made to pay the price, as its leaders accept their role as humiliated junior allies.
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Los Angeles Times
In Oklahoma, education officials are requiring teachers from California and New York to take an exam aimed at guarding against ‘radical leftist ideology.’
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Trump Is Embracing the Same Economic Populism That Destroyed Argentina
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The Texas Senate passed the “Big Beautiful Map” shortly after midnight Saturday morning. The party-line vote to approve the map came after a planned filibuster by Senator Carol Alvarado (D-Houston) was canceled by Republican senators using a parliamentary procedure.
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Associated Press
A judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.
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Trump is pushing the envelope of typical campaign maneuvering with things like redistricting, and the party is jumping at his orders.
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14:31⇢Texas Redistricting Bill Advances
⌨US media continues to focus on political maneuvers and legal challenges concerning the Trump administration. The Texas Senate passed, and Governor Abbott intends to approve, a contentious congressional redistricting bill expected to reshape midterm elections and face legal scrutiny over minority representation (Breitbart, CBS, NPR). Concurrently, a federal judge blocked President Trump's efforts to withhold funding from "sanctuary" cities and counties, marking a significant judicial hurdle for his administration's policies (ABC News, AP News).
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Examining Melania Trump’s relative absence from Washington
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Associated Press
Immigration officials intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty.
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Associated Press
Immigration officials intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty.
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Celebrities like Taylor Swift have long used a little-known Federal Aviation Administration program to shield their private jets’ flight records from public view. Now ICE is using the program to hide information about its deportation flights.
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New York Post
Cops are zeroing in on the designer drug dealers who might have sold a deadly cocktail of heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl to 33-year-old designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra.
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Associated Press
Immigration officials intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda after he declined an offer to be deported to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty.
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California's governor is raking in cash and skyrocketing to the top of the polls for his eye-for-an-eye approach as he imitates Trump's online rants.
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Trump has swapped out the grass in the Rose Garden with stone, turning what had been a lawn into a patio that bears a striking resemblance to one at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
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One America News
The contentious congressional map supported by Texas Republicans has been passed and is now headed straight to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office.
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The Washington Post
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The Trump administration may try to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda days after he was released from pre-trial detention, according to a DHS official.
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One America News
Joseph Neal Sanberg, a prominent Orange County businessman and co-founder of Aspiration Partners Inc., has agreed to plead guilty to a massive fraud scheme that defrauded investors and lenders of $248 million.
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Democrats appear incapable of mounting a real opposition to Donald Trump. Their weakness is the result of a decades-long hollowing out of the party, in which organized labor has been displaced by a panoply of interest groups and nonprofit organizations.
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One America News
Up to 1,700 National Guardsmen are set to be mobilized across 19 states by the Trump administration as part of the president’s clampdown on illegal immigration.
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17:41⇢Uganda Deportation Threat
⌨US media reports on the unfolding situation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose attorneys claim he was coerced into a plea deal to avoid deportation to Uganda (ABC News, AP News, CBS). This occurs as the Trump administration mobilizes the National Guard across multiple states for illegal immigration enforcement and crime crackdowns (One America News Network, CNN, Common Dreams). Concurrently, California Governor Gavin Newsom gains attention for his confrontational political strategy targeting President Trump (MSNBC, Slate, USA Today).
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One America News
California's parole board denied Lyle Menendez parole on Friday, marking his first appearance before the board.
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What we learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell DOJ interview
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The Daily Beast
What the latest victim of Trump’s ire reveals about the MAGA figurehead’s long-held bias and fear, according to biographer.
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The DOJ came up largely empty-handed after touting it would interview Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell amidst calls for accountability.
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Peter Navarro is calling for an investigation into the FBI agents who targeted him and President Donald Trump.
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One America News
A 15-year-old boy was killed while riding his bicycle in Denham Springs, Louisiana, after being hit by an illegal immigrant who was allegedly drunk.
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Most sunscreens protect skin from UV light but the tinted variety also block visible light. And that can be important for people with hyperpigmentation or melasma, especially those with darker skin.
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One America News
The United States is set to review the records of more than 55 million U.S. visa holders to determine if they have broken conditions for entry or stay in the country.
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The New York Times
President Trump has embraced an array of far-right views and talking points in ways that have delighted many activists who have long supported those ideas.
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Eli Robinson fiercely protected his family. The brother of NBA star Duncan Robinson also heard voices that drove him to the Piscataqua River Bridge.
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Associated Press
Administrators at the University of Colorado’s campus in Colorado Springs believed they could avoid the Trump administration’s focus on higher education.
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United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has announced that federal prosecutors will no longer pursue felony charges for mere possession of rifles or shotguns in Washington, D.C.
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What we learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell DOJ interview
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The decision came one day after his brother, Erik Menendez, was denied parole. Both will be eligible again in three years.
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Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken was kicked off a Hampton beach for violating local warnings that closed the Long Island hotspot due to Hurricane Erin’s dangerous impact.
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20:24⇢Ábrego García Deportation Looms
⌨US media continues focusing on President Trump's assertive agenda. The Trump administration's threat to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Uganda, even upon his release, is a prominent story (Common Dreams, ABC News, CBS). Headlines also detail President Trump's 'payback rampage' and the mainstreaming of far-right views in his second term (NYTimes, HuffPost, The Daily Beast). Ghislaine Maxwell's DOJ interview, reportedly absolving Trump, remains a topic (Mother Jones, CNN).
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What we learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell DOJ interview
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What we learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell DOJ interview
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What we learned from the Ghislaine Maxwell DOJ interview
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Examining Melania Trump’s relative absence from DC
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Los Angeles Times
While a large wildfire burns in Napa wine country, forecasters warn of temperatures as high as 110 degrees in some areas around Los Angeles County.
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The storm is expected to "move well east of Bermuda and across the open waters of the subtropical North Atlantic," the National Hurricane Center said.
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President Donald Trump celebrated Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick for his role in the completion of Texas’s new congressional map.
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One America News
The five victims who died after a tour bus overturned in New York have been identified.
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One America News
Up to 1,700 National Guardsmen are set to be mobilized across 19 states by the Trump administration as part of the president’s clampdown on illegal immigration.
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Examining Melania Trump’s relative absence from DC
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Los Angeles Times
Lyle and Erik Menendez were both rejected by a California Parole Board this week, but the disclosure of an audio recording nearly derailed the proceeding Friday.
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Firefighters are working to contain a blaze currently tearing through California's beloved wine country.
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Associated Press
Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him.
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The Daily Beast
The South Carolina gubernatorial candidate is known for her theatrics but reportedly struggled to find an audience—any audience.
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23:24⇢Ábrego García Deportation Drive
⌨The US media continues to prominently discuss the Trump administration's controversial immigration policies, particularly the ongoing threat to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Uganda, even after his release (Common Dreams, The Daily Wire, ABC News, CBS). This situation is viewed within the broader context of President Trump fulfilling his campaign promise of using government powers for 'revenge' and implementing a far-right agenda, including the mobilization of the National Guard for immigration enforcement across states (AP News, HuffPost, NYTimes, One America News Network).
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Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton should face prosecution for allegedly sending highly sensitive classified information through a private server, top FBI officials reportedly told The New York Post.
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Board game customers can expect higher prices and fewer offerings as publishers grapple with new tariffs on imports from China.
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The Texas Senate approved the measure after a heated debate, marking a major step in a mid-decade redistricting effort backed by President Trump.
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