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First Thing: Trump slammed for ‘unjustified power grab’ as he seizes control of DC police and deploys national guard

Trump forwarded a false narrative around DC crime stats to justify the move. Plus, funeral held in Gaza for five journalists killed by Israeli attack

The Guardian - UK

Trump news at a glance: president’s Washington DC takeover condemned

Trump’s depiction of ‘lawless’ city at odds with crime statistics while local officials say move illegal – key US politics stories from Monday 11 August

The Guardian - US

Trump nominates Heritage Foundation economist as labor statistics chief

EJ Antoni, longtime critic of Bureau of Labor Statistics, nominated to replace Erika McEntarfer, who Trump fired

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Trump's Budget Hacksaw Leaves Public Broadcasting On Precipice

Hundreds of television and radio stations across the United States risk seeing their resources evaporate, after President Donald Trump prevailed Friday in scrapping federal funding for public broadcasting.

International Business Times

Users accuse Elon Musk's Grok of a rightward tilt after xAI changes its internal instructions to assume viewpoints from the media are 'biased'

Grok’s new instructions tell it not to shy away from “politically incorrect” viewpoints.

Fortune

The South African apartheid movement’s close relationship with the American right – then and now

The allegations of a “white genocide” against Afrikaner farmers that emerged during the tense Oval Office meeting between the US president, Donald Trump, and South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, on May 21 shocked many around the world. But it was merely the latest example of what has been a long-running…

The Conversation

A 22-year-old college grad with no security experience is now leading a government terror prevention team: ‘Putting the intern in charge’

Thomas Fugate’s leadership of the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships has raised alarm bells

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Who is Project 2025 co-author Russ Vought and what is his influence on Trump?

While Elon Musk has clearly been a major influence on the Trump administration, the less well known, but arguably more influential, power behind the presidency is Russell (usually Russ) Vought. Vought is the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – the nerve centre of the administration’s sweeping…

The Conversation

How Project 2025 became the blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term

Throughout the 2024 presidential election campaign, Donald Trump denied claims he intended to shape his second administration’s policies around Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a renewed conservative America. But despite his repeated denials, Trump 2.0 has adopted much of Project 2025 into the White House’s agenda.

The Conversation

NOAA cuts pose climate risk experts warn

Staffing and funding cuts at the federal agency could affect everything from climate science to emergency readiness

Salon

Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 20, 2025, that calls for closing the U.S. Department of Education.

The Conversation

Prince Harry’s US visa files unsealed after drug claims – but with heavy redactions

Documents relating to Prince Harry’s US visa application have been unsealed in court – but with heavy redactions over fears he would be exposed to “harm and harassment”.

The Independent UK

Trump Campaign Manager Reveals Shock At 'Some Stuff' Inside Project 2025: 'Where The Hell Did That Come From?'

Trump's former campaign manager Chris LaCivita recently stopped by Politico's "Playbook" podcast, where he talked about his impression of Project 2025.

International Business Times

Russell Vought: Trump appointee who wants federal workers to be ‘in trauma’

The Christian nationalist head of the office of management and budget was central to the Project 2025 blueprint

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Trump Says He Won't Deport Prince Harry: 'He's Got Enough Problems With His Wife'

The right-wing Heritage Foundation is questioning whether the royal lied on visa documentation after Harry admitted taking drugs as a teenager

Roll Call

Firebrand Vought confirmed as White House budget director - Roll Call

Russ Vought will be White House budget director for the second time after a party-line confirmation vote in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Evening Standard

Judge opens door to releasing Prince Harry's secret visa records as case returns to court

Duke of Sussex’s US visa records could be published if legal challenge by Heritage Foundation is successful

The Conversation

Trump’s administration seems chaotic, but he’s drawing directly from Project 2025 playbook

In his first few days back in office, President Donald Trump engaged in a whirlwind of executive actions, from exiting the World Health Organization, to deploying military personnel and National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.

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The Guardian - US

Trump threat to deport pro-Palestinian students mirrors rightwing Heritage blueprint

New fact sheet bears similarity to Heritage Foundation’s Project Esther, which aims to quash US support of Palestine

The Guardian - UK

Rise of Chris Philp tests the limits of the Peter principle

With a knack for backing losers, the former enthusiastic supporter of Liz Truss became shadow home secretary

Salon

Trump orders right out of Project 2025

Trump distanced himself from Project 2025 during campaign but implemented many of its proposals in first week

The Independent UK

Trump once distanced himself from Project 2025. But now MAGA’s hardliners are ready for the revolution

ANALYSIS: News analysis: Of the many watch parties going on in Washington DC, the packed one at the Heritage Foundation, which led the compilation of Project 2025 policy tome shaping Trump’s agenda, had special significance. Political editor David Maddox reports from Washington, D.C.

The Independent UK

Trump escaped the consequences of his alleged crimes. Now his allies are after the prosecutors who brought the charges

The criminally convicted president-elect believes his election and the end of his federal cases exonerated him. Will his administration be able to stop the retribution he promised? Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Trump’s cabinet is filling up with Project 2025 authors despite him saying he has ‘no idea’ what it is

Trump said he didn’t know who’s behind the blueprint for his return. He just hired the authors for key roles

Fortune

A glimpse into possibly health policy under Trump, including abortion-pill and gender-transition crackdowns

Donald Trump's Agenda 47 and the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 provide plenty of clues into what health-care changes may be coming.

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