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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 14h

From the President’s physician:
-he remains “in exceptional health”
-his cardiac age is “14 years younger than this chronological age”
-he received his annual flu shot and updated Covid booster

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

MOODY’S: Twenty-two states are either in a recession or on the precipice of a downturn. 👀

@axios.com 🇺🇸
www.axios.com/newsletters/...

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 8d

“more than a dozen GOP lawmakers and aides have privately noted that the Trump administration is specifically protecting some of their biggest priorities from the shutdown fallout — including deportations and tariff negotiations”

Farmers, a key GOP constituency, hit hard by shutdown

The closure of thousands of farm loan offices have top Republicans like Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledging the pain hitting their own constituents.

www.politico.com

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 8d

“the declaration raises stark questions about how far the White House intends to use its war powers and if Congress will exert its authority to approve — or ban — such military actions”

apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump says US is in 'armed conflict' with drug cartels after ordering strikes in the Caribbean

President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an “armed conflict."

apnews.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11d

FT: Several people said they expected the transaction to go through fairly easily.

“.. What regulator is going to say no to the president’s son-in-law?" 🤡

@financialtimes.com $EA
www.ft.com/content/61ce...

How Jared Kushner brokered the $55bn takeover of Electronic Arts

Trump’s son-in-law used deep ties in Saudi Arabia to help pull off the largest buyout

www.ft.com

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T+R @tplusr.bsky.social · 14d

After #JamesComey indictment, Trump says he hopes more political opponents will face prosecution by @amnanawaz.bsky.social, Liz Landers, Matt Loffman, Kyle Midura, Ali Schmitz, and Winston Wilde via @pbsnews.org 1/2
#ComeyIndictment #Comey
bit.ly/48BDOGk

After Comey indictment, Trump says he hopes more political opponents will face prosecution

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury, an extraordinary escalation in President Trump’s campaign to prosecute his political rivals. White House correspondent Liz Landers...

bit.ly

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 15d

For the first time this century...
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

Child mortality at risk of rising in 2025 for first time this century: Gates Foundation

CEO Mark Suzman made the comments during Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion summit on Wednesday.

www.semafor.com

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 17d

Bishop Michael Pham was the first bishop appointed by Pope Leo. He came to the US as a refugee and has become an outspoken voice on Trump immigration policies.

"I just can't sit and not do anything about it."

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

First American bishop appointed by Pope Leo emerges as a new voice of the Catholic Church

Bishop Michael Pham, appointed by Pope Leo as the first U.S. bishop under his papacy, has emerged as a new voice of the Catholic Church. Through his own story of survival as a child refugee from Vietn...

www.pbs.org

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 18d

After President Lula told me yesterday he and President Trump have *never met, Trump at #UNGA announces he and Lula ran into each other as he entered the UN, embraced, had "excellent chemistry," and agreed to meet next week.

Lula intvu last night: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOph...

Brazil’s Lula pushes for ‘civilized relationship’ with U.S. amid tensions with Trump

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 18d

at #UNGA Trump repeats claim that 300,000 migrant children went "missing" during Biden administration.

That's been reported on # of times since he and others began publicly saying it last year. Here are the facts:

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Are 300,000 undocumented immigrant children missing in the US?

Some border officials say they fear migrant children are being exploited after arriving in the US.

www.bbc.com

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 18d

At #UNGA Trump calls recognition of a Palestinian State a "reward" for Hamas, after a # of nations - incl France, UK, Canada, Australia - did so this week.

@lemondefr has this list/map of the 156 nations who've recognized the State of Palestine.

www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...

Map: The countries that recognize a Palestinian state

With the announcements by France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta and Andorra on Monday, 156 countries officially recognize the State of Palestine.

www.lemonde.fr

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 18d

At #UNGA Trump repeats claim he's ended 7 wars.
Fact check below (from July, when he claimed to have ended 6)

"Trump’s statement contains an element of truth but it ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it Mostly False."

www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

Fact-checking Trump’s claim he stopped 6 wars in 6 months

President Donald Trump says he “stopped six wars” in six months since taking office. Trump had a hand in temporary ceasefires in a few conflicts. But there’s little evidence he permanently resolved th...

www.politifact.com

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Morgan Till @mtill50.bsky.social · 18d

On @pbsnews.org tonight, @amnanawaz.bsky.social sits down for some candid talk from @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social about Trump & relations with the US. Nick Schifrin then hears from @iaeaorg.bsky.social chief Rafael Grossi

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 18d

On @NewsHour tonight: President Lula says U.S. tariffs on Brazil are “absurd,” confirms he and Trump have “never talked” but that Brazil stands ready to negotiate, and warns “no country in the world interferes in our democracy.”

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 18d

Kimmel is back on Tuesday

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22d

Billy Joel releases “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 36 years ago today — a track he wrote after talking to a young man who thought Joel had it easy growing up because “nothing happened in the '50s."

“It's just a song that says the world's a mess. It's always been a mess, it's always going to be a mess."

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · 24d

? What’s your local member station?

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Cab @caboettcher.bsky.social · Sep 5

@amnanawaz.bsky.social what a touching & moving story you shared yesterday regarding the couple who lost their daughter in Texas.
As resort operators, we can’t fathom how such a horrible accident could’ve happened. Our hearts go out to the families, & to you for bringing the story to us. Thank you.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 31

“.. with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

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Laura Barrón-López @lbarronlopez.bsky.social · Aug 29

NEWS: ICE's Chantilly office is a "black box" where conditions are increasingly dire, attorneys & a relative of person detained tell @msnbc.com
- 1 meal a day = a single burrito
- some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete
- Some held as long as 7 days
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...

Inside a Virginia ICE office: One meal a day, 40 people in a room and no bathing for days

"The situation is getting worse by the day," warns Amy Fischer, an organizer with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid. "It is an office; it is not intended to detain people."

www.msnbc.com

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Amna Nawaz @amnanawaz.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you for watching!

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Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social · Aug 15

I joined @newshour.bsky.social @amnanawaz.bsky.social to discuss the deployment of federal law enforcement and National Guard in DC.
Full segment here:

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

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S knows that LINK SHOULD BE FREE @sknowsthatp.bsky.social · Aug 2

@amnanawaz.bsky.social still the Official Unofficial Sports Correspondent I see 🥹

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DougAAdams @dougaadams.bsky.social · Aug 1

A fascinating conversation with Julie K. Brown of the @miamiherald.com
whose reporting on Jeffrey Epstein in 2017-18 resulted in his arrest & conviction.
@pbsnews.org @amnanawaz.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

How Trump's answers about his fallout with Epstein have evolved

As pressure continues for President Trump to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the president’s evolving answers about his relationship with Epstein, and why it ended, have raised more question...

www.pbs.org

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DougAAdams @dougaadams.bsky.social · Jul 29

Some @pbsnews.org “overtime" More from @amnanawaz.bsky.social conversation with
@padilla.senate.gov @johncurtis.bsky.social
… who want to work across the aisle — but immigration reform is tough. Yet they both search for a "compassionate way"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ct2...

WATCH: Sens. Padilla and Curtis on why bipartisan immigration solutions have 'become so political'

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

www.youtube.com

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