US Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into Trump Administration’s Secret Surveillance of Americans Sam Levine, Guardian UK
ICE Arrests 50,000 People in August, Continuing Record Pace Julia Ainsley and Laura Strickler, NBC News
Whistleblower: Postal Service's Work to Comply With Trump Order Is Rushed and Sloppy Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press
Supreme Court Clears Way for White House Ballroom Construction to Continue Justin Jouvenal, Dan Diamond and Julian Mark, The Washington Post
Army Secretary Submits Resignation to Trump After Repeated Clashes With Hegseth Dan Lamothe, Noah Robertson and Alex Horton, The Washington Post
The Datacenter Backlash Is Bringing the Entire Political Spectrum Together – Against Big Tech Billionaires Aaron Regunberg, Guardian UK
Forest Service Chief Faces Scrutiny Over Logging Ties as Trump Plans to Scrap Protections Dharna Noor, Guardian UK
Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows Emmanuel Akinwotu, Pranav Baskar, Genevieve Glatsky and Hamed Aleaziz, The New York Times
Most Countries to Lose a Decade of Development Progress says United Nations as Global COVID Crisis Continues Jubilee USA Network, RSN Godot
Astronaut’s Journey To The Moon Yields New Perspective For Dealing With Enemies Of Democracy George Monroe, RSN Godot
Treasury Secretary Yellen Encourages Tax and Aid Deals to Confront Pandemic Olivia Engling, RSN Godot
Investigating the 1-6-21 Insurrection: What are the Republicans Afraid of? Dr. Steven Jonas , Steven Jonas
Running on Empty: Russia’s Fuel Shortage Is Here to Stay and Could Get Even Worse George Voloshin, The Insider
Colombia’s Far Right Sees an Earthquake as an Opportunity Cruz Bonlarron Martínez and Gilberto Villaseñor Quiles, Jacobin