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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Pentagon Withheld Dozens of U.S. Military Injuries in Iran War  —  Central Command is not required to release information about injured troops, especially when they quickly return to duty, a military official said.  —  In the week leading up to the Iranian attack on Friday that killed …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Spain Wins.  Trump Is Losing.  —  Britain's got a new prime minister: Labour leader Andy Burnham takes office today after winning his seat in Parliament just last month.  Will he have better luck in steering post-Brexit Britain back to smoother seas than did Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer?
Discussion: USA Today and The Guardian
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Missiles Have Gotten Faster and Deadlier.  The Big Question Is: How?  —  Plus, the Pentagon is dishing money to high-tech defense startups, and JD and Usha Vance welcome a new son  —  Good morning.  After nearly five months of war, Iran's missile capabilities remain lethal.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Gas again tops $4 per gallon as Iran fighting persists … - Oil prices have risen as the conflict has escalated and the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran unravels. … - As a result, Americans reported feeling better about the economy.
Maureen Tkacik / American Prospect:   The Kleptocrat Nesting Dolls Behind Trump's Potemkin Gas Stations
Associated Press:
US military identifies 2 soldiers killed in Iranian attack on Jordan as from Texas and Hawaii
Washington Post:
U.S. teeters on return to all-out war with Iran after more troops killed
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
In Maine Senate Race, Democrats Go From Chaos to Coronation  —  Troy Jackson's emergence as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner spares the party some challenges but points to some new ones.  —  A process to choose a new Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine that began …
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Jenna Monnin / NOTUS:
Maine's Troy Jackson Is on a Path to Become Senate Nominee
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says New Air Force One Will Be Taken Out of Service to Be ‘Maxed Out’  —  The Qatari-donated plane has been under scrutiny over whether it is fitted with sufficient defensive capabilities to adequately protect a U.S. president and others traveling on it.
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Adela Suliman / NBC News:
Trump says new Air Force One will be sent to get ‘maxed out’ for upgrades  —  The news comes amid questions over the security features of the luxury jet gifted by Qatar, following the president's decision to fly back from a NATO summit in a different presidential aircraft.
Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters:
Trump says new Air Force One from Qatar will get ‘maxed out’ upgrades
New Republic:
Trump's Plot to Rig Midterms Gets So Unhinged that Even Fox Is Rattled  —  During his prime-time speech dissembling endlessly about our elections, Donald Trump raged at news organizations for refusing to carry him live.  Then his Homeland Security secretary also smeared the media, a sign Trump's fury continues to deepen.
Discussion: The Contrarian
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:   Trump would love to steal the election. But he's floundering.
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:   Republicans don't want to go there again on Trump's 2020 election fraud claims
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
Trump Crashes Vance's Family News With First Baby Photo  —  GRANDPA TRUMP  —  Alec Neel Vance was born on Sunday, and the president is clearly delighted.  —  President Donald Trump has shared an image of JD Vance's new baby before the vice president or his wife.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
JD and Usha Vance welcome a baby boy, the first child born to a sitting VP in more than 150 years
Fox News:
ANDREW GIULIANI: How President Trump's World Cup vision showed America at its very best  —  When President Donald Trump set his sights on bringing the FIFA World Cup back to the United States in 2018, he wasn't just thinking about soccer.  He was thinking about legacy—about uniting a country …
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Julien Pretot / Reuters:
Boos as Trump and Infantino enter the field for World Cup trophy ceremony
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
FDA: Taylor Farms lettuce cyclospora finding was false positive  —  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday said that a follow-up review of a lettuce sample collected from Taylor Farms determined it was a false positive for cyclospora, the parasitic illness that has caused a nationwide outbreak.
New York Times:
More Trump Tariffs Are Coming  —  Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, tells a Times reporter why he thinks that the administration's tariff policy is working as intended.  —  Contains music by Marion Lozano and Diane Wong  —  At a moment when inflation and affordability …
Bloomberg:
Yemen's Houthis to Impose Maritime Blockade on Saudi Arabia  —  The Houthis, an Iran-backed Yemeni group, said they would impose a maritime blockade on Saudi Arabia, putting at risk the flow of millions of barrels that the kingdom exports via the Red Sea.  —  The blockade is in response …
Discussion: Reuters, NewsMax.com and Semafor
Jacey Fortin / New York Times:
Pentagon Identifies Two U.S. Troops Killed in Jordan  —  Both were active-duty soldiers, the Defense Department said.  They were killed in action after an Iranian strike on a U.S. base on Friday.  —  The Pentagon on Monday released the names of two U.S. service members who were killed …
Politico:
The push to ban facial recognition at MSG  —  IT'S MONDAY.  This is Jason Beeferman, congratulating Spain on its massive win at MetLife Stadium yesterday.  Today we have news on another sports arena, details on how Mayor Zohran Mamdani continues to find political success despite alienating Black …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP fears over shutdown collide with SAVE America Act battle  —  Senate conservatives allied with President Trump are open to attaching the president's top legislative priority, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, to a stopgap measure funding the government past Sept. 30 …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Politico:
The Senate GOP's squeaky wheel suddenly has a lot of power  —  Sen. Ron Johnson is jumping directly into a legislative train wreck.  —  The Wisconsin Republican cut his teeth as a fiscal hawk willing to irritate his own party in pursuit of his deficit-shrinking dreams.
 
 
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Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
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Discussion: PinkNews and NewsMax.com
Ben Geman / Axios:
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