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6:25 PM ET, August 8, 2026

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Associated Press:
Todd Blanche narrowly confirmed as Trump's attorney general in overnight vote  —  The Senate confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general in a vote early Saturday morning, cementing President Donald Trump's former personal attorney's command of a Justice Department the Republican president has sought to bend to his will.
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Washington Post:
Democratic voters who used to back Susan Collins aren't so sure anymore  —  “When she voted for RFK Jr., I totally lost it,” one former Collins voter said.  —  Summary  —  SCARBOROUGH, Maine— Susan Collins, the Republican senator and political powerhouse, has built her victories in this blue state on voters like Kim Bridgham.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Senate confirms Todd Blanche as attorney general … - At one point Trump threatened to keep him as acting attorney general for months, after two GOP senators withheld their votes to advance him from the Senate Judiciary Committee.  — Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) …
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Senate passes stopgap to avert pre-election shutdown  —  The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill early Saturday that would keep the government funded through Dec. 11, moving Washington closer to avoiding another shutdown before the November midterms.
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Senate Bows to Reality, Leaving Trump's Voting Bill Undone  —  The summer exit confirmed what had been apparent for weeks: that Republicans lacked the votes to pass the voting restrictions the president has made a top priority.  —  The Senate bowed to political reality at 4:36 a.m. on Saturday …
Discussion: Front Office Sports and Politico
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
Voters spared as Senate recesses without passing SAVE America Act's voter ID measure
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Blanche confirmed as attorney general at a Justice Department shaped to serve Trump
NPR:
Senate votes to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:   Senate Confirms Todd Blanche As Attorney General Despite All His Corruption
Faris Tanyos / CBS News:
Senate approves bill to fund government into December, but House support remains uncertain
Discussion: Reuters
Brianna Sacks / Washington Post:
Joe Biden's cancer has spread, Hunter Biden says  —  In a BBC interview, Hunter Biden also acknowledged that the pardon he received from his father was “not fair” or good for the country.  —  Summary  —  Hunter Biden, son of former president Joe Biden, opened up about his father's prostate cancer …
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Scripps News:
Hunter Biden says Joe Biden's cancer has spread, causing severe pain
Discussion: NOTUS, TMZ.com and RTÉ
New York Times:
Iran Issues List of Demands, Dampening Hopes of Reopening Strait of Hormuz  —  The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the United States meets certain conditions.  —  A top Iranian national security official delivered …
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Bloomberg:
Iran Says Hormuz Deal Close But Its Conditions Must Be Met  —  Iran said it's “very close” to a deal with Oman on a new maritime transit route in the Strait of Hormuz, after expectations grew this week that an announcement may soon be made.  —  Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi …
Tom Burgis / The Guardian:
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill  —  Island's government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling  —  An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Who Are the Good Guys and the Bad Guys?  I'm No Longer Sure.  —  When I joined this newspaper as a columnist, 17 years ago, Barack Obama was still enjoying the flush of first-term popularity.  In both political and cultural circles, there was vaulting confidence that his fusion of social liberalism …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Shane Galvin / New York Post:
Ex-NBA player, GOP Senate hopeful Royce White to declare for WNBA Draft as transgender  —  Former NBA player Royce White plans to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft — the second former pro to test the league's policy on trans athletes.  —  White, 35, a Republican candidate for US Senate …
New York Times:
The U.S. Is Burning Through Weapons in Iran.  Russia and China Are Taking Note.  —  The Iran war has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles, resulting in a significant erosion of firepower.  A more drawn-out Iran conflict benefits Moscow and Beijing, some analysts say.
Discussion: ABC News
Jesse Singal / New York Times:
A Top Scholar's Fall Shows That Universities Don't Get It  —  It's easy to see how Jason Arday held on to his University of Cambridge professorship until Wednesday, despite facing significant accusations of plagiarism and dishonesty for years.  After all, his story fit quite neatly into certain culture war grooves.
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Vance rips Michigan's ‘crazy’ El-Sayed: would be a ‘terrible senator’  —  Vice President JD Vance ripped radical Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed Saturday, predicting he'd be a “terrible senator” if elected.  —  “I think the guy's crazy and would be a terrible senator for the people of Michigan …
Discussion: RedState
Lydia Gordon / Stars & Stripes:
V Corps commander relieved with two months left in tenure  —  A senior Army general who led V Corps, the Army's forward-deployed headquarters in Poland responsible for operations along NATO's eastern flank, was fired in recent days, according to service officials.
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
Why MAGA Is So Obsessed With Fauci  —  In the aftermath of pandemics, people either try to forget them or find others to blame for them.  —  Half a dozen years ago, Anthony Fauci was as popular as he would ever be.  A respected physician and researcher for decades, he became in 2020 …
Politico:
Fear of lettuce is making RFK Jr.'s food messaging harder for consumers to swallow  —  Health Secretary Robert.  F. Kennedy Jr.'s call for Americans to “eat real food” to combat chronic illness is being tested by a parasite that's driving consumers away from fresh produce.
Discussion: The Contrarian
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
Trump Goes Unmentioned But Not Ignored As Clinton, Bush And Obama Step Up As Essayists On Presidents  —  Three ex-presidents have joined an all-star roster of historians in contributing to a series of essays about presidents back to George Washington.  —  When George W. Bush wrote an essay …
 
 
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Iris Samuels / Anchorage Daily News:
Elon Musk spends big in push to repeal Alaska's voting system
Discussion: RedState
NOLA.com:
Kamala Harris barnstorms New Orleans, talks voting rights, urges Democratic ‘ruthlessness’
Discussion: RedState, WDSU-TV and Axios
Rich Calder / New York Post:
Mamdani vows to be at 25th-anniversary ceremony of 9/11 — but skipped 1993 WTC bombing memorial months ago
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Bloomberg:
Witkoff, Kushner May Visit Kyiv and Moscow Soon, Tass Says
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
The Guardian:
US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant for ‘public education’ courses
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
How everyday Americans are forced to fund Trump's corruption
Discussion: Associated Press
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Pirro, Trump's longtime champion, is on the outs over Reflecting Pool move
Discussion: Politico, MS NOW, The Hill and NewsMax.com
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
After Supreme Court Win, Trump Officials Under Pressure to Deport Haitians
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Reuters
Vera Bergengruen / Wall Street Journal:
The Cyberattack That Brought a Distant War to Small-Town Minnesota
Washington Post:
Voter turnout surges in Tennessee after Black-majority district is erased
Discussion: TheGrio
Annelise Hanson / NBC News:
House turnover jumps as incumbents lose primaries at the highest rate in decades
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump names Danielle Thumann, an adviser to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, to serve as an FCC commissioner; if confirmed, she'd bring the Republican majority to 3-1

Dade Hayes / Deadline:
Scripps' CEO says the company is adopting a streaming news model enabled by AI, including cutting 12% of staff, and praises the FCC's lift of the ownership cap

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust challenge to Paramount's WBD acquisition brought by a group of consumers, but allows them to file a revised complaint
 
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