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3:50 PM ET, August 9, 2026

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Alexander Ward / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Thought Opening the Strait of Hormuz Was Imminent.  Iran Had Other Plans.  —  Tehran's new demands for major concessions come days after the White House had signaled a deal to clear commercial passage was within reach  —  WASHINGTON—For weeks, President Trump had been laying …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump to Axios: “We are low keying it” with Iran  —  President Trump signaled on Sunday that he's prepared to allow economic pressure on Iran to mount — as opposed to ordering a new military offensive — even as the country continues to defy the U.S. … But in an interview with Axios, he did not make any new military threats.
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Max Miller stays in as GOP replacement window closes  —  Rep. Max Miller appeared to let a crucial Saturday withdrawal cutoff pass in Ohio's 7th Congressional District, effectively closing Republicans' last practical window to replace the embattled incumbent on the November ballot.
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Alexei Koseff / Washington Post:
Window closes for Ohio GOP to replace Rep. Max Miller on the ballot
Discussion: CNBC and Fox News
Max Rivera / Bloomberg:
More GOP Senators Call For Miller to Quit Over Abuse Allegations
Discussion: The Hill and NBC News
Emily Davies / New York Times:
Max Miller, Republican Accused of Abuse, Won't Drop Out, Spokeswoman Says
Discussion: MS NOW and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags … Guren “Bobby” Zhou, top left, with Zach Witkoff, right, in a private suite at the World Cup final match on July 19 in East Rutherford, N.J.Vincent Alban for The New York Times  —  During the World Cup soccer final in New Jersey last month …
ABC News:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez opens up about decision to freeze her eggs  —  She said the ‘current political environment’ contributed to her decision.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., appears on ABC News' “This Week” on Aug. 9, 2026.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. …
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Juhi Doshi / ABC News:   Ocasio-Cortez says a ‘generational tidal wave’ of millennial voters is reshaping the electorate
Politico:
The Trump admin offered sick Medicaid patients a 1-year lifeline.  These red states are rejecting it.  —  Democrats say the Trump administration's new Medicaid work requirements — especially the narrow definition of who can get an exemption for medical reasons — are way too harsh.
Aaron Boxerman / New York Times:
Netanyahu Rejects Trump's Plan to Disarm Hamas  —  President Trump's Board of Peace announced an agreement last month that aimed at Hamas giving up its weapons alongside an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.  —  The Israeli government has rejected a 15-point plan backed by the Trump administration aimed …
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Bloomberg:
Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Disarmament Proposal Touted by Trump
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Obama and El-Sayed Spoke to Discuss Unity After Ugly Michigan Primary  —  Dr. Abdul El-Sayed's call with the former president comes as he tries to win over wary Democrats in Michigan's high-stakes Senate race.  —  Dr. Abdul El-Sayed spoke by phone with former President Barack Obama on Friday …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump posts examples of alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism amid push for Pirro to revisit decision  —  President Trump on Saturday posted photos of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool amid a push for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to revisit …
Discussion: The Independent
Beth Reinhard / New York Times:
Michigan Senate Candidate, a Former Trump Critic, Shifts Toward Election Skepticism  —  Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee, has suggested that further scrutiny of the 2020 election was warranted and that voting irregularities sank his first Senate bid two years ago.
Politico:
Trump and the GOP have a new bogeyman  —  President Donald Trump has a new boogeyman — and as the president might say, he's right out of central casting.  —  Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan's divisive Democratic Senate primary last week enables Trump and Republicans to juice the base …
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Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
In Confirming Blanche, Senators Endorse a Justice Dept. Under Trump's Sway  —  Time and again, Todd Blanche has made it clear that he believes President Trump possesses a nearly limitless right to directly control the actions of the Justice Department.  —  The three lame-duck Republican senators …
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Jeremy Roebuck / Washington Post:   Blanche as AG faces pressure from Trump, skeptical courts, low staff morale
Liset Cruz / Politico:
‘Work boots and Subarus’: Local officials say the backlash against Flock cameras is becoming bipartisan  —  Communities across the U.S. are cutting ties with Flock Safety, one of the country's leading producers of license plate readers and other surveillance systems, over concerns around mass surveillance …
Discussion: The Hill
Mickey Djuric / Politico:
The Canadian Secessionists Who Love Trump … It's July 1, and they're hosting a family-friendly event that looks like a typical Canada Day celebration.  Live music, a farmers' market, hamburgers on the grill.  Except there isn't a Maple Leaf in sight.  —  Instead, people have wrapped themselves …
New York Times:
How a Drone ‘Hellscape’ Might Stop a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan  —  Inspired by Ukraine's battlefield gains, Taiwan is betting on drones to deter a potential Chinese invasion.  —  To repel any future Chinese invasion, Taiwan is building fleets of flying drones and unmanned attack boats.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Hold on Republicans Tested in Race to Replace Lindsey Graham  —  Rush to succeed the late senator on South Carolina's ballot will test the durability of the president's endorsement  —  CHARLESTON, S.C.—In her lone debate performance, Sen. Darline Graham invoked President Trump's name …
 
 
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CBS News:
National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 9, 2026
Discussion: Politico
Kerry Breen / CBS News:
Sen. Bernie Sanders calls on Democratic leaders to end “corrupt system” of super PAC donations
Riley Beggin / Washington Post:
Group urges Democrats to woo moderate voters with populist policies
Annie Karni / New York Times:
A Democrat Sounds the Alarm on Christian Nationalism in Congress
Discussion: Blaze Media
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Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:
Moderate Democrat in Hawaii Defeats Progressive House Challenger
Associated Press:
Engelbert: WNBA to continue talks about transgender athletes next week
Marc Felix Serrao / Politico:
The West's Demographic Math No Longer Adds Up
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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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

Bloomberg:
Sources: Paramount has offered three-year agreements to AMC and Regal to release 30 movies a year exclusively in cinemas for at least 45 days if it acquires WBD
 
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