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4:30 PM ET, August 13, 2026

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Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump's Name on Building  —  The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge's order to remove his name.  —  The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Thursday …
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump-aligned board votes to put his name on the Kennedy Center — again
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sending Fresh Aircraft Carrier to Middle East Amid Iran War Strain  —  USS George Washington is set to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed for more than 250 days  —  The U.S. is preparing to send the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Middle East to replace …
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Ross Adkin / CNN:
Lawmakers demand answers about USS Abraham Lincoln conditions as reports emerge of sailors attempting to jump overboard  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide.  Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters.
NBC News:
USS Abraham Lincoln to be replaced amid poor troop conditions  —  The swap of aircraft carriers in the Middle East comes as U.S. military leaders worry about troop morale with no end to the Iran war in sight.  The USS George Washington is set to replace the Lincoln, a U.S. official said.
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Hegseth calls conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln ‘completely misrepresented’
Discussion: Newsweek and New York Post
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
TV Star Is Shock Frontrunner to Replace Karoline Leavitt  —  SPIN CYCLE  —  The president is turning to an unlikely source for his new press secretary.  —  A shock name is considered the favorite to replace Karoline Leavitt as the next White House press secretary.
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New York Post:
Karoline Leavitt's possible successors emerge after WH press secretary's surprise departure
Daily Mail:
Insiders reveal painful real reason behind Karoline Leavitt's decision to QUIT ‘thankless’ White House... and Trump's pleading messages
Mark Arsenault / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Dismisses Federal Antisemitism Case Against Harvard  —  What We're Covering Today  — Harvard: A federal judge threw out the Trump administration's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard University on Thursday, a blow to the government's efforts to force the university into a settlement.
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Mae T. Weir / The Harvard Crimson:
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard  —  A district court judge dismissed the Trump administration's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard on Thursday, concluding that the incidents pointed to by the government were “too isolated and episodic” …
Mark Arsenault / New York Times:
Judge Dismisses Federal Government's Antisemitism Case Against Harvard
M. Gessen / New York Times:
What's Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All  —  On Feb. 25, Siobhan Kirchstein received an official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles instructing her to surrender her driver's license.  She was one of hundreds of Kansans who received such letters when Senate Bill 244 …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
I re-analyzed the raw data from Wisconsin's primary polls.  Here's what actually went wrong.  —  What raw data from Wisconsin's Democratic primary reveals about demographic weighting, late movement, and who answers polls  —  This is a follow-up post to yesterday's article about the polls in Wisconsin.
Discussion: NBC News and New York Times
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Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Pollsters missed again in Wisconsin. Here's why.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in federal stalking case related to health insurance CEO killing: Report … Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday in his federal criminal case, where he is charged with stalking in connection with his alleged killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson …
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New York Post:
Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty to federal charges in assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO  —  Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday in his federal case tied to his alleged execution of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — in an apparent bid to dodge a life sentence, sources confirmed to the Post.
New York Times:
U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown  —  The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.  —  Four days after Alex Pretti was fatally shot …
Discussion: NOTUS and emptywheel
New York Times:
Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes.  Then It Parked Them.  —  The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights.  But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.  —  Starting last fall, the Department …
Dustin Volz / New York Times:
Trump Gives Green Light to U.S. Companies to Aim Hacks at Cybercriminals  —  The idea has been long in the making, but could be difficult to implement and lead to unintended consequences, former officials and security experts said.  —  The Trump administration is encouraging American companies …
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Paul Krugman:
Why Isn't the Price of Oil Even Higher?  —  Donald Trump is not a well man.  He is, unfortunately, also President, which means that we all pay a price for his inability to accept reality.  Notably, while he insists that he has “total control over the Strait of Hormuz,” …
Discussion: UPI and Quartz
Doug Feinberg / Associated Press:
WNBA denounces ‘bad-faith’ transgender debate and says league has no eligibility issues  —  The WNBA on Wednesday criticized those trying to create a narrative about transgender women playing in the league.  —  “There are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA …
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Tyler Monroe / Media Matters for America:
Fox News has spent over 13 1/2 hours waging a WNBA culture war this summer
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Politico:
‘I was not briefed’: Andy Beshear says Trump sidelined him on Kentucky data center plan … Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the Trump administration kept him out of the loop last month as it rolled out plans for a $100 billion data center campus on federal land in his state …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Haberman: 70% of Trump's brain on monuments  —  The New York Times' Maggie Haberman tells me 70% of President Trump's mindshare ("maybe plus or minus 5%") goes to his gilding, construction, renovation, renaming and tribute projects.  — “He is spending a huge amount of energy …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Covert CIA program said to be behind mysterious attacks on Galápagos boats … The mysterious strikes targeting multiple Ecuadorian fishing boats near the Galápagos Islands this year were carried out as part of a covert CIA program, The Washington Post has learned.
Discussion: New York Times
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Texas 2026 Poll: Paxton and Talarico Deadlocked in U.S. Senate Race; Abbott Leads Hinojosa by Four Points  —  Economy, immigration top issues among Texas voters  —  A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey of Texas likely voters finds the U.S. Senate race in a dead heat …
Anna Liss-Roy / Washington Post:
Chatbots are doing the work of Congress with little oversight … The amendment was one of hundreds filed this summer to an annual defense bill making its way through Congress.  Along with her proposed change, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's office had sent a summary of what it would do.
Discussion: New Republic
Anat Shenker-Osorio / Public Notice:
Stephen Miller's secret campaign against helpless kids  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💥 Subscribe to PN 💥  —  Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, is making his dreams come true: accelerating the arrest and removal of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant kids.
Discussion: NPR
Politico:
White House to host crypto, prediction market executives next week  —  The White House is expected to host a gathering next Wednesday for officials from the cryptocurrency and prediction market industries, according to three people with knowledge of the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss unannounced plans.
Sophie Hurwitz / Mother Jones:
Senators Sound Alarm on Voter Intimidation in Nursing Homes  —  “The changes to CMS's guidance will result in the disenfranchisement of nursing home residents.”  —  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, under Trump appointee Mehmet Oz, changed their guidance on voting in nursing homes last month.
Discussion: Forbes and Staff Stories
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Panic as Trump's Mess Turns Into Midterm Nightmare  —  GRAND OLD PANIC  —  Senators say voters are exhausted as the president's “few week” war stretches into its sixth month.  —  Senate Republicans are getting swamped with voter complaints about Donald Trump's interminable war …
Discussion: NOTUS, Bloomberg and Foreign Affairs
Washington Post:
U.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its Reaper drones as Iran war depletes arsenal  —  The aircraft, which cost up to $50 million each, have seen heavy use around the Strait of Hormuz — but they are relatively easy targets for Iran and its proxies.  —  Summary
Yulia Almazova / Wired:
CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues  —  Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues' cell phones.
Discussion: Just Security
 
 
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Federal Register:
Demonstration Project on Reimbursement for the Cryopreservation and Storage of Gametes of Certain Members of the Armed Forces; Department of Defense (DoD)
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
After Supreme Court Losses, Trump Keeps Pushing
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Gaping Hole in El-Sayed's Progressive Agenda
Bess Levin / New York Magazine:
Josh Kushner, the Trump-in-Law Swiftie Billionaire Buying the Lakers
Casey Michel / Just Security:
Congress Needs a Select Committee That Focuses on Trump Family Corruption
Michael Mechanic / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's DOGE Promised Savings, But It's Cost Us a Fortune
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
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 Earlier Items: 
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch:
Trump Pocketed $2.2 Billion in 2025 While American Families Lost $219 Billion to Rising Costs, New Report Finds
Todd Wallack / Washington Post:
About 110,000 fewer foreign students expected after visa crackdown, report says
Discussion: The Independent and Forbes
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Capitol agenda: ‘No tax’ fever hits Congress
Discussion: Washington Reporter
Peter Navarro / New York Times:
It Was a Great Scam While It Lasted
Discussion: Financial Times
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Youth poll: Thumbs down on everything
Discussion: RedState
 

 
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Richard J. Tofel / Second Rough Draft:
The history of the Dow Jones Special Committee, created to ensure WSJ editorial independence, suggests the model would not protect CNN from the Ellisons

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Early Nielsen data: Ted Lasso's Season 4 launch set a record for Apple TV debuts with 296.6M minutes viewed August 4-5, passing 215.1M minutes for Season 3

Dan Kennedy / Media Nation:
Memo: Boston Globe Editor Brian McGrory announces a wide-ranging newsroom reorganization, partly to make its website “less dense and more thoughtfully packaged”
 
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