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12:30 PM ET, August 16, 2026

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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Years of Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.  —  The case represents a new front in President Trump's mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.  —  Brent Jindra, a tech salesman, voted for President Trump three times …
Discussion: Eschaton
New York Times:
Is the Democratic Party Facing Its Own Tea Party Moment?  —  A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its potential limitations.  —  Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani at a rally last week.Angelina Katsanis for The New York Times
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Could El-Sayed Cost Democrats Michigan?  —  Not all progressives are equal: Candidates of the activist left typically don't perform as well as other Democrats.  —  When the midterm election campaign began, Michigan seemed like a state that Democrats could take for granted in their pursuit of the Senate.
Discussion: Legal Insurrection
Adam Bonica / On Data and Democracy:
Hook and Squeeze  —  This investigation was originally developed for The New York Times, where it underwent eight months of editing, multiple rounds of fact-checking, and independent replication of the underlying methodology.  The piece had a scheduled publication date when requests for comment were sent.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Ballroom Was His Dream of Beauty and Space.  Now It's a ‘Military Complex.’  —  As courts have questioned the president's authority for the project, he has leaned in to arguments of national security  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's vision for a White House ballroom stretches back more than a decade.
Aaron Blake / CNN:
JD Vance and the Trump team keep moving the goalposts on Iran  —  Donald Trump The Middle East JD Vance Oil & gas  —  One of the Trump administration's biggest problems in extracting itself from the Iran war is the list of very absolutist goals that President Donald Trump and his team laid out.
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Susannah George / Washington Post:
Frustration with Trump grows among U.S.'s Persian Gulf allies, officials say
Discussion: Middle East Monitor
Financial Times:
Most US voters say they are worse off under Trump — FT poll  —  Democrats lead Republicans on economy just months ahead of midterm elections  —  Most US voters say they have become worse off under Donald Trump, according to an FT poll revealing mounting discontent with the president's handling of the economy and cost of living.
Norman J. Ornstein / New Republic:
The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote  —  One of Ronald Reagan's most famous lines, referring to disarray in his White House, was, “Sometimes the right hand doesn't know what the far-right hand is doing.”  More appropriately for the Trump White House …
Rhonda Garelick / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Rewrites the Rules  —  The latest shot heard 'round the world came not from a gun but from a syringe of fertility hormones belonging to Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  —  Last weekend on Instagram, the congresswoman announced her plan to freeze her eggs and document the process.
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Families of US sailors denounce Trump and Hegseth for ‘dismissing their experiences and calling them liars’  —  One US sailor's mother asks: 'My son signed up to serve his country.  But why isn't his country serving him?'  —  Prefer the Guardian on Google
Discussion: Daily Mail
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James Politi / Financial Times:
US aircraft carrier furore is emblem of growing disquiet over Iran war
Discussion: 19FortyFive
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ may take states' voter roll fight to Supreme Court  —  The Trump administration has filed 31 lawsuits against states that have pushed back against its efforts to gain access to sensitive voter roll data. … Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday there's a …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump's legal team shrinks  —  When Donald Trump first hired an elite legal team at Sullivan & Cromwell early last year, it included five of the firm's partners, all of whom had clerked for Supreme Court justices and one of whom had served as acting solicitor general.  —  Today, all but one is gone.
Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
Trump shows off article on lower drug prices that says Biden deserves credit, not him  —  US president credits himself with lowest drug prices in 60 years, when article says drop is more likely due to Biden  —  The White House flooded social media on Saturday with an image of Donald Trump showing off …
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy on Trump's vaccine executive order: ‘This is just a stupid thing to do’  —  Cassidy said there's “no evidence whatsoever” that vaccines cause autism.  —  A medical assistant holds a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the pediatric office of Dr. Gary M. Kramer in Coral Gables, Fla., on Aug. 13, 2026.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Trump's secret backchannel to Iran's Revolutionary Guard  —  In mid-May, U.S. negotiators trying to reach a deal with Iran to end the war ran into a problem: They couldn't tell if the people across the table actually spoke for the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Senate hopeful Talarico touts his faith.  Texas Republicans call it blasphemy.  —  The Democratic nominee is seeking to win over faith-based voters in Texas, the Bible Belt's largest state, but evangelical Republicans aren't sold.  —  Summary  —  PLANO, Texas — Talking about Jesus is pretty routine for Texans running for office.
Discussion: Fox News
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In ‘The Brink of War,’ a Return to an Era of Razor-Edge Diplomacy  —  A new film depicts the 1986 nuclear arms summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, which both offered and dashed hopes of a dramatic breakthrough.  —  It was, as one person in the room described it …
Discussion: The Wrap and CBS News
 
 
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Associated Press:
US pulls last aircraft carrier in Asia as Trump focuses on Iran and the Western Hemisphere
Discussion: New York Times
John Harwood / Zeteo:
How ‘Psychopath’ Trump's Mayhem Will Backfire in 2028 for Republicans
Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
‘What are we going to do?’ The mom of a trans teen grapples with Trump's Medicaid move
Discussion: Truthout
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 8-16-26: Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Adm. Mike Mullen, Sen. Ruben Gallego, Sen. Bill Cassidy & the Generational Divide in the Democratic Party
Discussion: The Hill
Ethan Curreri / New York Post:
I arrested Laken Riley's killer in NYC 6 months before her murder — sanctuary cities failed her and all Americans
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
Angry at the Supreme Court, liberals push a slew of plans for overhauling it
Discussion: The Hill
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Washington Post:
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Discussion: Fox News
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Canadian Petition to Expel U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra Takes Off
Discussion: The Independent and Al Jazeera
Helen Huiskes / The Hill:
Republicans face unexpected challenge in Alaska Senate race
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Depleted strategic oil reserve nears level that raises concerns about damage to caverns, operations
Discussion: The Independent
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