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7:20 PM ET, August 24, 2026

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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order in advance of midterms  —  The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move ahead with his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections.
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New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Trump Plan to Restrict Mail-In Voting, for Now  —  The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump's order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.
Steve Vladeck / One First:
246. Making Sense of the Mail-in Ballots Ruling  —  The Supreme Court's grant of a stay in one of the mail-in ballot cases is deeply wrong, but it's also not the main event over whether Trump's patently unlawful executive order can take effect.  —  I apologize in advance for writing a stream …
Axios:
Supreme Court upholds Trump's order to overhaul mail-in ballots … But the majority wrote that the administration was “likely to suffer irreparable harm” from the freeze.  — “This internal directive does not regulate the States' voter registration processes,” the court's order reads.
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Explainer: The battle over Trump's bid to restrict mail voting hits a pivotal point.  Where things stand and what comes next  —  President Donald Trump wants to interfere with mail voting during the upcoming midterm elections, and he's betting the U.S. Supreme Court will let him.
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Ontario's premier: Canada should be ready to cut electricity, critical minerals as trade woes worsen  —  Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday in an interview with The Associated Press that Ronald Reagan would be “throwing up” over President Donald Trump's trade policies and threatened …
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Paul Krugman:
The Moose That Roared  —  Why Trump will lose his war with Canada  —  Two years ago the idea of a trade war between Canada and the United States would have seemed absurd.  Canada was our closest ally, a nation whose soldiers have fought and died alongside Americans in many wars, up to and including Afghanistan.
Leyland Cecco / The Guardian:
Mark Carney says Canada can't accept US trade deal that would weaken French language  —  Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from dispute  —  Mark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an …
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
‘He Has a Lot of Room to Kiss My Ass’: Trump vs. Canada Is Getting Personal
Discussion: Vox, RealClearPolitics and The Hill
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins blasts Trump's Canada tariffs as a ‘mistake’
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Canada Is Right, The USA Cannot Be Trusted
Discussion: Bloomberg and CBS News
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist  —  An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk's killing.  —  A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post …
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Jeremy Barr / The Guardian:
Washington Post ordered to reinstate opinion writer fired over Charlie Kirk posts
Washington Post:
Bessent unveils sweeping campaign of sanctions and pressure against Iran  —  The treasury secretary said Trump is contacting other world leaders to demand support for the “economic asphyxiation” of the Iranian regime but gave no deadline for action.  —  Summary
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Financial Times:
Scott Bessent: an economic D-Day is coming for Iran
Associated Press:
Iran's rial currency hits new record low as US prepares to announce more sanctions
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. to Unveil Broader Campaign Aiming to Cripple Iran's Economy
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
White House Crops Natalie Harp Out of Grand Prix Content  —  Things seemed a little awkward between Trump, his wife, and his deeply devoted personal aide during Sunday's IndyCar Freedom250 Grand Prix  —  As we've learned in recent weeks, Natalie Harp rarely leaves the president's side …
Discussion: Mercury News and TMZ.com
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New Republic:
Trump's Fury Over Natalie Harp Mess Worsens as Leaks Grow More Damning  —  Donald Trump's handling of the Natalie Harp mess has backfired big-time.  The Atlantic reports that Trump's own anger is why Trumpworld exploded so vehemently after Senator Jon Ossoff highlighted their closeness.
Discussion: twitchy.com
New York Times:
A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians.  It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.  —  An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.  —  The grave of Tetiana Bubynets, who was killed last month in a drone strike on a gas station in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Reality TV Cabinet Secretary Has No Grasp of Reality
Discussion: Truthout, Daily Mail and Politico
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Some of Russia's A.I. Drones Are Powered by Nvidia Microcomputers, Ukrainian Officials Say
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
We Need To Hear From Jeffries  —  He needs to be drawing redlines, not signaling compromise.  Did he get snookered, or does he really intend to work cooperatively with thieves?  —  ∙ Paid  —  Thursday's mailbag focused heavily on the question of whether congressional Democrats …
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Tiago Ventura / Time:
Backlash After Hakeem Jeffries Holds Private Meeting With Jared Kushner Ahead of Midterms
Politico:
Trump's MAGA Inc. makes last-minute buy for Darline Graham in South Carolina runoff  —  President Donald Trump is using a bit of his mostly untapped $400 million MAGA Inc. warchest to boost Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina — the first significant expenditure his team has made this year …
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New York Times:
Trump Lays It on the Line for Darline Graham
Discussion: NewsNation and Roll Call
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Darline Graham refuses to say if she would have certified 2020 election results  —  Lindsey Graham voted to certify the results of the 2020 election.  Would his sister?  The appointed senator apparently doesn't want to talk about it.  —  By the evening of Jan. 6, 2021 …
Discussion: NewsNation and The Guardian
Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
In candid interviews, National Guard members speak out about D.C. deployment  —  As the sight of armed, uniformed National Guard troops became ubiquitous in Washington, D.C., over the past year, one voice has been notably absent from the public discourse around the deployment: the guard members themselves.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump and Natalie: A F*cked-Up Love Story  —  The weirdest relationship ever just got weirder.  —  1. Munchausen?  —  The Trump-Harp relationship turns out to be even weirder than we already knew.  —  Let's jump back to the beginning—the very beginning—with the story Harp used to catch Donald Trump's attention.
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Abdul El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker's comments on American Jews  —  Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed put some distance between himself and his ally, progressive Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, after the latter faced intense criticism for suggesting that American Jewish support …
Kadia Goba / NOTUS:
Mike Johnson Finds His Midterms Villain in New York: ‘Communists’  —  BETHPAGE, N.Y. — Speaker Mike Johnson crisscrossed New York and New Jersey last week promoting tax cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act while mostly warning voters: Vote Republican to save us from the communists.
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Earth is simmering in its hottest water temps on record, and that's bad for fish and us  —  The European climate service Copernicus says the world's oceans have reached their hottest temperature on record.  This increase is driven by a strong El Nino and human-caused climate change.
Discussion: BBC, Washington Post and Futurism
Murtaza Hussain / Drop Site News:
Documents Reveal Trail of Unreported Millions From Israeli Military to U.S. Universities  —  Research funding by Israel's Ministry of Defense and arms manufacturers often fails to appear in national databases intended to track foreign funding.  —  As a reader-funded independent news outlet …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump moves to reshape White House's South Lawn  —  The president's latest construction project involves changing the lawn's slope to bring it flush with his new helipad.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump has begun a larger project to redo the White House's lawn, seeking to bring its slope flush with his new helipad.
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Trump's oil and gas stocks gained up to $15.5 million amid Iran war, congressional Democrats say … President Donald Trump's oil and gas stock holdings may have gained as much as $15.5 million this year, as energy shares surged amid the Iran war, according to a new report from Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee.
Discussion: MS NOW
The Moscow Times:
Ex-Pussy Riot Member Says She Helped the FSB Spy on Kremlin Critics  —  Former Pussy Riot member Rita Flores has revealed that she was coerced into working as an informant for Russia's FSB security service, saying that she gathered information on anti-war activists and was involved …
 
 
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Euronews:
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