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10:45 AM ET, August 25, 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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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.
New York Times:
Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
John Roberts sticks two more knives in democracy's back
Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump threatens to rename Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ as Canada trade war escalates  —  President Trump floated the possibility of rebranding Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” in a shot across the bow against Canada's most populous province — whose premier threatened to cut off electricity and minerals to the US.
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Sammy Westfall / Washington Post:
Trump says U.S. could rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid Canada trade war  —  The president cited his tariff fight in a social media post, saying the United States doesn't expect to be “doing much business with Ontario any longer.”  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump …
Politico:
Canada has one important edge in the North American trade war … President Donald Trump is threatening Canada with economic destruction amid an escalating trade war.  He's not factoring in one key U.S. disadvantage.  —  Americans are not nearly as gung-ho for a tariff stand-off …
Justin Boggs / Scripps News:   Trump proposes renaming Lake Ontario amid US-Canada trade tensions
Youri Benadjaoud / ABC News:
2 people die from measles in Pennsylvania  —  The individuals were not vaccinated, health officials said.  —  Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday.  Both were unvaccinated.  —  These the first deaths related to measles within the state in 35 years …
Discussion: pa.gov
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Erika Edwards / NBC News:
Two die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak  —  The deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year.  Both people had not been vaccinated against the illness.  —  Two people have died of measles in Pennsylvania, the state's health department confirmed Tuesday.
Dhruv Khullar / New Yorker:   Is R.F.K., Jr., Winning or Losing?
Paul Krugman:
Losing the Iran War: The Economic Front  —  So here, according to Trump and his officials, is the state of the war with Iran: Iran has been totally defeated and is desperate for a deal — indeed, Trump has announced that a deal is imminent on at least six distinct occasions.
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Wall Street Journal:
The Warnings That Came Before a War Now Reaching the Six-Month Mark  —  After military and diplomatic efforts, President Trump pins his hopes on economic warfare  —  WASHINGTON—Days before going to war with Iran in February, President Trump summoned his intelligence chief to the Oval Office …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump DOJ Colludes With Texas to Harbor Fugitive ICE Agent  —  First at TPM ...  In important development overnight, the Trump administration is now openly colluding with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to keep an indicted ICE agent from facing justice in Minnesota.
Discussion: CourtListener and The Hill
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Kennedy Center finances deteriorated sharply after Trump name change  —  Budget and meeting documents obtained by The Post show ticket revenue and fundraising plummeted even as leaders publicly touted a financial turnaround.  —  Summary  —  Ticket sales and fundraising collapsed …
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US set for largest mass visa revocation in history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners, officials say  —  The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States.
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Bloomberg:
Xi Signals Defiance as US Threatens Sanctions for Iran Support  —  Xi Jinping's government is sending a message of defiance to Donald Trump over China's economic ties with Iran.  —  Hours after the US sanctioned dozens of Chinese entities and threatened to target an unspecified …
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Reuters:
Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Squeezes Iran but Avoids Targeting Its Biggest Lifeline: China
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
A MAGA Propaganda Circular Firing Squad  —  How leaking to a prominent pro-Trump influencer prompted accusations of entrapment and deep-state conspiracy.  —  PRO-TRUMP INTERNET SLEUTH Jennica Pounds—better known as “Data Republican” to her nearly one million followers on X—made a grim announcement on Friday.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jeff Stein / NOTUS:
J.D. Vance Is Rattling the GOP's Old Guard  —  Vice President JD Vance has attacked several conservative icons in recent weeks, unnerving many in the Republican Party's old guard ahead of the 2028 presidential primary.  —  Last month, Vance criticized British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher …
Discussion: So What and MS NOW
NOTUS:
‘They Want Us All To Leave’: Interior Reassigns Dozens of Senior Staff  —  The Interior Department has reassigned around 30 of its most senior staffers to teams largely outside their areas of expertise, alarming lawmakers and federal government workers already worried about the Trump administration's erosion …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Zachary Small / New York Times:
Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley  —  The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama's presidential portrait.  —  The State Department wants to sell a painting …
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Do I really buy that Texas could turn blue?  —  Some of the skepticism about James Talarico's chances amounts to superstition.  But I have one lingering concern about our forecast in Texas.  —  ∙ Paid … I don't donate to political campaigns.1 But the algorithms correctly determine …
Discussion: Variety
 
 
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New York Times:
Fetterman's Popularity With Republicans Surges as He Angers the Left, Poll Finds
Discussion: The Hill
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