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11:25 AM ET, August 30, 2026

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Washington Post:
Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations  —  A recent classified assessment advised that prolonged large-scale operations in the Middle East risk weakening U.S. capabilities elsewhere.  —  Summary  —  Several U.S. military leaders have advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth …
Wall Street Journal:
Inside Trump's Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela's Oil Riches  —  The deal caps months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world's largest proven oil reserves  —  President Trump spent months declaring his ouster of Venezuela's leader had secured the country's oil for America.
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ on US phones  —  Google Maps on Saturday changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users, while keeping the name intact for Canadian Google users and carrying both names for international users, following President Trump's executive order to rename the Great Lake.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
The Republican Party's Midterm Nightmare Is Taking Shape … As with every modern presidential campaign, it runs through the Midwest.  —  If Democrats flip Republican-held seats in Ohio and Iowa while retaining Michigan, they will almost certainly net the four seats total needed to take control …
Reuters:
Trump says NBC's Welker will be reported to FCC  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said in a post on Truth Social that NBC's Kristen Welker will be reported to the FCC for “rebuke or punishment”, after he said she reported the Republican President had mixed results in his endorsement of candidates.
New York Times:
How Trump's Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas  —  For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O'Connor's district.  Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.  —  President Trump's Justice Department had a problem.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting  —  Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C.  —  When leaders from the world's …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting By Mail  —  A judge temporarily blocked the agency from refusing to deliver ballots in noncompliant states, which could disproportionately affect Democrats and many battleground elections.  —  Voting by mail would become much more difficult …
Discussion: Fox News and Palm Beach Post
Kyla Guilfoil / NBC News:
Minnesota Supreme Court rejects Mike Lindell's bid to recount GOP gubernatorial primary  —  Lindell, a longtime 2020 election denier, previously said he would pay $825,000 to cover a full hand recount of his lost GOP gubernatorial primary in Minnesota.  —  MyPillow founder Mike Lindell …
Simon Ormiston / Associated Press:
Breaking news.  Iceland votes ‘No’ to reopening EU accession talks, official count confirms  —  Iceland has voted to reject the resumption of European Union accession talks with a record turnout for a referendum that swung back and forth through the night.  —  Iceland's ‘No’ camp …
New York Times:
Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE  —  Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE.  They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
One of the Supreme Court's worst ideas could save the midterms from Trump  —  Well, that was quick.  —  On Thursday evening, federal district Judge Indira Talwani issued a new order that temporarily blocks an effort by the Trump administration that appears designed to sabotage voting by mail in the upcoming midterm election.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Katrina Miller / New York Times:
NASA's Roman Telescope Leaves Earth to Chart the Stars  —  Astronomers will use data collected by Roman's wide, deep gaze to study the dark universe and hunt for new worlds.  —  At 7:26 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope blasted off from the Florida coastline and sailed toward the stars.
Vox:
The presidential contender successfully trolling Trump's White House  —  Until recently, Natalie Harp was an omnipresent but low-profile aide to President Donald Trump: always there, but rarely part of the story herself.  That changed abruptly earlier this month, when Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Tom Homan defends deportations to Haiti amid travel warnings  —  Border czar Tom Homan on Sunday defended the Trump administration's ongoing deportations to Haiti despite the State Department's own advisory warning Americans against traveling to the Caribbean country.
Politico:
USDA cyclospora research projects shelved amid funding cuts and relocations  —  The Trump administration is shuttering research projects key to the federal government's fight against cyclospora, the foodborne parasite sickening thousands of Americans this summer.
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Warsh, After Talking Tough on Inflation, Faces a ‘No-Win Situation’ on Rates  —  Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, must soon decide whether to raise interest rates if inflation does not ease, even if it draws President Trump's ire.  —  Kevin M. Warsh cleared a crucial hurdle …
Discussion: Financial Times and Axios
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Congress Is Finally Talking About Saving Social Security  —  Discussions on how to stave off automatic benefit cuts accelerated this summer, but concrete action remains elusive  —  WASHINGTON—Social Security's looming insolvency is the country's most foreseeable problem …
Ben Meiselas / Meidas+:
Sen. Mark Kelly on Trump's Purge of Top Military Leaders and More  —  Sen. Mark Kelly tells Ben Meiselas why Trump's military purges, handling of the Iran war, and demand for loyalty could leave lasting damage.  —  MeidasTouch Network and Ben Meiselas  —  🚨 You've unlocked 35% OFF Meidas+.
Discussion: Mediaite
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Meet the ex-Republicans running as Democrats in the midterms  —  In races across the country, former GOP politicians are leaning into their pasts.  —  Summary  —  Democrats have struggled to win over Republican voters in recent elections.  This year, some Democratic candidates argue …
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David Lawder / Reuters:
US Treasury's Bessent faces G20 diplomacy test amid tariffs, Iran war, bond turmoil  —  U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent faces a major test of his economic diplomacy skills this week as he presses finance leaders from the G20 major economies to shrink global trade imbalances …
Paul Krugman:
Oligarchy and the Great Evasion  —  The tax gap: What it is and why it matters  —  There was a time when the mob boss Al Capone effectively ruled Chicago.  He had thoroughly corrupted the local police and politicians, and he murdered rivals with impunity.
New York Times:
Milo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K.  —  Mr. Yiannopoulos, an early supporter of President Trump and vocal supporter of mass deportations, was himself sent back to his home country, part of a long fall from right-wing grace.  —  Milo Yiannopoulos …
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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK
 
 
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Wedaeli Chibelushi / BBC:
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Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Four baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabies
Discussion: Fox News
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Ed Markey Defends Transgender Athletes in Massachusetts Senate Race
David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State
Bloomberg:
Far-Right Party Wins Closely Watched Western Australia Vote
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How Trump took control of Venezuela's democratic transition
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
CIA director floated Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit during Moscow visit, sources say
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David Blair / Telegraph:
Estonia's spy chief: ‘Russia is in a very bad place - revolution could come overnight’
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