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1:20 PM ET, August 30, 2026

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Ford McCracken / ABC News:
Ontario's premier says trade war would be ‘devastating’ for US and Canada  —  Ford also called Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario “disappointing.”  —  Ontario Premier Doug Ford waves at supporters before speaking to the media about the collapse of trade talks between Canada and the United States …
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ on US phones
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Google updates maps to show “Lake America” in U.S. after Trump executive order directing name change
Discussion: NewsMax.com and New York Post
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 …
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Independent
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.
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Mark Banchereau / Associated Press:
Trump administration deports relative of Afghans who helped US military to Central African Republic
Discussion: The Hill
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.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting by Mail  —  A judge temporarily blocked the agency from implementing a strict new rule governing mail voting.  The policy could disproportionately affect Democrats and many battleground elections.  —  Voting by mail would become much more difficult …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Rep. Jim Clyburn says impeaching Trump shouldn't be Democrats' priority if win back the House  —  The South Carolina representative also told “Meet the Press” that he regretted his support of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings in 1991.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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) …
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 …
Casey Parks / Washington Post:
A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn't pay her severance  —  Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.  —  Summary  —  SEATTLE — By the time Chloe Shapiro reached Seattle …
 
 
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
We're not weird, you're weird: Republicans use Democrats' 2024 attack against them for midterms
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
GOP gambles on midterm dividends from RFK Jr.'s MAHA
Katrina Miller / New York Times:
NASA's Roman Telescope Leaves Earth to Chart the Stars
Wedaeli Chibelushi / BBC:
Zambian opposition leader charged with treason
Discussion: Bloomberg and Reuters
Ben Meiselas / Meidas+:
Sen. Mark Kelly on Trump's Purge of Top Military Leaders and More
Discussion: Mediaite
David Lawder / Reuters:
US Treasury's Bessent faces G20 diplomacy test amid tariffs, Iran war, bond turmoil
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Four baby goats at mobile petting zoo in North Carolina test positive for rabies
Discussion: Fox News
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Warsh, After Talking Tough on Inflation, Faces a ‘No-Win Situation’ on Rates
Discussion: Financial Times and Axios
 Earlier Items: 
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
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Reuters
New York Times:
Milo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
CIA director floated Trump-Putin-Zelensky summit during Moscow visit, sources say
Discussion: 19FortyFive
David Blair / Telegraph:
Estonia's spy chief: ‘Russia is in a very bad place - revolution could come overnight’
 

 
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