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6:40 PM ET, August 30, 2026

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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Canada erects giant ‘Lake Ontario’ sign as spat with Trump over name escalates  —  Meanwhile, Trump posts video of himself kicking over a Lake Ontario sign and replacing it with Lake America sign  —  Donald Trump and Canada continued a verbal duel on Saturday over the US government's administrative renaming …
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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.
Reuters:
US strikes Iranian launchers on Larak island amid strait of Hormuz tensions  —  Attack was response to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps preparing rockets to launch sea mines into strait, says US  —  US forces have struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak island on Sunday, a US official said …
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CNN:
US strikes Iranian rocket launchers, marking first attack in a month  —  The Middle East Federal agencies US military Donald Trump  —  The US military on Sunday struck Iran's Larak Island, where forces were observed preparing to launch rockets with mines into the Strait of Hormuz …
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 …
Rebecca F. Elliott / New York Times:
Trump Says Venezuelan Oil Will Refill U.S. Stockpiles, but It's Not So Simple  —  New projects can take years to produce meaningful amounts of oil, and that's especially true in Venezuela, where infrastructure is in disrepair.  —  By REBECCA F. ELLIOTT  —  NEWS ANALYSIS  —  Why the United States Can't Quit Its Wars
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Eli Okun / Politico:
The mail ballot mess
Discussion: Palm Beach Post
CNN:
Trump calls for NBC's Kristen Welker to face ‘rebuke or punishment’ from the FCC  —  Donald Trump Federal agencies People in entertainment Media  —  Treating the Federal Communications Commission like his own personal enforcer, President Donald Trump said on social media Sunday …
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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.
Washington Post:
Pentagon secretly installs military influencers in civilian roles … The Pentagon has secretly installed several conservative military veterans with large online followings in government roles, declining to disclose their assignments as they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's viewpoints …
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Talarico Is Out-Fundraising Paxton and Flooding the Airwaves in Texas Senate Race  —  Democratic candidate is on the offensive, giving his party hope in the deep-red state  —  Senate candidate James Talarico began August in Massachusetts, standing beside a swimming pool on tony Nantucket …
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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
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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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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Mediaite
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NBC News:
Meet the Press - August 30, 2026
Discussion: The Guardian, NewsMax.com and The Hill
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.
Discussion: Reuters
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 …
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Manuela Silva / NOTUS:   Mike Lindell Vows to Appeal Minnesota Loss to the U.S. Supreme Court
Marcia Dunn / Associated Press:
NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe  —  NASA's newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before.  SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly …
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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.
Discussion: Reason
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Ted Cruz calls for elections in Venezuela to proceed ‘rapidly’  —  The Texas Republican also said the U.S. should arm protesters in Iran. … Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Sunday renewed his call for free and fair elections in Venezuela, just two days after the Trump administration announced …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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.
 
 
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Massachusetts 2026 Poll: Sen. Markey Holds Commanding Lead Over Rep. Moulton in Democratic Primary
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
RNC chair claims Dem majority in Congress will put antisemites in power: ‘Direct threat to the Jewish community’
Discussion: NewsMax.com
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. John James on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 30, 2026
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Merz Says Far-Right Win in German State Would Put Off Investors
Wall Street Journal:
Russia Is Bombarding Europe With a New Wave of ‘Gray Zone’ Attacks
Discussion: New York Post and Telegraph
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Annie Lowrey on the Time Tax
 Earlier Items: 
Casey Parks / Washington Post:
A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn't pay her severance
Vox:
The presidential contender successfully trolling Trump's White House
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
One of the Supreme Court's worst ideas could save the midterms from Trump
Discussion: Alternet.org
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Meet the ex-Republicans running as Democrats in the midterms
Discussion: Alternet.org
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Warsh, After Talking Tough on Inflation, Faces a ‘No-Win Situation’ on Rates
Discussion: Financial Times and Axios
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Congress Is Finally Talking About Saving Social Security
Simon Ormiston / Associated Press:
Breaking news. Iceland votes ‘No’ to reopening EU accession talks, official count confirms
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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