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Reuters:
Trump posts AI video of Iran's Kharg in ‘smithereens’, no evidence of attack — U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video clip that he said was Iran's oil hub Kharg Island being blown to smithereens, hours after the two countries traded attacks for the first time since July.
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New York Post, The Economist, Human Events, The Independent, Mediaite, OutsideTheBeltway, Washington Examiner, HuffPost and New Republic
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Associated Press:
US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks
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David Rising / Associated Press:
UAE says it intercepted an Iranian drone after weekend US strikes on rocket launchers in Iran
UAE says it intercepted an Iranian drone after weekend US strikes on rocket launchers in Iran
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The Guardian, The Hill, Straight Arrow, Al Jazeera, One America News Network, RedState, Reuters, Asia Times, NewsMax.com, Associated Press and Just Security
Zainab Fattah / Bloomberg:
UAE Fends Off Iran Attack, Urges New Approach to Ending Conflict
UAE Fends Off Iran Attack, Urges New Approach to Ending Conflict
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Reuters and Associated Press
YouGov:
Do you support or oppose renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America? — All adults — Region — Gender — Politics — Age — Race — Strongly support — 9% — Somewhat support — 10% — Somewhat oppose — 10% — Strongly oppose — 51% — Not sure — 19%
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MacRumors and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
The Cruelty Comes to Springfield — Six months in, the war in Iran is suddenly hot again. The U.S. military said Sunday it had bombarded Iranian troops on Larak Island who were trying to launch mines into the Strait of Hormuz, killing several people. Iran responded by firing …
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New Republic and Washington Examiner
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Congressman George Santos Receives Kalshi's First-Ever Lifetime Ban — Decision comes after federal regulator alleged Santos made more than $17,000 by placing bets on his attendance at the State of the Union address — WASHINGTON—Kalshi said on Monday that it would ban former Republican …
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Associated Press, CBS News, Quartz and NewsMax.com, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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Reason, Military.com, Talking Points Memo, NOTUS and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
Poll: Working class voters are still up for grabs — Republicans and Democrats are fighting over working class voters. Americans don't believe the rhetoric. — Fifty-five percent of Americans think politicians are just trying to win votes when they say they will help the working class …
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The Portland Press Herald and Alternet.org
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
One out of six Trump voters says they wouldn't vote for him again
NBC News:
House returns from five weeks away with a top priority: Avoid a government shutdown — The Republican-controlled chamber plans to vote on a bill to prevent a shutdown before the November election. It may also vote on censuring a Republican and Russia sanctions.
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Federal News Network, News Talk 105.9, CBS News and The Hill
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Johnson faces pressure to cut out early
Washington Post:
Vulnerable Republicans are eyeing Trump's war chest. He has other plans. — As Republicans fight to hold Congress, Trump and his allies are spending money and political capital to keep him at the center of the campaign. — Summary — For vulnerable politicians, the safest place …
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Zak Hudak / CBS News:
Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's deleted tweets on Sept. 11 commemoration invite scrutiny of past remarks — As the nation prepares to mark 25 years since Sept. 11, 2001, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, may be facing the risk of renewed scrutiny and fresh political attack.
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Axios and NewsMax.com
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Desperate to appear strong, Trump shows pathetic weakness — This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — Remember “Sharpiegate,” a relatively inconsequential but uncommonly stupid episode from Trump's first term?
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Daily Mail and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far — This article was featured in the Daily Prospect newsletter. Sign up for it here. — For the first few hours of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight over the Atlantic Ocean …
New York Times:
More Mail Ballots Are Arriving Late This Cycle, and They're Getting Tossed — State officials say they worry about the Postal Service's ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.
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Tallahassee Democrat and Votebeat
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Adora Brown / NOTUS:
Election Officials Brace for Chaos Over Trump's Mail-in Ballot Rule
Election Officials Brace for Chaos Over Trump's Mail-in Ballot Rule
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Los Angeles Times, Law and Chaos, Democracy Docket, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
How the Right Could Actually End Birthright Citizenship … early last year, a woman named Liza and her husband were busy preparing for the birth of their child. On top of the normal stresses of pregnancy, they faced another, less typical concern: that their baby would be stateless.
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Slate and SCOTUSblog
New York Times:
‘The Least Transparent Midterm’: How Dark Money Is Washing Over the 2026 Election — At least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every major contest. — In Michigan and Minnesota …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Hegseth's purges are endangering national security — The Iran quagmire wouldn't have happened under Trump's first-term military leaders. — It was obvious from the start that appointing Pete Hegseth — a former Fox News weekend host — as secretary of defense was a spectacularly bad idea …
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NOTUS, MS NOW and Drezner's World
New York Times:
These Generals Fought for Israel. Now They See ‘Jewish Terrorism’ as the Threat. — A growing number of former Israeli generals, intelligence officials and prime ministers are accusing settlers in the West Bank of committing ethnic cleansing with government support.
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Foreign Policy, Fox News and France 24, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Do D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes. … A bike lane on 15th Street Northwest, near the White House, that The Trump administration tried to remove. — Listen · 8:21 min — Visuals by Alex Kent — Aug. 31, 2026 — Four years ago …
Will McDuffie / MS NOW:
‘Gets in the weeds’: Susan Collins' superpower against Troy Jackson? — YORK, Maine — On a recent weekday evening, Troy Jackson, donning a green polo, shorts and a Red Sox cap, entered a campaign event in York, Maine, where a few dozen supporters, most of them elderly, were waiting for him …
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The Portland Press Herald and The Maine Wire
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Says ‘Let Data Reign’ in Call to Support Data Centers — President Donald Trump warned that a growing public backlash to data centers in the US poses an economic threat to communities that oppose new infrastructure needed to power artificial intelligence and risks giving China the upper hand in the AI race.
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MeidasTouch, Washington Examiner, RedState and NewsMax.com
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump Labor Secretary nominee pitched access to “America's comprehensive welfare” to Chinese nationals — Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, who has been nominated by Trump to permanently lead the department, is a member of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
How Much Is the Iran War Costing Americans? — A proper calculation must take in more than just the military costs. — Back in early March, speaking to a group of Republican lawmakers and donors who had gathered at his golf club in Doral, Florida, Donald Trump described the Iran war …
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The Intercept and Atlantic Council
Fox News:
FIRST ON FOX: Texas becomes testing ground for new defense against attacks on America's water systems — FIRST ON FOX: The Trump administration is launching “Project Watershed 250” Monday, Fox News Digital exclusively learned, deploying American artificial intelligence and cybersecurity tools …
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Washington Examiner
