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11:40 AM ET, September 4, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator  —  Poised to be a possible swing vote in a divided Congress, he churns through staff as he dodges constituents, alienates fellow Democrats and courts Israel lobby  —  One morning in June …
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Politico:
The Trump crunch cracking his coalition  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Happy Friday.  If you thought this year's redistricting arms race was settled, the Show-Me State showed us all why not.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Internal watchdog report: Former Labor Secretary oversaw hostile work environment, misused funds  —  Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy, according to a new report …
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Washington Post:
Former labor secretary misused funds and drank on the job, report finds  —  Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April over the misconduct allegations.  She oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment, a federal watchdog said.  —  Summary  —  A Cabinet officer appointed …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Former labor secretary created ‘toxic’ atmosphere, drank at work and misused funds, report says
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:   Former Labor Secretary Stoked Dysfunction and Toxicity, Department Report Finds
Antonia Hitchens / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Capital Makeover  —  A coterie of advisers, planners, and architects is enabling the President's passion project—renovating D.C. in his own image.  —  On January 2nd, just hours before ordering U.S. forces to execute a nighttime raid on the compound of President Nicolás Maduro …
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Ruth Marcus / New Yorker:   How Donald Trump Outmaneuvers the Supreme Court
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump officials say work will start on triumphal arch within two weeks
Wyatte Grantham-Philips / Associated Press:
US diesel prices hit a record high of $5.85 on average as the Iran war disrupts the flow of fuel  —  Diesel hit a new record price in the U.S. on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time ever as the 6-month-long war with Iran continues to disrupt the world's flow of fuel.
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Willa Rubin / NPR:
The price of diesel hits a record high  —  The price of diesel has reached an all-time high, according to AAA.  —  The national average for a gallon is now $5.85.  The price of diesel hasn't been this high since June 2022, when the average for a gallon reached $5.81 a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine, according to AAA data.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Diesel price surges to all-time high, fueled by wars
Channel 4 News:
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations  —  By Channel 4 News Investigations Team  —  Nigel Farage and other senior members of Reform UK have been filmed by undercover reporters celebrating secret new foreign donations.
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Sam Blewett / Politico:
Top Farage aides quit after undercover donations sting
Discussion: The Spectator, Al Jazeera and HuffPost
The Guardian:
Reform suspends two officials over donations sting as Farage admits their comments 'don't look good' - UK politics live
Discussion: HuffPost and GB News
Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
Europe's Gold Fled the Nazis.  Now It's Fleeing Trump.  —  Our allies once trusted America to safeguard their reserves.  Now they worry the president might freeze them.  —  NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, our European allies evacuated their gold to America to safeguard it from the Nazis.
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Paul Krugman:
Ingots We No Longer Trust  —  America's word is as good as gold — that is, unreliable  —  In the Yap islands of Micronesia, rai stones carved out of crystalline limestone, with a hole in the center, are considered objects of great value, sometimes described as a form of money.
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Bartiromo's Fox Betrayal … On Thursday afternoon, Fox News issued a press release that reverberated through the media and political worlds.  In a terse statement, the network announced that it had severed ties with Maria Bartiromo, the once-respected business journalist who in recent years became consumed …
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say  —  A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Letters from God:
Thou Shalt Take Down All Of Trump's Monuments  —  Lo, Donald Trump is building yet another monument to himself while losing the war he started to distract from the Epstein files.  —  Before we begin, bless the little heart on this post so the billionaire algorithms accidentally show it to many more people.
Joe Sonka / Louisville Public Media:
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested, booked in Louisville jail  —  The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office arrested former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.  —  Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday in Paris by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office due …
Emily Davies / New York Times:
North Carolina Mails First Ballots of Fall, as Trump Tries to Restrict Them  —  A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Postal Service rule that could impede millions of mail voters.  The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in.  —  North Carolina was set …
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump to use Qatari plane for international trip despite security worries  —  The president wants to use the gift for a trip to Ireland next weekend; plans to “max out” its security will wait.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump plans to fly to Ireland next week aboard the Boeing 747 gifted …
Justin Lahart / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Adds a Whopping 162,000 Jobs in a Bright Spot for the Economy  —  Unemployment rate stayed at a historically low level of 4.1%  —  Created with Highcharts 9.0.1Nonfarm payrolls, change from a month earlierSource: Labor DepartmentNote: Seasonally adjusted
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
MAGA Dimwit James Comer Blurts Out Bombshell: Trump Badly Screwing GOP  —  It isn't every day that Republicans admit that Donald Trump is harming their midterm hopes.  After all, that would require an admission of Trumpian fallibility, which is unacceptable to MAGA.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump tells Fed to slash rates or he'll end trade with countries with U.S. surpluses  — President Donald Trump demanded that the Federal Reserve slash interest rates or else he will cut off trade with countries with which the U.S. maintains trade deficits.
Ben Geman / Axios:
The coming verdict on Trump's Strait of Hormuz strategy  —  The White House is at odds with some private sector analysts over how much oil is leaving the Strait of Hormuz — but it will take weeks until the picture of what's truly getting through becomes clear.
Discussion: Rigzone and The Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Ken Paxton and the politics of timepieces  —  In today's edition ... The unique affordability issues facing key Senate races ... What do you think about the politics of timepieces? ...  but first ...  The median net compensation for Americans in 2023 was $43,222.81, just enough to buy …
Politico:
RFK Jr. is investigating whether troops died of Covid vaccine, Army doctor says  —  An Army doctor told a federal court in Virginia she's working with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to probe whether troops died from Covid-19 vaccines …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Taps Army Engineering Official as Acting Secretary  —  The move came days after the resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll, who had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the purge of top generals in the Army.  —  President Trump said on Thursday that he was appointing Adam R. Telle …
Jenni Reid / CNBC:
World's biggest sovereign wealth fund plans to cut U.S. Treasury holdings … Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.
Discussion: Quartz and NewsMax.com
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Vance says Iran fight isn't a ‘war’ as Trump tries to navigate unpopular conflict as election nears  —  Washington (AP) — Vice President JD Vance on Thursday rejected the use of the word “war” to describe the U.S. fighting with Iran as he steered clear of predicting that the six-month-old conflict …
Hunter Woodall / MS NOW:
Former RNC chair backs Democrat in coveted Montana district  —  Marc Racicot's endorsement of Sam Forstag gives Democrats a crossover asset in a red district the party is hoping to flip.  —  A Montana Democrat running for Congress in the red state has picked up what once would have seemed …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
‘F**k you...hurry up and die’: Swing-seat Democratic House candidate's deleted tweets show far-left record  —  William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee in one of the country's most competitive House races in Michigan, deleted hundreds of old social media posts in which he embraced police and prison abolition …
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Michael S. Roth / New York Times:
This Is the Real Point of College  —  Three cheers for students starting college!  They've heard doubts about whether it's worthwhile; they've heard Silicon Valley's claim that A.I. can feed them all the information (and misinformation) they could possibly want; they know college is expensive.
Discussion: Commonplace and Los Angeles Times
New York Times:
The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control  —  Europe's options are limited in responding to an unnerving series of plots and provocations.  But the odds of unpredictable consequences are rising.  —  Russia's failed drone attack on a German airport was part …
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
House Dem election leader's message to states: Count faster  —  House Democrats' top election leader has a message for states ahead of the midterms: count faster.  “We are, I think, nicely trying to encourage people to do their balloting as quickly as possible, and that means hiring additional staff …
 
 
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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NBC News:
Democrats mobilize an ‘unprecedented’ defense to combat potential election disruption
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Argentina's Milei escalates Falklands dispute as Trump questions U.S. support for Britain
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
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Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
No celebrities, unpaid renewals, shuttered facilities: Medical pot in Florida faces severe headwinds
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New York Times:
Can a ‘Prairie Populist’ Democrat Win a Senate Seat in Trump's Iowa?
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Tosin Akintola / Reason:
State tax incentives for film and TV production fail to generate much tax revenue or new jobs, experts say, casting doubt on a proposal for a federal incentive

Stewart Clarke / Deadline:
Netflix raises UK monthly prices, hiking the cost of Standard with Ads from £5.99 to £7.99, Standard from £12.99 to £13.99, and Premium from £18.99 to £20.99

Matt Hughes / The Guardian:
In a letter to the UK chancellor, broadcasters, YouTube, and soccer, rugby, and cricket governing bodies request tax credits to grow coverage of women's sports
 
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