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Associated Press:
US military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targeted with missiles — The U.S. military on Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles, warning that it would “if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet.”
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Time Is No Longer on Iran's Side in the Battle of the Blockades — The U.S. is helping Gulf states move significant amounts of oil out of the region while thwarting Tehran's shipments — DUBAI—By squeezing the Strait of Hormuz, both the U.S. and Iran expected to outlast their foe, believing time would work in their favor.
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Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
U.S. attacks 3 Iranian tankers in tit-for-tat response
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
“We're stuck:” GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midterms — President Trump is hitting the campaign trail and doing the last thing many Republicans want: making the 59 days to the Nov. 3 midterms a referendum on him. — At the same time, they know it's inevitable.
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Democrats seek to counter RNC's ‘Trump-a-palooza’ convention in Dallas — Democrats are seeking to seize on the Republican National Committee's first-of-its-kind midterm convention with plans for counterprogramming around the two-day Dallas bash as the party eyes a Senate flip in the red state.
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Washington Post:
Republican House candidates tone down Trump on their campaign websites — Several congressional hopefuls have removed or downplayed mentions of the president and his priorities as Trump's popularity wanes. — Why did Mike Beltran, a Republican trying to unseat Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Florida), first decide to run for public office?
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
US only country to oppose UN resolution correcting Africa's size on world maps — The U.S. was the only country to not support a United Nations resolution adjusting the appearance of Africa and other regions on world maps. — The body passed the “Correct the Map” initiative by a margin of 164 to one …
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Marissa Martinez / NOTUS:
Trump's Super PAC Drops $10 Million in Texas Senate Race — Trump's super PAC spent $10 million this week to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his tight Senate race, a financial disclosure filed Saturday afternoon revealed. — The Sept. 4 expenditures for digital advertising marked MAGA Inc.'s …
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CNN:
Musk has started spending money to help Ken Paxton. Will it help change the course of the Texas Senate race? — PACs Congressional news Senate election US elections — For months, Texas Republicans have anxiously awaited the arrival of national resources to help boost Ken Paxton, one of the GOP's most vulnerable Senate candidates.
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs / Forbes:
Trump Confirms Tariff-Free Beef Is Coming From Brazil And Argentina Amid Quality Controversies — Topline — President Donald Trump confirmed that Brazil and Argentina, meatpacking nations embroiled in quality scandals in recent months, are among the countries that will be allowed to import …
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Reuters:
Putin's envoy Dmitriev to meet Witkoff, Kushner upon their arrival in Moscow, sources say — Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev will meet U.S. special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner upon their arrival in Moscow on Saturday, two people familiar with the upcoming visit told Reuters.
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New York Times:
Gallup Polls Show Democrats Outnumber Republicans Ahead of 2026 Midterm Elections — Data from Gallup shows that Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have their largest advantage over Republicans since 2008. — The share of Americans who associate themselves with the Democratic Party …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones — The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Missouri asks Supreme Court to restore GOP-friendly congressional map — Missouri launched an effort at the Supreme Court late Friday to restore its Republican-friendly congressional map, warning that a lower ruling invalidating it has unleashed “unprecedented chaos” on the midterms.
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New York Times:
Inside the D.O.J.'s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists — As Dr. Anthony Fauci has faced public scrutiny from congressional Republicans, the D.O.J. has pursued a quieter and more expansive effort against a wider circle of researchers. — TIMES EXCLUSIVE
New York Times:
Maria Bartiromo's Downfall at an Increasingly Cautious Fox News — The network this week took Maria Bartiromo off the air, pulling one of the last hosts whose coverage of Dominion Voting Systems drew an expensive defamation lawsuit. — In July, as President Trump was preparing a prime …
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Mike Zapler / Axios:
Republicans sour on the economy — Republicans' confidence in the economy has plummeted over the last six months at a pace unseen since Covid — reminiscent of the declines during the global financial crisis nearly two decades ago. … What's striking now is that Republicans …
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Janay Kingsberry / The Atlantic:
The Rush-Job Presidency — Trump wants his ballroom and arch done while he's in office. There's a risk. — Construction is notoriously slow-going work. But in Donald Trump's Washington, cranes and bulldozers appear like DoorDash deliveries: fast, frictionless, and on demand.
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Ossoff and Talarico to Share Fund-Raising Event in Hollywood — The event with the Georgia and Texas Democrats will be hosted by Shonda Rhimes. — Two of the top Democratic fund-raisers this cycle are teaming up for a finance event with some big Hollywood names.
Finya Swai / The Hill:
Kennedy Center closes after ceiling piece falls: ‘President Trump has been right’ — A portion of the ceiling inside the Kennedy Center's Grand Foyer collapsed Friday evening as heavy rain swept through the Washington, D.C. area, prompting officials to temporarily close the main building.
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
In latest win for voters, appeals court rejects bid to revive DHS voter purge database, for now — A federal appeals court Friday rejected the Trump administration's effort to immediately revive the use of a sweeping immigration database to check voter rolls, leaving in place a ruling that shut …
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Legal Insurrection, RedState, NOTUS and The Gateway Pundit
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
The mystery behind an audio clip that helped upend a Senate race — Artificial intelligence tools increasingly allow political actors to fool voters — and help candidates cast doubt on reality. — Summary — Late last month, left-wing firebrand Hasan Piker showed his Twitch viewers …
Sonya Gugliara / New York Post:
9/11 families plan to ignore ‘spiteful’ Mamdani if he shows up at 25th memorial ceremony — Grief-stricken loved ones of 9/11 victims — who want Mayor Zohran Mamdani barred from attending the 25th memorial ceremony at Ground Zero — plan to ignore the “spiteful” socialist if he shows up.
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