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6:35 PM ET, September 5, 2026

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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.
Reuters:
Blasts heard near Iran's Kharg Island in Gulf, amid reports tanker hit
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
US launches retaliatory strikes on 3 Iranian oil carriers in response to attacks against Navy warships
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.
Washington Post:
Republican House candidates tone down Trump on their campaign websites
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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.
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Rena Rowe / Washington Examiner:
MAGA Inc. sends $10 million to back Paxton in Texas after repeated GOP pleas  —  MAGA Inc., the political action group aligned with President Donald Trump, is spending $10 million on television and digital advertising to support Republican Ken Paxton in the closely watched Texas Senate race …
Marissa Martinez / NOTUS:
Trump's Super PAC Drops $10 Million in Texas Senate Race
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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United States Mission to the United Nations:
Explanation of Vote Before the Vote for UNGA 80 Adoption on the Resolution to “Correct the Map”
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
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 …
William Christou / The Guardian:
Putin begins talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on ending war with Ukraine  —  Moscow and Kyiv vow not to strike each other's capitals for three days during negotiations  —  Russian president Vladimir Putin began talks with US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff on ending …
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Reuters:
Putin's envoy Dmitriev to meet Witkoff, Kushner upon their arrival in Moscow, sources say
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
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.
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.
Discussion: New York Times, Forbes and HuffPost
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 …
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 …
Discussion: [your]NEWS and NewsMax.com
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.
Will Steakin / Politico:
Inside AOC's MAHA outreach  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Saturday morning.  This is Will Steakin, bringing you more reporting on MAHA's mission to find a 2028 messenger.  Get in touch.  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  AOC'S MAHA COURTSHIP …
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.
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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Reuters:
Italy's far-right Vannacci lashes EU in business summit address
Discussion: Bloomberg
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Republicans struggle to unite in Georgia's key races after bruising primaries
Bloomberg:
Trump's Embrace of AI Data Centers Adds to GOP's Midterm Peril
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
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Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Used Promise of Nvidia Chips to Broker Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Deal
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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
The mystery behind an audio clip that helped upend a Senate race
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The 75 Most Corrupt Things Trump Did in 2026
New York Times:
Looking Back on the Summer of High MAGA in Trump's Washington
Washington Post:
ChatGPT bans campaigns from using AI to make ads. They're doing it anyway.
Politico:
Judge refuses to block Pentagon from firing Stars and Stripes staffers over CBS interview
 

 
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CBS News:
A US federal judge allows the Pentagon to fire three Stars and Stripes journalists, ruling the government likely did not violate their First Amendment rights

Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules via an emergency order that political parties are entitled to the same low-cost TV ad rates as candidates, giving an advantage to Republicans

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
The Seattle Times and Newsday sue OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the companies trained AI on their journalism; Microsoft and OpenAI are funders of Seattle Times
 
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