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7:00 AM ET, September 6, 2026

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New York Times:
As Midterms Approach, Republicans Find There Is No Escape From Trump  —  The president's strategy, message and spending have left the G.O.P. in a difficult spot as lawmakers try to outrun his sagging approval ratings.  —  In the White House Rose Garden last week, President Trump gathered …
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Rena Rowe / Washington Examiner:
MAGA Inc. sends $10 million to back Paxton in Texas after repeated GOP pleas  —  The spending marks MAGA Inc.'s first major expenditure in a competitive 2026 general election race and comes after weeks of calls from Republicans for Trump and his allies to spend more heavily on Paxton's behalf.
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Republican midterms convention speakers revealed  —  President Trump and his top allies will share the stage with Republican candidates in some of the nation's most competitive races at next week's GOP midterm convention in Dallas, according to a preliminary list of speakers obtained by Axios.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Marissa Martinez / NOTUS:
Trump's Super PAC Drops $10 Million in Texas Senate Race
New York Times:
Iran's Attacks Keep the Strait of Hormuz in a Lethal Stalemate  —  The U.S. military is helping oil get out of the Persian Gulf on tankers, but Iran is still attacking the ships and scaring operators away.  —  For months the U.S. military has sought to protect tankers from Iranian attacks …
Discussion: Townhall, UPI and Forbes
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Time Is No Longer on Iran's Side in the Battle of the Blockades
Discussion: HotAir and Breitbart
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
Washington Post:
Trump is running out of time as he tries to restrict mail voting  —  Two swing states are sending ballots, and other states plan to send theirs soon.  —  Summary  —  MADISON, Wis. — President Donald Trump is running out of time in his quest to limit voting by mail, as a judge holds up his plans …
Discussion: New York Times and NBC News
Sean James / Mediaite:
Kennedy Center Fires Back at Critics with Video of Damaged Ceiling: 'Warning We Can't Ignore'  —  The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is in really bad shape, according to the Kennedy Center's official X account, which posted a series of pictures and a video on Saturday showing damage inside …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Witkoff and Kushner meet with Putin about ending Ukraine war  —  President Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin Saturday and discussed U.S. ideas for ending the war in Ukraine. … - Witkoff and Kushner, who are expected …
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Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Putin Meets Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow to Discuss Ukraine War  —  President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a pause in strikes on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, ahead of the meeting with President Trump's envoys: his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the businessman Steve Witkoff.
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
New Hampshire Democrats Sound an Alarm: 'We're Losing'  —  The state has not elected a Republican to the Senate since 2010.  But Chris Pappas, the likely Democratic nominee, anticipates a tough race against a well-known opponent, John E. Sununu.  —  Two months before the midterms …
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.
Discussion: twitchy.com, GB News and NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Inside Pirro's special grand jury probe into D.C. agencies supervising kids  —  The investigation appears focused on whether officials are adequately supervising children in and out of school, with scrutiny on attendance and social worker visits.  —  Summary
New York Times:
Inside the Battle to Save One Pioneering General From Hegseth's Purge  —  Gen. Christopher T. Donahue's vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world.  Could they save his career?  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth decided in early 2025 to spike …
Wall Street Journal:
The DSA Is Using Coffee With Comrades and Socialist Softball to Convert the Curious  —  Fast-growing chapters use nonstop social activities to bring in new members and form closer bonds with existing ones  —  NEW YORK—On a recent Saturday morning, a youngish group gathered around a table …
Washington Post:
These are the most important House races to watch in November  —  Democrats are favored to win the House, but Republicans have viable paths to keeping control.  These are the key themes and races to keep an eye on.  —  House races to watch  —  21 toss ups  —  Democratic  —  Republican
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 …
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
The U.N. backed a map that shows Africa true to size.  The U.S. was sole objector.  —  The U.S. was the only country to vote against the U.N. resolution, which encourages the use of an “Equal Earth” map.  The U.S. described it as a “radical ideological project.”  —  Summary
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Pierre Damas Bel Should Not Be Dead
Discussion: Mother Jones and Scripps News
Ars Technica:
Tesla's Cybercab has been deployed, and it's already under investigation
Discussion: HotAir, NewsMax.com and Axios
José Olivares / The Guardian:
ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube
Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal:
How One Woman Was Caught in Epstein's ‘Cult’—and Escaped
Discussion: The Parnas Perspective and TMZ.com
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump removes White House shrouds as he prepares for Xi visit
Discussion: NOTUS
Janay Kingsberry / The Atlantic:
The Rush-Job Presidency  —  Trump wants his ballroom and arch done while he's in office.  There's a risk.
Discussion: Forbes
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Italy's far-right Vannacci lashes EU in business summit address
Discussion: Bloomberg
Will Steakin / Politico:
Inside AOC's MAHA outreach
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Ossoff and Talarico to Share Fund-Raising Event in Hollywood
Bloomberg:
Trump's Embrace of AI Data Centers Adds to GOP's Midterm Peril
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Republicans sour on the economy
Discussion: [your]NEWS and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Inside the D.O.J.'s Investigation of Fauci and Other Virus Scientists
Discussion: The Independent
 

 
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Robert Hart / The Verge:
Anthropomorphic portrayals of AI models as rogue agents can obscure the responsibility that companies like OpenAI have for incidents like the Hugging Face hack

Philip Wegmann / Wall Street Journal:
Trump officials say Judeo-Christian principles inform AI policy, with some optimistic about AI and others seeing parallels to biblical end-times prophecies

Rafe Rosner-Uddin / Financial Times:
Sources: Travis Kalanick's Atoms is developing robotaxi tech and hired Anthony Levandowski after acquiring his company Pronto; Uber has invested $100M in Atoms
 
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