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8:25 PM ET, September 8, 2026

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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump bans some Canadian imports as North America trade war intensifies  —  President Trump said the U.S. would ban Canadian alcohol, some dairy products and large motorcycles, sharply escalating a trade war largely fought with tariffs. … - Trump imposed the bans under Section 338 …
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Politico:
Trump hits back at Canadian tariffs with government procurement threat  —  President Donald Trump continued to threaten Canada with additional trade retaliation Tuesday, warning in a social media post that Canadian products could soon be removed from U.S. government purchasing contracts.
Axios:
Trump's summer of sabotage
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CBS News:
What Canada's retaliatory tariffs could mean for U.S. consumers as Trump threatens escalation
Bloomberg:
Canada's Carney Takes Calculated Risk in US Trade War
Alicia Diaz / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans to Ban Imports of Some Canadian Dairy, Alcohol
Discussion: American Prospect and NewsMax.com
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. launches strikes on 5 Iranian oil tankers after latest attacks on warship  —  The engagement follows similar violence last week, as Iranian and U.S. forces have continued to trade fire amid stunted diplomatic efforts to end the war.  —  Summary  —  U.S. forces struck five Iranian tanker ships …
Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
US strikes Iranian tankers after more attempted missile attacks on Navy warship
Discussion: Gizmodo, Joe.My.God. and NewsMax.com
Bloomberg:
US Says It Destroyed Iranian Tankers After US Navy Ship Targeted
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
Haaretz:
Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7.  He Didn't Brief Israel's Security Chiefs  —  Article printing is available to subscribers only  —  Zen reading is available to subscribers only  —  Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format
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Sarah Kliff / New York Times:
A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested.  Now He's a Senator.  —  Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found.  Some had bank accounts garnished.  —  It was Easter weekend in 2007 when a police car pulled up to Joe Vasquez's home in rural Kansas.
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Theodoric Meyer / Washington Post:   Sen. Roger Marshall's challenger in Kansas criticizes him for suing patients
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Probing the polling problem
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Smithsonian's Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution  —  In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart.  —  After a seven-year run marked most recently by attacks …
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh blocks Missouri congressional map favoring GOP
Associated Press:
Supreme Court rebuffs Missouri's push to use new US House map backed by Trump in November
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms  —  This piece was originally written for Democracy Docket members.  We're sharing this one with everyone because the stakes for this election are too high not to.  Become a member to get Marc's exclusive analysis first.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
At 9/11 Tribute, Trump Adds New Claim to His Disputed Role After Attack  —  President Trump has long sought to position himself close to the Sept. 11 recovery effort and has made a series of questionable and provocative statements to burnish his political brand.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Bizarre History With 9/11
Discussion: The Independent
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Which Republican Senate Candidates Are Skipping Trump's Convention?  —  For G.O.P. candidates in the most competitive races, deciding whether to appear with President Trump can be tricky.  Some are going, while others are staying away.  —  For Republican candidates running in battleground Senate races …
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over  —  Border Patrol is running secretive predictive policing units that analyze Americans' financial activity and other data, then feed that intelligence to local police who pull people …
Discussion: MS NOW and New Republic
GOV.UK:
Foreign Secretary Oral Statement on Israel-Palestine  —  Foreign Secretary's oral statement to the House of Commons on Israel-Palestine as delivered.  —  From:  —  Location: … Delivered on: … Madame Deputy Speaker, with permission, I would like to make a statement on Israel and Palestine.
Beth Reinhard / New York Times:
Paxton Aide Turned Whistle-Blower Appears in Ad Endorsing His Rival, Talarico  —  David Maxwell was among the staffers in the Texas attorney general's office who accused Ken Paxton of abusing the power of his office, allegations that led to his impeachment.  Mr. Paxton was acquitted.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
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Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Paxton's former top law enforcement official endorses Talarico
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Texas Tribune
Adrian Horton / The Guardian:
South Park changes name to South America in response to Trump changes  —  Satirical program's new title is ‘inspired by bravery and patriotism’ of Apple and Google, who capitulated to Trump's requests to change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’  —  In light of Donald Trump's attempts to rename a gulf …
Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump's Approval Rating Reaches New Floors In 2 Polls—As Support Among GOP Voters Slips  —  Topline  —  President Donald Trump had a 33% approval rating and 36% approval rating in the two latest polls—new lows in the groups' polling as negative views of the president's performance …
Discussion: NOTUS, NewsMax.com and Newsweek
CNN:
NYC Mayor Mamdani releases 9/11 records showing officials misled New Yorkers about air quality around Ground Zero  —  New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of previously undisclosed records about air quality following the September 11, 2001, attacks, showing city officials …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Why House Republicans are pulling money from a key swing seat  —  House Republicans are effectively abandoning what was supposed to be a key battleground district in New York over concerns that their candidate, state Sen. Peter Oberacker, is too flawed to seriously compete, sources tell Axios.
Stine Jacobsen / Reuters:
Iceland summons US ambassador after Trump posts map showing island under American flag  —  Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag, local broadcaster RUV said.
 
 
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Julian Mark / Washington Post:
DHS asks Supreme Court to let it use Social Security data to verify voter rolls
Olivia George / Washington Post:
Authorities decline to prosecute woman who made false report against Buttigieg
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Sarah Longwell / The Atlantic:
Voters Have a Message for Democrats
Discussion: New York Times
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Veterans group launches new campaign against Trump's planned arch
Discussion: Washington Post and Joe.My.God.
 Earlier Items: 
Julian Mark / Washington Post:
Supreme Court declines Catholic mother's bid for son's vaccine exemption in N.Y.
Discussion: The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Scott R. Anderson / Lawfare:
Why We're Suing the State Department Over International Agreements
Matt Burgess / Wired:
Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids
Politico:
Newsom's Buttigieg walkback and Villegas' Valley test
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
NOTUS:
Trump Is Quietly Planning to Majorly Change How National Parks Are Run
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Wall Street Journal:
Yemen's Houthi Militants Attack Saudi Energy Infrastructure
Paul Waldman / MS NOW:
Trump won the battle over his awful arch. The next Democratic president can win the war.
 

 
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