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3:40 PM ET, September 8, 2026

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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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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Probing the polling problem  —  A string of unexpected independent poll results in this year's midterm elections is bringing national attention to a slate of candidates who otherwise would be considered long shots as campaigns turn to the general election sprint — but some recent major misses …
Discussion: Washington Post
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Karl Rove Says He's ‘Nervous’ About Republicans' Midterm Convention  —  Republican strategist Karl Rove said Tuesday he is “a little bit nervous” about the GOP's unprecedented midterm convention, warning that Republicans are making a late and risky bet on President Donald Trump with control of Congress on the line.
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New Republic:
Trump Tailspins as Leaks About GOP Midterm Panic Take Humiliating Turn  —  Donald Trump's tailspinning continues.  A CNN analysis finds that Trump has a lower approval rating than any of his predecessors going into midterms in this millennium.  That's worse than Joe Biden in 2022 …
Discussion: VINnews
Politico:
Republicans are hoping ‘Trump-a-palooza’ isn't only about Trump
Discussion: MPR News, New Republic and Robert Reich
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ asks Supreme Court to let it use immigration database to purge state voter rolls  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to lift a lower court order and allow it to use a flawed federal immigration database to initiate voter registration purges.
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Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Former GOP lawmakers join Democrats to challenge Trump's mail-in voting crackdown
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and KQED
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Here is Trump's blueprint to rig the 2026 midterms
Mary Ellen Klas / Bloomberg:
Trump's Mail-Ballot Attack Is Already Sowing Midterm Chaos
Discussion: New York Times, MS NOW and Daily Mail
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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Kelsey Ables / The Atlantic:
Lonnie Bunch Is Leaving the Smithsonian  —  After months of clashes with the White House, the historian and leader of the institution is retiring later this year.  —  Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch plans to announce his retirement from the institution at the end of this year …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senator defends Bombardier after Trump threat  —  Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) is defending private jet maker Bombardier from growing pressure from President Trump, who on Monday declared the Canadian aerospace company would no longer be able to sell planes in the United States.
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
What to know about Canada's escalating trade war with the US as Carney retaliates with tariffs
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
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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TheJournal.ie:
Iceland summons US ambassador over Trump map portraying it as part of America  —  On Monday, Trump posted an image to social media with a map of North America in which Iceland was among countries coloured in with the US flag.  —  7.7k  —  Trump posted the image with no explanation.  Truth Social
Discussion: The Independent
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: New Republic
Paul Waldman / MS NOW:
Trump won the battle over his awful arch.  The next Democratic president can win the war.  —  Donald Trump is in a hurry.  He cannot wait for cumbersome bureaucratic processes, slow-moving courts or even the law itself.  —  He must have his arch, and he must have it now.
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Veterans and Democrats intensify fight against Trump's planned arch
Discussion: NPR and The Hill
NOTUS:
Trump Is Quietly Planning to Majorly Change How National Parks Are Run  —  The Trump administration is planning to significantly reorganize the National Park Service and other bureaus of the Interior Department, the second major shake-up of the nation's public lands infrastructure in less than two years.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
IRS's Data Sharing With ICE Violated Law, Appeals Court Rules  —  Decision retains block on further sharing of taxpayer records  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration violated federal law when it shared confidential taxpayer information with immigration authorities, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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New York Times:
After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality  —  The Mamdani administration is releasing more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.  —  In the harrowing months …
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
Elon Musk told ex-girlfriend he needed ‘a legion of children before the civil war’  —  Ashley St Clair was speaking at the Venice film premiere of Alex Gibney's documentary Musk, where she warned of his dangerous influence  —  Elon Musk is sowing “deliberate division” via his social media platform X …
Wall Street Journal:
Chasing Side Deals, Flexing Influence: Lewandowski's Power Moves at DHS  —  Kristi Noem's close adviser effectively controlled billions in spending at Homeland Security.  Lewandowski denies seeking business or playing any role in the agency's contracts.  —  Summer Said
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Exclusive poll: GOP's gains among Latinos fade in House battlegrounds  —  Democrats have gained sharply with Latino voters in some of the country's most competitive House districts since 2024, a new Hart Research/TelevisaUnivision poll shared exclusively with Axios shows.
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com and Joe.My.God.
Matt Burgess / Wired:
Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads.  Some Included Images of Real Kids  —  Images of real children—including a member of a European royal family—were used to create some of the 350 ads containing child sexual abuse.  Lawmakers say they plan to investigate.
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Pete Hegseth will be the next to fall  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🫡 Subscribe to PN 🫡  —  Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth suffered a significant defeat last week as one of his signature policy initiatives was quietly shelved.
Wall Street Journal:
Yemen's Houthi Militants Attack Saudi Energy Infrastructure  —  Attacks come as U.S.-Iran war continues to disrupt energy flows through Strait of Hormuz  —  Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen fired drones and missiles at a number of Saudi Arabia's southern energy facilities Tuesday morning …
Politico:
Newsom's Buttigieg walkback and Villegas' Valley test  —  DRIVING THE DAY — Gavin Newsom distanced himself from spokesperson Izzy Gardon's recent jab at Pete Buttigieg, telling Will Steakin — and with Gardon sitting beside him — “Awkward sitting in front of Izzy — I didn't like that.”
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The hidden dangers of Musk's votesafe.org  —  The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.  —  With the midterm elections approaching, it's a good idea to make sure you are registered.
Johana Bhuiyan / The Guardian:
US police fear Meta smart glasses could be used to secretly record them  —  Exclusive: Documents show officers from Maine to California worry Meta's camera-equipped glasses will be used either to secretly record them or aid acts of terrorism  —  In January, the New York Police Department's …
Discussion: Gizmodo
 
 
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James Pomfret / Reuters:
Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first leader under Chinese rule, dies at 89
Discussion: Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:
The Democratic Socialist Primary Fight Hits America's Smallest State
Discussion: Politico and Jewish Insider
Jennifer Peltz / Associated Press:
Most states prompt schools to teach about 9/11, but the details differ, AP finds
Discussion: American Thinker
Dan Friedman / Mother Jones:
Dems Ask for Probe Into Trump Team's Handling of Anniversary Data
Discussion: The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Beth Reinhard / New York Times:
Paxton Aide Turned Whistle-Blower Appears in Ad Endorsing His Rival, Talarico
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Tim Balk / New York Times:
‘Democrats Are Behind’: PAC Wants Party to Catch Up on A.I.
 Earlier Items: 
Shia Kapos / Politico:
Pritzker launches $20M pre-midterms PAC
Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Lindsay Clancy's attorney makes public plea for Trump pardon
Paul Krugman:
Where's the Beef (Coming From)?
Discussion: New York Times
Emily Peck / Axios:
An exercise in thinking about the unthinkable: a U.S. debt default
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ben Rhodes / New York Times:
Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren't Democrats Listening?
Discussion: NBC News and Fox News
 

 
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
60 Minutes' 59th season will debut September 13 with an in-depth look at the LA Rams, the first edition of the remade show under Bari Weiss and Nick Bilton

Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources: Netflix will report box office grosses for six upcoming movies with theatrical releases, including La Bola Negra, which will have 46 days in theaters

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Google rolls out changes to search results in the EU to comply with the DMA, saying they mark the largest reduction in quality of service in Search's history
 
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