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Axios:
Exclusive: Fetterman to praise Trump in bombshell GOP convention video — DALLAS — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) is preparing to make a bombshell appearance Wednesday night at the GOP convention, in a video praising President Trump and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick for helping America's steel industry, Axios has learned.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News is treating the GOP's midterm convention as a very special episode of Hannity — “'The vibes are very bad' in Texas” is the headline of Politico Playbook's dispatch from Dallas, where the GOP's “Trump-a-palooza” midterm convention has Republican attendees fearing …
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New York Times:
Fetterman Has a Surprise Cameo at Trump's Convention — Senator John Fetterman, who has become alienated from his own party, appeared in a short video filmed in front of a steel mill, saying he is “always going to reject the extremes in socialism.” — Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania …
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Politico:
‘The vibes are very bad’ in Texas
‘The vibes are very bad’ in Texas
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Trump's Convention Offers an Unusual Fund-Raising Opportunity for Republicans
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Why Trump's Midterm ‘Convention’ Isn't a Real Convention
Why Trump's Midterm ‘Convention’ Isn't a Real Convention
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The Bulwark, Vox, Reuters, NewsMax.com, Scripps News, MS NOW, Modern Diplomacy and The Independent
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Missouri court opens contempt probe into Republican official over redistricting fight — The Missouri Supreme Court has asked Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to respond to claims that he is defying a ruling that bars the state from using a new, GOP-friendly congressional map.
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New York Times:
Fight Over Missouri House Map Returns to U.S. Supreme Court — The appeal came as the Missouri Supreme Court weighed whether to hold the state's top election official in contempt. — The fast-moving legal battle over Missouri's congressional map returned to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday …
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The Contrarian
Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Missouri election chief asks federal judge to shield him from contempt charges after defying state supreme court
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
Trump administration proposes dramatic overhaul of 2030 census that changes who counts as living in America — The Trump administration proposed a sweeping overhaul of how people in America are counted in the 2030 census on Wednesday, including moving to exclude immigrants in the country illegally …
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps — The Trump administration is proposing major changes to how the U.S. government produces census results for the next national head count in 2030. — While the plan faces likely legal challenges …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Trump administration proposes changes to census that could exclude millions — They could also reshape congressional representation and federal funding allocations. — Summary — Millions of residents could be excluded from the U.S. census, congressional representation could be reshaped …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump's Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race
Trump's Census Overhaul Would Exclude Some Immigrants and Remove Questions on Race
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The Washington Sun, Mercury News, The Guardian and Newsweek
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Qatari-gifted Air Force One deploys inflatable slide before departing for GOP convention in Texas — An emergency inflatable slide on the Qatari-gifted Air Force One was deployed at Joint Base Andrews before President Trump departed for the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday.
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Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
Trump Says He'd ‘Consider’ Pardoning Michael Cohen
Trump Says He'd ‘Consider’ Pardoning Michael Cohen
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CBS News:
Kelly Loeffler says GOP midterm convention will focus on Trump's “historic presidency”
Kelly Loeffler says GOP midterm convention will focus on Trump's “historic presidency”
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump's Midterm Convention May Struggle for Ratings Against the N.F.L. Kickoff
Trump's Midterm Convention May Struggle for Ratings Against the N.F.L. Kickoff
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Washington Post and The Independent
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Top Advisers Confront Possibility That Iran War Lasts Through End of Term — The president still says he expects the war will end ‘immediately’ after midterm elections this fall — WASHINGTON—Top White House advisers have raised privately with President Trump the prospect …
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Scott Waldman / Politico:
Trump says Iran war will end ‘immediately’ after midterms
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump says oil and gas prices won't fall until ‘right after’ midterm election
Trump says oil and gas prices won't fall until ‘right after’ midterm election
Jeff Mason / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Gasoline Prices Will Fall, But Only After Midterms
Trump Says Gasoline Prices Will Fall, But Only After Midterms
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Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
The AP Will Keep Using ‘Lake Ontario’ Despite Trump's Renaming Effort — The Associated Press said it will not refer to Lake Ontario as “Lake America” unless it's deemed “relevant,” despite President Donald Trump's executive order to rename the body of water.
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Associated Press will stick with Lake Ontario over Trump's renamed ‘Lake America’
Associated Press will stick with Lake Ontario over Trump's renamed ‘Lake America’
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Matt Peterson / CNBC:
Bessent's political turn in GOP speech tests his bond-market credibility … Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's push to calm the bond market is colliding with a more political role, as his planned Republican convention speech raises questions about the credibility he needs to manage U.S. debt markets.
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Sophie Hurwitz / Mother Jones:
“We're the Outliers Here”: UK-Led Sanctions on Israeli Settlements Isolate the US — On September 8, the British government banned the import of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. — Eleven other nations—Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
60 Posts in 10 Hours: How Trump's Social Media Reflects His Version of Reality — With an assist from A.I., President Trump offers a window into how he wants to be seen — and, critics say, a barometer of his mental state. — Just before noon on a holiday weekend, while many Americans were at the beach …
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New York Times:
Saudi Oil Exports Plunge as Spread of War Shuts Off Shipping Routes — With few good options for safely shipping oil, Saudi Arabia's exports have fallen to a 13-year low. — Saudi Arabia has made several quick pivots to keep its oil flowing since the start of the U.S. war with Iran.
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Jim Jordan says he will relinquish Judiciary gavel, pass on a return to Oversight — DALLAS — Rep. Jim Jordan said Wednesday he plans to end his eight-year run leading Republicans on two of the House's most prominent committees after this Congress, raising fresh questions about what comes next for the veteran Ohio lawmaker.
Axios:
Anthropic insiders warn AI could kill all humans — Three Anthropic researchers went public last night with chilling concerns about out-of-control AI, warning it could destroy humans this decade. — Anthropic AI researcher Jacob Coxon wrote on X, after resigning Tuesday to sound the alarm …
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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears — Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control — An Anthropic researcher is quitting the artificial-intelligence industry …
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ProPublica:
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It's Worse in States With Abortion Bans. — The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response.
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Miles Parks / NPR:
Ballot seizures seemed impossible. But judges and officials are prepping for them now — The idea of federal law enforcement seizing ballots in the middle of an active election would have once been considered impossible. — Now, as President Trump continues his unprecedented hunt for voter fraud …
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Salt Lake Tribune:
Trump's DOJ is investigating Utah's election chief for refusing to hand over voter data, it says in letter — The Justice Department is investigating Utah's top election official for refusing to hand over the state's entire, unredacted voter database, it informed her in a letter dated Friday and obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.
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Debra Kamin / New York Times:
Brothers Seeking Pardons for Sex Trafficking Hire a Former Trump Lawyer — Documents appear to show payments were made to the lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz to pursue “executive clemency and judicial reversal” for Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander. — Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander …

