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New York Times:
Trump's Super PAC Starts to Unload Its War Chest, With New Group Booking $47 Million  —  A recently created Republican group tied to the president's super PAC is pumping cash into half a dozen key midterm races, with the largest amounts going toward Senate contests in Michigan and Ohio.
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Politico:
‘The vibes are very bad’ in Texas  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Wednesday morning.  We're here in Dallas for the convention — and we're already getting a pulse check around the extravaganza before the speeches kick off.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Secretive Vance-aligned donor network draws GOP power players in Dallas  —  DALLAS — A secretive donor network closely aligned with Vice President Vance drew Cabinet members, lawmakers and major GOP donors to a “cowboy-chic” bar here Tuesday night for a marquee pre-party ahead of the Republicans' midterm convention.
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump makes GOP midterm convention about himself, much to Democrats' delight  —  With the November elections approaching, Republicans are gathering for a two-day “Trumpapalooza.”  —  Summary  —  Two nights before Thanksgiving last year, President Donald Trump called House Speaker Mike Johnson …
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans' Midterms Strategy Will Test Trump's Political Power as Polling Sags
Washington Post:
Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aides  —  Financial disclosures released by the administration show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to his executive assistant Natalie Harp …
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Aruni Soni / New York Times:
Oil Hits $100 a Barrel as Turmoil Intensifies in Middle East
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Treasury Department to buy back up to $6 billion in longer-term debt, triple the normal level … The Treasury Department on Wednesday said it will buy back up to $6 billion of government debt in an operation aimed at keeping bond markets functioning.  —  The much-anticipated announcement triples …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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New York Times:
Treasury Plans $6 Billion in Debt Repurchases to Battle Rising Yields
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Treasury poised to buy up to $6B in bonds as Bessent looks to rein in debt costs
Discussion: CoinDesk
Bloomberg:   Bessent Dares Traders to Bet Against Yen: ‘I Am the House Now’
Politico:
Lawmakers urge Congress to act after AI researcher's dire warning  —  Lawmakers in both parties are escalating pleas for legislative action after an artificial intelligence researcher claimed late Tuesday that unchecked AI models could feasibly destroy the world by the decade's end — and AI developers know it.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Louisiana's abortion pill case could wipe out access in blue states  —  The next phase in the abortion wars may come down to one question: Do the rights of red states to enforce bans override the rights of blue states to protect access?  —  Louisiana will argue before a federal appeals court …
Discussion: Axios, NPR and NewsMax.com
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Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
‘Shoot Him!’:  Police Threaten Third-Country Nationals Imprisoned in African Hotel  —  A police officer aimed a loaded assault rifle at unarmed immigrants expelled to Equatorial Guinea by the Trump administration in a chaotic incident on September 3 in which the officer's supervisor ordered him to shoot, multiple cellphone videos show.
Discussion: Reuters
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.
Discussion: Ms. Magazine and Daily Kos
Yanqi Xu / New York Times:
As He Backs ICE Crackdown, Nebraska Governor Employs Undocumented Workers  —  Gov. Jim Pillen and his family own about 100 hog farms in Nebraska.  As Pillen aids ICE's sweep on undocumented immigrants, his business has drawn little scrutiny for its own migrant work force.  —  Yanqi Xu
Discussion: New Republic and Los Angeles Times
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Musk's PAC goes big on trans attack ads  —  Elon Musk's super PAC has entered the midterm campaign fray with a heavy dose of anti-trans messaging.  —  Why it matters: America PAC isn't running a traditional persuasion campaign.  It's undertaking a massive get-out-the-vote operation …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Navarro: White House told Fox News Bartiromo ouster was ‘totally unacceptable’  —  Top Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro said the White House complained to Fox News leadership about the network's decision to oust host Maria Bartiromo last week.  —  “But suffice it to say that Suzanne Scott got a call …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:   Maria Bartiromo discovers that her boss is not Donald Trump
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 …
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 …
Aaron Kleinman / Heartland Signal:
Proof from the states: the right wing attempt to repeal the 20th century  —  We read the legislation introduced across all 50 states this session and pulled out the worst of it.  1,182 bills, 48 states, everything from abortion bounties to studying chemtrails to a proposal to legalize cockfighting against robots.
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Ilhan Omar Cleared of Wrongdoing After Overstating Assets by Millions  —  Democratic lawmaker incorrectly reported assets of between $6 million and $30 million  —  A nonpartisan entity charged with reviewing misconduct allegations has cleared Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) …
Discussion: TMZ.com and NewsMax.com
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump is remodeling the White House.  The group set up to protect it has stayed quiet.  —  The White House Historical Association, a nonprofit set up by Jacqueline Kennedy to preserve the building's character, has declined to criticize the president's changes.  —  Summary
Associated Press:
Mistrust of US government information is rising across major issues, new poll shows  —  Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal government information about elections and politics …
Discussion: AP-NORC
New York Times:
Dueling Court Rulings Leave Missouri's Congressional Races in Chaos  —  After losing in two courts and winning in another, Missouri officials said they planned to forge ahead with using a congressional map that was redrawn to benefit Republicans.  —  Conflicting court orders issued on the same …
CNN:
Maine and Michigan Senate races are neck and neck, CNN polls find  —  Election polls Congressional news Senate election US elections  —  The critical Senate contests in both Maine and Michigan feature tight races with no clear leader, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS.
Discussion: Politico and Daily Mail
NBC Boston:
Exclusive: 3 Lindsay Clancy jurors speak out on holdout, prosecution, defense and more  —  “He admitted he had reasonable doubt and I started filling out the forms, I was so excited,” the foreperson of Lindsay Clancy's jury said. … Three jurors from the Lindsay Clancy murder trial …
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
A potential 2028 presidential contender plans $20 million to help Democrats  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker raises his own profile with an effort to target MAGA Republicans.  —  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) will lead a new political action committee to help Democrats get elected to Congress this fall …
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Trump administration names permanent FDA division leaders  —  The Trump administration permanently filled four key leadership roles in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, the agency announced, following the nomination of Heidi Overton to lead the FDA.
Discussion: STAT, Associated Press and NewsMax.com
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Trump's oil investments have gained millions during Iran war as his accounts keep trading … As President Donald Trump's wartime directives in Iran repeatedly jolted global markets, his personal energy portfolio surged.  —  Throughout the first six months of fighting …
 
 
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Allison Gordon / CNN:
‘Fat b*tches’: Videos reveal the extent of GOP candidate's crude sexual remarks
Discussion: The Guardian
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Europeans investigating Epstein say DOJ has not agreed to requests for help
Discussion: Forbes and New Republic
Wired:
A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Data center backlash is everywhere. The biggest pro-AI group is getting ready to fight back.
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
New Hampshire Senate race set between Chris Pappas and John Sununu after projected primary wins
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Trump's terrible plan to break skilled immigration
Discussion: Townhall
 Earlier Items: 
Garrett Downs / CNBC:
How much does it cost to move a midterm prediction market? Not much
Politico:
Will Schumer go long for college sports?
New York Times:
California, an Environmental Bastion, Warms to Nuclear Energy
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Brooklyn's Democratic boss defied Schumer and Jeffries. So far she's winning.
Discussion: The City Reporter
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump didn't oppose UK sanctions on Israeli settlements
Caleb McCullough / PolitiFact:
Ground Zero construction crews, firefighter hoist: Fact-checking Trump's 9/11 response stories
Carlos Greer / Page Six:
Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show set to end in 2027 after 24 years on air
Associated Press:
US banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
WaPo says it is on track to break even and end 2026 “on its closest path to profitability in five years” and it sold 300K+ subscriptions so far in 2026

JD Knapp / The Wrap:
Former 60 Minutes managing editor Guy Campanile says he and his fired colleagues “refused to be accomplices in the destruction” of the news program

New York Times:
North America's 2026 summer box office revenue of $4.76B is 17% below 2019, adjusted for inflation; est. Jan. 1-Aug. 16 tickets fell 30% vs. same period in 2019
 
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