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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Vance, Eying 2028, Relishes the Spotlight at Trump's Convention — The vice president, widely seen as a potential White House candidate, sought to use his speech in Dallas to show a more personal side to the MAGA faithful. — Republicans descended on Dallas this week with the ostensible aim …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump's Weird Convention Just Tied Every GOP Candidate To His Sagging Popularity — Good luck in November! — Saddled with abysmal approval ratings and the growing likelihood of an electoral wipeout in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump staged a bizarre two-day “convention” …
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NPR, TMZ.com, New York Times and FOX 7 Austin
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Out of Gas. Out of Ideas. Out of Time. — Today marks twenty-five years since the September 11th attacks. In many ways, it feels like another age—and the pre-9/11 era even more so. But the pain lingers, especially for those who lost someone that day. They're in our thoughts today.
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Midterm Convention’ Tried to Reach Die-Hard Republican Voters, but Lacked Oomph
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Mediaite
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Trump tells Republicans to vote or ‘go to hell’
Capitol agenda: Trump tells Republicans to vote or ‘go to hell’
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The Economist, Forbes, Straight Arrow, Joe.My.God., KTVZ-TV, The Independent and HuffPost
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Vance positions himself as a fighter for family values and a ‘national birthright’
Vance positions himself as a fighter for family values and a ‘national birthright’
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Democrats revamp their midterm playbook for GOP's anti-trans attacks
Democrats revamp their midterm playbook for GOP's anti-trans attacks
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NBC News, Advocate and LGBTQ Nation
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump leads convention in pledge: ‘You go to h—’ if you don't vote
Trump leads convention in pledge: ‘You go to h—’ if you don't vote
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Emily Davies / New York Times:
Influencers Invited to the Republican Midterm Convention Largely Avoided Talking About The Economy
Influencers Invited to the Republican Midterm Convention Largely Avoided Talking About The Economy
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Texas Monthly
Averi Harper / ABC News:
Vance's closing argument at GOP convention doubles as a glimpse at 2028
Vance's closing argument at GOP convention doubles as a glimpse at 2028
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New York Times, The Independent, New York Post, Washington Examiner, CBS News and Mediaite
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
GOP Embraces Cult Status With Pledge to Trump, Bonkers Video
GOP Embraces Cult Status With Pledge to Trump, Bonkers Video
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump keeps telling voters he doesn't care much about affordability
Trump keeps telling voters he doesn't care much about affordability
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American Prospect, NBC News, Business Insider and Politico
Veena Ali-Khan / Bloomberg:
Houthi Attacks: How They Threaten Red Sea Shipping and Saudi Oil — By threatening ships in the Strait of Hormuz and attacking the energy facilities of its Gulf neighbors, Iran has imposed economic costs on the US for the war it launched at the end of February.
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Politico:
Iran-backed Houthis seize Red Sea port, putting another key trade route at risk — Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized the Red Sea port of Mokha and captured the nearby Perim island on Friday, tightening their grip around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait while the U.S.-Iran war chokes another …
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Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters:
Yemen's Houthis reach strategic island at mouth of vital shipping lane — Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Friday reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, four Yemeni government sources told Reuters, potentially tightening their grip on one of the world's vital shipping routes …
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Allison Schrager / Bloomberg:
Fed Rate Hikes Won't Be Enough to Get Inflation to 2% — The latest inflation report points to a hard truth: The US is not going back to a 2% inflation rate anytime soon. At least not easily. — It's clear, as inflation picks up and real wages continue to fall, that the period of smooth disinflation is over.
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Wall Street Journal:
Firm Inflation Reading Pushes Fed Closer to a Rate Increase
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The Block, Straight Arrow, The Washington Sun, KTVZ-TV, WTOP News and NewsMax.com
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Inflation stays hot in August as Iran war drives energy costs higher
Inflation stays hot in August as Iran war drives energy costs higher
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The Hill, MS NOW, CBS News, Washington Examiner, NewsMax.com, The American Conservative, CNN, Semafor and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Despite Pledges From Musk, Child Sexual Abuse Material Persists on X — Reviews by the Canadian Center for Child Protection and The New York Times found that explicit images of children remain on the social media site owned by Elon Musk. — Elon Musk has long vowed to remove child sexual abuse material …
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Joe.My.God. and The Hollywood Reporter
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Joe diGenova resigns abruptly from DOJ job investigating Trump foes, calling out ‘ethical’ problems on way out — Counselor to the Attorney General Joe diGenova abruptly resigned Thursday from a sprawling probe into former officials in the Obama administration, The Post has learned.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Lead Prosecutor in Trump's ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Abruptly Resigns
Lead Prosecutor in Trump's ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Abruptly Resigns
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Reuters:
Americans to mark 25 years since September 11 attacks amid enduring grief, reflection — Twenty-five years after the deadliest attack on U.S. soil, Americans will pause on Friday to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center …
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Nia Prater / New York Magazine:
Giuliani Manages to Be Cordial to Mamdani at Ground Zero
Giuliani Manages to Be Cordial to Mamdani at Ground Zero
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NBC News:
Democrats put new emphasis on early and in-person voting amid mail ballot concerns — While they don't want to discourage casting ballots by mail, progressives are prioritizing other voting methods ahead of the midterms. — Democrats and progressive groups are urging voters to cast …
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Nick Arama / RedState:
New Info Just Revealed About Lindsay Clancy Holdout Juror Shocks Liberal Media Host — We've been hearing from some of the 11 jurors in the Lindsay Clancy case who wanted to acquit her by reason of insanity. We've heard from three women on camera, one man, and the youngest female juror.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The muted response to Trump 9/11 fantasy is a media failure — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠 — When it comes to 9/11, Donald Trump has always had a problem with the truth. Now that he's increasingly detached …
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Angela Fu / Poynter:
McClatchy cuts more than 90 staff in its most severe layoffs in years — At least 13 papers — including The Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and The Kansas City Star — lost reporters — McClatchy, whose titles include The Miami Herald and The Sacramento Bee, executed its most severe layoffs …
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Straight Arrow, Florida Politics, New York Times, Status, New York Post and The Wrap, more at Mediagazer »
Casey He / Politico:
'I don't have any': Trump brushes aside concerns over AI's existential risks — President Donald Trump downplayed concerns about the catastrophic risks of artificial intelligence raised this week by some AI researchers, saying late Thursday he was focused instead on the U.S. losing its edge in the tech arms race.
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
9/11 widow blasts Saudi Arabia during annual ceremony — A widow of a 9/11 victim used the annual reading of the names of those killed to plead with the Trump administration about Saudi Arabian officials' alleged ties to the terror attack, which the kingdom has dismissed.
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Rand Paul and his staff travel by private jet with taxpayer dollars while preaching fiscal restraint — Six staffers for one of Capitol Hill's most outspoken deficit hawks traveled by private jet as part of a bipartisan congressional investigation into the attempted assassination …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Congress gripped by AI panic after doomsday warnings — Anthropic insiders' warnings this week that AI could end humanity in the next decade have members of Congress frantically seeking answers and trying to cobble together some kind of response. … - Some rank-and-file members in both parties …
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Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Mediaite and The Free Press
Stephen Witt / New York Times:
This Is Really Bad — The biggest vibe shift in artificial intelligence since the release of ChatGPT is currently underway. Researchers in Silicon Valley — and around the world — are beginning to recognize that A.I. may no longer be entirely within human control.
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Daily Mail and Talking Points Memo
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
JD Vance echoed one of Tucker Carlson's most notorious comments at the GOP midterm convention — Vice President JD Vance used his keynote address to the GOP's midterm convention to echo one of Tucker Carlson's most infamous statements, just one week after publicly refusing to distance himself from the right-wing podcaster.
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New York Times:
Contractor Blames Its Own Repairs, Not Vandals, for Reflecting Pool Failure — The contractor said the pool's new blue liner peeled and tore because of “human oversight” and a flawed plan that involved layering two incompatible chemicals, documents show. — The contractor that renovated …
Alex Cuadros / ProPublica:
EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells — The Trump administration is poised to loosen environmental restrictions on oil and gas wells that produce very little energy but release vast amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas.
NBC News:
CIA officer charged in gold bars case working towards plea deal — David Rush and the Justice Department have a “plea agreement in principle,” court documents say. — WASHINGTON — A former CIA officer who was arrested in May with more than 303 gold bars worth $40 million at his home …
Washington Post:
RFK Jr. uses military aircraft as he campaigns for GOP in midterms — The White House and Department of Health and Human Services lawyers signed off on the plan to let the health secretary use military jets, five people said. — Summary — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr …
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MS NOW, Joe.My.God., The Washington Sun, Washington Examiner and Mediaite
