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New York Times:
Saudi Oil Exports Face Heightened Threats After Attacks on Pipeline — Ship operators already faced severe risks in navigating the region, and now the danger is higher as Houthi militias assert control in the Red Sea. — The world's most valuable energy corridors are pinching shut.
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Azhar Sukri / CNBC:
Trump sees Iran war ending soon after mid-term elections, predicts oil prices will then fall sharply … The war in Iran will likely end soon after November's mid-term elections, President Donald Trump said Saturday, and predicted that energy prices would fall sharply once that happens.
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PressTV, Mediaite and New York Times
Gregory Schmidt / New York Times:
Saudis Shut Down Crucial Pipeline After Drone Attack From Iraq
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Hopium Chronicles, Reuters, WTOP News, Associated Press, New Republic and NPR
CNN:
‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis' lightning advance down Red Sea coast
‘A f***-up of epic proportions’: Blame game begins after Iran-backed Houthis' lightning advance down Red Sea coast
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Tim Balk / New York Times:
Republicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as Communists — Communism, in the president's hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question.
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Politico:
Republicans aren't convinced Dallas changed the midterms — DALLAS - Republicans breathed a sigh of relief that the GOP midterm convention didn't go poorly. But many aren't convinced it will help in November. — On flights out of Dallas Friday morning, Republicans were grateful …
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The Guardian, Roll Call, MS NOW, The American Conservative and Al Jazeera
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Convention puts GOP's reality on display: Midterm policy agenda is skimpy — DALLAS — Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them “finish the job.” — But with few consensus legislative goals, it's far from clear what job they want to finish.
Avani Kalra / The Washington Sun:
Republicans Jump at the Chance to Advertise on Trump's $5,000 Checks
Republicans Jump at the Chance to Advertise on Trump's $5,000 Checks
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The Atlantic, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, MeidasTouch and MS NOW
New York Times:
Trump Says Irish Unification Would Be ‘Fantastic,’ Breaking With Precedent — The United States is officially neutral on an issue that had been a source of decades of violence in Northern Ireland until a 1998 peace deal. — Shortly after setting foot in Dublin, President Trump on Saturday said it would be …
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CBS News:
Trump says he would “love” a unified Ireland, as he kicks off visit that mixes diplomacy and golf
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Padraic Halpin / Reuters:
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see a united Ireland
Trump says he would ‘love’ to see a united Ireland
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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Ohio Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo — Jon Husted's campaign, after being contacted by The Post, said it would part ways with the political director. — Summary — A top campaign staffer for Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) once used a photo of SS soldiers …
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Gavin J. Quinton / The Washington Sun:
Husted Fires Political Director Over Past Nazi Posts
New York Times:
How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech — President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects. — NEWS ANALYSIS — President Trump has harnessed agencies across …
NBC News:
Lutnick says Trump's $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn't rely on taxpayer funds — A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues. … President Donald Trump's promised $5,000 “dividend” …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Links Chinese Satellite Imagery to Iranian Strike That Killed Three Troops — Finding deepens U.S.-China tensions ahead of the Trump-Xi summit as officials examine possible Chinese help tracking American warships — Before Iran carried out its attack that killed three U.S. troops in July …
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New York Post
Washington Post:
These are the Trump investigations Democrats plan if they win in November — Democrats hope to retake control of the House, and to use that power to probe Trump's business ventures, legal maneuvers and policies. — Summary — House Democrats are eagerly preparing to wield a power they do not yet have.
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Inflation Complicates Trump's Midterms Pitch to Voters — Gas prices are high, mortgage rates are climbing and inflation remains well above target, complicating the president's midterm appeal. — With less than two months until the midterm elections, President Trump commenced a final push …
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Mike Johnson runs out the clock on his own speakership — This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🔥 Subscribe to PN 🔥 — Mike Johnson, the theoretical speaker of the House, announced last Thursday he's canceling votes …
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Joe.My.God.
Roque Planas / The Guardian:
Man arrested over death of Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree — Police have arrested Jacques Ratliff and ruled the death of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman, as a homocide — Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have arrested a man in the death of Tasia Fortune …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
As MAGA Inc. begins to spend on Senate races, super PAC chief says he's ‘cautiously optimistic’ about midterms — Top Trump political adviser James Blair spoke with NBC News' new podcast, “Here's the Scoop: Election Edition,” about the midterms and the super PAC's spending.
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Zeteo:
Trump Partied in Texas as Iran and Its Allies Began a ‘Tet Offensive’ on the World Economy — ‘It looks bad, I am willing to admit it,’ a Trump adviser told Zeteo late Thursday. — ∙ Paid — DALLAS — The Republican Party's “Trump-a-palooza” midterm convention in Texas concluded …
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Daily Mail
CNN:
What we know about when Mitch McConnell will return to the Senate — The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues. — McConnell was hospitalized in June …
Zoe Williams / The Guardian:
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’ — She's tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursuit of power
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New York Times
Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Record diesel prices squeeze food, transport — The record price of diesel threatens to stoke inflation at a time when consumers are already price-sensitive and businesses are reeling from higher costs due to trade tensions. … - That's up 60% from a year earlier.
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Bloomberg:
Farage's Reform Raises Record £72 Million in Less Than 24 Hours — Nigel Farage's Reform UK received a second multi-million pound donation, bringing the total raised over the past 24 hours to £72 million ($97 million) and far surpassing the amounts raised by the rival Labour and Conservative parties so far this year.
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
Jewish institutions' security spending in U.S. tops $1 billion — Antisemitic threats have pushed the nationwide cost of protecting Jewish synagogues, schools and community centers past $1 billion a year, new estimates reveal as congregations prepare for big crowds during the High Holy Days, which began Friday with Rosh Hashanah.
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New York Times, Washington Examiner and VINnews
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Sees Canada Deal ‘Fairly Soon,’ Downplays Leaving USMCA — Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here. — President Donald Trump expressed optimism about resolving a trade fight with Canada and downplayed the prospect of quitting a continental trade pact …
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Washington Post
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
The week the AI freakout went mainstream — Warnings about AI killing many people, or everyone, are going viral. Here are 3 things the government could do. … Are top artificial intelligence companies racing to create a dangerous technology that could kill many millions of people — or even wipe out the human race entirely?
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New York Times and The San Francisco Standard
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Attorney General Blanche said Trump's ‘weaponization fund’ was dead. Now DOJ is appealing — The Department of Justice (DOJ) told a federal judge Friday it's appealing a scorching court order against President Donald Trump's attempt to sue himself to create an almost $2 billion fund for his political allies.
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Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
Markwayne Mullin calls for Americans to reject politicization of DHS on 9/11 anniversary — Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin used his address on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to call attention to the importance of the Department of Homeland Security in protecting the nation from terrorists.
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