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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court blocks Trump mail-in ballot plan — The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's attempt to force states to take part in a new system to control the delivery of mail-in ballots in the looming midterm elections. — In a ruling Monday, the justices left in place …
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Andrew Childers / Democracy Docket:
Alito, Thomas stand by Trump mail voting rule the rest of Supreme Court rejected — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito mounted a failing defense of President Donald Trump's effort to restrict mail voting after the majority of the Court refused to let the restrictions take effect before the midterms.
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Restrictions on Voting by Mail — The ruling is a major loss for the Trump administration, which wanted to dramatically change how Americans vote by mail in the midterm elections. — Here's the latest. — The Supreme Court on Monday blocked …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to lift block on U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballots rule … The Supreme Court on Monday night rejected a request by the Trump administration to lift a judicial block on a controversial U.S. Postal Service rule that critics feared would make it more difficult …
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: Supreme Court, with Justices Thomas and Alito Publicly Dissenting, Continue Block on USPS Rule Through the Midterm Elections [Now Updated with Analysis] — By RICK HASEN — You can find the ruling at this link. — The Supreme Court, with the noted dissents of Justices Alito and Thomas …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump's Effort to Assert Control Over Elections Continues, Despite Court Loss
Carlos Nogueras Ramos / The Texas Tribune:
Karl Rove said he'll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against “bigot” Bo French — Rove, a former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, made the comments at a private lunch in Austin, according to attendees. — TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!
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Joe Lovinger / Bloomberg:
Texas Republican Slammed for Racist Post About Longhorn Fans — As Texas Longhorns football fans basked in their comeback win over top-ranked Ohio State this weekend, a photograph of gleeful students ignited a fresh round of Republican infighting over immigration and assimilation …
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Media Matters for America:
MAGA media back GOP nominee's racist social media post complaining about nonwhite college students in Texas
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Gavin J. Quinton / The Washington Sun:
Republican Candidate Doubles Down on the Racist Post Roiling Texas Politics
Republican Candidate Doubles Down on the Racist Post Roiling Texas Politics
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ProPublica:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin — On May 24, Donald Trump Jr. was celebrating in the Bahamas, as scantily clad dancers in stilettos and sailor caps performed for him and his guests. It was the last night of his wedding, a lavish …
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Ben Protess / New York Times:
Russian Businessman Paid for Donald Trump Jr.'s Lavish Wedding After-Party — The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president's family member. — A Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin paid hundreds …
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New York Times:
Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search for Voter Fraud — Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases. — Investigators may have broken state laws under …
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
DHS employees made potentially illegal searches of voter data: Whistleblower
DHS employees made potentially illegal searches of voter data: Whistleblower
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CNN:
Gavin Newsom tells CNN's Jake Tapper he won't run for president if Kamala Harris runs in 2028 — While fly fishing in Montana, CNN's Jake Tapper asks Governor Gavin Newsom what it would take for him to run for president in 2028. This is part of on an ongoing series where Jake Tapper joins politicians …
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Gavin Newsom says he won't run for president in 2028 if Kamala Harris does — The California governor said there was too much “crossover” between his base and Harris', and that it would be an electoral “gift” for everybody else if they both ran. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom …
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NBC News:
Mitch McConnell returns to the Senate after three-month absence — The Kentucky Republican was hospitalized in June after a fall. “Time to get back to work to finish the job for this Congress,” he said to reporters Monday. — Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returned to the Senate on Monday after a more than three-month absence.
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
A spreading war threatens Trump and MBS — Energy supplies from Saudi Arabia have been hit just as Europe and the US head into winter — For some months, the conflict between Iran and the US has teetered between war and peace. Efforts to find a diplomatic solution were interspersed with bouts of fighting.
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Vivian Nereim / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Faces ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ After Being Rebuffed by Trump
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Ej Dickson / Wired:
A College Girl Was Exploited on Camera. A Network of Anonymous Men Got to Work — Maddie Kowalski is one of countless young women who've had their lives destroyed by the burnerverse, a loosely connected online community of sports fans. Now she's fighting back.
Ashley Ahn / Politico:
Trump nominates Wesley Hunt as US ambassador to Saudi Arabia — President Donald Trump nominated Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) to be the next U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia on Monday, part of a spate of nominations sent to the Senate less than two months before the midterms decides the fate of the GOP's control of the chamber.
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Jon Blistein / Rolling Stone:
Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After Onstage ‘Free Palestine’ Statements — “We have been notified by venues on the upcoming U.S. tour dates that they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup,” promoter says — ADD US AS A GOOGLE PREFERRED SOURCE
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Garrett Downs / CNBC:
Warren to rip Clarity Act on Senate floor ahead of key preliminary vote … Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren will rip the cryptocurrency market structure bill known as the Clarity Act in a Monday night speech, as the Senate prepares for an all-important preliminary vote on the legislation Tuesday afternoon.
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Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Gillibrand privately urges Dems to advance crypto bill
NBC News:
DHS watchdog: Immigrants held in outdoor cages the size of phone booths at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ — The cages, called “calming areas,” were used for detainees to “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress and practice self-directed behavior,” according to the inspector general's report.
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’ — The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” “blah,” “leave me alone,” and button mashing in Flock's ‘reason’ box. — Last summer, a cop with the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff's Department used …
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines — Two U.S. citizen teenagers who were on their way to file enlistment papers to join the Marines were violently attacked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who reportedly detained them for nearly eight hours before letting them go.
UNICORN RIOT:
Activist Blogging Platform Shuts Down After Terrorism Designation — Washington D.C. — On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Departments of State and the Treasury designated a volunteer tech collective behind a popular activist blogging platform a terrorist organization.
David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
Kennedy Center board to vote on 10 options for restoring Trump's name — The Kennedy Center's board of trustees is prepared to vote on 10 different options for restoring President Donald Trump's name to the exterior of the building this week. — The board members are set to convene …
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Jalen Beckford / Politico:
Kennedy Center leaders say adding Trump's name might be path to financial rescue
Kennedy Center leaders say adding Trump's name might be path to financial rescue
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Christopher Mathias / Talking Points Memo:
Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He's Expected to Join the Florida Legislature. — The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives marched alongside neo-Nazis at the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a new Talking Points Memo investigation can reveal.
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Raymond Fernández / The Washington Sun:
Democratic Congressional Candidate Defends Resurfaced Explicit Photos — A Democrat running for a U.S. House seat representing Long Island said he is “not embarrassed or ashamed” after explicit photos resurfaced over the weekend. — Chris Gallant, 37, is vying to unseat Rep. Nick LaLota …
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New York Post:
Would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks used ‘Bob Dole’ pseudonym to stock up before Butler shooting — WASHINGTON — Wannabe presidential assassin Thomas Crooks used a pseudonym to conceal his purchase history and obsessed about keeping his digital footprint to a minimum, according to federal records seen by The Post.
Joe Sommerlad / The Independent:
Trump blasts White House as a ‘dump’ before his controversial multi-million dollar renovations — President Donald Trump continues to glory in makeover of the executive mansion rather than concentrate on midterms, ending the Iran war or taming inflation — President Donald Trump …
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Cristina Stassis / Military Times:
US Air Force secretary reveals deployment of on-orbit space control weapons — The U.S. Department of the Air Force deployed on-orbit space control weapons in an effort to meet evolving threats from adversaries and boost space capabilities. — Air Force Secretary Troy Meink announced Monday …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Untroubled Watters: Fox host still hasn't told the truth about Reflecting Pool “vandals” — Fox News host Jesse Watters' coverage of the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool provides a useful case study in how the network's MAGA stars respond to the collapse of their narratives.
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