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10:30 PM ET, September 15, 2026

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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump considered dangerous, corrupt by majority in new poll  —  A slight majority of registered voters describe President Trump as corrupt and dangerous, a recent poll found, while just 14% say he isn't divisive. … - Those words were followed by “out-of-touch” (47%), “cruel” (46%) and “bold” (45%).
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:   A ‘Blue Wave’ May Be Building, but How High?
Christa Dutton / The Washington Sun:
North Carolina Republicans Are Counting On Trump
Discussion: Townhall
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:   GOP shifts message on costs as Iran war drags on: From the Politics Desk
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
JD Vance urges high turnout in 2026 midterms to keep ‘crazies’ out of office with Trump agenda on the line
Discussion: CNN
Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Chuck Grassley Tells Dem. to “Shut Up” About Kash Patel's Incompetence  —  Senator Chuck Grassley had an explosive outburst at Senator Cory Booker Tuesday, after the Democratic lawmaker grilled FBI Director Kash Patel over his incompetence.  —  Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing …
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
FBI director faces sharp questions from senators about his firing of agents
Myah Ward / Politico:
Kash Patel: Trump administration working with Congress on legislation curbing ‘birth tourism’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
GOP senator presses Patel on FBI policy change: ‘Why would you get into bestiality?’
NBC News:
Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board votes to close venue for renovations  —  The board made the move after finding the center is “unsafe” and “hazardous”  —  President Donald Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board voted Tuesday to immediately shutter the performing arts center …
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New York Times:
Kennedy Center Closes Its Doors Despite a Judge's Order  —  The announcement came after President Trump said he would cancel a $257 million renovation of the venue if his name is not returned to the building.  —  Simmering turmoil over the future of the John F. Kennedy Center …
CNN:
Kennedy Center board votes to close for renovations after chaotic call with Trump  —  The Kennedy Center board voted to close the center Tuesday after a tense meeting in which President Donald Trump called in to berate a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the panel, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times:
Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry  —  The landmark legislation, known as the Clarity Act, stalled in the Senate as Democrats raised concerns about President Trump's personal investments in crypto.  —  A sweeping bill that would create business-friendly rules …
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Politico:
Rebel Democrats again help House GOP advance floor agenda  —  A pair of House Democrats voted to advance a slate of GOP bills in a procedural vote that was otherwise on track to fail — the second time they have crossed party lines to help out House GOP leaders in recent weeks.
Riley Rogerson / Politico:   Most House Democrats vote to advance Trump impeachment
Lara Seligman / Wall Street Journal:
Pentagon Seeks Fit Troops for Upcoming Hegseth Speech  —  September event will take place at the Pentagon and include lower-ranking officers, enlisted servicemembers  —  The Pentagon is asking commanders to nominate troops to attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's “State of the Force” …
Discussion: MS NOW, Associated Press and Mediaite
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The Hill:
Massie launches effort to impeach Hegseth  —  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday launched an effort to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, citing the Pentagon's military actions against Iran.  —  Massie, a frequent critic of President Trump, accused Hegseth of launching an illegal war that was not approved by Congress.
Jay Willis / Balls and Strikes:
Let's Unpack Sam Alito's Unhinged Dissent In the Supreme Court Mail In Voting Case  —  For Alito and Thomas, there is no greater injustice than Donald Trump not getting what he wants, when he wants it.  —  For months, President Donald Trump has been coping with his myriad failures …
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Politico:
Election watchers brace for Trump's next move after Supreme Court ruling  —  The Supreme Court's rejection of President Donald Trump's mail-in voting rules just weeks before the midterms generated a collective exhale among election administrators, voting rights groups and congressional Democrats.
Caitlin Dewey / Vox:
6 other ways Trump is meddling in the midterms
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Patel fends off questions about his personal travel and leisure  —  FBI Director Kash Patel pushed back against questions about his personal travel on Tuesday by contrasting it with that of his predecessors James Comey and Christopher Wray, as Senate Democrats pressed him for answers during …
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New York Post:
Chilling new details about Trump shooter Thomas Crooks revealed in bombshell FBI docs: emotionless since birth
Casey He / Politico:
Trump says Wray should ‘pay a price’ for Butler probe
New York Times:
Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs  —  The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.  —  The Trump administration has approved a $2.8 billion sale of heavy bombs to Israel, according to a U.S. official …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Newsweek
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Chip Roy disagrees with Trump over how to manage future of AI  —  Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) became a rare Republican to openly criticize President Donald Trump over his approach to artificial intelligence.  —  Speaking at Tuesday's “Pro-Human Assembly 2026,” headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders …
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Wall Street Journal:
Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Don't Agree on Much. They Agree AI Could Kill Us All.
The Wrap:
Refurbished ‘60 Minutes’ Debuts to a 19% Ratings Drop  —  The CBS newsmagazine's audience fell 33% in the key 25-to-54 demo, according to preliminary Nielsen data  —  The refurbished “60 Minutes” suffered double-digit ratings declines with its Season 59 premiere.
ProPublica:
Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding  —  Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president's son provide financial and other records about the arrangement.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Has Made More Trades Than All of Congress Combined … President Donald Trump has traded more securities than every member of Congress combined since he returned to office — even as he seeks to pass a stock-purchasing ban for lawmakers that would exclude him from any restrictions.
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort  —  As part of the Department of Government Efficiency's program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.  —  The Trump administration paid federal employees $9.5 billion …
Sophie Gardner / Politico:
2 more Pennsylvanians die with measles, reigniting fight between RFK Jr. and Josh Shapiro  —  The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed two more “measles-associated” deaths, setting off another round of finger-pointing between Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Democratic Pennsylvania …
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House GOP's Epstein files headache is back  —  The Epstein files fight that consumed the House last year is threatening to engulf Republicans all over again. … - Retiring Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) signed Massie's new discharge petition Monday, joining Massie and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.).
Discussion: MeidasTouch
Josh Blackman / Reason:
Trump Goes Postal On Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett  —  Last night, I wrote a post titled, “Chief Justice Roberts Goes Postal on Trump's USPS Rule.”  In candor, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, and for Trump to go postal on SCOTUS.  It came this morning.  The Truth Social entry is long:
Politico:
DOJ seeking reporter's LinkedIn records in secretive First Amendment court fight  —  A secret, months-long battle between tech titans and the Justice Department — over prosecutors' effort to obtain details on a journalist's LinkedIn interactions for use in a national security leak probe …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Discussion: The Daily Wire
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S., Israeli and Arab military chiefs held secret meeting on Iran
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Rep. Chuck Edwards files complaint against House Ethics
Discussion: The Washington Sun
CBS News:
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Discussion: Townhall and Mediaite
Jonah Kaplan / CBS News:
New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
Discussion: Breaking Defense and WTOP News
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This blue state is the midterms' surprising new Senate battleground
Discussion: The Hill
Riley Beggin / Washington Post:
Iran war cost $38 billion through July, report says
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
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Discussion: Fox News and NewsMax.com
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Cruz and Hawley shut down antitrust exemptions for AI companies
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
The Real Reason Obama's Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving