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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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Steve Vladeck / One First:
250. What We Learned from USPS v. California  —  By now, you've probably seen the headlines—that the Supreme Court on Monday night denied the Trump administration's application for a stay in U.S. Postal Service v. California, thereby leaving intact district court injunctions that will effectively prevent …
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 …
Dan Watson / New York Times:
How the Postal Service Became Central to U.S. Elections
Discussion: The Maine Wire and Newsweek
John Fritze / CNN:
Supreme Court rejects Trump's plan to limit mail-in voting in midterms
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court blocks Trump mail-in ballot plan
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump's Effort to Assert Control Over Elections Continues, Despite Court Loss
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Restrictions on Voting by Mail
New York Times:
Trump's Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center, Judge Rules  —  A federal judge told center officials at a hearing that he would not approve a plan to inscribe President Trump's name on the building.  —  A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Donald Trump's Name Cannot Be Added to Kennedy Center, Judge Rules Again … Judge Christopher Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on an emergency motion seeking to block the board of the Kennedy Center — which is comprised of Trump loyalists …
Discussion: Politico and Forbes
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Is Ready to Close the Kennedy Center Because He Can't Put His Name on It
Discussion: Scripps News
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Bo French's Tweet and the Tempest in Texas  —  Plus, Trump says there's no need for AI guardrails as long as he is in the White House, and why Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline is roiling oil markets  —  Good morning.  Bo French, a candidate for Texas' railroad commissioner …
Discussion: The Washington Sun
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Carlos Nogueras Ramos / The Texas Tribune:
Karl Rove said he'll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against “bigot” Bo French
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
The Real Reason Obama's Harsh Warning to Dems About AI Is So Unnerving  —  Barack Obama has a private warning for Democrats: They badly need to grab hold of the debate over artificial intelligence, and quick.  “I would strongly urge that the Democrats put together a framework for a very public conversation …
New York Post:
Chilling new details about Trump shooter Thomas Crooks revealed in bombshell FBI docs: emotionless since birth  —  President Trump's would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was born without making a sound on Sept. 20, 2003, a trait that would follow him right up to the end of his short life …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
GOP senator presses Patel on FBI policy change: ‘Why would you get into bestiality?’  —  It's not a topic often discussed in the halls of Congress, but Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) grilled FBI Director Kash Patel as he said he was just “trying to understand” a recent change in policy regarding bestiality.
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New York Times:
Democrats Gain Edge as Trump Drags Down G.O.P., New Poll Finds  —  Even some Republicans are losing faith in Trump's economy, a New York Times/Siena poll found, and Democrats were favored on the top issues as the sprint to the midterms gets underway.  —  With fewer than 50 days until the midterms …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Baal out: Top diplomat's worry about pagan god elicits eye rolls  —  The second-most powerful man at the State Department put the brakes on a U.S. international exhibit featuring a bull statue because he worried it might look like Baal, a pagan god some associate with Satanic child sacrifice.
Discussion: Mediaite
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Exclusive: FBI Builds Out National NSPM-7 Center to Track Dissent, Docs Show  —  IRS sent 10 agents and three analysts to national effort to police “anti-capitalism” and “extremism on migration, race, and gender”  —  The FBI has tapped employees from across federal law enforcement to crack down on dissent …
Heather Vogell / ProPublica:
Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump's Arctic Adviser  —  For more than 40 years, the U.S. Arctic Research Commission has advised Congress and the president on what to study in the frigid and dynamic far north, from the environment to military security.
Axios:
McConnell returns to Capitol after 3-month absence  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell voted at the U.S. Capitol on Monday for the first time in three months after being hospitalized in June. … - McConnell arrived in a wheelchair and spoke briefly to reporters, joking that after years of avoiding their questions …
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Johnson plays down AI warnings: 'You're not all going to be dead in 10 years'  —  Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed fears of civilizational wipeout from artificial intelligence, comparing the recent alarms from inside AI labs to what he characterized as overblown warnings on the political left over climate change.
Angie Orellana Hernandez / The Washington Sun:
Mike Rogers to Skip Michigan Senate Debate Over Beef With Local News Anchor  —  Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers will not attend a debate held by a local television station Tuesday over suspicions that the event's moderator has “bias and favoritism” toward his Democratic opponent …
Discussion: WJBK-TV and Washington Examiner
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons in space  —  Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth's orbit  —  The US has deployed weapons in space, the US military has confirmed, in an extraordinary public announcement that analysts warn …
Jordan Green / The Commercial Appeal:
Latest approval poll shows Trump underwater in Tennessee for first time … President Donald Trump's approval rating in Tennessee has officially dipped into the negatives, according to recent Civiqs polling.  —  According to Civiqs, an organization that surveys thousands of Americans daily …
Discussion: USA Today
Reuters:
South Korean workers challenging Trump administration over Georgia raid, CNN reports  —  More than 300 South Korean workers who were detained in last year's immigration raid at a Hyundai electric-vehicle manufacturing plant in Georgia are challenging the U.S. government, CNN reported on Tuesday.
Discussion: CNN
Matt Phillips / Axios:
Trump's postings may still move the needle  —  President Trump's claim that Ukraine agreed to halt strikes on Russian energy targets coincided with a pullback in oil prices and Treasury yields Monday. … - Russia has long been one of the world's largest exporters of diesel …
DutchNews.nl:
Dutch railway network disrupted by sabotage to tracks  —  See more DutchNews articles in your Google search results  —  Add DutchNews as a favourite source on Google  —  Train services across the Netherlands were disrupted on Tuesday in what network operators say was an act of co-ordinated sabotage.
The Guardian:
Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women  —  ICE says it has no updated information on the number of miscarriages after 3 October 2025.  Lawmakers, advocates and immigration attorneys have raised alarms that pregnant detainees are not receiving basic prenatal care and screenings
Discussion: Forbes
NBC News:
Pentagon watchdog says Iran war has led to munitions shortfall  —  It's the first public report on the ongoing war started Feb. 28 by the U.S. and Israel.  —  WASHINGTON — The Defense Department's inspector general released its first report on the war with Iran on Monday …
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
FBI agent pushed to open criminal investigation into Elon Musk over DOGE  —  An FBI agent sought to open a criminal investigation into SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in February last year after federal employees were asked, thanks to the Department of Government Efficiency, to list “five things” …
 
 
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Yash Roy / Bloomberg:
Bessent to Meet Chinese Counterpart Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit
Matthew Lee / The Washington Sun:
U.S. Strips Millions in Military Aid From Europe and Mideast
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Kaivan Shroff / Zeteo:
Ed Sheeran Isn't Staying Out of Politics - He Is Letting a Pro-Israel Billionaire Choose His Politics for Him
Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Republicans pour cold water on Democratic crypto bill counteroffer
Discussion: The Hill, The Block, CoinDesk and CNBC
Rudi Keller / Missouri Independent:
Former elections official accuses Missouri secretary of state of altering results, misleading judge
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Shock Report Says Kushner Raised $5 Billion For His Fund While Negotiating With Iran On Behalf of US
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Associated Press:
2 US government personnel were accidentally shot by soldiers in the African nation of Eswatini
Discussion: Reuters and The Independent
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Rick Scott launches ‘Rescuing America’ economic messaging plan
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