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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment — The House is going home again—this time to avoid a vote on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's impeachment. — House GOP leadership announced Wednesday morning that they will end their current slate of votes early …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Impeach Them. All of Them. — Hegseth is only the beginning. — 1. Hegseth — Yesterday Rep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. There are eight charges. The first three are for waging war in contravention of the War Powers Resolution of 1973.
NBC News:
House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections — House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won't return to Washington until Nov. 9. — House lawmakers will leave Washington on Wednesday night for the last time before …
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Mike Johnson cancels another House session day
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Massie kept Hegseth impeachment move a secret from GOP leaders
Massie kept Hegseth impeachment move a secret from GOP leaders
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Anna Liss-Roy / Washington Post:
The House is heading home ahead of the midterms even earlier than planned
The House is heading home ahead of the midterms even earlier than planned
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump demands 1% or lower interest rate after first Fed hike since 2023 … Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news. — CNBC Councils — Join the CNBC Panel — News Tips — Got a confidential news tip?
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump offers fiery response to Federal Reserve rate hike — President Trump offered a fiery response to the Federal Reserve's decision to hike interest rates on Wednesday, demanding instead that rates be drastically lowered quickly. — “Interest Rates in the United States should be 1% …
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Here's the latest. — Federal Reserve officials will decide whether to raise rates in the face of persistently strong inflation and bond market anxiety. — Here's the latest. — The Federal Reserve is on the cusp of a momentous decision. The central bank is widely expected on Wednesday …
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CBS News:
Trump threatens to stop Kennedy Center renovation if his name isn't added back to building — President Trump threatened to stop the planned renovation of the Kennedy Center if a judge's ruling barring his name from being added to the building again isn't overturned.
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Lawmaker requests emergency hearing as Kennedy Center remains closed — Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), a Kennedy Center trustee, filed a motion requesting an emergency hearing so center officials can explain the closure despite a federal judge's instructions hours earlier that he needed to approve it.
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Erick-Woods Erickson / Erick Erickson's Show Notes:
The Midwestern Führerbunker Driving the Right Off the Cliff — Editor's Note: I've worked on this for weeks. Yes, it is long. I beg you to read it all. I've kept it as easy to understand as I can. Please read it. You guys always ask me to “name names.” Challenge accepted.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The G.O.P. Has Gone Off the Deep End — The Republican Party has a neo-Nazi problem. — This is not slander or pejorative or innuendo; it is the plain truth of the matter, a conclusion drawn from simple observation. And the problem has been getting worse. — Consider a few of the people staffing the Trump administration.
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
7 Republicans break with Trump, vote with Dems to rein in Iran war powers — The House of Representatives voted late Tuesday to direct President Trump to end hostilities with Iran, as seven Republicans broke with the White House to call for a stop to the conflict without congressional approval.
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Dan Merica / Washington Post:
Iowa's Republican Senate candidate not attending JD Vance event
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CNBC:
Dow falls 700 points as losses accelerate after the Fed hikes rates, Warsh highlights inflation risk: Live updates — The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates for the first time in three years and central bank Chairman Kevin Warsh highlighted persistent inflation.
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Delivers First Rate Hike in Years With Unanimous Vote — Most officials penciled in one more increase this year. An energy shock and a surge of AI investment have reshaped the inflation outlook. — Click for Sound — WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday …
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Reese Gorman / The Washington Sun:
House Republican Meeting Turns Into Shouting Match — A late-night meeting in House Speaker Mike Johnson's office went off the rails Tuesday, with multiple sources describing the session as one of the most contentious this year. — “Everyone was fired up,” one source said.
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Top Democrat puts hold on Trump's $2.8B weapons sale to Israel — The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee took the rare step Wednesday of publicly announcing a hold on the Trump administration's $2.8 billion plan to sell 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel.
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump's arch will harm historic sites but must proceed, federal officials say — While acknowledging the project's “adverse effects” on dozens of sites, the administration is asking local preservationists to sign on to an agreement by Monday. — Summary — Federal officials acknowledge …
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Washington Examiner and New Republic
Tim Ross / Politico:
Left on brink of victory in Swedish election — Defeat looms for Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and his allies on the far right. — Social Democrat Leader Magdalena Andersson is on course to become Sweden's next prime minister as her left-wing bloc holds an unassailable lead over the right …
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New York Times:
U.S. Fast-Tracked Deportation of Ecuadorean Politician Despite Torture Fears — The removal of José Serrano, a critic of President Daniel Noboa who has been accused of criminal activity, underscores how the Trump administration has asserted control over U.S. immigration courts.
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Ingrid Jacques / USA Today:
The real reason people are mad at Sydney Sweeney's new ad — Sydney Sweeney's new ad for sports betting app Novig has sparked backlash from athletes and critics alike. But the real issue isn't the ad - it's that she's a registered Republican. — Sydney Sweeney is hot. — The 29-year-old actress knows it.
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Reuters:
US officials met Iran-backed Houthis in Oman over the weekend, sources say — U.S. officials met representatives of Yemen's Houthis in Oman over the weekend, five sources familiar with the matter said, days after the Iran-backed militia seized a strategic stretch of the Red Sea coast …
Kelsey Ables / The Atlantic:
The Next Change Trump Has Planned for the Smithsonian — A letter from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum revealed new details about warning signs the White House will install near the American-history museum. — Donald Trump has not forgotten his midsummer promise to publicly shame the Smithsonian.
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Daniel Lewis / New York Times:
Annie Dillard, Meditative Author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ Dies at 81 … Annie Dillard in 1974, the year she published “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” which established her as a major voice in American letters.Jill Krementz all rights reserved — Annie Dillard, who as a young American writer walked …
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Kelsey Reichmann / Courthouse News Service:
Durbin pours cold water on Democratic hopes for SCOTUS hardball — WASHINGTON (CN) — With the midterm election on the horizon, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin on Wednesday discouraged Democrats from engaging in the same political gamesmanship over Supreme Court nominees as their Republican colleagues …
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Paramount Sets California Exit Plans Over Antitrust Battle With Blue States & Stymied $111B WBD Merger — Services to share this page. … And now it looks like the ball really is in play. — Paramount brass have told key officials and stakeholders the company is “deadly serious” …
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NBC Los Angeles:
Helicopter providing coverage for NBCLA, Telemundo 52 crashes in Los Angeles — Several news helicopters were in the San Fernando Valley community covering a deadly bus crash at a nearby intersection. — Three people were killed and two others were hospitalized Tuesday night …
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House passes Russia sanctions bill — The House passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill Thursday, sending the long-awaited legislation to President Trump's desk. … - It would also target Russia's “shadow fleet,” the network of aging tankers used to evade Western sanctions while exporting Russian oil.
Michael Gold / New York Times:
House Holds Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Subpoenas — The billionaire investor had refused to appear for a deposition and turn over documents to a key panel investigating Jeffrey Epstein. — The House on Wednesday unanimously agreed to hold the billionaire investor Leon Black …
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Texas abortion ban caused pregnant woman's death, lawsuit claims — The family of a Texas woman who died from a pregnancy-related condition has sued the state's Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, and doctors who treated her, claiming an abortion could have saved her life …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
White House doesn't want voters to see the real Trump — Natalie Harp's enormous bag and unflattering photos of Trump's rear end fuel attacks on a reporter — If there's ever been anything Donald Trump loves more than gold, it's a camera. The former reality TV host has willingly debased himself …
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New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Warns of China Theft Over Sale of F-35 Jets to Saudis — Internal reports, including one from the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency, say China could acquire U.S. jet technology through spying or cooperation with Saudi Arabia. — U.S. intelligence officers …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Hawley to push GOP officeholders, candidates to sign ‘Declaration for Life’ — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is working with Christian groups to push Republican officeholders and candidates to sign a “Declaration for Life” pledge to fight for legislation to restrict abortion.
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Angie Orellana Hernandez / The Washington Sun:
Judge Scolds ICE Over Investigation of a New York Man's Critical Email — Federal agents visited the man's home and tracked him to a hotel after he likened the acting ICE director to a Nazi. — Copy — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement likely violated a New York man's freedom …
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Jacob Bogage / Reuters:
US Postal Service chief told associates he wants to quit, sources say — The head of the U.S. Postal Service has told confidants that he is deeply discouraged by his job and wants to resign, according to four people familiar with his thinking, as the agency comes under scrutiny over financial losses …
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Hillel Italie / Chicago Tribune:
George W. Bush's new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March — NEW YORK — Former President George W. Bush has a new book of oil paintings coming out in March that features portraits of political prisoners and dissidents. — The Penguin Random House imprint Crown announced Wednesday …
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Joyce Beatty / CourtListener:
District Court, District of Columbia — Add Note Search this PDF Download PDF — Emergency MOTION for Hearing Regarding Shutdown by JOYCE BEATTY. (Attachments: # 1 Declaration)(Zelinsky, Nathaniel) (Entered: 09/16/2026) — PDF — Case 1:25-cv-04480-CRC Document 84 Filed 09/16/26 Page 1 of 4
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Kansas's former GOP governor backs Democrat over Marshall for Senate — Former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves (R) on Tuesday endorsed Adam Hamilton, a Democrat challenging Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall (R). — Saying the country is “facing increasing partisan gridlock and division,” Graves said it is …
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