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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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CNBC:
Trump says he still has confidence in Fed Chair Warsh, demands 1% or lower interest rates … President Donald Trump said Wednesday he still has confidence in Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, but also said he wants the central bank to slash interest rates to 1% “or less.”
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% …
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 …
Tony Romm / New York Times:
Trump's Latest Threats Loom Over Fed's Interest Rate Decision
Discussion: The Daily Wire and Semafor
Bloomberg:
Trump Backs Warsh, Faults ‘Hostile’ Fed Board for Rate Hike
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 …
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.
Discussion: Politico, Roll Call and Mediaite
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Jarrell Dillard / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans manage to advance farm bill with McConnell's return
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.
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
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  —  A spokesperson for Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is campaigning on bipartisanship, cited previously scheduled events but declined to say what they are.  —  Rep. Ashley Hinson, Iowa's Republican Senate candidate …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Daily Kos
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Global Oil Prices Could Hit Highest Levels in Months After Saudi Pipeline Attacks  —  Prolonged restrictions on exports could push oil prices even higher.  — 1.2k  —  As Iran and its allies tightened their grip on shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia scrambled this week …
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Top Democrat Opposes Trump's Planned Sale of Heavy Bombs to Israel
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 …
Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
House holds Leon Black in contempt over Epstein testimony after lawsuit  —  The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a motion to hold business magnate Leon Black in contempt of Congress after he declined to comply with subpoenas related to Jeffrey Epstein issued by one of the lower chamber's most powerful committees.
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
House Holds Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Subpoenas
Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
The Trump Justice Department Is Way Too Comfortable Violating Court Orders  —  Judges have tools for responding to noncompliance.  They just have to use them.  —  At age 16, Kilmar Abrego Garcia fled gang violence in his native country of El Salvador.  When he arrived in the United States in 2012 …
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New York Times:
U.S. Fast-Tracked Deportation of Ecuadorean Politician Despite Torture Fears
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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press
Angie Orellana Hernandez / The Washington Sun:
Judge Scolds ICE Over Investigation of a New York Man's Critical Email  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement likely violated a New York man's freedom of speech when it threatened to criminally prosecute him after he sent a scathing email to the agency's former top leader, a federal judge in Washington ruled.
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” …
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House votes to curb AI data center costs  —  The House passed the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act on Wednesday, marking Congress' most significant step yet to shield consumers from the soaring infrastructure costs of the AI boom. … - The bipartisan bill, which passed 417-3 …
New York Times:
Trump Wanted Canada as the 51st State.  He Ended Up Pushing It Toward the European Union.  —  The invitation by the E.U. for Canada to become an “associate member” is a sign of Mr. Trump's brand of diplomacy, which often involves threatening America's closest friends.
Discussion: New Republic
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 …
Discussion: New Republic
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 …
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.
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.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement  —  For release at 2:00 p.m. EDT  —  The Federal Open Market Committee approved the following statement for release by a 12 - 0 vote:  —  The Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point to 3-3/4 to 4 percent …
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
Discussion: The Washington Sun
Wall Street Journal:
States Delayed in Getting Covid Shots for Children's Immunization Program  —  CDC hasn't opened up ordering process, raising concerns about delays as vaccination programs kick off  —  States haven't yet been able to obtain Covid-19 shots from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
 
 
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Arthur Jones II / ABC News:
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