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Wall Street Journal:
EU Chief Proposes Making Canada First Associate Member of the Bloc — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has pushed for much deeper partnerships with Europeans — Amanda Coletta Joe Parkinson in Lisbon — The European Union's top official said she would work to make Canada the bloc's …
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Bloomberg, The Hill, Reuters, Washington Examiner, Los Angeles Times, MeidasTouch, Modern Diplomacy, New York Times, KRDO, CNBC and Al Jazeera
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Financial Times:
EU rebuffs Mark Carney's ‘unique alliance’ with Canada
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The Guardian, Bloomberg, Semafor, Global News, Courthouse News Service, KEYT-TV, Politico and Los Angeles Times, more at Techmeme »
Peggy Corlin / Euronews:
Canada invited to become first ‘associate member’ of the EU
Canada invited to become first ‘associate member’ of the EU
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Breaking Defense, Reuters, Quartz, Wired, France 24, The Kyiv Independent, Politico and WTOP News, more at Techmeme »
Rob Gillies / The Washington Sun:
EU Wants Canada to Become the Bloc's First Associate Member
EU Wants Canada to Become the Bloc's First Associate Member
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Politico, France 24, DailyNewsHungary, Associated Press, Reuters, Global News, Forbes, Bloomberg, WTOP News, NewsMax.com and The Kyiv Independent
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Bari's ‘60’ Bust … In the days leading up to the “60 Minutes” season premiere, CBS News projected plenty of confidence. After facing a storm of backlash over the summer for blowing up the acclaimed newsmagazine with a series of high-profile—and still unexplained—firings, the Bari Weiss-led network went on the offensive.
Wall Street Journal:
Vulnerable GOP Iowa Incumbents Break With Trump on Iran War — War-powers votes come as Iowa has become an unexpected battleground state due to tariffs and fuel costs — WASHINGTON—In the latest sign of the political weight of the war in Iran, two Iowa Republicans facing competitive House …
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CNN, WTOP News, Jewish Insider and Almanac of American Politics …
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Hamed Ahmadi / The Washington Sun:
Republican Senators Say Even Their Trump-Loving Constituents Are Tired of the Iran War
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New York Post and The Guardian
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Alito and Thomas keep the pedal to the metal — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🗳️ Subscribe to PN 🗳️ — On Monday night, the Supreme Court finally blocked Trump's plan to unleash chaos on the midterms and disenfranchise millions of voters.
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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Ken Harbaugh / The Atlantic:
The Armored Sarcophagus Saving Ukrainian Soldiers — Unmanned ground vehicles are conducting once-impossible medical evacuations along Ukraine's front lines. — The inside of an armored sarcophagus smells of gunpowder, gasoline, and gangrene. Remotely operated, unmanned ground vehicles …
Ariana Baio / The Guardian:
US judge blocks DHS from threatening prosecution against man who criticized ICE — David Streever was issued a ‘warning notice’ after sending an email critical of ICE to the agency's director in January — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may no longer issue a “warning notice” …
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Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
Judge blocks DHS from acting against a man over a harsh email to an ICE official
Judge blocks DHS from acting against a man over a harsh email to an ICE official
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Joe.My.God.
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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The Guardian
Ani Avetisyan / Bloomberg:
Georgia's Ruling Party Moves to Ban All Parliamentary Opposition — Georgia's ruling party expanded a legal push to outlaw the parliamentary opposition, moving to initiate a ban of the final major group remaining in the legislature. — Georgian Dream already asked the Constitutional Court …
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Reuters
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Federal employees were paid nearly $7B not to work under DOGE effort: GAO — The Trump administration paid outgoing employees an estimated nearly $7 billion to not work as it encouraged them to leave the federal service, a government watchdog found in a Tuesday report.
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
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NBC News, ABC News, Joe.My.God., Mediaite, Federal News Network and GovExec.com
Washington Post:
Senate control may hinge on whether this Democrat can win back voters drawn to Trump — Sherrod Brown is seeking to return to the chamber two years after losing his seat when many blue-collar voters embraced Donald Trump. — Summary — MANSFIELD, Ohio — Former Democratic senator Sherrod …
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CNN:
CNN Investigates: Iran has improved targeting of US assets. Here's how Russian satellites likely have helped — Fourteen Russian spy satellites moved over a US military base in Saudi Arabia two days before a devastating attack by Iran. The timing and sequencing of the spacecraft gave …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
The World Economy Is Becoming Wary of the U.S. … Global investors are balking at U.S. bonds. Talk of the dollar's dwindling power is getting louder. Foreign governments are hauling their gold out of American vaults. — Almost two years into President Trump's second term …
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Jacobin
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Trump escalates war on federal data — The nerdy, traditionally apolitical world of federal data is increasingly getting swept up in the Trump administration's push to control every level of government. — Across the federal government, agencies are changing how they collect and publicize information.
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 …
Natalie Alms / The Washington Sun:
The White House's ‘Fraud Ledger’ Includes Misleading Claims — The White House is broadcasting its anti-fraud crusade to voters in the leadup to the midterm elections with a “Fraud Ledger” that claims the Trump administration has uncovered hundreds of billions in misused funds.
Russell Contreras / Axios:
Americans' income hits record, but lower earners lose ground — U.S. household income hit a record in 2025, but the lowest earners barely shared in the gains, new Census data show. … But broader measures of financial security show millions still getting squeezed by medical costs …
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Quartz, New York Times, Census.gov, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Free Beacon, CBS News, CNBC, The Hill, WTOP News, KEYT-TV, KTVZ-TV and Washington Examiner
Jonah Kaplan / CBS News:
New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks — New photos obtained exclusively by CBS News reveal for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East, as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks.
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NewsMax.com, Al Jazeera, Krassencast, Phillips's Newsletter, Mediaite, WTOP News, Breaking Defense and The Independent
David Uberti / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Have Spent $100 Billion More on Fuel During the Iran War — Higher gasoline and diesel prices have led many families to save less and curb spending elsewhere — Oil prices' lurch above $100 a barrel is propelling the U.S. past another unwelcome milestone: The war with Iran is sticking Americans with a 12-figure bill.
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Bloomberg, NewsMax.com and The Daily Caller
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Canadian PM Breaks Out Trump Impression As He Recounts Bizarre Warning — The audience laughed at Mark Carney's wild tale of what it's like to get a gift from the U.S. president. — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump gave him a gift ― but it also came with a grim warning.
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HuffPost, Newsweek and Joe.My.God.
Angie Orellana Hernandez / The Washington Sun:
Barack Obama Announces the Death of His Family Dog Sunny — Sunny, the high-energy Portuguese water dog who rollicked through the White House during President Barack Obama's second term in office, died this week, the Obama family announced on social media. — Sunny was 13 and remained …
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New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Hill, TMZ.com and NewsMax.com
Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
How the Times Lost a Defamation Trial — An anonymous source, a “hillbilly ambulance chaser” text message, and the newsroom's first defamation defeat in this country in more than fifty years. — It is rarely a good sign when the New York Times standards editor fires off an email to you at the end of the day.
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Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Jordain Carney / Politico:
The vulnerable Republican being squeezed on data centers — Ohio Sen. Jon Husted is drowning in political attacks centered on his past support for data centers. A potential life preserver could end up just out of reach. — The House is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation that aims …
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The Hill, Ohio Democrats, New Republic and Zeteo
Shefali Luthra / The 19th:
Tierra Walker died after she couldn't get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton. — The case argues that Texas' near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. constitutions. It is the first lawsuit over a death linked to an abortion ban. — The family of a woman who died …
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CBS News, Abortion, Every Day, LifeNews.com, abc7NY and Talking Points Memo
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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New York Times, Washington Examiner and Mediaite
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
China: “Thank Trump” — The big winner of Trump's assault on higher ed is America's chief geopolitical rival — One of the challenges of living in the Trump era is wondering if anyone actually believes Trump's claim that his presidency has made America stronger and more globally respected than ever.
Rob Schmitz / NPR:
State of U.S. democracy reaches new low, report finds — U.S. democracy has reached its lowest levels in 50 years, according to a new global report that tracks democratic performance around the world. — For several years, Dr. Seema Shah, who heads the Stockholm-based International Institute …
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International IDEA, Al Jazeera, Atlantic Council and Talking Points Memo
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.
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The Independent, Joe.My.God., Mediaite and Politico, more at Mediagazer »
Andrew I. Fillat / Washington Examiner:
AI panic is the new climate hysteria — and it's handing the future to China — There's a saying that although history might not repeat itself, it does rhyme. Such is the case with artificial intelligence and climate change. In today's communications-inundated world …
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Kevin Conway / Marquette Today:
New Marquette Law School national survey finds Democrats expand lead on congressional ballots; Trump approval declines — Democrats open lead outside margin of error among both likely, registered voters — Also: — On generic congressional vote, Democrats receive 54% …
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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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” …
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Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, MS NOW, Associated Press, Mediaite and Daily Mail
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
The Democratic fundraising machine under GOP investigation is fighting back — A law firm representing ActBlue reviewed its donation history and met with congressional investigators to present its evidence that the Democratic fundraising platform did not mislead Congress. — Summary
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Fox News
Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Texas police department ordered closed for failing to provide any benefit to community — Disbanding of department in Trinidad comes after arrest of a resident for posting about issues with local water supply — A police department in Texas that arrested a local resident for complaining …
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New York Post, The Daily Wire and FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth
Milena Wälde / Politico:
JD Vance: US cannot be ‘subservient’ to Israel on Middle East policy — The U.S. vice president delivered another warning to Israeli officials, amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. — U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Washington cannot allow its Middle East policy to be …
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Israpundit, Jewish Insider and Middle East Monitor
Chris Whipple / Vanity Fair:
Inside JD Vance's Little-Known Years at Yale Law — Is JD Vance a craven political opportunist? A true believer in a post-Trump, MAGA agenda? Or is the presumptive 2028 GOP frontrunner waiting for the chance to be his own man? And what does his wife, Usha, think about all of it?
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Politico and Wide World of News
Akayla Gardner / MS NOW:
Four months into his new job, Kevin Warsh faces his most consequential day yet — Facing stubborn inflation and political pressure from President Donald Trump, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is preparing for the most consequential decision day of his nascent term.
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NBC News, Trinity College …, Politico, New York Times, CNN, NewsMax.com, CoinDesk, Bloomberg, CNBC, Quartz, Associated Press and Wall Street Journal
