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3:50 PM ET, September 17, 2026

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Politico:
White House pulls stalled ICE director nominee  —  The White House on Thursday withdrew the nomination of Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a Republican blocked his confirmation hearing.  —  Schroyer's nomination stalled …
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The White House:
Withdrawals Sent to the Senate  —  WITHDRAWALS SENT TO THE SENATE:  —  Jeffrey Anderson, of Georgia, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with the rank of Ambassador, which was sent to the Senate on January 13, 2026.
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
White House Pulls Nomination of Mullin Ally for ICE Director
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CNN:
Trump seen with ‘Kennedy Center demolished’ poster; judge orders 30-day notice before any major changes  —  President Donald Trump was pictured reviewing a poster that appears to read, “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED,” hours before his administration told a judge the arts institution had to be closed due to …
Elleiana Green / Politico:
Trump admin must provide 30 day notice for ‘demolition,’ major changes to Kennedy Center amid shutdown fight
New York Times:
Who Will Win the Midterms?  Republicans Are Reeling. … The political environment has worsened for Republicans as they try to defend control of Congress, though the party has a big cash advantage over Democrats.  Alex Kent/The New York Times  —  In Georgia, Republican strategists …
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Igor Bobic / The Washington Sun:
As Republican Cash Pours in for Paxton, Democrats Call for More Aid for Talarico
Discussion: Politico, New Republic and Axios
Erin Doherty / Politico:
Thune, Kemp to headline fundraiser for Georgia Senate GOP nominee Mike Collins
Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump's Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns … Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in his courtroom.  A former clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court, he does not have the profile of a jurist likely to engage in a high-stakes standoff with the executive branch.Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Voting for a Texas Democrat  —  Bo French's bigoted tweet after a football game is part of a long and ugly pattern.  —  It was a moment every student in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium will remember for life.  Forty-one seconds into the final quarter on Saturday …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Why Karl Rove, a father of the modern Texas GOP, is voting for a Democrat
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Hasan Piker on “The Axios Show”: America worse than al-Qaeda “pound for pound”  —  OPEN EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM CDN.JWPLAYER.COM … - “Pound for pound as far as the number of deaths, yes,” Piker said in an exclusive interview for a new episode of “The Axios Show.”
Christopher Mathias / Talking Points Memo:
We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They'd Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville  —  Marshall Rawson, poised to join the Florida legislature, has condoned slavery and called for the execution of LGBTQ+ people.  Does the Republican Party even care?
Discussion: Gainesville Sun
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Michigan 2026 Poll: El-Sayed and Rogers Locked in Close Election  —  Jocelyn Benson Takes Significant Lead Over John James in Governor Race  —  A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media Michigan poll finds 48% of Michigan voters support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, and 46% support Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate.
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Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump ‘I did that’ stickers pop up on gas pumps, four years after Biden got the same treatment  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is on the receiving end of some sticker shock.  —  Detractors of the president have slapped decals faulting Trump for high gasoline prices on pumps across the country as the war with Iran grinds on.
The Washington Sun:
Trump Aides Are Prepping an AI Takeover of Government Services  —  Trump administration officials are preparing to launch an AI-driven website as a clearinghouse for Americans to get services from the federal government.  The functions being discussed for the new website include allowing Americans …
Discussion: The Independent and Joe.My.God.
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:   DOGE Staffers Are Back—and Leading AI Takeover of Government Services
Alexis Cortez / KASW-TV:
Longtime Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl dies following dementia diagnosis  —  PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A longtime Arizona Republican congressman has died, months after he announced his dementia diagnosis, according to reports.  —  Jon Kyl, who served in the U.S. House from 1987 to 1995 and the Senate from 1995 to 2013, died Thursday.
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Zoya Sheftalovich / Politico:
Carney to Trump: No one tells Canadians what to do  —  “Nobody is going to tell us about what language to speak, no one is going to dictate our culture, or with whom we can strike agreements,” Canadian PM says.  —  STRASBOURG — Canada's warming relationship with the EU “is a positive” …
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Florida Republican criticizes Trump on immigration in campaign ad  —  Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) forcefully pushed back against President Donald Trump's deportation agenda in a campaign ad released on Thursday, a rare rebuke of the White House's aggressive immigration policy from inside the Republican Party.
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Emmy Martin / New York Times:
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior  —  The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.  —  OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Kamala Harris is sticking to her own timeline on a 2028 decision  —  Kamala Harris knows other potential 2028 Democratic candidates are waiting on her decision about running for president again.  She's going to keep them waiting.  —  The former vice president is running her own Malibu-based version …
Discussion: Blaze Media
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Tom Bartlett / The Atlantic:
Pennsylvania's Measles Outbreak Is Enormous  —  The two latest deaths suggest that the true number of infections is much larger than reported.  —  Following America's recent measles deaths, anti-vaccine activists have cast doubt on the virus as the culprit.
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Shapiro slams RFK Jr. as not ‘connected or grounded in reality’ on measles outbreak
James LaPorta / CBS News:
Iran downed at least 2 unmanned American aircraft in recent days, U.S. officials say  —  Washington — Iranian forces in recent days have brought down at least two American MQ-1 unmanned aircraft, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter who spoke to CBS News on condition of anonymity …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
Alligator Alcatraz's Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier  —  This article was featured in the Daily Prospect newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Homeland Security released a scathing report last Friday about the shuttered Florida …
Discussion: Palm Beach Post
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Who Made America Poorer and Dirtier?  —  The people in charge are really hoping you'll blame someone else.  —  At last week's GOP midterm convention in Dallas, Vice President Vance painted a bleak picture of American life before the second Trump administration:
Arne Delfs / Bloomberg:
Merz Says US Friendship Built Since War ‘Probably Over’ for Now  —  German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the era of “unconditional” ties between the US and Europe built since World War II are over, at least for now, the latest pronouncement of a breakdown in relations under Donald Trump's presidency.
WBUR:
Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records  —  A Southborough family has stepped into the national spotlight with claims that their local school seeded — and the state of Massachusetts is facilitating — their child's gender transition.
Politico:
Appeals court considers reviving Missouri redistricting fight, citing murky Supreme Court orders  —  A federal appeals court labored Thursday to interpret the Supreme Court's intention when the justices blocked an order that would have allowed Missouri to use a new GOP-friendly map for the midterms.
NBC News:
Democratic senators request Pentagon provide ‘bare minimum’ on cost of Iran war  —  Sen. John Fetterman was the only Senate Democrat who declined to sign a letter sent Thursday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.  —  WASHINGTON — Nearly the entire Democratic caucus in the Senate is demanding …
Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
Universal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive)  —  The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted.
Politico:
Newsom floats prospect of special session or executive action on AI  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Gavin Newsom told POLITICO he plans to take further action on AI safety before leaving office, raising the possibility of a special California legislative session amid escalating concerns about the technology's potential risks to humanity.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say  —  China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter.
 
 
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
FBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake ‘tradwife’ dating profiles, memo reveals
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Riley Beggin / Washington Post:
Mike Pence says he has ‘no plans’ to run for president in 2028
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Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won't Say How Much.
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, and Elon Musk recently spoke with Trump and successfully stalled an AI regulatory plan proposed by Demis Hassabis

Axios:
OpenAI discloses six new misalignment incidents since October, including models concealing mistakes, and announces a framework for reporting model misalignment

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information:
Source: OpenAI staff expect the Hodge Conjecture, a Millennium Prize Problem, to be solved relatively soon, after solving the Navier-Stokes equations
 
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