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9:30 AM ET, September 19, 2026

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Reuters:
Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House  —  President Donald Trump said on Friday he was banning three major news outlets — CNN, MS NOW and Politico — from the White House, in his latest move to crack down on the independent press.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump says he's ‘banning’ CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House  —  Donald Trump Media Fighting disinformation  —  President Donald Trump claimed Friday that he is “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House.”  The president said it was “effective immediately,” …
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Speak at Your Own Risk
Discussion: RedState
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Trump says he's banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House
Becca Lower / RedState:
Watch: Former Press Sec Sarah Huckabee Sanders Stymies Media Over Trump Banning ‘Fake News’
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
Trump extends restrictions on H-1B non-immigrant visa program by another year
New York Times:
U.S. Has Reached Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says  —  The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon.  —  President Trump said on Friday that his administration had reached a deal with Denmark and Greenland …
Discussion: The Independent
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Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
US and Denmark reach security deal after Trump's threats to take over Greenland  —  The agreement would allow the US to expand its military presence, while Denmark and Greenland say it preserves their sovereignty and right to self-determination  —  Donald Trump announced on Friday that the US …
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump hails Greenland security deal that falls short of takeover
Discussion: twitchy.com and France 24
Sanne Wass / Bloomberg:
US Strikes Greenland Deal to End Row That Threatened NATO
Discussion: Reuters, France 24 and Al Jazeera
Washington Post:
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly  —  Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department's casualty database.  —  Summary
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Washington Post:
Trump is sober about the midterm prospects for Republicans, advisers say  —  In private, the president has been hearing blunt news from advisers about the GOP's poor chances in the midterms and has accepted that some of the problem is of his making.  —  Summary
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Wall Street Journal:
Republicans in Tough Races Are Tip-Toeing Away From Trump
Discussion: CNN
Axios:   House GOP's top messenger: Socialism attack line “doesn't really resonate”
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Kennedy Center Supporters Rally Amid Speculation About Possible Demolition  —  Photos of President Trump reviewing a poster board with the title “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED” spurred the largest gathering yet in support of the performing arts institution.  —  A large group of demonstrators locked arms …
Discussion: Reuters, MS NOW and The Contrarian
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Washington Post:
Thousands rally outside shuttered Kennedy Center, chanting ‘Hands off!’  —  The vigil took place at the end of a week that saw the doors to the marble building locked shut.  —  Summary  —  Thousands of supporters of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts gathered Friday …
Washington Post:
Secret contracts reveal undisclosed terms in Trump's drug-pricing deals  —  Agreements with Pfizer and Eli Lilly include tariff protections, overseas pricing inducements and broad confidentiality clauses.  —  Summary  —  The Trump administration's confidential deals with pharmaceutical companies …
Discussion: The White House and Public Citizen
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Bloomberg:
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School  —  Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.  —  Within hours of a Feb. 28 missile attack that hit …
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson's Hair to Hemings's Children  —  A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.  —  For more than 200 years, the question has nagged at the edges …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Alexandra Villarreal / The Guardian:
Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children  —  Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist  —  Stephen Miller is leading an unprecedented and intense White House drive across …
Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Gold Statues and Staff Cuts: How Trump Has Disrupted America's Parks  —  Maintenance projects have been put off around the country and resources diverted to the president's favored projects in Washington.  —  An unstaffed entrance station at Zion National Park in Utah.Erin Schaff/The New York Times
New York Times:
Trump's Census Proposal Could Cut House Seats From Red States  —  A Trump administration proposal to exclude some types of immigrants from the 2030 census might not expand the congressional map for Republicans, and could even result in fewer House seats in red states.
New York Times:
Russia Aims to Inject Chaos Into Elections, U.S. Intelligence Finds  —  The Kremlin is once again seeking to undermine confidence in American democracy with online influence campaigns, U.S. officials said.  —  The Russian government has been targeting Americans with covert online disinformation …
Discussion: Daily Mail
CNN:
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say  —  The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program.
Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
Trump says he will demand drug companies split up vaccines into more doses  —  Those comments came a day after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told attendees of a conference for the anti-vaccine group he founded that they have a “friend at the White House.”
Tom McKay / Gizmodo:
FBI Warns ICE Agents Not to Trust Any Woman Willing to Date Them  —  ICE officers on dating apps should be wary of tradwives, an FBI memo suggested, as well as any woman whose profile would “appeal” to them. … The FBI issued a warning in February of this year that “as of late January 2026 …
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Victor Mather / New York Times:
Can Two Friends Complete a Game No One Has Ever Finished?  —  The Campaign for North Africa, a staggeringly complicated World War II board game, has stymied players for decades.  Now two guys in England are giving it a serious go.  —  War is hell.  And sometimes war games can be, too.
Nicholas Slayton / Task & Purpose:
Pentagon reboots testosterone screening plan for men 30 and over  —  Screenings will be mandatory for men in the ranks who are 30 or older, although getting hormone replacement therapy is voluntary, the Defense Department said.  —  Two months after announcing mandatory testosterone screenings …
 
 
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Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
What Set Off the Rise in Interest Rates? Mainly, the Iran War.
Washington Post:
Vought pushes for scrutiny of NIH grants in Oval Office clash
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Legal Insurrection
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Reagan Judge Foils Desperate Bid to Hide Trump Accuser's Interviews
Discussion: MS NOW
Neil Mehta / Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr. Got Free Flights to Fiji and Greece From a Top Donor
Discussion: Mediaite
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
GOP Latino gains fade as gender divides deepen
Discussion: Vox and The Guardian
Erica Orden / Politico:
DOJ says recent Supreme Court ruling shields Maurene Comey firing
Pascal Sabino / Bolts:
To Protect Direct Democracy, Two States Mull a New Approach: Name It As a Right
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Top DOJ official warned that prosecutors would be fired for not pursuing alleged voter fraud, according to sources
Discussion: Democracy Docket
 

 
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CNBC:
President Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House over their coverage of him, with “other Fake News Media Outlets to follow”

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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