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10:20 PM ET, September 19, 2026

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Dario Amodei:
We Must Pace the Frontier  —  I have worked on AI for the last twelve years because I believe it could dramatically raise the quality of human life.  I've written often about these incredible benefits: I believe that AI could cure most major diseases in the next 5-10 years …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CNN and MS NOW Reporters Barred From White House After Trump Announces Ban  —  The prohibition on certain journalists was a stark escalation in President Trump's war on the media, and will probably face a legal challenge.  —  Journalists from CNN and MS NOW were denied access …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico denied access to White House after Trump ‘ban’  —  CNN reporter Betsy Klein was denied access at the White House on Saturday morning and her press pass was seized, one day after President Donald Trump announced that he was “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
Politico:
Inside the White House media ban  —  Donald Trump reupped his battle with the “FAKE NEWS” media on Truth Social Friday, banning CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO for reporting “LIES when they're covering the President of the United States,” with “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”
Mack Liederman / New York Times:
News Outlets Express Solidarity After Trump Bars Some Reporters  —  Some Democrats said President Trump's ban was an attempt to control the press and distract voters as Republicans face deep challenges in the midterm elections.  —  Many major media outlets and some high-profile Democrats …
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Faced Loss After Loss.  He Then Turned to a Familiar Target: The Press.  —  The president's ban of three media outlets from the White House fits a pattern of using the apparatus of government to crack down on his perceived enemies.  —  President Trump's grabs for power kept falling short …
Ben Johansen / Politico:
POLITICO, MS NOW and CNN journalists denied access to White House after Trump media ban
Ava Berger / NPR:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico reporters denied access to White House following Trump ban
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
California enacts new election safeguards against potential Trump interference in midterms  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a sweeping package of election laws Saturday, including a measure making it a felony to seize ballots, election records or voting technology before an election is certified.
Rudi Keller / Missouri Independent:
Missouri election officials begin mailing ballots as they await ruling on congressional map
Discussion: Democracy Docket
Angie Orellana Hernandez / The Washington Sun:
Trump Pledges to Appoint an ‘AI Czar’ as He Defends the Technology  —  President Donald Trump said he will soon appoint an artificial intelligence czar amid heightened scrutiny of whether the technology is progressing at a dangerous pace, he announced Saturday on Truth Social.
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump to form ‘AI Force,’ name AI czar but rejects calls for constraints  —  Lawmakers and industry leaders have called for moving more slowly on the technology.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump said he will name an official responsible for artificial intelligence and form an unspecified …
Discussion: New York Times, Forbes and The Guardian
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Trump wants a new AI czar and an “AI Force” modeled on Space Force
Politico:
US military says it killed four in strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. military attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, killing four people, as the Trump administration continues its monthslong campaign …
Discussion: Reuters
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Republican South Dakota secretary of state endorses Democrat to succeed her  —  South Dakota's Republican secretary of state urged voters to cast their ballots for a Democrat in the November election, arguing she could not back the GOP nominee — and drawing the ire of party leadership.
Ariana Baio / The Guardian:
Hispanic voters' support for Trump wanes over economy and immigration  —  Polls show voters who helped elect president unhappy - and may be willing to vote Democrat in midterms  —  Hispanic voters who helped re-elect Donald Trump in 2024 are discontent with his second-term economic and immigration policies …
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:   Big break with Trump
Vox:
Why Trump's Latino voters are fleeing him
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Axios and Mediaite
David Smith / The Guardian:
Thousands protest closure of the Kennedy Center amid fears Trump is set to demolish the institution  —  Demonstrators gathered outside the building in Washington, after the president was spotted holding a placard that read: ‘Kennedy Center DEMOLIS ...’  —  On Friday evening thousands …
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Erik Maulbetsch / Colorado Times Recorder:
Complaint Filed With House Ethics Committee Alleges Boebert Slept With Three of Her Congressional Staffers  —  A sworn ethics complaint filed yesterday with the U.S. House Committee on Ethics alleges that Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) engaged in sexual relationships with three House employees under …
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Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Trump's Greenland deal follows US firm's purchase of rare-earth metals mine there  —  President Trump's new Greenland security deal comes just 17 days after a US-based company quietly closed a deal to purchase a Greenland mining company that would produce more than a third of the world's rare earth magnet supply outside of China.
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New York Times:
Trump's Security Deal With Greenland: What to Know
Washington Post:
Behind Trump's public confidence, his private view of midterms is sobering  —  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
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Washington Post:
Diverse Texas campus bonds in anger after candidate's racist post  —  At the University of Texas, Republican Bo French drew widespread, bipartisan condemnation for his attack on South Asian students celebrating their football team's win.  —  Summary  —  AUSTIN — Two emotions dominated …
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Variety:
Paramount and California AG Bonta Reportedly in ‘Advanced Talks’ to Settle Antitrust Suit  —  The two sides have discussed Paramount potentially agreeing to run Warner Bros. studio separately for some period of time, per the Wall Street Journal  —  David Ellison's Paramount Skydance is in …
 
 
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Maanvi Singh / The Guardian:
Men deported from US bound and beaten in Equatorial Guinea detention hotel, lawyers say
Discussion: New York Times and Reuters
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Voting rights lawsuit prompts South Dakota to fix ‘confusing’ proof-of-citizenship system
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Farm-state Republicans are having a cow over Trump's beef imports as Election Day approaches
Reuters:
German general Breuer elected to head top NATO military body
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Mike Waltz Has Quietly Signaled He's Looking Past the UN
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
A.I. Is a Threat, but Not in the Way You Think  —  After multiple incidents of A.I. agents going wild …
Discussion: Townhall
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Has Trump Lost Touch With Reality?
Financial Times:
Nobel economists throw support behind California billionaire tax
Discussion: New York Magazine
Ruth Margalit / New Yorker:
Israel's Qatargate Scandal
Discussion: Israpundit, NewsMax.com and Al Jazeera
Ben Geman / Axios:
Iran war causes global pain at the pump
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
The clues in ICE's mass detention court losses that point to a win at SCOTUS
New York Times:
Trump's Census Proposal Could Cut House Seats From Red States
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Alexandra Villarreal / The Guardian:
Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
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María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:
Trump says he will appoint an AI czar and form an “AI Force”, in a Truth Social post that rejects AI safety concerns as a “hoax”

New York Times:
Former DraftKings employees detail how it uses ML to target likely losers with promotions, while efforts to flag problem gamblers were shelved or squashed
 
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