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2:55 PM ET, September 20, 2026

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Washington Post:
Trump says planned 250-foot arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers  —  The president's post about the 250-foot arch planned near Arlington National Cemetery comes as veterans groups, historic preservationists and others attempt to stop the project.  —  Summary
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Says His Contested Arch Would House Drones and Snipers  —  The president's announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.  —  President Trump said on Sunday his planned 250-foot triumphal arch …
Discussion: Fox News, Salon, Reuters and CBS News
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump says proposed Washington arch to become sniper, drone facility  —  President Trump said Sunday morning his proposed “triumphal arch” in Washington will become a dual-use facility housing snipers, drones and ammunition storage.
Discussion: Trump's Truth and Politico
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. John Barrasso says Trump isn't violating the Constitution by banning reporters from the White House  —  The Wyoming senator's comments come after reporters from MS NOW, Politico and CNN were barred from entering White House grounds. … Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. …
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Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Waltz: Trump ‘absolutely within his rights’ to bar reporters ‘not behaving’ in good faith  —  Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on Sunday said President Trump is “absolutely within his rights” to ban CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters from the White House …
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:   Trump Faced Loss After Loss. He Then Turned to a Familiar Target: The Press.
New York Times:
How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center  —  Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.  —  Debris from fallen ceiling plaster soiled the carpet in the Grand Foyer inside …
Discussion: MS NOW
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Lydia Wheeler / Wall Street Journal:
The Rust Belt Lawmaker Leading the Fight Against Trump's Kennedy Center Plans
Discussion: Wonkette
NBC News:
Poll: Most voters say Trump has hurt the economy as competitive midterm election looms  —  Trump's approval and economic ratings point to a gloomy environment for the GOP, but the race for Congress is closer than in his first midterm, with the Democratic Party still unpopular.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
What Exactly Is a Wave Election?  And Should Republicans Be on High Alert?  —  How today's polling numbers compare with the results of some previous midterms.  —  We've seen a surge of post-Labor Day polls over the last two weeks.  If there's any term to describe their findings, it's that Democrats seem poised for a wave election.
Discussion: Strength In Numbers
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
More Democrats plan to vote in person in midterms
Discussion: NBC News and Breitbart
Nikole Hannah-Jones / New York Times:
In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? … Najya Hannah-Jones, 16, the writer's daughter.  —  I could feel her looking at me.  Her body slung in adolescent impertinence against the front passenger seat door, shoulders turned so she could face me fully.
Financial Times:
Ukraine hits Moscow with ‘largest ever’ drone attack  —  Major oil refinery in Russian capital set ablaze as voting draws to a close in stage-managed parliamentary elections  —  Ukraine has hit Moscow with what local authorities said was the largest ever drone attack on the capital …
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Politico:
The Company Trump Can't Ignore  —  On the evening of April 6, an unusual request began making its way from Washington to some of Wall Street's most powerful executives.  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wanted to see them first thing the next morning.  —  The heads of Bank of America …
Dan Primack / Axios:
How Trump 2.0's stock market stacks up with predecessors  —  The stock market soared during the first 20 months of President Trump's second term, but slightly underperformed the same period of his first term. … - The gap at 20 months is closer than it was at the one-year mark …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
The Independent:
The Greenland deal is a classic example of Trump's bluff and bluster  —  Editorial: If all that the ‘deal’ means is that the US president stops threatening America's allies, Trump cannot expect gratitude  —  The Greenland deal is a classic Donald Triumph.  In return for ceasing …
Sarah-Jane Collins / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Star, 39, Addresses Explosive Lesbian Sex Claims  —  ‘UTTERLY FALSE’  —  A sworn House Ethics complaint accuses Lauren Boebert of having inappropriate relationships with three staffers—and paying one of them $200,000 to keep quiet.  —  Lauren Boebert has long cast herself as a “family values” crusader.
Amanda Chu / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s movement now has corporate sponsors  —  When devotees of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement meet for a summit Sept. 29 in Washington, titans of American industry will pay the bill.  —  Walmart, America's biggest retailer and a leading purveyor …
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
RFK Jr.'s ‘Medical Freedom’ Comes With a Body Count  —  Measles showed up at a children's hospital.  The health secretary showed up at an anti-vax conference.  —  EVERY DAY THERE ARE YOUNG, sometimes tiny human beings who leave the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia—each one of them living …
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Alaska's Independent Streak Rears Its Head At The Wrong Moment For GOP  —  Voters say they're tired of political division and greed.  They're worried about their fish.  And one Senate candidate seems to be winning them over.  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Scott Wheaton thinks a lot about why people vote the way they do in elections.
Politico:
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control  —  President Donald Trump is moving to put political appointees in charge of billions of dollars in federal health research grants in another attempt to cut Harvard's funding.
 
 
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Gianluca Semeraro / Reuters:
Italy to ban veils in schools, limit foreign students per class, Meloni says
Discussion: Reuters, Politico and Los Angeles Times
Cassandra Dumay / Politico:
Rising mortgages are muddling the GOP's housing message
Discussion: Bloomberg and The Economist
Alex Gangitano / Politico:
‘He needed to be more empathetic’: GOP donors say Trump missed the mark with latest AI comments
Li Yuan / New York Times:
In China, A.I. Is Moving Forward While the Economy Lags Behind
Discussion: Newsweek
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Alex Travelli / New York Times:
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