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2:00 PM ET, September 21, 2026

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Politico:
Major TV networks decline White House pool duties  —  The nation's major television networks are declining to participate in White House pool duties moving forward in response to the Trump administration's decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House, Fox News Washington …
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New York Times:
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN  —  The move was an escalation of President Trump's showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.  —  Major television networks agreed to suspend their pooled coverage …
Scott Nover / Washington Post:
CNN, MS NOW, Politico to sue over White House bans  —  President Donald Trump banned the news organizations from the White House in recent days, calling them “fake news.”  —  CNN, MS NOW and Politico say they are suing the government after President Donald Trump banned the news organizations from the White House in recent days.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
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Politico:
Judge appointed by Trump will oversee news outlets' lawsuit over White House ban  —  The emergency lawsuit by three media organizations seeking to lift President Donald Trump's ban on White House access has landed in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly.
CNN:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Networks pull out of White House TV pool in solidarity with CNN
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Trump's Attacks on the Media Are Self-Defeating
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Worried Republicans Float Ideas to Lower Diesel, Gas Prices Before Midterms  —  Some lawmakers seek ban on diesel exports, which Trump administration hasn't endorsed  —  WASHINGTON—Republican lawmakers are running out of time to assuage voters angry about soaring fuel costs …
Discussion: Radio Iowa
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Peter Slevin / New Yorker:
A Populist Revival in Iowa
Discussion: STAT
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:   Iowa Republican Senate Seat at Risk, GOP Super PAC Warns Donors
Violet Jira / Washington Post:
GOP lawmakers sound alarm on diesel fuel costs
Discussion: NPR, The Guardian, The Hill and twitchy.com
Politico:
‘He is kryptonite’: Republicans start breaking with Trump
Discussion: American Prospect
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP sees battleground map widen amid voter anger over economy
Discussion: New York Times
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Settles States' Antitrust Suit, Clearing Way for Warner Megadeal  —  A dozen states, including California and New York, had sued to block David Ellison's $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery  —  Paramount has reached a settlement with a group of state attorneys general …
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Deadline:
Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Elleiana Green / Politico:
Jared Golden crosses party lines again, endorsing Mike Lawler for reelection  —  Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) endorsed GOP Rep. Mike Lawler in his reelection campaign in suburban New York, Golden wrote in an opinion article published Monday.  Lawler is facing a tough reelection campaign …
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The Washington Sun:
Democrats Fume After Jared Golden Endorses a Republican in a Key Race
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Senior GOP appropriator pours cold water on funding Trump's arch  —  Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, a senior Appropriations Committee Republican, questioned whether federal funds should be spent on construction of President Donald Trump's triumphal arch, which the president claimed over the weekend could be used for military purposes.
Joe Kottke / NBC News:
ICE officer shoots man in Austin, Texas, officials say  —  The victim was “in serious but stable condition” after the shooting Sunday afternoon, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.  —  An ICE officer shot and wounded a person Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas, officials said.
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
White House Plan to Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parents Divides Conservatives  —  Some praise the idea championed by Vice President JD Vance to direct federal money to support traditional families, while others say it cuts against conservative principles.  —  Republicans are sharply divided …
Phelim Kine / Politico:
Trump's Taiwan retreat tests his chief China hawk's influence  —  It's a tough time to be a China hawk inside the White House.  Ivan Kanapathy probably knows that better than most.  —  Kanapathy, the senior director for Asia at the National Security Council, has devoted his career in Washington …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
What Trump doesn't seem to realize about Xi Jinping
Discussion: Bloomberg and Fox News
New York Times:
Trump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military Help  —  The president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen.  But he also needs the kingdom's cooperation in his war against Iran.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
JB Pritzker Says He Used GLP-1s to Lose 80 Pounds  —  Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, widely seen as a potential presidential candidate, revealed in an interview on “CBS Mornings” that he had been on a GLP-1 regimen since 2024.  —  Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois has traveled to early primary states.
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
The Crypto Industry Aims to Crush One of Democrats' Top Senate Candidates  —  Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.  —  The cryptocurrency industry, furious at Democrats for blocking the passage …
Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump says Russia ‘lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry’ after Ukraine drone attacks, calls for end to ‘ridiculous’ war  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump publicly called Monday for an end to Russia's war on Ukraine after a series of attacks by Kyiv on Moscow's energy holdings triggered another spike in diesel fuel prices.
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Financial Times:
Donald Trump presses Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop hitting Russian refineries
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Max Miller threatens legal action over Democratic challenger's ‘defamatory’ ad  —  Rep. Max Miller is threatening legal action to block a television ad created by his Democratic challenger Brian Poindexter that includes allegations of domestic abuse.  A lawyer for Miller is demanding Cleveland …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Democrats have stumbled onto a new impeachment strategy  —  If Democrats win control of Congress next year, they'll be faced with a familiar question: Should they impeach President Donald Trump?  —  But one of the president's most outspoken critics from within his own party has some advice for Democrats …
Ross Douthat / CBS News:
60 Minutes Transcript: Patrick Clancy  —  Over the last few months, a murder trial in Massachusetts has become a national obsession and a cultural Rorschach test.  The story of Lindsay Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse who killed her three children and then attempted suicide …
Ryan King / New York Post:
Furious Rep. Lauren Boebert blasts claim she had sex with 3 staffers, including 2 women  —  WASHINGTON — Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert is lashing out at the people who repeated the details from an ethics “complaint” against her alleging she had sex with three staffers, including two women.
Discussion: Advocate, LGBTQ Nation, TMZ.com and RedState
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Paramount reaches a settlement with the US states suing to block its WBD acquisition, after four states that opposed a deal conceded over the weekend

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
MS NOW, CNN, and Politico file a lawsuit in US District Court in Washington seeking a temporary restraining order against President Trump's White House ban

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