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4:35 PM ET, September 21, 2026

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Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump inaudible during TV blackout: What the press pool does  —  President Trump was inaudible during a press conference Monday after the TV pool suspended coverage, with White House-provided video carrying no usable audio of his remarks. … - The pool serves hundreds of journalists …
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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 …
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.
Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Trump cuts ribbon on latest White House construction project — but major TV networks refuse to show it  —  President Trump unveiled his new granite helipad on Monday, but none of the major TV networks carried the event as tensions between the media and the White House escalated.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
“National security” becomes Trump's executive sledgehammer … - President Trump needs all of them for national security purposes, he and his administration have argued. … - It's not the first time the administration has said its press restrictions were a national security must …
Discussion: Trump's Truth and Mother Jones
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
White House TV pool suspends coverage of Trump after ban of CNN … The White House television press pool, which covers events by President Donald Trump on a rotating basis, suspended coverage ahead of Trump's trip to New York for the United Nations General Assembly because of the White House's ban …
New York Times:
Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN
CNN:
CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump administration over White House access
CNN:
Major TV networks stand with CNN, decline to replace its White House pool crew
New York Times:
Live Updates: Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After CNN Is Barred
NBC News:
Iowa GOP Senate candidate Ashley Hinson calls for Iran war to end despite voting to let Trump continue it  —  Hinson, a congresswoman who is running for Senate, said the Iran war “needs to be brought to a successful and immediate end” and called for other policies to lower costs.
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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
Record share of voters motivated to oppose Trump in midterms, poll finds
Discussion: The Message Box, Newsweek and The Hill
Mike Zapler / Axios:   Trump thumbs his nose at the American voter
Kate Sullivan / Bloomberg:
Vance Says ‘More Work to Do,’ Playing Defense in Senate Fight
Peter Slevin / New Yorker:
A Populist Revival in Iowa
Discussion: STAT and National Review
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:   Iowa Republican Senate Seat at Risk, GOP Super PAC Warns Donors
John Avlon / Rolling Stone:
The Road to a Democratic Majority Runs Through the Middle of America
Discussion: The New World
The Independent:
ICE agent shoots DoorDash driver during delivery in Austin sparking new protests  —  A dark blue Toyota Corolla photographed at the scene had damage along its passenger side and what appeared to be two bullet holes in the rear window  —  An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin  —  ONCE AGAIN, AN IMMIGRANT HAS BEEN SHOT BY ICE in Texas—this time he survived.  But the circumstances again point to out-of-control, trigger-happy agents shooting to kill, just six weeks before Election Day.
Deadline:
Done!  Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery … Specifics are still scant but will come when the deal is formally announced later this morning.  There will be concessions. … The WGA's lawsuit is included in the settlement, Deadline hears.
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New York Times:
Paramount to Resolve States' Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition  —  The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.  —  Paramount reached an agreement …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Settles States' Antitrust Suit, Clearing Way for Warner Megadeal
Bloomberg:
Paramount to Settle Lawsuits, Paving Way for Warner Bros.
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.
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Collins slams Trump plan to ‘politicize’ grants as defying Congress  —  Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins warned Monday that President Donald Trump would be defying Congress if he moves forward with empowering top political appointees to decide who gets grant funding for health research.
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
Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Crypto super PAC to spend $30 million in bid to take down Sherrod Brown  —  A super PAC funded by the cryptocurrency industry is preparing to spend at least $30 million in the Ohio Senate race to try to block Democrat Sherrod Brown from returning to Washington, the group's most aggressive move of the 2026 midterm cycle to date.
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Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Hinson calls for end to Iran war amid soaring diesel costs  —  Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) on Monday expressed frustration over the ongoing war in Iran and its impact on Iowans' pocketbooks, publicly distancing herself from President Donald Trump ahead of November's rapidly approaching midterm elections.
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Matthew Eadie / Evanston Now:
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Federal agents briefly detained and released a U.S. citizen on Sunday morning in Evanston on Howard Street east of Dodge Avenue, Evanston police chief Schenita Stewart confirmed Sunday.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
Illinois authorities investigate possible ICE wounding of US citizen
Discussion: New Republic, Evanston Now and Townhall
Max Boot / Washington Post:
What Trump doesn't seem to realize about Xi Jinping  —  His mysterious friendship with China's president appears one-sided.  —  President Donald Trump's second term has been notable for some head-spinning changes in U.S. foreign policy.  Who could have predicted that Trump would launch …
Discussion: Fox News and Bloomberg
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Phelim Kine / Politico:
Trump's Taiwan retreat tests his chief China hawk's influence
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Trump approval falls to career low of 32% as high costs bite, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 32% - the lowest of his political career - as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
Discussion: The Independent
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 …
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.
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Trump will call out ‘ridiculous’ UN for claims US commits war crimes: Ambassador Waltz  —  TURTLE BAY — Last year, it was “a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter.”  —  This year, expect “a healthy dose of continuing to call out the ridiculous” from President Trump during his address …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Mediaite
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Far-right AfD wins again as Germany's Merz slides  —  Germany's ruling center-right party, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union, was shut out of a state parliament for the first time Sunday as the far-right Alternative for Germany scored its second victory this month.
 
 
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Riley Rogerson / Politico:
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