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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 …
Dan Merica / Washington Post:
TV networks deny Trump the one thing he craves most: Attention  —  In today's edition ... Something is happening in Iowa ... We ask you about extinction scenarios involving artificial intelligence ... but first ...  TV networks deny Trump the one thing he craves most  —  Donald Trump had a really rough week last week.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Republicans' Cash Blitz Meets a $5-Gas Election … Republican polling has so deteriorated this month that the only uncertainty remaining ahead of the midterms is the depth of the party's losses.  With early or mail ballot voting beginning in nearly half the country this week …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump is checking out of his presidency  —  With no way out of his war with Iran, he is increasingly obsessed with monuments to himself  —  “Constructive strategic stability” is China and America's unpoetic bilateral goal.  It must be getting harder by the day for the Chinese to recite it with a straight face.
CNN:
Natalie Harp showed Trump coverage clips before he issued media ban
Li Zhou / HuffPost:
Trump Opened A Huge Can Of Worms With His Press Ban
New York Times:
George W. Bush and Cornyn Leave Out Paxton as They Raise Cash for Senate Candidates  —  The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates.  Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
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Politico:
Republicans were bullish about the Senate.  Now they're playing defense in red states.  —  Republicans are playing defense deep in their own territory as voter anger over price hikes puts more House and Senate seats in play in the midterms.  —  New rounds of big spending …
Discussion: The Hill and Los Angeles Times
Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:   'We're gonna get crushed': Republicans privately say they're doomed in the midterms
Washington Post:   Republicans start making moves to challenge JD Vance for 2028 nomination
Calen Razor / Politico:   Senate GOP eyes exit plan as trail calls
ProPublica:
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way  —  Listen 40:17  —  Reporting Highlights  — Probe: In 2024, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Sen. Susan Collins and a top donor, records and emails show.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Appeals court reinstates GOP House map in Missouri for November election  —  A federal appeals court reinstated Missouri Republicans' 7-1 House map to be used in time for the November elections, delivering a boost for several GOP candidates who wanted a more favorable map for the party to be used in the midterm elections.
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David Pierson / New York Times:
With Time on His Side, Xi Seeks to Extend Truce With Trump  —  Facing an American president constrained by war and politics, China's leader may seek to lock in a tactical truce while he shores up a fragile economy at home.  —  When China's top leader, Xi Jinping, and President Trump meet …
Discussion: CNBC, Fox News, Reuters and Washington Post
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
SCOOP: Looksmaxxer Clavicular Charged With Criminal Rape, Drugging  —  The manosphere celeb faces three counts stemming from an alleged encounter with a minor.  —  FAMOUSLY HANDSOME RIGHT-WING LIVESTREAMER Clavicular has been on the rise.  His business connection to an Israeli mafia associate has ended …
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.
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Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:   Republican support for Trump's handling of war in Iran shows cracks in new CNN poll
Rachel Cohen / Vox:
Susan Collins is the abortion rights movement's biggest test of 2026  —  Nationally, abortion has faded as a campaign issue.  Four years after it helped Democrats stave off a red wave, candidates in battleground races are focusing their attention on cost-of-living issues, immigration, and policing.
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Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Susan Collins's Luck May Be Running Out
Marist Poll:
2026 Midterm Elections in Iowa, September 2026  —  Democrats Up in Iowa... Elections Underscored by Negative Views of Trump  —  In the contest for U.S. Senate in Iowa, eight points separate Democrat Josh Turek and Republican Ashley Hinson among registered voters statewide.
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and Townhall
Axios:
GOP's war for eyeballs  —  Republicans are starting to trounce Democrats in political spending across the Senate map, and that advantage is now showing up in one of the metrics campaigns care about most: impressions. … - Beginning in September, campaigns and super PACs start competing …
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
He spent 11 months inside DOGE.  Now he wants to set the record straight.  —  In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE's mission and the backlash that followed.  —  Summary  —  Tyler Hassen's initiation …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
New York Times:
How Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk  —  The White House has labeled critics terrorists, attributed violence to a left-wing conspiracy and investigated unions, nonprofits and other groups in a battle over free speech.  —  NEWS ANALYSIS
New York Times:
Man Shot by ICE Agent Says His Car Was Struck Twice Before He Was Shot  —  A Venezuelan immigrant, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, was shot in Austin, Texas, on Sunday after a traffic stop.  The shooting prompted calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
New York Times:
‘I Was Sold a Bill of Goods’: Americans and the Distrust Election  —  Americans have a pervasive sense they are being lied to.  That has created an unpredictability in politics unseen since Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue without losing voters.  —  Call it the distrust election.
Financial Times:
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks  —  FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7  —  Unlock the Editor's Digest for free  —  Standard Chartered …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Why Trump's “ban on the free press” will go down in flames  —  Very illegal and very not cool.  —  ∙ Paid … President Trump is mad at the media again.  And, as with all things, he's handling it super well, with a measured, sober, totally legal response.  —  OK, wait.  He's doing the opposite.
New York Times:
German Leaders Prepare to Deny Far Right Access to Secret War Plan  —  With the Alternative for Germany party close to power in a German state, federal officials are planning to limit the group's access to classified intelligence.  —  Spooked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine …
Discussion: Middle East Monitor
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Iran ready to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US eases military pressure and lifts blockade  —  Iran can reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days if the United States eases military pressure and lifts its blockade on Iranian ports, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday.
Discussion: Al Jazeera and CNBC
Washington Post:
Immigrants with final deportation orders disappear from ICE detainee locator  —  The change will make it harder for many families and attorneys to determine where an immigrant is being held after being taken into ICE custody.  —  Summary  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
MS NOW:
‘Pain for Trump’: Iran is trying to escalate the war before the midterms  —  Trump's actions look increasingly indecisive as Tehran focuses on driving up oil prices.  —  President Donald Trump has hesitated in recent days to expand the war against Iran, even as Iranian-backed proxies in Yemen …
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Ellison's Bonta Blowout … On Monday afternoon, Paramount boss David Ellison and California Attorney General Rob Bonta formally announced that they had struck a deal to resolve the major antitrust lawsuit threatening the company's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Many Democrats Are Avoiding Kamala Harris.  Abdul El-Sayed Is Welcoming Her.  —  The former vice president wants to help her party in the midterms, but not many are taking her up on the offer.  Except for the Senate nominee in Michigan, who will appear with her on Tuesday.
 
 
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