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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Susan Collins Was Target of Federal Bribery Case ... Until Trump Gutted the FBI
Discussion: The Hill
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
Susan Collins's Luck May Be Running Out
Discussion: Vox and The Portland Press Herald
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
“You Should Not Be Here Covering Me”: Trump Surprised By Presence Of Kaitlan Collins After CNN Gets Credentialed By UN Despite White House Ban  —  Services to share this page. … The CNN anchor and correspondent was there via a UN credential, despite the president's ban on the network from the White House and the TV pool.
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon / New York Post:
Lip reader reveals Trump's surprising offer to Mamdani after their NYC meeting  —  President Trump invited lefty Mayor Zohran Mamdani to visit him at the White House to “see how I work” after a meeting at Gracie Mansion Monday, a lip reader revealed.  —  “What I will say, we'll look after you …
New York Times:
Trump Is Back on TV, Briefly, as Many Networks Carry His U.N. Speech Live  —  A suspension of pool coverage remains in effect.  But the in-house United Nations broadcaster provided a feed of the president's remarks.  —  President Trump was, once again, all over American television screens on Tuesday.
Politico:
Appeals court's Capitol steps ruling may signal trouble for Trump on media ban  —  A federal appeals court ruling Tuesday on demonstrators' access to the steps of the Capitol could bode poorly for President Donald Trump's attempt to ban three media organizations from the White House.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
After Years as the Star of Must-See TV, Trump Faces the Sting of Cancellation
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
White House launches Trump TV following press bans
Megan Brand / NBC News:
Rubio defends Trump's banning media organizations, arguing there aren't ‘soldiers kicking down the doors’ of the outlets
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 …
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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 …
Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:
'We're gonna get crushed': Republicans privately say they're doomed in the midterms  —  There are just six weeks to go until the midterm elections.  The national average for a gallon of gas is just a couple cents short of $4.50.  Diesel has climbed above $6.50.  And Republicans are officially freaking out.
Discussion: Politico
Popular Information:
The lie dominating Musk's 2026 political ads
Discussion: Daily Kos and Advocate
Washington Post:
Republicans start making moves to challenge JD Vance for 2028 nomination
Discussion: Daily Mail and NewsMax.com
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump officials cut 760,000 enrollees from ACA, claiming fraud  —  Vice President JD Vance's anti-fraud task force concluded that the people were wrongly signed up for the government health care program.  —  Summary  —  Vice President JD Vance and administration officials on Tuesday announced …
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Wall Street Journal:
Vance-Led Task Force Set to Remove 760,000 Allegedly Fraudulent Obamacare Enrollments  —  Trump administration to impose stricter eligibility requirements for ACA subsidies as part of antifraud campaign  —  WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance's antifraud task force is set to remove hundreds …
New York Times:
Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud  —  Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion.  —  The Trump administration has ejected more than 750,000 enrollees from the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
The ICE Officer in Austin Wasn't Wearing a Body Cam  —  The officer who shot a Venezuelan man was hired last year from another federal law-enforcement agency.  —  The ice officer who shot a Venezuelan man last weekend in Austin was a recent hire who was not wearing his body camera …
Discussion: The Independent
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New York Times:
Videos Reveal New Details About ICE Shooting in Austin
Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
Republican support for Trump's handling of war in Iran shows cracks in new CNN poll  —  Donald Trump The Middle East Election polls Pete Hegseth  —  Americans' opposition to the war in Iran has hardened, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with almost two-thirds saying the US …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:   Trump is checking out of his presidency
New York Times:
U.N. Live Updates: Trump Says He Faces Choice to Make a Deal or ‘Annihilate’ Iran  —  President Trump said that Iran had been “the bully of the Middle East, but they are the bully no longer.”  Earlier, António Guterres, the U.N. secretary general, called on the General Assembly to end conflicts.
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MS NOW:
At U.N. General Assembly, Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran if it does not make a deal
Jacob Bogage / Reuters:
Trump calls on all ICC members to resign immediately
Claire Heddles / Miami Herald:
Byron Donalds strips Trump references from his campaign website  —  Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds launched an updated campaign website this week stripping away numerous prominent references to his endorsement from Donald Trump as the president's approval ratings hit new lows.
Discussion: The Guardian
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.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028?  Here's What She Said.  —  In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.  —  TIMES EXCLUSIVE
Reuters:
Venezuelan man shot by ICE agents is back in the hospital for paralysis treatment, lawyer says  —  The Venezuelan man who spent Sunday night in an ICE detention center with a bullet lodged in his back after being shot by a federal immigration agent in Austin, Texas, has been taken back to a hospital …
Veronika Melkozerova / Politico:
Lukashenko says Belarus doesn't have enough potash for Trump  —  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has admitted his country doesn't have enough potash to satisfy U.S. President Donald Trump's demands for the critical fertilizer.  —  “Everyone keeps saying: Ah, potash!
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Wall Street Journal:
Republican Senator Calls for Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
The art and science we deserve?  —  The Kennedy Center is an arts center.  This is the kind of art you can enjoy there now.  —  Ok, I realize now I should have included a trigger warning.  NSFW.  This Leatherface golden calf is supposed to be Elon Musk.  —  Can We Still Govern? is a reader-supported publication.
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 …
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ close to recruiting 1,000 election monitors for midterms, Harmeet Dhillon says  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) is close to fully enlisting the 1,000 federal election monitors it announced earlier this year to observe the upcoming midterm elections — the largest such contingent in U.S. history …
New York Times:
An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content  —  Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversation.
 
 
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Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
Bill Clinton criticizes Trump's Kennedy Center renaming battle: 'It's hard to make up'
Discussion: ABC News and The Hill
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
Private Schools Are Bad for Society
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Trump pledges to open new Arctic military bases as he signs Greenland deal
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The National Book Awards Are No Longer National
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Ohio stations ignore Max Miller's legal threat, run Democratic challenger's ad
Discussion: Townhall, NewsMax.com and Daily Mail
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
Brendan Carr was a member of a rogue Alcoholics Anonymous group some labeled a ‘cult’
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Daniel Donner / The Downballot:
Massive primary turnout points to biggest year for Democrats since Watergate
Fox News:
Pentagon unveils battlefield test to ensure new generals are warfighters - not Washington bureaucrats
Discussion: The Hill and Human Events
Jose Lev Alvarez / Washington Examiner:
Trump must serve the United Nations its eviction notice
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Why Trump's “ban on the free press” will go down in flames
New York Times:
How Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk
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‘I Was Sold a Bill of Goods’: Americans and the Distrust Election
 

 
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