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1:35 PM ET, September 22, 2026

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ProPublica:
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way  —  In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C.  —  For the first time in her two-decade Senate career …
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:   Susan Collins Was Target of Federal Bribery Case ... Until Trump Gutted the FBI
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 …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
After Years as the Star of Must-See TV, Trump Faces the Sting of Cancellation  —  A boycott of the White House press pool by the major networks deprives the president of the oxygen of screen time.  But he is still finding ways to get on the air.  —  For President Trump …
New York Times:
Trump Is Back on TV, Briefly, as Many Networks Carry His U.N. Speech Live
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
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
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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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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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and New York Post
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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
Alex Gangitano / Politico:
Trump rejects global entity for AI oversight  —  President Donald Trump condemned the idea of a global entity to oversee artificial intelligence in his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.  —  He said the United States “rejects any attempt to construct a globalist scheme to control” …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:   Trump is checking out of his presidency
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump, dragged down by Iran war, hits lowest approval ever on foreign affairs in new poll  —  Americans gave President Donald Trump his lowest-ever approval rating on foreign affairs in a CNN poll, according to a new survey published Tuesday, as the seven-month-long war in Iran continues to tick along.
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
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: Breitbart and The Independent
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 …
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Trump pledges to open new Arctic military bases as he signs Greenland deal  —  The security agreement gives the president and the Republican Party a foreign policy win heading into the midterm elections.  —  Summary  —  NEW YORK — President Donald Trump signed a security deal with the leaders …
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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.
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!
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP Sen. John Curtis calls for Trump Jr., Hunter Biden investigations  —  Republican Sen. John Curtis (Utah) has sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee asking them to investigate President Trump's and former President Biden's business dealings and to subpoena Donald Trump Jr …
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Wall Street Journal:
Republican Senator Calls for Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.
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 …
 
 
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The National Book Awards Are No Longer National
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An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Ohio stations ignore Max Miller's legal threat, run Democratic challenger's ad
Discussion: Townhall, NewsMax.com and Daily Mail
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
California senators call for probe into Trump administration election operation
Discussion: KEYT-TV and Democracy Docket
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Brendan Carr was a member of a rogue Alcoholics Anonymous group some labeled a ‘cult’
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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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