The White House banned Politico, citing anonymous sources.  It provided the quotes.  —  In a letter defending its ban of Politico, the White House critiqued a report based on a press call it conducted, in which reporters were told not to name the speaker.  —  Summary

‘Dammit, something has to happen’: White House preparing plan for 90-day diesel exports ban  —  The Trump administration is preparing a plan to ban exports of diesel for 90 days, despite splits inside the administration and with the oil industry, in a bid to bring down energy prices weighing …

Trump aides explore attaching president's name to Ford's Theatre  —  The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president's name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.  —  As President Donald Trump fights …

MAGA candidate fumes after his relative deported: 'That's not right'  —  A Republican running for the Maine's open 2nd Congressional District seat expressed outrage that a member of his family is facing deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues … In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes …

Paramount weighs tapping Musk for equity investment  —  The Scoop  —  Paramount, looking to firm up its financial picture as it digests Warner Bros. Discovery, is looking for fresh sources of cash.  Executives at the company have discussed asking Elon Musk to become part of a syndicate …

Stephen Miller's MAGA Terror Campaign Exposed by Damning New Leaks  —  Did you know that the U.S. government has an agency called the “Office of Remigration”?  In case you're unfamiliar with the term “remigration,” it's typically used by white nationalists to describe the mass expulsion …

Heads of AI firms tell UN Security Council that it could be a risk to all humanity  —  The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — in the form of somehow regulating the burgeoning technology that they have been designing.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘The New York Times’ Sued by Shareholders Over Biased Israel Coverage  —  The suit leans on a whistleblower account of a newsroom that ignored years of complaints about antisemitism and skewed reporting.  —  Upgrade to Listen  —  Shareholders of The New York Times filed a lawsuit …

MAGA Podcasters Are Tuning Out Trump.  We Tracked What They Are Talking About Now.  —  A Democrat threatening to flip red Texas and a murder trial that divided a jury are hot topics  —  Conservative podcasters appear to be losing interest in President Trump.

Poll: Trump's approval hits a new low of 33% as Republicans sour; Democrats lead House vote by 10 with likely voters  —  This article reports results from the September 2026 Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  A methodology description is included at the end of this article.

In defiant speech, Pezeshkian calls out Trump and says Iran will fight ‘until our last breath’  —  Iran's president said Wednesday that his people have been “victims of terrorism” by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Donald Trump said he may …

FBI investigating hacking group's claim of massive breach of agent info  —  ShinyHunters, a cyber-extortion outfit, said that it had hacked into the FBI's jobs portal and used that access to steal a major tranche of sensitive files.  —  The FBI said Wednesday that it is investigating …

It's “Underwear on the Outside” Time  —  Trump's continuing downward spiral into sundowning … In the 1971 comedy film Bananas a third-world nation's strongman announces his new policies: … Yesterday, addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations, the president of the United States declared, among other things,

Raman takes big lead over Bass in latest poll for L.A. mayor's race  — 6 min Click here to listen to this article  — The Berkeley IGS/L.A. Times poll represented the strongest showing yet for Nithya Raman, who trailed Karen Bass in almost every poll during the primary campaign and placed second to Bass in the June 2 primary.

Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Quietly Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting  —  Citizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city's Flock contract.  The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council.’

Brett Kavanaugh's Imaginary Immigration Stops Opinion Gets More Embarrassing Every Day  —  On the morning of Sunday, September 20, police officers in the Chicago suburb of Evanston responded to a 911 call about a confrontation in the street.  When the officers arrived, they found a man …

Collins: White House drops effort to politicize health research grants  —  The White House halted a planned executive order that would have put control over NIH research grants in the hands of political appointees  —  The White House has dropped a planned executive order that would put control …

Two Democratic Senators Will Try to Force a Vote on AI Safety  —  Two Democratic senators are attempting to force a vote Thursday on a bill requiring artificial intelligence firms to submit their new models for government approval.  —  Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Brian Schatz of Hawaii …

Dems urge Trump to seek AI deal with China  —  Democratic senators are pushing President Donald Trump to establish an agreement with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to mutually slow or pause artificial intelligence development.  —  A group of 17 senators sent a letter, shared exclusively with POLITICO …

Son of Israeli ambassador to US critically injured in West Bank ramming attack  —  The son of Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter was critically injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday afternoon, according to regional authorities, one day before Prime Minister …

Trump invites Putin to G20 in Miami, Rubio says  —  President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the December G20 summit in Miami, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, the White House's latest effort to reintegrate Moscow into the world's diplomatic frameworks as its war against Ukraine drags on.

‘Palestinian Rachel Dolezal’ outed as white woman of ‘significant privilege and wealth’  —  A woke “black” and anti-Israel activist has been dubbed the “Palestinian Rachel Dolezal” after she was outed for being a white, Jewish woman who lied about her identity for years.

Kennedy Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA  —  A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary's wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.

Eight sailors assigned to US carrier group that fought in Iran war attempted suicide, Navy secretary tells Congress  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide.  Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters.

Portrait of an Anti-Anti-Trumper in Despair  —  The fire rises.  —  Gerard Baker—once upon a time the editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal—had a remarkable essay in the paper yesterday.  —  Remarkable in its prissiness, foolishness, and cowardice.  —  Let's do two things today.

Trump greets Xi on tarmac in rare gesture  —  President Trump welcomed Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews for the Chinese leader's state visit to Washington D.C. Wednesday evening. … - In February 2025, Trump welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky at the West Wing entrance to kick off the Ukrainian leader's tense visit.

Do Republicans really have a money advantage?  —  They have massive amounts of outside spending, but their candidates are consistently being outraised by Democrats.  —  ∙ Paid  —  One thing I'll remember about this primary season is the continuous stream of broken fundraising records.