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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Trump Aides Seek to Jump Start Diplomacy With Iran as Crisis Widens  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that U.S. negotiators had restarted conversations about Iran's nuclear program, but that there were no breakthroughs.  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that U.S. negotiators …

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.

‘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 …

Susan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News.  Some of Her Claims Aren't True.  —  As the scandal over Susan Collins' relationship with Hawaii defense contractor Navatek became the central issue in her hotly contested senate campaign, she and her top aides mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.

Judge tosses Trump's lawsuit against Des Moines Register  —  A district judge tossed an election interference lawsuit by President Trump against the Des Moines Register, parent company USA Today Co. (formerly Gannett) and pollster Ann Selzer, rejecting claims that its inaccurate pre-election poll amounted to consumer fraud.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Delays in Covid shots for kids is latest bid by Trump officials to restrict vaccines  —  Administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states and one US territory  —  The Trump administration is holding back Covid vaccines for all children in at least 11 states …

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.

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.

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.’

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,

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.

Texas counties are receiving tens of thousands of unprocessed voter registration applications due to state error  —  Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas' free newsletter here.

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 …

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 …

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 …