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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Oil Allies See Nightmare Scenario of Diesel-Export Ban Becoming Reality  —  American oil companies are fiercely opposed to the president's nascent plan to ban exports of diesel, but vulnerable Republicans are putting pressure on him  —  American oil executives thought they had won …
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Grip on GOP Slips as Midterm Election Anxiety Sets In  —  As Donald Trump took an aggressive stance on the global stage at the United Nations on Tuesday, several Senate Republicans were breaking from the president back in Washington.  —  The GOP backlash, which has been simmering below …
Politico:
GOP Armed Services chair blasts White House welcome of Chinese leader  —  Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker lambasted the White House decision to invite Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a state dinner this week, calling the foreign head of state “a brutal, unelected and oppressive dictator” who cannot be trusted.
Politico:
Trump and Xi's AI arms embrace  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Wednesday morning.  Trump's diplomacy week has reached the halfway point — with all the glitz and glamor of a state visit on deck.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...
Politico:
Sen. Jon Husted: Iran war ‘needs to come to an end as quickly as possible’  —  Sen. Jon Husted became the latest battleground Republican this week to call for a quick end to the Iran war, as panic grows over how high gas prices and President Donald Trump's agenda could imperil the party's chances in November.
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Are Running on Empty  —  The party's panicky rush to ban diesel exports reveals their electoral trouble.  —  Republicans are watching the polls with increasing dismay as their midterm prospects worsen.  Alas, their response is to compound the disarray with policy mistakes …
Washington Post:
GOP appears deeply worried about Senate race in N.C., a once reliable state
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
Jordain Carney / Politico:
As midterm prospects grow bleaker, Senate Republicans wonder what they can do about it
Discussion: Semafor
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump backs ban on diesel exports
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
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.
Discussion: CNN and Military Times
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Marist Poll:
2026 Midterm Elections in Texas, September 2026  —  Talarico with Edge in Texas Senate Race...Hinojosa & Abbott Competitive  —  President Donald Trump may not be on the ballot this year, but his presence is felt in this year's midterm elections.  In the race for U.S. Senate in Texas …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Hispanic Voters, Abandoning Trump, Are Transforming the Midterm Map  —  Texas and even Florida are the places to watch in November if a polling pattern holds.  —  President Trump's enormous gains among Hispanic voters in the last election propelled him to victory in the national popular vote …
Discussion: Associated Press, Mediaite and MS NOW
David Montgomery / YouGov:
Democrats hold a 14-point lead among likely voters
MS NOW:
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 …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins  —  The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor's account, according to current and former officials.  —  The F.B.I. in 2025 shut down an inquiry into allegations …
Olivia Diaz / New York Times:
Republican Senator Urges Congress to Investigate Donald Trump Jr.  —  In a letter, John Curtis of Utah called for the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena the sons of President Trump and former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.  —  A Republican senator on Tuesday called for the Senate …
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Associated Press:
GOP Sen. John Curtis calls for probe of Trump Jr. after wedding party bankrolled by Russian oligarch
Chris Marquette / Politico:
GOP senator wants to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over Russian-funded wedding
Washington Post:
‘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 …
Liz Hoffman / Semafor:
Kalshi to allow trading on borrowed funds  —  Kalshi will let users juice their bets with borrowed money — but only some, showing where the prediction-markets platform thinks its future lies.  Kalshi asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to let it extend margin loans to customers …
Discussion: Axios
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Davis Giangiulio / CNBC:
Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, letting users buy with borrowed funds
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Major news outlets banned by Trump will have their day in court  —  Reporters try to hold President Trump and his administration accountable.  —  Now three major U.S. news outlets are asking a federal judge — a Trump appointee at that — to hold the president in check for what they say is …
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Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg:
DOJ Tells Judge Trump White House Media Ban Is Lawful
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.  — 1.3k  —  The Trump administration has ejected more than 750,000 enrollees from the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces …
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New York Times:
Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud
New York Times:
Trump Once Vowed to ‘Own’ Greenland.  He Settled for Something Much Less.  —  President Trump signed a Greenland security deal that falls well short of his demands to turn the island into a U.S. territory.  —  In January, President Trump was clear about his need to take over all of Greenland, and to make it American territory.
Teo Armus / Washington Post:
Florida governor candidate Byron Donalds removes Trump mentions from campaign website  —  Donalds is the latest Republican to apparently distance himself from the increasingly unpopular president.  —  As his race to become Florida's next governor appears to be tightening, Rep. Byron Donalds …
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Claire Heddles / Miami Herald:
Byron Donalds strips Trump references from his campaign website
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Trump administration to welcome up to 17,500 more White South Africans as refugees  —  The Trump administration is planning to welcome up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress on Tuesday and obtained by CBS News.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight  —  Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined a surrogate's emergency bid on Tuesday to intervene in her custody fight that drew national attention after the biological parents' told her to get an abortion and she left for Texas instead.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees  —  A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.  —  A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data …
Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr.'s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office  —  Cost of health secretary's security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026  —  The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier …
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Jeffries Abruptly Cancels Fundraiser With Fox News's Favorite Dem  —  A nightmare on K Street … A fundraising event that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries had been set to attend was abruptly canceled Tuesday, following reporting from The Bulwark about the planned participation …
Discussion: Mediaite
Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
Trump-backed Iowa US Senate hopeful says Iran war must ‘be brought to a successful and immediate end’  —  Hinson: 'Iowans are being squeezed and shouldn't have to foot the bill at the pump or the checkout line for the war in Iran.'  —  As Americans endure elevated fuel costs with the midterm elections …
Washington Post:
Man shot and detained by ICE hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says  —  Wilber Garcés Pérez was transferred to a hospital after his condition worsened, according to his attorney.  He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas.  —  Summary
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Festival Canceled Last-Minute as Dismal VIP Ticket Sales Exposed  —  DETERRED  —  Organizer Eric Deters fumed in a video canceling the Kid Rock-headlined event.  —  A MAGA festival in Kentucky headlined by Kid Rock, Republican Rep. James Comer, and Dog the Bounty Hunter was abruptly canceled …
 
 
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Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
There's growing concern that Trump may deploy the National Guard ahead of elections
Discussion: Axios
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The trickle of Republicans opposing Trump will become a flood
Dave Levinthal / The Washington Sun:
Federal Lawmakers Score Major Paydays From Books
Reuters:
AI leaders to brief UN amid warnings the technology could slip beyond human control
Discussion: ABC News
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump's last-ditch hunt for voter fraud
Discussion: Fox News
Audra D. S. Burch / New York Times:
The Big Beautiful Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Election
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Trump-backed Missouri congressional map returns to Supreme Court for third time
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
White House Melts Down at CNN Host With Vile Slur
Discussion: HuffPost
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Bessent ‘inadvertently’ failed to report at least $100K of JPMorgan stock
Amy Harmon / New York Times:
Hospitals Shutter Youth Gender Clinics in Deal With Trump Administration
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Democrats prod progressives to spend for El-Sayed
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Paul: ICE hasn't shared information about Minneapolis shooting probes
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Trump TV is live. Here's what it's actually showing
 

 
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Politico:
Court filing: the US DOJ defends the White House ban on Politico, CNN, and MS Now, saying they published “classified and national security information”

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A US federal judge sets a Thursday hearing on state AGs' settlement with Paramount to address “outstanding questions” about the proposed consent decree

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Coachella promoter Goldenvoice renews its livestreaming partnership with YouTube through 2030, choosing it over competing bids from Netflix and Amazon
 
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