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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 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 …
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The Washington Sun and Political Wire
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 …
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Forbes
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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Washington Post:
GOP appears deeply worried about Senate race in N.C., a once-reliable state — Republicans privately say the key battleground for Senate control may be out of reach as nominee Michael Whatley's ties to the president bog him down. — Summary — Republican officials …
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Reason and NewsMax.com
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Are Running on Empty
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Philip Wegmann / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Puts Legacy Ahead of Midterm Politics in Speech at U.N.
Trump Puts Legacy Ahead of Midterm Politics in Speech at U.N.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, The Independent and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
GOP breaking with an unpopular Trump
GOP breaking with an unpopular Trump
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
As midterm prospects grow bleaker, Senate Republicans wonder what they can do about it
As midterm prospects grow bleaker, Senate Republicans wonder what they can do about it
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Semafor
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.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Hispanic Voters, Abandoning Trump, Are Transforming the Midterm Map
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Marist Poll:
2026 Midterm Elections, September 2026
2026 Midterm Elections, September 2026
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NPR, PBS NewsHour, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
Trump's midterm woes deepen amid worsened economic backdrop: CNN poll
Trump's midterm woes deepen amid worsened economic backdrop: CNN poll
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The Independent, NPR and HuffPost
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Republican candidates highlight healthcare in 2026, battling voter distrust
Republican candidates highlight healthcare in 2026, battling voter distrust
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Abdul for U.S. Senate
David Montgomery / YouGov:
Democrats hold a 14-point lead among likely voters
Democrats hold a 14-point lead among likely voters
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Daily Kos and Courthouse News Service
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 …
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The Independent
Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg:
DOJ Tells Judge Trump White House Media Ban Is Lawful — The US Justice Department urged a federal judge to reject a request by CNN, MS Now and Politico for a court order reinstating White House press credentials for their journalists, after President Donald Trump banned them for what he deemed negative coverage of his administration.
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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
In Court Filing Defending Media Ban, White House Says Access Is a ‘Privilege’
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NBC News, The Hill, Washington Post, NewsMax.com, The Enterprise, NPR, Variety, MS NOW and Rolling Stone
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Major news outlets banned by Trump will have their day in court
Major news outlets banned by Trump will have their day in court
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
White House Melts Down at CNN Host With Vile Slur
White House Melts Down at CNN Host With Vile Slur
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HuffPost
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 …
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.
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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 …
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John Pacenti / Tallahassee Democrat:
Byron Donalds scrubs website of numerous references to Trump — Democrats didn't waste any time in pouncing on Republican Byron Donalds scrubbing most references of President Donald Trump from his campaign website. — John PacentiUSA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
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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.
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump's last-ditch hunt for voter fraud — The Trump administration says Americans should prepare between now and Election Day for a wave of new arrests and prosecutions over alleged non-citizen voter fraud. … - “This initiative is a tier one priority,” a Justice Department official told reporters on Tuesday.
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Fox News
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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 …
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Axios
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Davis Giangiulio / CNBC:
Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, letting users buy with borrowed funds
Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, letting users buy with borrowed funds
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The Daily Caller, New Republic and Conservative Daily News
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 …
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New Republic
Annalisa Quinn / The Boston Globe:
A Western Mass. lesbian bar required KN-95 masks. When it changed the rules, all hell broke loose. — Last Ditch Bar in Greenfield wanted to build community. They got a firestorm instead. — The August 31 Instagram post from Last Ditch Bar and Arts Venue, a lesbian bar in Greenfield …
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Legal Insurrection, PinkNews, Fox News, Townhall, twitchy.com, New York Post, Bloomberg and Ace of Spades HQ
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.
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Chicago Tribune, Breitbart, CNN, American Greatness, Reuters and The Washington Sun
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.
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Trump's bullish United Nations speech showed he won't back down — and now he can truly put America First — People not fully schooled in the ways of Donald Trump might have expected to watch a somewhat chastened and shrunken president address the United Nations Tuesday morning.
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The Washington Sun
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
Mamdani Aides Give City Council Little Insight Into Influencer Effort — At a New York City Council hearing, frustration grew as Mayor Zohran Mamdani's representatives were unable to answer questions about the mayor's use of influencers. — The New York City Council held an oversight hearing …
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New York Post, The Post Millennial and City & State New York
Audra D. S. Burch / New York Times:
The Big Beautiful Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Election — The tax cuts in President Trump's signature achievement were the Republicans' answer to voters' economic struggles, but its health care and food assistance cuts are taking a toll. — In a midterm election largely shaped …
New York Times:
Blocking Windmills? Banning Press? Building an Arch? Trump Cites National Security. — The president is increasingly invoking the rationale while facing legal challenges to his plans, even in more curious cases like his triumphal arch, which he says will now include snipers and drones.
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NPR, The Daily Boulder, MS NOW, Beyer and Vox
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Democrats are already making moves to run for president. Here's who's doing what. — Governors, former Cabinet officials and Congress members are among those making moves — subtle and otherwise — in their party's shadow primary. — Summary — The 2028 presidential primaries are 16 months away …
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New York Post, CNN and Lawyers, Guns & Money
