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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 …
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:
Goldman Sees Gasoline-Price Blowback If US Bans Diesel Exports  —  A US ban on diesel exports would rapidly fill domestic storage, depress the fuel's prices and ultimately shrink gasoline supply while pushing up costs at the pump, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s co-head of global commodities research.
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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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
White House Melts Down at CNN Host With Vile Slur
Discussion: HuffPost
National Review:
Trump Should Rescind the Press Ban
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 …
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: OutsideTheBeltway, The Hill and Forbes
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 …
Discussion: MS NOW and Forbes
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Marist Poll:
2026 Midterm Elections, September 2026  —  Trump Shadows the Race for Congress as Democrats Lead by Double Digits  —  Registered voters across the country favor Democrats for Congress by 12 points, but the contest may be less about Congress than about President Donald Trump.
Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
Trump's midterm woes deepen amid worsened economic backdrop: CNN poll  —  Donald Trump Election polls Congressional news  —  With President Donald Trump at record unpopularity, Republicans are facing an even bleaker midterm political landscape than they did eight years ago, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds.
Joe Walsh / CBS News:
These GOP candidates in tight races are calling for a quick end to Iran war  —  A growing number of Republican candidates in the country's most competitive midterm contests are pushing the Trump administration to bring the war with Iran to a close.  —  The rare burst of pressure …
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Washington Post:
GOP appears deeply worried about Senate race in N.C., a once-reliable state
Discussion: Reason and NewsMax.com
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart
Noah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
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.
Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
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 …
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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CBS News:
Republicans push for investigation into Donald Trump Jr. amid wedding party controversy
Paul Krugman:
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,
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Breaking: Missouri maps dispute heads back to SCOTUS  —  Even as the Supreme Court has tried to stop the Missouri maps chaos, it turns out that a lack of concern for precedent, rules, and stability have trickle-down effects.  —  A lifetime ago, on September 10, the U.S. Supreme Court put …
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Associated Press:
Trump-backed Missouri congressional map returns to Supreme Court for third time
Chicago Tribune:
Trump administration tells Congress it will admit 17,500 white South African refugees  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to limit the number of refugees admitted to the country to 17,500 mostly white South Africans, the administration told Congress Tuesday …
Discussion: CBS News
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Politico:
Senate Republican seeks to fast-track AI whistleblower bill  —  Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley is trying to pass a bill before the midterms that would protect whistleblowers who disclose information about the risks involved in artificial intelligence development, according …
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Prosecutors Open Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein's Executors  —  Prosecutors have questioned Epstein victims about his longtime accountant and lawyer; both men have denied wrongdoing  —  Federal authorities have opened a probe into Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime lawyer …
Ilana Berger / Media Matters for America:
Local TV news stations across the nation tell story of US farmers struggling to adapt to high diesel prices  —  Farmers who were promised “America First” policies say that $6 diesel — an all-time high — is “eating everyone's bottom line” as Trump's ongoing war with Iran stretches toward peak harvest season
KFF:
KFF/AP Rural Voters Survey  —  Authors: Alex Montero, Shannon Schumacher, Julian Montalvo III, Ashley Kirzinger, and Liz Hamel  —  News Release: KFF/AP Survey Probes Rural Voters' Increasing Anxieties About the Rising Cost of Living, Including Health Costs, Heading into the Midterm Elections
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Poll: Americans see rule of law declining in U.S.  —  A majority of Americans say the rule of law in the U.S. is weaker now than a decade ago, when Donald Trump was first elected president, according to a massive new survey of more than 23,000 U.S. adults.  —  Driving the news …
Discussion: Democracy Docket
Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
Trump administration will use passport data for voter citizenship checks, court filing reveals  —  The Trump administration will start using passport records as it hunts for noncitizens on the voter registration rolls, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a filing Tuesday evening.
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
GOP hold on South Carolina's Senate seat is slipping  —  Cook Political Report reclassified the race favoring Sen. Darline Graham from “solid Republican” to “likely Republican.”  —  The Senate seat held by South Carolina Republicans for decades is vulnerable to flipping to Democrats, analysts said Wednesday.
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Trump's Touting a Ballroom Drone Port — But There's Already One Next Door  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's AI-fueled vision for a drone port he intends to install atop the new White House ballroom includes missile-bearing unmanned aerial vehicles and gun-toting troops …
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.
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The trickle of Republicans opposing Trump will become a flood  —  The risk of bucking him is now outweighed by the risk of NOT opposing him.  —  ∙ Paid … One of the defining features of politics in this era is the iron grip Donald Trump has on the Republican Party.
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.
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Melania on Trump's second term: “He's doing the best that he can”  —  OPEN EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM CDN.JWPLAYER.COM … - “He's very focused. … - “He works nonstop. … - She launched “IMPERIA” this week, an initiative designed to bring female CEOs together in what has been described as “Davos for women.”
Kat Lonsdorf / NPR:
There's growing concern that Trump may deploy the National Guard ahead of elections  —  With Election Day less than 50 days away, a growing number of Democratic lawmakers, retired military leaders and civil society organizations are seeking assurance from members of the Trump administration …
 
 
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Roshan Fernandez / Wall Street Journal:
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Jasper Goodman / Politico:
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Associated Press:
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Sophia Yan / Telegraph:
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Discussion: NewsMax.com
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Iran president: We have been “victims of terrorism”
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Xavier Martinez / Wall Street Journal:
Americans Are About to Lose Access to Cheap Gray-Market Prescriptions From Canada
Discussion: NewsMax.com and STAT
Kevin Downey Jr / PJ Media:
It's Time to Take the Guns Away from They/Them
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Andy Beshear drops hints about 2028 at event with Wes Moore
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
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
John Pacenti / Tallahassee Democrat:
Byron Donalds scrubs website of numerous references to Trump
Audra D. S. Burch / New York Times:
One Big Beautiful Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Election
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Bessent ‘inadvertently’ failed to report at least $100K of JPMorgan stock
Discussion: New York Times
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight
 

 
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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”

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney raises Disney+ and Hulu prices, the fourth price hike in as many years; the ad-free tiers will each cost $21.49/month, an increase of $2.50

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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