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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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Joe Walsh / CBS News:
These GOP candidates in tight races are calling for a quick end to Iran war
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Bloomberg:
Trump Grip on GOP Slips as Midterm Election Anxiety Sets In
Trump Grip on GOP Slips as Midterm Election Anxiety Sets In
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The Washington Sun, Wall Street Journal, Axios and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Are Running on Empty
Republicans Are Running on Empty
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Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
Trump-backed Iowa US Senate hopeful says Iran war must ‘be brought to a successful and immediate end’
Trump-backed Iowa US Senate hopeful says Iran war must ‘be brought to a successful and immediate end’
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The Independent
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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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.
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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 …
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.
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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
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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OutsideTheBeltway, Talking Points Memo and 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’ — President Trump determined that CNN, MS NOW and Politico were in “violation of the standards of professionalism and decorum” expected at the White House. — White House officials said in a court filing Tuesday …
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Major news outlets banned by Trump will have their day in court
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National Review:
Trump Should Rescind the Press Ban
Trump Should Rescind the Press Ban
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Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
Trump tells judge media ban is necessary to protect national security
Trump tells judge media ban is necessary to protect national security
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Metro.co.uk, MS NOW, CNBC and Mediaite
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 …
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New Republic, Daily Kos, The Independent and Mediaite
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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NewsMax.com and Reason
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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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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.
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Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Andy Beshear drops hints about 2028 at event with Wes Moore — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear told Maryland Gov. Wes Moore that he may not be done campaigning and that the two could make a great team. — A sold-out crowd for Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear in Washington rose in applause after he hinted again he is eyeing the White House.
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Washington Examiner and The Hill
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Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Democrats are already making moves to run for president. Here's who's doing what.
Democrats are already making moves to run for president. Here's who's doing what.
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Washington Examiner, New York Post and New York Times
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 …
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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 …
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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
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.
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 …
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Democracy Docket
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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No More Mister Nice Blog and Fox News
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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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.
Sophia Yan / Telegraph:
Revealed: Xi's nuclear weapons expansion at seven secret sites — The Chinese president - who is meeting Trump on Thursday - has repeatedly said nations should destroy their stockpiles — China is rapidly expanding its nuclear weapons programme across at least seven major sites despite calling …
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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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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.
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,
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