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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 …
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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 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 …
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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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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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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Politico:
‘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 …
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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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CNN:
Defending reporter ban, Justice Department argues stories on Trump's ballroom project, Iran war threaten national security
Defending reporter ban, Justice Department argues stories on Trump's ballroom project, Iran war threaten national security
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National Review:
Trump Should Rescind the Press Ban
Trump Should Rescind the Press Ban
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Washington Examiner, The Independent, Mediaite and [your]NEWS
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.
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
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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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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
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 …
The Bulwark:
We'll Tolerate Tyranny, But Not Rising Prices. — The problem with our potash potentate. — Xi Jinping touches down in the United States today for the first time in more than a decade. A lot has changed since Xi's 2015 bilateral with then-President Barack Obama, and he and Donald Trump …
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Reese Gorman / The Washington Sun:
Oklahoma Republicans Are at War Over Who Finishes Mullin's Senate Term — An internal fight between Oklahoma's appointed senator and likely successor is boiling over as both Republicans vie to fill the last two months of former Sen. Marwayne Mullin's term. — The dispute is over when Sen …
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 …
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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.
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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.
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Republican Senate nominee said she was ‘embarrassed’ to be from the state she's now running to represent — Congressional news Senate election US elections Media — In a local radio interview earlier this month, Michele Tafoya, the Republican Senate nominee in Minnesota and former sports broadcaster …
Kevin Downey Jr / PJ Media:
It's Time to Take the Guns Away from They/Them — Although I consider myself a constitutional purist, I suspect that when the Founding Fathers wrote, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed …
Fiona MacDonald / Bloomberg:
Trump's Board of Peace Earmarks $2.5 Billion for Gaza Fund — US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace announced a $2.45 billion recovery plan for Gaza, almost a year after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire that brought an official halt to two years of war.
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