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7:05 PM ET, September 24, 2026

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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Live Updates: CNN, MS NOW and Politico Return to White House After Fight Over Access  —  A federal court ordered the Trump administration to reverse its ban on the outlets, but reporters were initially denied entry to the White House grounds on Thursday.  —  Here's the latest.
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access  —  A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump administration overnight to immediately restore access for news organizations …
Megan Messerly / Politico:
POLITICO, CNN, MS NOW granted White House access after being denied earlier Thursday  —  A POLITICO reporter was granted entry to White House grounds Thursday after the outlet was denied earlier in the morning despite a judge's order to immediately restore access.
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
JD Vance Planted the Story That Sparked White House Media Ban  —  One of the stories the White House cited to justify its ban on Politico, MS NOW, and CNN had Vice President JD Vance as its main source.  —  The Washington Post reports that during a press call in June, the Trump administration …
Megan Messerly / Politico:
POLITICO, CNN, MS NOW barred from White House after court ruling restoring access  —  A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump administration overnight to immediately restore access for news organizations …
CNN:
Judge orders Trump administration to immediately reinstate White House access to CNN, MS NOW and Politico
Washington Post:
CNN, Politico, MS NOW journalists barred from White House after judge blocks Trump's ban
Eric Lau / Washington Post:
How every senator voted on the Iran war powers resolution  —  Opposes 50  —  Supports 49 Did not vote 1  —  In a 49-50 vote, the Senate failed to block President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran less than six weeks before the midterm elections.
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Elleiana Green / Politico:
Trump administration launches pro-Trump TV ad ahead of midterms  —  The Trump administration launched a new television advertisement featuring President Donald Trump calling out socialism, communism and marxism, appearing to use government resources to go on air in the weeks before the midterm election.
Discussion: Washington Post, MS NOW and KEYT-TV
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Government Airs Pro-Trump, Anti-Communism Ad  —  The unusual ad, which said it was paid for by the U.S. government, aired on Fox News in major TV markets  —  WASHINGTON—On Wednesday night, a local CBS News reporter in Miami noticed something unusual during a Fox News commercial break …
ABC News:
Is the Trump administration's campaign-style ad on Fox News taxpayer-funded?
Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
Judges Reject ICE's Underhanded Attempt to Maintain Third-Country Removals  —  An appeals court made clear deportation flights to third countries must stop immediately, but flight data showed ICE may be violating the order.  —  A Peruvian man threatened with removal to the Central African Republic …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump's Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle.  —  It was the Trump administration's latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.  —  When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada …
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Trump, 80, Mocked for Telling Choice of Clothing at Xi Jinping Meet  —  HIDING SOMETHING?  —  A photographer revealed what the president was hiding.  —  President Donald Trump has been mocked after pulling out his winter wardrobe to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in pleasant fall weather.
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Independent
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Trump Edits Melania Out of Weird AI Photo—but Leaves in an Aide
Discussion: Newsweek and The Independent
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New York Times:
Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized California Ballots, Court Rules  —  The California Supreme Court ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County to return ballots to election officials after he confiscated them for an investigation.  —  The California Supreme Court on Thursday ordered …
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:   California Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballots
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
California Supreme Court orders GOP sheriff to return seized ballots, affirms state's power over local law enforcement
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Beyer says Trump is prepping construction of his arch  —  A prominent Democrat said Thursday that President Trump appears to be laying the groundwork for construction of his controversial arch just outside Washington.  —  Rep. Don Beyer (D), who represents the Northern Virginia district …
Discussion: achp.gov and Beyer
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Raymond Fernández / The Washington Sun:
Mark Carney Says He Has Prepared for the Possibility of a U.S. Invasion  —  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said during a lengthy interview this week that he has prepared for the possibility, however unlikely, of a U.S. incursion onto Canadian soil.  —  The stunning remarks come …
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
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Patrick Damp / CBS News:
Man wounded during 2024 Trump rally shooting in Butler County dies  —  One of the men who was wounded in the attempted assassination of President Trump in Butler in 2024 has died.  —  According to the House Republicans' social media feeds, Jim Copenhaver has died.
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The blue wave is mostly in red states.  That's a little weird.  —  Still Counting Episode 3 is out.  Video version above, audio below.  We'll be publishing these each week here at the newsletter.  But for faster access, please subscribe on YouTube or follow us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.
Politico:
OpenAI's agents went rogue — its human response caused the real damage  —  If you've been forwarded this newsletter, you can sign up free here.  —  Confide in me: Send your tips to this generic inbox, canberraplaybook@poltico.com.  —  ESSENTIALS  — It's time to sort out human responsibility for AI agents
Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Mary Peltola's Campaign in Alaska Senate Race Is Rocked by Tumult, With Angry Outbursts and Slurs  —  Democrats hope that Mary Peltola can flip a Republican Senate seat in Alaska.  Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office marked by chaos.  —  National Democrats cheered …
Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
ChatGPT Helped Tumbler Ridge Shooter Focus on Guns, Tactics, and Terror  —  Editor's note: This story discusses suicide and extreme violence.  Also read part 1, part 2, and part 3 of our investigation into AI chatbots and violence.  —  In June 2025, Jesse Van Rootselaar received an email notification from OpenAI.
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Poll: Voters grow more concerned about capitalism, but they're still wary of socialism and the DSA  —  More young voters have positive views of socialism than of capitalism for the first time in NBC News polling.  —  Voter concerns about capitalism are rising amid the populist streak gripping …
New York Times:
‘They Picked the Wrong Candidate’: 12 Texas Swing Voters on the Paxton-Talarico Race  —  For years, Democrats have hoped to win a Senate seat in Texas, which has not elected a Democrat statewide since the 1990s.  According to polling, that hope appears to be closer in reach this year than any other time in recent memory.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mediaite
US Department of Justice:
United States Files Request to Intervene in Case Brought by X Corp. and Elon Musk Seeking to Annul Decision by European Commission  —  For Immediate Release  —  The United States filed an application to intervene in the captioned cases, X Internet and X Holdings v. Commission …
Sudhin Thanawala / Associated Press:
Deaths of students at the University of Mississippi cast spotlight on kratom  —  A drug task force in Mississippi is urging people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of the substance while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students.
G. Elliott Morris / FiftyPlusOne:
No president has gone into a midterm election this unpopular.  Not even George W. Bush in 2006.  —  Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump stood in front of a crowd of supporters at a first-of-its-kind midterms convention and beseeched the American people to “pretend I'm on the ballot.”
Politico:
Trump eyes an October campaign rally — in Alabama  —  President Donald Trump is tentatively set to visit Alabama for a political rally next week, a curious move in a deep-red state as his party fights for control of Congress in several battlegrounds.  —  The event is penciled in for Oct. 2 in Mobile …
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
‘Broadview Six’ prosecutor breaks silence, says she ‘owns’ mistakes but there's ‘no basis’ for smears  —  The prosecutor at the center of Chicago's “Broadview Six” scandal broke her silence Thursday, insisting through her attorneys that she followed the instructions of U.S. Attorney Andrew …
Discussion: emptywheel
 
 
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Steve Benen / MS NOW:
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Discussion: NPR
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Our Politicians Suck. But Our Voters Do, Too.
Discussion: New York Times
D.J. Byrnes / The Rooster:
Ohio Democrats' trans panic, explained
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump's Retribution Campaign May Face Supreme Court Test
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Paramount says it is raising another $7.5B in debt to pay for its WBD acquisition and pay down other debt, bringing the total debt it intends to raise to $44.4B

New York Times:
Sources: A24, Sony Pictures, and NYT have registered interest in acquiring Letterboxd, which has a user base of 30M and is expected to be valued at $300M+

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