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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Expansive Federal Database for Voter Screening — Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges. — The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration can deploy …
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Breaking: Supreme Court, over the Dissent of at Least the Three Democratic Appointed Justices, Allows States to Use Unreliable SAVE Database to Bulk Check Voter Citizenship Information (Now Updated with Analysis) — September 25, 2026, 8:57 am Uncategorized — By RICK HASEN
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Democracy Docket, Breitbart and MS NOW
Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now — The Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on a controversial federal voter database before November's elections, granting President Donald Trump a temporary win in his aggressive campaign against noncitizen voting.
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
‘That is very concerning’: Trump admin says it might release voter eligibility lists before midterms
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Supreme Court revives DHS use of flawed immigration database for voter purges
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court, over liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms
Supreme Court, over liberal dissents, lets DHS overhaul immigration database for midterms
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Townhall, Legal Insurrection, Courthouse News Service, [your]NEWS, The Federalist and MS NOW
Washington Post:
Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules
Government can use Social Security data to identify noncitizen voters, Supreme Court rules
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
US Seeks to Expand Passport Records Access for Voter Checks
US Seeks to Expand Passport Records Access for Voter Checks
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The Washington Sun
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Week Republicans Finally Panicked About Trump — Here's a thought experiment: try listening to the speech that Donald Trump gave, earlier this week, at the United Nations General Assembly as if you'd never heard Trump before—or, at least, not for a long while.
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Politico, NextDraft and Washington Post
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New York Times:
Bracing for Midterm Losses, Republicans in Congress Try a Pre-election Pivot — After nearly two years of allowing President Trump to set their agenda, G.O.P. senators are grasping for some quick action on cost-of-living measures they can show voters before November.
Politico:
‘We are hemorrhaging’: Cracks emerge in GOP's Florida firewall — President Donald Trump is not making it easy for Republicans in Florida to keep their firewall. — The same forces undercutting the GOP in other states — including Trump's war in Iran and ensuing high gas prices …
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New York Times and Mother Jones
David Dayen / American Prospect:
Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump
Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
3 big questions as GOP nears moment of truth
3 big questions as GOP nears moment of truth
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NewsMax.com and HuffPost
Casey He / Politico:
Bipartisan Russia hawks urge Trump to pull Putin invite to G20 summit — A bipartisan group of 14 senators urged President Donald Trump to rescind his invitation for Russian President Vladimir Putin to attend the Group of 20 summit in Miami in December. The letter, whose bipartisan signers …
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Al Jazeera, CNBC and Modern Diplomacy
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators dismayed by Trump embrace of Xi after China helped Iran target US troops — Republican senators are expressing concern and dismay over President Trump's lavish welcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping to a two-day summit in Washington after it was revealed earlier this month …
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Herb Scribner / Axios:
Tillis rips Trump's Xi meeting as a “WTF moment”
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NPR, CBS News, New York Times and Political Wire
Riley Beggin / Washington Post:
Bipartisan group of senators urge Trump to disinvite Putin from G-20
Bipartisan group of senators urge Trump to disinvite Putin from G-20
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The Hill, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, Reuters and HuffPost
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war — With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, database shows. — SummaryLoading... The Pentagon's public tally …
Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
Pro-Trump TV ad paid for by US government continues airing with higher spend — The Trump administration on Friday appeared to ramp up its use of U.S. government-funded political advertisements promoting President Donald Trump, airing its second TV ad in three days while expanding its spending on the first to at least $443,000.
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Orion Donovan Smith / Spokesman.com:
Patty Murray demands White House stop airing taxpayer-funded Trump ad
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New York Times, Axios and Straight Arrow
Patrick Svitek / CNN:
‘Love Me’: White House airs government-funded ad praising Trump
‘Love Me’: White House airs government-funded ad praising Trump
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jec.senate.gov, CBS News, Washington Examiner, The Independent, The Washington Sun, MS NOW, New Republic, NBC News, Mediaite, Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos, HuffPost and Slate
James LaPorta / CBS News:
U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba — Washington — The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military's Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
U.S. Military Prepares for Possible Action in Cuba
U.S. Military Prepares for Possible Action in Cuba
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CBS News
Julia Ingram / CBS News:
ICE wasted millions of taxpayer dollars in rapid push to expand detention capacity, government watchdog finds — In a single day in January, Immigration and Customs Enforcement spent more money than it had on any other day in either of President Trump's terms, federal spending records show.
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PJ Media, El País, Straight Arrow and [your]NEWS
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
ICE wasted millions in rush to expand detention, GAO finds
ICE wasted millions in rush to expand detention, GAO finds
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Associated Press, GovExec.com, The Washington Sun, The Guardian, The Independent, New York Times and Politico
New York Times:
A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer — A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown. — The most effective escalation of President Trump's mass deportation campaign happened quietly.
New York Times:
Netanyahu Is Said to Have Been Warned About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7 — The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel's security establishment, Israeli officials said.
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Haaretz, Commentary Magazine, Washington Examiner, Middle East Monitor, The Guardian, Mediaite, The Hill and Bloomberg
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Democrats favored to win slim House majority, nonpartisan analyst says — The Cook Political Report says the most likely outcome in November is Democrats winning a slim majority and picking up five to 15 seats in November. — Loading... The nonpartisan Cook Political Report …
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Florida Politics, Mediaite, The Independent and Washington Examiner
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House Republicans on track to lose majority
House Republicans on track to lose majority
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NewsMax.com and Georgia Recorder
New Republic:
MAGA Radio Host Humiliates Trump by Leaking Truly Brutal GOP Poll Data — Iowa radio host Steve Deace just unleashed an extraordinary social media screed. He confided that GOP pollsters have informed House Republicans that GOP +15 districts are now straight toss-ups, and GOP +10 districts are now “underwater.”
Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say — In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk. — Former employees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts …
Roni Jacobson / Mercury News:
Susan Sarandon, Hannah Einbinder among anti-Netanyahu protesters detained — Several politicians and celebrities, including actors Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder, were taken into police custody while protesting against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the U.N. in Midtown Manhattan, police said on Friday.
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Mara Hvistendahl / New York Times:
Cambridge Abandons Plans to Fully Investigate Its Hiring of Jason Arday — The professor became a flashpoint in debates over diversity efforts in higher education. — The University of Cambridge has abandoned plans to fully investigate its hiring of Jason Arday, the professor who became …
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HotAir, The Wrap and staff.admin.cam.ac.uk
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Saudis have not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, U.S. intelligence assesses — The sobering outlook has compounded concerns from some U.S. lawmakers about President Donald Trump's agreement to assist the kingdom with establishing a civilian nuclear program. — SummaryLoading...
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NewsMax.com and New Republic
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Justice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases — Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated. — The Justice Department said on Thursday it had ended …
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Associated Press:
Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died — James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76.
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Jack Crosbie / Rolling Stone:
If You Want to Know Who America's Oligarchs Are, Read This List — The guest list for Trump's state dinner with Xi Jinping featured just about every notable CEO in America — ADD US AS A GOOGLE PREFERRED SOURCE — There's an art to throwing a good dinner party.
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Tracey Tully / New York Times:
Embattled New Jersey Lt. Governor Resigns After Ethics Inquiry — Dale G. Caldwell, a Methodist minister and former university president, quit one day after the release of a report that found he had crossed ethical lines. — Lt. Gov. Dale G. Caldwell of New Jersey said Friday he was stepping down …
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Here's the latest. — The presidents visited the National Archives to cap a trip full of ceremony and symbolism but no major announcements on artificial intelligence, trade or Taiwan. — Here's the latest. — President Xi Jinping of China concluded a three-day visit to Washington …

