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9:05 PM ET, September 26, 2026

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New York Times:
Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN  —  The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president.  Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.  —  The major networks are set to resume …
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Erik Wemple / New York Times:
White House Blocks CNN From Air Force One
Ben Johansen / Politico:
White House blocks CNN from traveling with Trump on Air Force One
Hallie Golden / Associated Press:
White House TV pool appears to be back in operation, but CNN's media analyst calls situation ‘fluid’
Greg Sargent / New Republic:   Trump's Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles' Heel
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump says he rejected the latest Iranian proposal  —  President Trump said on Saturday that he rejected the latest Iranian proposal that was conveyed to the U.S. during indirect negotiations in New York this week. … - While Iran wants to focus any talks on the Strait of Hormuz …
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Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Iran's Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump
MS NOW:
Trump posts map showing ‘Trump Strait’ off Iran, and other Mideast developments
Benoit Faucon / Wall Street Journal:   A U.S. Arm-Twisting Campaign Is Cutting Iran Off From the Rest of the World
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: “Delusional” Senate forecast rattles Sea Island retreat … “The mood is not good,” said another.  — “I think most attendees down here are politically astute and realistic about the headwinds Republicans face,” said a third.  — A fourth attendee described conversations …
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Axios:
GOP election outlook goes from bad to “craptastic”  —  President Trump told voters to pretend he's on the ballot.  Apparently they're listening: Republicans coast to coast are getting pulled under by a violent undertow fueled by Trump's unpopularity.
Wall Street Journal:
America's Farmers Are Rethinking Their Loyalty to the GOP  —  Tariffs, imported beef and rising gas, diesel and fertilizer costs fuel bitter feelings among rural voters  —  BOONE, Iowa—With just over a month to go until midterm elections, Republicans are facing the worst political environment in farm country in decades.
Discussion: Shaw Local
Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
FBI agents probing threats against Stephen Miller's wife demoted  —  Two veteran FBI counterterrorism supervisors have been removed from their jobs after a disagreement over an investigation involving alleged harassing phone calls made to the wife of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller …
Discussion: TMZ.com and The Parnas Perspective
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Ben Penn / Bloomberg Law:
FBI Ousts Officials Probing Threats to Stephen Miller's Family  —  FBI leadership removed two counterterrorism leaders due to dissatisfaction with their investigation of allegedly threatening phone calls made to senior White House aide Stephen Miller's wife, said three people familiar with the matter.
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission  —  The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.  —  For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Discussion: Mother Jones and NewsMax.com
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Carmen Paun / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s future aides say they disagree with his vaccine views
Discussion: The Independent
Amelia Lucas / CNBC:
Trump says he approved new fuel economy standards, rolling back Biden-era rules … President Donald Trump on Saturday said he approved new fuel economy standards, reversing former President Joe Biden's stricter policies meant to fuel electric vehicle adoption.
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Maxine Joselow / New York Times:
Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules  —  New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.  —  The Trump administration will move on Monday to sharply scale back fuel-efficiency rules …
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Lawmakers slam Trump's move to cancel $810M in funding approved by Congress  —  The White House announced plans to cancel funding for refugee services and other domestic programs.  Lawmakers say it infringes on their spending authority.  —  SummaryLoading...
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NBC News:
Lawmakers slam Trump's ‘unlawful’ move to cut $810 million in federal funds
New York Times:
ICE Raids in Beef Country Raise Fears of Higher Prices  —  Cattle industry groups in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas and two Republican senators said the Trump administration's immigration enforcement actions were hurting operations.  —  Federal immigration raids in beef-producing regions …
Wall Street Journal:
The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe  —  Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle was a long way from Mar-a-Lago.  —  The U.S. ambassador to Greece …
Discussion: TMZ.com
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
U.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pact  —  The two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry.  The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progress yet toward a potential treaty.
New York Times:
‘The MAGA Flag Is in Tatters’  —  This week in politics: Midwest realignment and what's next for conservatives.  —  The midterm elections are still six weeks away, but Republicans are already looking ahead to 2028.  In this episode, the Opinion contributor Robert Siegel …
Marie J. French / Politico:
An unlikely power player in the fight over solar on farmland … ALBANY, New York — In early July, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins sat down in the White House Mess with an unlikely guest: a New York influencer who has attracted a national following attacking solar energy projects on farmland.
Antoni Slodkowski / Reuters:
China pushes back against US on Iran and Cuba in UN speech  —  China pushed back against the United States in its speech at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, saying sovereignty of countries in the Gulf should be respected and urging the “relevant country” to stop threatening Cuba and lift its blockade on it.
 
 
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Matt Sepic / MPR News:
Man arrested in St. Paul among 8 deported to Somalia from Guantanamo Bay
Discussion: NewsNation
Fox News:
Cruz says winning AI race against China is ‘single most important economic question’ for America
CNN:
Republicans fear two key Senate races are slipping from their grasp
Discussion: NewsMax.com and MS NOW
Corinne Ramey / Wall Street Journal:
How a Business Litigator Became DOJ's Point Man Against Transgender Care
Wall Street Journal:
How the Trump Administration's Election Plan Is Falling Into Place
Associated Press:
Southern Democrats see hope for first time in years, seek to build on discontent of midterm voters
 Earlier Items: 
Aram Roston / The Guardian:
The truth behind Donald Trump's ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Erika:
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Antiwar Veterans Group Spends Millions to Elect Democrats, Shaping Midterms
Discussion: Mercury News
Wojciech Moskwa / Bloomberg:
Poland to Pay Up to $4.4 Billion for Fort Trump, Report Says
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Some lawmakers doubt a Congress that's ‘barely capable of email’ can regulate AI
Ilan Greenberg / Politico:
Trump Promised the Truth About UFOs. These Scientists Are Waiting.
Discussion: Avi Loeb
 

 
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Madison Mills / Axios:
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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
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Camila Grigera Naón / Fortune:
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