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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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Casey Wooten / NBC News:
White House blocks CNN from covering Trump's Tennessee trip
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The Guardian, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Ben Johansen / Politico:
White House blocks CNN from traveling with Trump on Air Force One
White House blocks CNN from traveling with Trump on Air Force One
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The Wrap, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, twitchy.com, Mediaite, The Washington Sun, Salon, Associated Press and NPR
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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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.
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 …
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NewsMax.com, The Washington Sun, Politico, RedState and The Hill
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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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Washington Examiner, Reuters, Associated Press, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park — Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, and an agency official scouted Grand Teton this week as a possible location. — SummaryLoading...
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 …
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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.
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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 …
Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Rejects Iranian Proposal for Cease-Fire and Opening of Strait — The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections. — President Trump said on Saturday he turned down Iran's latest cease-fire proposal …
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Mediaite, CNN, Human Events, NewsMax.com, New York Post, One America News Network, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, Military.com and The Hill
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump says he rejected the latest Iranian proposal
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NPR, Associated Press, The Independent, RedState, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The American Conservative, Al Jazeera and The Japan Times
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Iran's Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump
Iran's Bitterness and Bewilderment Over How to Make Peace with Trump
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Wall Street Journal
Politico:
Trump turns on Salazar after Florida Republican challenges his immigration crackdown — President Donald Trump on Saturday escalated his criticism of Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), amplifying a series of social media posts attacking the Florida Republican and, in multiple instances …
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Washington Examiner and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Vance Woos Skeptical Conservatives With His Own Take on Trump's Messaging — Vice president's appeal to dissatisfied Republicans aims to mend fences and rally supporters against Democrats for the midterms—and beyond — The midterms are approaching and the vice president is Vance-splaining.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Why Does Trump Think He Can Act Like a King? — Last week, the Supreme Court upheld a preliminary injunction to block a proposed plan from the United States Postal Service to overhaul the way Americans are allowed to vote by mail, rejecting President Trump's attempt to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections.
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Salt Lake Tribune
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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Washington Examiner and Salon
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.
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NewsMax.com and The Parnas Perspective, more at Techmeme »
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Bill Maher credits ‘f— around and find out’ Trump for steep drop in crime — Public safety has improved across the US because criminals have gotten the message from “badass” President Trump — a “f-k around and find out president,” talk host Bill Maher told his audience Friday.
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RedState, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Mediaite and Breitbart
Fox News:
Cruz says winning AI race against China is ‘single most important economic question’ for America — America's AI race against China, which has become a major point of debate as midterms approach, is a race filled with “coordinated” propaganda, warned Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
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Billal Rahman / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Hit With 26 Articles Of Impeachment — Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search. — President Donald Trump has been slapped with 26 new articles of impeachment by a House Democrat, accusing him of abuses of power, violations of his oath of office …
