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New York Times:
FlyDubai Flight to Tel Aviv Issues Distress Signal Before Landing in Saudi Arabia  —  Passengers intervened and “prevented a disaster” after one pilot stabbed another during a flight from Dubai, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.  The motive for the attack was not clear.  —  Here's the latest.
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Jerusalem Post:
Flydubai pilot attempts terror hijacking of flight to Tel Aviv, foiled by Israeli passengers  —  Israeli official says “major disaster avoided” after pilot stabbed his co-pilot, attempted to hijack aircraft with over 100 Israeli passengers  • Plane makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
Amit Segal / The Free Press:
How Ordinary Israelis Foiled a Hijacking  —  For the first time in 20 years, someone tried to hijack a plane bound for Israel.  It was only by the bravery of a handful of passengers and crew that almost 180 lives were saved.  —  This article is part of Israel and the Jewish World.
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
G.O.P. Nominee in Texas Privately Said Trump's Convention Hurt Him  —  Ken Paxton, one of the party's top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody's numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times.  —  Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Eric Schmitts the Bed  —  For Republicans trying to outrun a blue wave, the verdict is in: The Dallas midterm convention was a stinker.  Don't take it from us, take it from Texas GOP Senate nominee Ken Paxton.  “To be honest with you, the numbers—when we did that convention—it dropped our numbers …
Politico:   Paxton secures $20M ad buy
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth touts his shake-up of military leadership in address to troops  —  Wednesday's event in Quantico, Virginia, occurred a year to the day after the defense secretary gave a highly partisan lecture to generals and admirals.  —  SummaryLoading...  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed hundreds …
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Associated Press:
Hegseth confirms that the US military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Wednesday that the U.S. military will cut 20% of its generals and admirals as he delivered what he is calling his “State of the Force” address.
Bloomberg:
Hegseth Tells Troops Reporting on Iran Is a ‘National Betrayal’
Discussion: Axios
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It's All Trump's Fault  —  James Talarico may or may not win the Senate race in Texas.  But here's something we can say right now: Given how close Talarico is coming in this red state after running such an overtly pro-immigrant campaign …
Josephine Walker / Axios:
FTC probes OpenAI, Anthropic over AI safety  —  The Federal Trade Commission is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over potential safety risks posed by their products, an agency spokesperson told Axios Wednesday. … - The probe has been underway for weeks …
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New York Post:
FTC opens sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other super intelligence models
New York Times:
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes … Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's A.I. push is a tremendous success.  “Our investments in A.I. are accelerating every major part of our core business,” he has told investors.  “Every sign that we're seeing in our own work …
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
FCC's Carr brushes off concerns about Trump's taxpayer-paid election ads  —  With five weeks remaining in the midterm election cycle, Donald Trump and his White House team have unveiled three propagandistic campaign ads, which are being financed entirely by American taxpayers and which appear …
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump acknowledges bind he faces on immigration policies
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
PSA: Trump Continues To Commit Crimes
Discussion: The Washington Sun, MS NOW and HuffPost
Politico:
Senate Democrats block House-passed bill restricting member stock trading  —  A House-passed bill to restrict members of Congress from buying and selling stocks failed on the Senate floor Wednesday in a party-line vote, with Democrats insisting it would not do enough to curb lawmakers' trading.
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Jim Saksa / Democracy Docket:
GOP voter ID bill falls short in Senate
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Eric Schmitt defends mix-up that led to viral gaffe during Jack Smith's hearing  —  Sen. Eric Schmitt expressed no remorse Wednesday for falsely accusing Jack Smith of lying to Congress about attending a basketball game as a guise to investigate President Donald Trump …
Colin Demarest / Axios:
Musk returns to Trump world for Pentagon war study  —  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Anduril Industries founder Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will lead a Pentagon study of the future of warfare dubbed “Project Meridian,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday.
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Justice Covert / The Washington Sun:
Trump Signs Order to Significantly Reduce Mosquitoes and Ticks in D.C.  —  The Trump administration wants to crack down on pests in D.C. — mosquitoes and ticks.  —  In an executive order Tuesday, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to work with local officials to reduce …
Politico:
Justice Department files ethics complaint against Minnesota federal judges  —  The Justice Department has filed a formal complaint against nearly all of the federal district court judges in Minnesota, alleging that they violated the judicial ethics code by speaking out about the impact …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Blackburn sues Jack Smith for obtaining her phone records  —  A close Capitol Hill ally of President Donald Trump is suing the Justice Department and former special counsel Jack Smith for obtaining her phone logs in the course of his investigation into Trump's bid to subvert the 2020 election.
New York Times:
After Two Decades, U.S. Forces Leave Iraq to an Uncertain Future  —  Some Iraqis are celebrating the end of an American military presence that unleashed waves of bloodshed.  Others fear what happens next for their country, trapped between Washington and Tehran.  —  Listen  · 13:14 min
Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Trump announces vague ‘morally binding’ AI deal among tech CEOs for ‘tremendous self-policing’  —  US president also issued executive order officially rebranding ‘artificial intelligence’ as ‘superintelligence’  —  Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the heads of the largest US tech …
Politico:
Key allies left out of Trump's new in-crowd NATO group  —  The Trump administration is excluding several major allies from a gathering of NATO members next month — after threatening to deploy a “naughty and nice list” against governments that have run afoul of the president's priorities.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
White House begins mailing $500 ObamaCare ‘refund’ checks  —  The White House began mailing $500 refund checks Wednesday to just about 1 million Americans who the administration says were overcharged for their ObamaCare insurance.  —  Treasury Department checks will begin …
New York Times:
Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration's Memo on Boat Strikes  —  The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.  —  A federal judge dealt a blow on Wednesday to the Trump administration's efforts …
Julia Jacobs / New York Times:
Can Trump Legally Demolish the Kennedy Center?  Experts Say Not Easily.  —  The president has entertained the idea of tearing down the performing arts venue.  Analysts say any plan would face multiple daunting challenges.  —  At first, the Trump administration raised the prospect of demolition quietly …
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Right-Wing “Intellectuals” Really Want Us to Live in a Corporate Hellscape  —  A shady conservative lobbying group is fronting a business-friendly assault on the public commons, and we need to fight back.  —  Remember ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, that intellectual chop-shop responsible …
Discussion: New Republic
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Inside Man: How Chinese spies used lies, love and betrayal to target the Federal Reserve  —  John Harold Rogers was walking Prada, his tiny spaniel, past a school bus stop in his suburban Washington neighborhood when FBI agents surrounded him.  They handcuffed the former senior Federal Reserve official …
Discussion: HotAir, RedState and NewsMax.com
Marist Poll:
Midterm Elections in Michigan, September 2026  —  El-Sayed & Benson Up in Michigan... Plurality Says Congressional Vote is in Opposition to Trump  —  In this year's midterm elections in Michigan, the Democrats running for office are bolstered by voters' stinging verdict on President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Washington Post and Newsweek
Ben Binday / Washington Post:
Troy Jackson apologizes for comments on Jewish Mainers' views of Gaza war  —  The Senate nominee's bid to unseat incumbent Susan Collins (R-Maine) is critical to Democrats' hopes for reclaiming control of the chamber.  —  Just now  —  Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine …
Fox News:
GOP lawmaker's fraud crusade takes dramatic turn as scandal engulfs his own career  —  After spending years railing against fraud, Utah Republican state Rep. Trevor Lee has resigned after being charged with fraud himself.  —  The Utah Attorney General's Office filed criminal charges against Lee on Monday …
New York Times:
OpenAI Executive Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC  —  Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.  —  The OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman and his wife …
Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
Trump's Iran War Leaves Three More Tankers Struck as Husted Tries to Rewrite His Vote  —  As fuel costs climbed and commercial ships again came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Ohio Sen. Jon Husted blamed Iran, Russia, and congressional Democrats after voting against an order to pull U.S. forces from Iran.
Rachel Shin / Politico:
GOP senator urges ICE to dial back enforcement sweeps  —  Republican Sen. Jim Justice said the Trump administration should reconsider its approach to immigration enforcement Tuesday, joining the chorus of criticism of a recent crackdown that has roiled rural communities ahead of the midterms.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump's AI bot gives mixed answers on 2020 election, Jan. 6  —  The Trump administration's new AI service gave users conflicting responses to politically sensitive questions Tuesday and Wednesday: sometimes answering them and sometimes refusing. … - The White House told Axios in a statement …
NBC News:
Watchdog finds no criminality in Fed renovation that drew Trump's scrutiny  —  The Federal Reserve's inspector general did fault the central bank's board for mismanaging costs.  The DOJ previously launched its own probe that was blocked by a federal judge.  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’  —  USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more.  —  The United States Postal Service is running a pilot program to put cameras in its mail carrier trucks that continuously scan roads and signs …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Jason Beeferman / Politico:
Sherrod Brown says Facebook ‘glitch’ cost campaign money, votes  —  Ohio Democratic Senate nominee Sherrod Brown said Sunday that a “technical glitch” with Facebook's advertising platform caused around half of his campaign ads on the site to suddenly “go dark with no notice.”
 
 
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Ben Weingarten / The Federalist:
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NBC News:
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Chris Sommerfeldt / Politico:
Trump administration grants Mamdani security clearance 9 months into his term
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Jim Justice says he has a ‘short’ timeline for deciding on governor run
Shelby Holliday / Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth Unveils New Command to Oversee Military Drone Tech
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Alexandra Hutzler / Democracy Docket:
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