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Time:
Read the Full Transcript of Donald Trump's 2026 Interview With TIME … President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on Sept. 28.  —  Over the course of the interview, Trump discussed a wide range of issues, including the war with Iran, the artificial intelligence boom …
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Eric Cortellessa / Time:
What Trump Has Built  —  Eric Cortellessa … Donald Trump struts onto the new White House helipad, an 80,000-sq.-ft. expanse of carved granite on the South Lawn.  “Can you believe this?” he says, taking in the scene, the Washington Monument rising in the distance.
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump says Secret Service wants him to ‘take down’ Oval Office  —  The president also said he is looking into designating the White House room as a “federal landmark,” potentially preserving his changes.  —  Loading...  President Donald Trump said that Secret Service officials have encouraged …
Matt Peterson / CNBC:
Trump could target three Fed governors. Removing them may be harder than it looks
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Trump not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Christa Pike in critical condition after botched Tennessee execution, lawyers say  —  An attorney for Pike demanded that the governor commute her sentence after an attempt to execute her by lethal injection failed.  —  Loading...  Attorneys for Christa Pike said Thursday afternoon that she is alive …
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Herb Scribner / Axios:
Christa Pike's failed execution puts lethal injection in focus  —  Lethal injections are under scrutiny after Christa Pike survived two rounds of drugs during Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her. … - In response, Gov. Bill Lee halted executions and ordered a “comprehensive, third-party review” of the failed attempt.
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Blackburn calls on Tennessee to ‘bring back’ electric chair after botched Christa Pike execution
Wall Street Journal:
Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal  —  Revisionist historian went to DOJ headquarters to present his case that former president, his associates weren't treated fairly  —  WASHINGTON—For nearly two years, the Justice Department has made it a priority …
New York Times:
How a Cornell Student Went From Shame to Action  —  The woman known as “Jane Doe” was initially embarrassed about what happened at a fraternity party in 2024, but soon concluded: “I was assaulted.”  — 1.2k  —  In October 2024, about a week after a Chi Phi fraternity party at Cornell University …
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Hurubie Meko / New York Times:
Cornell Police Report Omitted Student's Claim She Was Raped  —  Documents obtained by The New York Times show that the campus police at Cornell University sent a condensed statement to a prosecutor, who then declined to bring charges.  —  At a campus police department on Nov. 14, 2024 …
Kerry Breen / CBS News:
What we're learning about the FlyDubai co-pilot who allegedly stabbed the captain and tried to crash the plane  —  One day after a FlyDubai co-pilot made a violent attempt to crash the passenger aircraft and was subdued by passengers and other crew members, questions about his identity and motive continued to swirl Thursday.
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Reuters:
Netanyahu says flydubai co-pilot underwent Islamist radical indoctrination
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Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
Elon Musk to return his attention to government, advise Pentagon on future of war  —  Musk will join Anduril founder Palmer Luckey and former House speaker Newt Gingrich in leading the Defense Department's Project Meridian.  —  Loading...  A little over a year after leaving government service …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge bars Jeanine Pirro's office from bringing Reflecting Pool case after Trump comments  —  Judge Todd Edelman entered an order on Thursday that dismissed the case against David “Davey” Hearn with prejudice.  —  WASHINGTON — A D.C. Superior Court judge has permanently banned Jeanine Pirro's office …
Erica Orden / Politico:
Judge rules Trump can't fire court-appointed prosecutors  —  A federal judge on Thursday ruled that President Donald Trump doesn't have the power to fire court-appointed U.S. attorneys, rejecting a core tenet of the Trump administration's approach to top prosecutorial jobs.
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Jeremy Roebuck / Washington Post:
Trump illegally fired Seattle's U.S. attorney, judge rules
New York Times:
Congress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain  —  Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists.  But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal
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Matt K. Lewis / The Washington Sun:   I Almost Never Vote for Democrats. I'm Making an Exception This Year.
Jalen Beckford / Politico:
Democrats rethink their mail-voting strategy as voters grow wary
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sending Third Aircraft Carrier, Up to 10,000 More Troops, to Middle East  —  The deployments come as Trump weighs resuming bombing Iran after the midterms  —  The Pentagon is sending a third aircraft-carrier strike group and additional Marine Corps ships to the Middle East …
Discussion: New York Post, Bloomberg and Mediaite
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie.  We Got the Script.  —  BEN SHAPIRO AND THE DAILY WIRE are desperate to crack Hollywood.  But Shapiro's most recent foray into film, the anti-Muslim Run Hide Fight: Infidels, was hardly The Odyssey.  Sitting at a meager 20 percent among reviewers …
Discussion: New Republic
Associated Press:
Renee Good's family sues US government and immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis  —  Renee Good's family sued the U.S. government and several immigration officials Thursday, alleging wrongful death and other violations of federal law in the 37-year-old woman's killing …
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Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
John Roberts and His Island … To many people on this remote stretch of Maine coastline, where every day looks like a fresh painting made of light and water, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is just “John.”  —  John, who has spent over 20 summers on Hupper Island, a refuge about 90 miles northeast …
Discussion: HotAir and Reason
Alexandra Hutzler / Democracy Docket:
Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says  —  The Trump administration illegally changed a form used by overseas voters to register and request mail ballots just weeks before the midterms, Democrats argue in a new lawsuit filed Thursday.
Discussion: The Guardian, Washington Post and NPR
Linda Chavez / The UnPopulist:
The Supreme Court Just Consigned Migrants to Cruelty Far Beyond Their Crimes  —  Letting the administration deport them for now to nasty third-country dictatorships should shock our conscience  —  On Tuesday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport immigrants …
Discussion: American Prospect and Blaze Media
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Jackie Llanos / The Washington Sun:
Supreme Court Will Review Trump's Mandatory Immigrant Detention Policy
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state's voting machines illegal  —  Georgia's Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state's voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections.
Discussion: Newsweek, NewsMax.com and Rough Draft
CNN:
How Jared Kushner's firm's investment in an Israeli company could be a major conflict of interest  —  The Middle East Trump family Donald Trump Israel-Hamas war  —  At the same time Jared Kushner has acted as a key negotiator in the war in Gaza, his private equity company, Affinity Partners …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and New Republic
Nina Martin / Mother Jones:
Red States Just Asked the Supreme Court to Kill Abortion Shield Laws  —  In what promises to be the most consequential showdown over reproductive rights since the end of Roe v. Wade, three states with near-total abortion bans asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down blue-state laws …
Alex DeLuca / Washington Post:
Florida county discovers mysterious Flock cameras with no obvious owner  —  Officials say they don't know who installed the controversial cameras or how the data was being used.  Residents are unnerved.  —  SummaryLoading...  FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Like many Florida municipalities …
Gregory Schmidt / New York Times:
As Mortgage Rates Climb to Highest Level Since 2023, Buyers Seek Alternatives  —  The average 30-year, fixed-rate home loan rose to 7.28 percent, up from 6.34 percent a year ago.  More buyers are now turning to adjustable-rate mortgages.  —  Mortgage rates continue to creep higher …
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Republican Candidate: “The Country Went to Shit After” Women Got Voting Rights  —  Brandon Herrera made the remark in 2023, but now hopes women will vote him into office.  —  Add MeidasTouch as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings
C.J. Ciaramella / Reason:
ICE Deletes Reports Flagging Medical Neglect in Detention Center Deaths  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) briefly published, then deleted, internal reviews from its website finding inadequate medical care in the cases of dozens of people who died in immigration detention centers.
PBS NewsHour:
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on his blueprint for depolarizing a fractured nation  —  In the aftermath of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox emerged as a prominent voice calling on Americans to step back from the political hatred and violence gripping the country.
ICE:
Illegal alien from Peru passes away in ICE custody in Louisiana  —  NEW ORLEANS — Julian Curo-Churata, a 47-year-old illegal alien from Peru, passed away in ICE custody Sept. 29, 2026, at Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Medical Center in Monroe, Louisiana.  The preliminary cause of death is unknown.
ProPublica:
Who's the Shadow President?  —  Under the second Trump administration, the White House has often ignored Congress to carry out its agenda.  Entire agencies, like USAID, have been gutted.  ICE has grown explosively.  Behind it all is one man you may not have heard of: Russell Vought.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
U.K.-Iranian Man Arrested in London in Connection to Air Base Incident  —  British police said a 27-year-old British-Iranian dual national was arrested Thursday.  British officials have said they believe Iran played a part in planning the incident at R.A.F. Fairford.
 
 
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New York Post:
Trump to campaign with Blakeman in upstate NY: sources
Discussion: VINnews and NewsMax.com
Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
Judge Strikes Down Latest Version Of $100,000 H-1B Immigration Fee
Discussion: Reason and Reuters
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
CBP leaders cut out of Trump ad buy decision
MS NOW:
‘I feel hoodwinked’: In red states, some of Trump's former supporters turn on the president
Discussion: Washington Post
Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
Van Orden Hit with Cease-and-Desist Letter Over AI Deepfake Videos
Discussion: The Hill and WEAU-TV
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrong
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Judge rules officers have no standing to sue over Capitol Jan. 6 plaque
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
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Wall Street Journal:
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Ben Johansen / Politico:
With Republicans in trouble, Trump gives himself an A+ ‘on everything’
Politico:
Trump looms over Becerra-Hilton debate in deep-blue California
Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
South Korea Disputes Trump's Account of a Big Alaska Investment
Anna Liss-Roy / Washington Post:
Nebraska's Dan Osborn responds to audio commenting on Trump supporters
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