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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.
Discussion: The Hill
Associated Press:
Most Americans blame Trump for high prices as midterms approach, a new AP-NORC poll finds  —  Americans are deeply frustrated with President Donald Trump's handling of the economy and rising prices, with most panning his performance and blaming his policies as higher costs threaten his party's chances in November.
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
What Is Trump Doing?  —  The White House's South Lawn was prepared just so: A full honor guard, complete with American and Chinese flags, stood at attention.  The new White House helipad, made of four-inch-thick black-and-white California granite, seemed to gleam.  President Trump appeared pleased—but something was missing.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Trump says he'd consider issuing pardons to administration officials before he leaves office
Discussion: Mediaite
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:   Trump Explodes on Reporter: 'You Haven't Asked Me One F-cking Positive Question'
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:   Trump's economic polling sinks, rivaling Biden's worst
Marjorie Connelly / AP-NORC:
Most blame President Trump for higher prices and are unhappy with how he is handling the economy
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
Sam Jacobs / Time:
Donald Trump Has Appeared on the Cover of TIME More Than Anyone Else
Discussion: Axios and NewsMax.com
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 …
Discussion: MeidasTouch, Axios and ABC News
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New York Times:
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say  —  Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995.  It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.  —  A Tennessee woman convicted …
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Associated Press:
Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
Washington Post:
Tennessee halts scheduled executions after inmate survives lethal injection
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 …
Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:
Eric Schmitt was warned about the Jack Smith texts.  He used them anyway.  —  As they prepared for the testimony of former special counsel Jack Smith, Republican staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee gave Sen. Eric Schmitt a warning: The texts they had obtained from the Justice Department …
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 …
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.
Semafor:
‘The No. 1 thing’: Republicans agonize over their economic inaction  —  Senate Republicans are departing Washington to defend their majority — and many are carrying with them real fear that the party didn't do enough to address constituents' economic concerns ahead of the impending election.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: 'We're on the edge of taking back the Senate'
Discussion: Semafor and NewsMax.com
Neria Kraus / The Free Press:
‘I Ran Toward the Cockpit’: An Exclusive Interview with the Israeli Dad Who Stopped a Hijacking  —  Yaniv Hayoun was on a flight from Dubai to Israel with his family when one of the co-pilots stabbed the other and sent the plane into a nosedive.  He told The Free Press what happened next.
Reuters:
US tells France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face US export ban, sources say  —  The Trump administration has told Germany and France to draw down emergency diesel inventories to help to ease global fuel prices or face a potential US diesel export ban, said three people close to the discussions.
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.
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 …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Supreme Court will rule on Trump's ICE detention policy  —  The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether ICE's unprecedented mandatory detention policy — which lower courts have rejected more than 20,000 times — is legal.  —  It's one of the biggest blockbuster cases so far for the court's next term, which opens Monday.
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
White House removes CNN from press pool for Trump's upcoming trip to Texas and Oklahoma  —  CNN was previously scheduled to fly on Air Force One and also provide on-the-ground coverage of Trump's trip.  —  The White House on Wednesday removed CNN from the press pool that's set to cover …
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Hamed Ahmadi / The Washington Sun:
White House Drops CNN From Trump's Travel Press Pool Again
Perry Bacon / New Republic:
Liberals Must Fight The New York Times' Monopoly Too  —  The New York Times has a massive, almost hegemonic influence on the political discourse among liberals in America.  That's a bold statement, and not one I can easily prove.  But I think that's the reality.
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Scenes from a personality cult  —  Ahead of PN's 5th anniversary next week, we're offering paid subscriptions at the special yearly rate of $40 (or about 16¢ per edition).  This newsletter is only possible thanks to the support of paid subscribers.  If you're not already one of them …
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 …
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 …
The Guardian:
US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits  —  Records show Vineland facility in New Jersey emitted health-harming pollution before regulators stepped in  —  DataOne, the Microsoft-linked New Jersey datacenter recently hit with a $1m fine …
Financial Times:
Global bond sell-off deepens as 10-year Treasury yield hits highest since 2002  —  Sovereign debt costs around world return to multiyear highs  —  Emily Herbert and Ian Smith in London, William Sandlund in Hong Kong and Leo Lewis in Tokyo  —  A brutal global bond rout deepened on Thursday …
Calen Razor / Politico:
Centrist Dem's Supreme Court plan boosts momentum for revamp  —  Democratic efforts to revamp the Supreme Court gained momentum Thursday as an influential center-left think tank released a plan to limit justices' terms and misconduct.  Third Way's proposal, shared first with POLITICO …
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 …
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
How Trump's signature issue fell off voters' radar  —  Immigration — the issue that helped propel Donald Trump to the presidency and rally his supporters over the past decade — has become an afterthought for voters. … What was once a rallying cry for the party is losing salience …
Washington Post:
Democrat has edge in Virginia House race considered national bellwether, poll finds  —  Democrat Shannon Taylor is narrowly ahead of Rep. Rob Wittman (R) in Virginia's 1st Congressional District, while Democrat Tom Perriello is modestly behind Rep. John McGuire (R) in the 5th.  —  SummaryLoading...
Discussion: Blue Virginia and Political Wire
Nick Robins-Early / The Guardian:
Pete Hegseth appoints Elon Musk to US taskforce on future of warfare  —  A year after his explosive tenure at Doge, the SpaceX CEO is back in the Trump administration's good graces  —  Pete Hegseth announced on Wednesday that Elon Musk will co-lead a government project to study the future of warfare …
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Record-Low 31% Say College Education Is ‘Very Important’  —  Decline spans major subgroups; women, Democrats and people of color remain most positive  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three in 10 Americans (31%) think a college education is “very important,” four percentage points below last year's reading …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
John Knefel / Media Matters for America:
Fox News has spent almost two years claiming Trump's deportations are targeting “the worst of the worst.”  The administration just contradicted that narrative.  —  After a report claimed ICE was directed to stop arresting “non-criminals,” the Trump administration called the report “erroneous” …
Discussion: The Guardian
 
 
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Politico:
Barrage of lawsuits targets Trump's funding cancellation
Discussion: Reuters and The Washington Sun
FHFA.gov:
To Be Good Financial Stewards, FHFA Inspector General's Budget Will Match the Budgets of Peer Agencies
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg and Politico
Catherine Lucey / Bloomberg:
Trump Laments Lack of Loyalty From His Supreme Court Appointees
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump says he would consider pardoning administration members
Heesu Lee / Bloomberg:
Korea Disputes Trump's Claim It Agreed to Invest in Alaska LNG
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NBC News:
How 16 undecided voters are weighing their 2026 election options
Discussion: The 19th
Rebecca F. Elliott / New York Times:
Oil Is Flowing From the Persian Gulf, but Prices Remain High. Why?
Discussion: HotAir
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump loses favor with crypto fans who call him out for cashing in
The Guardian:
Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’
Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch:
EXCLUSIVE: Senator Accuses DOJ and FBI of Withholding Secret Epstein Banker Interview, Demands Release of All FBI 302s
 

 
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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: David Ellison has asked CNN CEO Mark Thompson to stay on after the WBD acquisition closes; Thompson's current deal extends into 2027

Los Angeles Times:
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that creates refundable tax credits for local news outlets based on the number of journalists they employ

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg:
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