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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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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 …
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
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 and New Republic
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.
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Explodes on Reporter: 'You Haven't Asked Me One F-cking Positive Question'  —  The president's interview with Time didn't go so well  —  Donald Trump has had it with the free press.  He's spent his second term trying to ban news outlets from the White House and ranting on social media …
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Trump not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Ariana Baio / The Guardian:
Trump dismisses low poll ratings as ‘fake numbers’ in Time interview
Discussion: Washington Post, Axios and CBS News
Jonathan Lemire / The Atlantic:
What Is Trump Doing?  —  Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term.
Discussion: Time
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's economic polling sinks, rivaling Biden's worst
Discussion: AP-NORC and The Hill
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 …
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Wall Street Journal:   Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
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 …
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
DC judge permanently dismisses case charging ex-Olympian with vandalizing Reflecting Pool
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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 …
Associated Press:
Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
Reuters:
Netanyahu says flydubai co-pilot underwent Islamist radical indoctrination  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the co-pilot who tried to crash a passenger jet on its way to Israel had undergone Islamist radicalization.  —  “We know that he underwent Islamist …
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Neria Kraus / The Free Press:
‘I Ran Toward the Cockpit’: An Exclusive Interview with the Israeli Dad Who Stopped a Hijacking
Kerry Breen / CBS News:
What we're learning about the FlyDubai co-pilot who allegedly stabbed the captain and tried to crash the plane
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
‘We Hired the Services of a Terrorist’: FlyDubai Hijacker-Pilot a Known ‘Religious Extremist’
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: Bloomberg
Matt K. Lewis / The Washington Sun:
I Almost Never Vote for Democrats.  I'm Making an Exception This Year.  —  The Republican Party cannot be saved until it finally hits rock bottom.  —  I've never voted for Donald Trump, but I've also never voted for any of his opponents in a general election.
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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
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 …
Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
South Korea Disputes Trump's Account of a Big Alaska Investment  —  One of South Korea's top trade officials said Trump's announcement this week “went far beyond what was agreed.”  — Copy  —  South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pushed back on President Donald Trump's assertion that Korea …
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Daniel Desrochers / Politico:
Korea to Trump: We aren't funding your Alaska pipeline, yet
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: VINnews, WTOP News, Fox Business and ARLnow
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.
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 …
Politico:
Trump looms over Becerra-Hilton debate in deep-blue California  —  SACRAMENTO, California — Xavier Becerra cast himself as a leading opponent of the Trump administration in California's gubernatorial debate on Wednesday, while tethering his longshot Republican opponent, Steve Hilton, to the president who has endorsed him.
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.
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: New Republic
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.
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.
Anna Liss-Roy / Washington Post:
Nebraska's Dan Osborn responds to audio commenting on Trump supporters  —  Osborn, an independent running for Senate, answered rapid-fire questions.  —  Loading...  Dan Osborn, an independent candidate running for the Senate in Nebraska, faced criticism last month after the Omaha World Herald released audio …
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
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft: 📉 Top Republicans Privately Admit Their Hasan Piker Attacks Are a Dud  —  Swin's conversations with Trumpworld insiders reveal alarm at just how badly the plan to make the leftist streamer the main midterms character is misfiring.  Also, Pete Hegseth beclowns himself again.
 
 
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Erica Orden / Politico:
Judge rules Trump can't fire court-appointed prosecutors
Discussion: Reuters
Matt Barnum / Chalkbeat:
College tuition is falling, but nobody seems to have noticed
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett
Discussion: Bloomberg and Mediaite
Politico:
Barrage of lawsuits targets Trump's funding cancellation
Discussion: Reuters
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Record-Low 31% Say College Education Is ‘Very Important’
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.
Discussion: The Guardian
The Guardian:
US datacenter discharged large amounts of pollution for almost a year with no permits
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Semafor:
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Brittany Gibson / Axios:
How Trump's signature issue fell off voters' radar
 

 
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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

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