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Politico @politico.com · 3h
This week's POLITICO Magazine cover story: The Democratic civil war is raging — except in this swing-state race. Rebecca Cooke united progressives and moderates. Now she needs to win in November. 🔗 politi.co/3Tnj3t3 Also in this issue👇
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Politico @politico.com · 3h
Trump plans executive order seeking to bring down high diesel costs politi.co/4rMhamn
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Trump plans executive order seeking to bring down high diesel costs politi.co/4rMhamn
Trump plans executive order seeking to bring down high diesel costs politi.co/4rMhamn
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2h
The U.S. rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from an air base in southern England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot targeting the base, U.S. officials said. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1h
Elon Musk is back in Washington with a seat at the table of the Pentagon, serving as part of a group advising an agency that is a source of his vast personal wealth. His appointment immediately set off concerns about potential new conflicts of interest. nyti.ms/4APAweq
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Kevin Bogardus @kevinbogardus.bsky.social · 1h
Abbie Tardif, already a senior official in EPA's air office, is now its acting head, per an internal email seen by @alexguillen.bsky.social & me Tardif came to EPA last year from Marathon Petroleum — she also served there in 1st Trump admin More here: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dems worried last year that this delayed implementation of the deep Medicaid cuts in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' would defang their attacks on the campaign trail, leaving voters unmoved by the message that a health care apocalypse was just around the corner. But for many, it has already arrived.
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Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn’t work.
While most GOP-enacted cuts to Medicaid and other safety net programs won’t happen until 2027, Democrats are speaking to the voters already feeling the squeeze.
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
At 0400 today in 1979, Gen. William Odom, National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski’s military assistant, was awakened by a call from the Pentagon’s “War Room.” A West Coast early-warning radar had detected a Soviet SLBM in flight which was expected to land 150 nautical miles off Oregon’s coast.
An official black and white portrait of General William Odom in uniform. He is balding, square-jawed, and wears round black-rimmed eyeglasses.A black and white copy of a declassified map showing the hand-drawn projected impact of a Soviet submarine-launched ballistic missile off the coast of Oregon at 030404 EDT on October 3, 1979.

A handwritten note on the map's bottom margin reads:

SLBM THREAT ASSESSMENT

Bill: SYSTEMS MALFUNCTION [circled with an arrow going up to a note in a different hand: "not necessarily: NORAD says 'high confidence'."] AT MT. HEBO SLBM DETECTION. SITE APPARENTLY TRIGGERED THREAT ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE THIS MORNING CIRCA 0400. TWO OTHER DETECTION SITES WHICH SHOULD HAVE  BEEN ACTIVATED BY SUSPECTED LAUNCH INDICATED NOTHING. NMCC [National Military Command Center] WILL SEND US MFR."

Another handwritten note to the left of this reads: "Yes—they woke me. WO”
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Kevin Bogardus @kevinbogardus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#FOIA4eva
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! Pam Bondi’s Secret DOJ Email Address Revealed The former AG used an email alias during her tenure. It’s a long-standing DOJ practice that can interfere with the public’s ability to access records through the #FOIA www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Pam Bondi’s Secret DOJ Email Address Revealed
The former attorney general used an email alias during her tenure. It’s a long-standing DOJ practice that can interfere with the public’s ability to access records through the FOIA.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/10/2026
Breaking News: The G7, which includes Britain, France, Japan and others, agreed to release diesel from reserve stockpiles to ease record-high prices driven mostly by the war in Iran.
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U.S. and Allies Agree to Release Diesel Reserves as Prices Soar
The Group of 7, which includes Britain, France and Japan, announced the release of 100 million barrels over four months, effective immediately.
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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ignore the botched, bungled forever war behind the curtain.... www.politico.com/cartoons/202...
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October
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
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Kevin Bogardus @kevinbogardus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Aaron Szabo — head of the Trump EPA air office, a dereg hub of this admin — is expected to leave once again Today is his last day at EPA, 3 agency employees told @alexguillen.bsky.social and me More in today's Morning Environment: subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
JUST IN: A judge in D.C. has barred DOJ from re-charging Davey Hearn over the Reflecting Pool damage, saying Trump's commentary and pressure on prosecutors had permanently tainted the case. www.democracydefendersfund.org/wp-content/u...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026
Breaking News: The average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage made its biggest weekly jump in four years, rising to 7.28%.
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As Mortgage Rates Hit Highest Level Since 2023, Buyers Look at ARMs
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.
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Leah 'AntiTrustButVerify' Nylen @leahnylen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Google to Face $3.2 Billion Damage Claims Over Ad-Tech Monopoly
USA Today Co., Daily Mail General and Trust Plc and a class of large publishers can seek more than $3.2 billion in damages for harm caused by monopolization of advertising technology markets by Alphab...
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Politico @politico.com · 01/10/2026
Korea to Trump: We aren’t funding your Alaska pipeline, yet politi.co/4hYlrj2
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Korea to Trump: We aren’t funding your Alaska pipeline, yet politi.co/4hYlrj2
Korea to Trump: We aren’t funding your Alaska pipeline, yet politi.co/4hYlrj2
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Chelsea Harvey @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW - Conservative orgs are filing records requests by the dozens at public universities, demanding documents from climate researchers. @lesleyclark.bsky.social @corbinhiar.bsky.social & I have uncovered more than 100 requests, a campaign targets/allies say is an effort to derail climate litigation
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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers
A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 30/09/2026
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
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Sophia Cai @sophiacai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Eric Schmitt’s general counsel Ethan Harper was expected to join the White House Staff Secretary’s office next week but the move’s now in doubt after yesterday’s Jack Smith hearing. Harper was the one holding up the board behind Schmitt. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Schmitt aide’s move to White House in doubt following Jack Smith hearing
Ethan Harper, Sen. Eric Schmitt’s general counsel, was expected to start at the White House next week.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"About 8 in 10 rural voters — an important voting bloc for Trump and fellow Republicans — said the Trump administration’s policies have had a negative effect or no impact on the health of people where they live." apnews.com/article/rura...
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Rural MAHA followers say Trump hasn't improved health of their communities, an AP-KFF poll finds
A new AP-KFF poll finds that the Make America Healthy Again movement has a substantial following among rural voters, but most don't think President Donald Trump's healthcare policies have benefited th...
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Politico @politico.com · 30/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Bernie Sanders is cracking open his war chest. The Vermont senator is putting hundreds of thousands of dollars toward key campaigns and has raised $2.8 million for his preferred candidates this cycle.
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Sanders ramps up his midterm play with cash boost for candidates
Sanders is putting hundreds of thousands of dollars toward key campaigns and has raised $2.8 million for his preferred candidates this cycle.
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Politico @politico.com · 30/09/2026
Financial regulator investigates Adam Kinzinger over Kalshi trading
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Financial regulator investigates Adam Kinzinger over Kalshi trading
The CFTC is targeting trades the former House Republican made related to his Biden-era pardon.
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Marcia Brown @marciabrown.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: The Trump administration is poised to allow roughly $232 million in federal funding designated to help low-income families buy homes in rural communities to expire this week. The direct loan program helps thousands of families buy single family homes. For @politico.com
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POLITICO Pro: $230 million in federal rural housing funds set to expire this week
The Trump administration has not spent roughly half of a congressionally approved fund to help low-income people buy homes in rural communities.
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Kevin Bogardus @kevinbogardus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has nominated Justin Schwab — an experienced environmental attorney, contributor to Project 2025 and a veteran of his first administration — to take the helm of EPA’s air office More here: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/09/2026
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Ireland beat Israel, but that doesn't even start to tell the history and controversy of Sunday's match, arguably one of the most contentious football matches of this century.
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The story behind Israel vs Ireland: Bowed heads, black armbands and a one-man boycott
The game went ahead, Ireland won - but that doesn't even start to tell the history and controversy of Sunday's match
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Politico @politico.com · 28/09/2026
Senate to vote on member stock trading bill
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Senate to vote on member stock trading bill
It’s likely to be one of the chamber’s final votes before the midterms.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/09/2026
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Vozinha, the Cape Verde goalkeeper who became an overnight sensation at this summer’s World Cup, has said he has lost his “privacy” and, given the choice, would go back to the life “I had before.”
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World Cup sensation Vozinha struggling with fame: ‘I’d choose the life I had before’
The 40-year-old Cape Verde goalkeeper, who shot to fame during the World Cup, says he has lost his "privacy".
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@bookstr.bsky.social named my forthcoming book SIDE EFFECTS one of their "Nonfiction New Releases to Pique Your Interest This October" and says the book "shifts the issue of abortion access away from a culture war and instead frames it as a serious, all-encompassing health crisis."
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22 Nonfiction New Releases to Pique Your Interest This October
From jaw-dropping tell-alls to informative guides to delectable cooking, October’s nonfiction titles are waiting to haunt your bookshelf!
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"In just the past few months, members of Trump’s Cabinet and agency heads have regularly found themselves blindsided, overruled or scrambling to implement the president’s announcements on some of the most sensitive issues in their portfolios." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Serving at his pleasure: What it’s like to be in Trump’s Cabinet
What it’s like to be in Donald Trump’s Cabinet.
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Politico @politico.com · 26/09/2026
Trump slashes Biden-era fuel economy standards for cars
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Trump slashes Biden-era fuel economy standards for cars
The new fuel economy standards are the latest assault on Biden-era EV policies.
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Kevin Bogardus @kevinbogardus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
EPA turned to a firm that protected Republicans to secure last week's G20 meeting The firm's owner said on LinkedIn he managed ops for the Trump Org — which was removed after we contacted him by @timothycama.bsky.social & me From Morning Environment: subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Dustin Volz @dustinvolz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The apparent ShinyHunters hack of the FBI 1) appears real 2) is alarming for counterintel reasons but also the possibility of criminals seeking retribution against FBI agents 3) is just latest security lapse at an FBI that has suffered a series of major breaches www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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Hackers Say They Stole Thousands of Sensitive F.B.I. Personnel Records (Gift Article)
The compromise, if confirmed, would be the latest in a string of cybersecurity failures at the F.B.I., which said it was investigating the matter.
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Politico @politico.com · 24/09/2026
OpenAI model breaches Australian government websites
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OpenAI model breaches Australian government websites
The disclosure comes as world leaders meet at the United Nations General Assembly this week to discuss topics including AI security.
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Politico @politico.com · 24/09/2026
Judge throws out Trump lawsuit over wayward 2024 poll in Iowa
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Judge throws out Trump lawsuit over wayward 2024 poll in Iowa
The president vows an appeal as the drive to seek damages for state survey flounders in courts.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/09/2026
The youth-dominated government of Nepal, a nation with a tiny carbon footprint, is seeking reparations from the world’s most polluting countries as it bears the brunt of collapsing Himalayan glaciers caused by a warming planet. nyti.ms/4rMa2Xf
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Politico @politico.com · 23/09/2026
BREAKING: A federal judge appeared skeptical of the Trump administration’s move banning POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW from the White House, and said he will rule on the matter soon.
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Judge appears skeptical of Trump’s effort to ban news outlets from White House
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, said he would rule soon.
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tonight in 1984, the grimly realistic and harrowing nuclear war drama “Threads” was first broadcast on BBC Two. The film aired for the first time in the United States on January 13, 1985, on WTBS, thanks to station owner and disarmament advocate Ted Turner. “Threads” streams for free on @kanopy.com
A color screenshot from "Threads" showing the title over an aerial view of the city of Sheffield.A publicity still from "Threads" showing a traffic warden (Michael Beecroft), his upper face heavily bandaged and bloodied, his uniform dirty, resting a semiautomatic rifle up against his left shoulder, while a group of people behind a chain link fence stand in the background.A publicity still from "Threads" showing an older woman and man wearing dirty clothes (the man also has a dirty blanket loosely wrapped around his shoulders) and looking to the left. Her head is badly burned and the right side is partially melted, and she has lost much of her hair. The man appears visibly uninjured but concerned.A publicity still from "Threads" showing a woman who may be in her 30s or 40s, with a smudged face, unkempt hair, and wearing dirty, light-colored sweater, holding a wrapped bundle close to her chest that may be a dead baby.
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: Trump’s CDC quietly uploaded data from its biannual survey of teenagers that was left out of the MAHA-focused summary it touted on Monday. It showed that teens are having less sex, but riskier sex, with lower contraception use & less STI testing. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: More veggies, more unprotected sex: Government survey of teens shows mixed risk picture
The CDC’s report on its youth behavior survey highlighted teens' responses on diet and exercise, but not on smoking, drinking or sexual health.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
DEPT. OF UNCANNY TIMING: A ruling *today* from the D.C. Circuit underscored the steep hill facing Trump's ban on three media organizations from the White House. The lead author: Trump appointee Judge Neomi Rao. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Appeals court’s Capitol steps ruling may signal trouble for Trump on media ban
The D.C. Circuit reaffirmed Tuesday that government restrictions on First Amendment activity must be “viewpoint neutral.”
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Politico @politico.com · 22/09/2026
From 'not the issue' to 'nation-leading': Newsom's data center turnaround
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From 'not the issue' to 'nation-leading': Newsom's data center turnaround
As he gears up for a run for president, the California governor is trying to rebrand himself on data centers.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: TV pool will not be providing coverage of presidential events until further notice b/c of CNN's ban, pool chair and FOX News Washington Bureau Chief Bryan Boughton said. It's effectively a boycott by the fellow members — ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Politico @politico.com · 21/09/2026
This week's POLITICO Magazine cover story: The company Trump can’t ignore. The president wanted to unleash AI. Then came Anthropic. 🔗 politi.co/4cXgF2J Also in this issue👇🧵
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/09/2026
Breaking News: Major TV networks — ABC, CBS, Fox News and NBC — agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House blocked CNN from its duties.
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Networks Suspend Pool Coverage of Trump After White House Bans CNN
The move was an escalation of President Trump’s showdown with the White House press corps after he moved to bar journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
JUST IN: POLITICO's joint lawsuit with CNN and MSNOW to lift the White House ban is now live. Read it here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Patrick Caldwell @patcaldwell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As part of the @washingtonpost.com's investigation into how Trump's State Dept upended foreign aid and turned it into a machine fueling his mass deportation efforts, we reported an unprecedented glimpse into the deals the US has cut. Check out the database washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 21/09/2026
🚨 We’re calling it: Summer is over in DC. After 50 days of 90+ heat and one of our 10 hottest summers on record, the pattern has finally flipped. 70s today. 60s Tuesday and Wednesday. And no sustained heat in sight. Welcome, fall. 🍂 Link: www.capitalweather.com/we-declare-s...
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We declare summer over. Welcome autumn.
A sharp turn toward cooler weather means summer is over in DC, just as autumn officially arrives.
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Politico @politico.com · 21/09/2026
Michigan’s Gary Peters to teach at USC after retirement
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Michigan’s Gary Peters to teach at USC after retirement
The retiring Michigan Democrat will head to Los Angeles.
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