NYTIMES (Lara Jakes) - The state of Iran’s three key nuclear sites
The conflict may have slowed, but not stopped, Iran’s nuclear program, officials and experts said.
NYTIMES (Catherine Porter, Elisabetta Povoledo and Nimet Kirac) - Seized on Their Way to Gaza, Activists Tell of Abuse in Israeli Custody
In interviews, more than 20 people who tried to break an Israeli blockade described beatings, electric shocks and other abuse after being captured. Israel denied the accusations.
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NYTIMES (Annie Correal and Eric Schmitt) - Trump Administration Fast-Tracks Military Partnership With Colombia to Target Drug Traffickers
The country’s new Trump-endorsed president takes office on Friday. Sweeping plans to target drug traffickers with U.S. help are already underway.
NYTIMES (Maxine Joselow, David A. Fahrenthold, Tyler Pager and Clarence Williams) - How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington
A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.
WASHINGTONPOST (Alec Dent) - The Senate wants a recess. Trump doesn’t.
Before senators leave for recess, Republican leaders are trying to plow through a lengthy to-do list.
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AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - FCC Scraps Decades-Old TV Ownership Cap
The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 Thursday to scrap the national television ownership cap, a rule that for years blocked any single broadcaster from owning […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - McConnell Set to Return to Senate After 50-Day Hospitalization, Vows to Keep Working
Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky announced Thursday that he plans to resume his Senate duties after more than 50 days of hospitalization, a stretch […] Source
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AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Trump Cracks Down on Birth Tourism After SCOTUS Ruling
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders Thursday cracking down on birth tourism and narrowing who qualifies for automatic birthright citizenship, responding to a Supreme […] Source
AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - Exclusive: GOP plans socialism telethon at midterm convention
Republicans plan to use their first-ever midterm convention in Dallas next month to mount a sweeping, made-for-prime-time case that Democrats have become captive to their activist left, Axios has learned. Why it matters: With President Trump's approval rating in the 30s and his war in Iran weighing on the economy, Republicans don't want the Nov. 3 midterms to be just a referendum on his presidency. - They're essentially planning a "But they're worse" campaign targeting the ascendant Democratic left and socialism. Driving the news: Republicans will make progressive politicians and activists recurring characters throughout the Sept. 9-10 convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. - GOP operatives spent months compiling…
AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - Trump won't drop war, tariffs or monuments to save the GOP
Read the polls, watch economic indicators and talk to President Trump's inner circle in private, and the verdict on his second term seems clear: - Even some longtime insiders fear he's trapped by a war he shouldn't have waged, tariffs he shouldn't have levied, monuments he shouldn't be obsessed with. Why it matters: These three topics chew up much of Trump's time and attention. All three are widely unpopular in polls. - And it's almost impossible to see the public suddenly warming to war, tariffs or more statues. By the numbers: Trump's approval cratered to an all-time low of 32% in a Quinnipiac poll last week. Even more damning: 68% of voters said he isn't focused enough on the problems most Americans face. - Trump has squandered…
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