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Edition No. 76 ยท Sun 6 Sept 2026 ยท 22 stories ยท Source: Daily Newsletter Digest
Edition No. 76
Sunday 6 September 2026
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01 ยท Puck
Jim Bullard on the current state of the FedBill Cohan pressed former St. Louis Fed president Jim Bullard on Trump demanding rate cuts as August jobs data raised the odds of a hike.
02 ยท The Washington Post
U.S. says it hit 3 Iranian oil tankers, including one near Kharg IslandCENTCOM struck three Iranian crude tankers, disabling one off Kharg Island, after Iran fired missiles at two US Navy vessels.
03 ยท The Washington Post
The mystery behind an audio clip that helped upend a Senate raceLiz Goodwin reports AI tools increasingly let political actors fool voters and help candidates cast doubt on reality.
04 ยท The Washington Post
OpenAI feared its technology could reshape elections. Now campaigns are using it.OpenAI wrote rules against campaign use of its technology, and campaigns are making ads with it anyway.
05 ยท The Washington Post
Republican House candidates tone down Trump on their campaign websitesRepublican House candidates are quietly toning down Trump on their own campaign websites.
06 ยท Puck
Moderate suburban white women are feeling left behindWhy it matters
Leigh Ann Caldwell's focus-group data shows moderate suburban women feeling economically left behind.
Story page โ07 ยท The Washington Post
Trove of documents reveals alleged chemical weapons stockpile in SudanWhy it matters
A document trove on an alleged chemical weapons stockpile in Sudan converts years of deniable claims into record.
Story page โ08 ยท The Washington Post
The U.N. backed a map that shows Africa true to size. The U.S. was sole objector.Why it matters
The UN backed the Equal Earth projection, which shows Africa near its true relative size, and the US was the sole objector.
Story page โ09 ยท Puck
Inside Anna Wintour's Galliano miscalculationWhy it matters
The Met's Galliano retrospective collapsed under pressure from inside and outside the institution, donors included, and Galliano withdrew.
Story page โ10 ยท Puck
The Murdoch Files: what the sealed testimony revealsWhy it matters
Eriq Gardner mined 19,000 pages of unsealed Murdoch trust testimony, a factual record of who controls the empire.
Story page โ11 ยท Puck
What the Hugging Face attack reports reveal about AI agentsWhy it matters
Ian Krietzberg worked the OpenAI and Hugging Face hacking reports, the first real incident report on AI agent security.
Story page โ12 ยท The Athletic
What went wrong with the grass at the Bills' new stadium?Why it matters
George Toma, who oversaw every Super Bowl field, assessed the failing grass at the Bills' new stadium: somebody fell asleep.
Story page โ13 ยท The Athletic
Cathy Engelbert did her job. Now the WNBA needs a true visionaryWhy it matters
The Athletic says Cathy Engelbert did her job and the WNBA now needs a visionary, as average franchise value rose from $10 million in 2019 to $460 million.
Story page โ14 ยท The Athletic
Who should be the next WNBA commissioner?Why it matters
Candidates to succeed Cathy Engelbert as WNBA commissioner include Bethany Donaphin, Swin Cash and Condoleezza Rice.
Story page โ15 ยท Front Office Sports
The wild transfer window shows how the Premier League towers over soccerWhy it matters
The Premier League's twenty clubs spent a combined $4.7 billion in the European transfer window.
Story page โ16 ยท Front Office Sports
Native American leaders on the Commanders' old-name merchWhy it matters
Some Native American leaders said the Commanders should retire the old name and logo permanently rather than reissue them on limited merch.
Story page โ17 ยท Business Insider
Scientists bet on "impossible" cancer treatments. It's paying off.Why it matters
Business Insider reports positive results on two long-shot cancer bets: a molecular glue for undruggable mutations and a personalized cancer vaccine.
Story page โ18 ยท The Washington Post
The best time to buy an iPhone may be right this minuteWhy it matters
Further reading from the day's section on cancer research, culture and a beer heist.
Story page โ19 ยท Dru's Notes
The Math of Inevitable SuccessWhy it matters
Pieter Levels shipped 70+ projects and 4 made money; at a 5% hit rate, 14 attempts is where the odds of zero hits drop below 50%.
Story page โ20 ยท Puck
Could Letterboxd be worth one billion dollars?Why it matters
Letterboxd's valuation is a proxy for how the market currently prices community versus catalog.
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