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Thursday 24 September 2026
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01 · Status
The Source Behind The BanThe anonymous senior administration official whose quotes the White House cited as grounds for banning Politico was Vice President JD Vance.
02 · Vox
Trump is bracing to lose his latest fight with the pressCaitlin Dewey argues the second-term escalation against the press runs through neutral-seeming rules like pool control and FCC license reviews rather than insults.
03 · The Washington Post
Trump tells judge media ban is necessary to protect national securityThe Justice Department argued in court that the three banned outlets' reporting threatened national security and that White House access is a privilege, not a right.
04 · The Washington Post
Trump berates CNN's Kaitlan Collins after ban: 'You shouldn't be covering me'Further reading from the day's section on The Press Ban Goes to Court.
05 · The New York Times
Fox joins outlets boycotting White House press eventsFox News was among several outlets that boycotted White House events this week in protest of the ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW.
06 · The Washington Post
AI leaders say U.S. and China need a deal. That probably won't happen.Both governments say they need an agreement on artificial intelligence, and the reporting finds they are nowhere near one going into the summit.
07 · Forbes
Tech Moguls Worth Combined $2.2 Trillion Attending Trump-Xi DinnerThe state dinner guest list carries a combined $2.2 trillion in tech wealth, the same week AI chiefs warned the UN Security Council about concentration of power.
08 · Business Insider
Trump and Xi may discuss AI, but it's not like nuclear arms controlA China tech policy analyst argues the arms-control analogy breaks down because there is nothing to count and no inspection regime to build around.
09 · Business Insider
Q3 earnings are going to be stellar, Deutsche Bank's Binky Chadha predictsDeutsche Bank's US equity chief tells investors to watch third-quarter earnings rather than the outcome of the Trump-Xi meeting.
10 · AP News
Iran's Pezeshkian says his people are 'victims of terrorism' in defiant UN speechIran's president said he is open to talks but will not surrender the nuclear program, a day after Trump threatened to annihilate Iran from the same podium.
11 · Forbes
Trump Wants Diesel Export Ban As Prices Hit Record HighUS diesel hit $6.51 a gallon and the president backed an export ban that his Treasury, energy and interior secretaries all oppose.
12 · The Washington Post
Trump heads to U.N. to tout wins as Iran war overshadows diplomacyMichael Birnbaum reports Trump warned world leaders he would annihilate Iran while appearing frustrated by a war that has run past his initial promises.
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13 · The Washington Post
GOP appears deeply worried about Senate race in N.C., a once-reliable stateFurther reading from the day's section on Iran, Diesel, and the Republican Retreat.
14 · Forbes
Susan Collins Bribery Report Throws Wrench Into Razor-Thin Senate BattleFurther reading from the day's section on Iran, Diesel, and the Republican Retreat.
15 · Forbes
A Chinese Hacker Used AI To Attack 100+ Companies In One Of Largest AI Hacks YetA Chinese-speaking hacker used DeepSeek, Kimi and an older Claude model to hit as many as 100 organizations in five days for about $8,000, accessing at least 30 sites.
16 · Business Insider
The AI apocalypse crowd and the AI agent crowd share something in commonDan DeFrancesco traces a common thread between the AI doom argument and the AI convenience argument that dominated the week.
17 · Business Insider
Meta's Muse: the user-friendly design that became its killer featureKatie Notopoulos argues Muse's design, not just Meta's distribution, explains why the agent topped the US App Store.
18 · Business Insider
Anthropic cofounder Jared Kaplan warned about AI training itselfFurther reading from the day's section on The AI Reckoning, and the Bill Nobody Wants to Pay.
19 · Business Insider
The winners and losers of the agentic boomFurther reading from the day's section on The AI Reckoning, and the Bill Nobody Wants to Pay.
20 · Forbes
Andreessen Horowitz launches a $35 million two-year college alternativeFurther reading from the day's section on The AI Reckoning, and the Bill Nobody Wants to Pay.
21 · The Washington Post
Want to understand how data center politics have changed? Look to Texas.Ten months after calling Texas the epicenter of AI development, Greg Abbott directed the state environmental commission to halt all data center permits pending an ERCOT audit.
22 · NBC News
Poll: Voters recoil from candidates who back data center constructionOf fifteen political characteristics tested, supporting a local data center drew the strongest negative reaction, with 64% of registered voters less likely to back that candidate.
23 · Inside Climate News
Corpus Christi emergency water supply delaysCorpus Christi has faced reporting on towns running short of drinking water, driven in part by data center demand.
24 · Digiday
Publishers' scorecard on Google's ad tech remedies: they're progress, but far from a clean winSenior publishing executives graded each DOJ remedy from one to ten, and the composite verdict is real progress that falls short of materially changing how publishers compete.
25 · Digiday
Who wins and loses from the remedies to Google's ad tech monopolyGoogle avoided a breakup, and this breaks down who actually benefits from the remedies it got instead.
26 · Digiday
What The New York Times looks for in AI licensing partnershipsThe Times sees a more publisher-friendly AI licensing ecosystem than a year ago but says the marketplaces still have a long way to go.
27 · Digiday
Marketers have bought into microdramas — but a lack of ROI might make them irrelevantMicrodramas are pulling brand dollars and audiences, and the open question is whether the format converts that attention into measurable return.
28 · Digiday
In Graphic Detail: LLMs keep citing YouTube in search resultsThe videos large language models cite reveal how differently AI search behaves from traditional Google search.
29 · Front Office Sports
NFL viewership bounces back in Week 2Fox averaged 27.2 million viewers for the Cowboys' 37-20 win over the Commanders, the most-watched telecast of the season on any network.
30 · Front Office Sports
A group wants to bring the WNBA's 19th franchise to VancouverA group led by retired executive Bill Bakk is pursuing a WNBA expansion team in Vancouver for 2031.
31 · Front Office Sports
Alabama's Greg Byrne on CFP expansion and life after SabanAlabama's athletic director says a 24-team College Football Playoff looks inevitable, with a decision on the 2027 format due by December 1.
32 · Front Office Sports
Trump expected to appear at the Presidents Cup final roundFurther reading from the day's section on Sports Business, and the Lightning Round.
33 · Marker Zone
Elliotte Friedman reports on the next steps of NHL expansion to TexasThe NHL is evaluating Houston and Austin around a $3.5 billion expansion-fee-and-arena package, with notable owner opposition and no formal vote expected soon.
34 · The Dallas Morning News
Hotel now part of Hunt family's billion-dollar plans for FC Dallas districtA 290-room hotel and 40,000 square feet of convention space next to Toyota Stadium in Frisco push total planned investment around the complex past $1 billion.
35 · CBS Sports
Georgia, Clemson cancel future home-and-home series amid scheduling shiftsThe 2029 and 2032 series is off, part of a wave of Power Four nonconference cancellations following the SEC's move to nine conference games.
36 · Defector
How One Trick Play Tells The History Of FootballJosh Levin traces a stretcher-based trick play his grandfather saw at Tiger Stadium into a century-long history of deception in football.
37 · SB Nation
Caleb Williams injury memes take over social mediaThe Bears quarterback was mocked online for crying after a hamstring injury, a cycle that omitted that he had not missed a game in two seasons.
38 · NPR
One in five middle-income renters couldn't afford full rent in 2025About 20% of middle-income renters were unable to pay their full rent in 2025.
39 · Forbes
Carl Icahn Falls Off List Of Wealthiest Americans For The First Time In 40 YearsIcahn missed the Forbes 400 by roughly $200 million as the upper reaches of the list increasingly belong to tech founders.
40 · Vox
Modern dating has gotten weirdly combativeOne survey found 34% of singles now hold a hard must-have checklist, which experts tie to dating apps and negative social media narratives.
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