THE WEEK

09/10/2026

President Donald Trump is championing data centers, although they are broadly unpopular with both Democratic and Republican voters. Here's why that raises concerns among his GOP allies.

The president says opponents will end up ‘backwards and poor’

09/10/2026

With the 2026 midterm elections two months away, Republicans have been ratcheting up their verbal assaults on Democratic candidates of Muslim faith. Here's what the GOP has been saying.

Candidates like Abdul El-Sayed have been the subject of consistent anti-Muslim rhetoric

09/10/2026

Nothing “quickens the pulse of an Apple fan more than these three words: one more thing,” says Will Oremus.

Read more of the day's top columns here.

Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

09/10/2026

Europe’s Copernicus climate service on Wednesday reported that August was tied for the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the U.S. also experienced its hottest summer “in the 132-year record.”

The average temperature in the 48 contiguous states was 74.37 degrees Fahrenheit from June to August

09/10/2026

Iran on Wednesday said it attacked two U.S. ships and eight tankers near the Strait of Hormuz in response to the U.S. sinking five Iranian oil tankers.

Diesel gas prices rose to a record high after the attacks

09/10/2026

President Donald Trump capped off the first night of an unusual Republican midterm convention on Wednesday with a movie-length speech in which he defended his Iran war and tariffs while also saying he would send all U.S. adults a $5,000 “Trump dividend” if Republicans retain both houses of Congress in the November elections.

“Please pretend that I am running,” Trump told attendees at the Dallas convention

09/10/2026

“Treasury buyback fails to ease rise in yields,” The Wall Street Journal says on Thursday’s front page.

Read more of today's newspapers here.

A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages

09/10/2026

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09/10/2026

In today's Morning Report: Trump stumps, Iran escalates and Earth cooks

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09/10/2026

When President Donald Trump appointed Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve, it was with the intent to lower interest rates. But Warsh has signaled that the Fed could raise rates again. How will this clash with the president play out? Here's what commentators are saying.

The Fed chairman faces a showdown as inflation persists