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11:35 AM ET, October 25, 2022

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Washington Post:
Mercenary chief vented to Putin over Ukraine war bungling  —  Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Russian tycoon behind the mercenary group Wagner, personally told Putin that his military chiefs are mismanaging the war, U.S. officials said  —  The confidant who vented to Russian President Vladimir Putin recently …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Washington Post:
Ukrainian forces advance against Russian fighters in Kherson and Bakhmut  —  Ukrainian forces continued their advance against the Russian military in the southern Kherson region Tuesday, pushed back Russian mercenaries from Bakhmut in eastern Donetsk, and gained new momentum in Luhansk …
New York Times:
Russian Court Upholds Brittney Griner's 9-Year Sentence
Wall Street Journal:
Brittney Griner's Appeal Denied by Russian Court
Discussion: Reuters and CBS News
NBC News:
Russian court denies Brittney Griner's appeal of 9-year prison sentence
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
You're Not Imagining It: There Are Fewer Polls This Cycle  —  “The polls are in crisis.  Polling is dead.”  We heard variations on this theme after somewhat larger-than-average polling errors in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.  The reality, though, is that polls are still quite important …
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Washington Post:
Democratic promises to change the filibuster could be a casualty of the midterms
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dead at 68, family says  —  Ash Carter served as defense secretary under former President Barack Obama  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 25  —  Former U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who served in the post under President Barack Obama, has died at 68, his family announced Tuesday.
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
Ashton B. Carter, Defense Secretary Under Obama, Dies at 68  —  Trained as a physicist, he opened the U.S. military to transgender service members and removed barriers to women in combat roles.  —  Ashton B. Carter, an academic physicist who later climbed the leadership ranks at the Pentagon …
Discussion: CBS News
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Ash Carter, defense chief who opened jobs to women, dies  —  WASHINGTON — Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense in the final two years of the Obama administration and opened military combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in the military, has died at age 68.
Harvard Kennedy School:
The passing of Ash Carter
Discussion: Politico and CBS News
Bloomberg:
Adidas Finally Ends Ye Partnership After String of Controversies  —  Adidas AG is ending its partnership with Ye following a rash of offensive behavior from the rapper and designer that turned a once-thriving shoe brand into a lightning rod for criticism.  —  The German sports company …
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New York Times:
Adidas Ends Partnership with Kanye West  —  The German sportswear giant is the latest company to cut ties with the rapper and designer after his recent antisemitic outbursts and other provocations.  —  Adidas said on Tuesday that it is cutting ties with Kanye West, ending …
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Adidas ends massive deal with Kanye West after antisemitism controversy
CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: Pennsylvania Senate contest narrows  —  The party bases are consolidating around their candidates in the Pennsylvania Senate race, now a toss-up contest with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman ahead by two points heading into their debate Tuesday night.  He led by five points a month ago.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
If These Poll Results Keep Up, Expect Anything on Election Night  —  The current range of numbers could translate to a Democratic hold in the Senate, or an overall Republican rout.  —  To this point, this year's midterm campaign has been about one big question: Can Democrats defy political gravity …
Discussion: CNN
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
The Polls Are Getting Better For Republicans
Greg Wilson / The Daily Wire:
Exclusive Trafalgar/Daily Wire Poll Has Georgia Dems Seeing Red As Walker, Kemp Surge
Discussion: RedState
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Anti-Police Former Democrat Attracting Votes as Libertarian in Georgia Senate Race
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
New York Times:
Prosecutors Pressure Trump Aides to Testify in Documents Case  —  The Justice Department's effort to win the witnesses' cooperation shows how the investigation stemming from the classified materials found at Mar-a-Lago is entering a new phase.  —  Federal prosecutors investigating former …
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Health teacher killed in south St. Louis school shooting ‘loved her students’  —  ST. LOUIS — The woman shot to death at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School on Monday has been identified as Jean Kuczka, a physical education teacher at the south St. Louis school.
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
New York's Governor's Race Is Suddenly Too Close for Democrats' Comfort  —  Tightening polls, fears about crime and apathy in their base are driving a wave of Democratic hand-wringing and a pivot by Gov. Kathy Hochul.  —  For months, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has trusted …
Discussion: Fox News, CNN and City & State New York
Washington Post:
Rishi Sunak to become U.K. prime minister, first person of color in role  —  LONDON — After months of political fever, Britain on Tuesday will get a new prime minister, the third in two months, with the country now looking to Rishi Sunak — a former finance minister and hedge-fund manager …
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Sunak takes over as UK prime minister amid economic crisis
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Hillary Clinton Claims ‘Right Wing Extremists’ Already Have a Plan to ‘Literally Steal the Next Presidential Election’  —  The midterm elections may be only days away, but Hillary Clinton is sounding the alarm on the 2024 presidential election, claiming “right wing extremists” …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jon Stewart Confronts Arizona AG on Trump's ‘Stolen’ Election Claims  —  “Why can't you say that the election in 2020 was not stolen or fraudulent?”  Stewart asks Mark Brnovich in this exclusive clip from his Apple TV+ show.  —  Earlier this month, Jon Stewart went unexpectedly viral …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Raw Story
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Bolduc Gains on Hassan in US Senate Election  —  Home Polls Bolduc Gains on Hassan in US Senate Election  —  Gov. Sununu Maintains Double Digit Lead  —  Since September, Bolduc has gained five points and Hassan has lost three  —  The latest Emerson College Polling/WHDH 7 News survey …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The President Slowly Deteriorates Before Our Eyes  —  In the past two weeks or so, President Biden has...  - insisted that the economy is “strong as hell” (it isn't, even The Nation is begging him to stop bragging about how great the economy is doing)  — off-the-cuff claimed that the situation …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Yeah, Ted Cruz's book doesn't show any voter fraud  —  This does not come as a surprise.  —  For a guy looking to sell a book to a right-wing audience, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) couldn't have landed a much better spot than his interview with Fox News's Mark Levin on Sunday.
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Social Security whistleblowers say they were sidelined for exposing fines  —  Two senior attorneys drew attention to a program leveling massive, unprecedented fees on poor and elderly people.  —  Two senior Social Security officials who exposed massive, unprecedented fines imposed on disabled …
Washington Examiner:
Falling test scores illustrate the disaster of distance learning  —  Chalk this up once again to Democrats' obsession with rewarding political allies at the expense of the public.  —  New data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that student test scores nationwide suffered their worst decline in history.
Miami New Times:
Rubio Supporter, Alleged Former White Supremacist Brutally Beaten in Hialeah … An alleged former white supremacist once known as the “Cuban Confederate” was severely beaten while canvassing for Sen. Marco Rubio's campaign last night in Hialeah.  —  Christopher Monzon was walking …
 
 
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Republican Campaigns Seize on Crime, Racism Becomes a New Battlefront
Washington Post:
Alaska GOP votes to censure McConnell over his support for Murkowski
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Biden is totally going to run again
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
SPAC Tied to Trump Media Says Early Talks Were Not ‘Substantive’
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Midterm elections: Google manipulates search engine results against Republicans, Media Research Center says
Financial Times:
China's wealthy activate escape plans as Xi Jinping extends rule
Jack Khoury / Reuters:
Israeli Army Destroys Lion's Den's Bomb Factory in Nablus, Five Palestinians Killed in Shootout
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Morgan Chalfant / Semafor:
House Republicans have major plans for China
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
A.J. Bayatpour / WKOW:
From six-figure tax bills to $0: Why trust fund set up by Sen. Johnson no longer owes state taxes
Venus Feng / Bloomberg:
China's Richest Lose $12.7 Billion Following Xi's Reshuffle
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Insider
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Crist to DeSantis: Will you run for president? Florida governor refuses to say in caustic debate
 

 
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New York Times:
Sources: Sony Pictures and Apollo Global formally express interest in acquiring Paramount for ~$26B; Paramount's negotiating period with Skydance ends May 3

Jill Goldsmith / Deadline:
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