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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Poll: Americans are anxious, pessimistic and deeply unhappy with Trump ahead of the midterms — The share of Americans who believe the country is on the wrong track is at the highest level of the president's second term, according to the NBC News Decision Desk Poll.
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New York Times:
Across Farm Country, Economic Discontent Strains Republican Coalition … Economic anxieties are testing the loyalty of rural voters to the Republican Party, expanding the electoral battlefield into some of the most traditionally conservative districts across the nation and raising Democratic hopes.
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Associated Press and NewsMax.com
Emily Guskin / ABC News:
Democrats lead Republicans in House vote choice as Trump's approval rating hits record low: ABC/Post/Ipsos poll — Half or more Americans call every household purchase measured “unaffordable.” — President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Wasilla, Alaska, October 13, 2026.
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Associated Press:
Latino voters helped put Trump back in the White House. What's their next move? — Chris Martinez feels like Donald Trump has made a fool of him. The 28-year-old maintenance technician from Casa Grande, Arizona, voted for the Republican president expecting to get a thriving economy and no wars.
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NPR
Washington Post:
Poll finds jump in Republicans who say Trump is enriching himself — About one-third of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents now hold that view, up from about one-fifth a year ago, a Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds. — SummaryLoading... Nearly 2 in 3 Americans say President Donald Trump …
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Democrats take edge on mail-in ballots in key midterm races
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Lone Star Left
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Decades-old GOP winning streaks are suddenly at risk — Democrats are running surprisingly competitive races in traditionally Republican territory across the country this midterm election cycle, and it's putting GOP winning streaks at risk that stretch as far back as the 1930s. … Kansas - 1932
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
A sleeper Senate battleground has turned into a real Republican liability
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Washington Post
New York Times:
France in Shock After Protests Devolve Into Riots — Centrist and leftist leaders blamed each other after anti-government protests devolved into chaos. — France was in a state of shock on Sunday, as citizens woke to streets littered with shattered glass and images of burned …
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Reuters, OutsideTheBeltway and France 24
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Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg:
France Struggles to Contain Fallout From Nationwide Protests — France is grappling with the aftermath of a weekend of widespread protests that descended into clashes between police and demonstrators and sparked some of the worst street violence the country has seen in years, with looting and landmarks set on fire.
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Breitbart, France 24, Deseret News and Al Jazeera
Jack Burgess / BBC:
Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as over 1,000 arrested after protests
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New York Post, Breitbart, France 24, The Spectator, Associated Press and Al Jazeera
Associated Press:
French police arrest more than 1,800 people after violent protests erupt across country
Tim Balk / New York Times:
In Campaign's Final Stretch, Trump Can't Stop Praising Men's Bodies — As he stumps for midterm candidates, the president has been especially eager to talk about the physical appearance of some men. — The message delivered by a president during a high-stakes midterm campaign can be critical.
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Daily Mail
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Michael Gold / New York Times:
Graham Breaks With Trump Over Russia Sanctions Law Her Brother Championed — Senator Darline Graham, appointed to fill the Senate seat of her late brother, Lindsey, gently disagreed with the president's decision to exempt Russia from the sanctions legislation.
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The Hill, Mediaite, ABC News and Associated Press
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's Russia waiver draws instant bipartisan backlash … - Now he may have to deal with even broader outrage over sanctions Congress approved just a month ago. … - The act would have imposed broad sanctions not only on Russia, but on other countries buying its oil.
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HuffPost, The Hill, NewsMax.com, The Guardian, Associated Press, Politico, Mediaite, Daily Kos, CBS News, Straight Arrow and New York Times
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
In Texas Senate race, Ted Cruz tries to push Ken Paxton across the finish line — The Republican senator isn't on the ballot, but he's campaigning like it as the GOP's nominee to join him in the chamber tries to fend off James Talarico. — SummaryLoading...
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The Guardian, Washington Examiner and NBC News
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Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
What the final stretch of the midterms says about the 2028 presidential field — A shake-up of the Democratic primary calendar adds to the intrigue as potential hopefuls join a sprint to help their parties in the midterms. — SummaryLoading... The midterm races are kicking into their highest gear …
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CNN
Michael Ramsey / NewsNation:
Musk's Texas lifeline helps bolster Ken Paxton, GOP in midterms
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RedState
Jacopo Barigazzi / Politico:
Ukraine strikes oil facility in St. Petersburg as part of ‘massive’ drone attack — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week he had ordered the resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries following a three-day pause. — Ukraine struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg Sunday morning …
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The Hill, Bloomberg, The Kyiv Independent, Reuters and Al Jazeera
Liz Crampton / Politico:
‘Scorched It All’: How Trump Lost the Affordability Debate, According to Abigail Spanberger … Abigail Spanberger rode furor over rising costs to dominate Virginia's gubernatorial race last year — putting her among the first class of Democrats elected on the promise to tackle the affordability crisis.
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Politico:
What Americans Really Prioritize When It Comes to Affordability … Americans are clear-eyed on what they want the government to do to address the affordability crisis: Step in to lower costs before trying to boost wages. — Six in 10 people say the government should prioritize bringing …
Keaton Peters / Straight Arrow:
She was building her dream home. Then came a data center's ‘minor’ power plant on a shortcut permit — BASTROP COUNTY, Texas — Merrie Saltana was three days away from pouring concrete for the foundation of her family's dream home when she heard about the data center proposed across the street.
Maya Davis / Wall Street Journal:
The Democratic Socialists Have a Plan to Push Hakeem Jeffries to the Left — DSA leaders are working behind the scenes with their endorsed candidates to pressure Jeffries on progressive priorities — WASHINGTON—Hakeem Jeffries is closing in on the Speaker's gavel, but his path …
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New Yorker
Axios:
The overlooked geography of American poverty — California and Louisiana have something surprising in common: Both have among the nation's highest poverty rates when the cost of living is factored in, according to Census Bureau data. … But that familiar geographic divide starts to disappear …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Feud In Dolly Parton's Inner Circle Reveals Arms Deal with Haitian Police — I'm thinking this nephew guy has turned out to be a problematic figure ... The story here is about a deal to sell arms to the police in Haiti and the company in question, Fencebridge, was founded by “Daniel Nozell …
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Sam Sutton / Politico:
Why We Can't Solve the Affordability Crisis … If there's a constant in modern American political cycles, it's that voters are furious over affordability. — They were furious when inflation devoured their wages and Covid-era stimulus checks. They stayed furious when oil …
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American Thinker
Politico:
26 Ideas for Solving the Affordability Crisis … Nearly one year ago, after Republicans were rejected in a series of state and local elections, Donald Trump expressed a belated recognition of the issue that postmortems were united in describing as the primary cause of his side's defeats.
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