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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Elon Musk pours another $76 million into boosting Republicans  —  SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave another $76 million to boost Republicans in the first two weeks of October, bringing his total giving this cycle to more than $442 million.  The additional funds, which Musk gave to his super PAC …
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Bloomberg:
Musk Giving Tops $445 Million in Midterm Election Push for GOP  —  With a fresh infusion of cash to his super political action committee in the first two weeks of October, Elon Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle and become one of the biggest-ever contributors to such groups.
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
The latest sign of Republican midterm problems: A top super PAC is buying ads in Mississippi  —  Senate election US elections PACs Senate leadership  —  Republicans working to keep the Senate are increasingly anxious about holding onto a seat in Mississippi — a GOP stronghold in the deep South …
Andrew Howard / Politico:   Democrats' top Senate super PAC has raised $354M this year
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski  —  The details of the inquiry remain unclear, but it is one of the rare instances in which a Trump ally or appointee has been investigated for potential wrongdoing during the president's second term.  —  The Justice Department has opened …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:   DHS watchdog refers its Corey Lewandowski investigation to Justice Department for review
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Reviewing Allegations Against Corey Lewandowski
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court says New Hampshire student IDs can't be used to vote in November  —  The high court said a federal judge shouldn't have changed the rules so close to the Nov. 3 election by blocking guidance issued by New Hampshire's secretary of state.
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Blanket Ban on Student IDs at Polls in New Hampshire
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions  —  Military-grade system appeared to be working more normally on Thursday, soon after the call  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump called Elon Musk on Wednesday and asked him to lift restrictions on a military-grade version …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
GOP senator questions Elon Musk's influence over military assets
Discussion: The Hill and MS NOW
NBC News:
Blanche won't rule out DOJ post-election action in a ‘doomsday’ scenario  —  The attorney general's comments come in the middle of a broader campaign by the Trump administration to zero in on what elections experts say is a relatively rare phenomenon of voting by noncitizens.
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Ajani Stella / Democracy Docket:
Todd Blanche won't rule out trying to block states from certifying election results
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump defends Ramaswamy ad with Acton's estranged mom after bipartisan criticism … President Donald Trump on Thursday defended a controversial campaign ad by Vivek Ramaswamy featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial race, calling Acton a liar.
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Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Ashley Hinson shows Republicans' midterm balancing act as Trump comes to boost Iowa turnout
Washington Post:
Hegseth wanted Eisenhower's globe for his office.  His staff broke it.  —  Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon.  —  SummaryLoading...  It was early this year when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wanted to move the world.
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NBC News:
Hegseth staff damaged historic WWII-era Eisenhower globe trying to move it to his office  —  The globe was especially notable because it had green pen or marker notations where Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower marked areas in Europe, three U.S. officials said.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's …
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Nail-biter in Maine Senate race  —  Maine voters are in a negative mood this election season.  Only 12% say their family is better off financially compared to two years ago, and more than 6 in 10 disapprove of President Donald Trump's job performance, including 2 in 10 Republicans.
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   Trump's Repudiation Is at Hand, Right?
Forbes:
The Woolly Mammoth Billionaire's New Startup Is Genetically Engineering War Dogs For The Military  —  This voice experience is generated by AI.  Learn more.  —  Ben Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences has teamed up with Palmer Luckey's team at Anduril to create a dog that's optimized for military use.
Discussion: Wired
Mary Radcliffe / FiftyPlusOne:
More pollster funny business uncovered by FiftyPlusOne  —  A shady pollster from sunny California just disappeared from the internet, a few days after FiftyPlusOne asked to verify its data  —  Mary Radcliffe, G. Elliott Morris, Cooper Burton, and FiftyPlusOne
Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Elon Musk makes $1 billion investment in Ellison's Skydance  —  The Scoop  —  Elon Musk has invested roughly $1 billion in Skydance, according to people familiar with the matter, providing a much needed financial injection as the company looks to cut costs and bolster its stock price.
Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Trump administration stopped sharing evidence in Good and Pretti killings, Minnesota officials say  —  The federal government has stopped sharing evidence with Minnesota authorities who are investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers, state officials said in recent court filings.
Discussion: KSTP-TV
Bernd Debusmann Jr / BBC:
Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit  —  A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to answer questions under oath in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by 11 December.  —  Trump is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections …
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David Fischer / Associated Press:
Lawyers for Trump, BBC battle over depositions in president's $10 billion defamation case
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Threatens Wider Strikes on Economic and Civilian Targets if U.S. Attacks  —  Tehran retains missile and drone stockpiles; Washington is trying to move more servicemembers and diplomatic staff out of harm's way  —  Iran's message is stark: If the U.S. and Israel restart their air campaign …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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MeidasTouch:
“So Much Worse Than People Realize”: Never-Before-Seen Images Reveal Damage at U.S. Bases as Troops Describe Being Abandoned
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Ilhan Omar isn't ‘Squad’ rep's real name as feds' bombshell docs give huge clue she did marry brother  —  WASHINGTON — The “real” name of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has been revealed in a federal court filing with an identical surname to that of her ex-husband — and rumored brother, The Post has learned.
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Katy O'Donnell / Bloomberg:
Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Taming Housing Costs  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at bringing down housing costs in a bid to show that his administration is addressing voters' affordability concerns in the final sprint to the midterm elections.
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Scoop: Some Freedom Caucus members want Brandon Gill out  —  A small group of Rep. Brandon Gill's fellow House Freedom Caucus members are privately questioning whether he still belongs in the hardline group, Axios has learned. … - The lawmakers spoke on condition of anonymity to offer candid assessments of a colleague.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Early voting surges in Georgia suburbs.  Rural counties tell another story. … Georgia's early voting surge is fueled by a growing geographic divide, with voters in metro Atlanta's suburbs and other more populous areas casting ballots well ahead of their 2022 pace while much of rural Georgia lags behind.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
'I don't lose': Rahm Emanuel makes an early pitch for the White House  —  Barack Obama's famously foul-mouthed former chief of staff thinks he has a message to win over America  —  From his days in Congress or mayor of Chicago to his spell as US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel does not sit still.
Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Feds Arrest Democrat Who Led Virginia's Redistricting Push  —  Federal authorities on Thursday charged Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas in a sprawling public corruption case that includes fraud and racketeering accusations involving a cannabis business she co-owns.
 
 
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Video by Left-Wing Group Claims Lindsey Graham Paid Men for Sex
Miranda Bryant / The Guardian:
‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre
Radio Free Asia:
Aung San Suu Kyi phone call is ‘political calculation’ by military-backed government
Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg
Nicholas Kerr / ABC News:
Trump slams LeBron James over apparent national anthem stretches
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Already Building His Excuse for Losing the Midterms
Discussion: Protect Democracy and Newsweek
 Earlier Items: 
Ramsey Touchberry / Washington Examiner:
Darline Graham did not discuss split over Russia sanctions waiver during Trump visit
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Sound Off: A Double Standard for ‘Conservative’ and ‘Liberal’ Labels?
Discussion: Reason
Financial Times:
Donald Trump's tourism push fails to lure visitors
Claire Heddles / Miami Herald:
How Byron and Erika Donalds' wealth hinges on millions in state education dollars
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Fake polls are a real problem
New Republic:
How the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic Party
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Madison Mills / Axios:
Scoop: Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts