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12:50 PM ET, October 23, 2026

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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Poll: Low-information voters have turned hardest against Trump and the GOP  —  Trump voters who can't answer two basic questions about politics are three times as likely as other Trump voters to back Democrats for the House.  This is a big change since 2024.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Corruption is voters' top issue ahead of midterm election, CNBC survey shows
The Washington Sun:
Democrats Warn the Economy — Not Impeachment — Should Drive Agenda
Discussion: New York Times
Washington Post:
Republican gerrymanders in Texas threaten to fall flat, poll finds
Discussion: Semafor and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Most Voters Believe the Midterm Elections Will Be Accurate, Poll Finds
Washington Post:
DOJ seeks to block Alaska Senate result if Republican incumbent narrowly loses  —  In a lawsuit, the Justice Department cited confusion over two similarly named candidates, including Republican Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan.  —  SummaryLoading...  The Justice Department has moved …
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Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Trump administration files lawsuit to block possible Democratic win in Alaska Senate race  —  The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses the contest while another candidate with the same name is on the ballot …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Meaning of the Republican War Over Ramaswamy's Vile Ad  —  It's quite a feat, in this numb and debased era, to create a political advertisement so shocking and indecent that people from across the political spectrum feel the need to denounce it.  The Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy …
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Amy Acton's Estranged Mother Killed Kittens, Court Records Show  —  New information about the criminal history of Donna Arthur, the estranged mother of Ohio Democratic nominee for governor, Amy Acton, is coming to light amid the backlash about her appearance in a Vivek Ramaswamy ad …
Chris Stein / The Guardian:
Trump attacks Ohio governor over call for Ramaswamy to drop ‘deeply troubling’ ad  —  Republican Mike DeWine said ad featuring estranged mother of Democrat Amy Acton was ‘wrong’  —  Donald Trump issued a swift rebuke against Mike DeWine, Ohio's Republican governor, who on Thursday …
Shane Harris / The Atlantic:
The Man in the Middle of Trump's Deeply Conflicted Ukraine Policy  —  CIA Director John Ratcliffe leads an agency that's at war with Russia, even as Trump makes nice with Putin.  —  Donald trump and volodymyr zelensky have never enjoyed a warm relationship, or even a stable one.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Sasha Vakulina / Euronews:
Starlink restrictions not lifted in Ukraine despite Trump's claims, defence officials say
ProPublica:
Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm.  It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won't Act.  —  The strain of bird flu that's ripped through American barns for the last four years has killed two people who caught it from sick animals.  But as far as anyone can tell, humans can't spread it.
Discussion: KIFI-TV
Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
‘If Anything Happens to This Guy ... Everyone Is Screwed’  —  Ondřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security.  Then the internet exploded.  —  On Tuesday, the world found out about two massive security vulnerabilities in PHP, a programming language …
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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Politico:   Meet Trump's favorite House Republican candidate
Associated Press:
2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptop  —  Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop …
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US Department of Justice:
Two Former FBI Officials Charged in Lying to Congress about Hunter Biden Investigations  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia  —  The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force
Brendan Hartnett / The Bulwark:
Top GOP Operative Let Out-of-State Voters Vote From His PA Home  —  Legal experts say Scott Presler's houseguests could run afoul of election law.  —  ONE OF THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE grassroots organizers in the Republican party purchased a home in Beaver County, Pennsylvania in April 2024.
Bloomberg:
Ship With Russian Diesel Signals US Port After Trump-Putin Deal  —  A tanker carrying diesel left the Russian port of Primorsk and intermittently signaled New York, potentially marking the first such shipment following a fuel-supply agreement between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
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The White House:
First Lady Melania Trump Secures Ceasefire Between Russia and Ukraine, Localized to Oleshky  —  First Lady Melania Trump successfully secured a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, localized to the city of Oleshky.  Both nations agreed to temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky …
Dave Philipps / New York Times:
Hegseth Barred Trans Troops.  Military Boards Are Rejecting Those Orders.  —  The service members at Navy and Marine Corps hearings are finding ways to keep trans troops in uniform.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a slur to proudly announce to an auditorium of Marines in September …
Robert Draper / New York Times:
In the Wisconsin Governor's Race, Another Case of Trump Avoidance Syndrome  —  The Republican candidate for governor, Tom Tiffany, is best known as a staunch ally of the president.  He's trying to change that.  —  President Trump has been urging Republican voters to pretend that he is on the ballot for the midterm elections.
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Blanket Ban on Student IDs at Polls in New Hampshire  —  The justices had been asked to weigh in on a New Hampshire directive that prevented election officials from considering student IDs to prove a voter's identity.  —  The Supreme Court agreed on Thursday that New Hampshire …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court says New Hampshire student IDs can't be used to vote in November
Financial Times:
Oil hits $115 for first time since May as global stocks knocked by AI fears  —  Markets face twin threats of surging crude prices and concern over durability of AI boom  —  Ian Smith in London, Leo Lewis in Tokyo, Song Jung-a in Seoul and Kate Duguid in New York
Discussion: Associated Press and WTOP News
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.
New York Times:
There Are Solutions to This Crazy Economy.  Voters Will Hate Them.  —  Ahead of the midterms, Natasha Sarin and Catherine Rampell unpack the state of the economy — and how much responsibility the president bears for it.  —  One of the biggest issue driving the midterm elections?  The economy.
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trumps to vote early in person in Florida on Saturday, White House official says  —  President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will vote early in person in Palm Beach County, Florida, on Saturday, a White House official said.  —  On the campaign trail this week, the president said he prefers to vote on Election Day.
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: The Hill, The Guardian and KSTP-TV
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Consistently Touts the Economy.  The Internet Isn't Buying It.  —  Pocketbook issues top the president's talking points, but on TikTok, videos critical of his claims far outnumber supportive ones.  Vulnerable Republicans are steering clear.  —  WASHINGTON—In the final weeks before the midterms …
Lawfare:
Comey Tries to 86 the Seashells Case: Part I  —  As comical as the prosecution's case appears, it may well go to trial.  —  annabower.bsky.social  —  EricColumbus  —  ericcolumbus.bsky.social  —  Meet The Authors  —  In May 2025, former FBI Director James Comey …
Miranda Bryant / The Guardian:
‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre  —  Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms' latest push  —  Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Avani Kalra / The Washington Sun:
Democrats Aim to Build Red State Momentum With an Epstein Ad Blitz  —  As the limits of where Democrats hope to win in 2026 creep further into reliably red territory, party operatives have been turning more often to a wedge issue that helped Donald Trump win in 2024 — disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Discussion: HuffPost and Washington Post
New York Times:
Covert Russian Group Injects Baseless Claim Into the Texas Senate Race  —  Russian influence operations appear to be stepping up efforts to meddle in the midterms, according to intelligence officials.  Most are targeting Democrats.  —  Even as President Trump pursued a thawing of relations …
Michael Kruse / New York Times:
The Michigan Senate Race Keeps Getting Nastier  —  Supporters of Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate, have described his Democratic opponent, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, as un-American and worse.  —  Mike Rogers snickered as his surrogate smeared his opponent.  —  At a recent campaign stop …
 
 
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New York Post:
All the clues Ilhan Omar had sham marriage to brother — from marriage certificate to living with ‘dirty dandy’
Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
How Tariffs Became the Most Hated Word in Politics
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Jordain Carney / Politico:
John Barrasso to campaign with Ken Paxton
Discussion: Associated Press
Reuters:
Russia and Ukraine swap 270 prisoners each
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Media Matters for America:
Jesse Watters on race between Rogers and El-Sayed: “It's kind of silly that you have an FBI agent running against a Muslim”
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP pushes for oversight of Musk's dominance of space
Discussion: Politico
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MS NOW:
Netanyahu's office orders West Bank closed after soldiers kill 2 men behind alleged attack
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Strong and right  —  Public Notice is proudly celebrating 5 years of independent journalism.
Emily Badger / New York Times:
Does Congress Need to Approve the Arch? Trump Says It Did 100 Years Ago.
Discussion: ABC News and MS NOW
Irit Skulnik / CNBC:
Democratic socialist set to become D.C. mayor — and face Trump's pushback
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
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Tyler Falk / Current:
NPR plans to move its public editor partnership from the Poynter Institute to the University of Maryland in 2027, as public editor Kelly McBride leaves the role

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
The American Entertainment Alliance calls for a rule modeled on the old “fin-syn” law protecting creators' ownership of shows, along with a tax credit

Esther Addley / The Guardian:
Axel Springer's Telegraph begins layoffs, pledging to become an “AI-powered” global business; sources: up to 100 jobs will go, with culture and sports hit hard
 
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