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5:35 AM ET, October 25, 2026

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Zeteo:
Venues Start Canceling on Vivek Ramaswamy Over His Disgusting Ad: 'People Don't Want Him There'  —  Businesses have begun pulling out of Vivek Ramaswamy's bus tour with other GOP candidates.  'It's that damn ad,' a top Ohio Republican tells Zeteo.  —  ∙ Paid
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Storms Onto Campaign Trail With Harsh Words for Trump  —  The former president, typically circumspect when criticizing Trump, gave an unusually sharp rebuke at an Ohio rally  —  Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Trump and Republicans in an Ohio rally Saturday …
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Obama describes Trump as an agent of ‘chaos and cruelty’ in midterm elections pitch  —  The former president also criticized Republican Vivek Ramaswamy's attack ad featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic rival for governor.  —  CLEVELAND — Former President Barack Obama …
NBC News:
Ramaswamy ad puts Acton's estranged mother in spotlight as records reveal family's troubled past  —  Vivek Ramaswamy faces bipartisan backlash over an ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother, whose rocky history emerges in court records and interviews.  —  Amy Acton's estranged mother …
Discussion: ABC News and PBS NewsHour
Washington Post:
Obama rips into Ramaswamy over attack ad: 'There's no line he won't cross'  —  The Ramaswamy campaign cut in half the length of the ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother after the spot sparked an uproar.  —  Loading...  Former president Barack Obama said Saturday that Ohio Republican …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Republicans Are Crude, Craven, Cruel.  It's Not Working Anymore.  —  In my column last week, I wrote about the Democratic Party's dramatic change of fortune in the race to control the Senate.  The expectation at the start of this election cycle was that Republicans would hold the chamber easily and …
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Post
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New York Times:
In Second Term, Trump's Justice Dept. Submits to His Election Demands
Clarissa-Jan Lim / MS NOW:
Democrats take legal action against Trump bid ‘to rig’ Alaska Senate race
New York Times:
What Happens if Trump Doesn't Like the Midterm Results?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Wall Street Journal:
Exposing ‘Decoy Dan’ in Alaska
New York Times:
A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War  —  With new intelligence and the possibility of all sides seeking pretexts for action, the war in Iran is entering a dangerous phase ahead of elections in the United States and Israel.
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Reuters:
Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, intelligence memo warns  —  Iran has ramped up efforts to target US personnel, and lethal plots by Tehran against American citizens have reached “advanced stages”, a senior intelligence official in the Trump administration warned in a memo seen by Reuters.
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US is reducing staffing at 4 Middle East embassies over increased threats from Iran
Alexandra Hutzler / Democracy Docket:
Appeals court to hear DOJ's dangerous bid to block California from counting votes  —  A federal appeals court agreed Saturday to the Trump administration's request that it consider an unprecedented bid to block California from counting tens of thousands of ballots.
Discussion: Fox News
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NBC News:
DOJ demands that California counties help identify noncitizen voters
CBS News:
North Korea's Kim Jong Un touts ties, opens bridge with China on first trip in a year  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited China on Saturday, inaugurating a new bridge that connects the two countries and vowing to expand cooperation with his powerful neighbor.
Jessica Contrera / New York Times:
She Planned to Protest Trump.  She Didn't Plan on Getting Punched.  —  Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally.  The violence that followed “was not right,” she said.  —  The night before President Trump spoke in Youngstown, Ohio, this month …
Discussion: Newsweek
Financial Times:
US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control  —  Former CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington's approval  —  The former chief executive of a $25bn US gas export venture …
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Wall Street Journal:
As AOC's Ambition Grows, Her Tactics Soften—Risking Support on the Left  —  Following setbacks, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tries broadening her outreach to draw voters and lawmakers from both parties  —  Days after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman elected to Congress …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Introducing a New Way to Understand the Election: Times Voter Trends  —  A timely demographic story we've never been able to tell before.  —  When the dust settles on election night, the story won't simply be about who won, but who decided the outcome: Which demographic groups shifted the most …
Associated Press:
Musk says he was behind Starlink speed restriction after service in Ukraine is restored  —  Elon Musk said on Saturday that his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations that the country relies on to defend itself against Russia.
New York Times:
Israel Cracks Down in West Bank City After Deadly Attack  —  Hundreds of Palestinian families fled their homes as the Israeli military raided Hebron.  The operation came a day after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers.  —  The Israeli military began a sweeping crackdown in the West Bank city …
 
 
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NBC News:
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Discussion: Associated Press
Ashley J. DiMella / New York Post:
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Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Audi to Build Factory in Georgia, Trump Says
Discussion: Bloomberg
Reuters:
In Florida, Trump vows to deal with Cuba after Iran gets settled
Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
ICE's Cruelty Is Becoming America's M.O.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ford McCracken / The Hill:
Trump's former campaign manager on GOP ahead of midterms: 'It's ugly'
Discussion: HuffPost and Mediaite
Rosanna Xia / Los Angeles Times:
Trump wants to strip California of coastal protections unless state yields to list of demands
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
The MAHA-MAGA Alliance Is Fracturing Before the Midterms
Barak Ravid / Axios:
As Israeli election looms, Trump advisers see opportunity beyond Netanyahu
Discussion: New York Post and NewsMax.com
Catherine Kim / Politico:
Gen Z Is Broke and Fed Up With Politics
Politico:
Dem infighting erupts over which candidates to fund in midterms homestretch
 

 
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