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New York Times:
Democrats Have Edge Across Four Key House Races in Pennsylvania, Polls Find — Democratic candidates are ahead in two, hold a narrow edge in a third and are tied in a fourth, new polling shows. The seats embody the fights playing out nationwide in the midterms.
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NewsNation and Political Wire
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The educational divide could spell trouble for Republicans — Republicans tend to run better among voters without a college degree than those with one, which has battered Democrats in recent presidential elections. But that same pattern could give Democrats a potentially decisive boost in next month's midterms.
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Fox News
New York Times:
Latinos Are Now America's Most Important Swing Voters
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Texan
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
Poll finds Democrats still boosted by voters' economic concerns, but many don't think either party has a plan
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
The Republicans' Remarkably Bad Midterm Campaigns
The Republicans' Remarkably Bad Midterm Campaigns
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New York Times
Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Independent candidates sense a moment. Some Democrats hope they're right.
Independent candidates sense a moment. Some Democrats hope they're right.
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The Guardian
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
A Black Democrat has a chance to win in Mississippi's Senate race
A Black Democrat has a chance to win in Mississippi's Senate race
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ABC News, Legal Insurrection and HuffPost
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
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Bloomberg
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
How Ohio Trump Voters Reacted to Vivek's Attack Ad — He spent millions smearing Amy Acton, prompting national criticism. But how low is too low for Trump voters? — BY NOW, YOU'VE SURELY HEARD about the ad Vivek Ramaswamy is running against his opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial election …
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CNN
David French / New York Times:
Despicable Doesn't Begin to Cover It — I've never seen a viler ad. — By now, you almost certainly know the story. Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, posted an ad featuring a malicious attack on Amy Acton, Ramaswamy's Democratic opponent.
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OutsideTheBeltway and Los Angeles Times
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Who has already voted for the 2026 midterms? Who's undecided? How might they vote? — Why undecided voters probably won't care about Trump's closing message, and an early voting update. Your weekly political data roundup for October 25, 2026. … It was a very busy week at Strength …
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Washington Post:
These are the midterm deciders: They voted for Trump and now disapprove of him — They're a small but crucial piece of the electorate. Here's what they say about how they'll vote — decisions that will strongly shape the GOP's fortunes this year. — SummaryLoading...
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Epstein Haunts GOP in Midterms as Democrats Vow Fresh Probes — President Donald Trump can't shake the furor over Jeffrey Epstein. — Democrats are preparing to launch congressional investigations into the administration's handling of files related to the late, disgraced sex offender …
Bloomberg:
Trump Says Decision Time Nears on Iran: Deal or ‘Finish It Off’ — President Donald Trump said it's “getting to be decision time” on whether he will make a deal with Tehran or resume attacks as Iranian and Houthi threats against Americans in the Middle East continue to grow.
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Brett Erickson / MeidasTouch:
A “Little Epic Fury”? Impossible.
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Al Jazeera, The Daily Wire and Bloomberg
Finya Swai / The Hill:
Blanche: Alaska Senate race is ‘not a fair fight’ to Trump — Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said President Trump doesn't consider Alaska's Senate race to be a fair contest because of the controversial appearance on the ballot of a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan …
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Politico, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, Breitbart, Democracy Docket, Global News, The Washington Sun and Al Jazeera
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NBC News:
Democrats ask judge to dismiss Trump administration's challenge to Alaska Senate race
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The Hill, Associated Press, Democracy Docket, Newsweek, The Gateway Pundit, France 24, CNBC and MS NOW
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's DOJ barrels into midterms with lawsuits, raids and arrests
Trump's DOJ barrels into midterms with lawsuits, raids and arrests
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Alaska Public Media, Newsweek, The Hill, Salon, Newsbusters and NBC News
Julie Yoon / New York Times:
Obama Sharply Criticizes Trump on Campaign Trail — Former President Barack Obama attacked the Trump administration on Saturday as he hit the campaign trail before the midterm elections. — “After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence the likes of which we have not seen …
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New York Post, HuffPost, FOX 35 Orlando, twitchy.com, Newsweek, Daily Mail, The Hill, The Wrap, Mediaite and Instapundit
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Finya Swai / The Hill:
Schiff: Hegseth should face Senate questions over Starlink slowdown — Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday called for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to testify before the Senate over Starlink's slowdown to its satellite service in Ukraine, which disrupted the country's military capabilities.
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NBC News and NewsNation
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David Montgomery / The Washington Sun:
Rahm Emanuel Embodies His Party's Past. Could He Also Be Its Future? — On the road with an extreme moderate as he mocks the left and (maybe) makes his case for 2028. — Copy — An elementary school in rural Louisiana isn't Rahm Emanuel's natural habitat.
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New York Times:
Public Colleges Are Passing the $50,000-a-Year Mark. For Locals. — At the University of California campuses in Berkeley, Irvine and Santa Barbara, students get an unwitting education in navigating the housing market. — The University of California, Santa Barbara …
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The Hill
New York Times:
An Iowa Republican's Unusual Connection to the Kochs (and Kansas) — In his campaign for governor, Zach Lahn has pitched himself as a self-made businessman. His backstory is more complicated. — If there is one thing that Zach Lahn, the Republican nominee for governor of Iowa …
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 …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump fails to change economic headwinds facing GOP candidates — Gas, diesel and food prices are high and expected to remain elevated through Election Day, creating a strong political headwind for Republicans who are at serious risk of losing control of the House and possibly the Senate, as well.
Azhar Sukri / CNBC:
In pictures: Initially peaceful protests across France over inequality again descend into violence … Mostly peaceful protests across France over a worsening cost-of-living crisis and growing inequality descended into violence for a second straight weekend.
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Agence France-Presse, Wall Street Journal and Metro.co.uk

