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7:55 AM ET, October 27, 2026

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Washington Post:
Bolsonaro effectively concedes in Brazil after Trump suggests he won't help  —  Trump says the presidential election looked “rigged” but did not say he planned to intervene on behalf of the right-wing politician.  —  SummaryLoading...  Brazil's leading right-wing politician …
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Brazil's election ignites MAGA's midterm warnings … But Bolsonaro, like his father, isn't accepting defeat. … - He added, “Elections have to be indisputable, and it looked very bad to me.”  — The White House referred Axios to Trump's comments when asked to respond.
NBC News:
James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administration  —  The former FBI director, a longtime target of President Donald Trump, has not been indicted in the latest case against him.  —  Former FBI Director James Comey has been charged by federal prosecutors with transmission …
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Associated Press:
Trump administration attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey again
Gavin J. Quinton / The Washington Sun:
Justice Department Charges Comey for a Third Time
Ryan Lucas / NPR:
DOJ brings criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey for third time
Washington Post:
How Trump and his allies are sowing doubt ahead of the midterms  —  A Post analysis found thousands of messages from right-wing influencers pushing new theories for why, if Democrats win, the elections can't be trusted.  —  President Donald Trump and his allies have spent the final weeks …
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Wall Street Journal:
Court Rejects Trump Administration Bid to Set Aside California Mail-in Ballots  —  Appeals panel had expressed skepticism of claims of noncitizen voting, in a rare weekend court hearing  —  A federal appeals court Monday rejected a Trump administration request to immediately require California …
The Washington Sun:
Texas Democrats Are Frustrated Talarico Hasn't Done More to Win Black Voters  —  A $25 million Black voter outreach initiative.  An interview on “The Breakfast Club.”  Hosting a fundraiser at Texas Southern University, an HBCU in Houston.  —  Texas state Rep. James Talarico is attempting …
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Marist Poll:
U.S. Midterm Elections, October 2026
Discussion: NPR and PBS NewsHour
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:   Good News: America's Most Important Voters Hate Trump
Calen Razor / Politico:
Dems face reckoning on trans issues  —  IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Republicans' small-donor problem  — House GOP sets leadership elections  — Climate conservatives face midterm wipeout  —  A potential Democratic majority on Capitol Hill would face a serious split over whether …
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Trump enlists football stars for final midterm push in Texas
Discussion: Fox News and MS NOW
Philip Wang / Time:
New Details of Rape Allegation Against Trump Revealed in House Democrats' Epstein Report  —  Philip Wang … The New York Times reported in March that Zampolli had asked a top official at Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year to detain and deport Ungaro, whom Zampolli had previously dated, amid a custody battle over their son.
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Mike Elk / Payday Report:
Brazilian Federal Police Confiscate Flavio Bolsonaro's Passport  —  São Paulo, Brasil - For more than twenty years, Flavio Bolsonaro has served as a state or federal legislator.  Under Brazilian federal law, all legislators have immunity from prosecution.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Bessent dines at Cheesecake Factory, slams Obama over Trump joke … Let them eat cheesecake?  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday became the latest right-wing critic to accuse former President Barack Obama of elitism for mockingly comparing President Donald Trump's ostentatious …
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Bloomberg:
US Maps Path for Venezuela to Hold Fresh Presidential Election
Discussion: Semafor
Washington Post:
CDC's deputy director to leave Trump administration after six months  —  Jennifer Shuford, who had been Texas's health commissioner, was part of a team hired to restore confidence in the agency.  —  SummaryLoading...  Jennifer Shuford, the CDC's deputy director and chief medical officer …
Discussion: The Independent
WRAL-TV:
NC Senate candidate in custody, facing charges after hours-long standoff with Cary police  —  Jonathan Miller, a Libertarian running for a state Senate district covering western Wake County, called WRAL during his standoff with police.  He spoke about what led to the standoff.
Donald Shaw / Sludge:
Musk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West's Ballot Push  —  The nonprofit that helped get Cornel West on presidential ballots in 2024 received all of its funding that year through a conservative political network that has been bankrolled by Elon Musk, tax records reviewed by Sludge show.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
US voters and Trump's overflowing swamp  —  America's affordability crisis and corruption are now treated as two sides of the same coin  —  Draining the swamp used to be one of President Donald Trump's themes.  We do not hear much about that vow nowadays.
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
California's Billionaire-Tax Vote Could Offer Clues for 2028  —  Plus, uncertain future for Senate GOP under John Thune, and places where midterms will decide fate of data centers  —  Good morning.  Billionaires are suddenly everywhere in these midterm elections.  —  Including on the ballot in California.
Meduza:
European countries with the largest defense budgets name Russia their main security threat and pledge continued support for Ukraine  —  Defense ministers from the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Poland, and France met in Paris on October 26 as members of the E5 group — the countries …
Discussion: France 24, Bloomberg, Politico and Reuters
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bob Woodward Thought Jeff Bezos Had His Back.  Now He Feels Disillusioned.  —  Six takeaways from a new memoir by Mr. Woodward, the star Washington Post reporter, including his disappointment with the newspaper's billionaire owner.  —  When Bob Woodward, the veteran star Washington Post reporter …
Washington Post:
Costs outpaced wages in more GOP-held battlegrounds, Post analysis shows  —  Republicans are defending most of the competitive seats where a majority of families don't earn enough to cover the basics.  —  SummaryLoading...  Six in 10 families can't afford the basic cost of living …
Discussion: Newsweek
Financial Times:
Inside Donald Trump Jr's Mongolian hunting trip with a Kremlin-linked oligarch  —  Remote August rendezvous highlights remarkable ties between the US president's son and a Russian businessman close to Vladimir Putin
Priya Sridhar / MS NOW:
Hegseth gave troops a day off to vote, but those votes may not break the way he hopes  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been giving troops a day off to vote, but those votes may not help Republicans as much as Hegseth would like.  —  The secretary is urging service members to cast …
The Washington Sun:
Super PACs Are Supposed to Be Transparent.  They're Still Awash in ‘Dark Money.’  —  Super PACs closely aligned with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders have disclosed record donations from affiliated “dark money” groups, obscuring the source of hundreds of millions …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and CNN
Politico:
Mamdani is using NYPD gym to host pickup basketball games with friends  —  NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of fellow basketball enthusiasts have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy's gymnasium in Queens to play pickup ball, according to four people familiar with the games.
 
 
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Finland and Norway Hold ‘Frank’ Call With Putin on Ukraine
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American Prospect:
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Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Gov. Wes Moore, up for reelection in Maryland, campaigns in Virginia
Discussion: NBC News and Fox News
 Earlier Items: 
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
House Republicans set leadership elections
Discussion: The Hill
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
Netanyahu Goes Into Full Panic Mode
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
On multiple fronts, the Trump administration faces accusations of data manipulation
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Walter Koenig, Chekov From ‘Star Trek,’ Has Died
Dell Cameron / Wired:
The US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans
Discussion: Roll Call and Gizmodo
 

 
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Alex Ritman / Variety:
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