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Scott Clement / Washington Post:
We polled Kansas.  Democrats wanted to talk.  Republicans, not so much.  —  The Post is publishing results of its Kansas Senate poll in the interest of transparency and to highlight the challenges the poll faced.  —  SummaryLoading...  The Washington Post and George Mason University began …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
‘It could be quite a brutal evening’: GOP braces for some once-unthinkable losses  —  Republicans are bracing for a brutal election night, convinced they're set to face some previously unthinkable losses in deep-red Trump territory as key battleground races hang on a knife's edge.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Ohio's Jon Husted, object of Trump's leering, is just an empty pair of pants  —  Trump's admiration of the senator's rear end can't distract from the GOP's hollow agenda  —  Jon Husted has a problem: People can't seem to remember who he is.  The former lieutenant governor of Ohio was appointed …
Lakshya Jain / The Argument:
How Republicans lost voters' trust  —  New poll has Democrats leading by 11 points … This is what it looks like when the bottom falls out for the Republican Party.  —  Across the 14 national polls The Argument has conducted since last year, I have never seen a worse poll for the Republicans than this one.
Jessie Blaeser / Politico:
Poll: Americans don't trust polls
Discussion: Broad + Liberty and MS NOW
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump cancels weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas in favor of holding numerous tele-rallies  —  Senate races in both states are considered toss-ups and could be key in either party's path to control of Congress.  —  President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is canceling his rallies in Kansas …
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The Washington Sun:
Trump Resurrects Canceled Rallies in Iowa and Kansas  —  A source familiar with the situation told The Washington Sun that the rallies were “rearranged for scheduling purposes.”  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump will attend midterm rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday …
Politico:
Trump tried not to roil the economy before midterms.  He's about to be unleashed.  —  Voters are expected to send a very clear message on Tuesday that they want the U.S. to stop fighting wars — on the military and economic front.  President Donald Trump is unlikely to listen.
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Nancy Cook / Washington Post:
Brash architect of Trump's midterm strategy could become midterm scapegoat
Discussion: emptywheel and The Atlantic
New York Times:
Binance Suspends Withdrawals After Crypto Hackers Steal $6.3 Billion  —  The world's largest crypto exchange said it was compromised in a “complex hack” that could be the biggest crypto heist ever.  One research lab attributed the theft to “North Korea's elite hacking unit.”
Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Houston Grand Jury Indicts ICE Agent on Charges of Ramming Man in Chase  —  The agent is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, officials said Friday.  —  A grand jury on Friday indicted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who struck and injured a Mexican construction worker …
Discussion: Associated Press
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NBC News:
ICE officer is indicted after striking, injuring immigrant with his vehicle in Houston
Discussion: CBS News and FOX 26 Houston
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba's $50 Million Deal  —  Angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker, the president told allies he wanted some of the money to go to his future presidential library.
New York Times:
U.S. Oil Industry Earned Over $130 Billion in Profit During Iran War  —  That was almost three times as much as what businesses producing and refining oil in the United States made in the same period in 2025.  —  The war with Iran has been very lucrative for American oil companies …
Telegraph:
The proof Putin used Starlink blackout to blitz Ukraine  —  Russia launched an unprecedented onslaught of drones and missiles after the US cut access to satellite data, figures show  —  Vladimir Putin exploited a lapse in US support for Ukraine with an onslaught of missile and drone strikes, Telegraph analysis has found.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Madison Malone Kircher / New York Times:
How Common Is Ballot Stacking?  What to Know as Conflict Roils Alaska Senate Race.  —  As a conflict over candidates roils the Alaskan Senate race, here's a look back at the political practice over the years.  —  Stacking a ballot is when a little-known candidate runs for election to divert votes from a more prominent opponent.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Alaska governor casts doubt on certifying election if Peltola wins
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
James Comey team in court seeking to toss out third DOJ case against longtime Trump foe  —  Attorneys for the former FBI director contend the third case isn't valid on its face because it wasn't presented to a federal grand jury within the statute of limitations.
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Tina Sfondeles / Chicago Sun Times:
Pope Leo will vote from the Vatican, by mail, in Illinois' midterm election  —  That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo XIV has led the Catholic church since white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel in May 2025.
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Inside Donald Trump's Secret Plan To Restart The Iran War After The Election  —  In the summer of 2026, Donald Trump received a bleak update: The Islamic Republic of Iran had claimed sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.  The fragile, on-and-off ceasefire he'd raced into effect just weeks earlier, had collapsed altogether.
Discussion: Politico, Joe.My.God. and New Republic
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Corporate America's Trump trap  —  America's corporate titans greeted President Trump's 2024 victory with open checkbooks, 12-figure investment pledges and fawning tributes to his coming “Golden Age.”  — Two years later, on the eve of a potential blue wave, Democrats are preparing to greet …
Rozina Ali / New Yorker:
The Real Stakes of the Ilhan Omar Case  —  In seeking to revoke the citizenship of a sitting congresswoman, the Trump Administration has sent a chilling message about dissent, loyalty, and who gets to be an American.  —  All the way back in 2015, as Donald Trump was ascending onto the political stage …
Hamed Ahmadi / The Washington Sun:
Trump Administration Halts Funding for Key Ukraine Security Programs  —  The Trump administration has halted future aid to Ukraine through the International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement program, even as Russia intensifies attacks on the country's energy infrastructure ahead of winter.
Aaron Couch / The Hollywood Reporter:
Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ Captain and ‘X-Men’ Superhero, Dies at 86  —  He's forever known for playing Jean-Luc Picard and Charles Xavier, whom he “admired for their morality, for their kindness, for their sensitivity, for their compassion.” … He was 86.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
G20 diplomats, including from China and Russia, face deep rifts as they prepare to meet in Atlanta  —  The U.S. scrapped plans for a photo of top diplomats of the Group of 20 largest world economies on the opening day of talks Friday as several Europeans objected to being photographed …
TMZ.com:
Ilhan Omar's Ex-Husband, Rumored to Be Her Brother, Says He's Gay  —  LLHAN OMAR EX-HUBBY RUMORED TO BE HER BROTHER REVEALS HE'S GAY  —  Ilhan Omar's ex-husband — who has long been rumored to be her brother — says he's gay ... adding a new wrinkle to allegations that the Minnesota congresswoman married …
Wendy Siegelman / NewsTRACS:
Trump Media will earn $350K for ads by Freedom 250, which is part of the National Park Foundation, the official charity partner of the National Park Service  —  Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the company that owns Truth Social, filed a new Registration Statement related to the stockholder vote …
Huo Jingnan / NPR:
Websites pretending to be local news are boosting Democratic candidates  —  📲 Get the latest on the midterms & more in the NPR App  —  Ahead of the midterms, some voters are turning to ChatGPT to help them decide who to vote for.  When asked for information about candidates …
Discussion: Political.org
Stephen Neukam / The Washington Sun:
The Unlikely Resurgence of Kirsten Gillibrand  —  The prognosis was brutal nearly two years ago when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand told colleagues and staff that she wanted to run the Senate Democrats' campaign arm.  Reeling from losing their majority in their colossal 2024 losses …
The Atlantic:
Democrats Are Ready to Run Hegseth ‘Out of Town’  —  Many Democrats have a post-midterm dream that goes something like this: Pete Hegseth, the push-up-loving, beardo-mocking former Fox News host who has led the Pentagon for almost two years with bombast and theatrics, is either fired or hauled …
Discussion: Reason, Forbes and KRDO
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Dems privately name Texas as most-flippable red state  —  Democrats' main Senate super PAC is privately telling top donors that Texas offers their best shot at flipping a deep-red Senate seat, followed by Ohio, where the race remains close.  — Senate Majority PAC also sees victories …
Discussion: Political.org and NewsMax.com
Brandy Zadrozny / MS NOW:
‘Slopaganda’ has taken over the midterms  —  Generative AI makes content that looks real enough to fool people, is accessible to everyone and can be deployed at scale.  MS NOW tracked the ways slopaganda is affecting elections.  —  Call it the slop election.
Alice Hancock / Financial Times:
Iran hits Hormuz tanker with limpet mines in apparent tactical shift  —  Ship damaged on Thursday by attackers in speedboat in first such incident since 2019  —  Iranians in a small speedboat have attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz by attaching limpet mines to the hull for the first time since 2019 …
Discussion: CBS News, CNBC and Associated Press
Fox News:
Dem operative admits Ilhan Omar case has legs as liberal firewall begins to crack: 'I'm not stupid'  —  A prominent Minnesota Democrat who served in the state's House of Representatives revealed on Thursday he believes the federal probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has legitimacy.
Discussion: RedState and The Post Millennial
 
 
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Emma Ruby / The Washington Sun:
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