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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Fetterman … It's a few days after the election this November, and the results have become clear: Democrats have netted the four seats they need to claim a Senate majority. — But then there's a disturbance in the force: Senate Republicans …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans see GOP dysfunction as major liability ahead of midterms
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New York Times:
Democrats Add 8 Candidates to House Battlefield Program for Midterms
Democrats Add 8 Candidates to House Battlefield Program for Midterms
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Democrats bullish on midterm election prospects 6 months out
Democrats bullish on midterm election prospects 6 months out
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court temporarily restores full access to abortion pill — The decision means mifepristone remains available nationwide without an in-person meeting required while litigation continues.
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies — The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.
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Axios:
“He wants action”: Trump's frustration with Iran stalemate sparked Hormuz gambit — President Trump was fed up with the “no deal, no war” stalemate in Iran. The operation he ordered to change that dynamic could ultimately lead back to war. — “The president wants action.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Guide’ Stranded Ships Through Strait of Hormuz
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Washington Post:
Iran threatens retaliation after Trump says U.S. will guide ships in Strait of Hormuz
Iran threatens retaliation after Trump says U.S. will guide ships in Strait of Hormuz
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NBC News:
U.S. denies Iranian claim that it hit American warship as Trump launches mission to reopen Strait of Hormuz
U.S. denies Iranian claim that it hit American warship as Trump launches mission to reopen Strait of Hormuz
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 months — The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a massive spike in detainee deaths and medical crises. — On October 3, 2025, the Trump administration abruptly stopped paying third-parties for medical care provided …
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Almost Everyone Loses—Except a Few Sharks—on Prediction Markets — A WSJ analysis shows a small number of accounts on Polymarket and Kalshi—often pros using data-driven algorithmic trading—take home most of the winnings — John Pederson, 33, couldn't work.
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Hannah Allam / ProPublica:
I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X. — Counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka is one of the most controversial figures in the Trump administration, a gate crasher in the buttoned-up world of national security.
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Theo Farrant / Euronews:
Children are drawing moustaches on their faces to fool online age checks - and it's working — A new report reveals that children across the UK are outwitting online safety measures with fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, and some surprisingly creative facial hair.
Associated Press:
Alabama and Tennessee move to draw new congressional districts in wake of Supreme Court ruling — Republican governors in Alabama and Tennessee have summoned lawmakers into special sessions this week seeking new congressional districts after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Breaking down the redistricting arms race following the Supreme Court's VRA ruling
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Maddy Varner / Wired:
DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian's Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts — Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn't entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
Jonah E. Bromwich / New York Times:
Rudy Giuliani Is in ‘Critical Condition’ in Florida Hospital — A spokesman for the former mayor of New York City said Mr. Giuliani was critical but stable. — Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, is in a Florida hospital in critical condition, his spokesman said Sunday.
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
Why the U.S.-led Liberal World Order is Only Mostly Dead — Even before Donald Trump launched his ill-advised war on Iran, America's allies were already pronouncing the end of the era of U.S. leadership of the free world. “The West as we knew it no longer exists,” European Commission …
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Scott Anderson / New York Times:
Operation Epic Fury, Meet Operation Colossal Blunder — America's war with Iran has entered a calmer phase: diplomatic posturing, on-and-off-again negotiations and endless wrangling of a settlement. This, of course, is far preferable to the annihilation of Iranian civilization that President Trump …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Late on Friday night, President Donald J. Trump took to social media. At 11:03 he posted an AI-generated image of himself, alongside Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, all shirtless, along with an unidentifiable woman in a bikini …
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Truth of Trump's Wild Sleepless Nights Exposed — LOSING HIS MIND — Joanna Coles and Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty dive into a jaw-dropping investigation revealing the president's relentless late-night posting habits. — A third of Donald Trump's social media posts …
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Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
SCOTUS's Brazen Power Grab Guts Voting Rights — This week has underscored a brutal reality of our teetering constitutional system: a renegade, partisan Supreme Court ignoring the power and role of Congress, prevaricating about history and the plain language of the Constitution …
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
The vanity presidency — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🏆 Subscribe to PN 🏆 — Following the failed attempt on President Trump's life at the White House Correspondents Dinner, lapdog Republicans and their media allies rushed …
Brentin Mock / Democracy Docket:
GOP Senate candidate recruiting off-duty Detroit cops to intimidate voters — Mike Rogers, a leading Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Michigan, recently told a GOP group that he's recruiting former and active police officers to serve as poll watchers in Detroit for the upcoming election, according to The Detroit News.
