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Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:
Jewish Leaders in Michigan Urge Support for El-Sayed's Senate Bid — The public petition comes after other Michigan Jews registered their discontent with Abdul El-Sayed, the state's Democratic Senate nominee. — A group of Jewish voters in Michigan is urging support for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed …
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Jewish Insider, NewsNation, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Abdul for U.S. Senate and Washington Post
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Michigan 2026 Poll: El-Sayed and Rogers Locked in Close Election — Jocelyn Benson Takes Significant Lead Over John James in Governor Race — A new Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media Michigan poll finds 48% of Michigan voters support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, and 46% support Republican Mike Rogers for U.S. Senate.
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NewsNation and The Hill
Washington Post:
Poll finds close Michigan Senate race. Here's how El-Sayed lags his party. — A Post-Schar School finds 53 percent of Michigan's likely voters say they want Democrats to control the Senate, but 48 percent support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the Senate race. — Summary
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Democrats Meet With El-Sayed, Putting Aside Rifts Ahead of Midterms
Democrats Meet With El-Sayed, Putting Aside Rifts Ahead of Midterms
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Axios, NewsMax.com, Fox News, NBC News and CBS News
Colby Smith / New York Times:
The Fed, After Raising Rates, Grapples With What Comes Next — Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, on Wednesday left open-ended how much more interest rates may have to rise to tame inflation. — After four months of talking tough about inflation, Kevin M. Warsh finally followed through.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump offers fiery response to Federal Reserve rate hike
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
The Trillion-Dollar Question: Did Warsh Really Seek Trump's Blessing to Hike Rates?
The Trillion-Dollar Question: Did Warsh Really Seek Trump's Blessing to Hike Rates?
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CNBC:
Trump says he told Warsh to vote for hike with the rest of Fed board: 'It's not going to matter'
Trump says he told Warsh to vote for hike with the rest of Fed board: 'It's not going to matter'
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Emmy Martin / New York Times:
OpenAI Discloses Six New Incidents of ‘Concerning’ A.I. Behavior — The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong. — OpenAI on Wednesday disclosed six new instances in which artificial intelligence systems hid mistakes …
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TMZ.com, RedState, The Washington Sun, France 24, Quartz, Joe.My.God. and Semafor, more at Techmeme »
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Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Trump's Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns … Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in his courtroom. A former clerk for Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court, he does not have the profile of a jurist likely to engage in a high-stakes standoff with the executive branch.Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times
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Washington Examiner
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
House passes Russia sanctions bill — The House passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill Thursday, sending the long-awaited legislation to President Trump's desk. … - It would also target Russia's “shadow fleet,” the network of aging tankers used to evade Western sanctions while exporting Russian oil.
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Rand Paul kills Kennedy's AI ‘kill switch’ bill
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Joe.My.God., NewsNation, The Hill and Washington Examiner
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Why I'm Voting for a Texas Democrat — Bo French's bigoted tweet after a football game is part of a long and ugly pattern. — It was a moment every student in Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium will remember for life. Forty-one seconds into the final quarter on Saturday …
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Mother Jones, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Liberal Currents, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Austin Chronicle and Mediaite
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Carney says Canada will decide its own partnerships after Trump calls EU proposal ‘laughable’ … Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday welcomed the European Union's ambition to make Ottawa an associate member of the 27-nation bloc and said Canadian lawmakers would ultimately vote on the final structure of the alliance.
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Johnson-Massie feud boils over: “Why are we taking days off our calendar?” … - “We had the Epstein recess last year. … - Massie's impeachment resolution has dim prospects in the GOP-controlled House, but it would have forced members to go on the record on Hegseth just weeks before the midterms.
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Mother Jones, The Guardian, The Washington Sun, CBS News, Fox News, WTOP News, Roll Call, Mediaite, HuffPost, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, PBS NewsHour, Washington Post and Politico
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment
House Cancels Votes to Avoid Embarrassment Over Hegseth Impeachment
Reese Gorman / The Washington Sun:
House Republican Meeting Turns Into Shouting Match — A late-night meeting in House Speaker Mike Johnson's office went off the rails Tuesday, with multiple sources describing the session as one of the most contentious this year. — “Everyone was fired up,” one source said.
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The Bulwark, Politico, Joe.My.God., MS NOW, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Roll Call and Mediaite
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Micah Lee / micahflee:
Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials — This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera. 404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it.
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404 Media, Tom's Hardware, NewsMax.com, The Hill, New Republic and Straight Arrow
Jamey Keaten / The Washington Sun:
U.N.-Backed Experts Say the U.S. May Have Committed War Crimes in Iran — GENEVA — Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.'s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.
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Olivia Le Poidevin / Reuters:
UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity
UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity
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Associated Press and WTOP News
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
States prep for ICE agents to be at polls, just in case — The Trump administration's hints about sending ICE agents to election polling places this fall have led state officials from Maine to Oregon to make plans to counter any actions that could affect voters.
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Angie Orellana Hernandez / The Washington Sun:
Judge Scolds ICE Over Investigation of a New York Man's Critical Email
Judge Scolds ICE Over Investigation of a New York Man's Critical Email
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Military.com, Washington Post, The Foundation …, The Hill, Reason, New York Times, Straight Arrow, Washington Examiner, Joe.My.God., MPR News and The Guardian
New York Times:
Who Will Win the Midterms? Republicans Are Reeling. … The political environment has worsened for Republicans as they try to defend control of Congress, though the party has a big cash advantage over Democrats. Alex Kent/The New York Times — In Georgia, Republican strategists …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Hasan Piker on “The Axios Show”: America worse than al-Qaeda “pound for pound” — OPEN EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM CDN.JWPLAYER.COM … - “Pound for pound as far as the number of deaths, yes,” Piker said in an exclusive interview for a new episode of “The Axios Show.”
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Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Lawmaker requests emergency hearing as Kennedy Center remains closed — Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), a Kennedy Center trustee, filed a motion requesting an emergency hearing so center officials can explain the closure despite a federal judge's instructions hours earlier that he needed to approve it.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump to hold Iran talks with Gulf leaders next week — President Trump is expected to hold a meeting with Gulf leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York next Tuesday to discuss the next steps in the war with Iran, three sources with direct knowledge tell Axios.
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Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
Alligator Alcatraz's Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier — This article was featured in the Daily Prospect newsletter. Sign up for it here. — The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Homeland Security released a scathing report last Friday about the shuttered Florida …
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Riley Rogerson / Politico:
Democrats keep pressure on Hakeem Jeffries to punish rogue members — House Democrats aren't letting rogue members off the hook for bucking their party. They hope Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries won't either. “Obviously, there's got to be” punishment for the two Democrats who twice …
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The Washington Sun
Dan Merica / Washington Post:
Trump won by latching on to popular issues. He's doing the opposite on AI. — In today's edition ... Trump takes an L at the Fed ... We ask you about Ed Sheeran ... but first ... Trump latches on to an unpopular issue — Donald Trump's political career could be defined by his ability …
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The Hill, American Greatness and Politico
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Democrats Hope Voting Rights Decision Will Drive Black Turnout in South — Black Democratic candidates for governor, the Senate and the House are hoping that attacks on Black representation will bring out Black voters in November. — Across the South, from the Mississippi Delta to Georgia's suburbs …
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WTOP News
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Retire in peace — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🏛️ Subscribe to PN 🏛️ — Mitch McConnell is unfit to serve in the US Senate and should resign immediately — that is, presuming he's lucid enough to wittingly make that decision.
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
Global Oil Prices Could Hit Highest Levels in Months After Saudi Pipeline Attacks — Prolonged restrictions on exports could push oil prices even higher. — 1.2k — As Iran and its allies tightened their grip on shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia scrambled this week …
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Washington Post:
RFK Jr. to give keynote speech at conference for anti-vaccine group he founded — Since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as health secretary, he has made clear he wants to overhaul the nation's immunization system. — Summary — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slated to give …
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MS NOW, The Guardian, Reuters and Rolling Stone
David Gilbert / Wired:
Hundreds of Election Deniers Will Be on the Ballot This November — 197 election deniers are running for Congress or statewide office in 43 states. Many of them are seeking roles that would put them in charge of voting for the 2028 presidential election. — On November 3 …
Semafor:
Exclusive / Trump's Saudi ambassador pick faces early hurdles — President Donald Trump's pick for ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, is staring down a potentially difficult confirmation fight due to hurdles from a tight Senate calendar and skepticism among Republicans.
Chris Sommerfeldt / Politico:
JD Vance faces test in White House meeting with Israel-backing radio host — NEW YORK — Vice President JD Vance will hit a key hurdle in his fence-mending effort with Jewish Republicans on Thursday when he hosts a popular conservative radio host at the White House.
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