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.

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

China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say  —  China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter.

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 …

Trump spotted looking at ‘Kennedy Center DEMOLITION’ booklet as his pouting over name change grows  —  President Donald Trump has been caught up in a long-running legal battle to rename the performing arts venue after himself since late last year, culminating with its board voting to close it down for repairs earlier this week

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 …

Carney to Trump: No one tells Canadians what to do  —  “Nobody is going to tell us about what language to speak, no one is going to dictate our culture, or with whom we can strike agreements,” Canadian PM says.  —  STRASBOURG — Canada's warming relationship with the EU “is a positive” …

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 …

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.”

UN mission finds grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran, and Tehran crimes against humanity  —  A UN fact-finding mission on Iran said on Thursday it had reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February, and that these constituted war crimes.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

Why Joe Manchin's endorsement of Susan Collins is so infuriating  —  When Democratic Sen. John Fetterman introduced his Republican colleague Doug McCormick at the GOP midterm convention, I could only roll my eyes.  But now former Sen. Joe Manchin has endorsed Sen. Susan Collins, and that's infuriating.

KSTP/SurveyUSA poll: Governor, Senate races tightening days before early voting starts in Minnesota  —  Just days before the start of early voting in Minnesota, the two biggest races in the state appear to be tightening.  —  Results of a new KSTP/SurveyUSA poll show the gap between Amy Klobuchar …

Industry titans' warning to Congress: Do what we say or health insurance premiums are going up  —  Some of America's largest companies are warning Congress that a law shielding patients from surprise medical bills is about to spike their health insurance premiums.

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.

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.

Trump Aides Are Prepping an AI Takeover of Government Services  —  Former DOGE operatives are working on a website that could offer services like direct tax filing — similar to a Biden-era program the Trump administration killed.  — Copy  —  Trump administration officials are preparing …

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.

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.

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 …

Rand Paul kills Kennedy's AI ‘kill switch’ bill  —  Sen. Rand Paul blocked an attempt by fellow Republican Sen. John Kennedy to quickly pass legislation that would require companies to build a “kill switch” into their artificial intelligence model.  Kennedy, of Louisiana …

Universal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive)  —  The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted.

Iran, the Midterms, and October Surprises … Many narratives swirl around the U.S. war with Iran as the November 3 midterm elections loom.  —  The Left is giddy with confidence that Democrats may take control of Congress.  It is therefore planning a circus of impeachments, lawfare …

Trump and Rubio allies are vying for control of Cuba's assets if regime falls  —  Washington and Florida insiders are exploring lucrative deals for a post-communist Cuba crushed by ever-increasing US sanctions  —  Spanish hotel chains.  A Canadian mining firm.  European shipping giants.

How China is driving the emerging partisan divide on AI safety  —  Americans are divided on whether it's acceptable to fall behind other countries in the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence.  So is Congress.  —  A new POLITICO Poll finds that Americans broadly recognize serious risks …

Joe Rogan Unloads on ‘Rabid’ Trump Fans in Shocking Reversal  —  FIGHTING WORDS  —  “Trump supporters are f—ing nuts,” the former Trump supporter said.  —  Podcaster Joe Rogan, 59, has slammed MAGA supporters in a move that contradicts much of his past behavior.

Donald Trump Returns to the U.N. Amid the Collapse of the Old Order  —  Trump is at the heart of this geopolitical moment, catalytic in his alliance-fraying bullying, unprovoked warmongering, and protectionist demagoguery.  —  Among Washington's think tankers and its ranks of retired diplomats …