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New York Times:
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies — President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump's envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Democrats May Have Found the Recipe for Flipping Red-State Senate Seats — New Times/Siena polls continue a run of strong results for the party in states that President Trump won easily in 2024. — On paper, the Democrats' path to winning the Senate in November is daunting.
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Paul Krugman:
The Midterms! — Talking with G. Ellliott Morris and David Nir — TRANSCRIPT: — Paul Krugman in Conversation with David Nir and G. Elliott Morris — Paul Krugman: Like almost everybody I know, I spend about 17 hours a day thinking about the midterms, and I've got G. Elliott Morris …
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Politico:
Kansas enters the chat as Senate map tilts further into red territory — Senate Republicans are suddenly rushing to save a Senate seat in Kansas. — On Friday, the Senate Leadership Fund, Senate Republicans' top super PAC, reserved over $8 million in ads starting this weekend to prop …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump promises $100 checks for 20 million seniors for Medicare — President Trump late Friday night said the administration would send just under $100 to more than 20 million senior citizens to help pay for Medicare benefits. … - Trump said the money would come from the Medicare Improvement Fund …
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Trump announces US will send $90 checks to 20 million seniors enrolled in Medicare — President Trump announced Friday his administration will pay out a total of around $2 billion in checks to over 20 million seniors to offset Medicare Part B premium costs.
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Announces Medicare Improvement Fund Payments for Seniors — IMPROVING MEDICARE FOR SENIORS: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced that the federal government will be making one-time payments of $90 per person to help more than 20 million enrollees pay for their Medicare Part B premiums.
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New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: September 2026 Times/Siena Polls of the Likely Electorate in Battleground Senate Races — Results of New York Times/Siena polls conducted among 2,946 voters from Sept. 21 to Oct. 1, 2026. … ‹ › — Do you think [state] is on the right track, or is it headed in the wrong direction?
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New York Times:
Senate Races in Republican States Tilt Toward Democrats, Polls Find — Democrats are performing strongly in five reliably Republican states where they are trying to flip Senate seats to win control of the chamber, new New York Times/Siena polls found. — A month before the midterm elections …
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally — Sipping tea from beer mugs with his co-workers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing. Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did.
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
In Alabama, Trump Relives His Glory Days (This Time With Some Empty Seats) — The Deep South was the birthplace of the mega MAGA rally. How do people on the Gulf feel about President Trump now? — On Friday night, President Trump turned up in Mobile, Ala., to give a campaign rally five weeks ahead of the midterm elections.
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New York Times:
Trump Directed Use of Taxpayer Money for Ads Praising His Presidency
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Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump revisits the scene of his political ascent as Republicans struggle
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's top national security aides meet secretly at Camp David on Iran, Yemen — President Trump's top cabinet members huddled for hours at Camp David on Friday to discuss next steps in the Iran war and the Saudi-Houthi conflict in Yemen, three U.S. officials told Axios.
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Saudis plan major offensive against the Houthis, but U.S. won't join for now
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Al Jazeera, Middle East Monitor, Reuters and NewsMax.com
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Judge temporarily blocks border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend region — A federal court in Texas on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state's Big Bend region, in a victory for opponents who have pushed …
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Manuela Silva / The Washington Sun:
Judge Slows Border Wall Construction in Big Bend Sector
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New York Times, The Texas Tribune and Axios
Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
How a Provocative Ad on Trump and Immigration Stirred a Florida House Race — Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Republican, ran an ad criticizing the Trump administration. It may have jolted other Republicans — and drawn attention to her Democratic opponent.
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Ashley Ahn / Politico:
Justice Alito confirms he is considering retirement — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has confirmed that he is considering retirement, leaving open the possibility that he could leave after next year's term and hand another nomination to President Donald Trump.
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Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Diesel Don is tanking the GOP — Ahead of PN's 5th anniversary next week, we're offering paid subscriptions at the special yearly rate of $40 (or about 16¢ per edition). This newsletter is only possible thanks to the support of paid subscribers. If you're not already one of them …
Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
US suspends consular services in Brazil due to security concerns — The U.S. halted consular services in Brazil Friday due to rising security concerns ahead of the country's presidential election on Sunday. — “Consular Services in the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Brazil …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
DOJ subpoenas Gallego's PAC for Disneyland records — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Ali Bianco — Good Saturday morning. We start today again with a missive lobbed back toward one of Washington's YOLO senators. Get in touch. — BURN BOOK: The White House is firing …
Samantha Hancox-Li / Liberal Currents:
Editor's Notes: “The Indian Question” Shows That No One Is Safe From White Nationalism — That is the entire point. — Christopher Rufo, longtime right-wing agitator, recently recorded a podcast in which he discussed “the Indian Question,” an explicit nod to “the Jewish Question” that so animated Adolf Hitler.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Talking Points Memo
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
US appeals court blocks Minnesota law barring ‘nudified’ photos in XAI lawsuit — Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
The Fall of Roe Changed Doctors. Now They're Changing Politics. … A gaggle of doctors in white coats gathered at the Virginia state capitol in Richmond on Friday to make their case that the safety of their patients and their ability to practice medicine is threatened by an upcoming referendum …
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Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
We live in a rape-prone society. The horrific Cornell case reveals what that looks like — Public outcry to punish the alleged perpetrators in the Cornell case misses the point - the only solution is political, legal and cultural equality of women — Sometimes a story is so so appalling …
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Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal:
Unusual Rest Breaks for Xi Jinping Sucked Hours Out of Summit With Trump — Beijing pared back the schedule and insisted on private downtime for China's 73-year-old leader — Chinese officials made unusual demands that the U.S. accommodate Xi Jinping's need for rest during a summit with President Trump …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump's ‘March of Folly’ Empowers Iranian Extremists — In early March, nine days after starting his war with Iran, President Trump held a news conference to crow about his “military success, the likes of which people haven't seen.” — “We're winning very decisively,” he claimed, and “the result will be lower oil prices.”
Wall Street Journal:
FlyDubai Attacker Had Been Banned From Flying by Oman for Radical Views — The U.A.E. airline later hired the co-pilot who stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane — The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain and sent Flight 1073 diving toward the ground …
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