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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn't work. — The political bill for Republicans' health care agenda is coming due earlier than they'd hoped. — Republicans' signature legislation from Trump 2.0 — 2025's One Big Beautiful Bill Act …
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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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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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Trump to give $90 to senior citizens for Medicare premiums
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Trump announces US will send $90 checks to 20 million seniors enrolled in Medicare
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Democrats Are Underfunding the Races That Could Remake the Map … The Florida Democrat may well have to test that argument. — He is confronting the same daunting predicament as other gubernatorial candidates around the country: Democrats are poised to enjoy their best midterm election in two decades …
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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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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.
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Lauren McGaughy / New York Times:
As She Divorces Ken Paxton, His Wife Urges Texans to Vote for Him — In a new ad, Angela Paxton tells voters to focus on the “whole team,” not “individual players.” — Angela Paxton wants to clear the air. — Mrs. Paxton, the estranged wife of Ken Paxton, a conservative firebrand locked …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
The price tag on the Ken Paxton rescue mission has Republicans panicking
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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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Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
Trump urges calls to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in push for permanent daylight saving time — President Donald Trump on Saturday pressured Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of Cotton …
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Nashville Banner:
Tennessee Prison Commissioner Resigns After Failed Christa Pike Execution — Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada has resigned as head of the state's prison system following this week's failed execution of Christa Pike. It was the second time this year …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
IRS Employees Looked at Celebrities' Tax Records, Report Says — Inspector general warns that the agency doesn't have effective ways to stop employees from peeking at data — WASHINGTON—Dozens of Internal Revenue Service employees improperly viewed the tax records of celebrities …
Kate Kelly / New York Times:
With Elon Musk's Return to Washington, Possible Conflicts of Interest Resurface — The founder of SpaceX, with billions of dollars in military contracts, joins several other defense industry executives on a Pentagon advisory board. — In unveiling a panel to study the future of warfare this week …
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Lydia Polgreen / New York Times:
Zohran Mamdani Is Showing the World How It's Done — A few days before the leaders of the world streamed into the cavernous, marble-lined General Assembly Hall to deliver their speeches on the grave crises convulsing our combustible world, Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered his own …
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Ted Cruz blasts JD Vance as ‘insecure,’ says he's focused on helping GOP win midterms — Sen. Ted Cruz fired back at JD Vance for suggesting he's already focused on a 2028 presidential bid, calling the vice president “insecure” while insisting he's focused on the 2026 midterms.
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
As Midterms Near, Justice Alito Says He Considers Each Year Whether to Retire — The justice, the second oldest on the court at 76, told CBS News that he decided against stepping down last term. He could face pressure should Democrats win the Senate in November.
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Hegseth indicates some US troops could be redeployed from Europe to Western Hemisphere — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated on Saturday that some U.S. service members could be redeployed from Europe to the Western Hemisphere as the Trump administration ramps up its deadly campaign against drug cartels in South America.
Wendy Ruderman / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
A 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.'s largest outbreak in three decades — The headstone had not yet been placed Thursday on the freshly dug grave where a 20-year-old Amish woman was buried this week amid the rolling clover fields and dairy farms at the edge of suburban Philadelphia.
Sasha Rogelberg / Fortune:
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California's proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses — Google cofounder Sergey Brin has now spent more than nine figures combating California's proposed wealth tax. — According to filings …
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
The Mainstreaming of Anti-Indian Bigotry — A Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party's defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits. — Christopher rufo, the conservative activist best known for his opposition to critical race theory …
Mary Papenfuss / The Daily Beast:
Trump Taps Right-Wing TV Host for White House Press Role — HARMONY IN TUNE — “Glamorous” Charlie Kirk admirer, 24, plans to push “America First,” she announces. — A broadcast journalist who was reprimanded—then quit—after praising far-right firebrand Charlie Kirk in an emotional …
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