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Poll: Latino voters swing away from Trump and Republicans — Democrats have a significant lead among Latino voters in 2026 amid economic concerns, according to the NBC News/Telemundo poll, though the GOP has made some long-term gains. — Latino voters helped propel Donald Trump back to the White House.
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Democrats Lead Governor Races Deep in Republican Territory, Polls Show — Democratic advantages in the races for governor in Texas, Iowa, Ohio and Alaska reflect deep unhappiness with President Trump and the economy. A Republican leads in Kansas. — One month until Election Day …
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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas — Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed on his way to work by ICE agents, who said he used his vehicle as a weapon. An outraged community is demanding justice — and change.
David French / New York Times:
The ‘God Gap’ Is Narrowing in Texas — Robert Jeffress, the senior pastor of First Baptist Dallas, a 16,000-member congregation, stepped to the microphone at the Republican Party's midterm convention last month and issued what sounded like a declaration of a religious cold war:
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Some Democrats, Scarred by 2024, Take a Harder Line on Trans Athletes — Democrats competing in historically conservative territory in the midterms are more aggressively responding to Republican attacks casting them as extreme. — In Ohio, a longtime Democratic congresswoman in a tough race …
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Emily Davies / New York Times:
Some Democrats Say Senate Race In South Carolina Is Winnable. Others, not so much.
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker poll finds Democrats maintain House advantage amid concern about prices
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Republicans tried to punt health care cuts until after the midterms. It didn't work.
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Democrats Are Underfunding the Races That Could Remake the Map
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New York Times:
Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She Left — The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
Associated Press:
Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task force — President Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence. — Trump is calling it the …
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Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
New AI Czar Unveils Goals, Members of White House Task Force
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
How Trump Moved Ethical Lines With His Ads, Businesses and Summits — The president's decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms. — When President Trump decided in his first term …
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Norman J. Ornstein / New Republic:
The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House … In the 1972 movie The Candidate, Bill McKay, played by Robert Redford, shockingly wins a Senate seat. Surrounded by ecstatic staff and volunteers, a stunned and panicky McKay pulls aside his manager and asks, “What do we do now?”
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Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Trump's opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency
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Washington Post:
With threats to midterms, states say Trump administration isn't helping — U.S. spy agencies see Russia and others plotting to sow distrust and misinformation in the upcoming elections. — SummaryLoading... U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring schemes by Russia and other adversaries …
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Russell Contreras / Axios:
New York has a socialist mayor. Los Angeles may be next — LOS ANGELES — Voters could make history next month by giving the two largest U.S. cities something in common: South Asian immigrant democratic socialist mayors. … - New York, the nation's largest city, is already led by democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Why You Must Care About the Ballroom — Trump is defying Congress and robbing the American people to build it. — WHEN YOU CONSIDER all the outrageous things President Donald Trump has done in his second term, you might be tempted to think his big ballroom project doesn't rate high …
Megan Brand / NBC News:
Sen. John Kennedy says he's considering running for president — The Louisiana senator said that he has not made a decision yet and noted that right now, he is running for re-election. … Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said in an interview on NBC's “Meet the Press” that he is considering running for president in 2028.
Amanda Chu / Politico:
RFK Jr.'s movement is in disarray — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement is turning on its leader. — Not RFK Jr. — Rather, Tony Lyons, the Kennedy friend and book publisher who is the president of a web of MAHA nonprofits and political groups.
Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump is putting a generation of young judges on the bench — for life — President Donald Trump has appointed far more federal judges who are under 40 than his predecessors — ensuring that his imprint on the judiciary will last for decades. — Over the course of his two terms to date …
Kevin Maurer / Rolling Stone:
He Wanted to Modernize the Military. Pete Hegseth Forced Him Out — Dan Driscoll speaks for the first time since resigning as Secretary of the Army amid the the Pentagon's purge of military leaders — I — T WAS JUST BEFORE 2 a.m. on Jan. 3, 2026. — Low-flying helicopters carrying …
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
RFK Jr. Wants to AI-ify Health Care. Claude Says He's Full of Sh*t. — ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. BECOMING a huge AI cheerleader probably wasn't on your 2026 bingo card. It certainly wasn't on mine. — But there was Kennedy on Tuesday, speaking in his capacity as the secretary of health and human services …
Selam Gebrekidan / New York Times:
Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon — I'm based in Hong Kong, where I have been closely tracking the new space race between the United States and China. Last month, a series of documents caught my eye. — Selam Gebrekidan — The documents contained details …
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
With Costs High, Tax Cuts May Fall Flat for G.O.P. in Fight for Congress — Tipped workers in Arizona have benefited from the G.O.P.'s big tax cut. But they face economic stress from other Republican policies. — Outside the clubhouse at a golf resort nestled into the mountains framing Oro Valley …
Catherine Kim / Politico:
The Democratic Civil War Is Raging — Except in This Swing-State Race … She's a Democrat asking farmers and fairgoers alike for their votes in this Republican-leaning, third congressional district of Wisconsin. — Though she has been here before, there's a sense of wariness …
Claire Fahy / New York Times:
Cornell President Calls Rape Inquiry ‘Defining Moment’ for Campus — Michael I. Kotlikoff said in a video the university would be more transparent, hold Greek groups accountable and improve sexual assault prevention. — The president of Cornell University assured the campus community …
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Trump, Cotton tussle over daylight savings after cell phone number leak — President Trump repeatedly berated Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Saturday over his stance on a daylight savings bill after posting the Republican Congress member's cell phone number on social media.
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