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NBC News:
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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New York Times:
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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Fox News and The Message Box
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:
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Alternet.org and The Daily Wire
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.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Polls and “fundamentals” basically agree about the blue wave — Hi everyone, Elliott here with a short business note before the main content. The months leading up to elections are always the biggest months of new revenue for this newsletter. But in the months after …
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Paul Krugman and Newsweek
Tim Balk / New York Times:
How Democrats Have Changed the Way They Talk About Trans Issues — 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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NewsMax.com
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker poll finds Democrats maintain House advantage amid concern about prices
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Trump's opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency — As the midterms approach, Democrats are working to ensure his aggressive approach to executive power doesn't outlast him. — SummaryLoading... Democratic House members are writing bills to rein in a president's emergency powers.
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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?”
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.
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Alito says there is ‘concerted effort’ to intimidate Supreme Court — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Sunday expressed concerns about the future of the nation's highest court amid growing calls to reform the storied institution. — “There has been a concerted effort to intimidate the court …
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NewsMax.com and Alternet.org
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Elliott Davis / The Hill:
Alito on Trump's praise of him, criticism of fellow justices: ‘I put all of that out of my mind’
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Mediaite, The Guardian, The Daily Wire and New York Times
Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic:
A Reckoning in Springfield — He kept going over the details. — “I run this route every day, like clockwork,” the trucker was saying, heading west to where he had first seen the man on the side of the highway. — Now it was a Sunday morning, his day off, and Jack Buhring was driving …
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 …
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CBS News:
U.S. Marine arrested in Japan, accused of killing Japanese woman in Okinawa — A U.S. Marine stationed in Japan's southern island of Okinawa was arrested following the death of a Japanese woman, local police said on Sunday. Japan lodged a strong protest with the U.S. and demanded maximum cooperation with the investigation.
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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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Alternet.org
Tiago Rogero / The Guardian:
Brazil goes to polls in decisive election for future of Latin America — Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro face off in battle between leftwing incumbent and far-right son of jailed ex-president — Brazilians are going to the polls in the first round of a highly polarised …
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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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 …
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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New York Post
Fox News:
Top Republican unloads on rise of ‘anti-American’ candidates heading into midterms: ‘You got to be kidding’ — House majority whip singled out Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed while campaigning for Paul LePage in Maine — LEWISTON, MAINE - Rep. Tom Emmer, on the first stop …
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.
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Washington Examiner
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Weekend Update #205: Russia's Strategy In Two Words: “War Crimes” — Operation Vivaldi, Even More Robots; The Trump-Putin Quid Pro Quo — Well, the Russians are struggling on land and at sea, and are having real difficulty protecting themselves from Ukrainian long-range attack.
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