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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
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
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.
Tim Balk / New York Times:
How Democrats Have Changed the Way They Talk About Trans Issues
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NewsMax.com
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 …
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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Alternet.org
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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.
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Mediaite
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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Democracy Docket, The Washington Sun, The Independent, Alternet.org, NewsMax.com and CBS News
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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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The Guardian, Mediaite, The Daily Wire and New York Times
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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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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The Independent, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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 …
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 …
Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Trump was “well aware of the risks to energy flows” before launching Iran war — Washington — Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that President Trump was “well aware of the risks to energy flows” before launching the war in Iran earlier this year …
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American Greatness and RTÉ
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
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Why Kansas Has Suddenly Moved to Center of the Fight for Senate Control — The state hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century. Economic challenges during President Trump's second term, as well as other factors, have put it in play. — Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since before World War II.
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Robert Reich
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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NPR, Washington Post, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Daily Mail, NewsMax.com, Politico, The Independent, MS NOW and ABC News, more at Techmeme »
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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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