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8:05 PM ET, October 4, 2026

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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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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 …
Discussion: Paul Krugman and Newsweek
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:
Discussion: Mediaite and Alternet.org
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 …
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.
Discussion: Robert Reich
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:   How the shooting death of a Houston father is igniting Latino politics in Texas
David Nir / The Downballot:   Why the GOP's spending advantage is nowhere near as big as it looks
Tim Balk / New York Times:
How Democrats Have Changed the Way They Talk About Trans Issues
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats  —  The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.  —  The United States rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force bombers …
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Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic:
A Reckoning in Springfield  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  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.
Bloomberg:
Bolsonaro Surges to Lead Over Lula as Brazil Swings to the Right  —  Flávio Bolsonaro surged to a surprise lead over President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva while conservative allies dominated across Brazil, setting the nation up for a sharp shift to the right.
Discussion: NewsMax.com, NPR, Al Jazeera and Reuters
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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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Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
Sen. Kennedy Teases Potential 2028 Presidential Run  —  Sen. John Kennedy said he would consider jumping in the 2028 presidential race if he does not like his party's options for the Republican nominee.  —  “On my side of the aisle, if a bunch of goobers run, and I think they're goobers …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw  —  It was the kind of smug dude-bro TV football commentary that would have gone mostly unnoticed if this had been an ordinary week in America.  —  On Amazon Prime's Thursday Night Football …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Emanuel urges Democrats to prioritize ethics reform over potential third Trump impeachment  —  Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) on Sunday pushed Democrats to focus on ethics reform instead of a third impeachment of President Trump if they win back power in Congress after the midterm elections.
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:   Rahm Emanuel urges Dems not to impeach Trump if they win the House
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?”
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Trump's opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency
Discussion: Alternet.org
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.
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
Discussion: American Greatness
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Wall Street Journal:   How Gas, Diesel and Electricity Prices Are Squeezing American Voters
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia  —  The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and a related quarantines in Russia, a Trump administration official told Axios on Sunday. … - Shipilova was admitted to a hospital on Sept. 29 with symptoms …
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Trump reiterates pledge to send $5,000 checks, and hands out smaller payments, as midterm elections loom … With Election Day less than a month away, President Donald Trump is touting two federal cash-payment programs already underway while renewing a much larger $5,000 check promise contingent on Republicans retaining Congress.
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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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Fox News:
Top Republican unloads on rise of ‘anti-American’ candidates heading into midterms: ‘You got to be kidding’
CBS News:
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New York has a socialist mayor. Los Angeles may be next
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David Ellison / @ellisonskydance:
David Ellison announces that the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will be called Skydance “to preserve what has made each of these studios iconic”

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