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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 …
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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:
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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 …
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Meidas+, CBS News, Fox News and The Message Box
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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The Bulwark and Robert Reich
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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The Hill, Politico, Associated Press, SpyTalk and One America News Network
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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 Vaults to Lead Over Lula as Brazil Swings Right — Flávio Bolsonaro unexpectedly finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of Brazil's presidential election while conservative allies dominated downballot, setting the nation up for a sharp shift to the right.
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Politico, Associated Press, New York Times, Fox News, NewsMax.com, NPR, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times and Reuters
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Tiago Rogero / The Guardian:
Brazil goes to polls in decisive election for future of Latin America
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Associated Press, Reuters, Bloomberg and Jacobin
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 …
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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The Gateway Pundit, NBC News, Daily Mail and Grabien
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Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Rahm Emanuel urges Dems not to impeach Trump if they win the House
Rahm Emanuel urges Dems not to impeach Trump if they win the House
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Mediaite
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 …
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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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Alternet.org
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Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Trump's opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency
Trump's opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency
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Alternet.org
Wall Street Journal:
How Gas, Diesel and Electricity Prices Are Squeezing American Voters — ‘You just have to suffer through and work harder,’ says one family farmer — Gas prices are up. Electricity bills, too. And diesel prices recently hit record highs. With less than a month until the midterm elections …
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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.
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Mediaite
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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Newsweek, Althouse, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent, NewsMax.com, Mediaite, Straight Arrow and MeidasTouch
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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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Elliott Davis / The Hill:
Alito on Trump's praise of him, criticism of fellow justices: ‘I put all of that out of my mind’
Alito on Trump's praise of him, criticism of fellow justices: ‘I put all of that out of my mind’
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CBS News, Reason, Mediaite, The Guardian and The Daily Wire
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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Politico, The Mainichi, NHK WORLD, New York Times, WAGA-TV, Townhall, abc7NY, IJR News, Straight Arrow, Fox News, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, Task & Purpose, NewsMax.com, Stars & Stripes and The Japan Times


