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10:15 AM ET, October 5, 2026

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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Democrats add six more targets, two in districts Trump carried by 20 points  —  Democrats' House campaign arm is expanding its targets even further into Trump country, as the party grows increasingly bullish they will not just win, but win big next month.  —  The Democratic Congressional …
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Four ways the midterm elections could go, one month away  —  Democrats have polls and history on their side.  Republicans have money.  —  SummaryLoading...  Democrats are heading into the last month of the midterm elections campaign with ambitions going deeper and deeper into red territory …
Discussion: The Hill, Reason, New York Times and GB News
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
Mark Penn: GOP Holds The Senate, “Democrats Have Incredibly Weak Candidates In Maine And In Michigan”  —  On “Hannity,” pollster Mark Penn said the midterms are hard to predict given how close the races are, but he ultimately expects Republicans to retain Senate control.
Al Weaver / The Washington Sun:
Republicans Are Hoping Popular Governors Will Boost Their Senate Chances  —  Senate Republicans are looking for some help come November in the form of key governors' races that could make or break their hopes of retaining control of the upper chamber.  —  Even though most of the Senate contests …
Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Inch Into Red Territory, but Have Problems on Home Turf
Discussion: Daily Kos
Megan Brand / NBC News:
Disgraced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert dies at 84  —  The Illinois Republican, the longest-serving GOP speaker in U.S. history, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after leaving Congress for scheming to cover up child molestation accusations.  —  Former Rep. Dennis Hastert …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Dennis Hastert, Powerful Politician Disgraced by Child Sex Scandal, Dies  —  The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier.  He was 84.  —  J. Dennis Hastert, a once-obscure Illinois congressman who rose to become …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Politico:
Campaign ‘all coming from DC,’ Paxton says  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Decoded by POLITICO launches today: The future of the world is being dictated in real time by the intersection of tech titans and governments.  But there's just way too much tech news to monitor.
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Sam Altman exclusive: Bad things will happen
Discussion: Politico and Financial Times
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice  —  Walking across the gritty New Jersey ball field for the first time since he played here as a boy, Samuel Alito couldn't help but stop to analyze the playing surface.  —  The pebbles were bigger back then, he said, the field more uneven.
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
As election looms, Supreme Court reconvenes to new wave of Trump cases  —  Climate change, guns and religion in schools are among cases headed to SCOTUS.  —  A general view of the Supreme Court., June 18, 2026.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court reconvenes Monday on the eve of the midterm elections …
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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Wall Street Journal:
All B-1 Bombers Returning to U.S. From U.K. Base  —  Withdrawal comes amid security concerns around base where several suspects were arrested last week in connection with suspected plot  —  The U.S. removed all its B-1 bombers from the U.K.'s RAF Fairford air base, a decision …
Andrew Pantazi / Axios:
Latinos swing back toward Democrats  —  Latino voters, whose dramatic shift toward President Trump helped power his 2024 victory, are moving sharply back toward Democrats ahead of the midterms, two new national polls show. … A reversal is complicating that bet in key races.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:   Democrats Expect Record Number of Women in Party in House After Midterm Elections
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Jeffries says House Democrats reaching to flip Trump districts in attempt to repeat their 2018 sweep
Discussion: The Hill and Roll Call
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
A Death.  A Funeral.  And the Trump Rally Down the Block.  —  Let's get into it.  Happy Monday.  —  Join Will Sommer and Sam Stein for MAGA Mondays today at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Substack and YouTube.  —  Grief and Fear in Two Ohios … They buried Pierre Damas Bel on Saturday.
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Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic:   A Reckoning in Springfield  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Karoline Leavitt, Trump's ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News  —  A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump's former press secretaries to join the cable news network.  —  President Trump recruited a fleet of Fox News personalities for his second administration …
Adam Yamaguchi / CBS News:
FBI arrests woman accused of surveilling Taiwanese president's son for China  —  The FBI arrested a suspected Chinese agent at Los Angeles International Airport after she allegedly surveilled the Taiwanese president's U.S.-based son, law enforcement sources told CBS News.
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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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Eva Hartog / Politico:
Flávio Bolsonaro leads Lula as Brazil heads to a runoff  —  SAO PAULO — Brazilian conservative Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro emerged in pole position from a first round of voting Sunday, spelling a pro-Washington turn in the country.  —  The general vote in Brazil …
Kate Knibbs / Wired:
A Prediction Market About the Past?  Sure, Why Not!  —  As prediction markets surge in popularity, a new platform called Verifact Markets is pushing the concept even further, letting users trade on “disputed facts.”  —  Would you put money on whether Covid-19 originated from a lab?
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
The Key Point Being Overlooked  —  The Russian escalation talk proves one key thing  —  Before I get to this piece, I have a little announcement for history readers.  My book: The Strategists: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler—How War Made Them and How They Made War …
Justin Dillon / Washington Examiner:
Letitia James is turning the ‘Cornell Seven’ case into Duke lacrosse 2.0  —  To a hammer, everything is a nail.  And a special prosecutor is a very dangerous hammer.  —  On Thursday night, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced that she was appointing New York Attorney General Letitia James …
Associated Press:
U.S. military says latest strike on alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean kills 4  —  The military did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs.  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday …
Adora Brown / The Washington Sun:
State Officials Are Trying to Get Ahead of Federal Agents at the Polls  —  Democratic state officials and organizations across the country are preparing for a scenario in which the Trump administration deploys federal agents to the polls in November.  —  The administration has said it has no plans …
Adam Wren / Politico:
Buttigieg goes big to help 2026 Dems  —  CONCORD, New Hampshire— Pete Buttigieg is barnstorming the nation in the final weeks before the midterms, boosting candidates in battlegrounds and even areas traditionally hostile to Democrats.  And it's helping him look beyond November.
Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
Troy Jackson is scrambling to defeat Maine Sen. Susan Collins.  Time is not on his side  —  It's a Monday night, and Troy Jackson has drawn about 250 people into a converted church to hear him talk about healthcare and labor in Maine.  The event is notably different from the rallies held earlier …
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
Avani Kalra / The Washington Sun:
Republicans in Safe Red States Are Breaking With Trump, Too  —  It's not just vulnerable Republicans in swing districts distancing themselves from their party leader.  —  As President Donald Trump travels the country touting the “greatest” American economy in history, even senators …
 
 
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Robert Mackey / The Guardian:
White House defends new press aide who posed with rifle in ‘Fuck Joe Biden’ shirt
Discussion: Mirror US
Riley Rogerson / Politico:
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Reese Gorman / The Washington Sun:
Steve Scalise Takes His House Defense to the Red Dots of the Northeast
Paul Krugman:
The Trump Administration is a Cesspit of Corruption
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican
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Paul Waldman / MS NOW:
The unmanly truth about Trump's jobs record
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Washington Examiner:
Climate policy belongs to Congress, not Colorado
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Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:
Trump heads to Nebraska for another red-state rally
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
Politico:
'We don't want to turn into a banana republic': Dems preview rift on Trump corporate crackdown
Discussion: Alternet.org
Jenny Lee / CNBC:
Trump tells South Korea to sign on to Alaska LNG deal or 'I'll just charge them more'
Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:
Trumpism in Trouble on the Prairie
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
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Max Tani / Semafor:
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