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Laura Chung / New York Times:
Fury in California After Trump Suggests Iran ‘Take Out’ L.A. or San Diego  —  Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Mr. Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”  —  California leaders condemned …
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
California Leaders Erupt After Trump Suggests Letting Iran ‘Take Out’ Cities
Los Angeles Times:
Trump suggests letting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign rally
Megan Brand / NBC News:
California officials condemn Trump for saying Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
ProPublica:
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump's Immigration Crackdown  —  Experts have long warned that immigration dragnets and the erosion of civil rights for immigrants will inevitably result in the erosion of rights for citizens.
Axios:
Scoop: Senate GOP to send $5m to shore up Graham in South Carolina  —  The main super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidates plans to inject $5 million into the South Carolina campaign as an “insurance policy” to help GOP nominee Darline Graham, a source familiar with the move tells Axios.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Grandpa Trump Is Getting Desperate  —  The hot-mic moments just keep coming for Texas GOP Senate hopeful Ken Paxton.  Last week, it was leaked audio of Paxton admitting that Trump's ballyhooed midterm convention had actually hurt his numbers.  This week, it's audio of Paxton complaining …
Fox News:
Fox News Power Rankings: The biggest surprises come after October
Discussion: Newsweek and Mediaite
Akayla Gardner / MS NOW:
A private company invited Gov. Wes Moore to a Baltimore event.  Trump had him removed as a speaker.  —  President Donald Trump blocked Maryland Gov. Wes Moore from speaking at a White House event marking the unveiling of a new manufacturing investment in the Baltimore area, reigniting an ongoing partisan tiff between the leaders.
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Joe Gould / The Washington Sun:
Anduril Plans a $3.7 Billion Baltimore Shipyard for Virginia-Class Submarines
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump to Announce Investment in Maryland Submarine Facility
Discussion: The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI whistleblower says White House pushed unconstitutional probe of protesters  —  The former analyst says supervisors were told not to put things in writing, so many of the directives came in face-to-face meetings.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration pushed the FBI …
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Herb Scribner / Axios:
Russia's plague mystery: What we know about the suspected outbreak  —  The White House is monitoring a suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in Russia, raising immediate concerns for scientists, researchers and health officials worldwide. … Without treatment, it is nearly always fatal …
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Axios:
Missing details keep U.S. plague response on hold
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Alito calls same-sex marriage a ‘decisive’ turn ‘against religious liberty’ in new book  —  In a new book, the Supreme Court justice reflects on his “pet issue” of faith.  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the devout Catholic conservative who has long warned of animus against religion in America …
Jeff Stein / The Washington Sun:
Trump's Meme Coin Firm Wants You to Buy.  Insiders Are Preparing to Sell.  —  President Donald Trump's meme coin saw a brief price spike as the crypto firm behind it promoted a major perk for investors: a “gala dinner” attended by the president himself.  —  But as the company encouraged …
Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Trump won't reimburse government for controversial ads  —  The White House clarified Tuesday that President Trump will not pay back the federal government for money already spent on controversial political TV ads after he said he would start paying for the ads himself.
Associated Press:
Cornell brings in ex-Justice official Sally Yates to review school's handling of sex assault claims  —  A former high-ranking Department of Justice official will look at how Cornell handles sexual misconduct complaints, university trustees announced Tuesday as they tried to address an outpouring …
Politico:
Brendan Carr's ABC license fight meets a skeptical judge  —  A federal judge appeared skeptical Tuesday of the Federal Communications Commission's attempts to haul in ABC's eight broadcast licenses for an unprecedented early review.  —  U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan of Washington, D.C. …
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
With hybrid attacks and nuclear bluster, Putin aims to end Europe's support for Ukraine  —  European leaders say Moscow's escalated “hybrid war” against Europe includes online disinformation, cyberattacks and threats to use nuclear weapons.  —  SummaryLoading...
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Atlantic Council
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Mac William Bishop / Rolling Stone:
As Trump Dithers, Ukraine War Is Approaching a ‘Fatal Point of No Return’
Discussion: Foreign Policy
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
This Lawsuit Could Make Big Oil Pay for the Harm It's Caused  —  The question is whether the Supreme Court will let it.  —  Pocket  —  The Supreme Court began its new term on Monday by hearing oral arguments in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County.
Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86  —  With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.  —  Jim Bakker, a television evangelist who lost his popular and prosperous ministry in a 1980s sex scandal …
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
DOJ dispatched criminal prosecutors, FBI agent to monitor Arizona's primary, documents reveal  —  President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) tapped criminal prosecutors and an FBI official to watch voters in Arizona's primary elections earlier this year in a major break from past norms …
US Department of Justice:
Former Federal Employee Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the Federal Government of Approximately $194 Million  —  For Immediate Release  —  Scheme Included the Fraudulent Acquisition of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Gold Bars and Luxury Properties in Florida  —  David J. Rush, 49, of Ashburn …
Discussion: RedState
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
If the polls end up missing, this may have been our early warning sign  —  “Low-effort” survey respondents vote very differently than other poll-takers, and that could be biasing polls by up to 3.5 points against  —  The biennial freak-out over potential error in election polls is now in full force.
Leonardo Feldman / Newsweek:
SCOOP: Dem Senators Press Trump Over Engraved Diamond Ring Gift  —  Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.  —  Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter Monday night to key Trump Administration and government officials asking …
Sam Ogozalek / Politico:
Trump administration unveils plan to tie high birth and marriage rates to transit funding  —  Communities with high birth and marriage rates could soon gain an advantage in securing federal transit money — a long-sought goal of the Trump administration but one that a top Democratic appropriator calls “bizarre and dystopian.”
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Washington Post:
Anti-immigrant post fuels donations to Texas GOP candidate's opponent  —  Donations from around the country have poured into an obscure Texas campaign.  —  Loading...  HOUSTON — Texas Railroad Commission candidate Bo French's incendiary anti-immigrant post about students celebrating …
Maya Davis / Wall Street Journal:
Embattled Rep. Max Miller Tests GOP Loyalty After Abuse Allegations  —  Incumbent gets lift from Republican groups' spending and says Trump is ‘incredibly supportive’  —  ASHLAND, Ohio—During the summer, GOP Rep. Max Miller's re-election hopes looked dim following domestic-violence allegations.
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Mail
Bloomberg:
Trump Says He's Considering Gas Tax Suspension to Ease Costs  —  President Donald Trump said that he is weighing a potential suspension of the federal gas tax, as his administration looks for ways to ease high energy costs ahead of November's midterm elections.
Jimmy Tobias / The Guardian:
Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump's interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’  —  John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists  —  An 18-year veteran of the US Department …
Discussion: New Republic
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
The midterm battle for power in the states  —  Republicans are on defense in governor and state legislative races.  —  SummaryLoading...  Republicans have dominated power in the states for years: They've held a majority of the nation's governors' offices and have had control in a majority …
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Olympian accused of damaging Reflecting Pool seeks probe of potential misconduct  —  Attorneys for Olympic canoeist David Hearn asked the internal watchdogs at the Justice and Interior departments on Tuesday to investigate the circumstances surrounding his arrest, indictment and the dismissal of the case …
New York Times:
Inside Trump's Plan to Fence Off a Historic Protest Site  —  The president's proposal to enclose a park in Washington could alter how the space has been used for generations.  —  This is Lafayette Square, where you can be within earshot and view of the president.
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Paramount Closes Deal for Warner Bros. Discovery, Creating Media Behemoth  —  After a legal battle, Paramount has finally acquired Warner Bros. Discovery.  In a memo to employees, the combined company's leaders hinted at cost cuts.  —  Paramount closed its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday …
Hugo Lowell / Wired:
‘Mike Rogers Is Watching You’: New Ad Blitz From Abdul El-Sayed Attacks Surveillance Support  —  Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leaning into one of the major complaints about surveillance from voters this election cycle.  —  Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate in the Michigan Senate race …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Katherine Doyle / Washington Post:
Another sign of rapidly expanding political map: Pollsters can't keep up  —  Increased demand has strained call centers that conduct surveys, squeezed capacity and complicated the task of getting accurate reads on public opinion, according to pollsters.  —  SummaryLoading...
Steve Vladeck / One First:
256. So Unexplained: Justice Alito's Non-Responsive Emergency Docket Defense  —  Justice Alito's new book purports to answer the Court's shadow docket critics—by rebutting a caricature and by ignoring the ways in which his own behavior has contradicted nearly every claim he makes.
Discussion: DeLong's Grasping …
Justin Kaufmann / Axios:
Trump says Chicago crime is worsening as homicides decline  —  President Trump is again raising the prospect of federal intervention in Chicago, saying the city is suffering an “unprecedented” crime wave that's “getting worse by the day.” … - More recent data show the decline continuing into October …
 
 
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Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
Chris Murphy travels to Saudi Arabia as sirens blare warnings of Houthi missiles
Nicole Belcastro / The Washington Sun:
Maine Republican Paul LePage Violates Federal Financial Disclosure Law
Discussion: New Republic and The Maine Wire
Alex Miller / Fox News:
Republicans sound alarm over hidden midterm stakes that could reshape Supreme Court for decades
Discussion: The Daily Wire and CNBC
Milena Wälde / Politico:
AfD wins state parliament speakership in Saxony-Anhalt with far-left backing
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Politico:
Judge's active role at PR firm prompts ethics complaint from senators
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Top Democratic Super PAC Raised Record Amount in Third Quarter
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
US, Israeli and European far-right figures to gather for conference in Israel
Politico:
Obama returns as closer-in-chief
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
Amazon's Prime Video acquires exclusive global rights to the Primetime Emmys under a six-year deal from 2027; sources say Prime Video will pay ~$15M per year

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Filing: Laurene Powell Jobs and former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick join Skydance's board; former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will be a board adviser

New York Times:
Disney is seeking an injunction in US District Court to block the FCC from conducting an unusual, early review of eight ABC-owned station licenses
 
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