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9:15 PM ET, October 7, 2026

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Morgan Fischer / Phoenix New Times:
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs  —  Embarrassed, she initially didn't want to report attack.  Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's investigation is ongoing.  —  Add New Times  —  as a preferred source on Google  —  It was just after 2 a.m …
Wall Street Journal:
‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account  —  Text messages with a MAGA ally show her seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials ahead of her confirmation as ambassador to Greece  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle was preparing …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Mediaite
The Atlantic:
Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms  —  Pentagon planners are weighing options though no final decision has been made.  —  After months of on-again, off-again fighting, the United States hasn't struck Iran in several weeks.  The stretch of relative tranquility …
Discussion: NBC News, Axios, Rolling Stone and Mediaite
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Axios:
Exclusive: Paxton privately blames woes on Iran war, gas prices  —  Texas Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton privately lamented the impact of the Iran war and gas prices on his campaign in a meeting last month, telling a group of donors and lobbyists, “I don't make the decisions,” according to audio obtained by Axios.
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Who Is Ken Paxton Turning to for Help in the Texas Senate Race?
Discussion: Associated Press and HotAir
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Spirals Into Fury as GOP Pollsters Deliver Bad News  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 7 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
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Al Weaver / The Washington Sun:
Republicans Are Moving Big Money to Red States and Abandoning North Carolina
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Crooked Media
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Abdul El-Sayed is certain he'll win Michigan's Senate race. Some key Democrats quietly aren't so sure
Ali Swenson / Associated Press:
DNC sues Trump administration, alleging taxpayer-funded ads violate propaganda law  —  The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump's administration for recent television advertisements that promoted his political message while costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
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New York Magazine:
Mamdani Couldn't Resist Attacking Israel in October 7 Statement  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani's strained relationship with New York's Jewish Establishment is not likely to improve after Wednesday morning.  —  On the third anniversary of Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel …
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Reuters:
WHO seeks details from Russia on media reports of a second lab worker with pneumonia  —  Russia's health regulator said on Wednesday there were no risks of an epidemic breaking out in Siberia after a plague institute worker there died, as the World Health Organization pressed Moscow for more information about her cause of death.
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Washington Post:
Trump says 'we don't think' Russian plague case is a bioweapon
Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
WHO seeks clarity on second pneumonia case in Russia amid plague fears
Thomas Frank / Politico:
Trump approved Ohio disaster aid ahead of rally  —  President Donald Trump approved millions of dollars in disaster aid for Ohio last week ahead of his campaign rally there, as 15 other disaster requests waited, including five submitted before Ohio's.  —  Trump authorized the aid …
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Gabriela Aoun Angueira / Associated Press:
Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump's midterm rhetoric. Critics say it has no place there
Discussion: MeidasTouch
Nathan Lee / ABC News:
Trump sons' investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since his election  —  The contract for a new plant in Baltimore is the latest linked to the brothers.  —  President Donald Trump and his sons Eric Trump, back left, and Donald Trump Jr., back, second right, and granddaughter Chole Trump …
Discussion: Truthout, Mediaite and The Daily Wire
Suha Kidwai / The Independent:
Naked statue of Trump named ‘Orange Plague’ unveiled at European Parliament  —  The creator of the sculpture said it was a ‘satirical outcry’ against Trump's volatile climate and foreign policies  —  Become an Independent member to bookmark this article  —  Want to bookmark your favourite articles …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Kennedy Plans Federal Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts  —  Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary's effort will be grounded in science.  —  Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
Discussion: The Hill
Kyle Brown / KSTP-TV:
FBI arrests man who allegedly planned to shoot up Mall of America in support of Islamic State group  —  Federal authorities have arrested a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack at Mall of America and pledging his allegiance to the Islamic State group.  —  According to an affidavit unsealed …
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David Strom / HotAir:
FBI Arrests Somali Terrorist Plotting Attack on Mall of America
Christian K. Caruzo / Breitbart:
Transgender Washington State Resident Arrested for Alleged Involvement in Canada Mass School Shooting  —  U.S. authorities on Tuesday arrested a man in Washington State accused of allegedly providing assistance to the teenage perpetrator of the February mass school shooting in Canada.
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Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:
Fetterman underwater with Pennsylvania voters despite GOP popularity: Poll
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Daniella Cheslow / Politico:
Rubio warns Europe faces ‘inflection point’  —  Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Europe to “wake up from its long slumber” in an address in Athens on Wednesday, leaning hard into the combative stance that President Donald Trump has taken with the continent.
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Caroline Westbrook / Metro.co.uk:
Woman ‘posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids’  —  A woman who has been accused of posing as a substitute teacher and causing mayhem in a class full of students did so because she ‘hates kids’, according to authorities in Milwaukee.
Discussion: Mediaite
Fox News:
Millions saved by blocking dead people payouts as Trump Treasury drops hammer on federal fraud  —  The ‘Do Not Pay’ program screened more than 1.1 billion federal payments totaling roughly $3.7 trillion in FY2026  —  FIRST ON FOX: The Treasury Department blocked $175 million in federal payments tied …
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf club into the new Camp David  —  The plan calls for the federal government to be granted part of the property, with the rest maintained as a private course.  —  SummaryLoading...  Much of President Donald Trump's second term has focused on changes to the nation's capital.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News at 30: Even the pretense of impartiality is all but gone  —  Fox News' role as a Republican propaganda machine is clear to anyone who has bothered to peruse its programming — President Donald Trump knows it, Fox co-founder Rupert Murdoch knows it, disgraced network co-founder Roger Ailes knew it …
Janine Liberty / MIT News:
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90  —  Over two decades at MIT, Hamilton forged new paths in computer science and engineering.  Her groundbreaking work included leading the team that programmed the first computers that took humans to the moon.
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Trump Pick's Campaign Hit With Explosive Staff Revelations … Several people involved with Trump-endorsed Rep. Mike Collins' Senate campaign have ties to a group founded by a former Ku Klux Klan leader, the Daily Beast has learned.  —  At least two of Collins' campaign-appointed leaders …
Discussion: WAGA-TV and The Washington Sun
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
ICE probed hundreds of voter registration groups across the U.S.  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over the past year investigated hundreds of nonprofits across the U.S. that help people register to vote, according to new records analyzed by Democracy Docket.
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump threatens to ‘terminate’ top campaign advisers after revelation of work for pro-Russia Bosnia party  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened Wednesday to “terminate” two key advisers after they were revealed to have raked in “hundreds of thousands of dollars each” …
New York Times:
From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat  —  A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite.  It is a lesson in unintended consequences.  —  To hear President Trump and his aides describe it, the rush to withdraw 12 B-1 bombers …
Discussion: Chatham House
 
 
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TMZ.com:
Rep. Rich McCormick and Rep. Beth Van Duyne Break Up
Discussion: New York Post
Gary Fields / Associated Press:
Flight attendants' union flags safety concerns over Trump's Washington arch
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Lawmakers Want Colleagues to Promise They'll Accept Midterm Election Results
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's SCOTUS succession dilemma: His favorite justices are also the court's oldest
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Jason Beeferman / Politico:
The top House sleeper races to watch, according to the pros
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Will McCarthy / Politico:
Airbnb co-founder writes $8M check to California Voter ID campaign
Brett Meiselas / Meidas+:
Wednesday Update: Camp Mar-a-David
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A Mysterious Nonprofit Run by SpaceXAI's Top Lawyer Is Paying the Salaries of Government Workers
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