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10:40 PM ET, October 7, 2026

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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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.
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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NBC News:
DNC sues administration over taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ads  —  Trump announced this week that he and his PAC, MAGA Inc., would pay for the ads moving forward following bipartisan criticism. … The DNC cited a measure Trump signed into law this year that says funds appropriated by Congress can't be used …
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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New York Post:
Mamdani booed, berated by anti-Israel protesters waving Hamas flags at NYC Oct. 7 memorial: ‘Shame on you’  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani was berated and booed at an Oct. 7 candlelight vigil in Union Square on Wednesday night by anti-Israel protesters who believe he turned his back on Palestinian causes.
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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Jenny Lee / CNBC:
Trump set to talk to Russia's Putin ‘very soon’ about plague-related death in Siberia
Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
WHO seeks clarity on second pneumonia case in Russia amid plague fears
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Elon Musk  —  President Trump will award the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives Thursday, a White House official confirmed to The Hill's broadcast partner, NewsNation.  —  Musk, the head of SpaceX and Tesla …
Discussion: Fox News, IJR News and NewsMax.com
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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump to Honor Elon Musk, Nvidia's Huang With Science Awards
Discussion: Forbes
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Kyle Brown / KSTP-TV:
FBI arrests man who allegedly planned to shoot up Mall of America in support of Islamic State group
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.
Gabriela Aoun Angueira / Associated Press:
Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump's midterm rhetoric.  Critics say it has no place there  —  President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point in the final sprint to the midterm elections, approving disaster declarations in consequential states …
Discussion: MeidasTouch
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Thomas Frank / Politico:   Trump approved Ohio disaster aid ahead of rally
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 …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:   Military ordered to be ready for possible Iran strikes as Trump weighs timing
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 …
Discussion: Telegraph, New Republic and Mediaite
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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. …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
PA Governor's Race: Shapiro 59%, Garrity 34%, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Voters Favor Dems To Win Control Of U.S. House By 15 Points  — mail_outline  —  In the final weeks of Pennsylvania's gubernatorial race, 59 percent of likely voters support incumbent Governor Josh Shapiro …
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Rubio Turns to Ancient Greece to Make the Case for ‘America First’
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
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 …
Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa  —  A Trump-apppointed judge ordered Ahmed Soliman must be returned to the United States.  —  A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States …
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.
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Expect to Win the House.  Here's Their To-Do List  —  Hakeem Jeffries, possible next House speaker, says party will try to restore healthcare spending, push back against Trump on tariffs, Iran war  —  WASHINGTON—House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would move swiftly …
Discussion: RedState
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
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 …
Catherine Alaimo / ABC News:
Trump announces ‘historic’ enrollment of 70 million children into Trump Accounts  —  “They'll end up being quite rich by the time they're 18,” Trump said.  —  Children hold a banner as President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding personal investment accounts for children …
Rachel Roubein / Washington Post:
Trump administration paving way for temporary sale of some unapproved peptides  —  Food and Drug Administration scientists and some medical experts have raised concerns about increasing access to certain peptides.  —  SummaryLoading...  The Trump administration is crafting plans that would allow …
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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The Washington Sun:
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