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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 …
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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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Politico:
Knives out for Blair and LaCivita — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner — Good Thursday morning. We're a week into October — where do you think the October surprises will come from? Get in touch. — In today's Playbook ... — Why Chris LaCivita and James Blair have Trump world seeing red.
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TMZ.com, The Guardian, Axios, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Mediaite, NewsMax.com and New York Times
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Military ordered to be ready for possible Iran strikes as Trump weighs timing — The Pentagon instructed U.S. Central Command several days ago to conclude preparations for resuming major combat operations in Iran, U.S. officials said. … But U.S. and Israeli sources say it could happen …
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CNBC
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 …
Associated Press:
Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in US Senate race — President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind embattled Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off …
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NBC News:
Trump says ‘we protect our cities’ after saying Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
The Washington Sun:
Everything Is Bigger in Texas — Including the Number of Protests at Trump's Rally
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Who Is Ken Paxton Turning to for Help in the Texas Senate Race?
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New York Magazine, Newsweek, HotAir, Texas Monthly and Politico
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Republican midterm triage puts bleak outlook into focus — Republican super PACs are flooding the airwaves in once-safe states, and pulling down ads for races that look like lost causes. President Trump, his approval ratings near record lows, is popping up in some of America's reddest states.
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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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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way
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The Hill
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. …
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NewsMax.com, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal and The Hill
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Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Trump to Honor Elon Musk, Nvidia's Huang With Science Awards — President Donald Trump is set to award billionaire Elon Musk and other tech titans with medals celebrating science and technological innovation at a summit on Thursday, underscoring the close ties between his administration and Silicon Valley.
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Forbes
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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Elon Musk
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Fox News, IJR News and NewsMax.com
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 …
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Jennifer Agiesta / CNN:
An Ohio edge. An Iowa tossup. New CNN polls give Democrats hope in a pair of red states — Election polls Congressional news Donald Trump Senate election — Widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the country has opened up a prime Senate pickup opportunity for Democrats in Ohio …
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Newsweek
Kelby Vera / HuffPost:
Trump Pats Himself On The Back For Not Doing ‘Bad Things’ To Obama, Clinton, Biden — “I can do whatever I want if I want,” he said during an Oval Office event on Wednesday. — President Donald Trump said he easily could have targeted to his political rivals if he wanted to when asked …
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MS NOW, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit, New Republic and The Hill
Greg Ryan / Bloomberg:
Maine Senate Race Heats Up as Collins, Jackson Debate Trump, Abortion — Maine Senator Susan Collins sought to distance herself from President Donald Trump in her first debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in a pivotal US Senate race. — After Trump indicated he may come to Maine for a rally …
Katherine Eban / Rolling Stone:
CDC Is Moving Forward With a Previously Shelved Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Study — “It's a wholly unethical trial, and it shouldn't be allowed,” says Dr. Paul Offit — Two months after the Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
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.
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The Guardian:
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials' request — Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website — The Trump administration pressured multiple countries to withdraw their sponsorship …
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Bloomberg, emptywheel and Politico
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Republican megadonors dominate 2026 midterm election as crypto and AI money surges, CNBC analysis finds … The biggest donors in the 2026 midterm election are breaking decisively toward Republican candidates and causes, a CNBC analysis of Federal Election Commission records found.
Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say — ROXBURY, N.J. — On a warm morning, on Sept. 4, masked immigration agents rolled into Dover, New Jersey. — Footage of the raids rippled across social media, sent people into hiding and reignited rumors …
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WAGA-TV and Mercury News
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Trump adviser Stephen Miller spoke to agents at recent FBI training on domestic terrorism, sources say — White House homeland security adviser Stephen Miller spoke at a training conference for counterterrorism agents at FBI headquarters just over a week ago, days before prosecutors criminally charged …
Tom Schaller / Public Notice:
Trump faces his worst bankruptcy yet — To commemorate PN's 5th anniversary, this week we're offering paid subscriptions at the special yearly rate of $40 (or about 16¢ per edition). This newsletter is only possible thanks to the support of paid subscribers.
Associated Press:
Trump Says He'll Award Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom — SAN ANTONIO (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to fireballer Roger Clemens, calling the seven-time Cy Young winner “maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.”
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Gillian Brockell / American Prospect:
Federal Judge Rules DHS Must Bring Back Gay Arizona Man Imprisoned in Africa — A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to return Ahmed Soliman to the United States, five months after he was expelled to Equatorial Guinea, a country where he has no ties …
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.
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New York Times, Fox News, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Gateway Pundit
Donato Paolo Mancini / Bloomberg:
Italy Adopts Meloni's Electoral Overhaul Ahead of 2027 Vote — Italy will transform its electoral system after lawmakers approved reforms that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's allies initially pushed to help her reelection odds next year. — Italy's lower house gave final sign-off to the bill on Thursday …
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Reuters, New York Times and Associated Press
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
Toss-ups, triage and targets: How to read the wide-open 2026 House map — With just under a month to go until Election Day, financial decisions made by both parties appear to suggest the question being asked is not if Democrats take control of the House, but how large the majority may be.
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Politico, Associated Press, NewsMax.com and CBS News
US Department of Justice:
Man Arrested and Charged for Role in Plotting to Conduct a Mass-Shooting Event in Support of ISIS at the Mall of America — For Immediate Release — Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, of Richfield, Minnesota, was charged today by complaint with one count of knowingly receiving a firearm …
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Exclusive: Mike Johnson raises record $156 million for House GOP — House Speaker Mike Johnson raised $30 million in the third quarter, bringing his total haul this cycle to $156 million as Republicans fight to hold on to their increasingly endangered majority, Axios has learned.
Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Democrats think they can beat Republicans with a new pitch: Washington is corrupt — Across the country, Democrats running to flip some of the nation's most high-profile House seats this cycle are offering a similar pitch: Vote for me to clean up corruption in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington Post:
Inside Trump's push to bring Christopher Columbus to the White House — A statue of the explorer installed at the White House has a long back story, and the president is banking on it resonating with Italian American voters. — SummaryLoading... President Donald Trump has a midterm message …
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