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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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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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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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NBC News:
Trump says ‘we protect our cities’ after saying Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
Associated Press:
Trump interrupted by protesters as he fights to rally Texas voters behind Paxton in US Senate race
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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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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 …
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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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 …
New York Times:
'He's Not Making Sense': How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P. — Signs are emerging that dispirited Republican voters may stay home in November, bringing a Democratic surge without many conversions. — If Democrats make big gains in the midterm elections in four weeks …
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Gavin J. Quinton / The Washington Sun:
Election Deniers Have Trump's Ear on a Voting Machine Conspiracy
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Media Matters for America and Democracy Docket
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Is Still Airing Campaign Ads With Your Money by the Way — President Trump is still using your money to pay for his propaganda hype video commercials ahead of the midterms. — On Wednesday morning, another “Final Battle” commercial for the president aired on Fox & Friends …
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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. …
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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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Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Elon Musk
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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 …
Wired:
WIRED's Midterms Races to Watch — From data centers to Elon Musk funding to the AI lobby, the 2026 midterms are the most WIRED elections yet. These are the candidates we're following closely. — The midterm elections are a month away and the candidate pool has never been more WIRED.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
GOP Rep. Brad Finstad Runs Attack Ad That Erases Critical Voter From Photo — “What a poor decision,” Beth Benike said of her congressman altering her photo with Democrat Jake Johnson to make a fake image of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. — WASHINGTON - Minnesota small business owner Beth Benike …
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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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Politico, emptywheel and Bloomberg
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
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
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, RedState, Legal Insurrection, Fox News, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Gateway Pundit
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.
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 …
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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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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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 …
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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Associated Press, Politico, NewsMax.com and CBS News
KC Johnson / The Washington Free Beacon:
In Cornell Sexual Assault Case, Democrats Forget the Lessons of the Duke Lacrosse Scandal — Two decades ago, a spectacular allegation of gang rape at a prestigious university seized the public's attention. We all know how the Duke lacrosse case ended: with the prosecutor disgraced and disbarred …
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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.
Politico:
Iran's drones reveal US military weakness — The abrupt evacuation of American bombers from a key U.K. airbase underscores the extreme vulnerability facing the world's most powerful fighting force and its NATO allies — as cheap drones and off-the-shelf tech transform warfare.
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
An honest framework for assessing electoral performance — Spot tomorrow's post-election bullshit today … Speaking at a fundraiser for Abdul El-Sayed in New York earlier this week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly said that the Michigan Senate race will “break open the entire political calculus …
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