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9:35 AM ET, October 10, 2026

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Washington Post:
Trump announces diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower prices  —  The amount is small compared with U.S. demand, but the deal aligns the U.S. with Russia and against Ukraine's efforts to bomb Russian refineries.  —  SummaryLoading...  Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed …
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Financial Times:
US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing  —  Donald Trump's administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow  —  US officials stepped up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries and threatened …
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel  —  What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours  —  With the major story breaking yesterday of the US announcing the purchase of diesel fuel from Russia, followed by a Treasury Department announcement of sanctions relief on Russia (see details below), I am sending out this overview.
Discussion: Persuasion
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets
Barak Ravid / Axios:   U.S. official: Trump cut deal with Putin after Zelensky ignored his requests
New York Times:
Economic Pain and an Unpopular Trump Put G.O.P. on its Heels With Three Weeks to Go  —  Inflation has hurt Americans at many levels: Farmers, truckers, consumers.  It has also expanded the electoral map into what was safely Republican country just a few months ago.
Discussion: CNN
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Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Why former Republican governors are backing a Democrat for Senate in a red state
Discussion: New York Times
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Montana Democrat who refuses to drop out may spoil party's Senate hopes
Discussion: MS NOW and Montana Free Press
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Hit-the-Road Strategy Aims to Stave Off Republican Midterm Losses
Discussion: CNN
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
The Midterm Senate Fight Spreads to a Surprising New Battleground
Discussion: New Republic and National Review
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Democrats drop $5M into Kansas Senate race
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump rages over Nobel Peace Prize loss … - This year's prize went instead to a former judge of a court Trump has sanctioned and called “rogue” and “evil.”  — Navi Pillay, the winner, reacted to the award by saying world leaders have a “legal obligation to protect human rights and refrain from war,” according to the AP.
Discussion: The Guardian, Newsweek and Breitbart
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Bloomberg:
Trump Warns Norway He Won't Forget Nobel Peace Prize Snub  —  President Donald Trump fumed at the Norwegian committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that the fact it didn't go to him “is just another sign of how Norway and all these others are ripping off our country.”
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
Trump: I ‘should have won’ Nobel Peace Prize, award is ‘forever discredited’  —  President Trump argued Friday that he should have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize over this year's Nobel laureate, former International Criminal Court (ICC) judge Navi Pillay.
Washington Post:
Asked if he approved live-streaming execution, Trump says ‘absolutely’  —  The Pentagon said this week that the execution by firing squad, scheduled for Dec. 3, would be live-streamed for the public to watch.  —  SummaryLoading...  Asked Friday whether he had personally authorized or approved …
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Pam Kruger / RNS:
Catholic, evangelical leaders condemn public execution plan of Fort Hood gunman  —  Get RNS' thoughtful, essential religion reporting every morning.  Sign up for free!  —  (RNS) — Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is joining evangelical faith leaders …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, a Firing Squad on Livestream Becomes the Latest Spectacle
Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Soldiers Are Already Looking for a Way Out of Hegseth's Livestreamed Firing Squad
New York Times:
Katie Zacharia Picked as the New White House Press Secretary  —  Ms. Zacharia is a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security.  She succeeds Karoline Leavitt.  —  Katie Zacharia, a conservative commentator who briefly worked at the Department of Homeland Security …
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Wall Street Journal:
Kalshi Examines Bets on Trump's Pick for New White House Press Secretary  —  The prediction market is looking into a series of trades that correctly predicted the appointment of Katie Zacharia, who wasn't previously seen as a front-runner  —  Prediction market Kalshi has launched an investigation …
Emily Goodin / New York Post:
White House has found replacement for Karoline Leavitt as press secretary
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
If Dems Win, Inscribe This Chart on Trump-MAGA's Political Gravestone  —  With a bit of luck, this midterm election could finally break what we might call the Myth of Multiracial MAGA.  That pervasive notion held that Trump's 2024 gains with Latinos heralded the birth of a new multiethnic …
New York Times:
Anthropic Agents Tried to Fill Out Visa Forms on State Dept. Website  —  The Philadelphia Police Department said the agents had also sent in a false homicide tip.  The incidents led the White House to call for better disclosure of rogue A.I. behavior.  —  Artificial intelligence agents created …
Abby Vesoulis / Mother Jones:
Rep. Max Miller's Girlfriend Was Just Indicted  —  A grand jury formally charged Jaclyn Alatrash, the congressman's partner of nearly two years, with grand theft.  —  On Thursday, the woman Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) has been dating for nearly two years was indicted by a grand jury on three criminal counts:
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
Sarah Davis / The Hill:
International Criminal Court ‘firmly rejects’ new US sanctions  —  The International Criminal Court (ICC) strongly pushed back on Friday after the U.S. imposed new sanctions on its financial assets, slamming the move as “an assault on the rule of law.”  —  ICC President Tomoko Akane …
Fox News:
America's truckers issue dire warning as soaring diesel costs threaten ‘domino effect’  —  American truckers are warning that sky-high diesel prices are eating into their profits and putting pressure on trucking companies to cut routes, raising concerns that some drivers could be forced off …
Fredreka Schouten / CNN:
Elon Musk's PAC is spreading inaccurate voting information, election officials say  —  The texts from Elon Musk's super PAC arrived last week, all with the same message to a group of Colorado voters: “Your ballot request is in,” they read.  “Confirm now where and when to return it.”
Los Angeles Times:
Off-duty ICE agent found sleeping on Fresno lawn is shot after assaulting man, authorities say  — 4 min Click here to listen to this article  —  An off-duty ICE agent was shot in Fresno after he was found sleeping on a lawn, then allegedly assaulted a 72-year-old man, authorities said.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Katie Miller Throws Wild House Parties After Fleeing to Military Base  —  Katie Miller, the wife of American deportation czar Stephen Miller, has reignited the convivial traditions of Washington's elite by throwing grandiose bashes at the military base where her family abruptly moved.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Vanity Fair
Vox:
Why Francesca Hong is still on the campaign trail  —  The Wisconsin gubernatorial race was one of the most closely watched Democratic primaries in the country this year, pitting a democratic socialist, state Rep. Francesca Hong, against Milwaukee Democrat David Crowley, who received the endorsement …
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
A Vague, Redacted Execution Protocol in Tennessee Draws Scrutiny  —  The differences between the current protocol and the previous one have become a focus in Christa Pike's failed execution.  —  Last year, Tennessee's lethal injection execution protocol underwent a striking transformation.
Public Notice:
Trump's collapse with indy voters, explained by Greg Sargent  —  “This is the center of the electorate completely turning on Trump.”  —  ∙ Paid … You never want to count your Senate seats before they're hatched, but if the polls are anything close to correct …
Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau  —  Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers  —  A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given approval to move forward this week.
 
 
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
DHS faces blowback over attack on Democratic House candidate
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Associated Press
Sarah Fitzpatrick / The Atlantic:
Why Is Kash Patel Planning to Visit Russia?
Discussion: Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris's Husband Privately Says He Doesn't Want Her to Run for President Again
Discussion: Newsweek and New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
ABC News:
Obama warns donors that races are 'on the razor's edge' as he ramps up midterm push
Discussion: Breitbart and MS NOW
Alexa St. John / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs have brought more US auto factories. His numbers are off.
Erik Uebelacker / Courthouse News Service:
NYC man shot by ICE still has bullet in body, lawyers say
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Chris Murphy plans midterm travel blitz, fundraising for Nixon in Florida
Discussion: Mediaite
Priyanka Salve / CNBC:
India calls JD Vance's comments about immigrants ‘deeply offensive’
 

 
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Matthew Belloni / Puck:
Sources: Netflix is preparing to cut ~5% of employees, or ~850 jobs, as early as next week, amid pressure over weakened engagement and a depressed stock price

A.J. Katz / The Wrap:
ABC News republishes an Oct. 7 article about Trump's sons' links to government contracts with a correction and byline change to “ABC News”, after taking it down

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr declines to say whether broadcasters should be allowed to air a live execution by DOD in December, saying he'll defer to Pete Hegseth
 
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