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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 …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio … and Reuters
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Alex Veiga / Associated Press:
Boosting US oil supplies with Russian diesel unlikely to have much impact on prices, experts say — A new pact that calls for Russia to boost the U.S. supply of diesel over the next few months is unlikely to make a dent in painfully high prices at the pump or elsewhere, energy policy experts say.
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets … President Donald Trump said Friday that Russia will supply more than 4 million tons of diesel to the global market under a deal he struck with President Vladimir Putin during a phone call.
Ross Ibbetson / Daily Mail:
Putin throws Trump midterm lifeline as Russian tyrant agrees to ‘immediately supply US with 300,000 tons of diesel’ — Donald Trump announced today that Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply the US with hundreds of thousands of tons of diesel, a move that could ease pump prices before Americans vote in November.
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CNBC and The Parnas Perspective
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel — What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours
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Persuasion
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Zelensky tells Axios Trump's diesel deal with Putin “not fair and not honest”
Exclusive: Zelensky tells Axios Trump's diesel deal with Putin “not fair and not honest”
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CBS News:
Russian strikes kill at least 15 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with Moscow
Russian strikes kill at least 15 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with Moscow
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Politico, RTÉ, Trump's Truth and Al Jazeera
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms
Trump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of Midterms
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Reuters, Associated Press and Al Jazeera
Washington Post:
Trump announces diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower prices
Trump announces diesel deal with Russia in bid to lower prices
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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.
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Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Why former Republican governors are backing a Democrat for Senate in a red state
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New York Times
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Montana Democrat who refuses to drop out may spoil party's Senate hopes
Montana Democrat who refuses to drop out may spoil party's Senate hopes
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MS NOW and Montana Free Press
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Hit-the-Road Strategy Aims to Stave Off Republican Midterm Losses
Trump's Hit-the-Road Strategy Aims to Stave Off Republican Midterm Losses
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CNN
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
The Midterm Senate Fight Spreads to a Surprising New Battleground
The Midterm Senate Fight Spreads to a Surprising New Battleground
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New Republic and National Review
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Democrats drop $5M into Kansas Senate race
Democrats drop $5M into Kansas Senate race
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Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, Crooks and Liars and New York Times
Haley Britzky / CNN:
Army caught off guard by Hegseth's order to make firing squad execution public — Pete Hegseth Federal agencies US military Media — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's announcement that the execution of the convicted Fort Hood mass shooter would be shown in public caught people across …
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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 …
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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
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Emily Goodin / New York Post:
White House has found replacement for Karoline Leavitt as press secretary
White House has found replacement for Karoline Leavitt as press secretary
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Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
Who is Katie Zacharia, Trump's next White House press secretary?
Who is Katie Zacharia, Trump's next White House press secretary?
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Bloomberg, HuffPost, Daily Mail, New York Post, Breitbart, The Post Millennial, RTÉ and RedState
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 …
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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:
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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 …
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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.”
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 …
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.
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New York Times, Joe.My.God., Mediaite and ABC7
Ben Wikler / New York Times:
Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. — The stakes in November's midterms aren't merely about who will hold power over the next two years. Some of this year's elections will also determine who oversees the presidential election in 2028.
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.
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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.
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The Guardian, Metro.co.uk and Al Jazeera
