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8:25 AM ET, October 13, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race  —  Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms  —  As President Trump weighed endorsing Ken Paxton over incumbent Texas Sen. John Cornyn this spring …
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Politico:
High on hopium  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner  —  Good Tuesday morning.  We're exactly three weeks out from Election Day, and early voting begins today in Georgia and Idaho.  Get in touch.  —  In today's Playbook ...  — Abdul El-Sayed and Chris Pappas show off Democrats' doubtless demeanor.
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Top Trump operative enlisted to rescue Kansas senator's campaign
Discussion: MS NOW and The Hill
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump's Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear  —  The president's actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender.  —  In the past 72 hours, Donald Trump has dropped all pretense, torched a couple decades of American policy, and undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy.
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The Atlantic:
Trump's October Surprise  —  It rained most of Sunday in Washington, as the remnants of Hurricane Isaias washed over the East Coast.  Unable to golf, and stuck inside the White House, President Trump spent part of his morning on social media touting the size of his rallies and defending Christopher Columbus.
Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:   How Trump Just Became America's Biggest Traitor: Political Guru
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
How Trump Just Exposed Himself as America's True Enemy Within
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
After Russian Diesel Deal, Trump Faces New Crisis Over Ukraine
Discussion: Washington Post, HotAir and NewsMax.com
Alex Nguyen / Mother Jones:
Pete Hegseth's Firing Squad Livestream Is Finding Fans in the Defense Industry  —  Co-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending “public and brutal” executions.  —  “I have been outspoken on wanting public executions for over a decade.”
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The fascist spectacle of streamed executions
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and The Transom
Politico:
GOP readies for an underwhelming lame duck  —  IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — Johnson scrambles leadership outlook  — Emmer endorses Trump's raid on Omar  — Dems gear up for trade oversight  —  Republicans' dreams of a productive lame-duck session are dimming.
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Politico:
Republicans doubt their big lame-duck ambitions pan out  —  Republicans have had to defer many of their legislative dreams, hoping the post-election release of political pressure could set up a productive “lame duck” session before a new Congress is seated.  —  Fat chance, many GOP lawmakers now say.
Bayliss Wagner / New York Times:
Republicans Promoted a False Rumor That James Talarico Was in Ohio  —  The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu.  His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
The Right's Desperate Conspiracy Theory About James Talarico Goes Up In Flames
Chadwick Moore / New York Post:
‘Compelling evidence’ of criminal activity drove feds to raid Rep. Ilhan Omar's home: sources  —  A raid on controversial Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, DC, home signifies law enforcement has already amassed compelling evidence of criminal activity and are nearing the end of a long investigation, a source told The Post.
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Mara Hoplamazian / The Washington Sun:
Trump Says He Had ‘Nothing to Do With’ the Raid on Ilhan Omar's Home
New York Times:
Homeland Security Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar
Laura Chung / New York Times:
Trump Says He Is ‘Looking at’ Firing Kimberly Guilfoyle  —  President Trump made the remark in response to a question about the U.S. ambassador to Greece, who faces accusations that she asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.  —  President Trump said on Monday that he was “looking at” …
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NBC News:
GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon  —  An outside group mistakenly spent nearly $25,000 to boost Collins in Portland, Oregon, rather than Portland, Maine.  The buyer admitted to the error and refunded the PAC.
TMZ.com:
Selma Blair Arrested, Attacks Flight Crew In Mid-Air  —  SELMA BLAIR ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY BITING FLIGHT ATTENDANT … 11:25 AM PT — TMZ has also obtained audio from an eyewitness of when Blair was exiting the plane at JFK Airport ... and you can hear her screaming bloody murder as an alarm rings.
Politico:
Archbishop of the US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad  —  Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who oversees the Catholic Church's pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military, is condemning the proposed livestream of the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan.
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Adam Gramegna / Military.com:
Air Force Major Who Called for Trump's Impeachment is in Solitary Confinement 24 Hours a Day: Attorney  —  Maj. Jason Watson has been jailed since August after publicly opining on the president and his administration, drawing a big legal battle.  —  Add us on
Shannon O'Brien / MS NOW:
Why I am resigning as Montana Democratic Party chair to endorse an independent Senate candidate  —  My job has always been to advance the values Democrats in this state care about, and right now, the clearest path to doing that runs through an independent candidate.
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Violet Jira / Washington Post:
Montana Democratic Party chair steps down, endorses independent candidate
Discussion: Political.org and Breitbart
Kate Shaw / New York Times:
Democrats Need a Plan for Supreme Court Reform.  Here's a Start.  —  The Supreme Court justices took the bench last week to hear oral arguments, but the start of this term feels different from previous ones.  For one thing, with the sharp increase in activity on the shadow docket …
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House Dems launch ads in four more Trump districts  —  House Democrats' campaign arm is expanding its target list just three weeks ahead of Election Day, going on the air for the first time in four more districts with coordinated ad buys with the candidates.
Tess Owen / Wired:
The Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell Companies  —  Backed by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle.  —  The Spanish Springs shopping center in Sparks, Nevada, hosts many businesses …
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Medicare for All Is the Big Policy Fight Splitting Democrats  —  Plus, Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice, and federal agents searched Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's home  —  Good morning.  I'm Aaron Zitner, a reporter and editor in our Washington Bureau …
Justin Papp / CNBC:
Trump census plan to cut noncitizens from 2030 count spurs critics toward legal fight … Congressional Democrats and civil rights groups are concerned about a proposed Trump administration change to the U.S. census that would exclude noncitizens without permanent resident status …
Discussion: City Journal
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Dems' red-state showings raise prospect of a bigger 2028 map  —  Move over Wisconsin and Arizona. … Sure, this could be a blip — or a reminder that it's a 50-50 moody nation, even in a bunch of red states.  — The conditions that helped Barack Obama carry conservative states like Indiana …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
New White House press secretary has a history of conspiracy-laced social media posts  —  Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Social media Epstein files  —  President Donald Trump's incoming White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, repeatedly made baseless accusations of pedophilia …
Discussion: NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
I Went Home to South Carolina to Ask Young Voters About Trump and the Economy  —  Watch as a WSJ reporter visits his college town—where the University of South Carolina is booming, but students are worried about their futures  —  This is an episode of Rooted In, where our reporters …
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Pennsylvania reports sixth measles death  —  Pennsylvania authorities on Monday confirmed the state's sixth death connected to a measles case as the state deals with the highest number of cases nationally.  —  The Franklin County Coroner released an advisory on Monday stating a 39-year-old woman with …
 
 
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Christian Paz / Vox:
To save democracy, you might want to go to church
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: “Medicare for All” support surges
Tariq Panja / New York Times:
FIFA's Trump Tower Deal: 7 Years, $4 Million, One Mostly Unused Office
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans. …
CNN:
Republicans need evangelicals to turn out in the midterms. Faith leaders are sounding the alarm they may not
David W. Chen / New York Times:
The New Affordability Fight in the Midterms: Home Insurance Prices
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Ken Paxton took campaign funds from donors with interests before his office
Kamlesh Bhuckory / Bloomberg:
Tourist Hotspot Mauritius Hit by Worst Unrest Since 1999
Discussion: Political.org and Reuters
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
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Discussion: Bloomberg
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
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Wall Street Journal:
A $300 Million Windfall for Trust Collecting Funds for Trump Projects
The Bulwark:
Trump's Mental Decline Is Now a National Emergency (w/ Jim Acosta)
Politico:
Democrats are making corruption messaging a pocketbook issue
Discussion: Daily Kos, New York Times and The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump blew past deadline to halt running taxpayer-funded campaign-style ads
 

 
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