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9:55 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.
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. …
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
What to know about the search of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's home  —  Federal agents searched Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C. home on Monday, only three weeks before the frequent target of President Donald Trump's criticism stands for reelection in her congressional district in Minnesota.
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Chadwick Moore / New York Post:
‘Compelling evidence’ of criminal activity drove feds to raid Rep. Ilhan Omar's home: sources
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Trump rally crowd chants ‘deport’ as president rips Ilhan Omar after federal raid
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump picks fight with GOP senators over Russia diesel deal  —  President Trump is picking a fight with Senate Republicans right before the midterm elections with his surprise deal to allow Russia to export diesel to the United States.  —  Four Republican senators — Sens. Susan Collins …
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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: Breitbart and Mediaite
The Atlantic:
Trump's October Surprise
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
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Yells at Trump Administration for Cutting Down Golf Course Trees  —  Several government officials called to testify about hasty removal on Washington site where president dreams of building championship-level course  —  An angry federal judge overseeing litigation challenging President Trump's plan …
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.
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 …
Discussion: The Nation
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, claims she's a lawyer.  Is she?  —  There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any  —  When President Trump plucked Katie Zacharia from obscurity and appointed her as his new press secretary, he called her “an attorney.”
Discussion: The Guardian
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients.  Congress Could Fix It — but Won't.  —  Reporting Highlights  — Lamborghinis and Food Stamps?  Trump officials claim many SNAP recipients are scammers, even as statistics show they're far more likely to be victims.
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.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Top G.O.P. Groups Pull Support From First House Incumbents  —  Two major Republican super PACs are said to be withdrawing cash from the races of the incumbent Representatives Thomas H. Kean Jr. of New Jersey and Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa in an effort to triage the midterm map.
Discussion: The Bulwark
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
RFK Jr. Shows Off Son's Lavish 3-Day Pop Star Wedding in Rio … Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pulled back the curtain on his son's lavish three-day wedding to a pop star in Brazil.  —  Conor Kennedy, 32, reportedly married Giulia Be, 27, in a civil ceremony in Los Angeles in March.
Jessica Hill / Associated Press:
AI data centers are coming for federal land.  They are roiling the Nevada governor's race  —  Janelle Sorenson loves the clear night skies in Boulder City, less than an hour's drive from the bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip.  It's a small, quiet town, and she thinks …
Tariq Panja / New York Times:
FIFA's Trump Tower Deal: 7 Years, $4 Million, One Mostly Unused Office  —  The deal is another sign of how Gianni Infantino, the leader of soccer's global governing body, has sought closer ties to President Trump.  —  About a year before the World Cup, FIFA held a splashy opening for its latest office …
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 »
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Mary Peltola raises $17M in Q3 in Alaska's Senate race  —  Former Rep. Mary Peltola raked in $17 million over the last three months, her campaign shared first with POLITICO, a sizable haul for the Democratic challenger in one of the biggest Senate battlegrounds.
Discussion: Newsweek
Jeff Stein / The Washington Sun:
The FTC Is Beginning to Probe the Sports Gambling Industry  —  Officials at the Federal Trade Commission are probing the $167 billion online sports gambling industry, which has been celebrated by the White House but faces mounting skepticism from some conservative activists.
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.
German Lopez / New York Times:
We Know How to Fix Homelessness.  Why Don't More Cities Do It?  —  Homelessness, all appearances to the contrary, is a long-solved problem.  We know both the causes and the cure.  You wouldn't think that's the case from visiting many U.S. cities.  Stymied by political and financial hurdles …
Associated Press:
Trump says he cares for Americans.  They think he's more focused on his wealth, an AP-NORC poll finds  —  Most Americans think Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency in unethical or illegal ways and is focused more on his wealth than helping people like them, a new AP-NORC poll finds.
Discussion: AP-NORC
Alex Miller / Fox News:
Trump vanishes from GOP senator's campaign website as poll numbers plunge weeks before election  —  Sen Mike Rounds' campaign says it is ‘not abnormal’ to focus in on ‘general election messaging’  —  A Senate Republican running for re-election in ruby-red South Dakota has joined a growing number …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Spend Big to Defend Nebraska Senate Seat  —  In latest sign of GOP's Midwest angst, Senate Leadership Fund plans to pour $8 million into race to help Sen. Pete Ricketts  —  WASHINGTON—The big-donor group aligned with Senate Republicans disclosed that it plans to spend heavily …
Discussion: Politico and NewsMax.com
David Ovalle / New York Times:
He Would Be Florida's First Black Governor.  Can He Sway Black Voters?  —  Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, is working to win over Black voters who usually support Democrats as his party girds for the possibility of low turnout.  —  The Black men at the Caribbean restaurant …
NBC News:
Brad Raffensperger defends election security in Georgia ahead of consequential midterms  —  Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger sits down with NBC News' Jane Timm ahead of what's expected to be his final election.  He discusses election security, defending his record and the state's processes …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
Ken Paxton took campaign funds from donors with interests before his office  —  The Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee received contributions from parties in cases he was involved in, some predating his current competitive race.  —  SummaryLoading...
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: “Medicare for All” support surges  —  Supporters of “Medicare for All” now outnumber opponents by nearly 2-to-1, according to a new survey of U.S. adults from the Axios-Ipsos American Health Index. … - But the public's openness is driven more by desperation than by confidence in government.
 
 
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Alexei Koseff / Washington Post:
Faith-based ministry run by House speaker's wife raises ethics questions
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Swing-district Democrats keep focus on high prices
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CNN:
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Adam Gramegna / Military.com:
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NBC News:
GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon
 

 
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Rhea Rose Abraham / Reuters:
Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, agrees to sell some assets to Disney for $20M, and plans to keep operating as it completes the sale

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Kara Swisher partner to launch High Stakes, a weekly midterm election podcast produced by Vox Media that will run through mid-November

Reuters:
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