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Fox News:
Fox News Power Rankings: As the House falls, the Senate stays in play — Republicans face rural voter backlash over gas and diesel prices as 20 more House races shift toward Democrats — There are two big differences between the previous Trump-era midterms and this year's contest.
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Council on Foreign Relations, Louder With Crowder and Political.org
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Jack Crosbie / Rolling Stone:
‘Republicans Are F-ked’: GOP Strategists Process Trump's Impact Ahead of Midterms — Conservatives are scrambling to find a silver lining in the chaos that the president's second term unleashed. — Ask a Republican about the midterms these days and you're likely to get an answer that falls somewhere in the five stages of grief.
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Political Wire
Greg Ryan / Bloomberg:
New Hampshire GOP Senate Candidate Blasts Trump on Iran, Russia — Republican John Sununu criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the first debate in an unexpectedly close New Hampshire US Senate race.
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NRSC
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Dems' red-state showings raise prospect of a bigger 2028 map
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New York Magazine
Alex Miller / Fox News:
Trump vanishes from GOP senator's campaign website as poll numbers plunge weeks before election
Trump vanishes from GOP senator's campaign website as poll numbers plunge weeks before election
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The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump to fly 3,400 miles to Alaska in hopes of saving a Senate seat
Trump to fly 3,400 miles to Alaska in hopes of saving a Senate seat
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Associated Press
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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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.”
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Katie Zacharia calls on Trump-friendly outlets in brief debut as press secretary — In her opening statement, Zacharia repeatedly praised Trump's energy and touted the crowd sizes at his rallies, where scores of seats have been unfilled in recent days. — SummaryLoading...
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Newsbusters and Advocate
Megan Brand / NBC News:
Trump's new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia keeps first briefing short
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Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece — Ms. Guilfoyle was asked to quit by the White House after a string of damaging reports, including that she had asked a Republican donor to pay off a credit card. — Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as the U.S. ambassador to Greece on Tuesday …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigns after allegations of improper conduct
Ryan King / New York Post:
Kimberly Guilfoyle quits ambassador post after pressure from White House with a defiant message
Kimberly Guilfoyle quits ambassador post after pressure from White House with a defiant message
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Rolling Stone, New Republic, The Guardian, CBS News, One America News Network, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, NewsMax.com, WNYW-TV, ABC News and RedState
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
And Bye, Bye to Miss Kimberly's Big Greek Slice of Pie
And Bye, Bye to Miss Kimberly's Big Greek Slice of Pie
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, RedState, Mediaite, Ace of Spades HQ and Wall Street Journal
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Public execution opposition grows as Trump expresses private misgivings — The plan to livestream the firing squad execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter is garnering mounting discomfort from the Catholic Church, the Hill and survivors of the shooting.
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Alex Nguyen / Mother Jones:
Pete Hegseth's Firing Squad Livestream Is Finding Fans in the Defense Industry
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The fascist spectacle of streamed executions
The fascist spectacle of streamed executions
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Fox News, The Transom and The Moderate Voice
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Dan Levy demands men speak up after Shane Gillis demeans women on ‘SNL’ — Comedian Shane Gillis said “f*ck” during a sketch on live network television and referenced Joe Rogan on Saturday. It may have been the least offensive thing he said all night. — The comedian's latest turn hosting …
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Mouthpiece Hit With Brutal Reviews for Big Debut … The reviews are in for President Donald Trump's new press secretary. — Katie Zacharia, 41, suffered savage reviews from administration insiders and critics alike within minutes of taking the podium as White House press secretary for the first time Tuesday morning.
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk's megaphone propels conspiracy theory about James Talarico — The billionaire has a history of elevating false claims like the one about the Democratic Senate nominee, but his control of X gives him outsize influence ahead of the midterms. — SummaryLoading...
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
‘A gift to our adversary’: Bipartisan group of senators slam Trump's Russian diesel deal — A bipartisan group of senators urged President Donald Trump on Tuesday to rescind his recent diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid bubbling anger on Capitol Hill about Trump's announcement.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Trump picks fight with GOP senators over Russia diesel deal
Trump picks fight with GOP senators over Russia diesel deal
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New Republic:
MAGA Voters Turn on Trump in Focus Group Bombshell: “Nothing but Lies” — Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark recently held a focus group with people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 that took an extraordinary turn. After being shown Trump's vile taxpayer-funded ad, in which he rages about expelling …
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Newsweek and The Bulwark
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Senate Republicans Pouring $8 Million More Into Nebraska Race — The Senate Republicans' allied super political action committee plans to spend an additional $8 million to aid embattled Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts who faces a strong challenge from independent Dan Osborn.
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Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Spend Big to Defend Nebraska Senate Seat
Republicans Spend Big to Defend Nebraska Senate Seat
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Review Dispute Over Access to DOGE Records — A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests. — The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it would review …
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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 …
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The Nation
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 …
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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 …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
DOJ apologizes after campaign-style Trump ads air in violation of judge's order — The Department of Justice apologized late Monday that a controversial ad featuring President Trump continued to run after a court sided with government watchdog groups in temporarily blocking the ads.
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Eli Hager / ProPublica:
Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won't. — It wasn't the kind of call a grocery store gets every day. A customer with a thick Eastern European accent was on the phone saying he wanted to buy several thousand cans of Red Bull.
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.
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 …
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New Republic
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.
AP-NORC:
More Americans say Trump has prioritized his personal business interests than the country as a whole — When it comes to allegations that he has profited from the presidency, 41% believe President Trump has done something illegal and 18% think his actions have been unethical but not illegal.
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Associated Press, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Supreme Court turns away Kari Lake lawyer's challenge to sanctions in Arizona voting machine lawsuit — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from a lawyer who was sanctioned while representing former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake in a 2022 lawsuit challenging Arizona's use of electronic voting machines.
Ben Denzer / New York Times:
Are the Midterm Elections Safe? 8 Experts Weigh In on the Threats. — Eight Election Experts Weigh Trump's Midterm Threats — Two big questions hover over this year's midterm elections, which are less than 30 days away. The first: Who will emerge with control of Congress?
