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Eric Benson / Texas Monthly:
Dade Phelan Says Republicans Are “Freaking Out”  —  The former Texas House speaker and Paxton antagonist on why he's buying a blue wave.  —  Digital subscribers can listen to this article.  —  Early voting in the midterm election starts next week, and for the first time in decades …
Discussion: CBS News, PoliticusUSA and NPR
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
‘Abbott Is Struggling’: Ken Paxton Gripes About Texas GOP and Campaign Woes in New Leaked Audio  —  The Republican nominee for Senate vents to lobbyists in recordings obtained by Rolling Stone … “Yes, Abbott is struggling,” Paxton tells an attendee at a small, Washington, D.C. …
Discussion: Mediaite
Marist Poll:
2026 Midterm Elections in Texas, October 2026  —  Talarico & Paxton Competitive in U.S. Senate Race in Texas... Abbott Edges Hinojosa in Governor's Contest  —  In the race for U.S. Senate in Texas, Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton are competitive with only two points separating …
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around
Discussion: Bloomberg and Ballotpedia News
The Downballot:
Morning Digest: Republicans are sweating all five Texas seats they gerrymandered
Discussion: CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Says New Limits on Starlink Are Disrupting Its Military Operations  —  Officials say the limits, which restrict the speed at which some of Ukraine's weapons can travel and still connect to the internet, have blunted their capabilities  —  KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine said Elon Musk's SpaceX …
Discussion: BBC, Tom's Hardware and Reuters
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The Kyiv Independent:
‘This cannot be a coincidence’ — Ukraine's Starlink access restricted without warning, Zelensky adviser says  —  Ukraine's Starlink access has been restricted without warning, severely disrupting “several” military missions, presidential adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov said on Oct. 14.
Constant Méheut / New York Times:
Ukraine's Vulnerability Grows as Starlink Is Restricted and Russia Escalates
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Trump admin silent as Russia hits American businesses with ‘drones and missiles’ in Ukraine
Discussion: RTÉ, Bloomberg and Reuters
Rachel Lerman / Washington Post:
Prices increased sharply in September in last inflation report ahead of elections  —  Inflation increased in September to a 3.7 percent annual pace, higher than expected.  —  SummaryLoading...  Inflation rose to a 3.7 percent annual pace in September, extending a relentless climb …
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Associated Press:
Inflation Rose Again Last Month, Complicating Republicans' Midterms Pitch  —  U.S. inflation accelerated last month as gas, clothes, and air fares got more expensive, evidence that rising prices remain an economic challenge just a few weeks before the midterm elections.
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Trump's Strategic Flunky Reserve Is Running Low
Discussion: The Japan Times
Philip Wegmann / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's New Press Secretary Makes a Rocky Debut at the White House Podium
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Katie Zacharia's disastrous response to Popular Information's report  —  For years, President Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, has publicly claimed she is a lawyer.  Zacharia has repeatedly said she was “outside counsel” to the World Bank and “general counsel” to a California non-profit.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump plays Russian roulette on eve of midterms  —  President Trump is indulging his fondness for Vladimir Putin at a moment of acute political peril, forcing Republicans in the midterms to take cover as he showers Moscow with one-sided concessions. … - On Friday, Trump announced a deal …
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Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
GOP Congressman Blasts Trump as Putin ‘Apologist’ Being Played by Kremlin  —  Rep. Don Bacon unleashed a series of attacks on Trump over Russia, accusing the president of defending Putin, aiding his invasion of Ukraine, and abandoning basic moral principles.  —  Co-Founder of MeidasTouch
Washington Post:
U.S. probe of Rep. Ilhan Omar focuses on birth date, citizenship papers, people familiar say  —  The Department of Homeland Security declined to move forward with an investigation years ago based on similar allegations, said one person, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss information that has not been made public.
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar's staff got her birthdate changed officially after being elected to Congress: records
Fox News:
American-made goods also got more expensive under Trump tariffs, new research finds  —  Americans aren't just seeing the price tag increase for imported goods.  Thanks to President Donald Trump's tariffs, they are now paying more for products made in the U.S.A., according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Discussion: Political.org
Brian Faler / Politico:
Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts  —  The Trump administration is delaying the release of detailed data showing how Republicans' 2025 tax cuts affected millions of Americans' taxes, even as it tries to sell voters on the law ahead of the midterm elections.
Discussion: New Republic
Jim Swift / The Bulwark:
Ramaswamy Campaign Ad Accidentally Featured a Sex Offender  —  PROPERTY TAXES ARE A HOT-BUTTON issue in Ohio, where Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is trying to run as a change candidate for governor in a state long run by Republicans.  And in his latest campaign ad, he tried to press the button hard.
Discussion: archive.is
Jackson Thompson / Fox News:
Washington girls walk off cross country meet in protest of male athlete, parents reveal how it came to this  —  About a dozen Camas High School runners sat out after learning a competitor had switched from the boys' team  —  Holly Burns and about a dozen other girls walked away from a cross-country race in Washington on Tuesday.
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Micah Rice / Columbian:
Camas High School girls cross country runners refuse to race in protest of transgender policy
Discussion: The Daily Wire and RedState
Gabe Kaminsky / CBS News:
Trump meme coin buyers vie for dinner with the president.  Many appear to be overseas.  —  More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers …
Discussion: Reason
NBC News:
Texas DA says ICE intentionally hit immigrant with a car and may have withheld evidence  —  Harris County DA Sean Teare told NBC News his office has collected multiple videos for its own investigation but isn't getting cooperation from the federal government.  ICE denied their agent intentionally hit the person.
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Americans are losing faith in their fellow voters  —  Americans' trust in their fellow citizens' democratic judgment has fallen to its lowest recorded level in more than five decades, according to a new Gallup survey. … - That's the lowest reading since Gallup began tracking the measure in 1974.
Discussion: Gallup and Newsweek
Chloe Taylor / CNBC:
Iran says it's ‘counting the moments’ until it can strike U.S. warships; Saudi Aramco facilities attacked … Saudi officials said Wednesday that an administrative building belonging to oil giant Saudi Aramco was targeted overnight, as the Tehran-backed Houthi militants step up their attacks on the kingdom.
Mark Miller / New York Times:
Social Security Says Retirees Will Get a 3.6% Raise for 2027  —  The cost of living adjustment, or COLA, for next year will be the largest since 2023.  Retirees will see the extra money in their benefit checks starting in January.  —  Retirees and other beneficiaries will receive …
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program  —  Under ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is fast-tracking …
MS NOW:
Crime stats touted by Kash Patel are bolstered by arrests made by state and local agencies, not FBI  —  An analysis of publicly available data from the Justice Department shows repeated claims made by the FBI director are false or misleading.  —  With fewer agents and a strained budget …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive: White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money in “MAGA blood feud”  —  President Trump has directed his White House counsel to examine explosive allegations dropped on him Friday in the Oval Office:  — Former Trump attorney Alina Habba told the president that another …
Discussion: American Prospect
Suryatapa Chakraborty / The Hill:
Senate Republican knocks Trump administration on measles surge: 'Get vaccinated, you don't die'  —  The chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), argued the Trump administration is not promoting vaccinations vigorously enough amid …
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Helen Huiskes / The Hill:
Koch-aligned group makes last ad push for GOP candidates
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CNN:
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Rising Costs Push Necessities Out of Reach for Nearly Half of Americans
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Spencer Ackerman / FOREVER WARS:
The Dawn Of The Self-Funding Pentagon
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 Earlier Items: 
Margaret Sullivan / American Crisis:
The midterms are almost here, and the early media grades are in
Discussion: The Daily Wire and The Hill
Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Trump posts wild video of him taming tiger after ex-child star mauled to death at UK zoo
Max Moran / The Nation:
Making America Accountable Again
Alexandra Petri / The Atlantic:
Hi, I'm Your New Press Secretary, and It's My First Time Reading Words Out Loud
Discussion: Metro.co.uk and NewsNation
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
House Democrats plan a first 100-days agenda if they sweep to power in midterm elections
Discussion: Political.org
ProPublica:
These Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.
Jeremiah Johnson / The Argument:
MAGA's Talarico conspiracy theory has no “off” switch
Juan Forero / Wall Street Journal:
Why U.S. Airstrikes Are Failing to Stop the Global Cocaine Boom
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Memo: Netflix is cutting 6% of its staff, or ~1,000 jobs globally across product, tech, legal, and HR, its biggest layoffs since 2022, amid slowing growth

Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A US federal judge rules the White House cannot enforce President Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico in the long term pending a trial or an appeal

Sophie Culpepper / Nieman Lab:
State of Local News annual report: the US local news ecosystem is “in a state of precarity”, and digital readership is in “precipitous decline” for many outlets
 
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