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Politico:
House control all but gone, top Republicans privately concede — Some top congressional Republicans have privately concluded that it is likely impossible for them to keep control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and they are now focused on limiting the scale of the defeat …
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Washington Post, Washington Monthly, Daily Kos, The Hill, The Independent, Political.org, Fox News, Council on Foreign Relations and HuffPost
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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 …
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PoliticusUSA, CBS News and NPR
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Mess Around — This time last year, hardly anyone imagined that Democrats would be on the verge of winning the Senate. The map was just too stacked against them. — Not only were Democrats defending seats in states President Trump won …
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Bloomberg, The Federalist and Ballotpedia News
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
‘Abbott Is Struggling’: Ken Paxton Gripes About Texas GOP and Campaign Woes in New Leaked Audio
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San Antonio Current and Mediaite
Marist Poll:
2026 Midterm Elections in Texas, October 2026
2026 Midterm Elections in Texas, October 2026
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The Texas Politics Project, Lone Star Left, YouGov and Breitbart
Nicole Cobler / Axios:
Poll: Democrats hold slight edge in Texas races
Poll: Democrats hold slight edge in Texas races
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Newsweek, NewsMax.com, MS NOW and The Floridian
The Downballot:
Morning Digest: Republicans are sweating all five Texas seats they gerrymandered
Morning Digest: Republicans are sweating all five Texas seats they gerrymandered
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CNN
David Wright / CNN:
Republicans are playing defense — and it's costing them
Republicans are playing defense — and it's costing them
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Scripps News, Daily Mail, NewsMax.com and The Philadelphia Inquirer
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 …
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Constant Méheut / New York Times:
Ukraine's Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates — A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning. — 1.1k — Nearly five years into its fight for national survival …
Financial Times:
Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack
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Reuters, The Hill, New York Post, France 24, CNBC, The Parnas Perspective, Al Jazeera, Political.org, The Verge, Bloomberg and New Republic
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Trump admin silent as Russia hits American businesses with ‘drones and missiles’ in Ukraine
Trump admin silent as Russia hits American businesses with ‘drones and missiles’ in Ukraine
Brett Meiselas / MeidasTouch:
GOP Congressman Blasts Trump as Putin ‘Apologist’ Being Played by Kremlin
GOP Congressman Blasts Trump as Putin ‘Apologist’ Being Played by Kremlin
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Meidas+, The Guardian, MS NOW and Atlantic Council
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 …
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New York Post, Eschaton and American Prospect
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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New York Times, The Hill, MeidasTouch, MS NOW, Washington Examiner, Lawyers, Guns & Money and The American Conservative
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
New inflation warning sign
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CNBC, NewsMax.com, New York Times, RTÉ, The Daily Caller, Forbes and CBS News
Konrad Putzier / Wall Street Journal:
Broad Pickup in Prices Lifted Inflation to 3.7% in September
Broad Pickup in Prices Lifted Inflation to 3.7% in September
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Financial Times, HotAir, NPR, The Transom, Political.org and RTÉ
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Inflation worsened last month to 3.7% in sign that prices remain elevated as midterm elections near
Inflation worsened last month to 3.7% in sign that prices remain elevated as midterm elections near
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
In this deep-red city, rising costs test Trump's affordability message
New York Times:
U.S. Is Sending Hundreds of Troops to Latin America — The Pentagon is expanding its fight against drug traffickers, even as the plans recall a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region. — The United States is sending several hundred Army soldiers to train and conduct exercises …
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Appeals Court Questions Trump's National Guard Deployment in D.C.
Appeals Court Questions Trump's National Guard Deployment in D.C.
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ABC News, Scripps News, Courthouse News Service, Los Angeles Times, Talking Points Memo and WTOP News
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.
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Forbes, Truthout, Above the Law, The Status Kuo, The New World, Daily Mail, New Republic, HuffPost, The Independent, Political.org, NewsNation, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
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Daily Mail:
Kimberly Guilfoyle's burn book revealed. Her MAGA secrets kept in a journal so potent it has nervous Trump insiders fearing revenge: ‘She knows where the bodies are buried’ — Trump advisers had been wrangling to save Kimberly Guilfoyle's job as US ambassador to Greece before she was asked …
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Bloomberg, The Independent, New Republic, New York Post, Mediaite, One America News Network and WNYW-TV
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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.
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New Republic and Adam Kinzinger
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.
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Political.org
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News: Where Ken Paxton partying with fugitives is much less interesting than James Talarico getting the flu — Just a minute and a half of coverage after days on Talarico's campaign trail absence — Fox News barely covered Monday's report that Texas attorney general and GOP nominee …
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The Argument, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Letters from an American, Political.org, CNN and San Antonio Current
Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Prediction markets bet brief tenure for Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary — Katie Zacharia just made her debut as White House press secretary, but gamblers are already wagering a quick tenure at the podium in the James Brady Briefing Room. — On Tuesday, her second day on the job …
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Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
Trump's Strategic Flunky Reserve Is Running Low
Trump's Strategic Flunky Reserve Is Running Low
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Associated Press and The Japan Times
NBC News:
Feds seized Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone, subpoenaed family members in immigration status probe — The subpoenas were sent just days before federal agents searched the progressive ‘Squad’ member's home, a person familiar with the investigation told NBC News. — Federal agents seized Democratic …
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Samuel Chamberlain / New York Post:
Trump posts wild video of him taming tiger after ex-child star mauled to death at UK zoo — President Trump posted a wild AI-generated video late Tuesday that showed him chasing, tackling and befriending a Siberian tiger, hours after he had warned his Truth Social followers: “Don't ever mess with nature!”
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Metro.co.uk, The Guardian, Daily Kos, Telegraph, The Independent, Breitbart, GB News, The Wrap, The New World, Forbes, Mediaite, New Republic and Rolling Stone
David Gilmour / Mediaite:
Trump Didn't Know Fort Hood Killer is Paralyzed as He Weighs Execution Livestream: CNN — President Donald Trump reportedly did not initially know convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down as his administration moved toward livestreaming his execution by firing squad.
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CNN, Political.org, ABC News, CBS News, New York Post, Scripps News and Military.com
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.
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New Republic and archive.is
Danny Funt / Columbia Journalism Review:
'I'm Not Going to Have Blood on My Hands' — Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest. — For years, ESPN wanted nothing to do with sports gambling. That stance had softened a bit as of 2018, when the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on bookmaking …
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Los Angeles Times, Deseret News and The Washington Sun
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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Erick Erickson's Show Notes, The Atlantic and Reuters
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.
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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Columbian, Townhall, Legal Insurrection, Louder With Crowder, Breitbart, RedState, Daily Mail, twitchy.com, The Post Millennial and The Daily Wire
Associated Press:
Nancy Mace's Ex-Fiance Charged With Sex Crimes She Detailed in a House Speech — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace's former fiance and two of his business associates were charged with sex crimes and voyeurism on Wednesday over an episode the South Carolina congresswoman described …
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Post and Courier, New York Post, The Hill, Courthouse News Service and Newsweek
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program — This article was featured in the Daily Prospect newsletter. Sign up for it here. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is fast-tracking a $100 million domestic surveillance program to put 142 intelligence agents …
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Gadget Review
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 …
Stephen Neukam / The Washington Sun:
Freedom Caucus Chair Freaks Out Over Being Recorded in Public — Republican Rep. Andy Harris demanded that police remove a journalist from a press availability he was holding Tuesday night after a campaign forum with a Democratic challenger in Maryland, erroneously citing the state's wiretap law.
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Crooks and Liars, New Republic and Mediaite
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 …
