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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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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 — 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. …
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San Antonio Current and Mediaite
Marist Poll:
2026 Midterm Elections in Texas, October 2026
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The Texas Politics Project and Breitbart
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
Nicole Cobler / Axios:
Poll: Democrats hold slight edge in Texas races
Poll: Democrats hold slight edge in Texas races
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MS NOW, Newsweek, NewsMax.com and The Floridian
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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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 Vulnerability Grows as Starlink 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 …
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Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Trump admin silent as Russia hits American businesses with ‘drones and missiles’ in Ukraine
Financial Times:
Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack
Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack
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The Hill, Reuters, Political.org, The Verge and New Republic
Andrew Roth / The Guardian:
Ukrainian military's access to Starlink satellite internet suddenly restricted
Ukrainian military's access to Starlink satellite internet suddenly restricted
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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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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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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
New inflation warning sign
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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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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
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
In this deep-red city, rising costs test Trump's affordability message
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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Wall Street Journal:
Inside Kimberly Guilfoyle's Final Days as Ambassador to Greece
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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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The Independent and The Japan Times
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
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Sam Tobin / Reuters:
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says it is ‘painful’ when Trump chooses a different side
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says it is ‘painful’ when Trump chooses a different side
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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.
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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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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 …
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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.
