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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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
‘Abbott Is Struggling’: Ken Paxton Gripes About Texas GOP and Campaign Woes in New Leaked Audio
Discussion: San Antonio Current and Mediaite
The Downballot:
Morning Digest: Republicans are sweating all five Texas seats they gerrymandered
Discussion: CNN
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 …
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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 …
Financial Times:
Ukraine blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack
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 …
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
Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:   In this deep-red city, rising costs test Trump's affordability message
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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Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Trump's New Press Secretary Faces Bar Complaint in California  —  A watchdog group filed a complaint with the State Bar of California on Wednesday asking authorities to investigate whether White House press secretary Katie Zacharia practiced law without a license.
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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NBC News:
Feds seized Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone, subpoenaed family members in immigration status probe
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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Sarah Hooper / Metro.co.uk:
Trump shares disturbing video of Yorkshire tiger mauling with ‘warning’ to America
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
Jennifer Oliver O'Connell / RedState:
Report: Major Financial Institutions Exposed for Discriminatory Practices Against Conservative Orgs  —  On Wednesday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a new report titled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” and its findings are troubling.
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OCC.gov:
OCC Releases Report on Large Banks' Debanking Activities
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 and Adam Kinzinger
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
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 …
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: 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 …
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
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 …
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.
Chris Marquette / Politico:
2 Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court to review John Eastman's disbarment over Jan. 6  —  Two prominent Senate Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to review the disbarment of John Eastman for helping orchestrate the plot to overturn the 2020 election for President Donald Trump.
Discussion: The Federalist
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 …
Discussion: Gadget Review
 
 
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Laura Dhillon Kane / Bloomberg:
Canada's Doug Ford Says Trump Tariffs on Steel, Autos May Last Permanently
Discussion: Politico, Semafor and Global News
Jose Pagliery / The Washington Sun:
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Hannah Marr / MS NOW:
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CNN:
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MS NOW:
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Discussion: New Republic
American Greatness:
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Mark Miller / New York Times:
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ProPublica:
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