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Wall Street Journal:
Ilhan Omar Investigation Aims to Build Case for Stripping Her Citizenship — Authorities have subpoenaed members of the Democratic congresswoman's family as part of a broader look at their immigration paperwork — WASHINGTON—The Trump administration's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar …
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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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CNN:
Exclusive: Judge limited Justice Department access to Rep. Ilhan Omar's records in sprawling immigration fraud probe — Donald Trump Federal agencies Immigration politics Immigration — The Trump administration pushed for an unusually aggressive search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's house in recent days …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Issues Subpoenas in Ilhan Omar Investigation
Justice Dept. Issues Subpoenas in Ilhan Omar Investigation
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation — The rupture between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over last week's diesel deal deepened Wednesday after an Elon Musk-owned satellite system used by Ukraine unexpectedly restricted service …
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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 …
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Amid Ukraine uproar, Musk says decisions to restrict Starshield up to president — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said decisions to restrict the speed or usage of Starlink's Starshield are made by the U.S. military and, ultimately, the president, as confusion swirls over Ukraine's loss of military access to the systems.
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Wall Street Journal:
Starlink Suspicions and a Frantic Warning: Inside Trump's Turn on Zelensky
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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
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Says New Limits on Starlink Are Disrupting Its Military Operations
Ukraine Says New Limits on Starlink Are Disrupting Its Military Operations
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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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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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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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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.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Katie Zacharia's disastrous response to Popular Information's report
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Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Trump's new press secretary faces scrutiny over claims to be a lawyer
Trump's new press secretary faces scrutiny over claims to be a lawyer
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Semafor:
Trump doubling down on Russian diesel deal as Republicans run from it — President Donald Trump is pushing ahead with his deal to import Russian diesel, blowing past his party's growing complaints about taking help from Vladimir Putin. — “The president's main priority and commitment …
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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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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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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Leakers Should Be Shot, Veering Off Midterm Pitch — President Donald Trump called for executing individuals who leak information to the media during a campaign rally as he railed against what he saw as critical coverage of the Iran war. — “In my opinion, leakers should be shot.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says leakers should be shot: 'They're the scum of the earth'
Trump says leakers should be shot: 'They're the scum of the earth'
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Max Rego / The Hill:
Trump adviser sees ‘a whole bunch of good news’ in inflation report — Kevin Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council (NEC), said Wednesday he sees a “bunch of good news” in the latest inflation report, which measured prices as up 3.7 percent year over year in September.
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Politico:
Tillis OKs Trump judges — Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump's unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond.
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
ICE balks at automatic body-cams amid accountability concerns — ICE is rejecting a Government Accountability Office recommendation for technology that automatically activates body cameras when weapons are drawn and safeguards to ensure agents record arrests, searches and detentions when required.
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Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate
ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate
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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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Erin Doherty / Politico:
Whatley campaign is currently dark on TV as GOP groups retreat from North Carolina — Michael Whatley's campaign has temporarily gone dark in North Carolina. The Republican Senate nominee does not currently have future linear TV ad reservations booked in the race, a highly unusual move less …
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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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Courthouse News Service
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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Alice Taylor / Politico:
Albania's capital burns as protests escalate — Police have been criticized for alleged use of excessive force against protestors and journalists. — TIRANA — Student demonstrations in Tirana spiraled out of control Wednesday as protesters clashed with police for over 10 hours …
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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.
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.
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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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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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Irie Sentner / Politico:
'I think Alaska's turning blue': Republicans fret Sullivan's path to reelection — WASILLA, Alaska — Three weeks out from Election Day, President Donald Trump took a helicopter to a plane to another helicopter to a motorcade to an ice hockey rink in Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Valley …
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
DOJ faces legal threats after pushing California to match voter list with USB drive — A voting rights group warned the Department of Justice (DOJ) that it plans to sue if the department doesn't back away from a demand made to various California voting authorities which ordered them to cross-reference …
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
The Disappearing Women of the Trump Administration … New York Times photographs by Tierney L. Cross, Eric Lee, Kenny Holston & Haiyun Jiang. — The ouster of Kimberly Guilfoyle, who until this week was the U.S. ambassador to Greece, was surprising in its particulars.
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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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.
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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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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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Cost-of-living concerns weigh on GOP in midterms — When voters rate the economy and the president negatively just weeks before Election Day, the incumbent party is vulnerable, and that's certainly the case in the latest Fox News survey. — The economic landscape is stark.
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CNN:
Greenland contradicts Trump's claim that ‘massive’ oil and gas drilling is about to begin there — Greenland's government pushed back against President Donald Trump's claim on Wednesday that “massive oil, gas and mineral exploration is getting ready to begin” in the Arctic territory.
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