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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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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 …
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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Wall Street Journal:
Starlink Suspicions and a Frantic Warning: Inside Trump's Turn on Zelensky — Limitations on Ukraine's access to military-grade Starlink terminals sparked panic among its officials and several U.S. lawmakers — In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Denys Sienik, the top Ukrainian diplomat …
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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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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 …
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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Julia Jester / MS NOW:
Elon Musk points finger at Trump over Ukrainian satellite restrictions
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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
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Vance's Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides — At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic. — Almost from the moment James Talarico became the Democratic Senate nominee in Texas …
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Talarico debates Texas voters in CNN-Jubilee town hall amid tight Senate race
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Elizabeth Findell / Wall Street Journal:
Five Takeaways From James Talarico's CNN Town Hall With Texas Voters
Five Takeaways From James Talarico's CNN Town Hall With Texas Voters
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Wall Street Journal:
Midterm Anxiety Mounts for GOP as Democrats Try to Expand Battleground
Midterm Anxiety Mounts for GOP as Democrats Try to Expand Battleground
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Axios, Politico and Political.org
Victor Nava / New York Post:
James Talarico ruthlessly fact-checked by voter after claiming Bible is ‘silent’ on abortion at CNN town hall
James Talarico ruthlessly fact-checked by voter after claiming Bible is ‘silent’ on abortion at CNN town hall
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Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Inflation Data Shows Prices Are Up, Worrying Republicans Ahead of the Midterms
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News: Where Ken Paxton partying with fugitives is much less interesting than James Talarico getting the flu
Fox News: Where Ken Paxton partying with fugitives is much less interesting than James Talarico getting the flu
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Eric Benson / Texas Monthly:
Dade Phelan Says Republicans Are “Freaking Out”
Dade Phelan Says Republicans Are “Freaking Out”
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump's New Press Secretary: Not-Quite Attorney at Law — Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials is the result of one big misunderstanding. — Is President Trump's new press secretary a lawyer — or did she just play one on TV?
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Didn't Pass Bar Exam — Zacharia has previously referred to herself as a lawyer in public appearances — When President Trump announced that Katie Zacharia would serve as the next White House press secretary, he referred to her as an attorney.
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Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Trump's New Press Secretary Faces Bar Complaint in California
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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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Says People Who Leak to News Outlets ‘Should Be Shot’ — President Donald Trump called for executing individuals who leak information to the media during a campaign rally as he railed against what he cast as critical coverage of the war in Iran. — “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'
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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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Ayah Ali-Ahmad / The Washington Sun:
Trump Blames Biden for High Prices Hours After News of Rising Inflation
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
New inflation warning sign
New inflation warning sign
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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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Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
Candidates Are Increasingly Icing Out Reporters on the Campaign Trail
Candidates Are Increasingly Icing Out Reporters on the Campaign Trail
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Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
ICE rejects suggestion that its officers wear body cameras that automatically activate — Federal immigration officials need to ensure that body cameras worn by officers are uniformly activated when needed, a government report released Wednesday said, following a series of contentious shootings and aggressive arrests by ICE officers.
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Josephine Walker / Axios:
ICE balks at automatic body-cams amid accountability concerns
ICE balks at automatic body-cams amid accountability concerns
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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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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.
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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Mediaite, Los Angeles Times and Deseret News
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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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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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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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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The Federalist
Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
Cait Conley tells Rep. Mike Lawler not to ‘mansplain’ about domestic abuse — Democrat Cait Conley told Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) during a televised debate Wednesday night not to “mansplain” to her about domestic abuse as the pair discussed an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024.
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Domonique King / The Washington Sun:
A Watchdog Group Is Challenging Jared Kushner's Foreign Policy Role — The group's lawsuit says the president's son-in-law is a go-to foreign policy negotiator without Senate confirmation or financial disclosures. — Copy — An ethics watchdog organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday …
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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Mackenzie Chase / Washington Examiner:
White House calls Charlie Kirk a ‘Christian martyr’ in birthday tribute — Charlie Kirk would've been celebrating his 33rd birthday Wednesday, as the White House called him a “Christian martyr” and a “titan” in a tribute online. — “Today, on what would have been his 33rd birthday …
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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.
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 …
NBC News:
How the House landscape is evolving: From the Politics Desk — Plus, Trump's latest moves leave Ukraine on the defensive. … Republicans shift funds in the battle for the House — By Ben Kamisar — Facing a stormy political forecast, Republican groups are making hard choices about which candidates may get left out in the rain.
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Erum Salam / MS NOW:
Senate Democrats to deploy more than 100 election observers for midterms — The deployment of Senate staffers comes amid the Trump administration's push to reshape election rules, including efforts to remove people it deems ineligible from voter rolls and restrict mail-in and absentee voting.
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