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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 …
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 …
Adam Wren / Politico:
James Talarico announces record-breaking $64M haul  —  Texas Democrat James Talarico raised a staggering $64 million this summer — the largest third-quarter haul of any Senate candidate in history.  The national Democratic darling raised more than $134.3 million since launching his campaign …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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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 …
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Scoop: Inside Elon Musk's massive Texas rescue mission … - Musk's rescue gave Paxton's sleepy campaign new life and showed why the world's richest person is the X factor in the push to prevent a midterm debacle for President Trump's party. … - Instead, Musk's money allowed Republicans …
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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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 …
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Trump doubling down on Russian diesel deal as Republicans run from it  —  The News  —  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 …
Julia Jester / MS NOW:
Elon Musk points finger at Trump over Ukrainian satellite restrictions
Constant Méheut / New York Times:
Ukraine's Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Amid Ukraine uproar, Musk says decisions to restrict Starshield up to president
Politico:
Republicans' last hope for 2026: Another polling miss  —  Republicans nervous about the midterms are increasingly turning to the same salve: The polling will be wrong.  —  They aren't suggesting Republicans will have a good night come Nov. 3 — or that the party will hold the House.
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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.
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:   Inflation Data Shows Prices Are Up, Worrying Republicans Ahead of the Midterms
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?
Discussion: Reuters and archive.is
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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.
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Trump's new press secretary faces scrutiny over claims to be a lawyer
Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Trump's New Press Secretary Faces Bar Complaint in California
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.
Discussion: The Independent
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.
Discussion: Newsweek
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Associated Press:
Trump parades new Air Force One, defends accepting the Qatari royal family's 747 gift
Discussion: The Independent and The Hill
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says leakers should be shot: 'They're the scum of the earth'
Emily Guskin / ABC News:
Wide majority of Americans oppose livestreaming Nidal Hasan's execution: ABC/Post/Ipsos poll  —  A slim majority support the Fort Hood shooter's execution by firing squad.  —  This undated photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department shows former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan.
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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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Nasty email fight between 2 top Trump appointees spills into the open  —  Two top appointees of President Donald Trump, including the deputy secretary of State, have been embroiled in a monthslong fight that include accusations of leaks to the media and “bizarre” threats of defamation …
Jenna Monnin / The Washington Sun:
Candidates Are Increasingly Icing Out Reporters on the Campaign Trail  —  From the White House grounds to town halls across the country, politicians and candidates have been attempting to block members of the media from covering them — and advocates say it's raising serious press freedom concerns.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Mark Alfred / The Washington Sun:
Pelosi's Potential Successor Is Pushing the Limits of Super PAC Coordination  —  In the race to replace Nancy Pelosi, the congressional campaign of California state Sen. Scott Wiener has forged an unusual arrangement with a federal super PAC: They are directly coordinated with one another.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
YOLO Chuck: Schumer's final fight  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is on the cusp of leading his party to midterm victory and reclaiming his title as Senate majority leader.  — Winning the majority isn't guaranteed. … You can't beat someone with no one.
Financial Times:
US floats unfreezing some Russian assets to restart Ukraine peace talks  —  European officials balked at proposal made by Donald Trump's negotiators during meeting in Miami  —  The US has proposed that European countries unfreeze some Russian sovereign assets immobilised after Moscow's invasion …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Domonique King / The Washington Sun:
A Watchdog Group Is Challenging Jared Kushner's Foreign Policy Role  —  An ethics watchdog organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jared Kushner and the White House, seeking to bar the president's son-in-law from acting as a political envoy unless he's confirmed by the Senate and files public financial disclosures.
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump's Truth Social faces a sharp decline in traffic  —  The platform averaged about 260,000 daily users last month, down from a peak of 420,000 in June 2025.  —  Loading...  President Donald Trump uses Truth Social daily to shape the course of the war in Iran, announce new policies and share AI-generated videos of himself.
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 …
The Washington Sun:
Sen. John Kennedy Is So Hot Right Now (On the Campaign Trail)  —  HIGHLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Addressing a group of a dozen or so reporters at his campaign event here last week, Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, joked he might not be the main attraction.
 
 
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New York Times:
Democratic Donor Emerges to Blitz Red-State Senate Races With Late Ads
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Republicans brace for three-way leader fight if they lose
Discussion: CNN
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Sen. Roger Marshall sought funding to address a water shortage. The project could benefit his ranch
Discussion: The Independent
Mackenzie Chase / Washington Examiner:
White House calls Charlie Kirk a ‘Christian martyr’ in birthday tribute
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Jose Pagliery / The Washington Sun:
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight
Discussion: The Washington Sun, MS NOW and The Hill
Chris Marquette / Politico:
2 Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court to review John Eastman's disbarment over Jan. 6
Discussion: The Federalist