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New York Times:
Katie Zacharia Is Ousted After 5 Days as White House Press Secretary  —  Ms. Zacharia was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.  —  President Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was forced out Friday …
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Casey He / Politico:
Scaramucci has some advice for Zacharia  —  Anthony Scaramucci knows what it's like to lose a job just days after getting it.  —  Scaramucci, a former White House communications director during President Donald Trump's first term, lasted about 10 days on the job.
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Trump asks Zacharia to reconsider White House press secretary role  —  President Donald Trump has told press secretary Katie Zacharia to reconsider her role as his top spokesperson, he told reporters at the White House.  —  “Honestly, if I were you, I'd reconsider,” Trump said he told Zacharia on Friday morning.
Business Insider:
HALF A MOOCH: Katie Zacharia is out after 5 days as White House press secretary
Washington Post:
Katie Zacharia out as White House press secretary
Bloomberg:
Trump Press Secretary Says She Didn't Pass Bar, Downplays Result
Joe Barnes / Telegraph:
Exclusive: Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine  —  SpaceX founder had publicly blamed president for chaos over restrictions, but sources say he initiated them  —  Elon Musk approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine, The Telegraph can reveal.
Aaron Navarro / CBS News:
El-Sayed responds after Vance calls him a “weasel” as Michigan Senate race grows contentious  —  Marquette, Michigan - After being called a “weasel” who should “shut his mouth” by Vice President JD Vance, Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed said he was something else instead.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Transfers $1 Million to Help El-Sayed in Final Sprint in Michigan  —  The transfer represents an unusually large amount for a House member to give to a Senate race.  —  Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who is campaigning in Michigan this week for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed …
Reuters:
Police seek answers after children killed in Oregon school shooting  —  A teacher in the Oregon classroom where a shooter killed three children and an adult threw her cellphone at the shooter, tackled him and fought him in an act that saved lives, police said on Friday.
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Kerry Breen / CBS News:
Hero bystander took down Oregon school shooter, and a teacher tackled him, saving lives, police say  —  The bystander who stepped in to stop a gunman at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, has come forward and identified himself as Kaylub Giamanco, a lifelong Bend resident who has two daughters at the school.
Chris Bradford / New York Post:
Hero who ran into Oregon elementary school to end teen's mass shooting was 'student's dad': dispatch audio
Washington Post:
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank  —  The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist.  Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.  —  SummaryLoading...
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Sharon Zhang / Truthout:
Chuck Schumer Hasn't Said a Word About Trump's Attempt to Deport Ilhan Omar  —  Ethics lawyers say the raid violated the Hatch Act.  Schumer has been silent. … Days after the Trump administration's unprecedented raid of Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minnesota) house just weeks before the midterm elections …
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Dan Sheldon / The Athletic:
FIFA Peace Prize could be scrapped a year on from Donald Trump win  —  FIFA's controversial Peace Prize could be scrapped at the end of the year — only 12 months after U.S. President Donald Trump received the inaugural award.  —  At a FIFA Council meeting in Zurich on Thursday …
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The Guardian:
Infantino told by top Fifa figures to scrap or depoliticise peace prize after Trump furore
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Al Jazeera
The Washington Sun:
Two Republican Senate Hopefuls Are Running Out of Cash  —  In North Carolina and Georgia, Democratic Senate candidates are lapping their Republican rivals in fundraising, according to new campaign finance reports.  —  It's the latest ominous sign for Michael Whatley and Mike Collins …
Discussion: Mississippi Today
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Wired:
Elon Musk Is Almost Single-Handedly Funding the Republican Midterms Push
The Atlantic:
He Joined the Military.  They Reported His Wife to ICE.  —  Giovanna Perez loaded her four kids into the car on September 21 and drove from their home in Weslaco, Texas, to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi.  She had a 9:30 a.m. appointment to pick up the ID cards that would allow …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. Budget Deficit Nears $2 Trillion, a Reality Check for Trump's Cost Cutting  —  Higher interest rates are inflating borrowing costs as the Trump administration spends on the Iran war and tariff refunds.  —  The United States budget deficit approached $2 trillion in the 2026 fiscal year …
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
Trump's White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Is in ‘Some Deep Sh*t’  —  Sources confirm to Zeteo that the top Trump aide is being lined up to take the fall for her boss's dire polling.  Rep. Ilhan Omar, meanwhile, continues to stand strong against political persecution.  —  ∙ Paid
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Wall Street Journal:
In New Letter, Ilhan Omar Fights Back Against Home Search  —  Lawyers for the Minnesota congresswoman asked federal prosecutors to return items seized this week from her Washington residence  —  Lawyers for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) sent a letter to federal prosecutors late Friday challenging …
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Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
DHS Secretary Mullin calls Ilhan Omar probe a “strong case,” says agents executed multiple search warrants
Discussion: NewsMax.com and New York Post
Politico:
Appeals court appears skeptical of Trump's attempt to shield presidential records  —  A federal appeals court panel sounded deeply skeptical Friday about President Donald Trump's effort to invalidate the Watergate-era law that governs presidential records — and played a central role …
Discussion: NPR
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Prem Thakker / Zeteo:
‘The Israel Experience with Mike Huckabee’: The Ambassador's Family Sells Trips to Israel  —  Mike Huckabee's family is offering trips to Israel so tourists can ‘hear from top officials,’ even though he's the ambassador.  Meanwhile, he's done little for U.S. victims of Israeli violence.  —  ∙ Paid
Mary Radcliffe / FiftyPlusOne:
Where are all the polls?  —  Welcome to The Trendline, the FiftyPlusOne.news weekly polling roundup.  Subscribe to get it delivered straight to your inbox and get bundled access to our polling website.  —  Subscribe now  —  We're less than three weeks out from the midterm elections …
Discussion: Mediaite and Newsweek
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 (22 U.S.C. 10802 et seq.)
Antoni Slodkowski / Reuters:
Grynspan holds lead for next UN chief as race enters decisive stage  —  An informal poll by the United Nations Security Council on Friday placed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as the narrow frontrunner in the race to become the 10th UN secretary-general, two people close to the process said.
Max Rego / The Hill:
Main Trump legal fund $1.9M in debt  —  President Trump's primary legal fund is more than $1.9 million in debt, according to its latest filing with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).  —  Save America PAC, which Trump formed after he lost the 2020 presidential election …
 
 
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Final plans for Trump's arch appear to abandon his ‘military complex’ idea
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Painting Eisenhower Building would diminish historic character of White House complex, report says
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Vance defends ICE but says there's a responsibility to investigate when agents “screw up”
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
California officials who process ballots from suspected noncitizens risk prosecution, US warns
Politico:
Flock lobbies up  —  Flock Safety has been going on a lobbyist hiring spree as it tries …
Discussion: Sludge
David Shepardson / Reuters:
FAA bars unauthorized drones along US-Mexico border, citing security concerns
Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and Townhall
New York Times:
Russia Appears to Step Up Efforts to Influence U.S. Voters
Discussion: KIFI-TV
 Earlier Items: 
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News is peddling election “fear porn” about Democrats to rescue Republicans
capitalandmain.com:
He Went to Document an Anti-ICE Protest. He Left Without an Eye.
Daniella Diaz / The Washington Sun:
A Texas Republican Wants a Billboard Featuring Trump's Endorsement to Come Down
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Tigers-Eating-Faces Party Is Real
Discussion: Yahoo News and Wonkette
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Skydance's Market Value Is Currently Less Than Half What Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Combined Were Worth
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
New York Times:
How Claims of Widespread Noncitizen Voting Fall Apart
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Microsoft cancels its deal to be the anchor tenant and rent 23K Nvidia AI chips at Nscale's Essex, UK, data center, which may not get grid power until the 2030s

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