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7:00 PM ET, October 17, 2026

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Steven Zeitchik / The Hollywood Reporter:
TikTok “Permanently Bans” the ‘Musk’ Film Account, Raising Suppression Fears (Exclusive)  —  Move comes just as Alex Gibney doc film expands to nearly 500 screens.  Distributor Bleecker Street says it is appealing.  —  TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies.
New York Times:
U.S. Floats Another Lifeline to Russia: Allowing It to Sell More Gas to Europe  —  The Trump administration is pitching the idea as part of a peace deal with Ukraine, but Europe is wary and critics say Russia would be strengthened.  —  A key element in the Trump administration's broad plan …
Discussion: Reuters
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's October barrage  —  President Trump is carrying his insatiable appetite for controversy into the most unforgiving stretch of the electoral calendar, fortified by a decade of political survival.  — “Bottom line, it's gonna all work out. … - This year, even the threat of losing Congress …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Signs Order Exempting Russia From Sanctions Law
Associated Press:
Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold
Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Implementing the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Zelensky says Musk-owned satellite system still restricted in Ukraine  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine's use of the Elon Musk-owned SpaceX satellite system remains partially restricted, despite earlier signs this week that it had been fully restored.
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Rich Calder / New York Post:
Democratic governors' group pours $4.3 million to boost Hochul in re-election bid, releases new anti-Blakeman ads  —  A Democratic Governors Association-backed Super PAC is pouring more than $4 million into boosting Gov. Kathy Hochul's re-election bid as she desperately tries …
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Marie J. French / Politico:   Hochul's GOP rival turns energy cost warnings against her
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Brynn Tannehill / Public Notice:
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Retiring GOP congressmember will ‘absolutely not’ vote for successor in at-risk seat  —  Retiring Nevada Republican Rep. Mark Amodei said he won't vote for the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate vying to replace him amid a string of stolen valor and other accusations — and warned …
Yash Roy / Bloomberg:
US Interest Costs Hit Record $1 Trillion, Risking Debt Snowball  —  The US government's debt interest burden reached a record high for fiscal 2026, eating up a growing share of federal revenue and risking a snowballing of borrowing that could leave the country more vulnerable to economic shocks.
Discussion: CNBC and KIFI-TV
Wall Street Journal:
The Moment Katie Zacharia Found Out Her Five-Day Stint as Press Secretary Was Over  —  In a Wall Street Journal interview, she said that she didn't fault the White House for her brief and rocky tenure  —  WASHINGTON—Shortly before 1 p.m., Katie Zacharia was seated behind her new desk in the West Wing …
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Politico:
Susie Wiles helped set up Fox interview ahead of press secretary's exit
Miami Herald:
Dolly Parton's nephew, former lawmaker struck arms deal in Haiti.  Millions are missing  —  A private security firm founded by two people close to late country music legend Dolly Parton is at the center of an unusually complex arms deal in Haiti that several sources with knowledge of the matter …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ava Berger / NPR:
No Kings turns its focus to voting this weekend.  Here's what we know  —  No Kings, the coalition known for organizing anti-Trump protests, is trying a different democratic tactic: increasing voter turnout.  —  On Saturday, grassroot groups across the country will hold over 3,000 “No Kings: Vote Early” marches and other events.
Suryatapa Chakraborty / The Hill:
Final Trump arch plans submitted to city omit proposed military complex  —  Final site plans for President Trump's proposed, 250-foot-tall triumphal arch do not mention the military features he previously said he would add to the project, according to documentation the Interior Department submitted …
CBS News:
In Kentucky midterm campaign stop, Trump says he “can do stuff that is unbelievable”  —  President Trump touted his power in his second go-around in the White House Saturday while rallying in Kentucky to bolster Republican turnout as his party struggles in the midterms, saying, “I can do stuff that is unbelievable.”
New York Times:
When a Social Media Mob Came for Cornell's Jane Doe  —  After a former student named seven men in a lawsuit saying they had sexually assaulted her, a movement gained steam online to reveal her identity.  —  The online campaign to unmask Jane Doe began with pleas on X.
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
House Speaker Mike Johnson draws on faith as he fights to hold the Republican majority  —  Ever the optimist, Speaker Mike Johnson said he believes Republicans will hold on to their U.S. House majority, defying a surge of Democratic momentum in the final stretch of the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.
David Moore / Sludge:
Prop 4 Would Let California Cities Curb Big Money With Small Donations  —  The California ballot measure would let cities, counties, and the state match small donations with public funds.  Backers led by the League of Women Voters say it's a counterweight to wealthy donors.  —  💡
Maya Davis / Wall Street Journal:
The Senate Race Republicans Never Expected to Sweat  —  With Trump's help, Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall scrambles to fend off a surprisingly strong Democratic challenger  —  Sen. Roger Marshall was in no rush to leave Washington.  As some colleagues insisted the chamber recess early in August …
David Spector / New York Post:
Netanyahu fires back at Obama after he accuses Israel of stealing land, defends Palestinian terror  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired back at former President Obama after he claimed Israel had stolen Palestinian land.  —  “The Jewish people are not foreign occupiers in the land …
New York Times:
Dispute Between Trump Allies Centers on Millions Transferred From Congo  —  The White House inquiry is focused on diverging accounts from Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon about a $17 million transfer from a government account in the African country to a Texas defense firm.
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Joey Cappelletti / Associated Press:
A bitter Michigan Senate race rattles Jewish and Muslim voters already on edge over the war in Gaza
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 16, 2026  —  Trump's new pick for White House press secretary lasted less than five days.
Jason Hovet / Reuters:
Czech PM Babis suffers setback in Senate elections
Discussion: Bloomberg
Nicholas G. Miller / Wall Street Journal:
The Immigration Crackdown Is Making It Much Harder to Build Houses
Discussion: Breitbart and NextDraft
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Ilhan Omar should be jailed, deported if citizenship fraud proven, Top House Republican says
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Army finalizes plans to return Confederate statue to Arlington National Cemetery
Discussion: WTOP News
Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Vance says it'll take time to see economy improve: “We're turning the ship around”
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Online forum controlled by Nevada GOP House candidate contains slurs and Nazi talk, AP review finds
Wall Street Journal:
Why Europe's Right Is Breaking Up With MAGA
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Pennsylvania Explains the Forces Shaping the Midterms
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Trump Revives 2020 Election Conspiracy Theories as Midterms Loom
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Gabrielle Gurley / American Prospect:
Downvoting Data Centers in Maine
Thomas Frank / Politico:
FEMA lays groundwork to shift disaster burden to states
Greensboro:
Denied campus voting sites, N.C. A&T and UNCG students hit the streets
Discussion: Omaha World-Herald
 

 
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Anthropic:
Anthropic says it's committing 5% of its shares to a Public Benefit Fund, for a total of ~20% with co-founder and staff pledges, plus 2% per 50% valuation rise

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

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: HomeView units sat in warehouses for months; Apple plans a Nov. 6 store reset, likely for new Macs; iPhone Duo preorder mess could boost 18 Pro sales
 
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