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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Decades-old GOP winning streaks are suddenly at risk — Democrats are running surprisingly competitive races in traditionally Republican territory across the country this midterm election cycle, and it's putting GOP winning streaks at risk that stretch as far back as the 1930s. … Kansas - 1932
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Matthew Choi / Washington Post:
In Texas Senate race, Ted Cruz tries to push Ken Paxton across the finish line — The Republican senator isn't on the ballot, but he's campaigning like it as the GOP's nominee to join him in the chamber tries to fend off James Talarico. — SummaryLoading...
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The Guardian, Washington Examiner and NBC News
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
What the final stretch of the midterms says about the 2028 presidential field
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CNN
Samuel Benson / Politico:
A sleeper Senate battleground has turned into a real Republican liability
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Washington Post
New York Times:
France in Shock After Protests Devolve Into Riots — Centrist and leftist leaders blamed each other after anti-government protests devolved into chaos. — France was in a state of shock on Sunday, as citizens woke to streets littered with shattered glass and images of burned …
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Reuters, OutsideTheBeltway and France 24
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Gaspard Sebag / Bloomberg:
France Struggles to Contain Fallout From Nationwide Protests
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Breitbart, France 24, Deseret News and Al Jazeera
Jack Burgess / BBC:
Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as over 1,000 arrested after protests
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New York Post, Breitbart, The Spectator, France 24, Associated Press and Al Jazeera
Associated Press:
French police arrest more than 1,800 people after violent protests erupt across country
Tyler Speicher / Fox News:
Violence erupts at France protests as Macron warns unrest is being exploited
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Daily Mail, RedState, Euronews, Global News, Washington Examiner, Legal Insurrection, France 24, Bloomberg, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters, Associated Press and Al Jazeera
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Graham Breaks With Trump Over Russia Sanctions Law Her Brother Championed — Senator Darline Graham, appointed to fill the Senate seat of her late brother, Lindsey, gently disagreed with the president's decision to exempt Russia from the sanctions legislation.
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The Hill, Mediaite, ABC News and Associated Press
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Trump's Russia waiver draws instant bipartisan backlash … - Now he may have to deal with even broader outrage over sanctions Congress approved just a month ago. … - The act would have imposed broad sanctions not only on Russia, but on other countries buying its oil.
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HuffPost, The Hill, NewsMax.com, The Guardian, Associated Press, Politico, Daily Kos, Mediaite, CBS News, Straight Arrow and New York Times
Tim Balk / New York Times:
In Campaign's Final Stretch, Trump Can't Stop Praising Men's Bodies — As he stumps for midterm candidates, the president has been especially eager to talk about the physical appearance of some men. — The message delivered by a president during a high-stakes midterm campaign can be critical.
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Daily Mail
Washington Post:
Poll finds jump in Republicans who say Trump is enriching himself — About one-third of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents now hold that view, up from about one-fifth a year ago, a Post-ABC-Ipsos poll finds. — SummaryLoading... Nearly 2 in 3 Americans say President Donald Trump …
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New York Times:
Across Farm Country, Economic Discontent Strains Republican Coalition … Economic anxieties are testing the loyalty of rural voters to the Republican Party, expanding the electoral battlefield into some of the most traditionally conservative districts across the nation and raising Democratic hopes.
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Associated Press and NewsMax.com
Maya Davis / Wall Street Journal:
The Democratic Socialists Have a Plan to Push Hakeem Jeffries to the Left — DSA leaders are working behind the scenes with their endorsed candidates to pressure Jeffries on progressive priorities — WASHINGTON—Hakeem Jeffries is closing in on the Speaker's gavel, but his path …
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New Yorker
Keaton Peters / Straight Arrow:
She was building her dream home. Then came a data center's ‘minor’ power plant on a shortcut permit — BASTROP COUNTY, Texas — Merrie Saltana was three days away from pouring concrete for the foundation of her family's dream home when she heard about the data center proposed across the street.
Axios:
The overlooked geography of American poverty — California and Louisiana have something surprising in common: Both have among the nation's highest poverty rates when the cost of living is factored in, according to Census Bureau data. … But that familiar geographic divide starts to disappear …
Associated Press:
Latino voters helped put Trump back in the White House. What's their next move? — Chris Martinez feels like Donald Trump has made a fool of him. The 28-year-old maintenance technician from Casa Grande, Arizona, voted for the Republican president expecting to get a thriving economy and no wars.
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NPR
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Feud In Dolly Parton's Inner Circle Reveals Arms Deal with Haitian Police — I'm thinking this nephew guy has turned out to be a problematic figure ... The story here is about a deal to sell arms to the police in Haiti and the company in question, Fencebridge, was founded by “Daniel Nozell …
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Sam Sutton / Politico:
Why We Can't Solve the Affordability Crisis … If there's a constant in modern American political cycles, it's that voters are furious over affordability. — They were furious when inflation devoured their wages and Covid-era stimulus checks. They stayed furious when oil …
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American Thinker
Politico:
26 Ideas for Solving the Affordability Crisis … Nearly one year ago, after Republicans were rejected in a series of state and local elections, Donald Trump expressed a belated recognition of the issue that postmortems were united in describing as the primary cause of his side's defeats.
Politico:
What Americans Really Prioritize When It Comes to Affordability … Americans are clear-eyed on what they want the government to do to address the affordability crisis: Step in to lower costs before trying to boost wages. — Six in 10 people say the government should prioritize bringing …
Geoff Earle / New York Post:
Democrats take edge on mail-in ballots in key midterm races — Democrats are running up lopsided majorities of the early votes as Americans head to the polls and mail in their ballots, carving out a clear majority of the votes cast so far. — Of early and mail-in voters, 54% were Democrats …
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