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6:15 PM ET, October 20, 2026

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Jessica Contrera / New York Times:
Attack Ad Featuring Candidate's Mother Turns Ohio Governor's Race Even Uglier  —  A Republican ad features Amy Acton's estranged mother calling her daughter a liar.  The two have not spoken since Dr. Acton's mother backed her husband after his arrest on rape charges.
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Charles Hilu / National Review:
Amy Acton's Mom Claims Candidate Lied About Childhood in Attack Ad — Despite Extensive Record of Abuse  —  The mother of Ohio Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amy Acton cut an ad Monday in which she accuses her daughter of lying about her childhood and encourages voters not to make her their next governor …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Ohio governor's race in uproar over video featuring Democrat's estranged mother
Discussion: Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
Stepheny Price / Fox News:
Trump puts fraudsters on notice with $25M whistleblower program offering cash for tips that deliver  —  Trump says he will personally decide who receives fraud whistleblower rewards  —  EXCLUSIVE - President Donald Trump is putting cash behind his crackdown on taxpayer fraud …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Offer Up to $30,000 for Tips That Expose Government Fraud
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Natalie Alms / The Washington Sun:
Trump Is Cutting Right-Wing YouTuber Nick Shirley a Check for His Minnesota Video
Discussion: MS NOW
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump and Vance to announce a $25M whistleblower program to encourage public to report alleged fraud
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump deflects on potential Vance endorsement
Michael Gold / New York Times:
If Democrats Win Congress, Could the G.O.P. Refuse to Seat Them?  —  A changing of the congressional guard in January could leave room for meddling, though most legal scholars doubt it would happen.  —  President Trump's unfounded claims of large-scale voter fraud have Democrats bracing …
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Noah Robertson / Washington Post:
U.S. officials privately advise states fearing Trump election meddling  —  Their private efforts have reached governors, election stewards and lawmakers from both parties who are increasingly alarmed that the administration may interfere in the midterms.  —  SummaryLoading...
ProPublica:
How Trump's FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn From a Bribery Investigation  —  On March 3, 2020, Sen. Lindsey Graham walked into a private dining room at Charlie Palmer Steak in Washington, D.C. Graham's time was expensive.  He was meeting with two executives and a lobbyist …
Helen Huiskes / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts 2 Senate races toward Democrats, 1 toward GOP  —  The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, on Tuesday moved Minnesota's Senate race from likely to lean Democrat, while also moving South Carolina's Senate seat from likely Republican to lean Republican.
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Washington Post
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Politico:
Senate Democrats start spending in Mississippi  —  Democrats' money machine is on its way to Mississippi.  Senate Majority PAC is putting an initial $1.2 million on television statewide through Election Day to boost Scott Colom, the group announced Tuesday — another plunge into deep-red territory …
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Says He Asked Putin to Release an American Jailed in Russia  —  The president called for the return of Stephen James Hubbard, a Michigan teacher seized from his home in Ukraine months after Russia invaded that country.  —  President Trump said on Tuesday that he had asked President Vladimir V. Putin …
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Jorge Liboreiro / Euronews:   Kaja Kallas accuses the US of pushing Ukraine to 'surrender on Putin's terms'
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump isn't out to hurt Ukraine, Rubio tells Zelensky
Sarah Manavis / Wired:
They Fled Trump's America.  Now They Regret It  —  The internet told them Europe was a social paradise.  Turns out the trains are awful, the health care isn't free, and people can be really mean.  —  In the autumn of 2024, Annie was ready for something new.
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Man who heckled El-Sayed is son of Republican adviser who was paid for ‘influencer marketing’  —  Timmy Teepell's firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-Sayed  —  The man who attempted to ambush the Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed …
Discussion: Daily Kos, MS NOW, Wonkette and New Republic
Kevin Draper / New York Times:
Trump Announces $8 Billion Plan to Cover Farm Losses  —  Under the Harvest Fuel Relief program, the Agriculture Department will provide economic aid for farmers hurt by high diesel prices.  —  President Trump said at a rally in Kansas Monday night that the Agriculture Department …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Vile Tirade About Sen. Elissa Slotkin Exposes Sleazy MAGA Scam  —  So here's how the game works.  Right-wing propagandists dishonestly clip a Democrat's comments to conjure up the impression of a dark plot to persecute supporters of Donald Trump.  A bunch of them post on it with an algorithmic boost from Elon Musk.
The Atlantic:
Trump Jr. Privately Breaks With His Dad  —  Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term.  —  Donald Trump Jr. had a simple vision for his father's foreign policy during the 2024 presidential campaign: If elected, Donald Trump …
Neil Irwin / Axios:
Housing is grim for builders, buyers, and homeowners right now  —  The AI boom is sucking up all the capital.  The Federal Reserve is raising rates to try to cool inflation.  And one sector is bearing the brunt of the pain from both: housing. … Builders are facing more expensive capital …
New York Times:
Bloomberg Gives Democrats $80 Million in 11th-Hour Midterm Push  —  The money from the former New York City mayor and megadonor, who is focused on ensuring a sizable Democratic House majority, will help cut into Republicans' financial advantage.  —  Around this time every election year …
New York Times:
Trump Pushes to Evict the Press From the White House  —  President Trump has talked about replacing the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room with an indoor swimming pool.  —  In late August, during one of Karoline Leavitt's final meetings with President Trump in the Oval Office …
Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Hakeem Jeffries' Miami Trip Lands Cuban-Owned Bakery in Political Firestorm  —  A Cuban bakery in Florida has become the target of a conservative boycott campaign this week after it hosted a visit from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and a Democratic congressional candidate.
Discussion: Breitbart, Axios, RedState and NewsMax.com
Herb Scribner / Axios:
The manosphere stars who helped Trump win are losing their shine  —  The manosphere stars who helped mobilize young men for Donald Trump in 2024 are losing their shine with that very audience.  —  Why it matters: Trump and Republicans rode a wave of cultural cachet to reach young male voters.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
F*ck Joe Manchin  —  Grow up, you Twitter-brained manchild.  —  1. Asymmetry  —  Joe Manchin will be in Maine tomorrow campaigning for Susan Collins.  Literally.  Manchin told Semafor that he was motivated to get off the sidelines—where he merely endorsed Collins—because, well, here's Semafor:
Thomas Frank / Politico:
FEMA tells states to handle disasters on their own  —  The Trump administration's disaster chief told state officials Tuesday they must increase their financial reserves and emergency capabilities to handle most disasters on their own, without federal help.  —  Federal Emergency Management …
Discussion: LinkedIn, NewsMax.com and The Guardian
Radley Balko / The Watch:
Her fiancé and caretaker was murdered by a far-right extremist.  Then Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned the killer.  My interview with Whitney Mitchell.  —  For my new podcast, The Watch With Radley Balko, Mitchell and I discuss Abbott, the coming election, and the legacy of Garrett Foster, her late fiancé
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump uses antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall at rally in Kansas  —  Trump had used the term during a speech last year, leading to backlash.  He said at the time that he wasn't aware of the word's antisemitic connotations. … Speaking at a campaign rally in Kansas …
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Texas's Biggest County Shatters Early Voting Records  —  Harris County, Texas—Texas's most populous county, which Kamala Harris won in 2024 with 52 percent of the vote—broke its early voting record on Monday, eclipsing the previous mark by a whopping 41,000 votes.
The Texas Tribune:
Dallas man who died in Laredo ICE facility was lawful permanent resident  —  ICE said Emiliano Andrade-Covarrubias obtained his legal status fraudulently because he failed to disclose a 2004 arrest for theft.  His daughter disputes that.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!
Bianca Quilantan / Politico:
The college sports dispute fracturing conservatives … The coalition that built a motto around “protect women's sports” is splintering as some conservatives argue that a decades-old policy boosting female athletes is a threat to men. … But the movement is now fraying …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 
 
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Priya Sridhar / MS NOW:
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Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
RFK Jr's ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau
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Ryan J. Karlin / The Hill:
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Elena Schneider / The Washington Sun:
DCCC Jumps Into Three New House Races
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Florida Politics
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