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Matthew Cole / Vanity Fair:
The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner's Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers — An exclusive excerpt from Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East examines how bank accounts linked …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions — Military-grade system appeared to be working more normally on Thursday, soon after the call — WASHINGTON—President Trump called Elon Musk on Wednesday and asked him to lift restrictions on a military-grade version …
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Paul Krugman:
It's Time to Take Starlink Away from Elon Musk
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump defends Ramaswamy ad with Acton's estranged mom after bipartisan criticism … President Donald Trump on Thursday defended a controversial campaign ad by Vivek Ramaswamy featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial race, calling Acton a liar.
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Republican Gov. Mike DeWine denounces Ramaswamy ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA Media Learns to Love Vile Vivek Ramaswamy Ad
MAGA Media Learns to Love Vile Vivek Ramaswamy Ad
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The corporate cash behind Vivek Ramaswamy's “despicable” TV ad
The corporate cash behind Vivek Ramaswamy's “despicable” TV ad
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The Hill, New Republic, Axios, Media Matters for America, Vindicator, Daily Kos, Mediaite and HuffPost
Washington Post:
Hegseth wanted Eisenhower's globe for his office. His staff broke it. — Photos obtained by The Post show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt inside the Pentagon. — SummaryLoading... It was early this year when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wanted to move the world.
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski — The details of the inquiry remain unclear, but it is one of the rare instances in which a Trump ally or appointee has been investigated for potential wrongdoing during the president's second term. — The Justice Department has opened …
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NBC News:
Blanche won't rule out DOJ post-election action in a ‘doomsday’ scenario — The attorney general's comments come in the middle of a broader campaign by the Trump administration to zero in on what elections experts say is a relatively rare phenomenon of voting by noncitizens.
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Election Law Blog and New Republic
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Ajani Stella / Democracy Docket:
Todd Blanche won't rule out trying to block states from certifying election results
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Judge blocks DHS investigations into noncitizen voting, citing flawed data
Judge blocks DHS investigations into noncitizen voting, citing flawed data
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Harvard University:
Harvard Youth Poll — Introduction — Young Americans are approaching the 2026 midterm elections under financial pressure and deeply concerned about the country's future, with those most likely to vote strongly favoring Democrats, according to a new national poll released by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School.
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Mary Radcliffe / FiftyPlusOne:
More pollster funny business uncovered by FiftyPlusOne — A shady pollster from sunny California just disappeared from the internet, a few days after FiftyPlusOne asked to verify its data — Mary Radcliffe, G. Elliott Morris, Cooper Burton, and FiftyPlusOne
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Straight Arrow, Washington Post, Legal Insurrection, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
David Fischer / Associated Press:
Lawyers for Trump, BBC battle over depositions in president's $10 billion defamation case — Lawyers for the BBC and for Donald Trump were tussling in court Thursday over whether former special counsel Jack Smith should be deposed in the president's $10 billion defamation case against the broadcaster …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Elon Musk pours another $76 million into boosting Republicans — SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave another $76 million to boost Republicans in the first two weeks of October, bringing his total giving this cycle to more than $442 million. The additional funds, which Musk gave to his super PAC …
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NewsMax.com, Bloomberg and Election Law Blog
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Early voting surges in Georgia suburbs. Rural counties tell another story. … Georgia's early voting surge is fueled by a growing geographic divide, with voters in metro Atlanta's suburbs and other more populous areas casting ballots well ahead of their 2022 pace while much of rural Georgia lags behind.
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Rohan Goswami / Semafor:
Elon Musk makes $1 billion investment in Ellison's Skydance — The Scoop — Elon Musk has invested roughly $1 billion in Skydance, according to people familiar with the matter, providing a much needed financial injection as the company looks to cut costs and bolster its stock price.
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Peter D'Abrosca / Fox News:
Ilhan Omar is not the Minnesota congresswoman's ‘real name’: sources — Jeanine Pirro moved to keep the search warrant sealed as DNA, passport and phone were seized in an Oct 12 raid — Ilhan Omar is not the “real name” of the Minnesota congresswoman, Fox News Digital has learned.
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twitchy.com, The Gateway Pundit and New York Post
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court says New Hampshire student IDs can't be used to vote in November — The high court said a federal judge shouldn't have changed the rules so close to the Nov. 3 election by blocking guidance issued by New Hampshire's secretary of state.
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New Republic:
How the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic Party — Your phone buzzes with a frantic text message. “DEMOCRACY IS ON THE LINE.” It's not the first time you've gotten a fundraising text like this from the Democratic Party and its candidates. Nor the first time you've rolled your eyes.
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Madison Mills / Axios:
Scoop: Unvetted AI agents are accessing U.S. bank accounts — Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources tell Axios.
Forbes:
The Woolly Mammoth Billionaire's New Startup Is Genetically Engineering War Dogs For The Military — This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. — Ben Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal Biosciences has teamed up with Palmer Luckey's team at Anduril to create a dog that's optimized for military use.
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
'I don't lose': Rahm Emanuel makes an early pitch for the White House — Barack Obama's famously foul-mouthed former chief of staff thinks he has a message to win over America — From his days in Congress or mayor of Chicago to his spell as US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel does not sit still.
Katy O'Donnell / Bloomberg:
Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Taming Housing Costs — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at bringing down housing costs in a bid to show that his administration is addressing voters' affordability concerns in the final sprint to the midterm elections.
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CNN:
The latest sign of Republican midterm problems: A top super PAC is buying ads in Mississippi — Senate election US elections PACs Senate leadership — Republicans working to keep the Senate are increasingly anxious about holding onto a seat in Mississippi — a GOP stronghold in the deep South …
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MeidasTouch:
“So Much Worse Than People Realize”: Never-Before-Seen Images Reveal Damage at U.S. Bases as Troops Describe Being Abandoned — Service members, contractors, and military families share photos, videos, and firsthand accounts of the Iran war that they say the Pentagon has kept from the American public
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The Parnas Perspective and The Guardian
Jessica Piper / Politico:
Senate Democrats' campaign arm takes out $15M loan — Senate Democrats have taken out a $15 million loan as they hope to expand their map in the final days before the midterms. The party's campaign arm took out the loan earlier this month, according to a report submitted Thursday to the Federal Election Commission.
Emmet Fraizer / The Nation:
The Fall of Scientific American The Fall of “Scientific American” — When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain. — Pocket — In March of 2026, in a nondescript, 46th-floor office overlooking lower Manhattan …
Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Feds Arrest Democrat Who Led Virginia's Redistricting Push — Federal authorities on Thursday charged Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas in a sprawling public corruption case that includes fraud and racketeering accusations involving a cannabis business she co-owns.
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Will Oremus / The Atlantic:
America Is About to See What Happens When Voters Turn to AI — Chatbots are adding a new layer of chaos ahead of the midterms. — If you were wondering whether AI could make the midterms even more confusing, here's one data point: Several people who thought they were donating …
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New York Times
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Fake polls are a real problem — Still Counting Episode 7 is ready. This episode is a little bit on the longer side. The original plan was to tell the story of the 2026 campaign through the ubiquitous ads that you're undoubtedly seeing if you're in a swing state.
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Ashley Hinson shows Republicans' midterm balancing act as Trump comes to boost Iowa turnout — After Ashley Hinson dropped off her boys at school earlier this month, she saw the initials “DJT” flash on her phone. “'Ashley, it's your favorite president,'” Iowa's Republican nominee …
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Ben Chapman / New York Post:
Feds bust $2B medical fraud rings secretly operating in California — as agents seen scaling rich doctor's mega mansion — Feds busted Los Angeles medical fraudsters accused of stealing $2 billion Thursday, cuffing white-collar thieves for unneeded surgeries, hunting the homeless for rehabs …
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Mississippi Today:
Senatobia officer put himself in harm's way before fatally shooting 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, experts say — Audio articles are automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story; however, this audio has not been reviewed for accuracy and may contain errors.
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