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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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Bloomberg:
Musk Giving Tops $445 Million in Midterm Election Push for GOP — With a fresh infusion of cash to his super political action committee in the first two weeks of October, Elon Musk has now given more than $445 million in the current election cycle and become one of the biggest-ever contributors to such groups.
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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 …
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Democrats' top Senate super PAC has raised $354M this year
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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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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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
DHS watchdog refers its Corey Lewandowski investigation to Justice Department for review
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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New York Times:
Trump Asked Musk to Reverse Limits on Ukraine's Military Internet Use — The call from the president about the Starshield network came after officials in Ukraine reported that they found new limits on the use of military drones in their war against Russia. — President Trump called Elon Musk …
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The Kyiv Independent:
Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine
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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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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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Democracy Docket, The Hill, Election Law Blog, New Republic and The Gateway Pundit
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Administration Asks Appeals Court to Intervene in California Ballot Suit
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Ajani Stella / Democracy Docket:
Todd Blanche won't rule out trying to block states from certifying election results
Todd Blanche won't rule out trying to block states from certifying election results
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Civil Discourse …, The Independent and New Republic
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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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Trump on controversial Acton ad: ‘Why would you shield somebody from that?’
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Nail-biter in Maine Senate race — Maine voters are in a negative mood this election season. Only 12% say their family is better off financially compared to two years ago, and more than 6 in 10 disapprove of President Donald Trump's job performance, including 2 in 10 Republicans.
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Harvard Youth Poll
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump's Repudiation Is at Hand, Right?
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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Wired
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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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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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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Hannah Schoenbaum / Associated Press:
Trump administration stopped sharing evidence in Good and Pretti killings, Minnesota officials say — The federal government has stopped sharing evidence with Minnesota authorities who are investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers, state officials said in recent court filings.
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Bernd Debusmann Jr / BBC:
Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit — A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to answer questions under oath in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by 11 December. — Trump is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections …
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David Fischer / Associated Press:
Lawyers for Trump, BBC battle over depositions in president's $10 billion defamation case
Lawyers for Trump, BBC battle over depositions in president's $10 billion defamation case
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Wall Street Journal:
Iran Threatens Wider Strikes on Economic and Civilian Targets if U.S. Attacks — Tehran retains missile and drone stockpiles; Washington is trying to move more servicemembers and diplomatic staff out of harm's way — Iran's message is stark: If the U.S. and Israel restart their air campaign …
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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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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Ilhan Omar isn't ‘Squad’ rep's real name as feds' bombshell docs give huge clue she did marry brother — WASHINGTON — The “real” name of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has been revealed in a federal court filing with an identical surname to that of her ex-husband — and rumored brother, The Post has learned.
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Peter D'Abrosca / Fox News:
Ilhan Omar is not the Minnesota congresswoman's ‘real name’: sources
Ilhan Omar is not the Minnesota congresswoman's ‘real name’: sources
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New York Times:
Covert Russian Group Injects Baseless Claim Into the Texas Senate Race — Russian influence operations appear to be stepping up efforts to meddle in the midterms, according to intelligence officials. Most are targeting Democrats. — Even as President Trump pursued a thawing of relations …
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The Kyiv Independent, Global News, San Antonio Current, Mediaite, Straight Arrow and Politico
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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The White House, NewsMax.com and The Hill
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Scoop: Some Freedom Caucus members want Brandon Gill out — A small group of Rep. Brandon Gill's fellow House Freedom Caucus members are privately questioning whether he still belongs in the hardline group, Axios has learned. … - The lawmakers spoke on condition of anonymity to offer candid assessments of a colleague.
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Miranda Bryant / The Guardian:
‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre — Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms' latest push — Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth.
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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Washington Examiner
