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11:00 PM ET, October 22, 2026

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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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Reviewing Allegations Against Corey Lewandowski
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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The Kyiv Independent:
Kyiv denies reports that Trump, Musk have restored Starlink speeds in Ukraine
Jordain Carney / Politico:
GOP senator questions Elon Musk's influence over military assets
Discussion: The Hill and MS NOW
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 …
Discussion: HotAir, American Greatness and RedState
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Safiyah Riddle / Associated Press:   California latest target in Department of Justice efforts to end public benefits fraud
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
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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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Allows Blanket Ban on Student IDs at Polls in New Hampshire
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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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Nail-biter in Maine Senate race
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:   Trump's Repudiation Is at Hand, Right?
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.
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.
Discussion: Wired
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
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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Ajani Stella / Democracy Docket:
Todd Blanche won't rule out trying to block states from certifying election results
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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Bernd Debusmann Jr / BBC:
Trump ordered to answer questions under oath in BBC lawsuit
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.
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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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
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 …
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.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Video by Left-Wing Group Claims Lindsey Graham Paid Men for Sex  —  Progressive activists released a video of three men making the allegations about the South Carolina Republican, who died in July.  The New York Times has not confirmed their claims.  —  A video released on Thursday …
Radio Free Asia:
Aung San Suu Kyi phone call is ‘political calculation’ by military-backed government  —  ADVOCATES DEMAND RELEASE OF MYANMAR'S FORMER LEADER AFTER HER FIRST CONTACT WITH FAMILY IN 5 YEARS.  —  By RFA Burmese … “FREE HER.  FREE THEM ALL”
Discussion: Reuters and Bloomberg
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.
 
 
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Nicholas Kerr / ABC News:
Trump slams LeBron James over apparent national anthem stretches
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Trump Is Already Building His Excuse for Losing the Midterms
Discussion: Protect Democracy and Newsweek
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Ashley Hinson shows Republicans' midterm balancing act as Trump comes to boost Iowa turnout
Ramsey Touchberry / Washington Examiner:
Darline Graham did not discuss split over Russia sanctions waiver during Trump visit
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Sound Off: A Double Standard for ‘Conservative’ and ‘Liberal’ Labels?
Discussion: Reason
Financial Times:
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MeidasTouch:
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Will Oremus / The Atlantic:
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Kelly Cloonan / Wall Street Journal:
Comcast reports Peacock Q3 revenue up 34% YoY to $1.82B, adjusted EBITDA of $261M, its second consecutive profitable quarter, and subscribers up 17% to 48M

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
FIFA opens tender for US media rights to the 2030 World Cup, with a 2034 option; it prefers one buyer for English and Spanish rights and wants bids by Nov. 19

Gene Maddaus / Variety:
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