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Zeteo:
Venues Start Canceling on Vivek Ramaswamy Over His Disgusting Ad: 'People Don't Want Him There' — Businesses have begun pulling out of Vivek Ramaswamy's bus tour with other GOP candidates. 'It's that damn ad,' a top Ohio Republican tells Zeteo. — ∙ Paid
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Storms Onto Campaign Trail With Harsh Words for Trump — The former president, typically circumspect when criticizing Trump, gave an unusually sharp rebuke at an Ohio rally — Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Trump and Republicans in an Ohio rally Saturday …
Washington Post:
Obama rips into Ramaswamy over attack ad: 'There's no line he won't cross' — The Ramaswamy campaign cut in half the length of the ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother after the spot sparked an uproar. — Loading... Former president Barack Obama said Saturday that Ohio Republican …
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NBC News:
Ramaswamy ad puts Acton's estranged mother in spotlight as records reveal family's troubled past — Vivek Ramaswamy faces bipartisan backlash over an ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother, whose rocky history emerges in court records and interviews. — Amy Acton's estranged mother …
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Obama describes Trump as an agent of ‘chaos and cruelty’ in midterm elections pitch
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Reuters, Daily Mail, Signal Ohio, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Acton in Action, The Daily Wire and Associated Press
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump and the MAGA enthusiasm strategy
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New York Times:
In Second Term, Trump's Justice Dept. Submits to His Election Demands — With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the president's instrument of unmediated executive power. — The Justice Department is sharply intensifying efforts …
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Politico:
Facing an electoral wipeout, Trump goes after the system — President Donald Trump is escalating his crusade to exert control of America's elections as his party barrels towards a potentially bruising midterm. — The Justice Department has already filed lawsuits in nearly every state to try and gain access to voter files.
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France 24, Election Law Blog and Associated Press
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Democrats, voting-rights groups challenge Trump's bid to block Alaska Senate certification
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Clarissa-Jan Lim / MS NOW:
Democrats take legal action against Trump bid ‘to rig’ Alaska Senate race
New York Times:
A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War — With new intelligence and the possibility of all sides seeking pretexts for action, the war in Iran is entering a dangerous phase ahead of elections in the United States and Israel.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Republicans Are Crude, Craven, Cruel. It's Not Working Anymore. — In my column last week, I wrote about the Democratic Party's dramatic change of fortune in the race to control the Senate. The expectation at the start of this election cycle was that Republicans would hold the chamber easily and …
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The Washington Sun:
White House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior Staff — White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers, as Trump allies press the administration to protect lower-ranked officials from prosecution and other legal challenges, according to two sources familiar with the conversations.
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Newsweek, The Independent, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and NewsMax.com
Financial Times:
US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control — Former CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington's approval — The former chief executive of a $25bn US gas export venture …
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NewsMax.com, Stories Framing the Globe and Bloomberg
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
October 23, 2026 — Despite Trump's statement yesterday that billionaire Elon Musk had removed …
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The Kyiv Independent and New York Times
Associated Press:
Musk says he was behind Starlink speed restriction after service in Ukraine is restored — Elon Musk said on Saturday that his company SpaceX had throttled the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine, disrupting operations that the country relies on to defend itself against Russia.
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Jessica Contrera / New York Times:
She Planned to Protest Trump. She Didn't Plan on Getting Punched. — Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally. The violence that followed “was not right,” she said. — The night before President Trump spoke in Youngstown, Ohio, this month …
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New York Times:
Israel Cracks Down in West Bank City After Deadly Attack — Hundreds of Palestinian families fled their homes as the Israeli military raided Hebron. The operation came a day after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers. — The Israeli military began a sweeping crackdown in the West Bank city …
Wall Street Journal:
As AOC's Ambition Grows, Her Tactics Soften—Risking Support on the Left — Following setbacks, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tries broadening her outreach to draw voters and lawmakers from both parties — Days after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman elected to Congress …
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Alexandra Hutzler / Democracy Docket:
Appeals court to hear DOJ's dangerous bid to block California from counting votes — A federal appeals court agreed Saturday to the Trump administration's request that it consider an unprecedented bid to block California from counting tens of thousands of ballots.
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Reuters:
In Florida, Trump vows to deal with Cuba after Iran gets settled — US President Donald Trump on Friday used a campaign rally in Florida, where Cuban Americans are a potent voting bloc, to vow to address his concerns about Cuba once the Iran war is settled.
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Deutsche Welle:
Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat catches fire, police say — Authorities have arrested a suspect as firemen try to put out the fire in Bavaria, near the Austrian border. — A fire broke out on Friday evening at the Kehlsteinhaus in Bavaria, more commonly known as the Eagle's Nest and used …
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Associated Press:
Fire devastates the Eagle's Nest retreat built for Hitler in Germany. A person is detained
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Adrian Carrasquillo / The Bulwark:
ICE's Cruelty Is Becoming America's M.O. … SO SAID REP. ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ at a “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall event in late September. — And while her rhetoric is heated, the New York congresswoman has a point.1 — Since the beginning of Trump 2.0 …
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