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12:25 PM ET, October 25, 2026

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New York Times:
Democrats Have Edge Across Four Key House Races in Pennsylvania, Polls Find  —  Democratic candidates are ahead in two, hold a narrow edge in a third and are tied in a fourth, new polling shows.  The seats embody the fights playing out nationwide in the midterms.
Discussion: NewsNation and Political Wire
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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
The educational divide could spell trouble for Republicans  —  Republicans tend to run better among voters without a college degree than those with one, which has battered Democrats in recent presidential elections.  But that same pattern could give Democrats a potentially decisive boost in next month's midterms.
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
Latinos Are Now America's Most Important Swing Voters
Anthony Salvanto / CBS News:   Poll finds Democrats still boosted by voters' economic concerns, but many don't think either party has a plan
Liz Skalka / Bloomberg:   Pennsylvania House Race Tests If Republican Distance From Trump Works
Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
The Republicans' Remarkably Bad Midterm Campaigns
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:   Economic woes transform the Midwest into a massive midterms battleground
Barbara Sprunt / NPR:
Independent candidates sense a moment. Some Democrats hope they're right.
Discussion: The Guardian
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
A Black Democrat has a chance to win in Mississippi's Senate race
Stephen Fowler / NPR:   In Arkansas, Democrats see an opening at the edge of the competitive midterms map
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
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Sarah Longwell / The Bulwark:
How Ohio Trump Voters Reacted to Vivek's Attack Ad  —  He spent millions smearing Amy Acton, prompting national criticism.  But how low is too low for Trump voters?  —  BY NOW, YOU'VE SURELY HEARD about the ad Vivek Ramaswamy is running against his opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial election …
Discussion: CNN
David French / New York Times:
Despicable Doesn't Begin to Cover It  —  I've never seen a viler ad.  —  By now, you almost certainly know the story.  Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, posted an ad featuring a malicious attack on Amy Acton, Ramaswamy's Democratic opponent.
NBC News:
Ramaswamy ad puts Acton's estranged mother in spotlight as records reveal family's troubled past
Discussion: Washington Post and ABC News
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Who has already voted for the 2026 midterms?  Who's undecided?  How might they vote?  —  Why undecided voters probably won't care about Trump's closing message, and an early voting update.  Your weekly political data roundup for October 25, 2026. … It was a very busy week at Strength …
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Washington Post:
These are the midterm deciders: They voted for Trump and now disapprove of him  —  They're a small but crucial piece of the electorate.  Here's what they say about how they'll vote — decisions that will strongly shape the GOP's fortunes this year.  —  SummaryLoading...
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Epstein Haunts GOP in Midterms as Democrats Vow Fresh Probes  —  President Donald Trump can't shake the furor over Jeffrey Epstein.  —  Democrats are preparing to launch congressional investigations into the administration's handling of files related to the late, disgraced sex offender …
Bloomberg:
Trump Says Decision Time Nears on Iran: Deal or ‘Finish It Off’  —  President Donald Trump said it's “getting to be decision time” on whether he will make a deal with Tehran or resume attacks as Iranian and Houthi threats against Americans in the Middle East continue to grow.
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Brett Erickson / MeidasTouch:
A “Little Epic Fury”?  Impossible.  —  Trump calls a new war with Iran a ‘little’ Epic Fury.  With oil at $117 and Iran vowing a painful response, nothing about it is little.  —  Get MeidasTouch in your Google feed  —  Preferred Source … Speaking to the press yesterday …
New York Times:
A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War
Finya Swai / The Hill:
Blanche: Alaska Senate race is ‘not a fair fight’ to Trump  —  Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said President Trump doesn't consider Alaska's Senate race to be a fair contest because of the controversial appearance on the ballot of a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan …
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Julie Yoon / New York Times:
Obama Sharply Criticizes Trump on Campaign Trail  —  Former President Barack Obama attacked the Trump administration on Saturday as he hit the campaign trail before the midterm elections.  —  “After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence the likes of which we have not seen …
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NBC News:
Obama seeks to shore up Abdul El-Sayed with Black voters at Michigan rally
Wall Street Journal:
Obama Storms Onto Campaign Trail With Harsh Words for Trump
David Montgomery / The Washington Sun:
Rahm Emanuel Embodies His Party's Past.  Could He Also Be Its Future?  —  On the road with an extreme moderate as he mocks the left and (maybe) makes his case for 2028.  — Copy  —  An elementary school in rural Louisiana isn't Rahm Emanuel's natural habitat.
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The Washington Sun:   Republicans May Be Neglecting Their Most Reliable Voters
New York Times:
Public Colleges Are Passing the $50,000-a-Year Mark.  For Locals.  —  At the University of California campuses in Berkeley, Irvine and Santa Barbara, students get an unwitting education in navigating the housing market.  —  The University of California, Santa Barbara …
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Associated Press:
Musk says he was behind Starlink speed restriction after service in Ukraine is restored
New York Times:
An Iowa Republican's Unusual Connection to the Kochs (and Kansas)  —  In his campaign for governor, Zach Lahn has pitched himself as a self-made businessman.  His backstory is more complicated.  —  If there is one thing that Zach Lahn, the Republican nominee for governor of Iowa …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Introducing a New Way to Understand the Election: Times Voter Trends  —  A timely demographic story we've never been able to tell before.  —  When the dust settles on election night, the story won't simply be about who won, but who decided the outcome: Which demographic groups shifted the most …
Azhar Sukri / CNBC:
In pictures: Initially peaceful protests across France over inequality again descend into violence … Mostly peaceful protests across France over a worsening cost-of-living crisis and growing inequality descended into violence for a second straight weekend.
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Automating the Bribe State  —  In his closing midterm pitch to voters, Trump has not been subtle. … Trump's Bribe State is a bewildering mix of empty promises and real benefits—and punishments.  It is easy to dismiss it, but worth taking seriously the mechanics of how it is being built …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
 
 
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Eric Berger / The Guardian:
Trump administration has pushed off 13% of Americans enrolled in food stamps
Associated Press:
PHOTO ESSAY: A Texas Trump voter, struggling with cancer and medical bills, breaks party ranks
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
New signs of rising risks
Jonathan Cohn / The Bulwark:
GOP Closes Campaign With Unapologetic Bigotry
Discussion: NewsNation
John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Trump's DOJ told a judge how to rule. Then it pulled her from court.
ProPublica:
A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart.
Discussion: New York Times
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David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Massachusetts and Idaho put guns on the ballot. One seeks to restrict them, the other to honor them
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Barton Gellman / New Yorker:
The State Officials Defending the Midterms from the President
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Newsom amasses fundraising machine that could power 2028 bid
Wall Street Journal:
As AOC's Ambition Grows, Her Tactics Soften—Risking Support on the Left
Discussion: Associated Press
New York Times:
Israel Cracks Down in West Bank City After Deadly Attack
 

 
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