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Lisa Rubin / MS NOW:
House Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump's alleged involvement in Epstein files — House Judiciary Committee Democrats on Monday released an unsigned staff report laying out what they call “the case against Donald Trump emerging in the Epstein Files and DOJ's desperate efforts to cover it up …
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Chris Marquette / Politico:
House Judiciary Democrats want a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein — House Democrats are making increasingly clear they have no plans to abandon their line of inquiry into whether President Donald Trump was involved in Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, should they retake the majority in the midterms.
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Associated Press:
Trump critic Lula wins reelection in Brazil, securing fourth presidential term — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, was reelected Sunday in a result that provides relief to critics of widening U.S. influence in Latin America.
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Reuters:
Brazil heads back to the future as Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to recognize Lula win — Brazilian right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has followed his imprisoned father's lead by refusing to concede defeat to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who won a historic fourth term in Sunday's presidential election.
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Bloomberg:
Lula Wins Record Fourth Term in Surprise Brazil Comeback
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Perry Bacon / New Republic:
Lula's Upset Is a Win for the Rule of Law and a Blow to Trump
Lula's Upset Is a Win for the Rule of Law and a Blow to Trump
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The Hill, Jacobin, Deadline, Mother Jones and The Guardian
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Vile Persecution of Ilhan Omar Is About to Run Into a Wall — Donald Trump's criminal investigation into Representative Ilhan Omar—which is aimed at stripping her citizenship—is far more than just another attack on a vocal critic. As many have noted, this denaturalization push …
Wall Street Journal:
Viktor Orbán, U.N. Secretary-General? — Trump officials push the idea of a U.S.-Russia-China joint candidate. — You read that correctly. Sources from three countries confirm that the Trump Administration has advocated Viktor Orbán for the role of United Nations Secretary-General.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Rallies Have Become What He Covets: Ass — Eight days to go. Happy Monday. — Ass Clown — by Andrew Egger — In a weird way, it's almost sad to see. Donald Trump has spent a decade as the main character of our politics. He has managed to break and destabilize shockingly much in that time.
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Daria Zakharova / Politico:
‘Funny’: Tusk laughs off report that MAGA is eyeing Orbán for UN top job
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
As Trump brags about U.S. oil and gas company profits, his stocks gained millions during Iran war — Washington — As President Trump boasts about how much money the U.S. oil and gas industry is making from the war with Iran, the president's personal holdings in oil and gas …
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Associated Press:
Trump failed to stop inflation. Now Republicans may pay the price in the midterm elections
Wyatte Grantham-Philips / Associated Press:
In his own words: Trump on gas prices and energy costs since launching the war with Iran
In his own words: Trump on gas prices and energy costs since launching the war with Iran
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Newsweek
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Thune makes final push in red states as he scrambles to save Republicans' Senate majority
Thune makes final push in red states as he scrambles to save Republicans' Senate majority
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Wall Street Journal, Semafor, New York Times and ABC News
Steve Vladeck / One First:
259. DOJ's Preemptive Election Interference — Two new lawsuits by the Trump administration—in California and Alaska—are almost certain losers. But it'll be hard to remedy the further distrust in election results that they seem intended to sow. — Welcome back to “One First,” …
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Washington Post:
Powerful executives cozied up to Trump. Now they fear a reckoning. … Cooper Teboe's phone won't stop ringing. As Democrats gain ground ahead of the midterms, defense and tech firms have flooded the Silicon Valley-based Democratic strategist with calls.
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Pete Hegseth Reportedly Angling For Blackburn's Senate Seat To Avoid Impeachment — The defense secretary might try an intriguing escape route, according to Puck. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is “angling” for Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) to appoint him to her Senate seat …
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Puck, The Hill, The Independent, New Republic and Mediaite
Jocelyn Timperley / BBC:
'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear — After defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is now overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here.
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Blue Virginia
New York Times:
Norway Pushes Back After Trump Disparages It Over Nobel Prize Decision — Norwegian officials emphasized that their country does not have any influence over who receives the Peace Prize, after President Trump used crude language to express his frustration. — President Trump …
Paul Krugman:
The Oligarchs Lose a Big One — How many people in the United States realize how big Brazil is? South America's most populous nation has more than 200 million people, making its presidential election yesterday a momentous event. But beyond Brazil's sheer size, yesterday's election …
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Vivek Ramaswamy discovers that voters have their limits — Public Notice is proudly celebrating 5 years of independent journalism. Our coverage is possible thanks for paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🤝 Subscribe to PN 🤝 — What on earth were they thinking?
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Washington Post:
It took just 12 hours for an AI start-up founded by ex-DOGE staffers to break into Anthropic — The start-up firm Cathedral has told makers of the Claude chatbot that its researchers were able to quickly penetrate sensitive systems, a report reviewed by The Post shows. — SummaryLoading...
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New York Times:
Is a Blue Wave Coming? 6 Pollsters and Pundits Offer Their Best Guesses. — By New York Times Opinion Contributors Oct. 26, 2026 — In July and again in September, Times Opinion asked six polling and politics experts to look into their crystal balls and predict who would win control of the House and the Senate.
Wendi C. Thomas / ProPublica:
In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests — by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism — Co-published with MLK50: Justice Through Journalism — Reporting Highlights — Undermining Voters: As state senator …
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Ken Dilanian / MS NOW:
Former DOJ prosecutors form new group to take on cases they say the current DOJ won't — A group of former federal prosecutors and human rights lawyers is coming together to investigate political corruption and law enforcement violence that it says is being ignored by the Justice Department under President Donald Trump.
Stephen Soukup / American Greatness:
Thanks Again, Obama … Over the weekend, Barack Obama appeared at a campaign rally for Democrats in Ohio and managed to make some headlines by ridiculing President Trump's design skills. “He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory,” the former president quipped.
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Israeli Jews Across the Spectrum Face an Election of Fears — Supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have expressed intense anxieties about isolation abroad, security at home and the future of Israel's identity. — At an event in Jerusalem in July …
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Ben Geman / Axios:
Exclusive: Democrats lay groundwork to probe Trump's diesel deal … - The new demand shows that inquiries will extend beyond the White House and into C-suites. … - It's signed by Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).
Rachel Maddow / MS NOW:
Amy Acton: ‘Decency is on the ballot’ in race for Ohio Governor — 'I'm embarrassed for them': Joe slams GOP reaction to Obama jabs at Trump — Joe on midterms optimism: ‘very doable’ for Dems to do well — Tim Daly on starring with ‘real-life’ wife Téa Leoni in new comedy ‘Newlyweds’
Axios:
Anthropic model accessed voter information — Anthropic's Claude accessed publicly available Georgia voter data without human authorization, a disclosure sure to add to growing concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. … It didn't access the state's voter registration system …
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The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Agence France-Presse and WAGA-TV
NBC News:
Mary Peltola delays campaign events after sustaining ‘minor injuries’ in car crash — Anchorage police confirmed a crash involving three vehicles occurred Saturday and said those involved sustained “non-life threatening” injuries. — Former Rep. Mary Peltola is rescheduling several upcoming campaign events …
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Maria Curi / Axios:
Anthropic to investors: Trump hates us so much — Anthropic is warning investors that it may continue to be a target of the Trump administration as it seeks one of the biggest IPOs in history — and that it has no plans of changing its behavior. … Anthropic outlines the risk of being …
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New York Times:
In Islamophobic Rant, Trump Seeks to Stir Republican Base in Michigan — The president contended that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, would “invite hordes of jihadis to our shores” as he sought to bolster the G.O.P. candidate in a tight Senate race. — President Trump turned to Islamophobic stereotypes …

