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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 …
Discussion: Breitbart
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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 …
House Committee on the Judiciary:
Judiciary Democrats' Report Details Mounting Evidence Linking Trump to Epstein's Criminal Activities and DOJ's Cover-Up; Specific Accounts Involving 11 Women Provide More Evidence of Potential Sex Crimes  —  DOJ and FBI Shut Down Investigations and Withheld Evidence While Claiming No Basis …
Chris Marquette / Politico:
House Judiciary Democrats want a special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein
Discussion: NewsMax.com
NBC News:
House Democrats call on DOJ to name special counsel in Epstein case
Francis Fukuyama / Persuasion:
The Spirit of Democracy Remains Strong  —  After the piece below had been drafted, news came in of a third development that was perhaps even more consequential than the two described, the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, or Lula, in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election.
Discussion: GZERO, BBC and New York Times
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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.
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.
Discussion: HuffPost
Reuters:
Brazil heads back to the future as Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to recognize Lula win
New York Times:
Lula Wins Brazil's Presidency, in Stunning Blow to Latin America's Right
Manuela Tobias / Bloomberg:
Milei Is Lone South American Leader Yet to Recognize Lula's Win
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
Losing the ‘Big-Ass Truck’ Vote  —  Along the highways and farm roads of the southern tip of Texas, the bright-red campaign signs for Eric Flores are impossible to miss.  Flores, the Republican candidate for the state's Thirty-Fourth Congressional District, has Ken-doll looks …
Discussion: Texas Monthly
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New York Times:
The Midterms Are Next Week.  Here's Who We Think Will Win.  —  By New York Times Opinion Contributors Oct. 25, 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.
Jason Beeferman / Politico:   Asian voters are swinging toward Talarico in Texas. Dems still say more outreach is needed.
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Gallego pulls the levers for Latino voters
Discussion: WBUR
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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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Massie says he'll move to impeach Hegseth if he's not gone after midterms
Discussion: MS NOW and Puck
Casey He / Politico:
Jeffries edges closer to Hegseth impeachment as he eyes the gavel
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Hill
Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump admin illegally fired Maurene Comey, judge rules  —  A judge ruled Monday that the Trump administration broke the law when it fired Maurene Comey from her job as a federal prosecutor last year — sharply curbing the administration's attempt to advance a “sweeping theory” of executive power.
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CNBC:
Trump DOJ unlawfully fired Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey, judge rules … A federal judge on Monday said that the Department of Justice's firing of federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawful.  —  The judge ordered that Comey, who is the daughter of former FBI director James Comey …
Avery Lotz / Axios:
DOJ unlawfully fired Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey, judge rules
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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Wyatte Grantham-Philips / Associated Press:
In his own words: Trump on gas prices and energy costs since launching the war with Iran  —  Since launching the war with Iran nearly eight months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump has struggled to quell soaring energy costs, undermining Republicans' attempt to keep control of Congress in the midterm elections next week.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Newsweek, Townhall and 6abc
Politico:
Spurned by Trump, these outgoing Republicans aren't helping their potential successors  —  Republicans spurned by President Donald Trump aren't interested in rescuing their would-be replacements.  —  Instead, a growing number of retiring or ousted GOP incumbents from Nevada to North Carolina …
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Calen Razor / Politico:   Sanders could soon get a Senate bully pulpit
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,” …
Maria Curi / Axios:
Scoop: FTC demands Anthropic execs testify in probe  —  The Federal Trade Commission on Monday sent demands for Anthropic executives to testify in its consumer harm probe, an FTC spokesperson told Axios. … The agency plans to go after more AI players as well but has only confirmed demands for testimony were sent to Anthropic.
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Dell Cameron / Wired:
The US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans  —  Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America's most sweeping surveillance program.
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.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Steph Whiteside / NewsNation:
Justice Department charges 48 people with election crimes  —  Get fact-based, unbiased political coverage from the NewsNation team ahead of the 2026 elections.  Get 24/7 news coverage with the NewsNation app.  Not sure how to find NewsNation on your TV?  Find your channel here.
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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 …
Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
Donald Trump Is Bad at Politics  —  The president's flailing midterms campaign underscores a truth we should be acknowledging more often: he kind of sucks at this.  —  Pocket  —  President Donald Trump rounded off a hectic stretch of midterm barnstorming last week with an appearance in Sioux City, Iowa.
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.
Discussion: Blue Virginia
Donald Shaw / Sludge:
Musk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West's Ballot Push  —  The nonprofit that helped get Cornel West on presidential ballots in 2024 received all of its funding that year through a conservative political network that has been bankrolled by Elon Musk, tax records reviewed by Sludge show.
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?
Discussion: Wonkette, Mediaite and MS NOW
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.
 
 
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Vance, Harris top early 2028 White House race polling
Discussion: MS NOW and Washington Examiner
Hudson Crozier / Washington Examiner:
DOJ offers funds for research on transgender violence
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Lawsuit argues Trump's media ban hurts news consumers
Victoria Bekiempis / The Guardian:
Trump rallies for Mike Rogers - and Nicki Minaj's derriere - in Michigan
Robert F. Worth / The Atlantic:
The Collapse of Cuba
 Earlier Items: 
Natalie Korach / Status:
Vanity Fair's Kushner Conundrum
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Bob Woodward spills his ‘Secrets’
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
MAGA attacks on women voters are no joke
Ben Geman / Axios:
Exclusive: Democrats lay groundwork to probe Trump's diesel deal
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
Stephen Soukup / American Greatness:
Thanks Again, Obama
Paul Krugman:
The Oligarchs Lose a Big One
Wendi C. Thomas / ProPublica:
In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests
Discussion: MLK50
Washington Post:
It took just 12 hours for an AI start-up founded by ex-DOGE staffers to break into Anthropic
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Memo: Skydance offers certain employees a voluntary buyout in a “one-time offer” and moves to a mandatory five-days-per-week in-office policy

Ben Smith / Semafor:
Sources: after an NYT report questioned abuse recollections in Amy Griffin's memoir, the billionaire said she would target reporter Katherine Rosman's son

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Instagram is testing Features, a new long-form horizontal video format of up to 90 minutes aimed at podcasters, comedians, and other creators, in the US

 
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