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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
‘It could be quite a brutal evening’: GOP braces for some once-unthinkable losses  —  Republicans are bracing for a brutal election night, convinced they're set to face some previously unthinkable losses in deep-red Trump territory as key battleground races hang on a knife's edge.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Jamie Raskin Is Not Afraid to Impeach Trump Again
Discussion: Bloomberg and Forbes
Scott Clement / Washington Post:
We polled Kansas.  Democrats wanted to talk.  Republicans, not so much.  —  The Post is publishing results of its Kansas Senate poll in the interest of transparency and to highlight the challenges the poll faced.  —  SummaryLoading...  The Washington Post and George Mason University began …
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:   Low-engagement voters are swinging hard toward Democrats
Nicole Nixon / Los Angeles Times:
Becerra widens lead in governor's race as voter focus shifts to Trump, new poll shows
Discussion: KEYT-TV and New York Post
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
In new escalation, DOJ wants to force Alaska to segregate ballots in Senate race  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked a federal judge Friday to force Alaska to preserve and segregate ballots that may have been affected by alleged voter confusion in the state's U.S. Senate race.
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Safiyah Riddle / Associated Press:
Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots
The Washington Sun:
Trump Resurrects Canceled Rallies in Iowa and Kansas  —  A source familiar with the situation told The Washington Sun that the rallies were “rearranged for scheduling purposes.”  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump will attend midterm rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday …
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Trump adds weekend rallies back after canceling a day earlier
Rena Rowe / Washington Examiner:
WATCH LIVE: Trump holds rally in Daytona Beach
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
TRM Insights:
North Korea Steals USD 6.36 Billion From Binance in the Largest Hack in History  —  Key takeaways  — On October 29, 2026, an attacker moved approximately USD 6.36 billion out of Binance wallets on ten blockchains, most of it in about 20 minutes starting at 20:05 UTC.
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New York Times:
Binance Suspends Withdrawals After Crypto Hackers Steal $6.3 Billion
Rick Maese / Washington Post:
Judge orders inquiry into whether DOJ lawyers misled court on Trump's golf plan  —  U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes opened another heated hearing by reading the D.C. Bar rules about truthfulness in court.  —  SummaryLoading...  A federal judge on Friday opened a formal inquiry …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judge opens East Potomac Park probe into potential DOJ misconduct
Discussion: WTTG-TV
New York Times:
U.S. to Send Dozens Back to Afghanistan, Despite Risk of Persecution  —  The Trump administration plans to fly the Afghan immigrants from Louisiana to Pakistan, where they are expected to be expelled over the border to Afghanistan.  —  The Trump administration has detained dozens …
Discussion: The Independent
Isaac Schorr / New York Post:
The soul of the Democratic Party is on the line in Michigan  —  Say this much for Nancy Pelosi: She hates a loser.  —  In an election cycle full of high-stakes contests, Michigan's Senate race stands alone.  —  Its outcome could very well be decisive in the battle for control of Congress' upper chamber …
Discussion: NewsNation
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Tim Balk / New York Times:
El-Sayed Clashes With Former Primary Rival Who Demanded His Apology  —  Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens traded sharply critical comments Friday, escalating intraparty tensions in Michigan's pivotal Senate race.  —  It looked on Thursday night as if feuding Democrats …
Felicia Schwartz / MS NOW:
Trump plans to resume strikes on Iran day after midterm elections  —  President Donald Trump is planning to resume strikes on Iran after the midterm elections, with his domestic political power set to wane during his final two years in office, and his attention expected to shift to foreign policy.
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Inside Donald Trump's Secret Plan To Restart The Iran War After The Election
Discussion: New York Post, Politico and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Obamacare Policies Hit Again With Steep Premium Increases for 2027  —  Premiums will increase an average 13 percent next year for millions of Americans, on top of an earlier steep increase.  It adds to the problems facing the program, which the Trump administration has weakened.
Discussion: KFF Health News and KFF
Jonah Kaplan / CBS News:
Daniel J. Sullivan left his Alaska hometown before Senate election, sources say  —  Petersburg, Alaska — Daniel J. Sullivan, the independent candidate running for Senate in Alaska whose name is almost identical to the Republican senator running for reelection, left his hometown of Petersburg earlier …
Euronews:
Polish president turns back mid-flight amid court ‘coup d’état' claims  —  Police were deployed outside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal following security warnings.  Tribunal President Bogdan Święczkowski was suspended from his duties, while Polish President Karol Nawrocki cut short his trip to Senegal.
Politico:
DOJ dangles legal threats over state election officials days before the midterms  —  The Department of Justice on Thursday sent letters to elections officials in multiple states threatening potential prosecution if they fail to preserve election records, an unusually aggressive posture toward …
New York Times:
Alina Habba's Husband Ignited a White House Drama.  Now His Background Is Under Scrutiny.  —  Turhan Mildon, who married Alina Habba this summer, presents himself as a 29-year-old billionaire with ties to global leaders.  His story has inconsistencies.  —  President Trump's former lawyer …
Derek Hawkins / The Washington Sun:
DOJ Urges Judge to Allow a Third Comey Charge  —  A federal judge in Washington on Friday sounded open to allowing the Trump administration's third and latest criminal case against James Comey to proceed so a grand jury can decide whether to indict the former FBI director.
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Edgar Sandoval / New York Times:
Houston Grand Jury Indicts ICE Agent on Charges of Ramming Man in Chase  —  The agent is facing charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, officials said Friday.  —  A grand jury on Friday indicted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who struck and injured a Mexican construction worker …
Wall Street Journal:
Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Refinery, Ending Pause and Defying Trump  —  The first strike on a Russian oil refinery in two weeks comes after Russian attacks killed 27 civilians on Thursday  —  Ukraine struck an oil refinery in Russia's Samara region early on Friday, ending a two-week pause …
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Brett Erickson / MeidasTouch:
It's Not ‘Dual-Use,’ It's Terrorism.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Steve Benen / MS NOW:
Pressed on affordability at town hall, JD Vance says all the wrong things  —  A young conservative voter asked the vice president a sincere question about one of the most pressing issues facing her generation.  It did not go well.  —  With time running out in the election cycle …
New York Times:
U.S. Oil Industry Earned Over $130 Billion in Profit During Iran War  —  That was almost three times as much as what businesses producing and refining oil in the United States made in the same period in 2025.  —  The war with Iran has been very lucrative for American oil companies …
Eli Okun / Politico:
Bloomberg drops $36M more for Dems  —  Here's the latest midterm news, with four days to go.  —  Bloomberg drops $36M more for Dems  —  Michael Bloomberg is making another big splash in the final days of the election.  —  One of Democrats' most important megadonors …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and NewsMax.com
Lauren Windsor / The Alaska Current:
EXCLUSIVE: Data center utility execs maxed out donations to Dan Sullivan  —  Campaign cash flowed to Sullivan after he helped open up military bases to data centers; more details in exclusively obtained documents.  —  Within a nine-day period last spring, executives tied to a data center utility investor …
Discussion: Legal Insurrection
Greg Evans / Deadline:
Tony-Winning Broadway Director Daniel Sullivan Announces Retirement After 55-Year Career; Jonathan Kent Steps In For Upcoming ‘Montauk’  —  Daniel Sullivan, the Tony-winning Broadway director of Proof, The Heidi Chronicles, Glengarry Glen Ross and numerous other acclaimed productions …
Defense News:
Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say  —  Antoni Slodkowski, Gram Slattery and Andrius Sytas, Reuters  —  Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia …
Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Texas county ends ads encouraging minority voters to settle lawsuit  —  The Texas Attorney General's Office forced an early end to outreach ads encouraging minority voters to cast ballots in the state's most populous county.  —  The state accused Harris County of running a racially discriminatory …
 
 
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Ford McCracken / The Hill:
Bessent alleges anti-fraud guardrails are ‘loosest’ in blue states
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Rick Perry loses reelection to board of Fermi, the data center company he co-founded
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Elon Musk Made Off With $16 Billion of Taxpayer Money
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
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Discussion: The Hill
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
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The Washington Sun:
A Colorado Congressional Candidate Had a ‘Principal Residence’ in Maryland
Discussion: Bloomberg and DCCC
TMZ.com:
Ilhan Omar's Ex-Husband, Rumored to Be Her Brother, Says He's Gay
Ford McCracken / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts 12 more House races toward Democrats
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
G20 diplomats, including from China and Russia, face deep rifts as they prepare to meet in Atlanta
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Corporate America's Trump trap
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Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta plans to shut down after 30+ years, following pressure from Russian authorities and the persecution of its reporters

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