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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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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.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Ohio's Jon Husted, object of Trump's leering, is just an empty pair of pants  —  Trump's admiration of the senator's rear end can't distract from the GOP's hollow agenda  —  Jon Husted has a problem: People can't seem to remember who he is.  The former lieutenant governor of Ohio was appointed …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Low-engagement voters are swinging hard toward Democrats  —  Low-engagement voters handed Trump the 2024 election.  Now they support Democrats for Congress … Democrats are getting a lot of support from people who don't usually vote.  —  As of mid-October, registered Democrats had cast 74.6% …
Lakshya Jain / The Argument:
How Republicans lost voters' trust
Discussion: Politico and FiftyPlusOne
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 …
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NBC News:
ICE officer is indicted after striking, injuring immigrant with his vehicle in Houston
Tim Balk / New York Times:
El-Sayed's Former Primary Rival Demands Apology Ahead of Joint Appearance  —  Representative Haley Stevens plans to campaign with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in a pivotal race.  But she also wants him to apologize for comments about Israel and disavow an ad she sees as antisemitic.
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Chuck Ross / The Washington Free Beacon:   Abdul El-Sayed Campaigns With Louis Farrakhan's Antisemitic ‘Student Minister’ Who Recently Pushed Conspiracy Theory That Jews Ran the Slave Trade
New York Times:
Binance Suspends Withdrawals After Crypto Hackers Steal $6.3 Billion  —  The world's largest crypto exchange said it was compromised in a “complex hack” that could be the biggest crypto heist ever.  One research lab attributed the theft to “North Korea's elite hacking unit.”
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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.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judge opens East Potomac Park probe into potential DOJ misconduct  —  A federal judge has opened an investigation into concerns that the Trump administration lied to her in the ongoing legal battle over President Trump's desire to redevelop East Potomac Golf Links.
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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 …
New York Times:
Obamacare Dealt Yet Another Blow as Premiums Rise Again  —  Premiums will jump by 13 percent for next year, though much of the price increase will be offset by subsidies.  But customers who earn over $64,000 will pay more, on top of this year's huge increases.
Discussion: KFF
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Phil Galewitz / KFF Health News:
Medicare Drug Plans Are Hiking Premiums While Trump Claims Victory on Medicine Prices
Discussion: KFF
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
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 …
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 …
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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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump cancels weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas in favor of holding numerous tele-rallies
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 …
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: NewsMax.com
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 …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Corporate America's Trump trap  —  America's corporate titans greeted President Trump's 2024 victory with open checkbooks, 12-figure investment pledges and fawning tributes to his coming “Golden Age.”  — Two years later, on the eve of a potential blue wave, Democrats are preparing to greet …
Discussion: The Federalist and Politico
Ford McCracken / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts 12 more House races toward Democrats  —  The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, on Friday shifted a dozen more House races toward Democrats in the final stretch of the midterm cycle.  —  The handicapper has shifted dozens …
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Inside Donald Trump's Secret Plan To Restart The Iran War After The Election  —  In the summer of 2026, Donald Trump received a bleak update: The Islamic Republic of Iran had claimed sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.  The fragile, on-and-off ceasefire he'd raced into effect just weeks earlier, had collapsed altogether.
Discussion: Politico and Joe.My.God.
Christopher Hooks / New York Magazine:
Even Republicans Want Ken Paxton to Lose  —  Texas's corrupt Senate candidate is the crude end point of Trump's war against the GOP Establishment.  —  That picture of him on the boat off Mar-a-Lago where he's pointing at his junk.  You remember that one?" a senior Republican lawmaker in Texas asks. "
The Washington Sun:
A Colorado Congressional Candidate Has a ‘Principal Residence’ in Maryland  —  Jessica Killin, the Democratic candidate for Colorado's 5th Congressional District, has a “principal residence” in Maryland, according to Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation records reviewed by The Washington Sun.
Discussion: DCCC
Paige Huffman / The Washington Sun:
RFK Jr. Puts Out a Call to Rebuild the Vaccine Advisory Panel  —  The Trump administration is officially seeking new members for the nation's influential vaccine advisory panel, indicating a renewed effort to remake the group in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s image.
Discussion: Associated Press
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 …
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
Judge Expands Block of Pro-Trump Taxpayer Supported Ads  —  The Trump administration must stop airing three partisan political ads, a federal judge ruled, expanding her earlier order blocking taxpayer-funded television spots lauding the president in the runup to next week's midterm elections.
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba's $50 Million Deal  —  Angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker, the president told allies he wanted some of the money to go to his future presidential library.
TMZ.com:
Ilhan Omar's Ex-Husband, Rumored to Be Her Brother, Says He's Gay  —  LLHAN OMAR EX-HUBBY RUMORED TO BE HER BROTHER REVEALS HE'S GAY  —  Ilhan Omar's ex-husband — who has long been rumored to be her brother — says he's gay ... adding a new wrinkle to allegations that the Minnesota congresswoman married …
Safiyah Riddle / Associated Press:
Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots  —  The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the Justice Department's request for California to set aside disputed ballots received in the midterm election.
Politico:
Trump tried not to roil the economy before midterms.  He's about to be unleashed.  —  Voters are expected to send a very clear message on Tuesday that they want the U.S. to stop fighting wars — on the military and economic front.  President Donald Trump is unlikely to listen.
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Top Oversight Democrat defends Mary Peltola: ‘Nothing illegal was done in Alaska’  —  Here's the latest midterm news, with four days to go.  —  Top Oversight Democrat defends Mary Peltola: ‘Nothing illegal was done in Alaska’  —  Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat …
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
G20 diplomats, including from China and Russia, face deep rifts as they prepare to meet in Atlanta  —  The U.S. scrapped plans for a photo of top diplomats of the Group of 20 largest world economies on the opening day of talks Friday as several Europeans objected to being photographed …
 
 
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Nicole Nixon / Los Angeles Times:
Becerra widens lead in governor's race as voter focus shifts to Trump, new poll shows
Discussion: New York Post
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Will the Progressive Insurgency in NY-17 Oust MAGA Loyalist Mike Lawler?
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
Reid Hoffman gives millions to Dems in late spending spree as Epstein fight spills into election
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Jamie Raskin Is Not Afraid to Impeach Trump Again
Discussion: Bloomberg and Forbes
Douglas MacKinnon / Fox News:
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It's Not ‘Dual-Use,’ It's Terrorism.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
The Wild Rise of a Trump-Backed Drone Company
Wendy Siegelman / NewsTRACS:
Trump Media will earn $350K for ads by Freedom 250, which is part of the National Park Foundation, the official charity partner of the National Park Service
Discussion: New Republic
Rozina Ali / New Yorker:
The Real Stakes of the Ilhan Omar Case
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Huo Jingnan / NPR:
Websites pretending to be local news are boosting Democratic candidates
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Politico:
GOP lawmakers start contemplating a diminished Donald Trump
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