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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge imposes sweeping emergency order halting DOJ pressure campaign on election officials  —  Federal agencies Voting rights Election security  —  A federal judge imposed a sweeping emergency order halting various aggressive tactics employed by the Trump administration in recent days to pressure election officials across the country.
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Safiyah Riddle / Associated Press:
Appeals court rejects Justice Department request for California to set aside disputed ballots
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
The New York Times invents a Democratic scandal while ignoring a new Trump rape allegation  —  America is four days out from the end of an election in which America's deeply unpopular fascist ruling party is trying to retain control of Congress.  The week began with yet another new rape allegation …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Inside Trump's Dark Plot to Keep Senate in GOP Hands Even If Dems Win  —  On Thursday night, the Republican governor of Alaska refused to commit to certifying the outcome in the Senate race if Democrat Mary Peltola wins.  Which means that if she does triumph, refusing to seat Peltola …
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Confirms Alaska Inquiry Even as Its Focus Remains Unclear
CNBC:
Trump rallies in Kansas and Iowa are back on after RNC said they were canceled: Source … President Donald Trump will host campaign rallies in Iowa and Kansas after all, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC on Friday, hours after the Republican Party said those events would be scrapped in lieu of a series of tele-rallies.
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CBS News:
Why Trump is spending time campaigning in deep red Florida
Ayah Ali-Ahmad / The Washington Sun:
Trump Says Donalds and Moody Called to Ask Him to Approve Florida Hurricane Funding
Discussion: Newsweek, MS NOW and Politico
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: Metro.co.uk and The Hill
Politico:
El-Sayed campaign wants Stevens to stay away after day of back-and-forth sniping  —  Michigan's Democratic coalition is fragmenting in real time days before a critical Senate election.  —  After it seemed like former primary rivals Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens might finally appear together …
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Isaac Schorr / New York Post:
The soul of the Democratic Party is on the line in Michigan
Discussion: NewsNation
Washington Post:
4 ways the polls could be wrong — or right — about who will win the Senate  —  Democrats are favored to win Congress, but unusually uncertain polling leaves room for very different outcomes.  —  With three days to go until Election Day, Democrats look all but certain to retake the House and …
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New York Times:
Republican Leads Independent in Nebraska Senate Race, Poll Finds  —  Voters see Dan Osborn, the independent seeking to unseat Senator Pete Ricketts, as more like a Democrat than an independent, a Times/Siena poll found.  —  Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska, a Republican …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Associated Press
Blake Paterson / Perdido Street:
Louisiana Senate contest is a tossup, poll finds
Discussion: NewsMax.com and The Hill
Nancy Cook / Washington Post:
Trump's economic message on eve of midterms: It's better than you think  —  The president risks falling into the same trap that ensnared Joe Biden: asking voters to ignore their economic anxiety.  —  SummaryLoading...  American voters are stressed about the high cost of groceries …
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New York Times:   Voters Usually Ignore Corruption as an Issue. It Now Has Their Attention.
New York Times:
Led by Trump, Republicans Close Midterms With Ugly Personal Attacks
Discussion: The Free Press
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 …
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.
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.
Thomas Frank / Politico:
The final sprint to Election Day  —  Here's the latest midterm news, with four days to go.  —  Trump approves Texas disaster aid just days before election  —  President Donald Trump approved disaster aid on Friday for households in central Texas that were damaged by July floods …
Politico:
Carney says he can wait out Trump for trade deal  —  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that if his government could not successfully negotiate a suitable trade pact with the Trump administration, he was prepared to wait for a new American president to close the deal.
New York Times:
As Midterms Near, Top Law Firms That Capitulated to Trump Are on the Sidelines  —  None of the firms that struck deals to avoid crippling executive orders are publicly involved in the major legal efforts to check the Trump administration's attempts to meddle in the midterm elections, a review by The New York Times shows.
Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Gets Personal on ‘Sad, Greasy’ Ted Cruz: ‘His Personal Life Is a True Disaster’  —  Tucker Carlson got personal on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), claiming that the senator is a “sad, greasy” man who “doesn't know how absurd he is.”  —  On his show Friday, Carlson was asked by a viewer …
Taylor Goldenstein / The Texas Tribune:
Rick Perry loses reelection to board of Fermi, the data center company he co-founded  —  Fermi, slated to build the largest data center and power generation campus in the U.S., has had a tumultuous first couple years including a turbulent ownership battle between Perry and his co-founder Toby Neugebauer.
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 …
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.
Kendall Staton / The Washington Sun:
Trump Lawyers Call His Arch a High Priority.  Some Veterans Call It Disrespectful.  —  Michael Lemmon didn't get a celebratory welcome back to D.C. when he returned from the Vietnam War in 1970.  He still grapples with how that felt, even 56 years later.  —  He often visits Arlington …
 
 
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Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
ICE activity is surging ahead of midterms. So is voter turnout.
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats weigh Israel election results amid lingering uncertainty
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Lauren Windsor / The Alaska Current:
EXCLUSIVE: Data center utility execs maxed out donations to Dan Sullivan
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Ro Khanna backs challengers to three fellow House Dems
Discussion: The Hill
Reuters:
US approves $2.1 billion Patriot missile sale to Ukraine
Paige Huffman / The Washington Sun:
RFK Jr. Puts Out a Call to Rebuild the Vaccine Advisory Panel
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