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Liz Crampton / Politico:
Greg Abbott's Texas Empire Is Showing Cracks … The Texas governor pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket.  —  “Steve Radack Community Center, 18650 Clay Road, Houston, 1.2 miles away,” he read, identifying the precinct's nearest polling location.  “Listen, I can roll over there in five minutes …
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New York Times:
Led by Trump, Republicans Close Midterms With Ugly Personal Attacks  —  Facing backlash over inflation and anger with the president, Republicans have turned to an onslaught of baseless claims about Democratic candidates.  —  In Kansas, Senator Roger Marshall, a vulnerable Republican …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Your election night cheat sheet  —  You won't need to stay up all night Tuesday to spot a big Democratic wave in the 2026 midterm elections.  — But it could take days — or even weeks — to know whether Republicans have survived a smaller one and held on to the House or Senate.
Discussion: Denver Gazette
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Republicans Tried to Turn the Cheesecake Factory Against Democrats. It Flopped.
Discussion: DeLong's Grasping …
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Paxton and Talarico tussle for Texas Senate seat. Trump to campaign virtually instead of in person
Discussion: The Guardian and Fox News
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:   2026 Democratic candidates throw Joe Biden under the bus on the border
Julia Mueller / The Hill:   The 6 races that could decide Senate control
Robert Draper / New York Times:   Talarico Makes Final Pitch to Texans: ‘You Are My Slingshot’
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Let's Talk About Alaska  —  I was at the gym this afternoon when a press conference came on with the U.S. Attorney in Alaska floridly introducing a criminal investigation into this “Dan Sullivan” issue.  One of my colleagues just noted that to do this, U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman “unrecused” himself from this case.
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Why Haley Stevens Can't Stop Talking About Abdul El-Sayed  —  In a frank interview, she described her disappointment and also said she was considering converting to Judaism.  Her fiancé had thoughts, too.  —  Representative Haley Stevens of Michigan stood up from her dining table …
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
The last weekend of midterm campaigning begins  —  With just three days to Election Day, campaigns are scrambling to get out their closing messages.  —  Are you a player in Democrats' civil war?  We want to hear from you!  —  Are you Haley Stevens, who Abdul El-Sayed's allies are sidelining …
Ben Johansen / Politico:
The last weekend of midterm campaigning begins  —  With just three days to Election Day, campaigns are scrambling to get out their closing messages.  —  Trump doubles down on Max Miller endorsement despite abuse allegations  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on his support …
Washington Post:
D.C. and Virginia sue to block Trump's proposed triumphal arch  —  The lawsuit increases legal pressure against the president's planned 250-foot-tall project.  —  SummaryLoading...  The D.C. government and the commonwealth of Virginia sued Saturday to block construction …
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:   D.C., Virginia sue to block Trump's 250-foot arch
Salvador Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Video shows ICE agent pointing handgun in face of North Hollywood bystander  — 6 min Click here to listen to this article  —  A federal immigration agent pulled out a handgun and pointed it just inches from the face of a bystander during an apparent operation in North Hollywood on Friday morning …
Discussion: FOX 11 Los Angeles and Newsweek
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
More than 40% of names on DOJ list of alleged noncitizens not on California's voter rolls  —  More than 4 in 10 names flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California by the Trump administration cannot even be found on the state's voter rolls, according to a legal filing Saturday by an immigrant rights group.
Discussion: Democracy Docket and Salon
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Ros Krasny / Bloomberg:
US Embassy Warns of Mass Casualty Threat at Moscow Museum
Discussion: Townhall and Global News
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran's supreme leader orders “maximum” response to any U.S. attack  —  Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei told the country's top three military commanders that a renewed attack by the U.S. and Israel ״must be met with an immediate and effective response, without geographical limitations״ …
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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 …
New York Times:
How Trump Is Dismantling America's Scientific Research Machine  —  The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.  —  The warning, buried in an obscure government report this summer, was unflinching.
Discussion: The Hill
Luke Fountain / CNBC:
‘Pop-up’ super PACs pour $637 million into 2026 midterm races … A super PAC called Our Heritage Matters registered with the Federal Election Commission on Oct. 15.  —  Five days later, it began spending to boost third-party candidates and attack Republicans.
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Kyle Chouinard / The Washington Sun:   A Super PAC Army Is Spending Millions on ‘Spoiler’ Candidates
Jonathan Edwards / Washington Post:
Kennedy Center leaders threatened payroll to push Trump naming, lawmaker alleges  —  A court brief says that foundation funding was tied to keeping Trump's name on the Kennedy Center, leaving officials warning that repayment would force immediate furloughs.  —  SummaryLoading...
Brynn Tannehill / Public Notice:
Move fast, break things  —  Public Notice is proudly celebrating five years of independent journalism.  This special Saturday edition is possible thanks for paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💥 Subscribe to PN 💥  —  Last week, the Washington Post reported …
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
How Iran Battered U.S. Bases and Caused Billions in Damage  —  Satellite imagery shows hundreds of damaged buildings at more than two dozen installations, in the fullest accounting of the destruction yet  —  | Graphics by Carl Churchill and Katherine Chui  —  Three American servicemembers …
Discussion: WTOP News and Middle East Monitor
Ali Bianco / Politico:
How MAGA Turned on Maria Elvira Salazar … The event's emcee, Weston City Commissioner Fabio Andrade, in town for the event, hyped up the crowd and warned of a “Machiavellian plan” by Democratic socialists to take over the U.S. He moved about the room, turning the mic to voters one by one.
Mike Konczal:
2028 Won't Be the 2020 Ideas Primary Again  —  The immediate demands, incentives, governing lessons, and economic constraints shaping Democrats' next policy agenda.  —  In my little world, people are talking a lot about an “ideas primary” taking place following the midterms and going into the 2028 Democratic primary.
Discussion: Politico
Penelope Laurans / Yale News:
William Nordhaus, Nobel laureate who integrated economics and climate change, devoted Yale citizen … William D. Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics, Emeritus, whose influential work as an economist transformed a field and who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics for his pioneering work …
Discussion: Paul Krugman
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Judge tosses Trump lawsuit against WSJ, Murdoch over Epstein story  —  A federal judge on Saturday threw out President Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over the paper's reporting on Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein,
 
 
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Maciej Martewicz / Bloomberg:
Polish President Holds Crisis Talks as Court Standoff Grows
Politico:
In a New Jersey House race, Trump is putting a centuries-old family legacy at risk
Discussion: Gothamist
Axios:
The AI boom's political reckoning
Discussion: Bloomberg
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Judge orders DOJ to stop threatening election officials
Alex DeLuca / Washington Post:
Florida election officials alarmed at slow delivery of mail-in ballots
New York Times:
Brace Yourself for an ‘Unusual Election’
 Earlier Items: 
Politico:
Medicaid work requirements go live in two months. Many states won't be ready.
Discussion: NewsNation
Wall Street Journal:
Prediction Markets Keep Whiffing on Elections. Will They Miss on the Midterms?
Discussion: The Enterprise
Wall Street Journal:
Why Did All the Fiscal Hawks Go Extinct?
Discussion: The National Pulse
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
The US Military Is On A Precipice
Discussion: Fox News and Global Arab Network
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Blackburn's move to governor leaves Hegseth with potential parachute
Discussion: Bloomberg and KRDO
Thomas Frank / Politico:
The final sprint to Election Day
New York Times:
As Midterms Near, Top Law Firms That Capitulated to Trump Are on the Sidelines
 

 
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Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI has secured ~$11B in commitments for its latest funding round, less than half its initial $30B target, and expects to raise more in coming weeks

Angela Christy / Reuters:
Binance says it has covered 90% of its hack losses, having set aside $6.34B+ of company funds; the remaining 10% is in less liquid tokens

Steven Levy / Wired:
John Ternus says Apple doesn't “want to ship AI for AI's sake” and that Tim Cook is “available to help wherever I ask” on policy; Ternus has yet to meet Trump
 
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