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Associated Press:
FBI visits Dan J. Sullivan donor in candidate's home town as Alaska Senate inquiry widens  —  The FBI on Friday began reaching out to donors of Dan J. Sullivan asking about potential deception, as federal authorities ramped up their investigation over the U.S. Senate candidate in Alaska who shares a name with the Republican incumbent.
Anna Griffin / New York Times:
Democrats File Suit Over Closed Polling Places in Rural Alaska  —  Voting sites in 18 far-flung communities failed to open, the suit claims.  —  As a Justice Department lawsuit challenging the presence of two U.S. Senate candidates named Dan Sullivan on the Alaska ballot plays out …
New York Times:
El-Sayed Doesn't Want Haley Stevens to Join Him at Sunday Event  —  Tensions have flared between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, and his former primary rival.  “I don't want any distractions,” Dr. El-Sayed said Saturday.  —  Dr. Abdul El-Sayed …
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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 …
Ben Johansen / Politico:
The last weekend of midterm campaigning begins
Discussion: Mediaite
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Republicans Tried to Turn the Cheesecake Factory Against Democrats.  It Flopped.  —  In the waning days of the midterm election campaign, Republicans have finally stumbled on a closing message: defending the honor of the Cheesecake Factory.  —  Last week, Barack Obama made a viral crack …
Discussion: DeLong's Grasping …
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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.
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter  —  Ruling ‘with prejudice’ means US president may not amend or refile his lawsuit over his alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein  —  A US judge dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal …
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Andrew Childers / Democracy Docket:
DHS Secretary Mullin claims 300,000 noncitizens under investigation for illegally voting  —  Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed his department is investigating 300,000 cases of potential noncitizens voting, with 1,600 active investigations.
Discussion: Fox News and NewsMax.com
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Judge orders DOJ to stop threatening election officials
Laurie Perez / CBS News:
Video shows immigration agent detaining man in North Hollywood, pointing gun at bystander  —  Los Angeles leaders are speaking out after video captured the moments when what appeared to be a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pointed a gun at a bystander as a different man was detained in North Hollywood on Friday.
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Salvador Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Video shows ICE agent pointing handgun in face of North Hollywood bystander
Discussion: FOX 11 Los Angeles and Newsweek
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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Ros Krasny / Bloomberg:
US Embassy Warns of Mass Casualty Threat at Moscow Museum
Discussion: Townhall and Global News
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
In unusual email, Social Security Administration touts Trump days before elections  —  Days before consequential midterm elections, the head of the Social Security Administration blasted out an email to the public praising President Donald Trump.  —  “Under President Donald J. Trump …
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.
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Calls Former Lawyer's $50 Million Deal ‘Obnoxious and Outrageous’  —  At a Halloween event in Florida, President Trump told reporters that Alina Habba Mildon's lucrative work for someone seeking a pardon was “not acceptable.”  —  President Trump on Saturday strongly criticized his former lawyer …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
2026 Democratic candidates throw Joe Biden under the bus on the border  —  From Senate to House races, in red and purple areas, Democrats are looking to make a clean break from Joe Biden's unpopular border enforcement policies in a bid to redefine the party.
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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