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AP“Mullin said there was no indication yet that “this was a nefarious attack against us. It’s just a telecommunications outage.””

Washington Examiner“due to rolling frequency outage in multiple centers.”

CNN“The outages across the country involve air traffic control radars as well as radio frequencies simultaneously going out, according to an aviation source familiar with what controllers are dealing with.”

New York Post“The stoppage was potentially caused by an upgrade to new software, a source told The Post.”

Axios“The FBI is probing whether the problems were caused by a software update gone bad, Bloomberg reports.”

AP“Mullin said investigators will look at whether there is any link to the FAA’s nationwide rollout of a new artificial intelligence system to help identify problems and reroute planes.”

Fox Business“The FAA told Fox News any claims there was a software outage issue are false.”

Axios“Democrats' midterm gains could sideline Electoral College by 2028”

Politico“Democrats who just triumphed in a number of battlegrounds are facing pressure to make their states just a little less powerful in the fight for the presidency.”

Washington Examiner“plan to leverage their massive midterm election victory to sideline the Electoral College and decide the next president by popular vote.”

National Review“After decades of Republican dominance in state legislatures, Democrats now control enough state governments to push the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact past its 270-vote activation threshold and dismantle the Electoral College from below.”

The Washington Post“A movement to give the presidency to whoever receives the most votes nationally has new momentum after Democrats swept state races in the midterm elections, but still faces major hurdles in legislative chambers and courtrooms.”

NPR“Still, he managed to survive the former - except for Thomas Massie, who sponsored the resolution to impeach him, all other Republicans in the House voted against it - and sought to turn the latter into a PR opportunity.”

NPR“On Thursday, the embattled Defense secretary tried to regain control of the narrative.”

NBC News“The incident happened at a politically fraught time for Hegseth.”

Forbes“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded the U.S. Army soldier who reprimanded his group for their behavior at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day—days after Hegseth survived an impeachment attempt.”

The Hill“Decorum is fiercely observed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, one of the most sacred war memorials in the nation.”

The Hill“Hegseth hosted the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, the Old Guard, at the Pentagon on Thursday where he “proudly” awarded Spc. Thomas Iglesias the Joint Service Commendation Medal for the “execution of his duties” at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a Pentagon official told The Hill.”

Fox News“Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Thursday awarded a medal to the Army soldier who reprimanded him and his entourage at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after laughter was heard from the group on Veterans Day.”

The Washington Times“A day later, Mr. Hegseth awarded that soldier for sticking to his duties, no matter whom he was scolding.”

Deutsche Welle“The Joint Service Commendation Medal is seen as one of the US military's top awards and is not usually given to junior enlisted service members.”

Anadolu Agency“The hypothetical contest would be prohibited under the US Constitution's 22nd Amendment, which bars anyone from being elected president more than twice.”

Fox News“During the interview, however, Smith floated a hypothetical matchup between Trump and Obama if they could both run for a third term.”

Newsmax“President Donald Trump told an interviewer that veto power could persuade Democrats to seek deals on healthcare and immigration after they take control of Congress in January.”

Newsmax“In a hypothetical presidential matchup against former President Barack Obama, Trump confidently predicted victory.”

The Jerusalem Post“Another striking exchange came when Smith presented Trump with a hypothetical presidential showdown against former president Barack Obama.”

The Hill““And I have the most of the state records of the big states,” he continued. “If you take a look at Texas, I have the all-time record. Florida, I have the all-time record.””

The Hill““I got many more votes than he got, and I got many more votes in the states,””

Newsweek“In the 2024 presidential election cycle, Trump obtained 6,110,125 votes in Florida versus 4,683,038 votes for Harris, according to the Florida Department of State Division of Elections.”

Newsweek“In the 2024 presidential election, Trump won all the swing states and the popular vote with 77,304,290 votes compared to Vice President Kamala Harris' 75,019,761 votes.”

Newsweek“In the 2012 election, Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney with 62,611,250 votes compared to 59,134,475 votes.”

Newsweek“In Texas, Trump obtained 6,393,597 votes compared to Harris' 4,835,250 votes in the 2024 presidential election.”

Newsweek“_Newsweek_ also reviewed state voting data going back decades in Texas, and Trump had the most votes out of any presidential nominee.”

Newsweek“Given the president currently has a national job approval rating in the 30s, no rational observer believes he could beat Obama in a head-to-head matchup right now.”

HuffPost“57% of Americans said they held a favorable opinion of Obama, versus just 34% for Trump.”

Fox News“After seeing Smith's disbelieving face, the president added, "I think he's highly overrated."”

The Daily Beast“I wasn’t shocked that he said that he’d think he’d beat him, but I was shocked that he’d be so dismissive and disrespectful of Barack Obama.”

AP“The total number of people affected is not clear, but the company said in January that it had more than 450 million paid Microsoft 365 commercial subscriptions.”

NPR“Microsoft 365 apps have around 430 million users globally.”

NBC News“Email traffic to many of the tech giant’s 450 million users came to a halt around midday, with email programs freezing and crashing, and mobile devices unable to refresh inboxes or send messages.”

CNN“Downdetector showed a peak of 130,000 reports about Outlook outages, but that figure understated the scope of the problem, since most people do not report their experiences.”

AP“Microsoft said progress is being made in bringing its popular workplace software back online as a global outage enters its second day, disrupting business communications, police emergency calls, court operations and AI tools.”

Fox Business“Microsoft's suite of workplace products — including its Outlook email service and Copilot AI assistant — returned for some users Friday morning as a global outage dragged into its second day, hampering everyday operations for major businesses and millions of users worldwide.”

Sky News“As of 11am this morning, Sky News Data and Forensics found that 25 out of 44 police force areas in Great Britain had announced parts of their online services had been impacted.”

AP“The Navy has quietly fired or removed several top officers in recent months but broke with its usual practice of announcing those changes, drawing pushback from Congress.”

AP“The developments could set up a contentious confirmation hearing next week for acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao”

The Independent (UK)“According to the letter, the three were removed after the nuclear-powered attack submarine ran into something on the seabed.”

Arkansas Advocate“In the Kalshi suit, Griffin asked a judge to declare that the company violated the state's deceptive trade practices act and to award restitution.”

4029tv“It asks a judge to declare that Kalshi violates Arkansas' gambling laws and to direct Kalshi to pay restitution to users and to the state.”

crypto.news“Gaming lawyer Daniel Wallach identified Arkansas as the eleventh state sued by the CFTC in disputes over prediction-market oversight.”

crypto.news“The agency had previously pursued cases against nine other states.”

Politico“By comparison, 55% viewed moderate Democrats as winners and 58% said progressive Democrats came out on top.”

The Daily Beast“Awkwardly for MAGA, 45 percent of people who identify as MAGA thought that MAGA was a loser in the election.”

The Independent“Among self-identified MAGA Trump voters, 45 percent described the MAGA movement as the loser of the midterms, compared with 43 percent who named moderate Republicans and 42 percent who pointed to working-class Americans.”

The Independent“Fewer MAGA voters placed Trump himself in that category: 34 percent, the same share who named Musk.”

The Daily Beast“MAGA is dead, MAGA is gay … MAGA is effeminate, MAGA is for losers.”

The Daily Beast“He seems more like a b----y old woman than an alpha male.”

The Daily Beast“It’s only the latest sign that Trump had lost one of, if not the most, beneficial parts of his base.”

AFP“Samuel Woolley, a communication professor at the University of Pittsburgh, said post-midterm soul-searching would result in an inevitable "changing of the guard" among influencers espousing Trump's nationalist views.”

New York Post“Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, podcast host Joe Rogan has lost 11 points of approval among young men, bringing him down to 42%. Elon Musk was down 14 points to just 37%, and Tucker Carlson’s favorability fell 8 points, to 24%.”

The Independent“Sean Davis, CEO and co-founder of conservative outlet The Federalist, called on Senate Republican leaders to resign promptly.”

The Guardian“The Israeli military carried out the attack on the hospital, in Khan Younis, early on Thursday saying in a statement it had struck a Hamas commander and other fighters there, without providing evidence.”

Deutsche Welle“Israel said it had targeted a senior Hamas member in a Gaza hospital in an overnight airstrike which reportedly killed six people.”

NPR (AP copy)“In armed conflict, hospitals and their staff are protected under international humanitarian law. A hospital can lose its protected status, however, if it is used for military purposes.”

The Washington Post“A deadly airstrike on the biggest hospital in the southern Gaza Strip highlighted the devastation”

Breitbart“More than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the ceasefire, according to the Gaza health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.”

Must Read Alaska“With Kreiss-Tomkins at 49.64% of the vote, ranked-choice tabulation will decide the final outcome.”

Must Read Alaska“The three Republican tickets combined hold a 1,078-vote lead over Kreiss-Tomkins if every vote stays in play.”

CNN“Facing three Republicans in the general election, Kreiss-Tompkins benefited from a split vote and national headwinds against the party in power.”

The Daily Beast“Ashley St. Clair, Elon Musk’s baby mama and a former MAGA influencer, exposed the purported scheme by posting a series of private Signal messages on Threads that she claims were sent by Trump’s new White House chief of staff.”

HuffPost“Trump has been practically obsessive about the ballroom.”

Raw Story“In the photo, the ballroom's boxy, unfinished shell sprawls across a footprint that appears to dwarf the historic residence next to it, with the familiar South Portico looking small by comparison.”

The Hill“His administration has argued the construction project was necessary for national security, while the National Trust for Historic Preservation said the project exceeds Trump’s authority.”

Hot Air“Today, Rep. Clyburn jumped on the bandwagon, highlighting a new photo of the construction to stoke outrage.”

Hot Air“the chances that anyone is going to tear this down are near zero at this point”

NPR“Of the 36 elections for governor across the country, Kansas was seen as the most likely to flip from Democratic to Republican control.”

Associated Press“For 60 years, when a Kansas governor has retired or been term-limited, the other party’s nominee has won the next election. In fact, Kansas had never previously elected back-to-back Democratic governors.”

Fox News“The victory keeps the governor’s mansion in Democratic hands and marks the third consecutive Kansas gubernatorial election won by a Democrat.”

Fox News“The GOP has carried Kansas in every presidential election since 1968.”

Bloomberg“The US deported a record 483,000 people over the past year, underscoring the scale of an immigration crackdown that has become a political liability for President Donald Trump after Republicans suffered heavy losses in the midterm elections.”

Newsmax“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a record 483,200 illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2026, surpassing the previous high as President Donald Trump's administration intensified its crackdown on illegal immigration.”

CBS News“Still, a record number of reported deportations does not necessarily mean a record number of formal removal orders carried out.”

Associated Press“The numbers released Thursday also fell well short of the White House goal of 1 million deportations annually, a promise it made when it received billions in additional funding from Congress, supercharging the government’s immigration bureaucracy.”

The Washington Times“ICE didn’t come close to that mark — and its rush to reach the numbers it did achieve came with some severe headwinds, particularly after Homeland Security officers shot and killed two U.S. citizens during confrontations in Minnesota in January.”

The Rio Times“The 483,200 total is about 48% of the administration’s stated goal of 1 million removals a year.”

USA Today“if someone in America is making decisions that basically treat Ukrainian territory as if it is not Ukrainian, then it tells us where things are going”

USA Today“systemic restrictions were limiting the speed at which Starshield could be used”

The Daily Beast“President Donald Trump's early-morning Truth Social posting spree has yet again triggered calls for the 25th Amendment.”

The Daily Beast“the 80-year-old lashed out at the "evil and corrupt" Democratic Party while desperately suggesting they will probe the Trump administration once they take control of Congress to cover their own wrongdoings.”

The Independent“Trump's morning meltdown includes reminders he pays his taxes and false claims about presidential salary”

CNN“illegally threatening Republicans,”

Newsmax“President Donald Trump accused Democrats of "threatening Republicans with knowingly false accusations and charges" to deflect from "massive" corruption and crime in blue states.”

The Washington Times“We don't need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed," Mr. Trump said on social media. "We've got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we've got their Strait!”

Associated Press“"The intention was to sneak this through," Takano said. "Well, all I can say is, I think it's a shallow, a hollow victory because it will go nowhere in the Senate."”

The Hill“"On Veterans Day of all days, using dirty tricks to steal from Veterans is a disgrace."”

Politico“He said no Democrat asked for the recorded tally "because of the treachery and trickery of the majority."”

The Washington Times“Rep. Mike Bost, Illinois Republican and chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, said Democrats were "asleep at the wheel" and neglected to request a roll-call vote.”

Associated Press copy carried by Breitbart“"If nobody calls for the vote, it's passed, which is a good thing," said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.”

Newsweek“Some veterans who file future disability claims for sleep apnea or tinnitus could receive lower compensation under new legislation passed by the House on Veterans Day.”

Newsweek“As a result, requiring a CPAP machine would no longer, by itself, satisfy the criteria for a 50 percent rating if the bill became law.”

Associated Press“The centerpiece of the package is an effort to boost compensation for [an estimated 58,000 veterans](https://apnews.com/hub/veterans) who are medically retired because of combat-related injuries.”

MS NOW“An Interior Department spokesperson called the whistleblower claims “100% false,” though Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman of California, who’s expected to chair the Natural Resources Committee in the next Congress, is clearly taking the matter seriously.”

Associated Press“Millions of Spanish workers shut down businesses and public transportation across the eurozone’s fourth largest economy on Wednesday before thousands took to the streets of major cities in a nationwide protest over soaring rents and real estate prices.”

Al Jazeera“Millions of workers across Spain are striking to demand government action over the country's housing crisis, less than three weeks before a national election that could bring the far right to power.”

South China Morning Post“A general strike by 4 million Spanish workers – around one-fifth of the total workforce – against the country's housing crisis was mostly peaceful on Wednesday, unions said, though by the evening clashes erupted in some areas of Barcelona and Madrid.”

The Washington Times“Some officials noted that the demonstrations affected only a minority of civil service workers.”

Breitbart“El Español, citing data from the nation’s power grid operator, reports that electric consumption only decreased by 3.9 percent during the strike — an amount much lower than the 13.5 percent decrease documented during the 2012 general strike.”

BBC News“Power usage in Spain fell by 7.5% during the early hours of Wednesday, according to data from operator Red Eléctrica. During the last general strike 14 years ago, equivalent consumption was down by more than 15%.”

Deutsche Welle“While most of the protests were peaceful, strikers in front of Madrid's Mercamadrid wholesale market said police had used pepper spray on the crowd, prompting at least 13 people to seek medical attention.”

The Hill“no one on the Democratic side demanded a recorded vote — a curious silence given that Democrats were whipping against the bill”

Politico“Republicans say Democrats simply neglected to ask for a roll-call vote, allowing the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act to immediately move to the Senate.”

Politico“He said no Democrat asked for the recorded tally “because of the treachery and trickery of the majority.””

Associated Press“Rep. Mike Bost, chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, calling Democrats “asleep at the wheel.””

The Washington Times“Rep. Mike Bost, Illinois Republican and chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, said Democrats were “asleep at the wheel” and neglected to request a roll-call vote.”

The Guardian (US)“Trump wooed Latino voters in 2024, then alienated them, with ICE tactics shifting Latino voters toward Democrats”

El Pais (English/US edition)“The Latinos who used their vote to punish Trump over ICE”

Politico“"This is an earthquake," Democratic Latino operative Sergio Gonzalez told POLITICO on the sidelines of Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa's victory party in Austin.”

The Hill“the aggressiveness of ICE, the detentions, the deportations, the killings, and the whole really traumatic experience that the country has lived through with ICE on the streets of our nation had a dramatic impact on Latino voters coming out.”

Vox“But in retrospect, that outcome looks more like a blip”

The Federalist“toward the GOP back to Democrats this midterm election, the reason for that reversal was not immigration, but the economy.”

Reuters“Nationally, however, the economy remained the dominant issue among Hispanic voters. In exit polling conducted by SSRS, 45% named the economy as the country's top issue.”

Politico“unhappy with the economy and furious over Trump's immigration enforcement fled the party in droves.”

Reuters“Affordability remained a major concern, but outside polling places on Election Day immigration was mentioned repeatedly in Reuters interviews with Latino voters.”

NPR“But not so fast, buckaroo, Latino voters - they're not going to hitch their wagon to any political party.”

Axios“Just four Republicans signed the petition: Massie, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania. The other 214 signatures came from Democrats.”

ABC News“All 214 Democrats and four lame-duck Republicans signed the petition, including Massie and Reps. Nancy Mace, Ralph Norman and Brian Fitzpatrick.”

CBS News“Four Republicans, including Massie, and all Democrats have added their names.”

Washington Examiner“Three other Republicans, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), and Ralph Norman (R-SC), joined Massie and all Democrats in signing the petition.”

The Washington Times“None of them will serve in the next Congress.”

The Hill“to illegally withhold over 2.5 million pages of documents.”

Newsmax“saying in July that it "continues to unlawfully withhold over 3 million Epstein files."”

Newsmax“The Department of Justice has released more than 3 million pages under that law, though it previously said it had collected more than 6 million pages.”

Newsweek“The department says it complied after releasing roughly 3 1/2 million pages, but lawmakers dispute that claim”

CNN“Speaking to reporters Monday night, Boebert did not concede the race and suggested she was looking ahead to military and overseas ballots still coming in.”

Breitbart“Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has not conceded her reelection bid in Colorado's 4th Congressional District”

Washington Times“Ms. Boebert has not conceded and says she will wait until all votes are counted.”

The Independent“Rep. Lauren Boebert refused to concede her race in Colorado's 4th Congressional District after CNN projected Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher to unseat her.”

The Daily Beast“A MAGA congresswoman's refusal to acknowledge her presumptive electoral defeat has become a magnet for mockery online.”

BBC“Several US House races are also too close to call, including that of Lauren Boebert, a prominent ally of President Donald Trump, who is facing a tight re-election contest”

KKTV“The votes aren't in. So why would I concede if the votes aren't all in?" Boebert said.”

Breitbart“"Declaring victory now is like icing a cake before it comes out of the oven," she continued.”

The Hill“"The fat lady ain't sung yet," Boebert told TMZ's Jacob Wasserman near the House steps.”

The cake and the fat lady are both on the record, both from the candidate, and the desk notes that she is contesting the call while conceding the calendar — Friday comes, the count finishes, and per CNN“whatever comes of that, then we'll accept that and move forward in whatever way," she said. A campaign that promises to accept the result is a different object from a campaign that disputes the count, and this corpus contains the first object. The Daily Beast's own evidence supports the reading its headline crowds out: it quotes her saying the race isn't over "until the fat lady sings" — and, further down, that "she would not run again in 2028 if certified results show she lost.”

KKTV“Lauren Boebert says she won't run again in 2028 if she loses Colorado's 4th Congressional District race”

HuffPost“with an offer tailor-made for one of the president’s well-known weak spots as he pitched a Medicare-for-all program.”

Townhall“It might sound like a joke, but El-Sayed assured CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that he was entirely serious.”

Townhall“And El-Sayed apparently doesn’t care whose name is on the program, as long as he can make American taxpayers foot the bill for government-run healthcare.”

Townhall“For all the branding, it is simply a single-payer health insurance system that would replace most private coverage with a government-run plan.”

New York Post“The Democrat’s offer comes despite Trump’s long-running opposition to the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, which he has repeatedly sought to repeal.”

Washington Examiner“Palantir CEO Alex Karp is moving away from President Donald Trump after Republicans suffered devastating losses in the midterm elections.”

Washington Examiner“While he has been allied with the Trump administration since last year, the chief executive says he is a lifelong Democrat and that Palantir is inherently progressive in its philosophy.”

The Hill“The firm is contracted by ICE, particularly to provide identification technologies for the agency’s controversial activities.”

Forbes“Karp, whose company has directly supported Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations through an AI surveillance platform, acknowledged the Trump administration’s mishandling of immigration enforcement to Politico.”

New York Post“The midterm elections this month saw a Democratic blowout of GOP candidates even in deep-red territory — and it appears it's led one prominent tech figure who buddied up to President Trump to change his tune.”

New York Post“Palantir CEO Alex Karp bragged about his lefty bona fides and claimed he'd back a Democrat for president in a new interview with Politico, sparking mockery for the seemingly shameless flip-flop.”

The New Republic“Nobody is buying Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s claim that he was a Democrat this whole time, right?”

Al Jazeera“While Stevens' endorsement of Rogers would likely not subject her to typical forms of congressional discipline, like expulsion or censure, Democrats may opt to remove her from the Democratic Caucus.”

Idaho Capital Sun“But the Secretary of State’s Office says that an early review of the missed votes show they wouldn’t change the outcomes of races.”

Native News Online“Although an initial review indicated that the additional votes would not change any election outcomes, the final results will depend on the verified count.”

Native News Online“Because the missing votes originated in Latah County, the recount could affect the reported totals in the district’s legislative races.”

CBS News“delivering Democrats an eighth flipped Senate seat after the dramatic race had been up in the air for days.”

The New Republic“Democrats have done the unthinkable and flipped a Senate seat in Mississippi.”

MS NOW“He won 38 of Mississippi’s 82 counties, including 18 that Trump carried in 2024.”

BBC News“The party flipped Senate seats in Republican strongholds, including Texas, South Carolina, Kansas and Iowa.”

Sky News“A majority of Mississippi voters said they disapproved of Donald Trump's overall job performance, citing both the US president's tariffs and the country's military action in Iran, according to NBC News exit polling.”

Al Jazeera“The left-leaning party flipped at least eight US Senate seats that are currently held by Republicans.”

CBS News“...from The New York Times details an alleged secret effort by people aligned with her campaign to help recruit the second Dan Sullivan.”

Fox News“The campaign for Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola actively participated in an effort to peel votes away from incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan by recruiting namesake and spoiler candidates, according to an investigation The New York Times published Wednesday.”

Al Jazeera“aides to Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat challenging Republican Senator Sullivan for a crucial seat, helped recruit candidates bearing names similar to Sullivan's in an apparent bid to manipulate the ballot and siphon votes from the incumbent”

Buried inside that gradient is the only genuinely unresolved question in the corpus. Did Peltola herself know? Fox News relays the sharpest answer available: her former campaign manager Elisa Rios, fired in August, told the Times that while Peltola was not directly involved in orchestrating the project, she was "definitely aware." The campaign's own line, per the same file“The Alaskans for Mary campaign has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign and did not recruit any candidates into the race". PBS NewsHour records the denial at one remove — "Peltola has denied knowledge of the recruitment efforts" — and Al Jazeera carries her in her own voice: "I knew nothing about any other candidate on the ballot except for me and the incumbent. That is all I have ever known about. I am not interested in tricking voters.”

AP“while commemorating this solemn day, a soldier correctly and respectfully reminded everyone to maintain decorum.”

CBS“While commemorating this solemn day, a soldier correctly and respectfully reminded everyone to maintain decorum.”

BBC“prompting the US Army sentinel guarding the tomb to shout. "All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times", the sentinel said.”

NBC News“the sentinel shouted at the group: "All visitors will maintain atmospheric silence and respect at all times."”

CBS“leading a U.S. Army sentinel to belt out: "All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times."”

CNN“"All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times." the sentinel called out, stopping his patrol to face the group as they departed.”

The Independent“An on-duty guard stopped his patrol and issued a stern warning over the noise: "All visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times!"”

Newsweek“the guard on duty warned them to "maintain silence" and "pay respect."”

Deutsche Welle“A Republican-led United States House of Representatives committee on Tuesday released tens of thousands of pages from the probe into disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein amid the case becoming a political headache for the Trump administration.”

CNN“President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner said Wednesday he and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff would travel to Moscow after talks in Abu Dhabi to end the Ukraine war ended with no clear breakthrough.”

New York Post“Officials at U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday that the sides have agreed a large exchange of prisoners of war.”

TASS“Contrary to statements by French officials, there were no Europeans present”

Fox News (quoting Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis.)“His ability to communicate is really kind of unrivaled by anybody else in the House right now.”

MS NOW“I've long argued that Jordan has earned the label of Congress' Worst Member.”

CNN“The choice to elevate one of the GOP's most combative figures signals Republicans are ready for all-out battle against Democrats in 2027.”

Washington Examiner“Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will lead House Republicans for the final two years of the Trump administration.”

CNN“Multiple credible whistleblowers have approached Huffman's committee in recent weeks to voice concern that the Interior Department is getting rid of records in anticipation of forthcoming scrutiny, the sources told CNN.”

IBTimes UK“Congressional sources told CNN that multiple whistleblowers had recently approached Huffman's committee with concerns that the Interior Department was disposing of records before the incoming Democratic majority could investigate.”

Raw Story“Several credible whistleblowers have approached the Democratic staff of the House Natural Resources Committee in recent weeks with concerns that the department is disposing of documents ahead of forthcoming scrutiny, congressional sources told CNN.”

Truthout“CNN reports that administration officials are rushing to shred key paperwork before Democrats take charge of Congress in January.”

Gizmodo“House Democrats sent letters to 36 federal agencies and private companies on Monday telling them to preserve all documents related to President Donald Trump's many construction projects.”

Truthout“That report found that Interior Department officials have 'routinely shredded official documents and use disappearing Signal messages — even for mundane scheduling matters — to avoid communications being preserved, as is required by the Federal Records Act.'”

Gizmodo“Politico first reported on the possible destruction of records in Trump's government back in August.”

The Daily Beast“Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell appeared dazed and confused when asked about this week's midterm results in a video that has renewed concerns about the 84-year-old's fitness for office.”

The Daily Beast“Duchardt was eventually waved away by the senator's minders”

IBTimes UK“It does not establish whether he heard the reporter, chose not to answer or was experiencing a health problem.”

IBTimes UK“The silence is notable because the question concerns a significant political setback for his party. Yet the exchange offers no explanation for his lack of response.”

The Guardian“John Fetterman, the maverick Democratic senator who has provoked widespread anger by increasingly siding with Republicans, is to be challenged for his Pennsylvania seat by a democratic socialist candidate who is originally from Gaza.”

Newsweek“He has seen his approval ratings plummet and has grown increasingly isolated from the Democratic Party, largely because of his staunch support for Israel.”

Fox News“setting up a race against one of the Senate's most vocal supporters of Israel.”

The Daily Wire“a Democratic Socialists of America member who has urged anti-Zionist Israelis to sabotage military vehicles.”

The Daily Wire“I feel fairly fed up with the endless discussion of Jewish-Israeli feelings and sensibilities," Moor wrote. "I am indifferent about whether Zionist Israelis regard BDS as antisemitic.”

Fox News“Bipartisan frustration over the war in Iran, quietly simmering for months, is now openly erupting after Democrats stunned the country with historic victories in the House and Senate.”

Washington Times: headline“Democratic lawmakers and at least one Republican planning for Hegseth's impeachment”

The Guardian“Moderates are also taking a victory lap.”

Newsweek“each side will argue the victory belongs to them”

The Hill“Adam Hamilton in Kansas, Annie Andrews in South Carolina and James Talarico in Texas becoming the first Democrats elected to the Senate from their respective states since 1934, 1988 and 1998, respectively”

Al Jazeera“A record number of candidates for federal offices who were backed by or affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) won in Tuesday's US midterm elections, marking the most successful night the left-leaning movement has had in national politics so far.”

Breitbart“Fourteen million people in four of America's largest cities are now under the rule of socialist mayors after the midterm elections on Tuesday.”

Washington Examiner“I don't think this story is accurate," Mullin said. "I don't know if I believe that at all because we're doing alleged sources, nothing has been verified by this.”

Reuters“Quiñones was at the center of Trump's attempts to leverage the Justice Department to exact revenge on his political adversaries.”

The Independent“It has also been at the center of Trump's attempts to leverage the Justice Department to exact revenge on his political adversaries and shape US foreign policy.”

CNN“Quiñones resigned from his position as the US Attorney in Southern Florida under pressure from department leadership, despite his willingness to pursue some of the most controversial investigations desired by the president, according to sources familiar with the matter.”

Democracy Docket“Quiñones' departure could signal the end of the politically motivated investigation.”

The Hill“The newest Michigan senator used the playful nickname of Habibi to push back on the right-wing rhetoric about his religion”

The Washington Sun“After what he called 'one of the ugliest campaigns we've seen in our lifetime' — which included President Donald Trump calling El-Sayed a 'jihadist' — Michigan's soon-to-be newest senator addressed Vice President JD Vance by calling him 'habibi.'”

Al Jazeera“called him a 'jihadist' and attempted to link him to the Muslim Brotherhood movement, without providing any evidence”

The New Arab“has refused to water down his culture and heritage”

The Washington Times“'This is how the Left steals elections,' Katie Miller, wife of Trump aide Stephen Miller, posted of the equipment malfunction that delayed ballot counting in Westchester County, New York, on Tuesday.”

Democracy Docket“Gessler said he worked as an election expert for the Trump campaign in 2020. Ahead of the 2024 election, Gessler was Trump's attorney when Colorado voters unsuccessfully challenged Trump's ability to appear on the state's Republican presidential primary ballot and any future ballot because of his role leading up to the attack on Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.”

Democracy Docket“The statement came from attorney Scott Gessler, Colorado's former Republican secretary of state and an election denier who has echoed President Donald Trump's debunked claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.”

HuffPost“Rep Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), who proudly backed Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him, hinted at wrongdoing this week in the vote tally of her own midterm election race.”

Newsmax“The campaign did not specify which voting patterns prompted its investigation or provide evidence of election irregularities, according to Mediaite.”

Fox News“The campaign's statement did not specify which voting patterns it was examining.”

The Daily Wire“'Jim Crow Relic': Talarico Calls For Ending Senate Filibuster”

Breitbart“Democrat James Talarico Supports Terminating Filibuster: 'Jim Crow Relic'”

Democracy Now!“Talarico is also calling on fellow Democrats to abolish the filibuster”

Roll Call“As Democrats continue their victory lap after their big wins on election night, outside groups and incoming freshmen are already turning up the pressure — and laying out competing visions of what the next two years should look like.”

Breitbart“Trump continued to warn that Democrats would terminate the filibuster "on the first hour of their first day."”

The Daily Wire“Now that Democrats have taken the Senate, Trump's warnings about what Democrats might do are becoming a central question for the incoming majority.”

The Washington Post“The sheer improbability that a 100-year-old statute would contain authority, unknown to every previous administration, to erect a 250-foot arch at a principal location in the Nation's capital indicates how far Defendants must stretch to justify this project”

NPR“She laid out her reasoning in a 33-page opinion, in which she scrutinized the administration's competing justifications for the arch — particularly its sudden emphasis on national security.”

The Washington Times“Judge Tanya Chutkan, an Obama appointee and frequent legal wrangler with Mr. Trump, said the administration cut too many procedural steps in rushing the arch's approval, likely violating the Commemorative Works Act.”

Breitbart“The White House on Friday dismissed a legal ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's massive triumphal arch project in Washington, criticizing an 'activist' judge for temporarily halting construction.”

Breitbart“The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) — which is stacked with Trump supporters — on Thursday voted 8-4 to approve the project after hearing hours of testimony from dozens of furious opponents.”

The Independent“The late Thursday decision from District Judge Tanya Chutkan arrived within an hour of a federal planning commission filled with Trump's allies approving the plans, following several hours of public comments urging the panel to reject it.”

The Washington Post“Six of the panel's 12 seats are controlled by Trump, and two more are held by his GOP congressional allies, who have swiftly approved the president's past projects.”

NBC News“Trump focuses on White House decor for second straight day in post-midterm remarks”

AFP“redoubling his focus on beautifying the White House despite a brutal midterms defeat for his Republican Party”

Washington Times“President Trump on Thursday declared the Oval Office a national monument, a move that protects his extensive renovations to the historic room from being undone by his successors.”

The Independent“Trump tries to prevent anyone from changing his gold-covered Oval Office by declaring it a landmark”

Reuters“Trump takes action to make sure the Oval Office stays oval”

New York Post“I've made clear that I'm not looking to be the next Democratic leader,”

The Washington Times“No. Because as I've said, I'm very actively kicking the tires on 2028 because I think that these debates will be resolved during that process”

POLITICO“wants to have conversations about the majority’s legislative agenda before Democrats hold a leadership election, which is expected in early December.”

The Daily Beast“Questions about the future of the oldest member of Congress have been raised after Democrat Rob Sand won Iowa's gubernatorial race to replace Republican Kim Reynolds.”

The New Republic“Regardless of Grassley's politics, he is the primary example of the gerontocracy that plagues Congress, particularly in the Senate.”

The Times“Turek told friends after his win that he suspected Grassley would retire within two months to allow the outgoing Republican governor to replace him with Hinson.”

The New Republic“Leaks from within the Trump administration are targeting the White House adviser and deputy chief of staff for policy, with unnamed sources attacking him.”

The New Republic“After Republicans were soundly defeated in Tuesday’s midterm elections, the GOP’s knives are coming out for Stephen Miller.”

The New Republic“The fact that Republicans are bringing this up now, following devastating losses in previously safe, deep-red areas, suggests that they want Miller out.”

The New Republic“It appears that Elon Musk was so embarrassed by the shellacking that Republicans received in the midterms on Tuesday that he deleted his Election Day post endorsing the party.”

The Daily Beast“quietly deleted”

The New Republic“That may explain the deleted post.”

The Center Square“The current board of 15 members holds a Republican majority, which appears to be preserved after the election.”

The Texan“The newly elected board members will be sworn in during the SBOE's January 25–29 meeting, with eight Democrats and seven Republican members, if unofficial results hold.”

ABC13“If this week's results are certified, the board would shift to eight Democrats and seven Republicans.”

Texas Tribune“Even if Republicans hold onto an 8-7 majority — down from the current 11-4 makeup — Democrats will gain significant say in board decisions moving forward.”

Texas Tribune“Democrat Dana Van de Walker leads Republican incumbent Audrey Young by fewer than 600 votes, with an estimated 8% of votes still uncounted.”

KERA News“Democrat Dana Van De Walker beat Republican incumbent Audrey Young for the District 8 seat by a little more than 500 votes.”

ABC13“unofficial results show Democrat Dana Van De Walker defeating Republican incumbent Audrey Young by 569 votes”

The Texan“SBOE Member Audrey Young (R-Dist. 8) is projected to have lost by 564 votes out of almost 600,000 to Democrat Dana Van De Walker.”

The Center Square“Incumbent Republican Audrey Young and Democrat Dana Van De Walker are tied 50-50.”

Dallas Morning News“Before voters took to the polls, the board was composed of 11 Republicans and four Democrats. Starting in January, seven Republicans and seven Democrats will sit on the board. One race remains too close to call, election results show.”

Dallas Morning News“Elsewhere, outside Houston, the District 8 race is too close to call. Democrat Dana Van de Walker leads Republican incumbent Audrey Young by fewer than 600 votes.”

Dallas Morning News“The current makeup paved the way for a conservative supermajority to pass unprecedented changes this summer, including a Bible-infused reading list and a social studies curriculum that linked Islam to violence.”

Reuters“That Boca Chica expansion could face resistance as Hinojosa has opposed the potential sale of a beachfront state park to SpaceX after Texas Monthly reported officials had discussed the deal.”

CNN“made opposition to data centers a major plank of her campaign”

CNN“SpaceX has faced public criticism for the operation of its spaceport, "Starbase," on Texas' Gulf Coast”

Breitbart“selling our beach to Elon Musk is just something that is almost unimaginable. It's unacceptable.”

Breitbart“Our beaches are enshrined in our Texas Constitution as being free and open to the people of Texas.”

The New Republic“Republican Representative Thomas Massie says he has enough support to force a vote on his second Epstein Transparency Act.”

Forbes“the petition has now also gotten support from four Republicans, including himself, meaning it now has the 218 signatures necessary to move forward.”

Washington Examiner“The discharge petition currently sits at 216 out of the 218 necessary signatures to trigger a vote, but the final two signatures are expected to be delivered by Democrats when the House returns.”

Newsweek“In September, Khanna announced that the lawmakers had commitments from 218 members for the second transparency effort, including support from Republican Representatives Ralph Norman, Mace and Brian Fitzpatrick.”

Axios“announced in September that they had received sufficient signature commitments for the measure — but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent the House home early.”

IBTimes UK“Massie's statement is a prediction about next week's progress, not confirmation that 218 formal signatures have already been recorded.”

IBTimes UK“The petition associated with this effort concerns H.Res. 1430, the procedural resolution connected to bringing the legislation to the floor.”

IBTimes UK“It should not be described as a petition directly removing H.R. 9694 from committee.”

Newsweek“Massie and Khanna introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II on August 5.”

IBTimes UK“H.R. 9694 was introduced on 15 July 2026 by Massie, Democratic Representative Ro Khanna, and Democratic Representative Teresa Leger Fernández.”

Newsweek“On January 30, 2026, the Justice Department announced that it had published more than 3 million additional pages.”

The New Republic“The Department of Justice continues to unlawfully withhold over 3 million Epstein files that should be released to the public”

CNN“The five justices – who were all appointed by Democratic governors – at times appeared open to Trump’s arguments that federal election law and presidential immunity could affect the conviction.”

Politico“A panel of New York state appeals court judges appeared split Thursday on whether to uphold President Donald Trump’s criminal conviction for a hush-money scheme to cover up an alleged affair with Stormy Daniels.”

AP“but the court didn’t signal how or when it would rule.”

The Guardian“On Thursday, a panel of five appellate judges peppered prosecutors and Trump’s lawyer with questions, particularly about the defense’s argument that prosecutors’ legal theory was built on a shaky combination of alleged state and federal offenses.”

CBS News“Giuffra and Wu were interrupted frequently by a five-judge panel that pelted them with questions picking apart their arguments.”

MS NOW“The five-judge panel posed tough questions to both Giuffra and Steven Wu, who argued to uphold the conviction on behalf of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office.”

The Hill“It left several of the judges on Thursday questioning where to draw the line.”

The Washington Times“While pursuing his state appeal, Trump also has been trying to shift the case to federal court and have it dismissed on immunity grounds.”

The Independent“The historic ruling did not stop him from returning to the White House, and it brought no punishment.”

The Hill“His most recent rejection of Trump’s arguments is set to head to a federal appeals court later this month.”

CBS News“The arguments came a week after the death of a judge who was presiding over a yearslong parallel effort by Mr. Trump to move the case from state to federal court.”

BBC“California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of all 548 people on death row in the state, changing them instead to life in prison.”

Reuters“Under Newsom's sweeping grant of clemency, the death sentences of all 548 condemned prisoners will be commuted to life in prison without eligibility for parole.”

The Independent (UK)“He announced on Thursday that he plans to commute every death sentence to life in prison without parole in a decision affecting 548 inmates who are currently on death row in the state.”

AP“The state constitution requires the California Supreme Court’s approval to grant clemency to anyone convicted of a felony more than once, which means the court would have to approve 382 of those commutations, or roughly 70%, according to Newsom’s office.”

CNN“There are 382 cases the California Supreme Court will need to review and approve the commutation, according to the governor’s office.”

CBS News“Some cases will require review by the California Supreme Court because the state constitution requires court approval before a governor can grant clemency to someone convicted of more than one felony.”

Breitbart“Newsom asked the justices to weigh in on 382 of the cases.”

BBC“The decision to spare death row inmates is largely symbolic in a state that has not executed an inmate since 2006, though experts say it could save millions of dollars in court costs each year.”

The Washington Times“Nationwide, roughly 1,957 inmates face execution, including just seven federal or military prisoners.”

Washington Examiner“He added that the clemency action does not repeal the death penalty and only commutes the current death sentences hanging over the state.”

POLITICO“She doesn't list how much in income she made from the firm.”

The Daily Beast“Jennifer, a former Fox News producer, has already been exposed for embedding herself in daily DOD operations, raising questions about a potential conflict of interest within the Pentagon.”

Truthout“marking a massive potential conflict of interest as Democrats prepare a potential impeachment inquiry into the embattled Pentagon chief”

The Daily Mail (UK)“Jennifer's father, who died in 2009, was a Lockheed Martin executive, and she has reportedly joined in on critical meetings on various Pentagon matters with her husband.”

Fox News“I wasn't asked to resign," Dhillon told Fox News Digital. "I resigned three weeks ago, and Susie asked me to please wait until after the midterms.”

Fox News“My decision, my choice," Dhillon said. "It's time.”

CBS News“Trump demanded she be fired after he watched her”

CBS News“Despite the president's demands, Justice Department officials were able to stall for time and allow her to proceed with her plans to resign after the election was over, the sources added.”

Reuters“Dhillon was frustrated that she had been passed over for promotions in the department and wanted to return to her firm to reinvigorate it.”

CNN“With Raman’s victory, the nation’s two largest cities — New York and Los Angeles — will be led by democratic socialists next year.”

Reason“So now L.A. is set to have a Democratic Socialist overseeing the 2028 Summer Olympics, and seeking to undo the wreckage of Democratic politics by trying something a little further to the left.”

Truthout“Voters in Montana on Tuesday delivered a major blow to big moneyed interests by overwhelmingly passing a ballot initiative barring corporate cash from political campaigns in the state.”

Common Dreams“Voters in Montana on Tuesday delivered a major blow to big moneyed interests by overwhelmingly passing a ballot initiative barring corporate cash from political campaigns in the state.”

Bloomberg Law“Montana voters became the first in the nation Tuesday to sign off on an ambitious plan for banishing political dark money, putting the state on a collision course with the landmark Citizens United ruling.”

Bloomberg Law“The ballot initiative, I-194, which passed with 66% support as of early Wednesday morning, harnesses a novel legal theory in an effort to get around the 2010 US Supreme Court decision that dismantled corporate campaign finance regulation.”

Reuters“In Montana, voters decided to bar corporations from spending money on elections”

Reuters“That decision found corporations and unions have a constitutional right to spend unlimited funds on campaigns independently of candidates, opening the door to super PACs and "dark money" groups that do not disclose their donors.”

AP“In court papers, Trump’s attorneys have assailed prosecutors’ legal theory as “a house of cards” built on a shaky combination of alleged state and federal offenses, with “clearly insufficient” evidence and problematic jury instructions.”

ABC News“Trump's attorneys at the white shoe law firm Sullivan & Cromwell argue the case is the "most politically charged prosecution in our Nation's history" and should be reversed.”

CBS News“An Oct. 16 filing by Mr. Trump's attorney Robert Giuffra, the powerful co-chair of the white shoe firm Sullivan & Cromwell, began with a line that Mr. Trump himself frequently said and posted on social media: The case, "should have never been brought."”

The Hill“Trump argues that jurors improperly … by presidential immunity and prosecutors’ theory of the case is preempted by federal campaign finance law. He also says his trial judge … and gave bad instructions to the jury.”

CBS News“The payment, Mr. Trump's attorney argued, should have been subject to federal election laws that they say preempt state prosecutions.”

AP“His lawyers cite presidential immunity for official acts, and they argue his official conduct included responding to the Daniels drama once it became public in 2018.”

The Guardian (US)“The appeal turns on complex legal disputes, with heavy political overtones.”

The Independent (UK)“The appeal turns on complex legal disputes, but the political overtones are hard to miss.”

The Washington Times“The appeal turns on complex legal disputes, but political overtones aren’t hard to find.”

The Guardian (US)“While pursuing his state appeal, Trump has also been trying to shift the case to federal court and have it dismissed on immunity grounds”

AP“Trump’s attorneys are appealing that decision, and arguments on that appeal are set for Nov. 16.”

The Hill“The president is separately attempting to move his appeal to federal court, a push being handled separately”

Bloomberg“Now fresh off an election that dealt Republicans widespread losses as a … the president is on the offensive again - but this time before a panel of judges.”

CBS News“President Trump has been asking advisers around him and on the phone whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should stay in his job, following Republicans' catastrophic losses Tuesday night, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News.”

CBS News“Still, other sources said the president hasn't decided to replace Hegseth.”

Reuters“But sources said Trump could still replace Hegseth as Republicans assess their losses.”

Politico“Despite near universal finger-pointing at the Iran war for his party's losses, Trump is still standing by his Pentagon chief — at least for now.”

The Hill“The president told ABC News's Jonathan Karl that he has “every intention” of keeping Hegseth in the Cabinet, following reporting Wednesday that he was weighing whether the Defense chief should stay in the post after the midterm elections.”

The Washington Times“Mr. Trump is considering replacing Mr. Hegseth at the Pentagon and has been phoning advisers after the catastrophic election results, according to multiple reports. However, Mr. Trump rejected those reports, saying he is not considering firing the secretary.”

Reuters“One Trump adviser said Hegseth "could be on the chopping block" because of the war.”

Fox News“"Hegseth is on the chopping block," a former White House staffer told Fox News Digital later Tuesday of Hegseth's future.”

New York Post“"Knives are definitely out for him among senior West Wing staff," a source close to the White House said, cautioning, "I don't know if it's a foregone conclusion that he's gone."”

Al Jazeera“A fall guy would help.”

The Hill“is projected to win in the traditionally red House district in South Carolina against Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).”

ThePrint“Decision desk HQ (US organisation for election results and data) projected Lacore as the winner.”

MS NOW“While The Associated Press has not yet projected a winner in the race, Lacore told outlets that her Republican opponent, Jenny Costa Honeycutt, had called her to concede.”

Talking Points Memo“The Associated Press has yet to project a winner in the race.”

South Carolina Daily Gazette“With 98% of votes counted at midnight Tuesday, Democrat Nancy Lacore had a 0.7 percentage point lead over Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt.”

South Carolina Daily Gazette“Less than 2,400 votes separate the two, according to unofficial results.”

South Carolina Daily Gazette“In South Carolina, results within a one-point margin require a recount.”

The Hill“The Democrat notched just under 50 percent of the vote, while Honeycutt trailed with just over 48 percent, with all votes tallied as of early Wednesday.”

ThePrint“According to the projected results, Lacore has defeated Honeycutt by more than 3,300 votes, securing 49.7 percent of the vote against her Republican opponent who got 48.6 percent.”

USA TODAY NETWORK / Bluffton Today“put this race outside the margin for an automatic recount.”

South Carolina Daily Gazette“removed her from her job as chief of the Navy Reserve with no reason given”

ThePrint“removed her as Chief of the Navy Reserve without an official reason”

Anadolu Agency“The dismissal formed part of a leadership overhaul directed by the defense secretary”

MS NOW“as part of the Trump administration’s purge of senior military officials”

Rocket City Now“With 95.2% of votes counted as of early Wednesday, Montgomery had 12,456 votes, or 53.3%, to Rigsby’s 10,929 votes, or 46.7%, according to unofficial results. Roughly 23,385 votes had been counted in the race.”

Alabama Political Reporter“Candidate totals sum the reported county rows, including write-ins; percentages use every available choice in that contest.”

Newsweek“Montgomery won with 53.3 percent of the vote to Rigsby’s 46.7 percent, with 95 percent of the votes tallied.”

NBC News“Democrat Allison Montgomery unseated GOP state lawmaker Phillip Rigsby last night to become Alabama's first transgender lawmaker in a district that has voted for Trump three times.”

The Daily Beast“For a president who has made attacking diversity a political obsession, it was quite the election-night plot twist.”

al.com“will become the state’s first openly transgender lawmaker.”

1819 News“a biological male who identifies as female”

The Daily Beast“For a president who has made attacking diversity a political obsession, it was quite the election-night plot twist.”

Newsweek“People across the political spectrum seem to be making a big deal out of the trans thing, but that's not why I ran for this seat”

The Colorado Sun“At midnight, Laubacher, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, had 49.3% of the votes tallied and Boebert had 47.7%. Laubacher was leading by about 5,000 votes, with an estimated 80% of the votes counted.”

The Denver Post“Laubacher had 48.9% of the vote and Boebert had 47.9% as of 6:20 p.m. — a 1-percentage-point margin that had decreased slightly during the day. Some ballots remained left to count, and it was unclear how many.”

USA TODAY“Laubacher has 49.2% of the votes, and Boebert has 47.7% with 99% of the votes counted, according to the Associated Press.”

Washington Examiner“incumbent Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Reps. Jeff Crank (R-CO) were each 1.42 and 6.28 percentage points behind their Democratic challengers at the same time on Wednesday afternoon.”

The Hill“Election handicappers rate the race as likely or lean Republican.”

Breitbart“Throughout his campaign, Biggs focused heavily on the state of immigration enforcement in his state and how it would be drastically different under his leadership.”

Washington Examiner“She garnered 50.7% against Ramaswamy's 46%, with 85% of the vote counted.”

BBC News“Almost eight in 10 voters (79%) said inflation had caused them and their family a severe or moderate hardship in the past year, according to data from voter polls.”

NBC News“It was a historic blue tsunami: The Democratic Party captured both chambers of Congress, flipping as many as seven seats in the Senate and at least 29 in the House of Representatives.”

The Associated Press““This is how the Left steals elections,” Katie Miller, wife of Trump aide Stephen Miller, posted of the equipment malfunction that delayed ballot counting in Westchester County, New York, on Tuesday.”

The Associated Press“He asserted that “election fraud” surely unfolded but “not enough to explain what happened.””

Democracy Docket“But despite Trump’s brutal shellacking, numerous threats to the vote persist.”

The Hill“have all publicly stated they would not back Schumer as majority leader next term.”

Roll Call“Not all the new incoming members say they will support the 75-year-old, and some have called for new blood. But so far, no formidable opponent has emerged.”

Reuters“A handful of new senators-elect have said they would not support him.”

Bloomberg“targeting entrenched corporate interests in Washington before agreeing to back Chuck Schumer or any other aspiring Senate majority leader.”

POLITICO“A major complication for Schumer's critics is that no one else appears eager to take on what is frequently a thankless job, despite months of calls from outside groups and some House Democrats for an alternative candidate.”

Newsweek“Kalshi gave Schumer a 79 percent chance of winning the position on Tuesday, compared with 13 percent for Schatz, 6.9 percent for Murphy, 4 percent for Van Hollen and 2 percent for Booker.”

Al Jazeera“After facing criticism from fellow Democrats for not pushing back hard enough against Trump, as well as anger from progressives over his support for arms sales to Israel, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is now poised to reclaim his position as majority leader.”

Axios“The Electoral College would formally remain in place, and the compact could face constitutional challenges, including over whether congressional approval is required.”

Newsmax“The Electoral College would formally remain intact, but the agreement would effectively prevent a candidate from winning the presidency without also winning the nationwide popular vote.”

Truthout“Such a move would not be unconstitutional, as it complies with the Article II rule that allows states to determine for themselves how to distribute electors.”

The Daily Caller“It is nothing short of an end run around the Constitution itself, a scheme to neutralize the Electoral College and shift power away from competitive swing states to permanent Democrat strongholds like New York and California.”

Axios“The five states would still need to enact the compact, and it's not clear if it will be a priority for the new Democratic states.”

Truthout“In total, those five states, which have not yet passed the compact, make up 61 electoral votes.”

The Downballot“Even if the accord were to hit the 270 mark next year, though, the compact might not come into force immediately, as we'll explain.”

The New Republic“That all depends on whether Democrats in these states think that the compact is a priority.”

Washington Examiner“Even Republican strategists acknowledged that the ad helped to underscore Acton’s working-class background in a state where Democrats are trying to reconnect with those voters”

The Hill“she may have gotten a boost from Ramaswamy’s contentious attack ad.”

Fox News“Ramaswamy lost droves of support and faced bipartisan backlash over a campaign ad featuring Acton's estranged mother calling her daughter a liar”

Breitbart“Acton served as Ohio’s Department of Health director during the early COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when the state became the first in the nation to close all public schools.”

The Guardian“El-Sayed’s victory adds to a decisive Democratic majority in the Senate after the party wrested control of the upper chamber on Tuesday with shock victories in Texas, Kansas and South Carolina.”

Axios“El-Sayed's win offers progressives a powerful new argument in the Democratic Party's debate over how to win back voters.”

USA TODAY“Among Democrats, the Michigan Senate race had become the latest proxy war between the moderate and progressive wings of the party.”

Al Jazeera“For Democrats, the vote was about rejecting Trump’s agenda and defeating the racist rhetoric from the president and his allies.”

The Washington Post“The early results were consistent with pre-election polls showing Democrats favored to win both chambers of Congress.”

Reuters“But the scale of their gains was far greater than most analysts had forecast”

AP“Roughly half of U.S. voters said government corruption and the cost of living were "crucial" to their vote for Congress, higher than the share that said that about immigration enforcement policies, the war in Iran or AI data centers.”

The Washington Post“Voters named the economy, health care and the war with Iran as their top issues, the survey showed.”

Reuters“Nearly two-thirds of voters in the exit polls blamed Trump for high prices”

NPR“The midterm campaign was defined by Americans' frustrations with the high cost of living and perceived public corruption.”

New York Post“People agree with what I’m doing on Iran, but they really probably weren’t willing to do the short-term consequence of paying more for gasoline.”

Fox News“Trump launched an unpopular and pointless war. Gas prices are too high. People can’t afford groceries.”

Responsible Statecraft“Some of the most farming-depending states, including Iowa, Texas, Kansas, and North Carolina, flipped from Republican to Democrat on Tuesday.”

AP“The AP Voter Poll finds about 4 in 10 voters report wanting "to express opposition" to Trump with their vote for Congress.”

AP“Just under 2 in 10 voters wanted "to express support" for the president”

AP“roughly 4 in 10 say Trump was not a factor in their decision.”

The Independent“He asked Americans to vote as if he were, and exit polls suggest they took him at his word.”

Fox News“Tbh most Republican candidates this cycle were uninspiring, lazy, and thoroughly ineffective communicators.”

Washington Examiner“Just so many unforced errors compounding what was already going to be a bad election”

Reuters“The losses are likely to revive questions about Trump's political instincts, particularly his tendency to prioritize personal loyalty over candidates with broader electoral appeal.”

Washington Examiner“He is running nearly 150,000 votes behind Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX)”

Fox News“Way too many mistakes. Bad messaging. Poor candidates. High prices. Unnecessary war that did not go as promised.”

Fox News“It was also the corruption. The incompetence. The tariffs.”

Fox News“But make no mistake, this is more of a collapse of the Republican Party than it is an affirmative vote for the Democrats.”

New York Post“Dems won purely as Trump’s opposition, without expressing any realistic vision going forward”

Northeastern Global News“I do not think we can see this as a clear victory for the Democratic Party’s policy agenda or priorities”

AP“Despite Democrats' relative advantage on issues, though, the Democratic Party is not much more popular with voters than the Republicans.”

Washington Examiner“beat billionaire Republican businessman Rick Jackson in a close race”

New York Post“winning a wider-than-expected victory”

Guam Pacific Daily News“Unofficial results from the Guam Election Commission have the Republican Ada-Calvo team winning the race for Adelup with a 3.3-point lead over Democrat team Terlaje-Perez, with all voter precincts counted up as of about 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday.”

Times of India“Republicans secured eight of the 15 seats in the territory's legislature, compared with seven won by Democrats, according to Public Radio Guam.”

Townhall“In what is hopefully a promising sign for Republicans in the midterm elections, Guam has unofficially elected a Republican governor and a Republican legislative majority together for the first time in 18 years, putting the territory’s government firmly in Republican hands.”

Washington Examiner“The Guam Election Commission still has to certify the results, but the percentages are unlikely to change, with the Republicans receiving over 1,000 more votes than their rivals on the island, which has 59,146 registered voters.”

Townhall“While this is certainly a Republican victory in Guam, it would be unwise to treat it as a sign of a coming red wave for the rest of the country.”

Guam Pacific Daily News“GEC will convene Nov. 19 to count off-island ballots. Election results are pending certification.”

The Guardian (quoting Trump's post)““Guam, which has always been considered strongly Democrat, just had an early call for a REPUBLICAN Victory in the top spot, Governor — Congratulations to Tony Ada! Also, the Republicans have the Majority in the State Senate. Wow, hopefully that’s an indication for things to come!””

The Daily Beast“The president did not acknowledge the early results showing a Democrat leading for Guam’s seat in the House.”

HuffPost“But you wouldn’t know that from President Donald Trump’s narrative on social media, where he ignored the race entirely and claimed victory based solely on the gubernatorial outcome.”

BBC News“Previous administrations have monitored elections in this way but not on the same scale.”

PBS NewsHour“The monitoring program isn't new, but it has faced criticism from voting rights groups concerned about federal interference and voter intimidation.”

The Independent (UK)“The Justice Department deployed about 1,000 federal election monitors to polling sites Tuesday — though most were sent to jurisdictions that have consistently voted for Democrats in recent elections, according to a report.”

USA TODAY“Some voting rights groups, including the NAACP, say they believe the deployment of monitors could suppress turnout and disenfranchise voters, particularly from minority groups.”

Washington Examiner“Since entering office for his second term, Trump’s DOJ has charged 239 people with election fraud-related crimes, according to the department.”

Flathead Beacon“They argue that, as written, it would silence Montana businesses while still allowing out-of-state money into elections.”

Washington Examiner (op-ed)“The 10th Amendment doesn’t give states the right to ignore the First Amendment.”

The Associated Press“But Congress will have a large say in what happens.”

The Washington Post“The agreement was due to expire at the end of 2028.”

The Hill“Israel is considered one of the largest recipients of U.S. foreign aid, which is authorized by Congress.”

Fox News“The current U.S.-Israel security assistance agreement provides about $3.8 billion annually through 2028.”

The New York Post“Trump did not clarify whether “the end of the year” means the deal will end early.”

Anadolu Agency“Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported that officials in the Defense Ministry and military were surprised by Trump’s announcement.”

USA TODAY“U.S. aid to Israel amid its war in Gaza has been one of the most contentious issues leading up to the midterm elections.”

France 24“Netanyahu said in a May interview with CBS that he hoped to wean Israel off US military support within a decade.”

Haaretz“President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States would end financial aid to Israel by the end of the year, saying he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had reached an agreement on ending the payments months ago.”

The Associated Press“It seems unlikely that the department would grant Smith permission, or that he would move forward without it.”

CNN“The judge punted on a dispute over whether former special counsel Jack Smith can be deposed by the defendants.”

Politico“Lett ordered the Justice Department to respond to that letter in writing by Nov. 2 and put any deposition of Smith on hold.”

The Daily Beast“Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense has handed a contract extension worth up to $400 million to a weapons firm that has admitted to fraud against the government.”

Raw Story“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has awarded weapons maker Raytheon a no-bid contract extension worth up to $394 million — despite its admission to defrauding the military, PunchUp reported Monday.”

AlterNet“Hegseth is not the first to be accommodating to Raytheon. The Biden administration saw the Missile Defense Agency add $900 million to the ceiling of the same radar contract a mere nine days after the Justice Department made public the fraud accord in 2024.”

Dagens“The filing stated that suspension or debarment proceedings were “not necessary to protect the U.S. government’s interests.””

Fox Weather“Overall, weather impacts are expected to be limited Tuesday, with light rain possible in some areas.”

New York Post“Ukraine's emergency service confirmed that the Komyshuvakha school targeted in the strike was a building used for distributing humanitarian aid, with two of its rescue workers among the dead.”

BBC News“Zelensky initially put the death toll at 18, but Ukraine's state emergencies service DSNS later said 24 people, including two rescuers and four police officers, were confirmed to have been killed.”

France 24 (AFP)“But hours after the truce, Russia targeted a village in Zaporizhzhia, adjacent to Kherson, with repeated strikes that killed at least 26 people, the acting regional governor said.”

Fox News“At least 26 people, including police officers and first responders, were killed, five others were injured and others remained missing, according to the Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda.”

Newsmax“Zelenskyy also condemned Russian aerial bomb strikes on a school building being used as a humanitarian aid distribution center and shelter in Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region. At least 26 people were reported killed.”

Al Jazeera“Russian forces have bombed an aid centre in Ukraine, killing at least 31 people, according to Ukrainian officials, as the United States announced plans for new peace talks on November 10 and 11.”

The Independent (UK)“The death toll from a Russian attack on an aid distribution site in southern Ukraine has risen to 31, with at least 48 people still missing, officials said.”

The Hill (AP relay)“The death toll from a Russian attack in southern Ukraine on a site where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid rose to 31 on Tuesday, with dozens of people still missing, as a wave of overnight strikes targeted power plants across the country, damaged hospitals and wounded scores of people.”

Associated Press“About 20 people are considered missing and the death toll could rise, these officials say.”

BBC News“Another 10 people were injured and 48 were reported missing after at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit the village of Komyshuvakha in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, regional head Mykhailo Semikin said.”

New York Post“Monday's strike occurred in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, where officials said that 27 people were still missing in the attack.”

The Guardian (US)“The dead included four police officers and two rescue workers, Mykhailo Semikin, acting head of the regional military administration, said on Tuesday. At least five people were hurt. Semikin said 48 people were considered missing.”

Reuters“The Russian Defence Ministry said the attack had targeted Ukrainian military units in areas around Komyshuvakha and two other settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region.”

Reuters“It said in a statement on Tuesday that up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen had been killed, with 15 vehicles and an electronic warfare station also destroyed.”

NBC News“The attacks in the village of Komyshuvakha, in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, occurred as a limited ceasefire expired Monday in Kherson, a different region in the country's south.”

NBC News“The brief pause in fighting, which began on Oct. 27, was part of a humanitarian aid and evacuation mission in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, and marked the most significant truce between Kyiv and Moscow since Russia's full-scale invasion began nearly five years ago.”

France 24 (AFP)“A senior Ukrainian figure told AFP on Sunday that Russia refused a Ukrainian offer to extend the truce.”

Fox News“Nearly 800 people were evacuated during the six-day humanitarian pause, according to first lady Melania Trump, with the White House clarifying that she helped broker the arrangement.”

BBC News“Teams from Ukraine, Russia and the US are due to resume peace talks in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, next week, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said on X.”

Associated Press“In the northeast region of Kharkiv, a combined Russian missile and drone attack wounded at least 62 people, local authorities said.”

The Independent (UK)“Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles and 59 cruise missiles across nine regions, triggering emergency power cuts, president Volodymyr Zelensky said, noting that the barrage coincided with the US's midterm elections.”

Gizmodo“The group, which claims to have secured more than $1 million in funding for its project to out the wealthiest people in the world and their properties, intends to share the home addresses of more than 150 locations that are allegedly owned by members of the 1% class.”

Mezha“The organization also claims to have raised more than $1.2 million from wealthy people who share its view that the concentration of wealth and political power is an existential threat.”

Gadget Review“Unverified claims include $1.2 million raised and dossiers covering $1.4 trillion in combined net worth.”

Mezha“These claims are the group’s own estimates.”

Fort Worth Star-Telegram“She said she didn't realize it was against the Texas Young Republican Federation policy that no board member can publicly state their intention to vote for a non-Republican.”

Raw Story“She acknowledged the Federation’s constitution bars board members from publicly stating an intention to vote for a non-Republican candidate in a partisan race.”

The Daily Beast“Shepheard acknowledged that the group’s rules prohibit members from publicly declaring their intention to vote for a non-Republican.”

Raw Story“In the letter to the Board of the Texas Young Republicans Federation, which she also resigned from Saturday, Shepheard wrote that she “stands by” what she told The Atlantic.”

Fort Worth Star-Telegram“because her party needs a wake-up call that candidates' character matters.”

The Daily Beast“A Texas Republican leader has resigned after refusing to back her party’s scandal-plagued Senate nominee just days before the midterms.”

AlterNet“Forty-three-year-old Texas entrepreneur John Huffman and Hillary Shepheard say they just aren’t willing to bail the party out of its poor choices and help carry Senatorial candidate Ken Paxton or Texas Railroad Commissioner candidate Bo French over the finish line.”

AlterNet“'Has to lose': GOP ditches imploding MAGA before it takes all of them down”

Common Defense Civic Engagement (release)“53% of active-duty respondents say the military becoming more politicized is making them want to separate sooner; just 5% say it makes them want to stay longer. That is double the share who cite pay and benefits (26%).”

Military.com“Common Defense also found that 53% of active-duty service members want to separate from service sooner because they said the military is becoming more politicized.”

The Hill“Fifty-three percent of respondents said they want to separate from the military sooner because of politicization, while 45 percent said policy changes or uncertainty under Trump made them want to exit sooner.”

Military.com“Another 45% said policy changes or uncertainty under the current Trump administration had also made them consider separating sooner.”

The New Republic“Another 45 percent of polled respondents shared that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s policy changes and the ensuing instability had made them consider leaving their stations sooner rather than later.”

The Hill“Common Defense reached respondents online and said the sample “skews older, whiter, more male, and more Republican.” The poll, taken in September and released in October, has a 4-point margin of error.”

The Hill““Democrats could actually absorb a modest-sized polling error and perhaps still prevail given the latest round of surveys,” Silver wrote.”

Axios“Trump carried six of those seven states in 2024, though five of the Democratic leads — Maine (+6), Kansas (+5), Ohio (+5), Alaska (+2) and Iowa (+1) — remain within the polls' margins of error.”

BBC News“A recent New York Times poll had the Senate race in South Carolina, a state Donald Trump won by 18 percentage points in 2024, as a tie.”

The Independent (UK)“If voters in each of those states vote for the Democratic Senate candidate, the party is expected to collect 54 seats in the upper chamber of Congress from their current 47, definitively seizing back the majority.”

CNN““The best news for our side is that the vaunted Republican surge at the end that many would have expected given all their money just hasn’t happened,” says Paul Maslin, a longtime Democratic pollster.”

The Guardian“In 1994, Bill Clinton suffered a 54-seat setback in the House of Representatives; in 2010, Barack Obama lost 63; in 2018, Trump himself lost 40.”

National Review“Collins is the exception that proves the rule; if you have never or almost never led a poll in your race, you are unlikely to win when all the votes are counted.”

Fox News“A good night for the Republicans could see them retain control with up to 52 seats.”

Reuters (campaign wrap)“Democrats are widely favored to retake the House but face a greater challenge in the Senate.”

Newsweek“Police initially said Johnson was fleeing on foot when he turned toward the Guard members with a firearm.”

USA TODAY“The National Guard has said Johnson turned toward the Guard members while holding his weapon.”

BBC“Authorities previously said that Johnson was shot by two guard members in the chest on 5 July in Memphis, after he faced them with a gun.”

The Washington Times“Hackers hijacked supermarket refrigerators and freezers in Europe on Monday and sabotaged the machines, the latest salvo in a wave of mysterious cyberattacks that also has targeted commissaries on U.S. military bases.”

National Review“A major cyberattack has hit supermarket fridges and freezers in a number of European countries, stirring understandable suspicions of yet another Russian “gray zone” onslaught.”

National Review“It follows an earlier, similar attack on some 700 French supermarkets in September in which hackers caused cooling units to heat up to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, setting off fires and spoiling food.”

Fox News“The study found ChatGPT correctly answered 94% of questions designed to elicit falsehoods from the right, compared with 75% from the left.”

Axios“The sources said Netanyahu is pressing Trump to strike Iran immediately after the midterm elections on Tuesday. But Trump, for now, wants to let negotiations play out - a strategy Netanyahu is concerned about.”

The Times of Israel“Other US allies in the Middle East are warning against more strikes, saying it would destabilize the region and could lead Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen to step up their attacks on Saudi Arabia and Red Sea shipping, a third regional official said.”

National Review“Despite the intense economic pressure on the regime, however, the security establishment in Tehran remains as committed as ever to defying the United States.”

Reuters“Oil prices fell more than 7% on Monday as talks between Iranian and Qatari officials lifted hopes for an end to the US-Israeli war with Iran and stabilization of Middle East crude supply.”

France 24“Oil prices - sent rocketing by Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz energy corridor - dropped more than six percent on Monday, optimistic over steps to halt the eight-month-old conflict.”

The Times of Israel“Oil Prices are DROPPING LIKE A ROCK, down almost $10 a Barrel, A RECORD, because people feel that there will not be a War with Iran. Iran wants a settlement, as soon as possible. It could happen!”

Reuters“Iranian sources said they believed a new US attack was still more likely than a deal.”

The Washington Post“The FBI’s former top agent in Chicago sued Justice Department officials on Monday, claiming he was forced out of the bureau last year over his resistance to “politically motivated investigations” targeting protesters demonstrating against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown.”

The Center Square“DePodesta said his superiors at the FBI told him the political pressure Boutros created was “irresistible” and they ordered him to resign.”

The Guardian (US)““On other occasions, Boutros sent DePodesta emails demanding that DePodesta open FBI investigations into individuals with political views or affiliations in opposition to the Trump administration,” the complaint continues.”

CBS News (CBS News Chicago)“DePodesta's suit claims Boutros urged him to open FBI investigations into "individuals with political views or affiliations in opposition to the Trump administration."”

The Independent (UK)“According to DePodesta’s lawsuit, Boutros faced pressure from the Justice Department throughout the crackdown to charge protesters with felonies.”

NOTUS““Yarbrough added that defendant Patel did not want the controversy, and defendant Patel therefore insisted that DePodesta needed to be terminated, regardless of the truth of Boutros’ allegations about DePodesta,” the lawsuit says.”

The Hill“That doomsday prediction ignores that segregating ballots is a routine remedy when the lawfulness of ballots is questioned”

Al Jazeera“If the executive can discount votes and threaten an ongoing election due to unproven allegations, then our democracy is in danger”

USA TODAY“Carter also said the administration failed to provide sufficient evidence that it used a "credible" process for creating its list.”

Financial Times““We are seeing viewer fatigue,” Murdoch told investors on an earnings call on Monday, citing Donald Trump’s inauguration and the killing of rightwing activist Charlie Kirk as having boosted viewership last year.”

The Wall Street Journal“Murdoch said the network endured a similar situation in the lead-up to the 2006 midterms, when the U.S. president was an incumbent Republican with declining approval ratings, overseeing an unpopular war.”

Bloomberg“The cable news network had seen similar trends during the 2006 midterms, which also fell during a president’s second term — George W. Bush’s, Murdoch said on a call with analysts on Monday to discuss financial results.”

Fox News“When it comes to cable, Fox News averaged 1.3 million total-day viewers to finish as the only network to crack the one-million viewer benchmark.”

Fox News“Fox News is on pace for its highest-rated midterm election year in network history with total day viewership.”

Fox News“Voters who made their decisions within the past month favored Republican candidates by nine points, and several races remain within the margin of error.”

Washington Examiner“Collins, the last remaining Republican senator in New England, has overcome unfavorable polling before.”

The Daily Beast““Troy Jackson leading the longtime incumbent Susan Collins by 6 points,” Enten said.”

CNN“found about three-quarters of likely voters behind each candidate in Maine said their choice is motivated by Collins more than Jackson.”

Reuters“However, the Moscow ministry played down the impact, saying the app was not one of its main public warning system channels, but just what it called a supplementary source of information.”

BBC“Those responsible for the hack on Russia's system have likely had the capability to launch such an attack for some time but decided to hold off until Ukraine's alert app was compromised, cyber experts told the BBC.”

Politico“The group faces immense criticism from within the state GOP for delaying its biggest spending until September, just weeks before ballots were sent out, according to conversations with 10 local operatives and officials.”

Politico“In a state like Arizona, where an incumbent governor hasn’t lost reelection since 1966 and some 80% of voters cast ballots before Election Day, a late deluge of cash is less likely to sway the race.”

France 24“In Arizona, it is backing Andy Biggs, a staunchly conservative Trump ally who is running for governor against incumbent Democrat Katie Hobbs.”

France 24“However, Turning Point’s strategy has not gained broad support among ultra-conservatives, even among Republicans, with some criticising the group for backing candidates who are too radical to win over moderate voters.”

CNN“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.”

CNN“She said, while her order is in place, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security cannot demand that election officials in any state segregate ballots, purge voters from voter rolls, or halt ballot processing.”

BBC News (US-facing)“A federal judge has ordered the federal government to stop threatening local and state election officials with criminal charges over their role in processing election ballots.”

Politico“A federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to stop threatening state and local election officials with criminal prosecution over their handling of disputes about voter qualifications.”

Newsmax“In Washington state, federal prosecutors asked officials to segregate ballots associated with more than 400 voters suspected of being improperly registered.”

Newsweek“President Donald Trump said he could have won the Vietnam War in a week, but appeared to mix up a city central to the conflict.”

Newsweek“Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, was the capital of U.S.-allied South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.”

USA TODAY“"I could have won the Vietnam War in a week," Trump said, adding that he would have dropped the defoliant Agent Orange on Ho Chi Minh City rather than in the jungle.”

HuffPost (HuffPost UK edition)“The Vietnam War ran from 1955 until 1975 and caused the deaths of more than 58,000 American soldiers.”

HuffPost (HuffPost UK edition)“Trump himself received five deferments to avoid fighting in the war.”

CNN“President Donald Trump said he could’ve have won the “Vietnam War in a week” when speaking to a crowd at a midterm rally in Iowa.”

Associated Press“Trump spoke for two hours in Dubuque, Iowa, during the first of his two Sunday rallies.”

Reuters“Hours later at a political rally in Iowa, Trump invited Stevens to join the Republican Party.”

The Washington Times“President Trump closed out the final weekend campaign blitz before the midterm elections by warning voters about the threat posed by Democrats.”

Associated Press“The White House did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press confirming the administration would be issuing the visa.”

Gothamist“The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday.”

New York Post“The White House did not immediately return messages.”

Newsmax (running AP copy)“The White House did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking confirmation that the administration would issue the visa.”

Deutsche Welle“The White House is yet to comment on the Trump-Mamdani phone call.”

Al Jazeera“There was no immediate comment from Trump.”

MyJoyOnline (Ghana)“The mayor did not specify the type of visa to be issued or the arrangements for its processing.”

The Hill“The praise of the president just days before Tuesday’s midterms could be a violation of the 1939 law that restricts certain political activities by federal employees.”

The Hill“Watchdog groups have counted that at least nine of the president’s 16 Cabinet members may have broken the law ahead of the midterms, according to reports from NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcast partner.”

The Hill“Kathleen Clark, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, told the Times that the emails did not seem to function as public service announcements, but rather “propaganda.””

The Conversation“Success should not be measured by how often a system gets things right but by how innocent people are protected when it gets things wrong.”

Breitbart“In fact, in the broader nonfarm business sector, labor's share of output fell to the lowest level ever—in data going back to 1947—in the first quarter of this year.”

Breitbart“That is providing the financial firepower”

Breitbart“Workers are seeing real gains, but those gains are being funded by productivity and profit expansion rather than by eating into margins in ways that might force price increases or set the Federal Reserve's wage-price spiral Spidey-sense tingling.”

CNN““It’s really telling you that workers have less and less power in this technology age and certainly in the AI age,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union.”

Fortune““Data right now is very mixed,” Robertson said. “But I think it also all consistently points to this idea that things are getting worse for workers and much better for billionaires.””

Reuters“was the latest blow to Trump's efforts to assert a greater federal role in elections, which under the US Constitution are administered by the states.”

The Daily Signal“The ruling by U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason in Anchorage was the latest blow to Trump’s efforts to assert a greater federal role in elections, which under the U.S. Constitution are administered by the states.”

CNN (State of the Union)“October surprise, an Alaska Democrat on defense over a ballot brouhaha.”

The Times of Israel“Netanyahu reportedly fears the talks could lead to a dramatic easing of pressure on Iran, while Trump wants Israel to refrain from interfering with the diplomatic effort for now.”

The Jerusalem Post“Over the past week, more than 10 US military transport aircraft arrived at the Nevatim and Uvda air force bases in the South, seeming to set the table for a serious operation.”

AP“In a document filed in federal court in Virginia on Friday, a senior ICE official acknowledged that an Afghan immigrant had been scheduled to be on an upcoming charter flight from Alexandria, Louisiana, to Pakistan, “with further transport onward to Afghanistan.””

The Hill“ICE does not comment on prospective removal operations, including flight schedules, passenger manifests, destinations, or individual case details.”

NBC News“It is not clear what kind of formal agreement the U.S. may have with Pakistan, but the senior administration official said the U.S. charter flight would not be able to land there without the Pakistan government’s knowledge and approval.”

AP““It is reprehensible that the Trump Administration plans to deport hundreds of Afghans, including women, children and those who supported U.S. forces, to Pakistan — who then risk being sent back into the hands of the Taliban. Congress must stand against this,””

AFP““America is about to put Afghans on a plane to the Taliban, and the administration is doing it the week the country goes to vote, hoping no one is watching,” AfghanEvac president Shawn VanDiver said in a statement, referring to the US midterm elections on Tuesday.”

ABC News“If removed to Afghanistan, some of the families fear those removed will face torture or persecution from the Taliban.”

Breitbart (AP wire, verbatim)“The U.S. intends to initially deport Afghan immigrants as early as Monday on flights from Louisiana, where the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has immigrant detention and processing facilities, to Pakistan, according to court documents.”

The Washington Post (AP wire; paywalled after the lead)“The Trump administration is planning to deport Afghans detained in the U.S. back to their home country via Pakistan, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press — a move advocacy groups say could put their lives at risk.”

CBS News“Cooper renewed the claim made by President Trump and the Pentagon since late August that "we also successfully cleared the strait's internationally recognized primary transit routes of Iranian sea mines. And today, U.S. forces remain highly vigilant and present to ensure that all primary transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz remain free and clear.”

Fox News“After we sank Iran's navy earlier this year, we also successfully cleared the strait's internationally recognized primary transit routes of Iranian sea mines," Cooper also said.”

Newsmax“Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, said Friday that Iran's navy is "at the bottom of the sea" and that the waterway's primary international shipping lanes remain clear of Iranian mines.”

The Hill“Centcom Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a video posted on Friday that **Iran’s navy is decimated** and that southern shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz are open.”

New York Post“The US said it has cleared all internationally recognized, primary transit routes in the strait of mines.”

Al Jazeera“The US military denies the naval mine claims. On Friday, United States Central Command chief Brad Cooper said the Strait of Hormuz's "internationally recognised primary transit routes" had been successfully cleared of Iranian sea mines.”

Reuters“That calls for Washington to lift a blockade of Iranian ports, unfreeze assets and approve ​an Iranian-backed route through the Strait of Hormuz, after which the contested strait would be reopened.”

Washington Examiner““Democrats have an extraordinary ability to turn an opportunity into an internal crisis,” campaign expert Michael Fahey told the _Washington Examiner_.”

PBS NewsHour“In a report released last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested the significant drop in enrollment this year could be attributed to a federal crackdown on fraudulent or "phantom" enrollment.”

PBS NewsHour“But analysts have said it was more likely related to the Jan. 1 expiration of federal subsidies, and other changes, including tightened requirements on which immigrants could access subsidized plans.”

Washington Examiner“The Trump administration attributes this to its crackdown on fraudulent enrollment in the program, but critics say it is because enrollees could not afford the steep premium increases after losing the subsidies.”

Fox News“[Vice President JD Vance](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/jd-vance) announced Tuesday that his White House Fraud Task Force will be removing 750,000 fraudulent Obamacare recipients from the program in an effort he says will save U.S. taxpayers $2.2 billion.”

Fox News“Oz then revealed that over 1.1 million people who enrolled in Obamacare this year had no Social Security numbers. He also revealed that 35% of enrollees have never used the program.”

NPR“Not all of those kicked off were fraudulently enrolled, KFF Health News has learned.”

NPR“Insurance industry sources said the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reinstated a small number of people whose coverage should not have been canceled.”

Politico“Moriarty disputed that the operation exposed weaknesses in Minnesota’s elections.”

New York Post“Moriarty said the situation shows that “the system for identifying misconduct and responding to it functioned well during the primary.””

Breitbart“exposing vulnerable loopholes in Minnesota’s elections.”

Raw Story“Vance's comments didn't go over so well with onlookers outside of the Fox News studio.”

CNN“Many of the attack ads feature misleading or even false claims about their opponents, including criticism over failing to vote for the release of the Epstein files, and, sometimes, tenuous ties to former Epstein associates or the so-called “Epstein class.””

The Guardian (US)“Many of the ads omit the fact that nearly every House Republican voted to release the Epstein files when the Epstein Files Transparency Act came to the floor, although at that point Trump had agreed to sign the legislation and release the files.”

Fox News“Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn who has faced scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, was among the largest donors to House Majority PAC, a key Democratic fundraising group that is now using Epstein-themed ads to target GOP candidates, according to Federal Election Commission filings released last week.”

Townhall“All told, HMP has spent $2.33 million on these ads. Ads funded in part by one of Epstein's closest associates, Reid Hoffman.”

The Gazette“Then, when he had the chance to expose the truth and release the Epstein files, he repeatedly voted to cover them up.”

The Times of Israel“Husted’s campaign also takes issue with the claim in Brown’s ads that he “voted to cover up the Epstein files.””

The Guardian“President Trump will continue to press forward in his powerhouse lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and all of the other defendants. The President will continue to hold those who mislead the American People with Fake News and smears accountable for their actions.”

CBS News“A source familiar with Mr. Trump's legal strategy said that the decision will likely be appealed.”

The Independent“A spokesperson for Trump’s legal team said the president plans to appeal the ruling.”

CNN“The case was especially unusual because Trump brought it while serving as president. Legal analysts who spoke with CNN said they could not recall another instance of a sitting president suing a news outlet over a story.”

Bloomberg“A federal judge threw out Donald Trump's renewed $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and ruled that it can't be filed again, marking another setback for the president's legal fights with the press.”

Al Jazeera English“They said officers were securing the grounds and had not entered the tribunal building.”

Fox News“While en route to Senegal, Poland's President Karol Nawrocki turned his plane around and returned home after police entered Poland's top court, the Constitutional Tribunal, and the tribunal's president was suspended.”

The Daily Wire“Police said officers were securing the court grounds and had not entered the building, according to Polish Radio, and that they had deployed at the request of Korwin-Piotrowska and Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek, citing potential threats to judges and staff.”

ABC News“On Friday night, he made his way to the Constitutional Tribunal despite the chaos and said he helped the suspended court president enter the building.”

Washington Examiner“Nawrocki, surrounded by presidential security, had to climb over police barriers and physically shove passed officers guarding the entrance, videos captured on the ground show.”

The Washington Times“The state says the federal government used faulty data to compile its list and that there is no mechanism for sequestering the ballots at this point.”

PBS NewsHour (AP wire)“California officials say the list is highly unreliable and most likely includes many people who are U.S. citizens.”

The Hill“It sided with California, which takes issue with the veracity of the administration’s list and argues it has no legal obligation to verify voters’ citizenship ahead of Tuesday.”

Al Jazeera“But the accuracy of the Trump administration's list has been called into doubt, as have its claims of widespread non-citizen voting.”

The Hill“Cruz warns GOP could lose 8 Senate seats, get swept in Texas”

The Hill“Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is warning that Republicans could lose as many as eight Senate seats in the midterm elections and get swept in all of the statewide Texas races, including the Senate contest between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico, if the GOP has a bad day on Nov. 3.”

The Hill“There are eight to 10 Senate races across the country that are basically tied”

The Hill“could wake up the day after Election Day, instead of 53 Republicans, with 45.”

The Hill“That big a delta is at play”

POLITICO“We could lose every single statewide race in Texas. That's how close these numbers are”

ABC News“not just the Senate race, we could lose every single statewide race in Texas. That's how close these numbers are,”

Newsmax“We could lose every single statewide race in Texas.”

Times Now“By the way, Texas is excruciatingly close.”

The Hill“Not just the Senate race. We could lose every single statewide race in Texas. That's how close these numbers are.”

The Daily Beast“Texas is excruciatingly close," Cruz said. "Understand, we could lose Texas. Let me repeat that: We could lose Texas--and by the way, not just the Senate race. We could lose every single statewide race in Texas. That's how close these numbers are.”

The Daily Beast“Cruz said on his podcast he is "deeply, deeply worried" about the vote totals so far.”

The Daily Beast“We would lose both the House and the Senate. It would be a bloodbath.”

The Daily Beast“Republicans would lose massively. It would not be close.”

The Mirror“If the election were over today, if just the early votes that have been cast so far were counted, Republicans would lose massively.”

POLITICO“Texas is excruciatingly close,”

Newsmax“Texas is excruciatingly close,”

The Hill“Cruz said on a Friday episode of his podcast, "The Verdict with Ted Cruz."”

ABC News“which dropped Friday.”

Bloomberg“US District Judge Trina Thompson in San Francisco on Friday granted a request from labor and civil rights groups to make the federal government temporarily stop warning California election officials they can be charged with crimes for not cooperating with the administration's effort.”

CNN“She said, while her order is in place, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security cannot demand that election officials in any state segregate ballots, purge voters from voter rolls, or halt ballot processing.”

Reuters“Thompson, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, ordered the Trump administration to refrain from demanding that local election officials remove voters from statewide rolls, refuse ballots to specific voters, or segregate ballots cast in the midterm elections, based on a Trump administration list of alleged non-citizen voters.”

Fox News“The temporary restraining order prohibits federal officials from threatening, intimidating or coercing state and local election workers into halting ballot processing solely because the administration alleges certain registered voters are ineligible.”

The Hill“The order also directs the Trump administration to halt its efforts to force these workers to remove certain people from voter rolls, deny ballot requests to some voters or set aside ballots for individuals it suspects are ineligible to vote.”

CBS News“A California judge late Friday ordered the federal government to stop demanding that state and local election officials separate out ballots or not count certain votes from alleged noncitizens, and to stop threatening officials with criminal prosecution if they do not comply.”

The Hill“This week, the DOJ sent letters to election officials in all 50 states threatening potential prosecution if they failed to preserve election records.”

CNN“Despite lawsuits, the Justice Department has sought to increase pressure, sending letters to 29 states and Washington, DC, threatening investigations and demanding that they preserve records and voter data from the 2024 election.”

CBS News“The lawsuit cited the head of the Justice Department Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, sending letters to all 50 states and Washington, D.C., threatening to criminally prosecute local election officials in July”

AP“As the district court found -- and we discern no clear error -- there is no feasible way to identify and segregate the ballots of specific individuals without potentially catastrophic effects on the entire system”

Washington Examiner“A federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Justice Department's emergency bid to force California to set aside mail-in ballots associated with roughly 20,000 suspected noncitizens, opening a potential path to the Supreme Court days before the midterm elections.”

Al Jazeera“Judges Mark Bennett and Gabriel Sanchez - appointed by Trump and his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden, respectively - formed the majority.”

AP also records that the order issued without the Justice Department weighing in on the case, and that at least three L.A. County election officials were asked to appear before a grand jury the day after the election. Nearly every other record omits one or both. Reuters logs the department's silence on the TRO itself“The Justice Department had no immediate comment on the ruling.”

The New Republic“Stevens issued a statement Friday suggesting that her support for El-Sayed was contingent on whether he condemned a political advertisement that was not even produced by his campaign.”

The Hill“Stevens said she accepted the invitation to appear alongside El-Sayed from Clyburn, not from El-Sayed's campaign.”

New York Post“Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over their views on Israel Thursday”

Newsweek“Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday urged voters to support Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, after rebuking him over his past comments about Israel and calling them \"wrong.\"”

The Times of Israel“However, a spokesman for Pelosi, 86, told The New York Times in a statement that Pelosi supports El-Sayed's candidacy for the Senate: \"While they may disagree on some issues, she is united with him in the fight to lower costs, protect health care and defend our democracy.\"”

The Daily Wire“Stevens said Friday that Democratic leaders had told her El-Sayed was now formally condemning that spot, and she urged voters and reporters to ask El-Sayed directly.”

USA TODAY“El-Sayed's campaign said in a statement that the ad \"is not affiliated in any way\" with the campaign. \"No one speaks for Abdul but himself and his campaign,\" the statement read.”

Politico“TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN -- Michigan's Democratic coalition is fragmenting in real time days before a critical Senate election.”

The New Republic“With just days until the midterm elections, moderate Democrats are still finding ways to undermine Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.”

Fox News“El-Sayed has repeatedly declined to affirm whether Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish state.”

USA TODAY“A pair of Avenger Air Defense Systems are now positioned on a floating barge in the Lake Worth Lagoon on the west side of the seawall next to Trump's historic 17-acre oceanfront property.”

The Telegraph“Two Avenger air defence systems have been placed on a floating barge near Mr Trump's Florida residence, according to photos published by the Palm Beach Daily News.”

CBS12 News“The statement did not identify individual weapons systems or confirm whether a specific threat prompted deployment.”

WPTV NewsChannel 5“The military has not publicly disclosed how long the air defense systems will remain deployed around Mar-a-Lago.”

WPBF 25 News“Officials have not disclosed a specific reason for the deployment.”

NBC 6 South Florida“According to the Government Accountability Office, it costs taxpayers more than three million dollars every time he comes to Mar-a-Lago.”

Snopes“A single Stinger missile cost more than $400,000 in 2023, according to 60 Minutes.”

The Washington Times“The Pentagon has not disclosed the deployment's cost or whether any particular threat prompted the decision, according to Military.com.”

The Washington Post“Ukrainian drones struck a large oil refinery in Russia’s Samara region on Friday, according to a Ukrainian defense company, just a few days ahead of the U.S. midterm elections and in defiance of Washington’s pressure to halt such operations as President Donald Trump hopes to stabilize diesel prices ahead of the vote.”

The Moscow Times“That apparent pause in strikes collapsed immediately as the Russian army continued its attacks against Ukraine's power grid.”

The Kyiv Independent“Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Ukraine had attacked three Russian oil refineries and a gas-chemical complex on Oct. 30, Russian state news agency TASS reported.”

The Kyiv Independent“Ukrainian defense company Fire Point said Ukrainian forces used its FP-1 drones to strike the Novokuybyshevsk refinery, with multiple hits reported across the facility, including its diesel hydrotreating unit.”

The Kyiv Independent“Kyiv had not commented on the reported strike at the time of publication.”

Politico“Ukraine hasn’t publicly claimed the attack, though its defense industry appeared to take credit.”

NBC News“Ukrainian officials have not commented.”

The Kyiv Independent“President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists at a closed-door briefing on Oct. 27 that Ukraine halted attacks on Russian oil refineries for three days, while Russia continued striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure during the energy truce.”

BBC“This strikes follow a Russian drone attack on a Ukrainian train station, which killed at least 14 people, according to local authorities.”

CNN“On Thursday, at least 15 people died in a drone strike on a train station in Dnipro.”

CNN“At least two people were reported dead in an attack that appeared to end in a brief pause in Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure.”

The Moscow Times“Russia's Defense Ministry said it intercepted 1,043 Ukrainian drones across Russia and annexed Crimea between Thursday night and Friday morning.”

Al Jazeera“Russian authorities say they intercepted more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions overnight.”

AP News“The department confirmed it was sending such letters to all 50 states.”

Democracy Docket“it separately sent all states letters Thursday”

Reuters“The administration's legal moves represent an extraordinary federal intervention in state-run elections, which are administered locally under the US Constitution.”

Fox News“While the administration has turned up a number of examples of non-citizens registered to vote in federal elections, it has yet to prove widespread illegal voting.”

Washington Examiner“Some officials believe the DOJ is being weaponized to intimidate voters and destroy the integrity of the election process, the opposite of what the Trump administration has framed it as.”

CNN“Officials said the schedule had merely been rearranged to allow more time for Trump to dial into virtual events. But people familiar with the matter described different motivations to CNN.”

CNN“The president demanded the rallies be reinstated, the people familiar said, sending staff who had just worked to pull the events off the calendar scrambling to put them back on.”

The Independent (UK)“Now the rallies are back on following pressure from a reporter who asked Trump if the cancellations had anything to do with his health.”

The Hill“Trump snapped at a reporter on Thursday for asking him whether the change was because the president was sick of traveling.”

Associated Press“The president on Thursday furiously pushed back at the notion that the initial cancellation of his Kansas rally, which became public as he was returning to Washington from another campaign event in South Carolina, was tied to fatigue or his health.”

Reuters“"Rallies are BACK ON! President Trump loves his supporters, and in addition to nearly 20 tele-rallies, he will hold back-to-back rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.”

The Guardian (US)“the rallies were "back on" and rearranged to accommodate the 19 tele-rallies Trump is also participating in.”

Detroit Free Press“The complaint alleges the TV ad is receiving the candidate TV rate, which is not provided to political parties.”

Michigan Advance“The donation far exceeds the contribution limits cited in both the complaint and on the Department of State’s website.”

Michigan Advance“it would create a completely Wild West situation where any one person could contribute unlimited dollars and get the issue ad rate afterwards.”

Michigan Public“However, political action committees connected to the wealthy DeVos family and Elon Musk are seemingly coordinating with the James campaign to secure ad buys with TV stations at the discounted candidate rate, Democrats said.”

Bridge Michigan“It seems to me obvious on its face that that's a clear violation of the Michigan campaign finance law," said Bob Labrandt, a longtime Republican political operative who now advocates for reform.”

MS NOW“The Justice Department confirmed in a court filing late Wednesday that FBI and ICE agents will not be deployed as election monitors at polling places on Election Day, but that employees from other federal law enforcement agencies will serve as monitors.”

The Independent (UK)“Under the commitment outlined in the filing, FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel will not monitor the midterm elections.”

HuffPost“The news channel, citing seven unnamed sources in the know, wrote that agents said they were specifically concerned about being ordered to seize voting machines and ballots.”

Washington Examiner“The development comes as Democrats have repeatedly raised fears that ICE or the military will be deployed to polling sites on Tuesday, a move they say could intimidate voters and threaten the integrity of the election process.”

The Washington Times“That's led to mounting concern he could deploy immigration agents, the FBI or even the military to the polls or seize ballots or voting machines, although multiple administration officials have denied they have such plans.”

New York Post“Republican Vivek Ramaswamy has pulled the plug on a controversial attack ad featuring his Democratic opponent Amy Acton’s estranged mother, after the deeply personal spot appears to have backfired on his Ohio gubernatorial campaign.”

The Guardian“The ad prompted a wave of revulsion since Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, lost custody of her daughter in 1978, when her second husband, Cledith Arthur, was charged with raping her daughter between the ages of 10 and 12.”

The Hill“It’s totally unsurprising that he took it off the air in the most cowardly way possible, without even the hint of an apology to Dr. Acton, her family, or to the people of Ohio,” spokesperson Addie Bullock said.”

New York Post“But President Trump and Vice President JD Vance stood by Ramaswamy. Trump encouraged him to keep the commercial on air, declaring Acton was “fair game,” while Vance told critics to “stop whining.”

The New Republic“President Donald Trump reportedly flew into a rage once he learned that Alina Habba Mildon got a $50 million contract to secure a pardon for a billionaire family.”

The New Republic“Trump was angered by the size of Mildon’s contract, and said that she should donate some of that money to his presidential library or another entity related to him”

Army Times“Based on that, commanders can plan for an engineer company with the requisite equipment to dig and cover trenches for up to 2,400 bodies every 24 hours, if operating nonstop.”

Newsweek“The remains of up to 2,400 soldiers could be temporarily buried in 24 hours, using eight bulldozers and four military excavators, the Army said.”

Daily Mail“After crews dug a trench in an hour and 15 minutes, planners estimated that an engineering company with eight bulldozers and four military excavators could dig and fill enough trenches to bury up to 2,400 bodies a day, working around the clock.”

Army Times“The Army is preparing for the grim possibility of burying fallen soldiers on the battlefield, testing how fast it can dig temporary graves while preserving remains for eventual identification and return to families after the end of a conflict.”

Newsweek“U.S. Army soldiers are training to bury fellow troops in temporary graves en masse for the first time in decades, rehearsing how the U.S. military would respond if it sustained a high number of casualties while fighting a still-blazing war.”

The Daily Caller“These exercises were not common over the past twenty years of the War on Terror, as American air superiority allowed the quick transportation of remains back to the U.S.”

Daily Mail“The tests exposed a mismatch between the Army's existing burial guidelines and the size of its modern machinery.”

HuffPost“said Trump, who was visibly drenched with sweat.”

Australian Financial Review“Trump shot back, visibly sweating.”

Associated Press“U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military action against Iran”

Associated Press“President Donald Trump has not made a final decision on whether to carry out new strikes against Iran, the diplomats stressed.”

The Daily Beast“A senior lawmaker said he's been briefed on the war plan Donald Trump is expected to unleash after next Tuesday's midterm election.”

The New Republic“Murphy's comment seems to be confirmation that there is an escalation in the works.”

The Guardian (US)“Hopes of averting a major new conflagration between Iran and the US soon after Tuesday's midterm elections could rest on Iran's response to a personal letter from the US vice-president, JD Vance, offering to restart diplomacy.”

Newsmax“Some lawmakers have expressed alarm that the U.S. could soon escalate military operations against Iran.”

Deutsche Welle“On October 8, the president posted on social media that the United States would not attack Iran before the midterms”

AP“President Donald Trump lambasted a reporter who asked about his health and whether travel fatigue prompted him to cancel a Kansas rally over the weekend.”

The Hill“A White House official confirmed to The Hill Thursday the in-person Kansas event had been canceled, without providing more details about the decision.”

Al Jazeera“Vance had also planned a news conference with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud in St Cloud, Minnesota, on Friday, but the visit was cancelled on Thursday. No reason was immediately given.”

Sky News“Ms Aasbo and the UK student pilot were on one aircraft, while Mr Sturdevant was on the other, sheriffs added.”

BBC News“The student pilot from the UK has not yet been publicly identified, as authorities work with the consulate and the FBI to notify the next of kin.”

Chicago Sun-Times“Records show Prevost voted in the 2012, 2014 and 2016 Republican primaries, as well as in the 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2024 general elections. He also voted in Democratic primaries in 2008 and 2010.”

OSV News“The Sun-Times, citing voting records, said that the future pope had voted in several previous elections: the Republican primaries of 2012, 2014 and 2016; the Democratic primaries of 2008 and 2010; and the general elections of 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2024.”

Newsweek“Public records cited by the Sun-Times show Leo has voted in both Republican and Democratic primary elections in Illinois over the years, including Democratic primaries in 2008 and 2010 and Republican primaries in 2012, 2014 and 2016.”

Breitbart“Previous records show that he voted in the 2012, 2014, and 2016 Republican primaries in the state of Illinois, as well as the 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2024 general elections. He also voted in the 2008 and 2010 Democrat primaries.”

NBC News“Public records show that Leo has voted in previous elections, casting ballots in the 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2024 general elections. He also voted in Republican primaries in 2012, 2014 and 2016.”

Newsweek“Pope Leo XIV requested a mail ballot for Illinois' November 3 midterm election, potentially putting the head of the Catholic Church on course to become the first pope known to cast a vote in a secular election while serving as pontiff.”

The Hill“The district said it canceled the show because gender swapping the role would violate a Texas law”

The Hill“the broad law does not specifically ban gender swapping in musical productions”

NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth“Grand Prairie ISD previously said the decision was based on concerns about the musical's subject matter under SB 12 rather than Mota's casting.”

Washington Examiner“When District leadership learned of this issue and in consideration of themes in the musical involving an abusive relationship, a decision was made to pull that production and find something more appropriate.”

ABC News“The law does not explicitly prohibit students from portraying characters of a different gender in school theatrical productions.”

Scripps News (10News San Diego)“President Donald Trump has canceled a planned rally in Kansas on Saturday as new polling shows the Republican incumbent trailing in the traditionally Republican state.”

AP“Trump had a rally for Marshall on Oct. 19 in Wichita, and his plans for a second rally had been seen as a sign of deep concern about Marshall’s chances of winning.”

The Washington Post“Roger Marshall is locked in a close race with his Democratic challenger and is trailing in some polls.”

Associated Press“Voters in South Carolina have not sent a Democrat to the Senate in nearly three decades.”

Reuters“Trump was due to hold a rally in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Thursday, his second visit in two weeks to a state where polls show an unexpectedly close race between Republican Senator Darline Graham and Democrat Annie Andrews.”

Al Jazeera“South Carolina is among the Republican-held Senate seats Democrats are targeting, although the party faces a difficult contest in a traditionally conservative state.”

The Independent (UK)“Donald Trump is back in South Carolina on Thursday to boost Republican Senator Darline Graham, whose bid for a full term has descended into an unexpectedly tight race against Democrat Annie Andrews.”

The Texas Tribune“The petition was filed Tuesday in Amarillo federal court and was assigned to U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was nominated by President Donald Trump in 2017.”

Democracy Docket“His Amarillo courtroom has drawn scrutiny over judge shopping because the division has historically allowed litigants filing there to reliably land before Kacsmaryk.”

CNN“Kacsmaryk is assigned every case filed in his division.”

Democracy Docket“The extraordinary request rests on speculative claims about artificial intelligence, foreign-made voting machine components and the possibility of undetected hacking.”

Raw Story“Democracy Docket says the effect would be to stall certification unless counties do a full hand count that Texas doesn’t require.”

Chron (Houston Chronicle)“The court has not ordered a statewide hand count, and the lawsuit is asking a federal judge to impose an election procedure that Texas law does not currently require.”

The Daily Beast“The tiny crowd at Donald Trump's latest rally has been brutally compared to the much larger turnout Barack Obama enjoyed that same night.”

HuffPost“"Look at the empty benches there, everyone. It is a very far cry from the arenas that Trump famously used to brag about," she continued.”

Fox News“Trump capped off the festivities at his evening rally in Chillicothe, Ohio, sending white baseball caps sailing into the crowd as enthusiastic supporters cheered and reached to catch the presidential souvenirs.”

Associated Press““If you can get out to vote,” Trump told a raucous crowd in Chillicothe, south of Columbus, Ohio’s capital, “we’re going to have a tremendous victory.””

CNN“In Ohio, Trump downplayed the impact of Obama's campaigning.”

Newsweek““You know, I saw Barack Hussein Obama was in Michigan and the place was empty,” Trump told the crowd.”

Townhall“At least 30 people are dead after two high-speed trains collided in Urda, Toledo, Spain.”

NPR“Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the crash site in the central province of Toledo after regional authorities confirmed that more than 60 people had died and dozens more were being treated at hospitals.”

El Pais (English edition)“Sources from the Castilla-La Mancha regional government have confirmed to EL PAIS that there are "at least 64 fatalities."”

Daily Mail“Regional government sources this afternoon raised the death toll to 'at least' 68. The previously reported figure stood at 64.”

CNN“At least 69 people were killed and more than 100 injured after one train rear-ended another train near the town of Urda, in Toledo province, on the high-speed line that connects Madrid and Seville.”

Newsweek“Of the 68 deceased, 44 were traveling on the Iryo and 24 on the AVE, according to the Castilla-La Mancha government.”

Associated Press“The regional government of Castilla La Mancha confirmed the death toll and said another 58 people were receiving medical treatment at hospitals.”

Reuters“Passengers, some splattered with blood or bandaged, were evacuated along a nearby road after the crash, which Spain's health minister, Monica Garcia, said had injured 80 people, 15 of them very seriously.”

NBC News“As rescue teams continued to search through the wreckage of the derailed carriages, the Castilla-La Mancha regional government said 68 people had been killed and 68 injured.”

The Guardian“Data from the European Commission suggests Spain’s maintenance investment in its 4,000km (2,500 miles) of high-speed lines has lagged behind countries such as Germany or Switzerland although some of this could be attributed to differences in the age of the rail lines and the cost of public works and materials.”

AFP“The reported sacking comes as Trump is widely considered to be weighing fresh strikes against Iran after the US midterm elections on November 3.”

NPR“On Wednesday, Netanyahu's Likud party claimed the elections were "stolen" by Arab parties, saying it was providing evidence to the police.”

The Washington Times“Mr. Netanyahu, whose Likud bloc received 53 votes, said his party was transferring hundreds of pieces of evidence and testimony about allegations of election theft in several Arab polling stations to Israeli law enforcement and security officials.”

Washington Examiner“Netanyahu demanded election authorities in Israel immediately investigate his allegations, promising that his Likud party would produce hundreds of testimonies and pieces of evidence regarding election theft in many Arab polling stations, including thousands of envelopes with cash and Ra'am slips, threats and violence against polling station members, multiple voting behind the curtain, voting with double identities, discrepancies between the number of envelopes and the number of voters, and the use of prohibited mobilization software.”

Newsweek“The committee said it had received Likud's request and was reviewing it as part of its established election-integrity monitoring process.”

The Times of Israel“"The committee received Likud's request and is reviewing it as part of this operation," the CEC added.”

Reuters“Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the entire data trove but it was able to match personal information about six DHS employees named in the leak to credit bureau records and breach data carried by the dark web intelligence platform District 4 Labs.”

The Hill“The DHS did not respond immediately to The Hill's request for comment.”

BBC News“aware of a potential breach and is actively working to address the situation swiftly and effectively”

Fox News“Fox News independently confirmed that the leaked records include the names of several undercover ICE agents working in different parts of the country.”

Deutsche Welle“In the third major US government data leak in the past month”

CNN“The cost of living is Issue No. 1 for voters heading to the polls, but the Federal Reserve saw America’s persistent inflation problem Wednesday and opted not to do anything about it.”

Newsmax“The US Federal Reserve Wednesday held interest rates steady, in line with market expectations, days ahead of crucial midterm elections where surging inflation has been a key issue.”

The Daily Beast“A Republican senator has gone rogue to endorse a Democrat in a stinging snub to President Donald Trump ahead of next week’s midterm elections.”

The Daily Wire“Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has endorsed the Democrat candidate running to flip Alaska’s governor’s office from red to blue as her party fights for its life headed into the midterms.”

NBC News“Murkowski said she believes the three Republican gubernatorial candidates on the ballot in Alaska, which has ranked choice voting, are too partisan.”

The Washington Examiner“The move is not surprising for Murkowski, who previously endorsed former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola in her failed reelection campaign against Rep. Nick Begich (R-AK).”

Politico“She has, however, regularly said in the past that she has no interest in becoming a Democrat.”

The Minnesota Star Tribune“Cam Higby and James O’Keefe disguised themselves and used hidden cameras to try and expose voter fraud in Minnesota’s primary.”

CBS News“The office said they posted the videos to social media to try to undermine confidence in Minnesota's voting systems.”

Townhall“their goal was to “expose the sheer lunacy of Minnesota’s ‘vouching’ system.””

NBC News“The pair of influencers disguised themselves and recorded themselves going undercover using hidden cameras at the polling places.”

MPR News“Videos posted by O’Keefe’s operation show them wearing burkas outside precincts during the primary.”

The New Republic“they put on disguises and tried to vote during state primaries in August.”

KARE 11“I think it's pretty clear they did not intend to vote, right? In fact, I think at some point they said, 'we stopped short.' So that's not the question,”

KARE 11“The question is: Did they intend and did they start to apply for a ballot? And the [answer] is yes.”

MPR News““I think it’s pretty clear they did not intend to vote. That’s not the question here,” Moriarty said Wednesday as she unveiled the charges against O’Keefe and Higby.”

The Minnesota Star Tribune““Both men stopped short of signing the oath we all signed before receiving our ballot, but Minnesota law states clearly that no individual shall intentionally misrepresent their identity in applying for a ballot,” she said.”

NBC News“Both men stopped short of signing the oath we all sign before receiving our ballot”

Newsweek“"This is because your account, or activity on it, doesn’t follow our Community Standards on account integrity."”

Newsweek“The message also informs Nixon that she has until April 25, 2027, to appeal Meta’s suspension before her account is disabled.”

theGrio“The notice Nixon shared reportedly said the account, or activity associated with it, violated Instagram's rules on "account integrity."”

theGrio“The message gave the account holder until April 2027 to appeal the decision.”

International Business Times UK“The suspension notice reportedly said the account, or activity on it, did not comply with Instagram's Community Standards on account integrity.”

International Business Times UK“However, Meta has not publicly established that the same issue caused Nixon's account to be suspended.”

The New Republic“Nixon reported that the account was back up an hour later.”

Newsweek“As of Wednesday early morning, the Instagram page was back online.”

theGrio“Newsweek reported on October 28 that the page was back online by Wednesday morning.”

International Business Times UK“The account was back online by Wednesday morning, 28 October, according to Newsweek.”

The Floridian“As of Oct. 28, 2026, Meta reinstated the account.”

The page came back; that much is not contested anywhere. How each desk knows it is the whole exhibit. Three of the five sentences name an agent — the candidate, Newsweek, Newsweek again — but only one of the five is a first-hand observation, and it is the one that names nobody: Newsweek's own "back online," watched directly. The New Republic attributes the timing — "an hour later" — to the candidate, and that restoration-timing attribution appears nowhere else in the corpus, though the 50501 Movement, quoted by Newsweek, circles the same duration“shut down for well over an hour." theGrio and IBTimes UK source the fact to Newsweek by name, a relay with the provenance honestly stamped on it. The Floridian goes further than any of them: "Meta reinstated the account," in its own voice, with no clock time, no duration, and no stated source — the only record that puts Meta's name on "reinstated.”

Newsweek“Newsweek contacted Nixon’s campaign and Meta for comment by email on Wednesday morning, outside of standard working hours, and awaits responses.”

theGrio“The incident follows Meta's temporary suspension of the No Kings Coalition's Instagram account during a nationwide early-voting mobilization on October 17.”

theGrio“Meta acknowledged that suspension was made in error and attributed it to automated security systems that misinterpreted a surge in activity as possible bot traffic.”

The Floridian“A few days after the suspension, Meta issued an apology for the act.”

KCBD (NewsChannel 11, Lubbock)“First estimates showed 15,000 people wrapped around the Civic Center, and just more than 5,000 of them got inside, some standing room only.”

Amarillo Tribune“She said the arena was full, with around 4,000 attendees.”

Newsweek“Meanwhile, Trump and Paxton appeared for a rally at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, with a reporter for The Amarillo Tribune estimating the arena was full with around 4,000 attendees.”

Newsweek“It wasn't immediately clear if Talarico's figure includes supporters who were turned away after the venue was filled. The venue’s ballroom accommodates up to 2,600 people, and KAMC reporter Jen Phillips reported that officials were planning to stretch capacity to 3,000.”

KCBD (NewsChannel 11, Lubbock)“His campaign said 4,000 people registered for the event and about 500 people volunteered.”

KCBD (NewsChannel 11, Lubbock)“Speakers were set up outside for people who did not get in, a crowd estimated to be hundreds of people, perhaps up to a thousand.”

Associated Press“Nationally, more than 13 million mail-in and early in-person votes have been cast, compared with 9 million at the same point in 2022.”

The Guardian“As of Friday afternoon, more than 23 million Americans had already voted in person or by mail.”

Newsmax“Nearly 24 million ballots had been cast nationwide as of Saturday, according to an early-voting tracker maintained by On Point Politics.”

The Hill“More than 23 million ballots have been accepted nationwide, compared with more than 15 million reported at a similar point ahead of the 2022 midterms.”

The Jerusalem Post“Notably, at least 26 million Americans have already cast their ballots in early voting ahead of November 3 midterms, according to data from NBC News updated on Sunday.”

Newsweek“Over 28 million Americans have already cast ballots in the 2026 midterms with just over a week until Election day, according to data from The University of Florida Election Lab.”

PBS NewsHour“More than 30 million ballots have already been cast nationwide, including more than 15.1 million by mail and 15.5 million in person, according to the University of Florida Election Lab.”

NBC News“35,351,107 mail-in and early in-person votes cast nationally”

TIME“As of Tuesday afternoon, nearly 33 million people have voted since early voting windows opened in some states over a month ago, according to tracking by the University of Florida’s Election Lab.”

National Review“Thirty two million votes have been cast nationwide, NBC News reports, with registered Democrats making up 47 percent of the share - besting Republicans by 12 points.”

The Independent (UK)“Early voting has already started, with more than 33 million votes already cast either in person or by mail, according to NBC News.”

Maryland Matters“The surge mirrors a national spike in early voting, with more than 34 million Americans already having cast ballots, a week before Election Day on Nov. 3.”

TIME“Registered Democrats so far represent a larger share of early voters in the midterms than Republicans, having cast roughly 45% of early ballots compared to 31% cast by GOP voters, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab data.”

TIME“This data is only available for the 27 states that have a formal party registration system, and signifies only the party with which a voter is registered, not the candidates selected on their ballot.”

The Guardian“Registered Democrats account for 45% of early ballots cast, compared with 30% from Republicans (tracking returned ballots, not candidate selection).”

Newsweek“Of 13.7 million voters in states where political registration was recorded, 45.1 percent of early voters were registered Democrats compared with 30.7 percent Republicans.”

The Jerusalem Post“Of them, 47% are registered Democrats, 35% are registered Republicans, and 18% are registered as other, according to NBC.”

NBC News“Nationally, the total number of early votes is an aggregation of the daily state totals sourced from TargetSmart and state officials.”

Washington Examiner“While party registration does not indicate how voters cast their ballots, more than 5 million registered Democrats have voted so far, compared with about 3 million Republicans.”

New Jersey Globe“But the cumulative Democratic lead over Republicans after three days stands at approximately 27 percentage points, compared with just two points at the same stage in 2025.”

New Jersey Globe“That's a dramatic reversal from the third day of early voting in 2025, when Republicans led Democrats by 41.1% to 39.5%.”

Maryland Matters“Early voting in Maryland is surging, with turnout 67% higher through the first five days of in-person voting than it was at the same time four years ago, according to data from the Maryland State Board of Elections.”

The Texas Tribune“From Oct. 19 through Sunday, 23.4% of registered Texas voters had cast a ballot or voted by mail, according to data from the Texas secretary of state.”

The Texas Tribune“In 2018, the turnout was 24.3% in the first seven days of early voting.”

FOX 13 Tampa Bay“More than 5 million Floridians ultimately voted before Election Day in the 2022 midterm, including about 2.77 million by mail and 2.29 million through in-person early voting. Florida is already above 3.5 million in 2026 with six days remaining until Election Day.”

FOX 13 Tampa Bay“Registered Republicans account for 1,411,541 of the Floridians who have voted so far, compared with 1,377,057 registered Democrats.”

Associated Press“Early voting there two weeks out from the election is down about 6% from the same period four years ago.”

The Hill“In Kansas, early voting is up roughly 69 percent, while it's up 41 percent in Maine and 24 percent in Iowa, according to a New York Times analysis of state election records and voter data through Thursday.”

Newsmax“Early voting in Kansas was up approximately 69% from the corresponding period in 2022, compared with increases of 41% in Maine and 24% in Iowa, according to a New York Times analysis of state election records through Thursday cited by The Hill.”

NPR“But early voting numbers can be misleading. A surge in ballots cast before Election Day doesn't necessarily mean more Americans will vote overall.”

NPR“Democrats still have an advantage in voting by mail, but that gap is smaller than in 2022 as more Democrats shift to early in-person voting.”

Newsweek“But while early voting is soaring when compared with the last midterms in 2022, it is important to remember that the majority will vote in person on the day, meaning that even with higher early voting numbers conclusions cannot be drawn about results at this stage.”

TIME“Michael McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida who runs the Election Lab, stresses to TIME that early voting data cannot in and of itself be relied on to predict the outcome of the elections.”

Washington Examiner“But Republicans have traditionally relied more heavily on Election Day voting, meaning the early numbers provide an incomplete picture of the electorate heading into November.”

Newsmax“In recent elections, Republican voters have generally been more likely than Democrats to wait until Election Day, potentially allowing the GOP to narrow early Democratic participation advantages.”

CNN“Compared to the same point in the last midterm elections, there have been fewer votes in seven states this year, and more votes in 32, among states where data is available.”

PBS NewsHour“In the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist survey, about 1 in 5 likely voters say they have already cast a ballot, and that group favors Democrats 68% to 31%.”

Reuters“In recent years older voters have leaned Republican, according to exit-poll surveys.”

Reuters“In the 2022 midterms, voters aged 50 and older made up nearly twice as much of the electorate as those under 50.”

CNN“A majority of battleground states have seen a notable increase in the share of early voters aged 65+ compared with the same point in 2024.”

Associated Press“In most of them, Republicans are accounting for a smaller share of advance voters than they did four years ago.”

The Washington Times (AP wire copy)“With Republicans in control of both chambers of Congress and the White House, it's a distinctly different environment than 2022, when Democrats were in charge.”

Fox News“With approximately 70% of votes counted, Netanyahu's right-wing and religious bloc stood at 54 seats in the 120-seat Knesset, compared with 47 for the main opposition and 19 for Arab parties”

Fox News“the parties outside his governing bloc collectively held 66 seats, a majority in the 120-seat Knesset”

BBC News“Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc remains on 54 seats, while Gadi Eisenkot's opposition bloc has gained two more seats to reach 49.”

NPR“there was still no clear winner in Israel's pivotal parliamentary election, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was leading his main opposition rival”

Associated Press“Although exit polls suggested Netanyahu's Likud party dropped from 32 seats to around 27, it would remain the largest party and best placed to be asked to form a government.”

The Washington Times“Mr. Eisenkot's political bloc can secure about 51 seats in the Jewish state's parliament, about the same as the 51 seats for the prime minister and his allied parties”

National Review“With about 85 percent of the vote in, Netanyahu's Likud was at 27 seats and his coalition was at 54 seats, while Eisenkot's newly formed Yashar party was at 22 seats and his broader anti-Bibi coalition had slipped to just 49”

Al Jazeera“With just over 57 percent of votes counted at 8am (06:00 GMT) on Wednesday, Netanyahu's right-wing coalition was on track to win 56 seats in the 120-seat parliament, with Eisenkot's opposition bloc on 49 seats”

Reuters“With around 77.6% of votes tallied on Wednesday morning, Israeli media forecast Netanyahu's bloc of right-wing, far-right and ultra-Orthodox parties winning 54 seats in parliament, far surpassing 49 for the opposition bloc of rival Gadi Eisenkot.”

The Times of Israel“With over 85% of votes counted, pro-Netanyahu bloc gets 53 seats, Eisenkot-led bloc at 48 and Arab parties have 19”

The Times of Israel“The Arab parties have 19 seats, a historic high.”

National Review“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to defy the polls once again.”

New York Post“Netanyahu appeared to lose significant support to opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot”

Fox News“The results marked a shift from Tuesday night's initial exit polls, which prompted celebrations at Eisenkot's campaign headquarters in Tel Aviv.”

The Guardian“it became clear that Benjamin Netanyahu had lost his governing majority”

The Guardian“initial exit poll projections that Eisenkot's bloc would have a narrow lead over Netanyahu's coalition looked increasingly in doubt as the prime minister's bloc edged ahead”

Al Jazeera“Partial results and exit polls from Israel's parliamentary election show no clear winner”

PBS NewsHour“Exit polls released by major Israeli TV stations suggest that neither Netanyahu's political bloc nor that of his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, secured the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority.”

ABC News“Partial results released by the committee suggested that the coalitions of both Netanyahu and Eisenkot would fail to secure a majority of 61 seats in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset.”

The Jerusalem Post“Eisenkot declares victory as opposition bloc leads Netanyahu's, but neither have clear path to majority”

New York Post“WASHINGTON – Former FBI official Nikki Floris broke down in tears outside a federal courtroom Tuesday during a preliminary hearing on charges that she and another ex-bureau official lied to Congress about burying the Hunter Biden laptop story.”

New York Post“Floris was seen weeping in a courthouse hallway during a break in the probable cause hearing in the district court for Washington, DC.”

Fox News“Faruqui, who previously apologized to a man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, rebuked the Justice Department on Tuesday over its attempt to bring new obstruction charges against two former FBI officials without first securing judicial approval.”

New York Post“Faruqui did not make a ruling in the case after a full day of testimony.”

The Hill“The hearing is set to resume on Wednesday with additional testimony from Witt.”

NBC News“The hearing is scheduled to continue Wednesday.”

CBS News“The hearing is expected to continue on Wednesday.”

Politico“The magistrate court hearing, which is expected to continue Wednesday”

PBS NewsHour“The judge was weighing a request from defense lawyers to strike the complaint”

New York Post“The government witness, however, ultimately acknowledged that he did not have direct evidence that Benavides' claim was intentionally false.”

AP“Such charging documents require sign-off from a judge that probable cause exists to believe a crime was committed by a defendant, but this complaint was filed to the docket with no court approval.”

Politico“However, under questioning by Faruqui, Borchert could not cite any time that a criminal complaint was docketed without a judge's approval in any federal court.”

AP“The agent, Bryan Witt, suggested he had been begrudgingly assigned to the investigation”

Politico“The magistrate court hearing, which is expected to continue Wednesday, drew several former national security officials as observers, including former acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll”

Washington Examiner“The filing included a signature block bearing Faruqui's typed name but lacked his signature.”

Washington Examiner“The defense attorneys argued that prosecutors filed the document at 12:20 a.m.”

Associated Press“On Monday, a judge ruled that Hinojosa, given her position as a state representative, must be able to review over 1,000 unredacted pages by Thursday.”

HuffPost“On Monday, a judge ruled that Hinojosa, given her position as a state representative, must be able to review over 1,000 unredacted pages by Thursday.”

Newsmax“On Monday, a judge ruled that Hinojosa, given her position as a state representative, must be able to review over 1,000, unredacted pages by Thursday.”

CNN“Musk gave $5 million to Abbott’s reelection campaign last month, according to new campaign finance filings in the state, which covered a period that ended Saturday. Musk previously gave $500,000 to Abbott in May.”

Hinojosa, in a statement to KSAT“Musk is now Abbott’s single largest donor this cycle, donating $5 million in the last filing.”

Bloomberg Law (companion story, same outlet string)“contributed $5.5 million to Abbott’s campaign”

Townhall“The judge’s order makes about 1,374 pages of communications available for Hinojosa’s legislative review under Texas law.”

Townhall“However, the documents are not being made public, and Hinojosa is prohibited from disclosing confidential material.”

USA TODAY“Within two hours of Hinojosa filing the lawsuit, Abbott's campaign said it filed all documents legally required to dismiss the case.”

The Washington Post“In 2016, Trump said he would accept the election results “if I win.” In 2020, he repeatedly declined to commit to accept the results, saying “We’re going to have to see what happens.” In 2024, Trump said he would accept the results if the election was “fair and legal and good.””

The Washington Times“He has never accepted the results of the 2020 election, which he still derides as “rigged” despite there being no evidence supporting that claim.”

USA TODAY“The president will accept the results of a free and fair election," then-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in September 2020.”

Newsweek“pointing to his conduct after he lost the 2020 election, which he has said was stolen via widespread voter fraud, despite recounts and audits upholding its integrity.”

CNN“Trump effectively presents himself as the sole referee of the probity of an election.”

AFP“in what appeared to be a fresh bid to sow doubt ahead of next week's crucial vote.”

The Times of Israel“in a fresh hint at baseless claims of mass voter fraud.”

CNN“But Trump’s reply came with a caveat made all the more ominous by his past conduct”

Al Jazeera“Trump's remarks came a day after his Department of Justice (DOJ) threatened the northwestern state of Washington with legal action if it did not remove around 400 people it claims are not US citizens from its voter registration rolls.”

The Hill“the Justice Department filed a lawsuit saying it would block the results of Alaska’s Senate race if incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) loses his reelection bid”

Newsmax“Trump has repeatedly raised concerns about election fraud, while Democrats argue that unsubstantiated allegations risk undermining public confidence in elections.”

Breitbart“Trump and Rubio’s showcasing of an oil tanker carrying one million barrels of Venezuelan crude comes as affordability remains a top worry for American households grappling with steeper costs of gasoline and other goods.”

Bloomberg“Trump confirmed the plan before departing for the port of Corpus Christi, where he intends to campaign for Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who is locked in a close race with Democratic opponent James Talarico.”

New York Post“Trump made the announcement at a campaign rally in Corpus Christi at its massive port.”

Townhall“Trump will be holding rallies in Lubbock and Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday.”

The Hill“Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will oversee the Venezuelan tanker's arrival on Tuesday, the New York Post reported.”

Al Jazeera“It was not immediately clear under what pretext the oil had been shipped or whether the details Trump gave were correct.”

PBS NewsHour (AP)“The visit to Port Arthur, Texas, comes on the same day that Trump is campaigning in the state for Republican candidates in the midterms.”

Associated Press (AP)“The order won’t take effect until the court rules on the government’s motion for a stay pending appeal.”

Los Angeles Times“delayed the disqualifications from taking effect while he considers an anticipated government request for a stay pending appeal.”

CBS News (CBS Los Angeles)“but delayed his order and granted the federal government five business days to file a stay pending an appeal.”

Fox News“However, the disqualification will not take effect immediately, giving the Justice Department time to seek a stay pending appeal.”

The Guardian (US)“The order, however, will not immediately go into effect, and the Department of Justice (DoJ) has said it intends to appeal.”

Kyiv Post“shot an Altai argali, a wild sheep species subject to conservation protections.”

Forbes“shot and killed an Altai argali, an endangered horned sheep, the Financial Times reported”

The Daily Beast“shot and killed an Altai argali, an endangered horned sheep, the Financial Times reports.”

The New Republic“killed one Altai argali, an endangered sheep valued for its large horns.”

Meduza“an endangered mountain sheep prized by hunters for its large horns”

Ukrainian National News (UNN)“killed an Altai argali - an endangered species of sheep valued for its enormous horns.”

New York Magazine“killed an Altai argali, an endangered sheep.”

The Daily Beast“Don has made clear that he has a personal friendship, not a business relationship, with Umar.”

Ukrainska Pravda“Don has made clear that he has a personal friendship, not a business relationship, with Umar.”

The Washington Times“Kremlev’s office said that the IBA chief and the president’s son have a “friendly relationship” and first met “a couple of years ago.””

The Washington Times“Kremlev is a “personal friend” who is “not someone he has a business relationship with.””

The Washington Times“enjoyed a lavish May wedding that was partially funded by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, according to a new report.”

Breitbart“A Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin paid for celebrations after the wedding of President Donald Trump’s eldest son and his new bride, the couple confirmed on Monday.”

CNBC“U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., committed Tuesday to a peaceful postelection transfer of power, calling concerns that President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans could contest the results if Democrats win control of Congress “absurd.””

CNBC“Johnson, who in the wake of the 2020 election was a key congressional ally of Trump’s in his quest to overturn results, on Tuesday said questions about a peaceful transfer were “a little silly.””

RedState“Speaker Johnson Calls Fears of Contested Midterms ‘Absurd’”

RedState“A week before these races are decided, though, there is already some panic-mongering on the left about the possibility that some will resist the peaceful transition of power.”

Washington Examiner“I may not like some of those outcomes, but that’s our system. And for anybody to suggest otherwise is absurd.””

The Hill“Johnson says there will be 'peaceful transfer of power' on Jan 3”

The Hill“The Constitution says when a state certifies the election of members of Congress, then they are administered the oath.”

Washington Examiner“Johnson commits to peaceful transfer of power but remains optimistic about GOP keeping the House”

Washington Examiner“House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Tuesday he will commit to a peaceful transfer of power if Democrats retake the lower chamber, but he remains optimistic that Republicans will retain their narrow majority.”

The Washington Sun“Mike Johnson is refusing to accept widespread predictions of a Republican rout in the midterms next week.”

CNBC““Of course we’ll have a peaceful transfer of power. But it will not be transferring, because we are going to keep the majority and I’m going to be the speaker of the House and I will keep steady hands at the wheel,” Johnson told reporters.”

The Hill“Of course, we'll have a peaceful transfer of power, but it will not be transferring because we are going to keep the majority, and I'm going to be the Speaker of the House, and I will keep steady hands with at wheel, okay?”

Washington Examiner““It’s a little silly you have to ask the question,” Johnson told a reporter. “Of course, we’ll have a peaceful transfer of power. But it will not be transferring because we are going to keep the majority, and I’m going to be the speaker of the House, and I will keep steady hands at the wheel.””

CBS News“Kushner and his legal team released fiery statements Thursday night categorically denying all accusations against him.”

The National Memo“It is equally important to acknowledge that Kushner declined to be interviewed for Cole’s book.”

The Daily Beast“The bank account, which Vanity Fair dubbed Alpha, was held at First Abu Dhabi Bank in the UAE.”

Newsweek“Kushner strongly denied the allegations that he had secret financial arrangements involving Middle Eastern governments, calling the claims “completely insane” and saying they “never happened.””

Forbes“Kushner’s phone was monitored by Dutch investigators as he used it in 2018, with investigators finding Kushner accessed a United Arab Emirates-linked bank account that had $750 million transferred into it by a UAE government-funded charity, the report added.”

The Hill“Despite repeated requests, the author has failed to produce a single bank statement, wire transfer record, account number, or other verifiable evidence supporting these extraordinary accusations,”

Washington Examiner“Journalist Matthew Cole made the allegations in his book set for release on Tuesday, titled Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East.”

New York Post“But critics have questioned Cole’s reporting, with the Bank of Israel telling reporter Neria Krause that it was not aware of any such arrangement.”

New York Post“On Friday, The Jerusalem Post removed an article about Cole’s reporting, citing “significant factual questions about the alleged financial transactions.””

Reason (libertarian)“But the most explosive claims about Kushner's involvement in those activities rest on anonymous sources, making it a matter of Cole's word against Kushner's.”

The Washington Times“Mr. Cole alleges that Saudi Arabia and the UAE put about $750 million into the account starting in 2017 and that Mr. Kushner, then a senior White House adviser, was a signatory.”

The Times of Israel“According to him, bin Zayed and bin Salman together contributed some $2 billion into at least two bank accounts to which Kushner had access.”

i24NEWS“Emirati leader Mohammed bin Zayed reportedly transferred around one billion dollars to Israel, routing the funds through Azerbaijan.”

DutchNews.nl“In total the two states allegedly put at least $2 billion into accounts for Kushner, including around $1 billion held in Israel.”

CNN“Former special counsel Jack Smith, who investigated the January 6 attack, told members of Congress in a closed-door interview earlier this year that Hutchinson wasn't a powerful witness in the investigation, in part because many of her stories were secondhand.”

CBS News“CBS News could not determine precisely which parts of Hutchinson's testimony were being scrutinized by prosecutors.”

NBC News“The grand jury's refusal to indict Hutchinson does not bar the DOJ from attempting to charge her again in the future.”

Associated Press“It's highly unusual for grand juries to decline to return indictments, but the Justice Department under Trump has been rebuked by citizens in the nation's capital in a number of high-profile cases.”

CNN“It is rare for grand juries to reject charges, particularly because the threshold prosecutors must meet is relatively low — that there was probable cause a crime was committed.”

The Telegraph““Upon entering, Trump reportedly grabbed Keul from behind and forcibly raped her; in the process, tearing her dress and causing bleeding and bruising on multiple parts of her body,” the report claimed.”

The Independent (UK)“Upon entering, Trump reportedly grabbed Keul from behind and forcibly raped her”

USA TODAY“The report says Trump invited Keul upstairs at the Plaza Hotel, where he "grabbed Keul from behind and forcibly raped her; in the process tearing her dress and causing bleeding and bruising on multiple parts of her body."”

HuffPost“"Trump reportedly grabbed Keul from behind and forcibly raped her; in the process, tearing her dress and causing bleeding and bruising on multiple parts of her body," Democrats' report says.”

TIME“TIME has been unable to independently verify details of Keul’s account.”

Breitbart“TIME, which first detailed the report’s contents, said it was unable to independently verify Keul’s account.”

HuffPost“The Democratic staff report does not provide transcripts of the interviews with Keul.”

The Independent“President Donald Trump has promised to ban everyone from using the phrase "artificial intelligence" as he continues to promote a more favorable term - "super intelligence."”

The Hill“President Trump said Tuesday that he was banning the term artificial intelligence “in all relevant documents and everything else.””

Reuters“US President Donald Trump said he would ban the term artificial intelligence in documents and everything else, as he questioned why the Wall Street Journal was not using his preferred term, super intelligence.”

The Washington Times“President Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will soon prohibit using the terms AI or artificial intelligence to describe technology that enables machines to perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence.”

Newsweek“President Donald Trump is officially banning the terms "AI" and "Artificial Intelligence," he said Tuesday, escalating his effort to rebrand the technology as "Super Intelligence," or "SI," across the executive branch.”

The Times of India“US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration would ban the term "artificial intelligence" in official documents, calling it inaccurate.”

The Hill“President Trump said Tuesday that he was banning the term artificial intelligence “in all relevant documents and everything else.””

Newsweek“President Donald Trump is officially banning the terms "AI" and "Artificial Intelligence," he said Tuesday, escalating his effort to rebrand the technology as "Super Intelligence," or "SI," across the executive branch.”

NBC News“Trump said today that he wants to ban use of the terms "artificial intelligence" and "AI" in favor of "super intelligence" or "SI."”

Newsmax“Trump did not specify when the proposed terminology change would take effect, which government agencies would be affected, or whether the administration would issue an executive order to implement it.”

Forbes“Trump's post did not specify how he will ban the term, as he cannot legally ban private citizens, private companies or media outlets from using it.”

NBC News“Trump has no legal authority to prevent anyone outside the federal government from using "artificial intelligence" or "AI."”

Newsweek“The order also does not establish that private businesses, researchers, journalists or members of the public must stop using "AI" or "Artificial Intelligence."”

NBC News“The Justice Department sent a memo to its employees in October urging them to comply with the president's wishes, including for legal documents and court filings.”

Fox News“Trump's remarks follow a Sept. 29 executive order directing federal agencies to use "super intelligence" and "SI" in place of "artificial intelligence" and "AI" in official communications, websites, policy documents and other non-statutory materials, to the extent permitted by law.”

The Times of India“Trump's remarks came following an executive order he signed on September 30, titled "Inaugurating the Era of Super Intelligence".”

The Independent“But Trump pointed his ire toward The Wall Street Journal in his new Truth Social post after its opinion section published a newsletter titled "Let AI Be AI."”

Forbes“The post questioned why The Wall Street Journal continues to use the term "artificial intelligence," which he dubbed "a very bad and inaccurate name" instead of "Super Intelligence."”

The Independent“Just 23 percent of Americans believe Trump has handled artificial intelligence well, while 57 percent say he's handled the issue poorly, according to a survey from the University of Massachusetts Amherst published last month.”

HuffPost“HuffPost reached out to the White House to ask what penalties could be in store for the scofflaws who dare to use “AI” instead of “Super Intelligence,” but no one responded immediately.”

The Hill“Trump claimed without evidence he would have won Minnesota in the 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential races if votes had been counted properly.”

The Minnesota Star Tribune“While Trump won the presidency in 2016 and 2024, he lost in 2020; Minnesotans chose his Democratic opponent in each of those elections.”

Newsweek“Minnesota last voted for a Republican at the presidential level in 1972, but it has still been close in recent contests, giving Democrats only narrow victories.”

Breitbart“The president tied the warning to his own history in the state, claiming he had been denied past victories there.”

CNN“President Donald Trump seemingly laid the groundwork to potentially claim fraud in Minnesota if Republicans don't pull out a win in the state's Senate race.”

Newsweek“Minnesota last voted for a Republican at the presidential level in 1972, but it has still been close in recent contests, giving Democrats only narrow victories.”

Breitbart“No Republican has won a Senate race in Minnesota since Norm Coleman in 2002.”

Al Jazeera“He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory, just gold everywhere.”

Newsweek“There's 500 million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature.”

The New Republic“Kennedy told the Kent County GOP in Grand Rapids, Michigan,”

The New Republic“There's 500 million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature.”

The Independent (UK)“That’s why you don’t see any Muslims, any Arab Muslims winning the Nobel,” he said.”

HuffPost“And all of that tradition has been destroyed by the Muslim Brotherhood. They've created stagnant societies that do two things: hatred and war, and victimization.”

Newsweek“Egyptian scientist Ahmed Zewail won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999, while Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988.”

The Independent (UK)“A list of recent Nobel prize winners debunks one of Kennedy’s points; Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988, his countryman Ahmed Zewail won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1999, Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 and Jordanian chemist Omar M Yaghi shared the Chemistry prize in 2025.”

The Independent (UK)“Kennedy was in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Monday to visit the headquarters of Corewell Health to discuss improving hospital food when he was asked about the state’s midterms Senate battle between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.”

The New Republic“Kennedy told the Kent County GOP in Grand Rapids, Michigan,”

The Independent“Florida Republican Rep. Randy Fine has said he would be open to potentially deporting first lady Melania Trump and Elon Musk if they were ever found to have lied on their U.S. immigration paperwork.”

The Independent“I believe anyone who lied on their paperwork to become a citizen should be denaturalized and should be deported. Anyone.”

Mediaite“I don’t know anything about the circumstances of the First Lady or Elon Musk.”

The Daily Beast“I don't know anything about the circumstances of the first lady or Elon Musk; I don't know that there's ever been allegations.”

The Daily Beast“However, a past visa violation would not automatically constitute grounds for denaturalization.”

International Business Times UK“Fine was speaking on NewsNation on Monday 26 October 2026, Raw Story reported.”

International Business Times UK“He claimed that citizenship fraud was widespread in Minnesota, but offered no evidence for the claim, the Mirror reported.”

International Business Times UK“Political journalist Aaron Rupar shared a clip of the exchange on X, summarising it as Fine saying he had been open to deporting the pair if it turned out they lied on their paperwork.”

Front Office Sports“That agreement stipulates that the two sides will share information in order to ensure the integrity of NBA-related markets.”

Quartz“Under the agreement, the two organizations will share information by communicating on a regular basis about integrity and about maintaining fair and transparent prediction markets.”

RTL Today“In return, the deal gives the NBA control over what specific trades the websites can offer, and obliges the companies to share information "relating to investigations and suspicious trading."”

AP“reflects a shared commitment to ensuring that NBA-related prediction markets are subject to appropriate regulatory oversight and integrity protections,”

The Hill“The league said in a release it entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to designate Kalshi and Polymarket as its preferred prediction market exchanges.”

AP“Commodity Futures Trading Commission contends that it has exclusive jurisdiction on oversight, though some states believe it should fall under their purview.”

The Hill“A bipartisan coalition of 39 states and the District of Columbia have backed New Jersey's request, saying Kalshi and Polymarket are "wrong" from arguing the federal government has regulatory power over them.”

Deseret News“The NFL maintains that sports contracts on prediction markets belong under state gambling laws, not the CFTC, which historically monitored futures contracts on things such as livestock, crude oil, and gold and silver prices.”

Reuters“The NBA is the third of the big North American sports leagues to sign a prediction market deal, after the NHL and MLB.”

The Guardian“Young also seeks an injunction against further public performances.”

Courthouse News Service“Young asks the court to block the committee from playing any of his songs and to award him $10 million in damages.”

Courthouse News Service“According to Young, Trump used the song despite promising in a 2020 settlement not to use it again without a license.”

Rolling Stone“The unauthorized use happened despite a prior lawsuit and 2020 settlement in which Trump allegedly agreed never to use Young’s music without permission, the new complaint states.”

The Guardian“It is the second time that Young has filed against one of Trump’s organisations over his unlicenced use of the song.”

Fox News“"Yesterday, she brokered — single-handedly brokered — a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine within the area of Oleshky,"”

Townhall““This is the first tangible moment towards peace in a region that has been in this bitter war,””

NPR“Up to 2,000 people are stranded in Oleshky with dwindling food and medicine. They are unable to leave because of explosive mines and drone attacks in the area, according to the U.N.”

NBC News“Both sides blame each other for the crisis in Oleshky.”

The New Republic“The lawsuit was filed on behalf of six plaintiffs who rely on credentialed White House reporters to do their own jobs: Yale professors Kenneth Roth and Beverly Gage, Lawfare editor in chief Benjamin Wittes, Press Watch editor Daniel Froomkin, student journalist Ethan Young, and New York City high school teacher Peter Schmidt-Nowara.”

POLITICO“Six Americans are plaintiffs in the case, including former Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth, political blogger and media critic Daniel Froomkin, Lawfare editor Benjamin Wittes and Ethan Young, the editor of the University of Pennsylvania student newspaper.”

BBC News“The six plaintiffs, which include scholars, advocates and journalists, argue media bans issued by the White House violate the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which protects the press and freedom of speech.”

Associated Press“Plaintiffs ... seek a declaration that the policy is unconstitutional because it imposes restrictions on a limited public forum that are viewpoint-based and unreasonable,” the complaint adds. “They also seek an injunction barring defendants from enforcing the policy.””

The Independent (UK)“is unconstitutional because it imposes restrictions on a limited public forum that are viewpoint-based and unreasonable. They also seek an injunction barring defendants from enforcing the policy.”

The Hill“unconstitutional because it imposes restrictions on a limited public forum that are viewpoint-based and unreasonable.”

USA TODAY“Among other requests, the lawsuit asked the court to declare that the press bans violate the First Amendment and block the administration from enforcing them.”

The Washington Times“A lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of six such citizens - effectively representing the audiences for the news media - argues that it's not only the rights of news organizations that are violated when Trump bans them from White House premises.”

The Washington Times“The amount of fraud, however, is not enough to change the outcomes of elections.”

New York Post“Voter fraud charges are relatively rare.”

Newsmax“But documented illegal voting remains rare, according to research compiled by the Brennan Center for Justice, which says many allegations ultimately reflect mistakes by voters or election administrators.”

Associated Press“Voter fraud happens but is far too rare to swing national elections.”

NBC News“There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud in U.S. elections, though Trump has spent years claiming there is and that it cost him the 2020 election he lost.”

Le Monde (English edition)“Studies have repeatedly found that fraud occurs at very low levels, particularly when it comes to non-citizens voting.”

The Washington Times carries the most interesting pair, because both halves sit in the same article“Charges and convictions for illegal voting have spiked considerably during Mr. Trump's presidential term amid a Justice Department crackdown," followed immediately by the line above about outcomes. Prosecutions up, effect on elections nil — two true counts of two different things. The Associated Press reads the same landscape historically: "The new bounty is reminiscent to ones offered by Trump supporters after the 2020 election." The Guardian supplies the precedent's punchline, as relayed from The Washington Post: after Texas's lieutenant governor offered $25,000 per fraud tip in 2020, "the first payout went to Eric Frank, a Democratic poll worker in Pennsylvania whose tip led to the conviction of a 72-year-old Republican for voting twice.”

Breitbart“US President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that Brazil's elections were "rigged" and "so corrupt" after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beat Trump's right-wing ally Flavio Bolsonaro.”

New York Post“WASHINGTON - President Trump offered $1 million Monday to anyone whose tips about voter fraud lead to convictions - as he ripped Sunday's electoral triumph by Brazil's leftist leader as "another rigged election."”

The Washington Post“Brazil’s leading right-wing politician, Flávio Bolsonaro, effectively conceded defeat to the incumbent left-wing president Monday, minutes after President Donald Trump indicated he would not intervene on his behalf despite saying that Sunday’s vote “looked like another rigged election.””

CNN“As his father did four years ago, Flávio Bolsonaro refused to recognize the result and announced that he would seek to have the election annulled through the courts.”

AP“But in a video on his social media channels on Monday he did not repeat that message and promised to organize opposition to Lula.”

The Daily Beast“An ICE spokesperson told the Daily Beast in a statement that the “robot platform provides law enforcement officers with an additional tool to safely assess potentially dangerous situations before placing personnel or the public at risk.””

Washington Examiner“ICE's purchase of an unspecified number of Boston Dynamics robots is funded by a small portion of the $75 billion that Congress gave ICE in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed in July 2025.”

MS NOW“Some companies have sought to sever ties with the Trump administration amid its anti-immigrant crackdown — but Boston Dynamics is taking the opposite route.”

Puck“Already there’s chatter on the Hill that Hegseth has been angling for Sen. Marsha Blackburn to appoint him to her Senate seat, which she would vacate after winning her gubernatorial election.”

The Independent“According to Puck, the secretary is interested in succeeding Tennessee's incumbent Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn should she win her race to be the state's next governor against Democratic rival Jerri Green, as she is currently on course”

HuffPost“Puck reported Sunday.”

The New Republic“Puck reports that Hegseth is hoping that Tennessee's incumbent Senator Marsha Blackburn wins her election for governor next week and appoints him to fill her vacant seat.”

New Republic“Two Ohio restaurants—Elliot's Wood Fired Kitchen and The Old Dog Ale House & Brewery—have canceled events with the Ohio Republican Party featuring Ramaswamy after he released and then doubled down on his advert featuring Acton's mother, Donna Arthur.”

Newsweek“The Old Dog Ale House & Brewery in Delaware, Ohio, canceled a GOP event featuring Ramaswamy last Friday, according to USA Today reporter Jessie Balmert.”

The Independent“On Friday, Old Dog Ale House & Brewery in Delaware canceled an event scheduled to feature him. Elliot's Wood Fired Kitchen in Newark also said it would not host his planned Tuesday appearance.”

Washington Examiner“I want you to hear it from me directly: These people are lying to you, but I trust you to see through it,”

Washington Times“The Press is trying to convince everyone that this Ad is bad, because it's so good!”

Daily Signal“The fact of the matter is I am running against somebody who is crazy, unstable, and dishonest, and even more importantly, they represent crazy and unstable and dishonest ideas.”

Newsmax“A recent Fox News poll showed Acton leading Ramaswamy 50% to 48% among likely voters.”

Daily Wire“Ramaswamy is trailing Acton by nearly four points, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.”

The Hill“Recently, the U.S. has reportedly encouraged Orbán to throw his hat into the ring for secretary general, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing sources from three countries.”

Politico“The U.S. has encouraged Orban to enter the race, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, noting that he could be a compromise candidate backed by Moscow, Washington and Beijing.”

Euronews“Officials in the Trump administration are advocating the nomination of former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán for the post of UN secretary-general, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.”

The Jerusalem Post“US President Donald Trump is pushing former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban as a candidate for UN secretary-general, according to a report citing sources from three countries.”

The Guardian US“The report, citing sources from three different countries, said that the Trump administration believed China and Russia would back Orban as a candidate”

MS NOW“it provides no direct evidence other than the woman's own conversations with Judiciary Committee staff”

MS NOW“The report also repeats several other longstanding, unsubstantiated allegations against Trump.”

Newsweek“The allegations are disputed and have not resulted in criminal findings against Trump.”

Newsweek“The report argued that those actions warrant investigation, but its characterization of them as a "cover-up" is an allegation by Democratic staff, not an established judicial finding.”

Newsmax“The allegations have not resulted in criminal findings against Trump.”

HuffPost“The Democratic staff report does not provide transcripts of the interviews with Keul. The document doesn't say why Keul changed her story.”

The New Republic“House Judiciary Committee Democrats released a 50-page report Monday morning accusing Donald Trump of participating in Jeffrey Epstein's criminal sex schemes.”

Forbes“House Democrats released a 50-page report alleging Trump”

AFP“In a 53-page report, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee revived allegations of sexual misconduct made against Trump, a one-time close friend of the disgraced financier.”

Washington Examiner“The 53-page report, compiled by minority staff, alleges a “growing body of evidence” shows the president was an “active participant” in Epstein’s crimes, citing testimony from 11 women who allege Trump took part in the abuse of women.”

MS NOW“The more than 50-page report alleges that Trump was "an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of young women in the mid-to-late 1990s."”

AFP“Ahead of the November 3 elections which will decide control of Congress, Democrats have reportedly spent more than $35 million dollars on Epstein-related advertisements.”

Washington Examiner“A recent AdImpact analysis cited by Politico found that Democratic candidates have spent over $36 million on Epstein-related ads in the 2026 elections.”

Reuters“The judge granted her request to retroactively reinstate her as a prosecutor through December 2025 so she could get back pay and qualify for retirement benefits.”

The Hill“Maurene Comey has since taken another job and won’t be returning to the DOJ.”

Newsweek“Her attorney Ellen Blain told Newsweek via email that Comey had sought reinstatement only for the period between July 16 and December 20, 2025, and will remain at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in New York, where she is now a partner.”

The Washington Times“The Justice Department broke the law when it summarily fired Maureen Comey, daughter of former FBI director and prominent anti-Trump figure James Comey, a federal judge ruled Monday, ordering that she be reinstated to her high-level prosecutor's post and given back pay.”

The Independent“the judge ordered back pay and retroactive reinstatement covering the period between her termination and Dec. 20.”

The New Republic“A judge ruled Monday that Maurene Comey was wrongfully terminated from her position as the former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, ordering the Justice Department to reinstate her with backpay.”

New York Post“Furman wrote in a scathing, 55-page order.”

The Washington Times“He said the Justice Department's reasons for the firing rang thin and defied federal law, which only allowed firings of assistant U.S. attorneys in very limited instances, which Ms. Comey's case didn't meet.”

Reuters“There was no indication that the Trump administration was adopting new official policy on Norwegian immigrants”

AFP“There was no official indication of a new US policy on Norwegian immigrants.”

The Independent“There was no indication that the Trump administration was adopting new official policy on Norwegian immigrants.”

Breitbart“There was no official indication of a new US policy on Norwegian immigrants.”

ABC News“The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper, endorsed Acton for governor on Sunday, saying that it was reversing a previous decision to not endorse in the race in the wake of the ad.”

The Daily Beast“CLEVELAND--Ohio's biggest newspaper has torn up its own rules and endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy's Democratic rival--saying his vile attack ad is completely disqualifying.”

Newsweek“The newspaper noted that its decision to endorse Acton was not solely due to the ad.”

HuffPost““Our endorsement of Acton rests on more than Ramaswamy’s failure to meet a basic standard of decency,” the 184-year-old newspaper wrote.”

The Hill“And our endorsement of Acton rests on more than Ramaswamy's failure to meet a basic standard of decency.”

IBTimes UK“The board said its support for Acton was not based only on Ramaswamy's advert.”

The Hill“Other conservatives -- including Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) -- have condemned the ad and called for it to be taken down.”

ABC News“but he did not withdraw his endorsement of Ramaswamy.”

IBTimes UK“He did not withdraw his endorsement.”

The Guardian“Energy prices across the board are higher because of the US war on Iran, which closed the strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world's crude oil flows.”

Fox News“Additionally, the Iran war has disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, further tightening global fuel supplies, while disruptions to Russian energy infrastructure have added pressure.”

Al Jazeera“The sharpest squeeze would be on diesel, which is already nearly double the price of crude, the IEA said.”

BBC“Average US retail diesel prices on 5 October were $6.20 (£4.69) per gallon, just shy of the record of $6.50 per gallon seen on 21 September, according to the latest figures from the US Energy Information Administration.”

The Guardian“The man, Luis Sandoval, was 48 and from El Salvador, ICE said in its statement, adding that at about 1.46am on Friday, facility staff found Sandoval with a ligature around his neck.”

El Diario de Hoy“El medio reveló que detenidos en esa prisión denunciaron a N+ Univision Atlanta que Sandoval sufrió una golpiza en las instalaciones.”

ContraPunto“Hasta el momento, la información difundida por ICE no permite establecer de manera independiente las circunstancias completas del fallecimiento.”

Alex Jones Live“An illegal alien from El Salvador with a significant rap sheet died while in federal custody, with signs pointing to a potential suicide or foul play, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this weekend.”

AP“ruled three minutes before the scheduled end of voting to keep polls open for two more hours, following requests by both candidates.”

BBC News“even though his campaign team, as well as that of his rival, had requested that polling stations be kept open longer.”

Al Jazeera“The campaigns of both Lula and Bolsonaro ultimately petitioned the Supreme Court for a voting extension.”

The Guardian“His speech made no mention of the fact that his campaign had also asked the electoral court to extend voting hours”

Common Dreams“even though his team had also sought an extension in parts of southeastern Brazil because of unfavorable weather.”

AFP“The move came at the request of Lula who complained that buses had been pulled from circulation in various cities, barring citizens from voting.”

AFP“Flavio Bolsonaro also requested an extension in some regions due to heavy rains, but he described the decision as "unacceptable" and a "dirty trick"”

POLITICO“In an extraordinary move on Sunday, Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin extended voting by two hours, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., after Lula's team accused pro-Bolsonaro mayors of voter suppression. Zanin had previously served as Lula's personal lawyer.”

Breitbart“STF Justice Cristiano Zanin issued an unprecedented, single-justice ruling late in the voting time to extend voting by two hours, closing polls at 7 p.m.”

HuffPost“Lula becomes the first candidate since Brazil’s return to democracy in the 1980s to be elected after finishing second in the first round.”

France 24“No candidate who lost the first round has gone on to win the second in Brazil since 1989, the first direct election after the end of the country's military dictatorship.”

Common Dreams“the first Brazilian candidate since the restoration of democracy in 1985 to win a second-round election after coming in second in the initial round”

New York Post“will award him his non-consecutive fourth term as president.”

Associated Press“On Sunday, Cheung posted a video in which he was interviewing the rapper Nicki Minaj aboard Air Force One as it took Trump to Michigan for a campaign rally.”

The Daily Wire“In the roughly two-minute clip, Cheung questioned Minaj in the style of a mock job interview.”

HuffPost“a seemingly staged audition to be the next White House press secretary”

Associated Press“Rapper Nicki Minaj appeared on stage and urged people to get out and vote for the state’s Republican ticket.”

USA TODAY“President Trump, it is an honor to stand with you every single time, and I will continue to support you forever and ever. If you run again, I will support you again.”

The Daily Beast“A leader in the Catholic Church says he and other faith leaders were duped into taking part in a White House publicity stunt when they prayed over President Donald Trump.”

Denver Catholic“I understand that many people saw the video, posted by the Administration twelve days before an election, as an endorsement. That was never my intention," the archbishop emphasized.”

The Guardian“the increasingly authoritarian leader pitted against a student-led movement that had spent two years protesting against his government.”

The Washington Times“A student victory would echo the recent electoral defeat of a Vucic ally in Hungary, where youth participation helped oust the autocratic Viktor Orban after 16 years and bring in a new pro-European government.”

Newsmax“A similar shift recently unfolded in neighboring Hungary, where longtime conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban was defeated after 16 years in power.”

Al Jazeera“The Centre for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA), an independent election watchdog, said its observers recorded pressure on voters or election workers at almost a third of the 500 polling stations it monitored.”

The Hill“Polling over the past year has consistently shown that voters are worried about the cost of healthcare and trust Democrats more to fix it.”

POLITICO“Republicans in competitive races, meanwhile, have run a total of just four TV ads about the Big Beautiful Bill since the beginning of last year, according to the tracking firm AdImpact.”

NPR“The survey found two-thirds of Americans now favor expanding the government health program that largely covers seniors (about half of whom are enrolled in private plans through Medicare Advantage).”

PBS NewsHour“And according to KFF polling this summer, it found that 51 percent of voters say it's extremely important for candidates to address this issue.”

CBS News Texas“Talarico blamed billionaires for the affordability crisis and said he wants to rebuild labor unions, cancel medical debt, and stop hospitals and insurance companies from overcharging patients.”

Associated Press“Talarico wants all Americans to be able to join Medicare; Paxton proposed a $25,000 tax deduction for out-of-pocket medical expenses.”

Al Jazeera“Despite rising medical costs – his medications have more than doubled in price since last year – and his inability to retire as he approaches his 80s, the three-time Trump voter said he will continue to vote for Republicans in next month’s US midterm elections.”

The Times“Two thirds of Hispanic voters think the administration’s ICE raids have gone too far and three quarters disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy, according to an NBC News/Telemundo poll.”

BBC News“Border crossings are now at their lowest level in decades. And it was that promise which in part drove Trump's astonishingly high level of support in the state, taking around 55% of Hispanic votes in Texas alone - a record for a Republican presidential candidate.”

NPR“President Trump is not trying to take over a state election in any way, shape, or form,”

USA TODAY“Oh stop it. You gotta stop it with that! You're not being a real person. Come on, man. That is crazy!”

The Guardian“Oh, you got to stop it with that. You are not being a real person. Come on, man.”

The Independent UK“You've gotta stop it with that! You are not being a real person! Come on, man! That is crazy!”

CBS News“I will never, ever, ever talk about communications that I have with the president of the United States”

CBS News“You described facts that were just simply either at best misleading, but were really a lie to your viewers.”

The Hill“Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday accused CBS News’s “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan of giving a “misleading” description of the Alaska Senate race, where two candidates with similar names will appear on the ballot.”

Washington Examiner“I will never talk about any communications I have with the president of the United States”

PBS NewsHour“It's not saying, 'Don't certify.' It's saying, 'If a court ultimately determines that it was decided because of confusion and not the will of the voters, then we do not think the states should certify.' And that's consistent with federal law and consistent with even Alaskan law, if that happens,”

Fox News“Those polls are wrong, they're based on faulty analysis,”

CBS News“our CBS News Battleground Tracker estimates Democrats are on pace to take control of the House with 229 seats. The Senate remains a toss-up.”

ABC News“Nine days to go and nearly every sign points in the same direction. Poll after poll shows the president’s approval rating at the lowest of his presidency.”

Washington Examiner“No, I don’t — I’ve never called him a terrorist. I’ve never called him a terrorist”

ABC News“Yes, it's terrible. I think about it as a mom, and you think about your kids surviving childhood sexual abuse and having to relive that trauma on TV again.”

CBS News“But we are also running against our own history, to some degree, right?”

NPR“The Department of Justice has not clarified how that determination could be made in light of the secret nature of the ballot, but Trump said Friday that he ordered the case.”

Politico“With ballots secret, it is virtually impossible for the Justice Department to identify specific voters and clarify which Sullivan candidate they meant to vote for.”

Associated Press“Trump told reporters on Sunday that he believed the ballot was illegal because it was unfair and that Sen. Sullivan should be identified to voters as the sitting senator.”

Reuters“Trump has no designs on taking over state elections, US attorney general says”

Washington Examiner“President Donald Trump railed against Alaska's "corrupt" ranked choice voting system, claiming it was the sole reason Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) secured reelection.”

Washington Examiner“They've been trying to get rid of Lisa Murkowski forever in Alaska, then she came up with the Ranked Choice Voting SCAM, and pulled a nice hot iron out of the fire," Trump said. "Everyone thought she came in second or third, but then she 'won.'”

NOTUS“Trump took credit for pushing the Justice Department to file a lawsuit on Thursday threatening state officials with legal repercussions unless Dan S. Sullivan wins reelection.”

Washington Times“As a result, 41,000 residents left the state, taking $4.2 billion in tax revenue with them. Seventy percent of those who left came from the top tax bracket.”

Reason“Studies have shown that a "millionaires tax" in Massachusetts contributed to wealth moving out of that state.”

NPR“Economists say there's not yet enough data to see exactly how many high earners have left the state. Evan Horowitz of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University says early indicators show some people are managing to avoid the tax but not enough to make a significant dent.”

Forbes“Decades of economic research show that billionaire "flight" is rare, exaggerated, and often confused with tax avoidance through accounting maneuvers rather than physical relocation.”

Bloomberg“The amount was an 8% year-over-year increase, according to Internal Revenue Service data, even as the total number of taxpayers leaving the state slowed.”

Fox News“Meanwhile, deep-blue California recorded the nation's largest outbound migration losses, with more than 100,000 income tax filers and nearly $12 billion in taxable income leaving the state between 2022 and 2023.”

Fox Business“Americans are voting with their feet, leaving high-tax blue states for lower-cost, Republican-led states and reshaping the nation's economic and political map, according to new Census Bureau data.”

The Hill“Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) said Friday he plans to introduce a resolution to expel Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) if a federal investigation finds she broke the law.”

Fox News“EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital that he plans to pursue an effort to expel Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., if the Justice Department finds her guilty of immigration fraud.”

Fox News“The filing has raised questions about Omar's identity and immigration records but does not establish that she committed fraud.”

The Western Journal“Randy Fine, a Republican from Florida, said he will lead a drive to boot the Minnesota Democratic lawmaker from the House of Representatives if she is found guilty of immigration fraud, according to Fox News.”

BBC“The Senate race in Alaska - which Trump won by 14 percentage points in 2024 - is among the most closely watched in the upcoming midterm elections.”

Breitbart“Trump won Alaska by 13 percentage points in his 2024 comeback election.”

The Guardian (US)“Donald Trump said he ordered the justice department to file a lawsuit to block the certification of Alaska’s US Senate results if the Republican incumbent loses, a move that voting rights experts called an“unprecedented intervention” by the federal government with control of Congress in the balance.”

CNN“Both lawsuits appear very unlikely to bear fruit; indeed, experts say they basically amount to legal Hail Marys.”

Reuters“In short, like many Department letters over the last few years, it is designed to win the press release rather than the litigation”

Associated Press“The Department of Justice should never have filed this lawsuit.”

AP“Trump has been criticized in the past for voting by mail despite his long history of railing against that method of submitting ballots.”

Bloomberg“At rallies ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3, Trump has been urging Republicans to cast their ballots early, reversing course on a practice he's long decried in a bid to mobilize the party's base in an election that threatens to end their control of Congress.”

CNN“The president, who has opposed early and mail-in voting despite advocating for the practice this election cycle, said he voted along the party line in his home state.”

USA TODAY“Trump's in-person vote comes after he used a mail-in ballots in the Florida elections earlier this year, despite repeatedly criticizing the voting method and pushing for restrictions on its use.”

South China Morning Post (SCMP)“The president has regularly questioned the security of early voting methods, claiming without evidence that mail-in ballots, drop boxes and other practices during the 2020 presidential election - which he lost - were used to rig the vote.”

New York Post““There is a lot of cheating in vote by mail,” Trump claimed Monday.”

CBS News“In recent elections, Mr. Trump has voted by mail. The president, however, is critical of widespread mail-in voting.”

The Guardian“Trump has historically mailed-in his ballot rather than voting in-person.”

Associated Press“Plaintiffs in a lawsuit trying to stop the Trump administration from building a triumphal arch along the Potomac River asked a federal judge on Thursday to halt all construction plans, one day after the National Park Service signaled it would begin work Nov. 5.”

ABC News“With the Trump administration signaling that work on the triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery could begin two weeks from Thursday, opponents of the project urged a federal judge to issue an order blocking the construction unless it is authorized by lawmakers.”

The Independent“Construction on President Donald Trump's proposed 250-foot victory arch could break ground in just two weeks, shortly after Election Day, according to court documents.”

Politico“The Trump administration is poised to swiftly begin construction on a contested triumphal arch in early November, according to a notice filed Wednesday in federal court.”

The Washington Post“The Trump administration said Wednesday night that construction on President Donald Trump's planned triumphal arch could begin immediately after the National Capital Planning Commission meets next month.”

Newsmax“The two-page notice spells out the sequence: If the National Capital Planning Commission, the federal body that reviews construction in the capital region, approves final site and building plans and the Interior Department then signs off, construction or demolition to prepare the site could begin once the National Park Service publishes notice of the authorization.”

Newsmax“As of Thursday, both lawsuits remain pending”

CNN“The charges, which come less than two weeks before Election Day, relate to statements Floris and Benavides made to the House Judiciary Committee in 2023 as Republicans questioned an FBI election interference task force's involvement in the Hunter Biden investigations.”

Fox News“The Justice Department claims to possess evidence that shows Benavides discussed the laptop story with others in the FBI”

Reuters“The case against Floris and Benavides does not make that allegation.”

The Associated Press“Former President Barack Obama on Saturday seized on what he described as cruelty and indecency coming from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, stepping into one of the nation's ugliest midterm fights as he worked to rally Democratic voters in two Midwestern battlegrounds.”

CBS News“Former President Barack Obama on Saturday seized on what he described as cruelty and indecency coming from President Trump and his Republican allies, stepping into one of the nation's ugliest midterm fights as he worked to rally Democratic voters in battleground Ohio.”

Fox News“Former President Barack Obama mocked President Donald Trump's White House renovations Saturday, comparing the historic residence to a Cheesecake Factory run by Saddam Hussein while campaigning for Democrats in Ohio.”

The Daily Beast“Barack Obama unleashed a blistering attack on President Donald Trump and the "not serious" people running the country, mocking the president's White House renovations and accusing him of using the Oval Office to enrich himself and his family.”

Fox News“The renovations, however, include several functional upgrades to the White House grounds.”

Mediaite“All of a sudden, they are looking at these rules, realizing that they're given no choice, and then they've been voting over and over — about three out of every four times — to keep these transgender soldiers and sailors and Marines in uniform, which is basically them quietly defying orders.”

Inquirer (headline)“Military boards are defying orders and letting trans troops serve”

Newsmax“an unexpected development as the Trump administration works to restore military readiness standards and eliminate policies it says undermine combat effectiveness”

Suara Garut“presenting a contrast with discharge decisions elsewhere in the armed forces”

Washington Examiner“President Donald Trump threatened to veto every piece of legislation put forward during the second half of his administration if Democrats flip control of the House or Senate during next month's midterm elections.”

The Gateway Pundit“President Donald Trump vowed to veto every bill Democrats send him if they take control of the House or Senate in the midterm elections, then wait for them to come negotiate.”

The Hill“Trump told reporters Friday he would "veto everything" if the Democrats regained control of the legislature.”

The Epoch Times“Trump Says He Will 'Veto Everything' If Democrats Win Midterms”

HuffPost“However, even if Democrats win both the Senate and House, Trump said he would use his power to veto and limit the party’s chances of passing major legislation.”

Associated Press“In a post Saturday on X, Musk acknowledged that his company SpaceX throttled the Starlink satellite internet service.”

Associated Press“But he maintained that the U.S. government controlled whatever changes happened with Starshield, the military-grade version of Starlink that is the backbone of Ukraine's drone operations and communication.”

The Independent (UK)“SpaceX intentionally slowed its Starlink satellite internet network in Ukraine, owner Elon Musk confirmed on Saturday, hindering military efforts essential for the nation's defense against ongoing Russian aggression.”

Reuters“Reuters has reported that the order to throttle Starshield came from inside the White House.”

Reuters“Both Musk and US officials said publicly that any decisions on Starlink and Starshield limitations could only have been taken by the other.”

Associated Press“Trump has maintained that he didn't make the call, while also saying Musk should not be blamed.”

PBS NewsHour“Vice President JD Vance has hinted at White House coordination with Musk, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have denied any administration involvement.”

Deutsche Welle“US newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported earlier this week that US officials believed Musk acted unilaterally in capping the speeds at which Ukrainian hardware could stay connected to the satellite-based network.”

New York Post“Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government. Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS,” Musk wrote on X on Oct. 14.”

NBC News“Neither Musk nor the U.S. government has acknowledged responsibility for restricting Starlink or Starshield in Ukraine.”

The Hill“The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there, and the speed has not been restored," the Ukrainian president said.”

CNN“One source on the ground in Ukraine's Donetsk region told CNN Saturday morning that the speed in their area continued to be limited to 160 kilometers per hour.”

Washington Examiner“The 60-second ad, shared first with the Washington Examiner, begins by calling attention to a situation in neighboring Minnesota, where a biological boy pitched 21 innings of a girls’ softball tournament en route to a state title.”

Fox News“Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, is trying to reassure voters that she doesn’t support men having access to women’s locker rooms — a stance she believes her opponents have tried to obfuscate.”

The Washington Post“Trone Garriott is challenging Rep. Zach Nunn (R) for a House seat.”

The Washington Post“The super PAC spent at least $1 million on the ad, according to AdImpact, which tracks campaign commercials.”

Fox News“Trone Garriott will face off against Nunn in the Nov. 3 general election.”

Washington Examiner“I asked where he thought his approval rating actually stands. “I don’t believe I could be beaten by anybody,” Trump said. “I think that if I needed it, which I don’t, I think 60.””

Washington Examiner“All of this, good and bad, factors into Trump’s job approval rating, which stands at 38.8% approval and 60.4% disapproval, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls.”

HuffPost“When asked what he believes his job approval rating actually is, Trump again boasted about his popularity and said, "I don't believe I could be beaten by anybody" -- before touting his own number: "I think that if I needed it, which I don't, I think 60."”

Mediaite“The New York Times also released a poll, conducted with Siena College, this week showing Trump with a 34% approval rating.”

Raw Story“The RealClearPolitics average puts it at 38.8% approval and 60.4% disapproval.”

The Independent (UK)“In an interview with The Washington Examiner’s Byron York, published Saturday, Trump called the polling figures “fake” when asked about a RealClearPolitics average showing 38.8 percent of Americans approved of his job performance, while 60.4 percent disapproved.”

The Independent (UK)“A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted between October 16 and 19 found that 34 percent approved of his performance and 65 percent disapproved.”

Reuters“Some 31% of Americans approve of Trump's performance in office, down a percentage point from two weeks earlier and the lowest level in either of his presidential terms, the four-day poll showed.”

The Hill“In the Times/Siena poll, 36 percent of respondents said they either "strongly approve" or "somewhat approve" of Trump's job performance, while another 59 percent said they either "somewhat disapprove" or "strongly disapprove.”

USA TODAY“Trump's approval rating was 34%, the lowest seen in New York Times/Siena University tracking.”

USA TODAY“Trump's approval rating was 34%, the lowest seen in New York Times/Siena University tracking.”

Newsmax“The October Echelon Insights Verified Voter Omnibus, conducted online Oct. 15-19 among 1,010 likely voters drawn from the Lucid sample exchange and matched to the L2 voter file, found Trump at 39% approval and 60% disapproval nationally.”

Al Jazeera“A Washington Post/ABC/Ipsos poll, also released on Monday, found Trump had a record-low approval rating of 33 percent, with 7 out of 10 saying petrol or gasoline was becoming unaffordable.”

Times of Israel“Some 31 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s performance in office, down a percentage point from two weeks earlier and the lowest level in either of his presidential terms, the four-day poll showed.”

The Washington Sun“A pardon for all junior administration personnel is viewed as unlikely, one source said, but the president could issue blanket pardons for all employees involved in particular policy areas, such as deportations, war or trade.”

The Washington Sun“The White House and The Heritage Foundation did not immediately respond to requests for comment.”

HuffPost“The White House is reportedly weighing mass pardons for junior staffers in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections.”

HuffPost“Those in President Donald Trump’s orbit have asked him to protect lower-ranking officials from possible prosecution, sources told the Washington Sun.”

HuffPost“While there’s been no definitive decision on possible pardons, Katie Miller, the wife of White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, reposted the Washington Sun story on her X account Saturday.”

The Washington Sun“Karoline Leavitt, who was then White House press secretary, said at the time: "The Wall Street Journal should learn to take a joke."”

Newsmax“Karoline Leavitt, who was White House press secretary at the time, dismissed the remarks as a joke, telling the newspaper, "The Wall Street Journal should learn to take a joke."”

The New Republic“The Wall Street Journal has reported that Trump told staff in a private meeting that he’d “pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval.””

The Independent (UK)“But the president could effectively immunize any of his aides from criminal charges by issuing preemptive pardons that would foreclose the possibility that anyone in his employ could ever be charged with any federal crimes committed on his orders during his remaining three years in the White House.”

The Hill“Pardons are supposed to operate as a means of bestowing individual mercy and fostering national healing - not to immunize crimes committed in the Oval Office.”

AP“Nationally, more than 13 million mail-in and early in-person votes have been cast, compared with 9 million at the same point in 2022.”

AP“The AP’s data, which runs through Tuesday”

USA TODAY“Nationally, more than 15 million people have already voted, including more than 5.6 million at in-person locations and about 9.7 million by mail, which includes drop boxes, according to McDonald's tallies.”

NPR“As of Friday morning, nearly 21 million Americans have already cast ballots in the midterm elections, according to the University of Florida's Election Lab, which tracks voting by mail and in person.”

The Independent (UK)“As of Friday morning, more than 22 million Americans have already cast their ballots with less than two weeks before Election Day, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida, the leading authority for independent voting data.”

The Hill“More than 23 million ballots have been accepted nationwide, compared with more than 15 million reported at a similar point ahead of the 2022 midterms.”

Newsmax“Nearly 24 million ballots had been cast nationwide as of Saturday, according to an early-voting tracker maintained by On Point Politics.”

AP“In Michigan and Georgia, two states where Democrats are defending Senate seats, the total number of early votes cast is high, but similar to four years ago.”

Washington Examiner“Compared with the 2022 midterm elections, the Peach State has seen a 12% increase in ballots cast in the 2026 elections, according to data released by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office.”

The Hill“Early voting is slightly higher this year, with approximately 1.5 million ballots cast through Thursday, up from roughly 1.4 million at the same point in 2022, according to the Times analysis.”

AP“In Texas, early voting is up 74% compared with 2022. In Kansas it’s more than doubled. Maine, North Carolina and Ohio also have seen increases of more than 30% in early in-person and mail voting compared with the same point in 2022.”

The Hill“In Kansas, early voting is up roughly 69 percent, while it's up 41 percent in Maine and 24 percent in Iowa, according to a New York Times analysis of state election records and voter data through Thursday.”

The Independent (UK)“In Ohio, mail-in ballot requests this year declined by roughly 28 percent even as early in-person voting increased by nearly 200 percent.”

USA TODAY“Data from this fall's early balloting and interviews with officials and voters suggest Americans, particularly Democrats, are moving away from mailing ballots and toward in-person voting and drop boxes, following President Donald Trump's relentless attack on vote-by-mail.”

Bloomberg Law“The Trump administration was on track to complete about 660,000 deportations last fiscal year, far lower than the goal of 1 million, according to a nonpartisan analysis.”

Newsweek“The figure fell short of the Trump administration’s stated goal of 1 million deportations annually.”

The Independent (UK)“Nevertheless, the totals remain below previous highs established in the early 2000s and do not fulfill the administration's pledge to Congress that the surge in funding would facilitate 1 million annual deportations.”

NewsNation“White House spokesperson Lauren Bis dismissed the MPI findings as a “fake news report from a leftist group” telling NewsNation Thursday that Trump has delivered the largest reduction in illegal immigration in modern history.”

The Independent (UK)“While maintaining that it operates transparently, the administration published a document on Tuesday highlighting its immigration achievements, asserting that 1.2 million migrants have been deported or removed during Trump's second term.”

The Independent (UK)“That discrepancy with the report's numbers could not immediately be reconciled.”

CBS News“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has banned Defense Department personnel from using nonpublic information to bet on U.S. military operations, according to a [memorandum](https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/cms/prod_cms_alt/file/2026/10/22/58a4e0e3-ea5f-49e2-b7fe-3bb3381c5987/hegseth_memo__1_.jpg.pdf) obtained by CBS News.”

DefenseScoop“The directive, dated Oct. 20, was obtained by DefenseScoop on Thursday. A source confirmed its authenticity.”

AP““Our enemies watch movements in these markets,” Hegseth wrote in a memo dated Tuesday and reviewed by The Associated Press.”

The Hill“One Pentagon official confirmed the authenticity of the memo to The Hill on Thursday.”

AP“In April, 38-year-old Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke was charged by federal prosecutors and federal regulators with using his access as a Special Forces member to place a series of bets that totaled more than $32,500 on when Maduro might be removed from power.”

The Hill“Prosecutors said Army soldier Gannon Ken Van Dyke was involved in the planning of the Maduro operation in January and placed about $33,000 worth of bets prior to the incident.”

DefenseScoop“Officials alleged that the accused soldier, Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke, profited nearly $410,000 from his bets and then sent money to a foreign cryptocurrency vault before dumping the funds into a newly made brokerage account.”

FEDweek“One recent example is a US soldier charged with using classified information on Operation Absolute Resolve to wager on the timing of former-Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro's ouster, allegedly profiting over $400,000.”

Breitbart“Federal prosecutors allege that Van Dyke profitted $409,881 from his bets concerning the Jan. 3 military operation.”

Newsmax“Van Dyke allegedly made approximately $409,881 in profits, prosecutors say.”

CBS News“The bets resulted in winnings of more than $409,000.”

Breitbart““That is precisely the kind of dilution of the warrior ethos this department has strived to eradicate under this administration,” he said.”

Newsmax“The Senate unanimously approved a rule April 30 barring senators and staff from using prediction markets, including Kalshi and Polymarket.”

DefenseScoop“That same month, Reuters reported that Polymarket had referred "dozens" of potential military insider trading cases to the Justice Department.”

FEDweek“It states the prohibition applies to "all financial platforms" – potentially extending to crypto currency exchanges or workarounds involving related bets.”

Secretary of War memorandum“We are restoring lethality, discipline, and singular focus on fighting and winning our Nation’s wars, and nothing should distract us from that sacred mission.”

Military Times“He later added, “If we don’t win, there’s no money. If we do win, you’re getting it.””

The Hill““If we don’t win, there’s no money,” Trump said Tuesday night at a campaign rally in Greenville.”

POLITICO“But there's a catch: He'll only follow through on those promises — some of which are granularly specific — if Republicans win in November.”

HuffPost“"If we win the House and the Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible," he said. "So, if we don't win, there's no money. If we do win, you're getting it."”

MS NOW“"[I]f we win the House and the Senate," he said, referring to Republicans, "I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible and get it off the books and get it finished."”

Forbes“Trump then added, “If we don’t win, there’s no money; if we do win, you’re getting it.””

Fox News“"Tonight I'm pleased to announce my administration has delivered $1 billion in cash settlements to these veterans and their families, in addition to 3.1 billion for the VA and ordering the DOJ to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible," Trump said at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday night.”

Fox News“"We don't want to give any to the trial lawyers, we want it all to go to the families."”

Breitbart“"Tonight I'm pleased to announce my administration has delivered $1 billion in cash settlements to these veterans and their families, in addition to 3.1 billion for the VA and ordering the DOJ to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible," Trump told the airport rally in Greenville. "We don't want to give any to the trial lawyers, we want it all to go to the families."”

Military Times“Addressing a crowd in Greenville, North Carolina, Trump claimed his administration had already distributed $1 billion in cash settlements to victims of the pollutants.”

Forbes“Figures the Justice Department published last month showed that settlement offers exceeded $1.1 billion, and actual payouts totaled $879 million as of September 18.”

Fox News“According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), claimants have received more than $919.7 million since President Donald Trump began his second term in office in January 2025.”

Fox News“The administration has paid out about 3,300 people who made claims under the 2022 law.”

Fox News“From that year to the beginning of 2025, before Trump retook office, only 459 settlements had been paid, totaling $59.6 million.”

Military Times“Since the program began, the department said it has approved more than 2,500 offers worth around $706 million.”

The Hill“But the program, which includes more than 400,000 unsettled claims, has its own set of issues as several claimants have argued the government denied them compensation or offered less than they should have received.”

HuffPost“"Trump's latest threat to withhold funds for claims filed by those injured by the toxic, polluted water at Camp Lejeune is akin to mob-style extortion,"”

MS NOW“Instead, what we're left with is another extraordinary example of Trump's radical approach to transactional politics:”

BBC“Initial reports indicated seven people had been killed in the attack. A government spokesperson later said six people had died, before officials again revised the death toll to seven.”

The Times of Israel“After authorities gave a death toll of six, Director of Public Security Major General Abdullah Al-Maaytah said it had risen to seven, with 34 injured, 27 of whom were still receiving treatment.”

CNN“At least eight people were killed and another 40 injured after gunmen opened fire on a church in Jordan’s southern Karak province, in an unprecedented attack that has left the nation stunned.”

Reuters“Jordan's health minister said 40 people were wounded.”

The Guardian“Jordan’s health minister said 40 people were injured.”

Associated Press“Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and wounding 40 others, authorities said.”

PBS NewsHour (AP wire)“Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and wounding 34 others, authorities said.”

CBS News“Mazen Al-Faraya said at a press conference that 34 other people were wounded in the rare attack on Christians in the majority Sunni Muslim kingdom.”

Fox News“The shooting, which also left 34 injured, erupted during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, about 110 miles south of the capital, Amman.”

Al Jazeera“State-owned television station Al-Mamlaka reported that security forces were deployed to the church and were pursuing two suspects, who got out of a vehicle and opened fire.”

The Washington Post“showed three gunmen opening fire at the entrance of the Hamoud Greek Orthodox church in the southern Jordanian district of Karak, before storming in.”

Washington Examiner“Authorities have not confirmed how many gunmen carried out the attack, but security camera footage appeared to show three.”

Associated Press“He did not see the gunmen, but said other people reported seeing four of them. The Associated Press could not independently verify the number of assailants, and Jordan’s security services did not immediately release details.”

Politico“There is no precedent in modern American history for any donor spending as much as he has.”

Daily Kos“In total, Musk has spent more than $442 million on the GOP this cycle, making him the single biggest spender in all of U.S. history.”

Washington Examiner“President Donald Trump said Friday that he is eager to headline a campaign rally this weekend in Michigan, where he gets to talk about progressive Democrat Abdul el Sayed.”

Washington Examiner“The rally will take place Sunday in Port Huron, Michigan.”

The Independent (UK)“Trump was in Sioux City to stump for Republican Ashley Hinson, who is running for U.S. Senate against Democrat Josh Turek”

Reuters“with Trump falsely branding him a "jihadist."”

The Hill“A federal appeals court on Friday ruled 2-1 that President Trump's National Guard deployment to the Los Angeles area last year was unlawful.”

Los Angeles Times“President Trump illegally usurped Gov. Gavin Newsom's command of the California National Guard by ordering a surge troops deployed into Los Angeles and across the state amid protests against the White House's mass deportation program last year, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.”

The Washington Times“President Trump didn't have good enough justifications when he federalized and deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell anti-ICE protests last year, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.”

Newsmax“Appeals Court Rules Trump Illegally Federalized Calif. Guard”

Daily Mail“However Vulin's case has now been reportedly referred for pre-filing diversion, and his criminal charges have been dropped.”

New York Post“It’s unclear what the terms of the agreement are.”

McFarland et al. 2025“More than half of the current US population was exposed to adverse lead levels in childhood as a result of lead's past use in gasoline.”

The desk PubMed search“AND (narcissis*[tiab] OR grandios*[tiab]) -- results: 0”

The desk PubMed search“AND (shame[tiab] OR guilt[tiab] OR remorse[tiab] OR empathy[tiab]) -- results: 2”

The desk PubMed search“PMID 37548060: Moral beacons: Understanding moral character and moral influence.”

The desk PubMed search“PMID 20434144: Community- and family-level factors influence care-giver choice to screen blood lead levels of children in a mining community.”

Shaffer et al. 2025“US Environmental Protection Agency”

Shaffer et al. 2025“43 epidemiological and 37 animal studies were included for narrative review”

Shaffer et al. 2025“Human and animal evidence for impacts on aggression was slight.”

Shaffer et al. 2025“Human evidence for impacts on violation of social norms was moderate.”

Shaffer et al. 2025“we find that evidence indicates a likely causal association between Pb and antisocial behavior.”

Shaffer et al. 2025“Howard Hu reports a relationship with lead litigation (multiple) that includes: paid expert testimony.”

Beckwith et al. 2018“Comparison of the two primary models revealed a volumetric decrease in the white matter of the left prefrontal cortex associated with increased total psychopathy scores and increased blood lead concentration in males.”

Beckwith et al. 2018“childhood lead exposure may be influential to these outcomes.”

Reuben et al. 2020“Each 5-μg/dL higher childhood blood lead level was significantly associated with a 2.07-point lower IQ score at age 45 years”

Reuben et al. 2020“0.10-cm3 smaller hippocampal volume (95% CI, -0.17 to -0.03 cm3; P = .006)”

Reuben et al. 2020“Because of the large number of statistical comparisons, some findings may represent type I error.”

Cecil et al. 2008“approximately 1.2% of the total gray matter was significantly and inversely associated with mean childhood blood lead concentration”

Cecil et al. 2008“Affected regions include the portions of the prefrontal cortex and ACC responsible for executive functions, mood regulation, and decision-making.”

Weisskopf et al. 2004“This effect is approximately equivalent to that of aging 5 years in relation to the baseline MMSE score in study data.”

Reuben et al. 2020“a 0.12-point higher score on informant-rated cognitive problems (95% CI, 0.01-0.23; P = .03)”

Reuben et al. 2020“There was no statistically significant association between childhood blood lead levels and self-reported cognitive problems”

Reuben et al. 2019“Blood lead levels were unrelated to family socioeconomic status.”

Reuben et al. 2019“adult personality assessed through informant report using the Big Five Personality Inventory”

Reuben et al. 2019“a 0.09-SD decrease in agreeableness (95% CI, -0.18 to -0.01; P = .03), and a 0.14-SD decrease in conscientiousness (95% CI, -0.25 to -0.03; P = .01)”

Reuben et al. 2019“a 0.10-SD increase in neuroticism (95% CI, 0.02-0.08; P = .02)”

Schwaba et al. 2021“US adults who grew up in counties with higher atmospheric lead levels had less adaptive personality profiles: they were less agreeable and conscientious and, among younger participants, more neurotic.”

Schwaba et al. 2021“but these findings were not discriminable from pure cohort effects.”

Lin et al. 2025“an IQR increase in combined tooth lead was associated with nearly 2 times the odds of later adulthood depression (odds ratio, 1.90; 95% CI, 1.20-2.99).”

Beckley et al. 2018“Findings failed to support a dose-response association between BLL and consequential criminal offending.”

Wright et al. 2008“Pregnant women were recruited from four prenatal clinics in Cincinnati, Ohio if they resided in areas of the city with a high concentration of older, lead-contaminated housing.”

Wright et al. 2008“Prenatal and postnatal blood lead concentrations are associated with higher rates of total arrests and/or arrests for offenses involving violence.”

Beckley et al. 2018“This association is difficult to disentangle from low socioeconomic status, a factor in both lead exposure and criminal offending.”

McFarlane et al. 2013“adjustment for childhood covariates - particularly stimulation within the home environment - rendered these associations non-significant.”

Higney et al. 2022“The effect of lead is overstated in the literature due to publication bias.”

Higney et al. 2022“Lead increases crime, but does not explain the majority of the fall in crime observed in some countries in the 20th century.”

McFarland et al. 2025“Assuming that published lead-psychopathology associations are causal and not purely correlational”

McFarland et al. 2025“an estimated 151 million excess mental disorders attributable to lead exposure”

McFarland et al. 2022“People born 1951 to 1980 had particularly high childhood BLLs.”

McFarland et al. 2022“Estimated lead-linked deficits in cognitive ability were greatest for the 1966 to 1970 cohort (population size ∼20.8 million), which experienced an average deficit of 5.9 IQ points per person.”

McFarland et al. 2025“Lead-associated mental health and personality differences were most pronounced for cohorts born from 1966 through 1986 (Generation X).”

Anderson 2026“Lower levels of openness to new experience and agreeableness have been found in individuals holding authoritarian views (Duckitt, 2022; Osborne et al., 2023).”

Anderson 2026“I tested and found a statistically significant association between average population level lead exposure in childhood and likelihood of voting for candidate Trump later in life.”

Anderson 2026“For the purposes of this paper votes for candidate Trump will be counted as votes for an authoritarian candidate.”

Anderson 2026“The McFarland et al. (2022) and CES datasets are joined on birth year”

Anderson 2026“only age and election year effects are controlled for in this analysis so there are almost certainly unaccounted for confounding variables”

Reuters“The changes take effect on October 30, four days before the election.”

The Guardian“Donald Trump dropped some of the US’s tariffs on Canada on Friday to “better serve the public interest” the White House said, handing a win to Susan Collins, the embattled Republican senator for Maine, as she faces a tight re-election campaign that will help determine whether Democrats can flip control of Congress.”

The Washington Post“The Trump administration is rolling back a slate of tariffs on Canadian products that disproportionately hurt residents in Maine and similar states, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced Friday.”

The Hill“Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Friday that nine categories of Canadian products “crucial for Maine’s agricultural industries” will be exempted from U.S. tariffs.”

NBC News“Collins’ announcement did not mention Trump, only top administration officials such as U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The White House announcement made no mention of Collins, who has occasionally sparred with Trump.”

CBS News““After attacking Canada and crushing the American people, I can't think of a more desperate admission of failed trade policy than temporarily lowering tariffs on select products to favor a political ally 11 days before an election,” said Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee.”

Townhall“Some tariffs on Canada have been rolled back, as the Wall Street Journal reports that it’s part of an effort to help races in Maine and other states where the tariffs have become a hot topic.”

The Guardian (US)“Federal immigration agents broke the arm of a US citizen in what a Democratic congressman said was a "brutal attack" during a confrontation with protesters in California.”

The Hill“ICE agents brutally attacked and broke the arm of a North Long Beach resident and U.S. citizen.”

The Hill“ICE conducted a targeted enforcement operation in Long Beach, California to arrest an at-large criminal illegal alien.”

The Hill“Officers followed their training and used the minimum amount of force.”

CBS News (Los Angeles)“Department of Homeland Security officials said that Gonzalez was arrested after he allegedly smashed the mirror of a government vehicle”

CNN“ICE did not answer CNN's question about whether Gonzalez is a US citizen.”

CNN“CNN is working to verify Gonzalez's citizenship status.”

Al Jazeera“The family of Ricardo Gonzalez say he is a US citizen, and that ICE agents broke his arm during a wrongful arrest.”

Newsweek“Allegations that ICE is arresting and deporting U.S. citizens is FALSE.”

PBS NewsHour“DHS, as you reported in your series, repeatedly says that they do not detain or arrest U.S. citizens, despite what your reporting shows.”

The Guardian“In a reply filed on Tuesday, attorneys for the US justice department argued it was within their discretion to decline to share information with state authorities.”

Associated Press“State prosecutors have again asked a judge to order federal agencies to hand over the evidence, arguing they “have identified no legal authority or rational basis justifying their obstruction of state criminal investigations.””

CBS News“The government also says Minnesota has not been blocked from bringing charges.”

The Independent (UK)“Trump graciously accepted the prize, shook Mitchell's hand and passed it off to an aide standing nearby.”

MS NOW“The president accepted the certificate, handed it to an aide and continued with his rally.”

CNN“Shaking Mitchell’s hand, Trump took the frame and passed it to a member of his staff off stage.”

The Hill“President Trump called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to “IMMEDIATELY resign” and accused her of using a fake name in a Truth Social post on Thursday evening.”

Al Arabiya English“In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed Omar’s real name was “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi,” rather than the name under which she was elected and sworn into Congress.”

NBC News“Trump took aim at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., at a rally in Iowa last night, calling on her to resign from Congress over allegations that she has committed immigration fraud.”

Breitbart News“Speaking at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, Trump accused Omar of winning an election under a false name after federal prosecutors identified her as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi” in a court filing, saying House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) should be informed that she should no longer serve in the chamber.”

Newsmax“The document does not establish that Omar used a fraudulent identity to take office, and she has not been charged with a crime.”

Newsweek“Trump's claim that Omar used a fraudulent name to take her congressional oath has not been established.”

Anadolu Agency“Omar has made no such admission, and no court has established that she used a fraudulent identity.”

New York Post“A source familiar with the investigation confirmed that Omar is not the congresswoman’s “real” last name, meaning she was born with the last name of Elmi.”

Breitbart News“President Donald Trump called on Thursday for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to be disqualified from Congress and resign immediately.”

Fox News“Trump also revisited longstanding, unsubstantiated allegations that Omar married her brother, criticizing what he described as her response to a question about the claim.”

Newsmax“Critics have alleged for years, without substantiated evidence, that Elmi is Omar's brother.”

The Hill“Several far-right commentators have accused the lawmaker of marrying her brother, claiming they had the same last name — a conspiracy theory she has forcefully denied.”

The New Republic“MAGA conservatives have rumbled for years—without evidence—that Omar married her brother as a form of immigration fraud to enter the U.S.”

The Guardian (US)“He then recited multiple falsehoods about Omar, including the false claims that she married her brother and that she told an interviewer this week that she did not, “as far as I know”, which she did not.”

New York Post““It’s not looking good,” Trump said of Omar’s legal predicament after bombshell court filings related to the federal immigration fraud probe against the congresswoman revealed her actual surname – Elmi – is identical to that of her ex-husband, who is also rumored to be her biological brother.”

Al Arabiya English“The allegations have circulated for years but have not been substantiated by publicly available evidence.”

CNN“We're going to have Iran finished very soon. One way or the other — it's almost insignificant to me which way — but one way or the other, it's going to be done very soon, and your gasoline prices and your oil is going to come tumbling down.”

AP“I'll be President Trump's ally when it is important for Iowa, but I will push back on him," promised Hinson, who currently serves in the U.S. House. "He knows this.”

New York Post“Two ex-FBI officials were charged Friday for lying to Congress that they had little involvement in investigations into Hunter Biden -- despite "helping shape the public narrative" around the troubled first son's laptop, according to federal authorities.”

The Washington Times“It alleges that the two "knowingly and willfully provided materially false information about their awareness of and involvement" in the FBI's investigations into Hunter Biden.”

CBS News“The decision by the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. to charge the pair in a criminal complaint stemming from three-year-old allegations is highly unusual, and both their defense attorneys and the magistrate judge who presided over Friday's hearing and unsealing raised questions about the decision.”

CNN“The judge also noted the charge was "rare" and made note that it was charged by complaint from prosecutors, and not approved by a grand jury.”

NPR“But no evidence has ever been presented that Joe Biden financially gained from his son's business activities.”

CNN““I think they must have a client who is demanding it,” Ginsberg said. “There is not a rational legal reason to do it.””

Newsweek““The Alaska secretary of state concluded Daniel J. Sullivan is not an actual good-faith candidate but rather was running only to confuse or mislead voters. Having said that, the DOJ’s lawsuit is completely meritless,” he added.”

The Independent (UK)““The statute simply doesn't let the Department of Justice enjoin certification,” he explained.”

The Daily Signal““The sole purpose of [Dan J. Sullivan’s] candidacy is to benefit the Peltola campaign by reducing the number of votes for Senator Sullivan,” the DOJ complaint says.”

Newsmax“The Department of Justice filed the lawsuit Thursday, demanding Alaska be blocked from certifying a win for Democrat Mary Peltola if the other Sullivan remains on the ballot.”

Newsweek“Jared Kushner has strongly denied allegations raised in a new Vanity Fair report that Dutch intelligence monitored activity on his phone and uncovered purported secret financial arrangements involving Middle Eastern governments, calling the claims "completely insane" and saying they "never happened."”

The Daily Beast“Jared Kushner has been accused of holding two secret bank accounts in the Middle East that were exposed by Russian operatives who hacked his phone.”

Raw Story“Jared Kushner allegedly accessed a secret Gulf-funded bank account while Dutch spies watched his phone, and moved money to a warlord, a mercenary and a one-time hit man, according to an explosive new book.”

Raw Story“A source told Cole that Kushner appeared to transfer significant sums from the account to other individuals, including the warlord, mercenary and former hit man.”

The desk files this as selection, plainly. One outlet, relaying the book, reports named categories of transfer recipients; three outlets, relaying the same book, do not. Whether that is the most newsworthy detail in the excerpt or an uncorroborated single-source flourish attributed to "a source" is a judgment the corpus does not make, and neither does this desk. The claim is Raw Story's report of Cole's claim, and it stays at exactly that altitude — a filing note the outlet itself supports, since Raw Story is also the only record that flags the sourcing in its own text“The book cites mostly unnamed sources.”

Al Jazeera“A United States federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to halt operations aimed at finding non-citizen voters in nine states ahead of the midterm elections.”

Breitbart“The Department of Homeland Security can’t continue its door-knocking and “field interviews” asking people their immigration status and whether they will vote, a judge ruled Wednesday.”

Fox News“A Biden-appointed federal judge in California ruled Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security must halt certain investigations into suspected illegal voting, citing concerns over voter intimidation.”

The Hill“A federal judge in California blocked most Department of Homeland Security (DHS) field operations focused on voter fraud in a Wednesday court ruling.”

Democracy Docket“However, DHS can continue investigation of suspected noncitizens.”

The Daily Wire“The restrictions would run through Election Day on Nov. 3 and would not prohibit all DHS investigations into suspected noncitizen voting.”

CBS News“In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin ordered federal immigration authorities to stop carrying out "elections-related field operations and field interviews" in nine states, including California and New York, if the operations are likely to involve people who government officials "know, suspect, or should reasonably know or suspect are U.S. citizens."”

The Washington Times“Judge Martinez-Olguin, a Biden appointee to the court in California, ordered Homeland Security to more narrowly target its efforts to ensure it’s not including people whom government agencies “know, suspect or should reasonably know or suspect are U.S. citizens.””

Axios“The ruling, issued late Wednesday, blocks election-related field operations and interviews under the government's Unlawful Voter Initiative that involve or are likely to involve U.S. citizens.”

Breitbart“The Department of Homeland Security can’t continue its door-knocking and “field interviews” asking people their immigration status and whether they will vote, a judge ruled Wednesday.”

CBS News“She stayed the ruling until 5 p.m. on Friday, which will give the government a chance to seek appeal.”

The Daily Wire“The judge paused her order until 5 p.m. Friday to give the administration time to appeal.”

Breitbart“She stayed the order until 5 p.m. EDT Friday to allow the department to appeal. Unless they appeal, the order will stay in effect until the polls close.”

Associated Press“She put her ruling, which was made Wednesday, on hold until Friday to give the administration a chance to appeal.”

NPR“The order is set to take effect on Friday and would be in effect through election night, though the federal government could appeal.”

Associated Press“Martinez-Olguin called them “voluminous and unreliable.””

NPR“In a 19-page order late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, an appointee of President Joe Biden, wrote that the federal government was using "flawed" data in the initiative and that its efforts likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation.”

The Washington Times“Citing a whistleblower complaint publicized by Democratic Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Alex Padilla, Judge Martinez-Olguin said federal agents assigned to the “Unlawful Voter Initiative” were given a quota of at least 40 suspects to probe.”

The Washington Times“They were supposed to complete an initial review in 12 minutes. That also fueled errors, the judge concluded.”

Democracy Docket“40 subject reviews per day — which meant officers could take no more than 12 minutes”

Associated Press“In response to the ruling, the Department of Homeland Security issued an email statement Thursday saying it’s focused on “removing aliens who vote and dilute the votes of U.S. citizens,” while adding, “We have no plans to question or investigate people we believe to be U.S. citizens.””

Al Jazeera“In a statement following Thursday’s ruling, the DHS maintained that its investigations were aimed at “removing aliens who vote and dilute the votes of US citizens”.”

Associated Press“Lett said Trump must sit for a deposition by Dec. 11, or face sanctions up to dismissal of his lawsuit -- unless the discovery period is extended by the presiding judge.”

NBC News“Lett agreed with Brito that the deposition date could be pushed back if the district judge overseeing the case extends the deadline for discovery, but she said only that judge, Jeffrey Kuntz, has the power to do that.”

The Washington Times“Judge Lett said Mr. Trump must sit for a deposition by Dec. 11 or face sanctions up to dismissal of his lawsuit.”

Washington Examiner“Lett said Trump could face sanctions, up to and including dismissal of his lawsuit, unless he sits for a deposition or extends the discovery period.”

BBC“The judge in the case, US Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett, said that Trump must sit for the deposition by 11 December, unless the discovery period is extended.”

Associated Press“The order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett came as lawyers for the British broadcaster complained that Trump had delayed his appearance in his own lawsuit.”

CBS News“The BBC told the court that on the day of the scheduled deposition, Oct. 16, the president spoke at a rally in Georgia alongside GOP candidates for the Senate and governor.”

The Times (London)“The magistrate Enjoliqué Lett said Trump must sit for a deposition by December 11 or face having his legal action thrown out, unless the discovery period is extended past December 18.”

The Guardian“The lesson for the day is that no plaintiff is above the law, and no plaintiff is above the orders of the court”

PBS NewsHour“FiftyPlusOne and The New York Times had included Wedgewood Polling data in their databases aggregating results from various polls. The organizations have since removed the data. MS NOW, Newsweek, Decision Desk HQ and Mediaite had also cited Wedgewood's polls.”

The Guardian“Publications that reproduced Wedgewood Polls’s fraudulent surveys included Newsweek, the Hill, Breitbart, the Daily Beast and the Washington Examiner, and those that included its results in their polling databases included the New York Times, Nate Silver, VoteHub and FiftyPlusOne.”

Newsweek“Other publications that reproduced Wedgewood surveys included The Hill, Breitbart, The Daily Beast, and the Washington Examiner.”

Newsweek“The results were also included in prominent polling databases, including those maintained by The New York Times, Nate Silver, VoteHub, and FiftyPlusOne, before the firm was exposed by FiftyPlusOne.”

POLITICO“They’d left an impact and been included by multiple credible polling aggregators including The New York Times — and mentioned twice in POLITICO’s Morning Score polling roundup.”

Axios“FiftyPlusOne, Nate Silver, Decision Desk and New York Times/Siena polling operation have issued statements or notices removing Wedgewood from their databases.”

New York Post“So did The New York Times, Decision Desk HQ, Vote Hub, and the biggest name in the business, Nate Silver.”

POLITICO“Wedgewood Polls, facing an imminent publication of an investigation from FiftyPlusOne showing it was fabricating its numbers, declared late Tuesday night that it had been an “experimental project” to show how an “entirely fabricated polling firm” could sway public opinion while painting themselves as the good guys.”

Newsmax“Wedgewood Polls admitted Wednesday that the vast majority of its surveys were fabricated, describing the operation as a "social experiment," the Washington Examiner reported on Thursday.”

National Review“An actual fake polls scandal shows the need for continued skeptical appraisal, not simply ignoring all polling data.”

The Washington Post“On Tuesday, a group calling itself Wedgwood Polls said in a since-deleted social media post that it published fabricated polls in midterm election races, claiming that it was an “experiment” to test whether media outlets and aggregators would report on the data.”

New York Post“Wedgwood polls were cited on MS NOW and touted by Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom when its survey showed him tied in his US Senate race against Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.”

New York Post“Elon Musk warned Wednesday that he would fight back against Democrats who are reportedly planning to target him with investigations if they gain control of the House in next month’s midterms.”

The Daily Beast“Elon Musk’s thinly veiled attempt to threaten Democrats backfired brutally on his own social media platform.”

The Hill““Those who pick fights with me should understand that I will find out who is really pulling the strings and come for them, not just their puppets,” Musk wrote on the social platform X, which he owns, in response to a Politico report about his controversial work as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the potential shutdown of Starlink access in Ukraine.”

France 24 / AFP“"Those who pick fights with me should understand that I will find out who is really pulling the strings and come for them, not just their puppets," Musk added on the platform, which he regularly uses to promote conspiracy theories.”

The Hill“A federal judge in California blocked most Department of Homeland Security (DHS) field operations focused on voter fraud in a Wednesday court ruling.”

KQED“In the weeks leading up to the Nov. 3 midterm election, DHS and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have surged field investigations in nine states, including California, sending agents to the homes of people who the agency says may have registered illegally.”

Fox News“Martínez-Olguín did not find investigating noncitizen voting as itself unlawful, but instead argued that DHS' methods likely violate the law as it used unreliable source data and sent armed agents to homes to conduct interviews, which could constitute intimidation.”

CBS News“Armed and in uniform, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security have been knocking on doors in several states to ask residents about their immigration status — and to inquire if they have registered to vote or cast votes in past elections, a CBS News Investigation has found.”

USA TODAY“The judge put her order on hold until 5 p.m. Friday, giving President Donald Trump's administration time to appeal.”

Newsweek“The order, issued by U.S. District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, is scheduled to take effect Friday afternoon, October 23, and remain in place through the midterm elections, unless the Trump administration successfully appeals.”

NPR“The order is set to take effect on Friday and would be in effect through election night, though the federal government could appeal.”

KQED“Martinéz-Olguín's ruling blocks the practice starting Friday through Election Day.”

Breitbart News“DHS agents have been knocking on doors in various states asking residents about their immigration status and if they have registered to vote or cast votes in past elections, CBS News reported.”

Breitbart News“Left-wing critics of the effort claim cracking down on noncitizen voting and sending armed federal agents to the doors of U.S. residents could be intimidating for legal voters.”

CBS News“Mark Zuckerberg threatened to leave California over proposed billionaire tax, Meta says”

CBS News“Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg threatened to move out of California if residents of the state approve a first-of-its-kind billionaire wealth tax when voters head to the polls on Nov. 3, the company said in a new regulatory filing.”

Fox Business“Meta agrees to let Mark Zuckerberg remain in California amid proposed billionaire wealth tax”

Fox Business“Mark Zuckerberg has reached an agreement with Meta to remain in California after raising the possibility of leaving the state amid concerns over a proposed billionaire wealth tax.”

CBC News“Meta board placates Zuckerberg after threat to leave California if voters approve wealth tax measure”

Reuters“Meta Platforms has struck a deal with Mark Zuckerberg to keep him living in California after the CEO warned he was considering leaving the state that houses the company's headquarters if voters pass a wealth tax proposal next month.”

ABC7“Meta offers Zuckerberg incentive to stay in CA after he threatened to leave state over Prop 40”

ABC7“Meta announced this week that it decided to give Zuckerberg a financial incentive to continue leading the company from California for the next eight years”

EFE“El embajador anunció que su país prevé movilizar hasta 20.000 millones de dólares en inversiones y financiamiento antes de finales de 2027”

Noticias Argentinas“la administración de Donald Trump busca mover hasta 20.000 millones de dólares en inversiones y financiamientos antes de que termine el 2027.”

Buenos Aires Times“We are evaluating other projects that could mobilise up to US$20 billion, and this does not end there.”

Ámbito“las inversiones en el territorio podrian alcanzar los u$s20.000 millones”

Buenos Aires Times“Nor did he provide a disbursement timetable or identify all the transactions that would make up the total.”

La Nación“No detallo un cronograma de desembolsos ni identifico todas las operaciones que integrarian ese monto.”

Buenos Aires Times“The ambassador also said he was working with the DFC to finance five strategic projects worth close to US$10 billion, although he did not specify whether those initiatives were included in the US$20 billion announced.”

Buenos Aires Times“The figure is almost three times the US$7 billion package apparently agreed in September”

Ámbito“El anuncio no es menor: se trata de un monto que casi triplica los u$s7.000 millones que se habian prometido hace apenas un mes.”

EFE“El monto anunciado por Lamelas amplía los 7.000 millones de dólares anunciados semanas atrás para proyectos de energía, minería, infraestructura, transporte y tecnología.”

Noticias Argentinas“existen acuerdos por 7.000 millones de dólares con el Exim Bank, de los cuales US$ 6.000 millones se colocarían en el proyecto de gas natural licuado que encabeza YPF.”

Ámbito“Trabajamos para respaldar el gobierno del presidente Javier Milei”

Ámbito“Los texanos encontraron un socio a su medida”

The Guardian (Pentagon statement)“It is unsurprising that the Washington Post is once again dedicating time to another inconsequential non-story.”

Breitbart (AFP relay)“However, the statement referred to the artifact as "a replica of the Eisenhower globe" and the Washington Post report as an "inconsequential non-story."”

The Independent“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wanted the world - but it shattered in a rush to get it to him.”

The Independent“With the professionals unavailable, Hegseth's staff reportedly took it upon themselves to shift the artifact unaided. Disaster soon struck.”

The Daily Beast“Pete Hegseth's attempt to bring a priceless piece of military history to his office has ended in disaster after his aides dropped the antique globe.”

Reuters“Four US officials told Reuters that US missions in other Gulf states would also be ordering family members to leave.”

AFP“A diplomatic source in the Middle East told AFP that some families of US embassy personnel were also being withdrawn in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain, but Pigott stressed that Wednesday's order was for the departure of non-emergency embassy staff and their families in Saudi Arabia only.”

Anadolu Agency“The US State Department on Wednesday rejected reports that it was preparing to order the departure of some personnel and their family members from US embassies in the Gulf, saying the measure only applied to Saudi Arabia.”

Newsweek“Reuters had reported that the order also applied to other missions across the region, although this wider evacuation was denied by the U.S. State Department.”

The military story runs quieter and thinner. NBC's record is one sentence long“The U.S. military has quietly been scaling back its troop presence at bases across the Middle East in recent days, and the State Department is ordering a further reduction in staff at multiple diplomatic posts in the region, according to two U.S. officials and two people familiar with the matter." That is the whole body. Note the verbs — scaling back, not evacuating. CBS separately reports the military "quietly reducing its footprint." The Guardian, relaying NBC, adds that a Central Command spokesperson said service members were regularly moved to "optimize mission readiness.”

The Daily Beast“Still, the remarks mark Thiel’s most explicit break with Trump yet, coming just two weeks before midterm elections that threaten major losses for the Republicans, with backlash over the Iran war emerging as a key factor.”

HuffPost“Thiel’s statements add to the growing chorus of dissent from Trump’s supporters about the conflict.”

Newsmax“Thiel, an early Trump supporter, nevertheless emphasized his continued backing of the president while expressing opposition to neoconservative foreign policy and U.S. military intervention in the Middle East.”

Anadolu Agency“Despite questioning the decision to go to war, Thiel reiterated his support for Trump and appeared keen to shield the president from potential political and legal repercussions.”

Fox News“"The October list is unreliable: 112 of the 200 records correspond to registrations that are canceled or inactive," according to Flores' statement.”

Fox News“Of the voters where birthplace was meaningfully reported, 38.9% indicate that they were born in the United States, which is strong evidence of citizenship; and 71.2% of the records have no voting history.”

Fox News“In a statement to Fox News, Essayli said these reported numbers "are meaningless because, by their own admission, they have no way to verify anyone's citizenship status or their birthplace."”

New York Post“However, text messages indicate that Zacharia was leading the charge to get herself more camera time - and do not show that Wiles was involved.”

Newsmax“But Trump dismissed the Politico report as "fake news."”

Politico“Democrats are eyeing many targets as they make plans to probe corruption in and around President Donald Trump’s administration should they win control of the House next month.”

Politico““Our committees need to be doing oversight both into the Trump administration, but I think even more importantly or equally importantly, into the corporations and ultrarich people who have tried to corrupt our government,” he said.”

Washington Examiner““Well, they have a big helping of revenge in store, or I certainly think so,” York said.”

Washington Examiner“Democrats have ‘a big helping of revenge in store’ for Musk and others if they win House: Byron York”

DigitalToday“Anthropic said Claude Duet is included at no extra cost during the research preview stage in its Pro and Max plans, which cost $20 a month.”

9to5Mac“The feature is included at no additional cost, but counts toward existing plan usage limits”

VentureBeat“Those checks happen every few hours. Anthropic says more frequent monitoring would consume subscribers’ usage allowances faster, an important qualification for businesses considering time-sensitive workflows.”

36Kr“It currently checks connected applications every few hours, the main reason being that continuous checking will deplete the user's plan quota faster.”

VentureBeat“Duet’s background activity does not amount to continuous, real-time supervision.”

Every“Claude Duet is the first personal agent I’d call a pro tool.”

Lenny's Newsletter“But polish isn't enough when you're competing with every other personal agent for attention.”

Lenny's Newsletter“Why a “proactive” agent that never nudges you is a growth problem”

CNBC“Anthropic said Wednesday that Claude Duet is still in an early phase, and that it “might misread a thread or miscalibrate what’s urgent.””

Kingy AI“Anthropic explicitly acknowledges that something arriving between check-ins can be missed.”

Engadget“Anthropic is late to the party”

Hacker News (intenex)“Powered by Opus 5.5 is incredible.”

Hacker News (TheAceOfHearts)“It's bizarre we have companies claiming trillion dollar valuations but somehow nobody thought to do basic integration with the existing chat service?”

The Verge“Before any big step, like sending a payment or deleting something, Claude Duet messages you for approval.”

36Kr“However, it is currently unable to show users the process of its browser operations.”

VentureBeat“Duet cannot yet display its browser to the user.”

Kingy AI“The agent’s own description of what it did is a claim to check.”

WSMV“Jackie Herrud and Toni Fitzgerald are among dozens of Tennessee voters who said the candidate they selected on a ballot marking machine did not match what registered on the machine.”

WSMV“The Secretary of State's office said out of approximately 400,000 voters who have cast ballots during this election period, the office has received one complaint of this nature for the November election.”

WSMV“received one call about the issue before an initial report aired”

WSMV“Since then, the office has received a few more calls, including one from a person who said they were not reporting a personal incident but were calling because they were concerned after seeing the story.”

Politico“However, the internal USDA taxpayer-funded account Trump is tapping for the payments doesn’t actually have enough money in it right now to make the payments, meaning Congress will have to approve the new funds or the administration will have to take it from another program, according to three Trump officials who were granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.”

Politico“Farmers won’t know how much money to expect for several more weeks.”

New York Post“American farmers reeling from record-high diesel prices are getting $8 billion in relief from the Trump administration.”

New York Post“Diesel prices are up a painful 75% over the past year, hitting a recent peak of $6.53 a gallon on Sept. 22. Since then, the cost has eased a bit, to $6.32 as of Tuesday, according to AAA.”

Breitbart“diesel prices are high, but not at record highs”

Breitbart“Those figures are significantly below historical peaks. The July 14, 2008 diesel price of $4.764 a gallon translates to approximately $7.26 in August 2026 dollars, using the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.”

Associated Press“Diesel averaged $6.30 per gallon nationwide on Friday, more than 70% higher than a year ago, according to motor club AAA.”

The Hill“The current average price in the U.S. for diesel is roughly $6.32 per gallon, according to AAA. The average price a year ago for diesel was $3.63 per gallon.”

Associated Press“It later added that it viewed “the arrival of dozens of activists as an act intended solely to provoke, which undermines the harvesting process.””

The Times of Israel“But a map distributed to Palestinian farmers by the Israel Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration unit shows that the area where the group was detained was not actually one that required prior coordination.”

The Times of Israel“the IDF issued its own statement arguing that the area in question wasn’t marked on the map”

The Daily Beast“A member of the Bush political dynasty has launched a devastating attack on Donald Trump—and crossed party lines to vote against his scandal-hit handpicked Senate candidate.”

The Daily Beast“The extraordinary intervention saw Bush condemn Trump’s “enormous damage” to the GOP—and accuse Paxton of attempting to help the president overturn the 2020 election.”

The Guardian“Our democracy depends on leaders who respect our institutions, tell the truth, accept accountability, and seek to unite rather than divide,” Neil Bush wrote.”

HuffPost“I have been a Republican for most of my life, and I still believe deeply in many traditional Republican principles”

HuffPost“But character matters more than party affiliation.””

Axios“Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for Ohio governor is pouring $4 million into a bombshell ad in which his opponent's estranged mother attacks her daughter — doubling down on the message despite fierce bipartisan backlash, Axios has learned.”

The Daily Wire“Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is going all in on the explosive ad rocking the ugly race for the governor's mansion.”

Breitbart“You read that correctly: a candidate's own mother is publicly opposing her own child's gubernatorial run, and doing so in the bluntest of terms.”

CNN“The ad drew criticism even from some Republicans. Nikki Haley, Ramaswamy’s former rival in the 2024 presidential primary, said it was the latest evidence that Ramaswamy is “a bad guy.””