Top Items:
Plain Dealer:
Tim Ryan for U.S. Senate — This election season's battle for control of the U.S. Senate that has been raging across the 35 states where Senate seats are up for grabs portends significant, long-range consequences for how this country is governed, as each party tries to break the current 50-50 partisan deadlock.
Discussion:
PoliticusUSA
RELATED:
CBS News:
GOP keeps lead for House control, Democrats' momentum stalls amid economy worries — CBS News Battleground Tracker poll — For two months the Democrats chipped away at the Republicans' lead in the battle for House control, helped by motivated abortion-rights voters and what turned …
Discussion:
The Hill
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Democrats Spent $2 Trillion to Save the Economy. They Don't Want to Talk About It. — Polls show voters liked direct payments from President Biden's 2021 economic rescue bill. But they have become fodder for Republican inflation attacks. — In the midst of a critical runoff campaign …
Discussion:
Althouse, The National Interest and Bloomberg
Wall Street Journal:
Money Pours Into Senate Races as Midterm Campaign Enters Home Stretch — Campaigns are burning through donations as control of the U.S. Senate hangs in the balance — Democratic candidates outraised their Republican opponents in 10 of the most competitive Senate races as the midterm campaigns headed …
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Racist GOP appeals heat up in final weeks before midterms
Racist GOP appeals heat up in final weeks before midterms
Discussion:
Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
Iran plans to send missiles, drones to Russia for Ukraine war, officials say — Increased flow of weapons from Iran could help offset steep Russian weapons losses, rebuild supply of precision-guided munitions — Iran is strengthening its commitment to supply arms for Russia's assault on Ukraine …
Discussion:
Fox News, The Times of Israel, Agence France-Presse and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
RELATED:
Washington Post:
Russia is grabbing men off the street to fight in Ukraine — Police and military officers swooped down on a Moscow business center this week unannounced. They were looking for men to fight in Ukraine — and they seized nearly every one they saw. Some musicians, rehearsing. A courier there to deliver a parcel.
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal and The Western Journal
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Dana Bash, Kari Lake clash over 2020 election fraud claims — Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake sparred with CNN's Dana Bash over unfounded claims of mass election fraud in 2020 during an interview on Sunday. — “You called the 2020 election corrupt, stolen, rotten and rigged …
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Examiner, Axios and Raw Story
RELATED:
Ruby Cramer / Washington Post:
On Kari Lake's campaign for Arizona governor, the mic is always hot — The former Phoenix TV news anchor has emerged as a Republican phenom by amplifying Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen and embracing the hard-right politics of abortion and immigration
Discussion:
CNN, Washington Times, Breitbart, Blue Virginia and Global Community Weekly
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
John Fetterman is the best choice to represent Pennsylvania's priorities in the U.S. Senate | Endorsement — By many measures, the first two years of the Biden administration have been fruitful for Pennsylvania.The president's plan to slash prescription-drug costs for older Americans …
Discussion:
New Jersey Online
RELATED:
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Do Voters Care About John Fetterman's Stroke?
Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Chuck Grassley narrowly leads Mike Franken in US Senate race — Stephen Gruber-Miller Brianne PfannenstielDes Moines Register — Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley's lead over Democrat Mike Franken has narrowed to 3 percentage points with less than a month until Election Day …
Discussion:
Breitbart, Admiral Mike Franken for Iowa, Raw Story and Political Wire
Najmeh Bozorgmehr / Financial Times:
The revolutionary ambitions of Iran's Generation Z — The country's young people want to taste the liberty they see on social media, but they face a regime that is resilient and organised — Narges, a young Iranian protester, walks confidently through ranks of riot police on her way to work with long …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, International Dispatches and Agence France-Presse
RELATED:
Alex Binley / BBC:
Evin prison fire: Gun shots and sirens heard at notorious detention centre
Evin prison fire: Gun shots and sirens heard at notorious detention centre
Discussion:
Reuters, The Daily Wire and Informed Comment
Ray Stern / Arizona Republic:
Arizona Attorney General's Office asks FBI, IRS to investigate group behind ‘2000 Mules’ — Republican candidates for top statewide offices in Arizona have said they believe what they saw in the election-conspiracy movie “2000 Mules.” — Now, the state Attorney General's Office is asking …
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Election Explorer and Politico
Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump Spent 91 Cents to Raise Each Dollar as Troubles Mounted — Former President Donald Trump raised $24 million in the third quarter, a 41% increase over the previous quarter, but he spent $22 million to do it. — Trump spent 91 cents to raise every dollar, according to the latest filings with the Federal Election Commission.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Associated Press:
Biden turning to Trump-era rule to expel Venezuelan migrants — Two years ago, candidate Joe Biden loudly denounced President Donald Trump for immigration policies that inflicted “cruelty and exclusion at every turn,” including toward those fleeing the “brutal” government of socialist Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.
Discussion:
Insider, New York Post, Fox News and Associated Press
KC Defender / Kansas City Defender:
KCPD Said Missing Black Women Reports In KC Were “Completely Unfounded.” Less Than A Month Later, One Escaped After Being Kidnapped From Prospect & Tortured in a Basement For Over A Month — A bombshell multi-county investigation began last Friday when a 22-year old Black woman escaped bondage …
Dánica Coto / Associated Press:
US, Canada send armored vehicles to bolster Haiti's police — The U.S. and Canada sent armored vehicles and other supplies to Haiti on Saturday to help police fight a powerful gang amid a pending request from the Haitian government for the immediate deployment of foreign troops.
Discussion:
Al Jazeera, Reuters and TASS
RELATED: