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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
If These Poll Results Keep Up, Expect Anything on Election Night  —  The current range of numbers could translate to a Democratic hold in the Senate, or an overall Republican rout.  —  To this point, this year's midterm campaign has been about one big question: Can Democrats defy political gravity …
Discussion: CNN
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Meet the Anti-Police Former Democrat Attracting Votes as Libertarian in Georgia Senate Race
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Greg Wilson / The Daily Wire:
Exclusive Trafalgar/Daily Wire Poll Has Georgia Dems Seeing Red As Walker, Kemp Surge
Discussion: RedState
Bloomberg:
Adidas Finally Ends Ye Partnership After String of Controversies  —  Adidas AG is ending its partnership with Ye following a rash of offensive behavior from the rapper and designer that turned a once-thriving shoe brand into a lightning rod for criticism.  —  The German sports company …
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New York Times:
Adidas Ends Partnership with Kanye West  —  The German sportswear giant is the latest company to cut ties with the rapper and designer after his recent antisemitic outbursts and other provocations.  —  Adidas said on Tuesday that it is cutting ties with Kanye West, ending …
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Adidas ends massive deal with Kanye West after antisemitism controversy
Washington Post:
Mercenary chief vented to Putin over Ukraine war bungling  —  Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Russian tycoon behind the mercenary group Wagner, personally told Putin that his military chiefs are mismanaging the war, U.S. officials said  —  The confidant who vented to Russian President Vladimir Putin recently …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Washington Post:
Ukrainian forces advance against Russian fighters in Kherson and Bakhmut  —  Ukrainian forces continued their advance against the Russian military in the southern Kherson region Tuesday, pushed back Russian mercenaries from Bakhmut in eastern Donetsk, and gained new momentum in Luhansk …
Yasmeen Abutaleb / Washington Post:
Liberals urge Biden to rethink Ukraine strategy
New York Times:
Prosecutors Pressure Trump Aides to Testify in Documents Case  —  The Justice Department's effort to win the witnesses' cooperation shows how the investigation stemming from the classified materials found at Mar-a-Lago is entering a new phase.  —  Federal prosecutors investigating former …
Miami New Times:
Rubio Supporter, Alleged Former White Supremacist Brutally Beaten in Hialeah … An alleged former white supremacist once known as the “Cuban Confederate” was severely beaten while canvassing for Sen. Marco Rubio's campaign last night in Hialeah.  —  Christopher Monzon was walking …
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WPLG-TV:
Man accused of attacking Rubio canvasser, but police account differs from senator's
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dead at 68, family says  —  Ash Carter served as defense secretary under former President Barack Obama  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 25  —  Former U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who served in the post under President Barack Obama, has died at 68, his family announced Tuesday.
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Tara Copp / Associated Press:   Ash Carter, defense chief who opened jobs to women, dies
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Health teacher killed in south St. Louis school shooting ‘loved her students’  —  ST. LOUIS — The woman shot to death at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School on Monday has been identified as Jean Kuczka, a physical education teacher at the south St. Louis school.
Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman plead guilty to felony for 2020 election robocalls targeting Cleveland voters  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Two right-wing conspiracy theorists who placed thousands of robocalls with false information to largely minority and Democratic voters in Cleveland in the months …
Discussion: Law & Crime, KTLA and The Daily Dot
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Mark Gillispie / Associated Press:
2 conservatives accused in hoax robocall scheme plead guilty
Discussion: UPI and NBC News
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Bolduc Gains on Hassan in US Senate Election  —  Home Polls Bolduc Gains on Hassan in US Senate Election  —  Gov. Sununu Maintains Double Digit Lead  —  Since September, Bolduc has gained five points and Hassan has lost three  —  The latest Emerson College Polling/WHDH 7 News survey …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Social Security whistleblowers say they were sidelined for exposing fines  —  Two senior attorneys drew attention to a program leveling massive, unprecedented fees on poor and elderly people.  —  Two senior Social Security officials who exposed massive, unprecedented fines imposed on disabled …
Morgan Chalfant / Semafor:
House Republicans have major plans for China  —  Morgan covers politics and national security for Semafor.  Sign up for the daily Principals newsletter to get our insider's guide to American power.  —  House Republicans are plotting an expansive anti-China agenda if they take power next year …
Washington Examiner:
Falling test scores illustrate the disaster of distance learning  —  Chalk this up once again to Democrats' obsession with rewarding political allies at the expense of the public.  —  New data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show that student test scores nationwide suffered their worst decline in history.
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jon Stewart Confronts Arizona AG on Trump's ‘Stolen’ Election Claims  —  “Why can't you say that the election in 2020 was not stolen or fraudulent?”  Stewart asks Mark Brnovich in this exclusive clip from his Apple TV+ show.  —  Earlier this month, Jon Stewart went unexpectedly viral …
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Rishi Sunak to become U.K. prime minister, first person of color in role  —  LONDON — After months of political fever, Britain on Tuesday will get a new prime minister, the third in two months, with the country now looking to Rishi Sunak — a former finance minister and hedge-fund manager …
NBC News:
Russian court denies Brittney Griner's appeal of 9-year prison sentence  —  The WNBA star was sentenced after Russian authorities said she had vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage.  The U.S. says she is wrongfully detained.  —  A Russian court on Tuesday denied WNBA star Brittney Griner's appeal …
Financial Times:
China's wealthy activate escape plans as Xi Jinping extends rule  —  Rich citizens fearing high taxes and personal safety move capital out of country and arrange residences overseas  —  Wealthy Chinese are pulling the trigger on exit plans from their homeland as pessimism builds over the future …
Marc Caputo / NBC News:
Crist to DeSantis: Will you run for president?  Florida governor refuses to say in caustic debate  —  Florida governor candidates spar over abortion, immigration and transgender health care  —  MIAMI — Democrat Charlie Crist came to his first and only debate with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ready …
Jack Khoury / Reuters:
Israeli Army Destroys Lion's Den's Bomb Factory in Nablus, Five Palestinians Killed in Shootout  —  Twenty other Palestinians were injured and a sixth died in a separate incident near Ramallah overnight.  The Israeli army says it was targeting a site for manufacturing explosives …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Pelosi's Last Dance?  Speaker Sprints Across U.S. as Republicans Close In.  —  The speaker, busy raising millions, is in no mood to contemplate a Democratic defeat in November, much less discuss her legacy.  —  DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — It has long been known that Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
Christo Grozev / bellingcat:
The Remote Control Killers Behind Russia's Cruise Missile Strikes on Ukraine  —  In the early hours of Monday, 10 October 2022, Russia pummelled Ukraine's largest cities with missiles killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100, according to Ukraine's national emergency service.
John A. Farrell / New York Times:
Alito Assured Ted Kennedy in 2005 of Respect for Roe v. Wade, Diary Says  —  In the senator's recollection, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the opinion overturning the abortion ruling tried to show Mr. Kennedy that he was not a threat to Roe.  —  Senator Edward M. Kennedy looked skeptically at the federal judge.
Venus Feng / Bloomberg:
China's Richest Lose $12.7 Billion Following Xi's Reshuffle  —  China's richest tycoons lost more than $35 billion in the market selloff that followed Xi Jinping's tightening grip on the government.  —  Pinduoduo Inc.'s Colin Huang saw his fortune sink by $5.1 billion …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Insider
 
 
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Midterm elections: Google manipulates search engine results against Republicans, Media Research Center says
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The President Slowly Deteriorates Before Our Eyes
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
High anxiety on the air: Midterms end with 2-front clash over rising crime
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Based Politics
A.J. Bayatpour / WKOW:
From six-figure tax bills to $0: Why trust fund set up by Sen. Johnson no longer owes state taxes
Financial Times:
West sees Russia's ‘dirty bomb’ claims as pretext for possible Ukraine escalation
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CREW:
Congressional investigation needed into Clarence and Ginni Thomas
Discussion: Raw Story and Common Dreams
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Ex-Capitol Police officer charged with obstruction tells jury he is ‘embarrassed’ over Facebook chat with Jan. 6 rioter
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and Newsweek
Simon van Zuylen-Wood / Curbed:
Plywood Gourmet  —  How thousands of restaurants speedily, messily, and probably permanently took over the street.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Democrats deploy Biden and Obama to lock down Pennsylvania
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans.
Discussion: Politico
TMZ.com:
Leslie Jordan Dead at 67
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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