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5:05 PM ET, October 26, 2022

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Axios:
Fetterman's painful debate … Capitol Hill's reaction to the Pennsylvania Senate debate was brutal for Democratic nominee John Fetterman, from Democrats and Republicans alike. … Fetterman struggled at times to respond to the moderators' questions, even with the assistance of a closed captioning device.
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CNN:
‘It was tough’: Fetterman supporters voice concern that debate performance will sway undecided voters  —  Democrat John Fetterman's debate performance has intensified the focus on his recovery from a stroke, leading some supporters to worry that his current post-stroke limitations could affect …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: How much will John Fetterman's rocky night matter?
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
John Fetterman debate was painful and shameful — he is physically incapable of being a Senator
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Pennsylvania Debate
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Fetterman, Showing Stroke Effects, Battles Oz in Hostile Senate Debate
Caitlyn Shelton / NewsNation:
Fetterman cites caption errors, organizers say he opted out of rehearsal
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How the handling of Fetterman's stroke compares with Mark Kirk's in 2016
Discussion: The Hill
Barton Gellman / The Atlantic:
The Impeachment of Joe Biden  —  Sometime next year, after an interval of performative investigations, Republicans in the House are going to impeach Joe Biden.  This may not be their present plan, but they will work themselves up to it by degrees.  The pressure from the MAGA base will build.
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CNN:
Inside the House GOP effort to keep weapons flowing to Ukraine  —  After House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested last week that Republicans might pull back funding for Ukraine next year if they take the majority, the GOP leader has worked behind the scenes to reassure national security leaders …
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
New Woman Alleges Herschel Walker Urged Her to Have Abortion  —  High-profile attorney Gloria Allred hosted a press conference Wednesday with an anonymous woman who says she had an abortion at Herschel Walker's urging.  —  A second woman has come forward to say Herschel Walker urged …
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Axios:
A second woman says Herschel Walker was involved in her abortion … - “I was devastated because I felt that I had been pressured into having an abortion.”  — The woman said she was motivated to come forward because she had seen Walker deny another woman's allegations that he paid for her to have an abortion.
Anjali Huynh / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
On the Georgia Trail: Walker campaigns as new accuser comes forward
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Semafor:
Senator Robert Menendez is under investigation again  —  Kadia is a Political Reporter for Semafor, joining us from BuzzFeed News.  Sign up for the daily Principals newsletter to get our insider's guide to American power.  —  Senator Robert Menendez, D-N.J. faces a new federal investigation …
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Washington Post:
Trump chief of staff Meadows ordered to testify before Ga. grand jury  —  Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows must testify before a Georgia grand jury investigating Republican efforts to reverse the 2020 presidential election results in the state, a South Carolina judge ruled Wednesday.
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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Mark Meadows ordered by court to testify in Georgia 2020 election meddling probe
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
SC judge: Mark Meadows must testify before Fulton grand jury
Discussion: Politico, RedState and CNBC
New York Times:
Meadows Ordered to Testify in Georgia Election Investigation
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Political Wire
Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE Tesla faces U.S. criminal probe over self-driving claims-sources  —  Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is under criminal investigation in the United States over claims that the company's electric vehicles can drive themselves, three people familiar with the matter said.
Articles and Investigations:
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial  —  A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.  —  Co-published with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Discussion: ArkansasTimes and The Root
Politico:
Trump team receives subpoena from Jan. 6 committee  —  Attorneys for Donald Trump have accepted service of a subpoena issued by the Jan. 6 select committee demanding documents and testimony from the former president by next month.  —  A person familiar with the matter confirmed that attorneys …
Marist Poll:
The 2022 Election in North Carolina  —  Marist North Carolina Poll  —  Budd Edges Beasley Among Definite Voters in North Carolina Senate Race  —  In the race for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd are tied among registered voters in the state.
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Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
Here's what changed in Dinesh D'Souza's ‘2,000 Mules’ book after it was recalled  —  After an abrupt recall and a two-month delay - along with the threat of possible legal action - the election denial book 2,000 Mules has reached bookstores, though with a few significant changes.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
U.S. Department of Justice:
Attorney General Garland Announces Revised Justice Department News Media Policy  —  Attorney General Merrick B. Garland today announced significant revisions to the Justice Department's regulations regarding obtaining information from, or records of, members of the news media.
Julio Rosas / Townhall:
Mayra Flores Prevented From Joining the Congressional Hispanic Caucus  —  Townhall has exclusively learned Rep. Mayra Flores (R-TX) was prevented from joining the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), the leading caucus for Latino members of Congress, because she is a Republican and membership is only reserved for Democrats.
Kara Berg / Detroit News:
3 men convicted of providing aid to terrorists in Whitmer kidnapping plot  —  Jackson — Three men have been found guilty by a Jackson County jury of materially aiding a terrorist and being a member of a gang as part of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Henry Foy / Financial Times:
Netherlands accuses China of operating ‘illegal’ police stations  —  Dutch foreign ministry investigates reports facilities being used to harass critics of Beijing  —  The Dutch government has accused China of operating “illegal” unlicensed police offices in the Netherlands …
Natalie Weber / Tampa Bay Times:
Attorney who fought Florida helmet laws died in motorcycle crash while not wearing one  —  Ron Smith, 66, and his girlfriend, 62-year-old Brenda Jeanan Volpe, were on their way to a funeral with a group of riders from the American Legion.  —  In the late 1990s, when Florida bikers …
David H. Freedman / Newsweek:
Sweet Revenge: What Trump Would Do in a Second Term  —  The events of recent months have quashed any remaining notion that Donald Trump might abandon his quest for political power after being turned out of office by voters two years ago.  He is still holding his trademark rallies …
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Pa. Republicans move to impeach Philadelphia's progressive prosecutor  —  WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Republicans announced Wednesday plans to impeach and potentially remove from office Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a national leader among progressive prosecutors who was overwhelmingly re-elected last year.
New York Times:
A Secret Deal, Wishful Thinking: How the U.S.-Saudi Relationship Ruptured  —  Ahead of President Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia this summer, his administration thought it had secured pledges of increases in oil production throughout the year.  The opposite happened.
 
 
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Trump to rally in Iowa ahead of Nov. 8 as he teases 2024
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Jon Campbell / Gothamist:
Lee Zeldin's ad shows a man's final moments. His family wants it removed.
Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Giuliani's Election ‘Experts’ Get Cold Reception in Washington Ethics Case
Discussion: Raw Story
Maddie Bender / The Daily Beast:
Conservative Policies Linked to Higher Death Rates for Americans, Study Finds
Discussion: USA Today
Tom Norton / Newsweek:
Fact Check: Ted Cruz's Claim That ‘Antifa’ Burnt U.S. Cities For A Year
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Parents Differ Sharply by Party Over What Their K-12 Children Should Learn in School
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