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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, claims she's a lawyer.  Is she?  —  There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any  —  When President Trump plucked Katie Zacharia from obscurity and appointed her as his new press secretary, he called her “an attorney.”
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
White House scrambles over questions on new press secretary's background  —  President Donald Trump said Katie Zacharia is an “attorney,” but her bar credentials are unclear.  —  SummaryLoading...  The White House on Tuesday scrambled to answer questions about the legal qualifications …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump's new press secretary raises eyebrows with bar exam response  —  President Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia raised eyebrows on Tuesday when she was asked where she passed the bar exam, telling reporters that she did so when she moved to China.
Julia Ornedo / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Mouthpiece Hit With Brutal Reviews for Big Debut … The reviews are in for President Donald Trump's new press secretary.  —  Katie Zacharia, 41, suffered savage reviews from administration insiders and critics alike within minutes of taking the podium as White House press secretary for the first time Tuesday morning.
Fox News:
Fox News Power Rankings: As the House falls, the Senate stays in play  —  Republicans face rural voter backlash over gas and diesel prices as 20 more House races shift toward Democrats  —  There are two big differences between the previous Trump-era midterms and this year's contest.
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Jack Jenkins / RNS:
Faith leaders on the ballot: 11 races to watch  —  Get RNS' thoughtful, essential religion reporting every morning.  Sign up for free!  —  (RNS) — This election cycle is shaping up to be an unusually faith-fueled affair.  —  The shift has been especially striking on the Democratic side …
Discussion: The Bulwark
Jack Crosbie / Rolling Stone:
‘Republicans Are F-ked’: GOP Strategists Process Trump's Impact Ahead of Midterms  —  Conservatives are scrambling to find a silver lining in the chaos that the president's second term unleashed.  —  Ask a Republican about the midterms these days and you're likely to get an answer that falls somewhere in the five stages of grief.
Discussion: MS NOW and Political Wire
Mike Zapler / Axios:
Dems' red-state showings raise prospect of a bigger 2028 map
Discussion: NPR and New York Magazine
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:   Senate Republicans Pouring $8 Million More Into Nebraska Race
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Spend Big to Defend Nebraska Senate Seat
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns as Ambassador to Greece  —  Ms. Guilfoyle was asked to quit by the White House after a string of damaging reports, including that she had asked a Republican donor to pay off a credit card.  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as the U.S. ambassador to Greece on Tuesday …
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
And Bye, Bye to Miss Kimberly's Big Greek Slice of Pie  —  This has been a sordid, classless, just ICK on the ICKter scale couple of days for a woman who was once nestled in the bosom of Republican power.  —  Kimberly Guilfoyle (whose good judgment could have been questioned years ago …
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigns after allegations of improper conduct  —  President Donald Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, resigned on Tuesday after allegations of improper conduct but insisted she'll “vigorously defend” herself.
Ryan King / New York Post:
Kimberly Guilfoyle quits ambassador post after pressure from White House with a defiant message
Laura Bassett / Nightcap:
Anatomy of a fake scandal  —  In case you missed this political earthquake, Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico spent nine days off the campaign trail this month recovering from the flu.  He's a Type 1 diabetic, which can severely complicate a flu virus, and it was otherwise very nice …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk's megaphone propels conspiracy theory about James Talarico  —  The billionaire has a history of elevating false claims like the one about the Democratic Senate nominee, but his control of X gives him outsize influence ahead of the midterms.  —  SummaryLoading...
Wall Street Journal:
Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race
Christopher Wiggins / Advocate:
Dan Levy demands men speak up after Shane Gillis demeans women on ‘SNL’  —  Comedian Shane Gillis said “f*ck” during a sketch on live network television and referenced Joe Rogan on Saturday.  It may have been the least offensive thing he said all night.  —  The comedian's latest turn hosting …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump cancels deposition in BBC case, lawyers say  —  President Donald Trump was set to be deposed Friday in a defamation lawsuit he filed against the British Broadcasting Corporation, but his lawyers recently canceled the session and said he is unavailable through at least mid-December, according to a court filing.
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
U.S. Treasury Announces Record Enforcement Actions Against Bank of America  —  Third-Largest Penalty in Treasury History; Largest in OCC History  —  WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced enforcement actions imposing more than $1.21 billion in penalties against Bank of America …
Discussion: Axios and Political.org
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Greg Ryan / Bloomberg:
New Hampshire GOP Senate Candidate Blasts Trump on Iran, Russia  —  Republican John Sununu criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine conflict in the first debate in an unexpectedly close New Hampshire US Senate race.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and NRSC
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Public execution opposition grows as Trump expresses private misgivings  —  The plan to livestream the firing squad execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter is garnering mounting discomfort from the Catholic Church, the Hill and survivors of the shooting.
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Politico:
‘She totally blew it’: How Kamala Harris wasted a year to make her case  —  Kamala Harris has kept the door open to running for president again in 2028.  What she failed to do over the past year, even one-time supporters and allies of the former vice president say, is give voters a reason to reconsider her if she does.
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Hamilton reports $10.6M Q3 haul for Kansas Senate race  —  Adam Hamilton raised $10.6 million in the third quarter of 2026 across his Senate campaign and his joint fundraising committees, his campaign tells POLITICO, a significant haul for the Kansas Democrat.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:15 minutes ago
Lawyer for Fed Governor Cook Denounces Trump's New Investigation  —  A lawyer for Lisa Cook raised “significant concerns” over the “objectivity and fitness of the committee” assembled by President Trump as a way to remove her as a governor at the Federal Reserve.
New Republic:
MAGA Voters Turn on Trump in Focus Group Bombshell: “Nothing but Lies”  —  Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark recently held a focus group with people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 that took an extraordinary turn.  After being shown Trump's vile taxpayer-funded ad, in which he rages about expelling …
Discussion: Newsweek and The Bulwark
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Judge Yells at Trump Administration for Cutting Down Golf Course Trees  —  Several government officials called to testify about hasty removal on Washington site where president dreams of building championship-level course  —  An angry federal judge overseeing litigation challenging President Trump's plan …
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
A Ballroom Donor, a Sanctions Waiver, $201 Million in Public Money: The Mystery of Konstantin Sokolov  —  Ever since he contributed to the White House ballroom project last year, things have gone well for Konstantin A. Sokolov: the Treasury Department gave a company he manages a license …
Discussion: New Republic
Eli Hager / ProPublica:
Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients.  Congress Could Fix It — but Won't.  —  It wasn't the kind of call a grocery store gets every day.  A customer with a thick Eastern European accent was on the phone saying he wanted to buy several thousand cans of Red Bull.
Tariq Panja / New York Times:
FIFA's Trump Tower Deal: 7 Years, $4 Million, One Mostly Unused Office  —  The deal is another sign of how Gianni Infantino, the leader of soccer's global governing body, has sought closer ties to President Trump.  —  About a year before the World Cup, FIFA held a splashy opening for its latest office …
Discussion: New Republic
Kate Shaw / New York Times:
Democrats Need a Plan for Supreme Court Reform.  Here's a Start.  —  The Supreme Court justices took the bench last week to hear oral arguments, but the start of this term feels different from previous ones.  For one thing, with the sharp increase in activity on the shadow docket …
Discussion: The Nation
Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:25 minutes ago
Judge says Elon Musk engaged in ‘little more than state sanctioned intimidation’ when he accused a DHS official of a crime  —  A federal judge tore into Elon Musk for reposting a photo of a former Federal Emergency Management Agency official and accusing her of “criminal” conduct.
Discussion: CNBC, The Washington Sun and The Hill
Margaret Talev / Axios:
Axios-Ipsos poll: “Medicare for All” support surges  —  Supporters of “Medicare for All” now outnumber opponents by nearly 2-to-1, according to a new survey of U.S. adults from the Axios-Ipsos American Health Index. … - But the public's openness is driven more by desperation than by confidence in government.
Bloomberg:
CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades  —  Chairman's adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.  —  When President Donald Trump backed away from threats to strike Iranian power plants on March 23 …
Discussion: New Republic and The Daily Caller
David Lange / Israpundit:
Metallica's James Hetfield Slams Political Preaching at Concerts … With the likes of rapper Macklemore and country singer Zach Bryan making the news in recent weeks due to their Free Palestining, it's refreshing to see a major musician taking a decidedly different approach.  —  And not just any musician.
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Review Dispute Over Access to DOGE Records  —  A nonprofit watchdog group sued the Department of Government Efficiency, asserting that it should be subject to federal Freedom of Information Act discovery requests.  —  The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it would review …
 
 
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
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Bloomberg:
Trump Renews Battle to Upend Offshore Wind Farms in the US10 minutes ago
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Bloomberg:
US to Use Cold War-Era Law to Expand Delek Refinery in Texas
Discussion: The Hill
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Guilfoyle's Collapse Comes as White House Struggles to Fend Off Allegations of Excess
Josh Tyrangiel / The Atlantic:
Choose Your Overlord  —  Musk vs. Bezos  —  The adriatic has been crossed by Odysseus and Caesar …
Ben Denzer / New York Times:
Are the Midterm Elections Safe? 8 Experts Weigh In on the Threats.
Discussion: Civil Discourse …
Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Supreme Court turns away Kari Lake lawyer's challenge to sanctions in Arizona voting machine lawsuit
Discussion: Associated Press
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Sammy Westfall / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton and Kara Swisher to release weekly midterms podcast
Paul Krugman:
Elon Musk Shows Us Why Oligarchy is a Danger
Discussion: New York Times
Leigh Kimmins / The Daily Beast:
RFK Jr. Shows Off Son's Lavish 3-Day Pop Star Wedding in Rio
German Lopez / New York Times:
We Know How to Fix Homelessness. Why Don't More Cities Do It?
Politico:
GOP readies for an underwhelming lame duck
Chadwick Moore / New York Post:
‘Compelling evidence’ of criminal activity drove feds to raid Rep. Ilhan Omar's home: sources