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Associated Press: Vance says he's ‘disgusted’ by GOP pushback to Ramaswamy ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother — Vice President JD Vance said during a campaign visit to Ohio … -
Alex Isenstadt / Axios: Exclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlash — Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for Ohio governor is pouring $4 million … -
Politico: Republicans' mom burn messaging — With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco and Irie Sentner — Good Wednesday morning. Days after Bradley Whitford blew off steam in … -
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press: Democrat in Ohio governor's race pushes back against unattributed ad featuring her estranged mother — Republican Vivek Ramaswamy 's team confirmed late Tuesday … -
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers: Poll: Democrats post their biggest generic-ballot lead yet, two weeks out — Democrats lead by 10 among registered voters and 12 among likely voters … -
New York Times: Trump Approval Hits New Low Two Weeks Before Midterms, Poll Finds — Likely voters favored Democratic candidates over Republicans by 11 percentage points … -
CNN: Desire for change, anti-Trump feelings fuel Democrats' midterms advantage: CNN poll — Donald Trump Election polls US elections Inflation -
New York Times: Cross-Tabs: October 2026 Times/Siena Poll of the Likely Electorate — Results of a New York Times/Siena poll conducted among 3,494 voters from Oct. 12 to 19, 2026. -
New York Times: Russia Releases American Who Was Jailed for 4 Years, State Media Reports — The move buys good will with President Trump while costing the Russian leader, Vladimir V. Putin, little. -
Peter Baker / New York Times: In Trump's World of International Diplomacy, Insults Are a One-Way Street — The latest rift with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine serves as a reminder … -
Kathryn Watson / CBS News: Witkoff faces backlash for calling Putin a “humanitarian”: “Embarrassing and outrageous” — U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is facing immediate backlash … -
Kyle Chouinard / The Washington Sun: DCCC Gets a $25 Million Credit Line — House Democrats' campaign arm signed off on a $25 million line of credit — among the largest it's ever opened … -
10 minutes ago Luke Fountain / CNBC: Trump-aligned super PACs pour millions into once-safe GOP House seats … President Donald Trump has made good on his claim of putting more than $300 million … -
Elena Schneider / The Washington Sun: A Major Democratic Super PAC Begs Donors for More Cash as the Map Expands — The flagship Democratic House super PAC is urging donors to pony up more cash … -
The Washington Sun: How Rough Is It for Republicans? Look at This North Carolina District. — North Carolina's 11th Congressional District sits in a rural and conservative region of the state … -
Robert E. Rubin / New York Times: In Six Decades of Public Life, I Never Thought I Would Write This Piece — The economy has been voters' top issue in four of the six midterm elections this century … -
New York Times: Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy — The penalty, one of the largest levied against the tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit … -
Politico: US, allies warn of critical vulnerabilities in programming underlying 70% of the internet — The National Security Agency and cyber agencies in Europe, Australia … -
Madeleine May / CBS News: Federal agents knock on doors to track down possible noncitizen voters ahead of midterms — Armed and in uniform, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security … -
Claire Carter / Washington Examiner: Where false polling from Wedgewood might have misled campaigns — A series of fabricated election polls that circulated in competitive races across the country … -
CNN: Pentagon grants DHS permission to test heat ray weapon for potential use at border — Federal agencies US military Pete Hegseth National security -
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: Electronic Arts to Shed 400 Jobs, Shut Down BioWare to Cut Costs — The next ‘Mass Effect’ will be canceled as part of the layoffs -
Vox: This Democrat's accountability plan has Trump fuming — The 2026 midterms are less than two weeks away, which means we'll soon have a better idea of what the next … -
Kyle Cheney / Politico: The House GOP's imminent decision on the Omar raid — House Republicans have publicly cheered on the Trump administration's investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar. -
City of Toledo: Hazardous Materials Evacuation and Shelter-in-Place Orders in Effect for North Toledo — What happened? — At 10:48 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20 … -
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal: Minnesota's Democratic U.S. Senate Nominee Inflated Academic Record — Peggy Flanagan said she ‘graduated Phi Beta Kappa,’ but records raise questions about claim -
Reuters: US preparing to issue ordered departure of some personnel from Gulf embassies, say US officials — The US State Department is preparing to issue an ordered departure … -
WCTI-TV: Gov. Stein criticizes absentee ballot rejection rate, urges voters to plan ahead — Gov. Josh Stein is criticizing recent State Board of Elections changes for mail-in ballots … -
Joey Fox / Politico: House Republicans subpoena New Jersey for noncitizen voter records — House Republicans have subpoenaed New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill's administration for records … -
Alex Miller / Fox News: Thune makes bold prediction about Republicans' Senate chances as GOP pulls millions from key races — The Senate majority leader acknowledged headwinds in North Carolina …