“Multiple protesters were removed from Donald Trump’s rally at South Carolina’s Clemson University on Wednesday, including one who was apparently punched by a rally attender – to the U.S. president’s delight,” The Guardian reports. Said Trump: “That was great, man. Wow. Man, I loved that. I watched that. That was incredible. Wow. That was unbelievable. […]

“President Donald Trump traveled to South Carolina on Wednesday to boost U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, whose stumbles in her first campaign since replacing her late brother have Democratic voters hopeful — but not necessarily optimistic — that their candidate can break Republicans’ grip on the state,” the Washington Sun reports. “Trump, who was repeatedly interrupted […]

“The White House counsel’s office warned Politico in a Monday letter that it had 48 hours to retract or correct recent stories about alleged staff drama, or it would suffer unspecified consequences,” Axios reports. “That deadline expires Thursday.”

“House Democrats’ campaign arm is instructing allied super PACs to promote minor candidates in several key House races,” Axios reports. “This allows Democrats to steer outside groups toward siphoning votes from Republicans without violating laws against direct coordination.”

A new Fox News Poll poll in Ohio finds Sherrod Brown (D) leading Jon Husted (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 52% to 47%. Ohio Senate Race Sherrod Brown (D) 52%   Jon Husted (R) 47%   Fox News Poll poll · likely voters · ±2% The same poll in Ohio finds Amy Acton (D) […]

A new Fox News poll in Texas finds James Talarico (D) and Ken Paxton (R) tied in the U.S. Senate race, 49% to 49%. Texas Senate Race James Talarico (D) 49%   Ken Paxton (R) 49%   Fox News poll · likely voters · ±2.5% The same poll in Texas finds Greg Abbott (R) leading […]

“President Donald Trump will visit Mississippi next week to campaign for U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Monday night,” Mississippi Today reports. Said Hyde-Smith: “We feel very good about this. It’s going to be 13 days, and we’re going to run through the tape so strong. I’m very proud of the record I have to run […]

“President Donald Trump on Wednesday insisted that he had nothing to do with a slowdown of SpaceX’s Starlink in Ukraine, and does not know if Elon Musk was responsible for speed-capping the critical satellite service,” CNBC reports. Said Trump: “I wasn’t involved.” Bloomberg: How Musk’s Starlink and U.S. spy satellites support Ukraine’s defense.

“The Pentagon is looking to build a more robust deep-cover spying program to conduct economic warfare against China and other U.S. competitors,” the Washington Post reports.  “This new next-generation spying program — in which U.S. operatives would go undercover as businesspeople or other private-sector personnel, without any overt U.S. government affiliation — is intended to […]

“Mark Zuckerberg said he is considering leaving California if it passes a measure that would impose a one-time, 5% tax on billionaires,” Bloomberg reports.

“JD Vance may be an early Republican frontrunner to succeed Donald Trump in 2028, but the president has made it clear he isn’t ready to hand over the keys,” Bloomberg reports. “With Vance standing behind him in the Oval Office yesterday, Trump declined to endorse his vice president for the next presidential election, calling him […]

“Top Democrats and allied organizations filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against President Donald Trump and his administration over their attempts to stymie the midterm elections, including by removing voters from state rolls,” MS NOW reports.

“Illinois first lady MK Pritzker, who typically shies away from the political spotlight, announced Wednesday that she is contributing $500,000 to support Ohio Democratic governor candidate Amy Acton after the campaign of Acton’s Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, released a controversial video featuring her estranged mother,” the Chicago Tribune reports.

“The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, better known as AIPAC, plans to stop endorsing candidates, making direct PAC contributions and earmarking contributions to candidates,” CNBC reports. “The shift reverses a strategy adopted five years ago as the influential pro-Israel group faces mounting political resistance.”

“New mail ballot rules in North Carolina may lead to the rejection of thousands of ballots, left-leaning voting rights groups warned this week. The groups urged voters to check the status of their mail ballot or vote in person to make sure their votes count,” the New York Times reports. “At issue is a requirement […]

“The U.S. military has quietly been scaling back its troop presence at bases across the Middle East in recent days, and the State Department is ordering a further reduction in staff at multiple diplomatic posts in the region,” NBC News reports. “The reduction of American forces and diplomatic personnel is similar to drawdowns at bases […]

“The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to move forward with construction of a border wall along hundreds of miles in the Big Bend region of southwest Texas,” the New York Times reports. “A federal judge in Texas had blocked construction of the barriers, which had drawn local objections. In […]

“Trump White House aides have started to cast about for a scapegoat to offer the president in the event of bad midterm election losses, as Republicans stare down brutal predictions in key House and Senate races, sources familiar with the matter say,” Wired reports. “Republican political operatives say privately that the real blame lies with […]

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“The top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees say they are operating under the presumption that President Trump and his allies will allege fraud related to this year’s midterms in order to justify election interference,” NPR reports. Said Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT): “We start with the premise that the president is going to […]

“Senate Republicans are weighing three last-ditch spending moves that would have been unimaginable six months ago: a cash infusion for Mississippi and even more money for South Carolina and Kansas,” Axios reports. “It’s been 94 years since Kansas elected a Democratic senator, 44 years for Mississippi and 28 for South Carolina. But panic is spreading […]

A new Quantus Insights poll in South Dakota finds Mike Rounds (R) leading Brian Bengs (I) in the U.S. Senate race, 57% to 36%. South Dakota Senate Race Mike Rounds (R) 57%   Brian Bengs (I) 36%   Quantus Insights poll · likely voters · ±4.1%

“A lot of times, political ads that are negative, they work. But to work, they have to have credibility behind them. This ad is so outrageously offensive it is backfiring on Vivek because you’re making Amy Acton the victim, and Vivek is looking like the villain because Amy Acton is a victim here.” — Republican […]

“The Democratic National Committee flagged to a federal judge this week that a super PAC linked to President Donald Trump paid to air a second ad produced by White House staff using taxpayer dollars — the latest development in the organization’s legal quest to stop the ads from airing,” the Washington Sun reports.

Minnesota U.S. Senate nominee Peggy Flanagan (D) “provided evidence Wednesday of her membership in an academic honor society, undermining a national publication’s report that she inflated her credentials,” Minnesota Public Radio reports. “The jarring turn followed a story in the Wall Street Journal earlier in the day that said Flanagan did not qualify to be […]

“There is no person who hates the idea of people enriching themselves fraudulently over access to the government than Donald J Trump.” — Vice President Vance, speaking to reporters.

“President Donald Trump has made good on his claim of putting more than $300 million of his political war chest into the 2026 midterm election,” CNBC reports. “New campaign finance filings released Tuesday night show millions flowing into House districts that were barely competitive two years ago, underscoring how far the GOP’s problems have spread […]

“The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that U.S. broadcast networks could violate their regulatory obligations by airing ‘entirely fake polls and suppression polls,'” Reuters reports. FCC ​Chair Brendan Carr said that ahead of the midterm elections “there had been ‌a significant surge in such polls ‘designed to do nothing more than […]

“House Democrats’ campaign arm signed off on a $25 million line of credit — among the largest it’s ever opened — early last week as the party stretches itself to take advantage of an increasingly favorable electoral environment,” the Washington Sun reports.

“The little-understood yet crucial story of how Vladimir Putin has waged a secret campaign to subvert and weaken the United States—and how Trump, his MAGA movement, the Republican Party, and right-wing media have served as useful idiots.”