A new Saint Anselm College Survey Center poll in New Hampshire finds Chris Pappas (D) leading John E. Sununu (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 50% to 43%. New Hampshire Senate Race Chris Pappas (D) 50%   John E. Sununu (R) 43%   Saint Anselm College Survey Center poll · ±2.4%

“The chair of the El Paso County Republican Party has said he intends to sue Sacha Baron Cohen over footage of the local politician used in new satirical comedy Ali G: Who Iz I?” The Guardian reports. “In the film, Michael Aboud is shown taking part in a training program with another Cohen character, ex-Mossad […]

“Hundreds of U.S. lawyers have agreed to work for free on efforts to monitor next month’s midterm elections in what voting rights groups say is the biggest effort of its kind to prevent meddling at the polls,” the Financial Times reports. “The attorneys are volunteering for non-profit groups that specialise in election integrity, with work […]

“The Justice Department is examining allegations that Corey Lewandowski profited off his top position at the Department of Homeland Security,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The inquiry is based on a referral from the DHS inspector general, which shared its findings about Lewandowski’s tenure at the department in recent days.”

“President Donald Trump on Thursday defended a controversial campaign ad by Vivek Ramaswamy featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial race,” CNBC reports. Said Trump: “The Press, in a concerted and well coordinated attack, is trying to get Vivek Ramaswamy to ‘take down the Ad.’ Frankly, anybody whose […]

“Sen. Kevin Cramer said Thursday that he had concerns about Elon Musk’s influence over national security matters after Ukraine was blindsided by a disruption of a satellite communications service developed by Musk’s SpaceX,” Politico reports. Said Cramer: “We’re putting too many eggs in one company’s basket when it comes to our space assets.”

When first reported, the 2025 monthly jobs reports added up to 1.2 million new jobs for the year, Steve Rattner reports. After revisions, the economy added just 116,000 — 90% less than reported.

“Billionaire Jeff Yass gave almost $110 million to boost Republicans in the U.S. midterm elections, making him the third-largest individual donor of this cycle and the top financial backer of embattled Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy,” Bloomberg reports. “Ramaswamy, who faced bipartisan backlash this week over an advertisement his campaign produced featuring Democratic opponent […]

“President Trump called Elon Musk and asked him to lift restrictions on a military-grade version of Starlink in Ukraine that the SpaceX chief had throttled,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The system was working more normally Thursday, shortly after their conversation, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said. Some Ukrainian officials said the system wasn’t restored to […]

Dan Pfeiffer: “Over the years, third-party candidates have been devastating to Democrats and America. In 2000, George W. Bush wouldn’t have become president without Green Party candidate Ralph Nader siphoning votes from Al Gore. Then in 2016, Jill Stein, also of the Green Party, helped put Trump in office. In Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, the […]

Punchbowl News: “It’s 12 days out from Election Day. It’s not clear how much this late infusion of cash will make a difference or prevent Republicans from losing the House. It’s also not clear what message Republicans can try that they haven’t used already. This is really about Trump’s own standing with Republicans post-Election Day […]

A new KELOLAND News/Emerson College poll in South Dakota finds Mike Rounds (R) leading Brian Bengs (I) in the U.S. Senate race, 50% to 42%. South Dakota Senate Race Mike Rounds (R) 50%   Brian Bengs (I) 42%   KELOLAND News/Emerson College poll · likely voters · ±3.5%

A new Carolina Journal/Harper Polling poll in North Carolina finds Roy Cooper (D) leading Michael Whatley (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 49% to 39%. North Carolina Senate Race Roy Cooper (D) 49%   Michael Whatley (R) 39%   Carolina Journal/Harper Polling poll · likely voters · ±4%

Wired: “A review has identified a slate of GOP attorney general candidates in more than half a dozen states, including key swing states, who have repeatedly expressed their belief that the 2020 election was stolen.” “If elected, several have said, they are willing to relitigate 2020 once again—and all will potentially play a key role […]

“A top ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is departing the Trump administration after frustrations with White House delays on Kennedy’s food agenda,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Calley Means, a senior adviser to Kennedy who also worked in the White House to further ‘Make America Healthy Again’ policies, quit his role on […]

“A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11,” the Associated Press reports.

“I think… we should seriously look at expanding the court while the Democrats are in power. You know, it used to be that you’d have one justice for each circuit. We now have 13 circuits, we should have 13 justices.” — Hillary Clinton, quoted by MS NOW.

“In 1981, KGB Major Vladimir Kuzichkin, codenamed ‘Redwood,’ was the best Soviet officer in Iran, running spies in the wake of the Islamic revolution and working with a hidden network of Iranian communists to undermine the new regime. But Kuzichkin had a problem, a sexual secret that, if revealed, would humiliate him with his colleagues, […]

“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday night that the Iranian regime must be overthrown once and for all,” the Washington Post reports. Netanyahu said that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei “decided to follow in his father’s footsteps” and attempt “once again to develop the bombs of death.” Said Netanyahu: “Therefore, there is only one […]

Harvard Youth Poll: “Among 18-to-29-year-olds, 9% say the nation is generally headed in the right direction, 62% say it is off on the wrong track, and 26% are unsure. Asked how they feel about America’s future, 69% say they are more fearful, compared with 26% who are more hopeful.” “These concerns extend across party lines, […]

“Canadian diplomats working in the U.S. have been directed to stay away from candidates running in the midterm elections, and to keep a low profile to avoid allegations by the Trump administration of political interference,” Bloomberg reports.

“If Democrats retake the House in November, Hakeem Jeffries is all but certain to become speaker in January — the first Black American to hold the post,” the Washington Post reports. “Yet the question facing the 56-year-old New York lawmaker is not whether he can make history, but how he would lead — specifically, whether […]

Democrats panicked over President Donald Trump’s preelection attacks on California are preparing for a GOP-led effort to maintain control of Congress by mutiny,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports. “Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) said Democrats are closely monitoring Trump allies’ claims of voter fraud in California, including a lawsuit last week over alleged noncitizen voting, as […]

“As drones fill the skies over the war zone, the fighting in Ukraine has moved into a network of gas pipelines deep belowground,” The Atlantic reports.

“Last October, President Trump imposed significant sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, complaining that negotiations with President Vladimir V. Putin over ending the war in Ukraine ‘just don’t go anywhere,'” the New York Times reports. “A red-carpet welcome for the Russian leader in Alaska had done nothing to bring peace. A planned summit in […]

Jack Crosbie: “What’s clear now is that in what may be the beginning of the end for Trump’s political reign, the king is focused on the things that matter to him most: ambition, aesthetics, and of course, asses. It’s a curious fixation for a president who should be desperate to resonate with voters who appear […]

“A federal judge on Wednesday restricted the Department of Homeland Security from election-related investigations in nine states, finding that error-prone government lists could sweep U.S. citizens into the effort,” the Washington Post reports.

“With less than two weeks until the 2026 midterm elections, early votes cast so far serve as one more piece of evidence that Democratic enthusiasm is high in some key states,” ABC News reports. “Registered Democrats and those modeled as likely to vote for Democrats have cast an even higher share of early votes in […]

“Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has denounced a controversial ad featuring the estranged mother of Dr. Amy Acton, taking sides with the Democratic candidate for governor and former member of his Cabinet over her Republican rival, Vivek Ramaswamy,” the Washington Sun reports. DeWine called the ad “deeply, deeply troubling.” He added: “It’s wrong to run […]

President Trump’s political organization is readying a late-stage infusion of more than $25 million into the battle for control of the House, Punchbowl News report. Trump’s super PACs are spreading the cash on television across the map, including into districts that the Congressional Leadership Fund abandoned.