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Attack Ad Featuring Candidate’s Mother Turns Ohio Governor’s Race Even Uglier
[Lean Left]
— NYT Politics
Nato increases Black Sea deployment amid escalating deadly Russian attacks
[Lean Left]
— Guardian World
Iran, Taunting Trump Over Gas Prices, Braces for Aftermath of Midterm Elections
[Lean Left]
— NYT Politics
Trump's sneering 'lunatic' jab exposes how he plans to steamroll a Dem Congress
[Strong Left]
— Raw Story
Trump is gutting the Endangered Species Act, putting dozens of Illinois species at risk
[Lean Left]
— Chicago Sun-Times
Trump just made a last-minute gambit to save farm-state Republicans in the midterms
[Center]
— Politico
JB Pritzker’s midterm strategy wins the attention of Black and Hispanic Democrats
[Center]
— Politico
Reporter’s Notebook: A Democratic majority could expose the limits of the progressive agenda
[Lean Right]
— Fox News Politics
Top Trump ally warns Republican Party 'dead' if it loses key voting bloc ahead of midterms
[Lean Right]
— Fox News Politics
A Months-Old Anti-Robotaxi Group Is Steering Transportation Policy From Albany to D.C.
[Lean Right]
— Reason
Trump hints at possible breakthrough for American held in Russia since his capture in Ukraine
[Lean Right]
— Washington Times
‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’ Trailer Clocks 481M+ First-Week Views, More Than ‘Barbie’
[Center]
— Deadline Hollywood
It’s no secret what the best financial advice for retirement is — but most people ignore it anyway
[Center]
— MarketWatch
Trump floats reverting White House press room to swimming pool: Report
[Lean Right]
— Washington Examiner
Tennis star Svitolina says emotional toll of Ukraine war led to Monfils separation
[Center]
— BBC World
Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 73 security recruits, local authorities say
[Center]
— BBC World
Panthers’ Brady Tkachuk Comes Up With Brilliant Idea For How To Flip Script On Hateful Senators Fans
[Strong Right]
— Daily Caller
Social Security’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment Will Soon Become a Cost-of-Insolvency Adjustment
[Lean Right]
— National Review
U.S. equities are trading higher: the S&P 500 +0.28% at 7,713, the Nasdaq -0.02% at 26,425, the Dow +1.02% at 52,496. The VIX sits at 17.3 (-6.1% today), inside its normal range.
The 10-year Treasury yield is easing at 5.12% — the number behind mortgage rates and Washington's interest bill. The dollar index is at 101.7 (-0.2%). Elsewhere: gold down 0.4% at $4,143/oz; WTI crude down 1.8% at $101.79/bbl; Bitcoin at $82,696 (+1.0%).
Among big names, SOFI leads gainers at +2.66%, while NFLX lags at -1.66%. Rate moves and energy prices feed straight into the political fight over inflation — match this against the headlines above.
Dem Star Unleashes Devastating Ad After MAGA’s Vilest Attack
AI stocks rally ahead of Meta earnings
Young Men Are Abandoning the Podcasters Who Got Trump Elected
Even Europe’s far right is ready to dump Trump
Alabama governor commutes sentence of prisoner on death row
Trump’s FBI Killed Bribery Probe Into Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn
How the energy crisis could become a food security crisis
So What Is Socialism, Anyway?
Ilhan Omar Is the Right Kind of American. Trump Is the Wrong Kind.
Poll: Voters see Republicans as the party of Big Tech tax breaks
The weird reasons why Alaska Republicans are so worried about their Senate race
‘A warning sign for polling’: Why one GOP pollster thinks a blue wave may fall short
Inside the quiet money pullback — for both parties — in Georgia’s Senate race
Trump's $8 Billion Diesel Bailout Pays Farmers for a Problem He Created
How the GOP Could Lose Texas