Trump is unpopular in seven states with toss-up Senate races ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, according to polling data.
Trump's approval rating in Senate battlegrounds 2 weeks before midterms
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🚫 TRIBALISM 86 TRUMP -Real 🇺🇸 patriot -Chitown emigrant -Fed -Moderate -YIMBY -NSFW M.S. Economics: degree Stats analysis: trade Existentially, 🤷♂️ anything in essence or totality. When confronted, I’ll admit that. I was Dante’s 🇺🇸 Inferno on Twitter.
A planned pipeline from Alberta, Canada's oil sands to a Vancouver, B.C. terminal, is facing opposition from tribal nations, environmentalists and some state officials in Washington state, over concerns that supertankers could pose a threat to fishing grounds, the Washington State Standard reports.
Objections mount in Washington state to proposed Canadian pipeline, tanker traffic | Cascadia Daily News
Lummi, Swinomish nations, environmental groups raise fears over oil spills
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An attorney for CNN is warning that the network will take additional legal action if the White House continues to prevent its news crews from covering the president. https://cnn.it/4yppWrX
Some Trump supporters don't expect to get $5,000 checks after midterms
Some Trump supporters don’t expect to get $5,000 checks after midterms
The offering of government checks has become a go-to tactic for Trump when he faces a political jam.
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Some Christians don’t believe the world is 5000 years old 🤷♂️ So what?
FOX8 WGHP@myfox8.com · 20h agoSome Trump supporters don't expect to get $5,000 checks after midterms
In parts of the Great Plains and Midwest, Democrats are betting that harnessing anger at corporate power and both parties might succeed when voters believe the economy and government are not working. n.pr/4z0fGre
Between the coasts, populist Democrats see room to reclaim lost ground in red states
In parts of the Great Plains and Midwest, Democrats are betting that harnessing anger at corporate power and both parties might succeed when voters believe the economy and government are not working.
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Before the 2024 election, I sat at my desk and confidently wrote a column minimizing Elon Musk's political footprint, zeroing in on his ground-game spending in my home state of Pennsylvania.
A hidden evil is set to hand the GOP a shock win — and America is blind to it
Before the 2024 election, I sat at my desk and confidently wrote a column minimizing Elon Musk’s political footprint, zeroing in on his ground-game spending in my home state of Pennsylvania.I looked at the eye-popping numbers being thrown around by his newly minted America PAC and fell back on the r...
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We can stop Trump’s assault on the international criminal court | Kenneth Roth
We can stop Trump’s assault on the international criminal court | Kenneth Roth
Here’s what we need to do to stand up for international law
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It is impossible to know how many Israeli expats will return home to vote in this month’s election—but numbers appear to be unprecedented. What could this mean for Binyamin Netanyahu?
The expat voters who could help unseat Netanyahu
Large numbers of Israelis abroad are flying home to vote, many with an axe to grind
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70 AI-powered fake news sites have generated 318 articles on the eastern DRC conflict, relations with Rwanda, and contested mineral resources. Support our vital #GVSpotlight coverage with a donation: globalvoices.org/2026/09/25...
Anthropic exposes AI operation that DRC journalists never knew existed
70 AI-powered fake news sites have generated 318 articles on the eastern DRC conflict, relations with Rwanda, and contested mineral resources.
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This is a FUCKING SOUTH PARK (AMERICA) EPISODE! IT’S hard to believe this is reality. Surreal AF #TRUMPDEMENTIA #25thAmendment www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump says New Mexico should ‘immediately’ change name to New America
While Trump can use executive authority to rename bodies of water and other geographic features, he lacks authority to rename New Mexico or other states.
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"Look at this beautiful guy," the president said at a Saturday rally in Kentucky, referring to U.S. House candidate Ed Gallrein, a former U.S. Navy SEAL with an angular face who stood nearby the stage. "Central casting." https://to.pbs.org/4jqxuac
Trump's new pitch for Republican candidates? They're really good looking
Aesthetics have long been part of the president's measuring stick, either as a source of praise or target for ridicule.
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No field of research has ever experienced an event like it. AI’s mathematical breakthroughs offer a preview of the uproar that could soon break out in many scientific fields
AI’s mathematics blitz pushes science into strange new territory
Other disciplines should take heed
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Former Trump aide warns potential Susie Wiles replacement is ‘a terrifying prospect’
Former Trump aide warns potential Susie Wiles replacement is ‘a terrifying prospect’
Ex-White House deputy press secretary Sarah Matthews has shared her views on who could succeed Trump’s chief of staff, if the president decides to remove Wiles
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Update: CNN was barred from Air Force One yet again on Friday for Donald Trump’s weekend campaign trips to Georgia and Florida. The move followed a recent extension of a federal judge’s block on the outlet's ban from the White House complex.
CNN barred from Trump’s Air Force One flight
CNN was told by the White House on Sept. 25, 2026, that its journalists would not be allowed on Air …
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Trump’s approval is in free fall as people are beyond frustrated with soaring prices. But you can always find some clown who’s still drinking Trump’s Kool-Aid. MAGA voter: “I’d rather pay a dollar more for gas than have a nuke dropped on my head.”
For now, Ukrainians are Europe’s human shields. If their defence breaks, a triumphant, battle-hardened Russia will seek its next victim, while the US may decide to back a winner not a loser. For now, Europe’s problem is only a lack of will-power: a nice problem to have.
Trump, Rubio and Hegseth are fumbling Ukraine – Europe needs to stop making the same mistake
For now, Ukrainians are Europe’s human shields. If their defence breaks, a triumphant, battle-hardened Russia will seek its next victim, while the US may decide to back a winner not a loser. For now, Europe’s problem is only a lack of will-power: a nice problem to have.
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The ‘phantom’ or ‘shadow! Investigation. Chasing spirits and shadows should be reserved for Halloween
Newsweek@newsweek.com · 2d agoIt comes amid an ongoing crackdown by the Trump administration to identify potential noncitizen voting ahead of the midterms.
It comes amid an ongoing crackdown by the Trump administration to identify potential noncitizen voting ahead of the midterms.
Justice department investigating 'thousands' of noncitizen voters
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As the Trump administration pushes the bounds of executive power, the DOJ unit known as the Office of Legal Counsel has affirmed some of its most controversial actions — even as experts question their legitimacy and some are later struck down by the courts.
Meet the small DOJ unit approving some of Trump’s most controversial policies
The Office of Legal Counsel could take on an even more central role if Democrats retake Congress.
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Polls show most voters disapprove of President Trump's handling of the economy. The sour economic mood is weighing on the GOP ahead of the midterms.
GOP troubles brew as Trump economic pitch clashes with voter sentiment
Polls show most voters disapprove of President Trump's handling of the economy. The sour economic mood is weighing on the GOP ahead of the midterms.
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Marc Elias has a message for the judges deciding this year’s election cases: “All these judges should know … that you cannot trust this administration on anything.” The fight over who gets to vote is happening in courtrooms right now. Follow it: https://demdock.com/4jZxvSC
To say it’s‘white privilege’ & the effect of being segregated your whole life is to insult euphemisms. Winnetka is one of the wealthiest suburbs in 🇺🇸 & IL—88% white. In 2000: 95% white. It’s no coincidence racism peaks during Winnetka’s demographic transition. newtriernews.org/news/2021/10...
New Trier sees rapid increase in Hispanic diversity - New Trier News
The New Trier High School Report Card is showing a record number of Hispanic students attending the school in the 2020 school year. This increase is most notable considering for the years before 2018,...
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Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · 2d agoNew Trier fans directed racist and homophobic comments toward members of the Evanston marching band, according to a joint statement from both districts’ superintendents.
David Crane: Americans are waking up to Trump’s harmful bluster www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/19/a...
https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/19/americans-are-waking-up-to-trumps-harmful-bluster/522206/
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Dozens of well-wishers greeted the pope as he walked out of the hospital and into a waiting vehicle to return to the Vatican.
Pope Leo leaves Rome’s Gemelli hospital 4 days after lung cancer surgery
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ICE Detainees Ask Judge To Intervene Over ‘Inhumane’ Texas Camp
ICE Detainees Ask Judge To Intervene Over ‘Inhumane’ Texas Camp
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