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Pa.’s only governor debate spotlights voter ID, gas prices, health care and Donald Trump

In their only debate this year, Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday sought to tie Republican challenger Stacy Garrity to Trump administration policies affecting...

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Oct 8 • 6:11 AM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com
Trump Illegally Withheld Lifesaving Health Research Funds: Federal Watchdog

"Donald Trump is stealing taxpayers’ dollars that Congress set aside to improve Americans’ health," said a group of House Democrats.

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Oct 8 • 5:54 AM EDT • Health • commondreams.org
US Democrats sue Trump over alleged taxpayer-funded political ads

Democrats sued US President Donald Trump on Wednesday over allegations that taxpayer money was used to fund political advertising, according to a lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee (DN...

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Oct 8 • 1:33 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
The Midterm Elections Won't Keep Trump From College Football on Saturday. A Hurricane Might

WASHINGTON (AP) — The midterm elections are looming and the first hurricane of the Atlantic Season is menacing the Gulf Coast. But President Donald Trump is really, really hoping the weather doesn’t stop him from going to another big college football game — this one in Alabama on Saturday night.

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Oct 8 • 12:08 AM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
Takeaways from the first Iowa Senate debate

Donald Trump’s shadow looms over every contest in November’s midterm elections — but on an Iowa debate stage Wednesday night, the president’s name was rarely mentioned.

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Oct 7 • 9:45 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Push to increase access in N.Y. to mental health treatments

The announcement is in the wake of President Donald Trump’s April 2026 executive order accelerating medical treatments for serious mental illness.

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Oct 7 • 7:06 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Phil Collins considering song about US called ‘Fat People with Guns’

NEW YORK — Phil Collins says he may soon start work on a derogative song about U.S. firearm culture and obesity while taking a few shots at President Donald Trump

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Oct 7 • 5:57 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
Trump's $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren't eligible. Critics see a political stunt

President Donald Trump says his administration will make one-time payments of $90 per person to help more than 20 million Medicare enrollees pay for their Part B premiums. It will cost about $2 billion.

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Oct 7 • 5:53 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Trump to give Musk top U.S. science medal

U.S. President Donald Trump will present close ally Elon Musk and other tech bosses with the top U.S. scientific award at a ceremony on Thursday, the White House said.

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Oct 7 • 5:46 PM EDT • Science • ctvnews.ca
Flight attendants' union raises safety concerns over Trump's Washington arch

The union representing thousands of flight attendants said Wednesday it has safety concerns about President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch that will be on final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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Oct 7 • 5:41 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Trump to Give Musk Top US Science Medal

President Donald Trump will present close ally Elon Musk and other tech bosses with the top US scientific award at a ceremony on Thursday, the White House said. Google co-founder Sergei Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD chief Lisa Su will also receive the National Medal of Science at the "Science: A New Golden Age" summit. Computer mogul Michael Dell and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella will get the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the top award in its field.

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Oct 7 • 5:40 PM EDT • Science • english.aawsat.com
DNC files lawsuit alleging Trump's taxpayer-funded ads are illegal propaganda

The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday sued President Donald Trump’s administration for recent television advertisements that promoted his political message while costing taxpayers millions of dollars.

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Oct 7 • 5:11 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • wpde.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • abc45.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • wcyb.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • komonews.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • abc3340.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • katu.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 5:07 PM EDT • Science • kmph.com
Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump's midterm rhetoric. Critics say it has no place there

President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point as a major hurricane approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Oct 7 • 4:17 PM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
Trump Expected to Award Science Medal to SpaceX's Elon Musk, Fox News Reports

Elon Musk is set to receive the National Medal of Science from President Donald Trump. Discover the news here.

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Oct 7 • 3:43 PM EDT • Science • gvwire.com
President Trump’s $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren’t eligible. Critics see a political stunt.

President Donald Trump says his administration will make one-time payments of $90 per person to help more than 20 million Medicare enrollees pay for their Part B premiums. It will cost about $2 billion.

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Oct 7 • 3:32 PM EDT • Politics • chicagotribune.com
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX's Elon Musk, Fox News reports

US ​President ​Donald Trump ⁠is ​expected to ​award the ​National ​Medal of Science ‌to ⁠SpaceX CEO ​Elon ​Musk, ⁠Fox ​News ​reported.

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Oct 7 • 3:23 PM EDT • Science • reuters.com
Trump to appear at White House science event on Thursday

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump will speak at a White House event on scientific ​discovery on Thursday, according to a ‌social media post from his tech adviser Michael Kratsios. The event will highlight the Tru...

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Oct 7 • 3:23 PM EDT • Science • wkzo.com
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Fox News reports

WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is expected to ​award the National ‌Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Fox News reported. The National ‌Medal ​of Science ⁠is the nation's ⁠highest honor for scientists and engineers, accor...

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Oct 7 • 3:23 PM EDT • Science • kfgo.com
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Fox News reports

WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is expected to ​award the National ‌Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Fox News reported. The National ‌Medal ​of Science ⁠is the nation's ⁠highest honor for scientists and engineers, accor...

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Oct 7 • 3:23 PM EDT • Science • wtvbam.com
Trump makes third trip to Texas in less than a month despite Paxton audio leaks

President Donald Trump is making his third trip to Texas in less than a month to stump for a Senate candidate who’s privately questioned his political capital and whom the president has publicly insulted in personal terms.

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Oct 7 • 2:59 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
What’s with Trump’s cheap suit?

The fact that President Donald Trump was photographed flashing a suit tag from a bargain brand of imported suits should not really be news.

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Oct 7 • 2:15 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump's $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions are left out. Critics say it's a political stunt

President Donald Trump's Trump’s promised $90 Medicare rebate rolls out this week, but millions of people will be left out.

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Oct 7 • 1:58 PM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
Trump's $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions are left out. Critics say it's a political stunt

President Donald Trump's Trump’s promised $90 Medicare rebate rolls out this week, but millions of people will be left out.

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Oct 7 • 1:58 PM EDT • Politics • click2houston.com
Trump to award National Medal of Science to Musk, Brin, Huang, and Su at White House

A high-profile group of tech leaders is expected to be honored at the White House on Thursday, with President Donald Trump planned to present.

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Oct 7 • 1:07 PM EDT • Science • thenationaldesk.com
Trump floats firing top political advisers after report they helped a pro-Russian government

President Donald Trump distanced himself on Wednesday from two of his top political advisers — less than 30 days before the midterm elections — writing that if their outside work presents a conflict, “I will terminate them, immediately!”

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Oct 7 • 12:41 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump says he'll fire advisers LaCivita, Blair 'if there's a conflict'

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday ​said he would immediately fire his ‌advisers Chris LaCivita and James Blair "if there's a conflict," following a New York Times report that ​the two political operatives visited the ​Bosnian territory of Republika Srpska.

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Oct 7 • 12:31 PM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Trump says he'll fire advisers LaCivita, Blair 'if there's a conflict'

WASHINGTON, Oct 7 () - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would ‌immediately fire his advisers Chris LaCivita ‌and James Blair "if there's a conflict," following a ​New York Times report t...

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Oct 7 • 12:31 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Trump Says He'll Fire Advisers LaCivita, Blair 'If There's a Conflict'

WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US ⁠President ⁠Donald Trump on ⁠Wednesday said he would immediately fire his advisers Chris LaCivita and James ‌Blair "if there's a conflict," ‌following a New York Times ⁠report ⁠that the two political operatives visited the Bosnian territory of Republika Srpska. The ...

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Oct 7 • 12:31 PM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
Trump to campaign for Ken Paxton, Carlos De La Cruz in San Antonio today

President Donald Trump is making his third swing through Texas on behalf of Republican candidates in just under a month.

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Oct 7 • 12:01 PM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
Trump expected to award science medal to SpaceX's Elon Musk, Fox News reports

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump is expected to award the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Fox News reported.

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Oct 7 • 11:25 AM EDT • Science • centraloregondaily.com
Jimmy Kimmel threatens to call the FCC on Trump for suggesting Iran should bomb California

Jimmy Kimmel threatened to call the FCC on Donald Trump after the president suggested Iran bomb California during a midterm election rally.

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Oct 7 • 10:54 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
What happened in the first Maine Senate debate between Collins and Jackson

Republican Sen. Susan Collins distanced herself from President Donald Trump during her first Maine Senate debate with Democrat Troy Jackson, arguing she has maintained her political independence by repeatedly voting against Trump's agenda and saying that she's “not exactly his favorite senator.”

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Oct 7 • 10:13 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers breaks with Trump on tariffs

Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, is breaking with President Donald Trump over his tariffs on Canada in a new advertisement.

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Oct 7 • 10:08 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers breaks with Trump on tariffs

(CNN) — Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee in Michigan, is breaking with President Donald Trump over his tariffs on Canada in a new advertisement.

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Oct 7 • 10:08 AM EDT • Politics • kten.com
In first Maine Senate debate, Collins seeks to distance herself from Trump

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has distanced herself from President Donald Trump during her first Maine Senate debate with Democratic opponent Troy Jackson.

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Oct 7 • 7:32 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Florida poll: Republicans lead in the races for governor and Senate

The new survey shows the state’s Hispanic voters shifting away from President Donald Trump after Republicans made gains in 2024.

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Oct 7 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Food Aid Enrollment Tanks After SNAP Rule Changes

It’s been more than a year since President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and SNAP enrollment is down more than 20% in Louisiana. Anti-hunger groups say far more people could lose access if states are required to cover more of the food program’s cost.

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Oct 7 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Takeaways: Trump and abortion rights take center stage in first Maine Senate debate

GOP Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, sparred over President Donald Trump and abortion rights in their first debate Tuesday night in Maine’s all-important Senate race with control of the chamber at stake.

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Oct 6 • 9:52 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Abortion and Trump spotlighted in Maine Senate debate

GOP Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, sparred over President Donald Trump and abortion rights in their first debate Tuesday night in Maine’s all-important Senate race with control of the chamber at stake.

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Oct 6 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump’s comment about Iran nuking Los Angeles and San Diego was incoherent, not malicious

President Donald Trump says many bizarre and even hateful things. But signaling he would allow Iran to nuke Los Angeles and San Diego is not one of them.

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Oct 6 • 5:21 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
What did people who went to Trump’s Nebraska rally have to say?

While the perception of Republicans seems gloomy ahead of the midterms, thousands came to see and support President Donald Trump at his rally.

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Oct 6 • 4:51 PM EDT • Politics • nebraskaexaminer.com
Trump won't reimburse US for political ads, in fresh u-turn

US President Donald Trump will not reimburse taxpayers for political ads that have already aired, the White House said Tuesday in a fresh reversal on the controversial television spots.But on Tuesday ...

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Oct 6 • 4:16 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Republicans to spend $5 million in South Carolina Senate race as Trump plans trip there

The primary Senate Republican super PAC is sending reinforcements to South Carolina as President Donald Trump prepares to visit and boost Sen. Darline Graham | Newsradio 1140 WRVA

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Oct 6 • 3:58 PM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
Thune presses Trump for more funding toward battleground races red

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday revealed he is pressing President Donald Trump for more funding toward battleground races in the midterm elections, as Republicans fight to stave off losses in November. Thune said that he’s been emphasizing the question of resources for candidates during conversations with Trump and the president’s advisers, in […]

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Oct 6 • 3:35 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
After taxpayer-funded ads glorifying Trump sparked backlash, he says his super PAC will pay instead

In a post on his social media site, President Donald Trump defended the ads, which cost at least $1.5 million in federal funds and have drawn intense criticism.

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Oct 6 • 1:20 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Susan Collins, a political survivor, tries to outrun Trump

In her bid for a sixth term representing Maine, Susan Collins has been beset by President Donald Trump weighing her down with constant controversy.

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Oct 6 • 12:12 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
From Amoral Politics to Immoral Politics: The Influence of the Trump Administration

Azmi Bishara examines the impact of sustained exposure to the rhetoric and practices of US President Donald Trump’s administration on public moral values and ethical norms, in the United States and elsewhere, distinguishing between amoral politics and the justification of immoral political discourse and conduct.

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Oct 6 • 11:16 AM EDT • Politics • arabcenterdc.org
Democrat Hickenlooper takes aim at Iran war in 1st general election ad

U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper ties soaring fertilizer and fuel costs to what the Colorado Democrat calls President Donald Trump’s “illegal war” with Iran in the first general election TV ad, released on Tuesday by his campaign. In the 30-second spot, made available first to Colorado Politics, Hickenlooper links costs stemming from of the 31-week-old conflict […]

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Oct 6 • 11:00 AM EDT • Politics • denvergazette.com
Brazil: Lessons from a Disaster

By Antonio Martins (Outras Palavras) Defeats become deeper and more prolonged when we misunderstand what caused them, avoid correcting course, and embrace “solutions” that only compound our mistakes. Lula’s government and the Brazilian left suffered a disaster in Sunday’s election. Contrary to every poll, the president finished the first round 2.2 million votes behind Flávio Bolsonaro—and, more significantly, 3.4 million votes below his total four years ago, when the machinery of the state was working against him and in favor of his opponent. His vote share declined in 98 percent of Brazil’s municipalities. The PL, the main party of the far right, elected 121 deputies and 28 senators, becoming the largest caucus in both houses of Congress. The parties aligned with the Centrão—Brazil’s bloc of transactional center-right parties—were somewhat diminished, but will still hold roughly 250 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 35 in the Senate. That will make it easier to assemble the majorities needed to amend the Constitution or impeach Supreme Federal Court justices. If elected, Flávio Bolsonaro could appoint four members of the Court, substantially altering its internal balance of power. What produced these results? How can the far right be prevented from consolidating them into a prolonged political hegemony? And what is the essential change of direction the left now needs? Explaining the Disaster Across the commercial media and the exuberant chaos of digital platforms, interpretations are multiplying. Some focus on specific episodes: Lula’s absence from the Globo debate, his very close relationship with Alexandre de Moraes, or his emphasis on issues supposedly remote from most people’s everyday concerns, such as rare earth minerals. Among the more systemic interpretations, three seem especially questionable. One argues that the principal defeat was not the left’s, since its congressional representation declined only slightly. The decisive movement captured at the ballot box, according to this view, was a shift within the right itself—from the more moderate and transactional forces of the Centrão toward the more ideological and radicalized forces of the PL and Novo. A second interpretation holds that the nature of electoral and political processes has changed. The material interests and aspirations of society, it argues, no longer play the central role they once did; they have given way to forms of subjective self-identification that the left has yet to understand. And a third concludes that, because of these two developments, we should expect a political winter: a prolonged period in which the far right and the broader right dominate Brazilian political life. There are important elements in all three interpretations. The problem lies in what they deny or leave out: Lula’s third government was a small-bore government. It offered the majorities that elected it neither a clearly better life nor reasons to believe again in politics and its power to transform society. These failures flowed from two fatal accommodations, which I will examine below. As a result, the government suffered a slow but steady erosion of support. And, as has happened in so many Western countries, it gave the far right the opportunity to present itself as anti-system and to benefit from popular frustration and distress. The interpretation that emphasizes the migration of votes from the center-right and traditional right toward the far right has been advanced, among others, by the courageous journalist Leonardo Sakamoto. In his UOL column on Monday, October 5, he highlights the miserable behavior of the traditional conservative parties. Over the past four years, they repeatedly joined forces with the “neo”-fascists, helping to “normalize” them—a criticism that could equally be directed at almost the entire corporate media. Believing they could use the far right as a stepping stone, they instead ended up partly devoured by it. This was especially true in the Senate, where the PL’s gain of 13 senators and Novo’s gain of two came at the expense of the PSD, which lost nine; the MDB, which lost two; the PSDB, which lost two; and the PP, which lost one. Sakamoto’s observation is accurate and necessary, but it leaves uncomfortable questions unanswered. Why did the erosion of the Centrão benefit the far right rather than, for example, producing growth for the left—as has happened so many times before, both in Brazil and elsewhere? The answer is not difficult. Throughout its four years in office, Lula’s third government was almost invariably associated with the Centrão. Here lies its first accommodation: accepting the limits imposed by conservative institutions; avoiding, as much as possible, any attempt to strain those limits through popular pressure; and believing only in the modest changes that could be squeezed through openings in Congress. The failure of the campaign to end the six-day workweek is emblematic. Lula could have electrified the presidential race by pairing it with a popular campaign for passage of the measure. Instead, he chose to place his hopes in the hands of Senate president Rodrigo Alcolumbre. He generated no mass mobilization, did not force his opponents onto an uncomfortable defensive, and won no victory. In September 2025, the government squandered the greatest of its many opportunities to shake up conservative power in Congress. Popular opposition to the so-called Shielding Amendment—which, if approved, would have restricted criminal proceedings against members of Congress—brought crowds into the streets, mobilized primarily by artists and social movements. This opened the possibility for a broader political education: a campaign that could begin exposing the limits and dysfunctions of Brazil’s political system while putting Bolsonaro’s movement on the defensive for its predictable support of political privilege. The amendment was defeated. But the executive branch then backed away from the fight. It remained associated with an institutional world widely seen as corrupt, elitist, and indifferent to ordinary people’s struggles. In doing so, it forfeited its credibility as a vehicle for the protest vote. On Sunday, it reaped the bitter fruits. Are We Doomed? Taking a different approach from Sakamoto, the philosopher Moysés Pinto Neto and other writers have drawn attention, in their first analyses of October 4, to the fragmentation of the public sphere produced by Big Tech platforms. Through their algorithms, these platforms present each person with a different view of social reality. As a consequence, it becomes much harder to identify common material problems and demands—for example, the fight for labor rights or for a properly funded public health system. Voters no longer embrace such demands, these authors argue, because they no longer see themselves as part of a collective. Instead, they tend to value the identities assigned to them by neoliberal subjectivity—the role of the entrepreneur, for example. On this interpretation, the left’s possible error lies in clinging to outdated illusions. Moysés’s warning is highly relevant and resonates with arguments such as Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s “Apocalyptic Fascism and the Billionaires’ Bet.” Unlike a century ago, the far right no longer promises a radiant future. It concentrates instead on resentment—especially that of young men. “They belong to a generation that fears it may never own a home, but compensates with the pleasure it gets from constantly provoking progressives online. Convinced their future has been stolen, they share memes romanticizing historical authoritarian regimes,” the authors write. But Moysés seems to confuse this danger with inevitability. He fails to see that the left’s answer cannot be adaptation. On the contrary, it must strengthen the possibility of politics as collective action. Nor does he recognize that precisely such a reversal is already becoming possible in some of the most promising mobilizations of the twenty-first century: the election, at the end of 2025, of the young Muslim Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York, on a platform centered on the intensely material fight for an affordable city; the Left Party’s victory in Berlin two weeks ago, built around the demand to expropriate private real-estate corporations; and the very recent wave of demonstrations in Spain—including an occupation of Madrid’s Puerta del Sol—in which tens of thousands of young people mobilized by the Tenants’ Union have demanded limits on rents. By putting itself in the straitjacket of the “fiscal framework” in the first months of 2022, Lula’s third government adopted the second fatal accommodation of its term. Faced with conservative institutions and a country devastated by four years of Bolsonaro, increased public investment was the government’s remaining weapon for offering a more dignified life to the majority and forging an anti-conservative pact with them. The same state that disburses 1 trillion reais a year to enrich a small class of rentiers could instead spend money to extend the Family Health Strategy to every Brazilian, at a cost of 30 billion reais; provide full-day public schooling and childcare to all adolescents and children—and, especially, relief to their mothers; achieve universal sanitation while cleaning up polluted urban rivers; multiply metro systems; begin transforming the urban peripheries; and undertake many other urgently needed projects. In April 2023, an article in Outras Palavras warned that the fiscal framework could “shrink the Lula government and preserve the forces that condemn the country to inequality and regression.” A year later, another article showed that restraints on public spending were strangling policies vital to ordinary people and undermining the president’s popularity. In November 2024 came a reality check, in the form of the government’s humiliating defeat in the municipal elections. Even then, the fiscal lock was neither removed nor loosened. On the contrary: throughout the government’s four years, fiscal restraint remained central to its political narrative. The administration proudly proclaimed that it had “put the state’s accounts in order,” without grasping either how misleading that phrase was—given the payment of 1 trillion reais in interest—or how badly the message was hurting it politically. Lula finally woke up in September 2026. The increase in Bolsa Família benefits, after four years of being frozen; the announcement that anti-obesity drugs would be offered through Brazil’s public health system; and the ban on online betting showed that the state has the power to act decisively on behalf of the majority when those in government are willing to confront obstacles. The huge marches that closed the campaign in Fortaleza, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo on the eve of October 4 showed how such initiatives can mobilize activists and the broader public. But it was too late—and too little to change the outcome of the first round. History has not ended The possibility of a turnaround in the three weeks leading up to November 25 cannot be ruled out. It will not be simple or easy. Lula must not only make up a deficit of 2.2 million votes; he must also offset the movement of voters who backed other right-wing candidates in the first round, most of whom are likely to move toward Flávio Bolsonaro. Pulling that off will require a broad, grassroots effort to win over voters, potentially reinforced by new initiatives from Lula. The coming hours and days will be decisive. If Bolsonaro’s movement also wins the presidency, the result will create a high-risk situation for Brazilian sovereignty and democracy. The enormous challenges posed by such an outcome would require the left to reexamine, in depth and with a genuine willingness to engage in self-criticism, its political projects—or its lack of them—and its practices. But would that mean we are condemned to the long winter of far-right hegemony that some analyses are beginning to forecast? It is far too early to say, suggests a recent text by Álvaro García Linera, the thinker who served as vice president of Bolivia under Evo Morales. His central hypothesis is that this political current will prove short-lived. At a moment when the entire world is once again talking about sovereignty and protecting national economies, the far right offers a stale, recolonizing neoliberalism. Its submission to the United States is as blatant and pathetic as Flávio and Eduardo Bolsonaro’s overtures to Donald Trump. Its project amounts to something like every man for himself: greater inequality, capitalism without limits, devastation, and supremacism. Will it work? In the United States, just two years into his second term, Trump himself is reaching record levels of unpopularity and may be on the verge of losing Republican control of both the House and Senate in November. Every new beginning is difficult. Whatever the outcome of the second round, the defeats of October 4 show how profoundly the Brazilian left will have to rethink and rebuild. But just as it would be foolish to underestimate the seriousness of its mistakes, it would be equally foolish to conclude that rebuilding a political project is no longer possible. History has not ended. The times are moving faster than ever. Originally published in Portuguese by Outras Palavras. English translation by Eric Blanc; I’ve added the subtitles. More We can’t stop the far right at home or abroad without a revitalized labor movement, which is yet another reason why you should become a sustaining supporter of the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) — one of US labor’s pivotal bright spots. Relatedly, Jacobin published a short piece of mine reflecting on a decade of Bernie Sanders inspiring a whole new generation of young worker organizers.

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Oct 6 • 10:08 AM EDT • Politics • laborpolitics.com
NAACP launches voter protection hub for midterm elections

The civil rights organization is stepping up efforts in response to President Donald Trump’s push to change voting rules.

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Oct 6 • 8:30 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Trump says Iran can 'take out' LA or San Diego during political rally

President Donald Trump faces backlash for saying Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego as a 'small price to pay' during Nebraska rally. (Source: POOL)

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Oct 6 • 7:59 AM EDT • Politics • wbrc.com
Trump says Iran can 'take out' LA or San Diego during political rally

President Donald Trump faces backlash for saying Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego as a 'small price to pay' during Nebraska rally. (Source: POOL)

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Samuel Alito's gift to Democrats

The justice's refusal to retire deprives Donald Trump of a Supreme Court vacancy ahead of likely blue midterm wave

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Oct 6 • 6:30 AM EDT • Business • salon.com
Trump draws backlash after he suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego

Officials in California denounced comments made by President Donald Trump as “dangerous” on Monday after he appeared to suggest Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego – major cities in a state he has often criticized.

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Commentary: The Trump train runs out of steam

The Donald Trump who took the stage in Mobile on Friday was a far cry from the Trump who packed Ladd-Pebbles Stadium in 2015.

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Oct 6 • 5:57 AM EDT • Politics • alabamareflector.com
California governor condemns Trump's 'let 'em take Los Angeles' comments

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Oct 5 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom has lashed out at President Donald Trump for remarks to a crowd of his supporters in Nebraska's farm belt suggesting

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Oct 6 • 5:50 AM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Trump suggests Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego

President Donald Trump suggested Monday during a political rally in Nebraska that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego, comments that drew condemnation.

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Oct 6 • 5:23 AM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
Democrats are taking big chunks of GOP voters in key Senate races, polls show

President Donald Trump has never had worse poll numbers with his base than he does ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

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Oct 6 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump may be in political trouble. But Trump-style global populism isn’t

President Donald Trump might be in a political hole, but his brand of conservative populist nationalism is flourishing across the globe.

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Oct 6 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump reverses course on publicly funded TV political ads

President Donald Trump announced Monday night that taxpayers will no longer pick up the tab for political TV advertisements promoting himself and administration policies. Facing a public backlash from lawmakers of both parties, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site that he would in part use money raised by a super PAC, […]

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Oct 5 • 9:44 PM EDT • Politics • rollcall.com
Trump takes midterms message to deep red Nebraska

President Donald Trump gave supporters a campaign-style speech in Nebraska in a continued effort to fire up the GOP base ahead of the midterms. CNN’s Jeff Zeleny reports.

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Oct 5 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
A simple guide to the US midterms

US voters will head to the polls on 3 November in a ballot that could have a major impact on Donald Trump’s presidency.

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Oct 5 • 7:40 PM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
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Trump says he will pay for campaign-style ads himself after backlash over taxpayer-funded effort

President Donald Trump said Monday he will no longer use taxpayer money to fund a series of promotional television ads, announcing that he will instead pay for them with funds raised for MAGA, Inc., the pro-Trump super PAC.

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Oct 5 • 7:22 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump uses anti-transgender slur to attack South Carolina Senate candidate

President Donald Trump on Monday used an anti-transgender slur to attack Democratic South Carolina Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews, as he tries to push his hand-picked GOP candidate, Sen. Darline Graham, over the finish line in the midterm election.

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Oct 5 • 6:29 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump uses anti-transgender slur to attack South Carolina Senate nominee

(CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday used an anti-transgender slur to attack Democratic South Carolina Senate nominee Dr. Annie Andrews, as he tries to push his handpicked GOP candidate,

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Oct 5 • 6:29 PM EDT • Politics • kten.com
Trump uses anti-transgender slur to attack South Carolina Senate candidate

(CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday used an anti-transgender slur to attack Democratic South Carolina Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews, as he tries to push his hand-picked GOP candidate,

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Oct 5 • 6:29 PM EDT • Politics • kten.com
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Sen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary in the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term.

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Oct 5 • 3:40 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Trump is clearly trying to buy votes with taxpayer money

President Donald Trump is ramping up his efforts to use taxpayer money and resources to help Republicans win the 2026 midterm elections.

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Oct 5 • 12:20 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Jeffries says House Democrats aiming to repeat 2018 sweep by flipping Trump districts

The Democratic Party is working to expand the map by going on offense in Republican-held districts, while President Donald Trump hits the trail in a red-state sprint to boost voter enthusiasm and shore up support from his base.

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Oct 5 • 9:18 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Bolsonaro and Lula head to a runoff in Brazil's presidential election

Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff Oct. 25 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy after neither won a majority in Sunday's vote.

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Oct 5 • 8:51 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
‘I’m here to save lives’: Inside the unlikely Biden-Trump partnership to secure a Gaza ceasefire

Secure rooms in the US Capitol are cavernous compared to the White House Situation Room. They are designed for full committees or larger gatherings, not intimate discussions. On Nov. 20, 2024, Jake Sullivan and I had gone to one of those rooms to brief our successors two weeks after Donald Trump resoundingly defeated Kamala Harris.

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Oct 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump heads to Nebraska on Monday, where his plan to import more beef has angered ranchers

President Donald Trump is campaigning in Nebraska on Monday alongside GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts.

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Oct 5 • 12:11 AM EDT • Politics • wsls.com
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Trump heads to Nebraska on Monday, where his plan to import more beef has angered ranchers

President Donald Trump is campaigning in Nebraska on Monday alongside GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts | News-Talk 1380 WAOK

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Oct 5 • 12:11 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
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Trump fights on home turf as Democratic midterm hopes rise

Republicans are defending territory they never expected to be at risk four weeks before Election Day, as President Donald Trump implores voters not to desert his party with the promise of more cash giveaways.

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Oct 5 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
White House tells ‘Big Bang Theory’ creator to ‘seek psychiatric help’ after he slams Donald Trump

Chuck Lorre is the latest Hollywood legend to lock horns with the White House, which suggested via a spokesperson he ‘seek psychiatric help’ after Lorre called Donald Trump a ‘bloated orange piece of s---.’

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Oct 4 • 10:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
US midterms: 470 seats, $12 billion and one absent president

Americans go to the polls on November 3 for elections that will shape the final two years of Donald Trump's presidency -- although the president himself will not be on any ballot.44: House races on No...

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Oct 4 • 9:04 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Trump faces midterm verdict as Democrats close in on US Congress

A month before the US midterms, Democrats are eyeing control of Congress -- and the power to put President Donald Trump on the defensive for the rest of his term by investigating his administration an...

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Oct 4 • 9:00 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
James campaign scrubs some online elements of Trump support

Images of President Donald Trump were prominent on the campaign pages of Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate John James before the Aug. 4 primary election, but afterward some of them have

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Oct 4 • 3:17 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
California Politics 360 full episode

In Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump gathered leaders of major tech companies this week to talk about AI rules moving forward.

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Oct 4 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • kcra.com
President Donald Trump announces creation of 'Super Intelligence Force' AI task force

President Donald Trump announced the formation of what he called a "Super Intelligence Force" to "ensure that America continues to lead the World" in AI.

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Oct 4 • 10:03 AM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
Trump announces leadership of AI task force

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced the creation of a “Super Intelligence Force” to “ensure that America continues to lead the world” when it comes to artificial intelligence.

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Oct 4 • 8:59 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Inside Democrats’ efforts to secure Election Day and respond to fears of Trump interference

Ahead of the November midterm elections, top Democrats are planning for doomsday scenarios for how President Donald Trump and his administration could intervene in the voting process and laying the groundwork for a forceful response.

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Oct 4 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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The counties to watch on the massive midterm elections battlefield

The breadth of the public backlash against President Donald Trump’s tumultuous second term is rapidly widening the campaign battlefield for 2026.

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Oct 4 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump defends data centers in Ohio as he rallies to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race

President Donald Trump is defending data centers powering AI projects during a campaign rally in Ohio.

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Oct 3 • 8:59 PM EDT • Politics • news5cleveland.com
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Trump defends data centers in Ohio as he rallies to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race

President Donald Trump is defending data centers powering AI projects during a campaign rally in Ohio. He insists they benefit local communities and warns against losing them to China. The

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Oct 3 • 8:37 PM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com
Who will be Brazil’s next president?

The election could also serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

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Oct 3 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • en.majalla.com
Trump’s spat with GOP lawmaker over Daylight Saving Time

President Donald Trump railed against Sen. Tom Cotton in a series of posts on Saturday, accusing the Arkansas Republican of holding up a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent and encouraging people to call the senator at his cellphone number.

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Oct 3 • 8:00 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump advocates for mail and early voting despite historically opposing both

President Donald Trump said Americans should cast their ballot using “every appropriate tool,” in a pre-recorded video imploring Republicans to vote in the midterm elections, including using methods that he has historically opposed like early and mail voting.

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Oct 3 • 6:58 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
In social post, Trump endorses Cunningham, mispronounces Vasquez’s name and doubles-down on renaming New Mexico

By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — President Donald Trump officially endorsed Republican Greg Cunningham’s bid for Congress in a social media post today where the president once again called on New Mexicans to rename the state “New America” and mispronounced the Hispanic pronunciation of current Democratic Congressman Gabe Vasquez’s name. This story was […]

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Oct 3 • 4:48 PM EDT • Politics • nmpoliticalreport.com
Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a few days campaigning in safe conservative territory, President Donald Trump on Saturday takes his midterm tour into Ohio, a battlegrou

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Oct 3 • 4:29 PM EDT • Politics • wtop.com
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Trump posts GOP lawmaker’s phone number amid spat over Daylight Saving Time

President Donald Trump railed against Sen. Tom Cotton in a series of posts on Saturday, accusing the Arkansas Republican of holding up a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent and encouraging people to call the senator at his cellphone number.

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Oct 3 • 4:17 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown

President Donald Trump is taking his midterm tour to Ohio, a battleground state with a crucial Senate race.

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Oct 3 • 4:00 PM EDT • Politics • ksat.com
Trump rallies in Ohio to boost Jon Husted in a tight Senate race against Sherrod Brown

President Donald Trump is taking his midterm tour to Ohio, a battleground state with a crucial Senate race | WWJ Newsradio 950

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Oct 3 • 4:00 PM EDT • Politics • audacy.com