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🚨🇮🇱Voter turnout in Israeli elections as of 2pm local time (8am ET) reaches 44.9% - the highest since 1973
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WSJ reports that in 2024, AOC was grilled by Dem Steering & Policy Committee and scolded by conservative Dem Henry Cuellar for backing primary challenges to incumbent Dems. Since then, she hasn't backed any challenges to Dem incumbents. wsj.com/politics/elections/o…
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Patrick Gaspard, Obama's political director, says pushback to another Harris run is like boxers that didn't want an Ali comeback:
"They were saying that not b/c they were worried Muhammad Ali would fall flat on his face—they were worried he would win.”
cnn.com/2026/10/26/politics/…
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🚨🚨Scoop: Netanyahu presses Trump for more support ahead of tight Tuesday election. My story on @axios
axios.com/2026/10/25/netanya…
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Today, @AOC is stopping in North Las Vegas, where she's campaigning with @StevenHorsford and @AaronDFordNV.
I’d guess there are ~150 people here.
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NEW: @NYCMayor's team abruptly & inexplicably fired his director of advance, Val Sanders. By many accounts Sanders did his job well & staffers were surprised by the nature of his ouster. It comes as 3 deputy mayors' chiefs of staff have left their posts.
nytimes.com/2026/10/21/nyreg…
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Alex Thompson joined @KateBolduan to discuss Dems' high midterm expectations & his reporting on the headaches facing potential 2028 contender Beshear.
📺: @NewsCentralCNN | @AlexThomp | @axios
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Spanish-language text messages hitting Miami smartphones to tout Florida’s Attorney General for his role in bringing charges against Raul Castro over the Brothers to the Rescue shootdown
Just in time for the kickoff of in-person early voting…
Miami judge signs warrant for Raul Castro on state charges in Brothers to Rescue case miamiherald.com/news/politic…
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Scoop: Secretary of Defense Hegseth made unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, met Netanyahu, per two sources with knowledge. My story on @axios
axios.com/2026/10/19/pete-he…
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NEW: All that Republican money?
It's almost exclusively giving the GOP an edge in Senate TV ad spending — the spend in the House is practically equal.
With an amazing visual via @LazaroGamio.
Lots to unpack here —>
nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/po…
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Over the years I've asked different variations of the, "Are you going to run for President?" question hundreds of times. It rarely, if ever, generates an interesting response. Enter @GavinNewsom. #NHPolitics #FITN – at Manchester, NH
New in Axios 2028:
2028 rivals take advantage of Beshear’s handling of the Texas gov race.
Pritzker gave an extra million
Newsom raised 75k
Moore privately gave 100k from his re-election
Latino lawmakers furious Beshear didn’t get on a call this month
axios.com/2026/10/18/beshear…
“It just baffles me that someone who was even thinking of 2028 would disrespect us and not meet," Rep. Silvia Garcia told Axios, noting that seven Latino members of Congress were on the call.
"Just freaking five minutes on a Zoom … and excuse yourself….I really felt like he disrespected the group, and that he is going to have a serious Latino problem if he doesn't know how to do the outreach and the communication that's going to need to get us to the White House."