Supervising Editor @CNN Washington Bureau. Former @WSJ, @nationaljournal, @washingtonpost & @rollcall. @UCBerkeley alum. L.A. native. Vin Scully forever.
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Finally, we hit back. xitter.cf/FoxBusiness/status/908…
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Think back to 2006, last midterm w/ an unpopular war/GOP president. Where were the biggest House upsets? Places like IN, IA, KS, MN (Tim Walz!), NH, OH, WI, Upstate NY.
That's why I think the Midwest & places w/ lots of secular white voters are especially ripe for surprises.
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ref sprints to the scrum, gets accidentally kicked, knows it's his moment in the limelight
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Debuting today at the @Lions game:
S’ghetti Sandwich from @Eminem.
Two slices of garlic toast with mozzarella cheese, spaghetti and marinara on top.
(via @LevyRestaurants)
From Kansas to Ohio, economic worries have put races in play up and down the ballot. Read the Midwest duo, @ericbradner and @jeffzeleny: cnn.com/2026/10/25/politics/…
Trump denigrates Somali immigrants, asks why US doesn’t take Nordic ones cnn.com/2026/10/24/politics/…
This year, nearly $30 million has been spent airing more than 100 campaign ads in Iowa that mention cancer, according to AdImpact data
Read @owermohle & @DavidWright_7 on the topic every Iowa candidate is talking about. cnn.com/2026/10/24/politics/…
Obama slams Trump's renovations, says White House looks like a "Cheesecake Factory" cnn.com/2026/10/24/politics/…
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Junior Caminero hit a baseball so far during batting practice that it smoked the FOX Sports set in the back of the stadium 😳
Via: @FOXSports
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FIRST IN NATSEC DAILY: State Department special adviser Kristi Noem put out a fake press release that wasn’t authorized by the State Department to swat away rumors that she was on the outs after her tenure as a special envoy ended:
More than $1.4 billion has been traded on prediction markets for the 2026 midterms cnn.com/2026/10/23/politics/…
Trump DOJ sues to block Alaska US Senate results if Republican incumbent loses cnn.com/2026/10/23/politics/…
First on CNN: DOJ brings criminal charges against FBI officials it believes hampered Biden corruption investigation cnn.com/2026/10/23/politics/…
Darline Graham raised just $90,000 in the first two weeks of October. Her Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews, raised nearly 45 times that amount, just over $4 million. cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
Justice Department investigating Republican operative Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS, sources say cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
GOP super PAC wades into unexpectedly competitive Mississippi Senate race cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
A federal judge warned President Donald Trump could see his $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC dismissed if he does not work harder to produce information the news outlet it is entitled to in the case, including sitting for a deposition.
cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas indicted on drug and fraud charges cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
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The amount of times I’m going to use this quote is immeasurable by time and space, or any traditional math.
Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions. axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
