Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost:
Ohio Governor's Race Reaches New Low As Republicans Roll Out Amy Acton's Pedophile-Protecting Mother  —  Acton's mother previously fled law enforcement with her husband after he faced charges of raping Acton when she was a child.  —  The Ohio governor's race between Republican Vivek Ramaswamy …

Priya Sridhar / MS NOW:
‘I was terrified’: Military families describe their harrowing evacuation from a Navy base in Bahrain  —  In exclusive interviews with MS NOW, military family members said that after a hasty and traumatic evacuation from Naval Support Activity Bahrain in March, they have been living out of hotels …

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump deflects on potential Vance endorsement  —  President Trump did not say whether he would endorse Vice President Vance for a 2028 presidential bid on Tuesday after Vance said on Monday that he believed his boss would back him if he were to run.  —  “He's a very talented person and he's …

Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump finds ominous campaign message in French riots  —  President Trump is issuing an ominous message to supporters, warning that Democratic control of Congress would lead to chaos and destruction in his closing midterm pitch two weeks out from Election Day.

The Atlantic:
Trump Jr. Privately Breaks With His Dad  —  Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term.  —  Donald Trump Jr. had a simple vision for his father's foreign policy during the 2024 presidential campaign: If elected, Donald Trump …

Michael Gold / New York Times:
If Democrats Win Congress, Could the G.O.P. Refuse to Seat Them?  —  A changing of the congressional guard in January could leave room for meddling, though most legal scholars doubt it would happen.  —  President Trump's unfounded claims of large-scale voter fraud have Democrats bracing …

Clarissa-Jan Lim / MS NOW:
Brother of Democrat in Ohio governor's race condemns attack ad featuring their estranged mother  —  In a new, unaired attack ad against Amy Acton, the Democrat running for governor of Ohio, her estranged mother speaks directly to the camera to accuse her of lying about her past.

Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Trump announces fraud whistleblower program with 1% commission and awards Nick Shirley its first payout  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the White House Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program through which the federal government will now reward tipsters who advise authorities about alleged cases of fraud, waste, and abuse.

Melody Schreiber / The Guardian:
RFK Jr's ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau  —  Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns  —  Controversial vaccine researchers who have been praised by Robert F Kennedy Jr …

Helen Huiskes / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts 2 Senate races toward Democrats, 1 toward GOP  —  The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, on Tuesday moved Minnesota's Senate race from likely to lean Democrat, while also moving South Carolina's Senate seat from likely Republican to lean Republican.

Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal:
Yes, the Fed Can Kill the AI Boom  —  Plus, AI slop comes for the government, why large families are a status symbol, and lessons from Jerome Powell's calendar  —  Back in 2000, as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, entrepreneurs and investors surfing the internet wave insisted it didn't matter.

Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Hakeem Jeffries' Miami Trip Lands Cuban-Owned Bakery in Political Firestorm  —  A Cuban bakery in Florida has become the target of a conservative boycott campaign this week after it hosted a visit from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and a Democratic congressional candidate.

CNBC:
Mike Bloomberg spent $80M to boost Democrats in midterms: NYT … Mike Bloomberg spent $80 million in September and October to help Democrats regain majority control of the House of Representatives in the upcoming midterm elections, The New York Times reported Tuesday, citing his team.

Brian Platt / Bloomberg:
With Alberta Vote Settled, Carney's Focus Turns Back to Global Stage  —  Prime Minister Mark Carney hailed the results of the Alberta referendum as a “great day for Canada,” declaring that the province has now chosen unity over the prospect of separation.  —  The decisive result …

Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump sued over 50% tariffs on Canada in latest trade challenge … A new lawsuit filed Tuesday challenges President Donald Trump's invocation of a Depression-era law to impose 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods.  —  Trump in July used Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to slap …

Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
F*ck Joe Manchin  —  Grow up, you Twitter-brained manchild.  —  1. Asymmetry  —  Joe Manchin will be in Maine tomorrow campaigning for Susan Collins.  Literally.  Manchin told Semafor that he was motivated to get off the sidelines—where he merely endorsed Collins—because, well, here's Semafor:

Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
If Texas's Biggest County Is a Sign, Republicans Are in Major Trouble … Harris County, Texas—Texas's most populous county, which Kamala Harris won in 2024 with 52 percent of the vote—broke its early voting record on Monday, eclipsing the previous mark by a whopping 41,000 votes.

Eric Mack / Fox News:
Virginia sanctuary county ignores 1,670 detainer requests over 2 years, House Judiciary Committee finds  —  A House Judiciary Committee report accuses prosecutor Steve Descano of limiting immigration consequences for defendants  —  The Fairfax County Sheriff's Office in Virginia ignored …

Jackson Thompson / Fox News:
WNBA tells Congress that Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White are ‘both men’ in eligibility dispute  —  The commissioner responded to Republican lawmakers' inquiry on eligibility without defining ‘women’ as requested  —  WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert told Republican lawmakers …

Ryan J. Karlin / The Hill:
Prospects looking ‘bleak’ for New Jersey Republican who went missing for months  —  Embattled New Jersey Rep. Thomas Kean Jr.'s (R) hopes of hanging on to his battleground seat may be dimming after national Republicans effectively abandoned the race last week.