Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Vance hopes home state appeal helps Ohio GOP candidates weather pre-election storm  —  CINCINNATI — Vice President JD Vance is hoping his native ties to Ohio can help save Republican candidates in the state's most competitive races.  —  During a three-stop swing through the Buckeye State on Wednesday …

Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
'I don't lose': Rahm Emanuel makes an early pitch for the White House  —  Barack Obama's famously foul-mouthed former chief of staff thinks he has a message to win over America  —  From his days in Congress or mayor of Chicago to his spell as US ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel does not sit still.

New York Times:
Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski  —  The details of the inquiry remain unclear, but it is one of the rare instances in which a Trump ally or appointee has been investigated for potential wrongdoing during the president's second term.  —  The Justice Department has opened …

Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Fake polls are a real problem  —  Still Counting Episode 7 is ready.  This episode is a little bit on the longer side.  The original plan was to tell the story of the 2026 campaign through the ubiquitous ads that you're undoubtedly seeing if you're in a swing state.

Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Top Justice Department official asks Minnesota judges to step aside from immigration cases  —  Washington — A top official at the Justice Department is attempting to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from a pair of cases, claiming comments they made to the New York Times …

Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump defends Ramaswamy ad with Acton's estranged mom after bipartisan criticism … President Donald Trump on Thursday defended a controversial campaign ad by Vivek Ramaswamy featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, his Democratic opponent in the Ohio gubernatorial race, calling Acton a liar.

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Trump Says Google CEO Rejected His Request to Rename Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps  —  President Donald Trump, who has already renamed two bodies of water after America, said he would like to redub the Atlantic Ocean as well — but that the CEO of Google pushed back on the idea.

Robert Schmad / Fox News:
Biden-appointed judge blocks voter-fraud probes in battleground states just days before midterms  —  Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín ruled that armed agents conducting home interviews likely violate the Voting Rights Act  —  A Biden-appointed federal judge in California ruled Wednesday …

Matthew Cole / Vanity Fair:
The Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner's Hacked Phone Revealed His Secret Negotiations—Including More Than $700 Million in Transfers  —  An exclusive excerpt from Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed's Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East examines how bank accounts linked …

Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Dems know Ilhan Omar is in deep trouble — that's why they had Obama parachute in  —  Barack Obama is like a firefighter parachuted in by the Democratic Party at times of crisis to put out fires.  —  So when he weighed in on Sunday on the federal investigation of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar …

Mary Radcliffe / FiftyPlusOne:
More pollster funny business uncovered by FiftyPlusOne  —  A shady pollster from sunny California just disappeared from the internet, a few days after FiftyPlusOne asked to verify its data  —  Mary Radcliffe, G. Elliott Morris, Cooper Burton, and FiftyPlusOne

Christina Jewett / New York Times:
Key Trump Health Adviser Resigns Ahead of Midterm Elections  —  Calley Means, who helped unite Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Trump, pushed food reforms but grew frustrated with stalled progress on the MAHA agenda.  —  Calley Means, a leader of the Make America Healthy Again movement …

Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Reviewing Allegations Against Corey Lewandowski  —  The inquiry is one of the first in Trump's second term to target someone close to the president  —  WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is examining allegations that Corey Lewandowski profited off his top position …

Christian Datoc / Washington Examiner:
Vance on Russia-Ukraine peace talks: ‘We have a very tall mountain to climb’  —  Vice President JD Vance expressed optimism that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to resume U.S.-mediated peace talks, but he poured cold water on the idea that a deal would be signed soon.

Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
Zelensky mocks Steve Witkoff's comment calling Putin a ‘humanitarian’  —  Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky mocked U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday for calling Russian president Vladimir Putin a “humanitarian” as the two countries exchanged overnight strikes.

Wall Street Journal:
Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions  —  Military-grade system appeared to be working more normally on Thursday, soon after the call  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump called Elon Musk on Wednesday and asked him to lift restrictions on a military-grade version …

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Trump criticizes LeBron James as ‘disgrace’ over national anthem  —  President Trump attacked NBA superstar LeBron James for not standing still during the National Anthem before the Philadelphia 76ers season opener at Madison Square Garden this week.  —  “While listening to our National Anthem …

Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Three Male Escorts Say Lindsey Graham Paid Them—One Was a Minor … Three male escorts have claimed that they had sex with the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham—with one engaging in relations with him when he was just 17.  —  The men are featured in a documentary from The Young Turks, which they worked on for a year.

Michelle Del Rey / The Washington Sun:
Feds Arrest Democrat Who Led Virginia's Redistricting Push  —  Federal authorities on Thursday charged Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas in a sprawling public corruption case that includes fraud and racketeering accusations involving a cannabis business she co-owns.

Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Calley Means, a Top RFK Jr. Adviser, Quits Trump Administration  —  Kennedy ally focused on ‘Make America Healthy Again’ initiatives was frustrated by White House delays in policymaking to promote healthy eating  —  A top ally of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is departing …