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Exclusive: Government officials discovered that unauthorized users accessed and searched Flock databases without permission, sometimes to track romantic partners’ locations, a Washington Post investigation found. https://t.co/jJVH8ncne3

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) is converting reelection ads in the D.C. media market into messages selling voters on a redistricting amendment that’s currently unpopular. https://t.co/q4hGX71LgN

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Congressional Democrats are pressing for more information about private donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom project following a Washington Post report last week that revealed the project’s major contributors. https://t.co/Vw9dYqf5CK

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Midterm support for Democrats is rising.

Registered voters said they trust Democrats over Republicans to handle the economy by 40 percent to 33 percent, the first Democratic advantage on the economy in Post-ABC polling since 2014. https://t.co/QaJw0ODRpO

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The woman who is suing Cornell University and several others alleging she was gang-raped at a fraternity house in 2024 wrote a letter to faculty leaders saying that she felt unsupported by the university administration. https://t.co/MYp6ckT7Ff

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As Nancy Pelosi prepares to retire after nearly 40 years representing San Francisco, the first woman speaker of the House is putting her influence to perhaps a final test: whether she can anoint her successor. https://t.co/BBtKqSySVh

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The Cook Political Report shifted its rating of Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race toward Republicans, another sign that a contest Democrats once expected to win comfortably has become increasingly competitive in the closing weeks of the campaign. https://t.co/hT4SDaxalH

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U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard, who was held by Russia since 2022, has been released and is on his way home to the U.S., President Trump said.

Trump said Hubbard’s release was not part of a broader prisoner exchange. https://t.co/cgTq9qsIY7

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For the first time in 34 years, a cassowary laid an egg at Australia's Adelaide Zoo.

10-year-old Martha has been mating with 13-year-old Jeffrey. Dad will takeover incubating the neon green egg and, hopefully, it will hatch.

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The Trump administration is spending at least $343,100 on video cameras to monitor several of President Trump’s construction projects, federal records show, after the president falsely accused “vandals” of causing the damage to the Reflecting Pool. https://t.co/xoATufwfkN

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Most Americans are confident that next month’s midterm elections will be conducted fairly, but 7 in 10 lack confidence that President Trump will accept the results if Republicans lose, according to a poll by The Post, ABC News and Ipsos. https://t.co/MdfXKbQ0bV

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A small group of U.S. officials has been discreetly advising state governments on how to prepare for the possibility that the Trump administration will attempt to interfere in November’s midterm elections, according to people involved in the effort. https://t.co/Ro1F7JDwbs

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As midterms draw closer, the political environment appears increasingly favorable for Democrats and grim for Republicans.

The battlefield of competitive races is reaching red districts once considered locks for the GOP, according to Cook Political Report. https://t.co/ciB0gT1XiC

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill said it had reached an agreement with the Trump administration, which has moved to force schools to comply with its ideals for higher education by launching investigations, halting funding and other means. https://t.co/7Lcid7lgiL

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukraine had been restored, following a meeting with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Oslo.

Witkoff heads to Russia on Wednesday to push President Vladimir Putin for three-way talks. https://t.co/sPKtnAp8Ve

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SpaceX was profitable in the third quarter of this year, reversing previous losses at the company and setting it on a trajectory to potentially deliver on promises Elon Musk made when he took the company public earlier this year. https://t.co/InWXNedH4j

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Less than 48 hours after French cities were swept by protests and engulfed in riots, President Emmanuel Macron set off for the Persian Gulf.

The tensions are festering in the street but also in a presidential race that will determine Macron’s successor. https://t.co/hq2ucH7x0k

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Jaime West, a Democratic candidate for a seat on Indiana’s Fayette County Council who went viral for her remarks during a televised candidate forum this month, told conservative British television host Piers Morgan “I had a beer, mm-hmm … maybe a couple.” https://t.co/qawXDAXhxa

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With pivotal midterm elections two weeks away, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said the high court’s recent decisions on voting and campaign finance have damaged the nation’s democracy. https://t.co/LGK9BDVmEX

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Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg is swooping in to help his party retake the House majority, pouring more than $80 million into the midterms over the last two months and leaving the door open to giving more before Election Day, his adviser said.
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