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Trump Says Those Who Leak Military Plans Should Be Shot

Par : Zolan Kanno-Youngs
At a rally in Arizona, the president dramatically escalated his attacks on news gathering and those willing to speak to the press.

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Vance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides

Par : Katie Rogers
At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic.

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For weeks, Vice President JD Vance has been road-testing unfounded, innuendo-based salvos against James Talarico.
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Inflation Data Shows Prices Are Up, Worrying Republicans Ahead of the Midterms

Par : Jess Bidgood
The newest inflation report gave Democrats a chance to tie pain at the pump to President Trump’s decisions.

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Surprise Democratic Donor Blitzes Senate Races in Republican-Leaning States With Ads

Par : Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer
Steve Pajcic, a lawyer and philanthropist in Florida, started a group that is airing ads in Kansas and South Carolina. Florida and Mississippi are next.

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The Democratic Senate candidates Adam Hamilton of Kansas, Scott Colom of Mississippi, Annie Andrews of South Carolina and Angie Nixon of Florida.
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Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight

Par : Abbie VanSickle
The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.

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The order was likely to be only a modest boost for the G.O.P., as the court had made its position clear in two previous rulings in recent months.
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Fact-Checking Senate Debates in Georgia, Maine and Michigan

Par : Linda Qiu
With control of Congress hanging in the balance, nominees have attacked their rivals’ records, stock portfolios and families, with varying degrees of accuracy.

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From left, Representative Mike Collins, Republican of Georgia; Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine; and Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan.
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Maryland Republican Andy Harris Blamed Democrats for High Gas Prices. Laughter Ensued.

Par : Max Bearak
Representative Andy Harris, a Republican, said during a debate that environmental regulations had caused diesel prices to rise. Some in the audience groaned.

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Representative Andy Harris, Republican of Maryland, clashed with some audience members at his debate on Tuesday.
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Jon Ossoff Says He Won’t Run for President in 2028 in Georgia Senate Debate

Par : Patricia Mazzei
“I’m running for re-election to the Senate,” the Democrat said during a debate on Tuesday. Barack Obama said the same thing 20 years ago.

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Senator Jon Ossoff said he would serve a full six-year term if re-elected to the Senate next month.
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Kamala Harris to Campaign for Democrats in Mississippi, New Hampshire and Wisconsin Ahead of Midterms

Par : Reid J. Epstein
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will also rally for Democratic candidates in Georgia and Nevada.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris at an event in New York in April.
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A Trump Backlash Endangers Susan Collins in the Maine Senate Race

Par : Tim Balk
The race in Maine, which could decide Senate control, is testing whether there is still room for Ms. Collins’s brand of moderation during a sharply polarizing presidency.

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Senator Susan Collins of Maine has cultivated a reputation as an independent-minded Republican who delivers for her state. As she seeks re-election, she faces a growing set of political challenges.
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He’s Played It Safe. But He Could Make California History as Governor.

Par : Laurel Rosenhall · Jennifer Medina and Orlando Mayorquín
Xavier Becerra is a heavy favorite to become California’s first Latino governor in the modern era, though he does not talk much about the milestone.

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Xavier Becerra attending a “No on Prop 39" event, in opposition to a voter identification ballot initiative, in Los Angeles this month.
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4 Takeaways From the Los Angeles Mayoral Debate

Par : Shawn Hubler
Mayor Karen Bass and her former ally, the City Council member Nithya Raman, attacked each other’s records on Tuesday night in the last televised debate before the election.

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Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles, left, faced off with City Council member Nithya Raman, right, in a televised mayoral debate on Tuesday.
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Trump Adds Another Giveaway to His Midterm Pitch: Pardons.

Par : Tyler Pager
The president has stepped up his offers of financial rewards to voters with just weeks until the midterms. On Tuesday at a rally in Alaska, he announced pardons.

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President Trump handed two people pardons during his rally on Tuesday.
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7 Takeaways From the Second Georgia Senate Debate

Par : Patricia Mazzei and Emily Davies
Representative Mike Collins, who lags Senator Jon Ossoff in public polls, hit his opponent harder in a second and final debate on Tuesday.

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5 Takeaways From a Heated and Personal Maine Senate Debate

Par : Tim Balk
Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, disagreed over the war in Iran and President Trump in the third of four debates in a key race.

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Troy Jackson, left, and Senator Susan Collins of Maine faced off on Tuesday in a debate that at times turned personal and tense.
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Justice Dept. Issues Subpoenas in Ilhan Omar Investigation

Par : Ernesto Londoño · Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett
After years of investigation, the Justice Department appears to be intensifying a criminal inquiry into the immigration history of Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, and her family.

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Representative Ilhan Omar’s immigration history has been investigated in prior years by federal authorities, but has not resulted in charges.
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El-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’

Par : Tim Balk
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaking in Detroit last month.
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El-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’

Par : Tim Balk
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaking in Detroit last month.
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He Would Be Florida’s First Black Governor. Can He Sway Black Voters?

Par : David Ovalle
Byron Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor, is working to win over Black voters who usually support Democrats as his party girds for the possibility of low turnout.

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Byron Donalds, a Republican congressman since 2021, is hoping to become Florida’s first Black governor.
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The New Affordability Fight in the Midterms: Home Insurance Prices

Par : David W. Chen
Extreme weather is driving up insurance rates, impacting races from California to the nation’s central Tornado Alley.

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Increasingly violent storms in the nation’s midsection, like the storm that hit Gilbert Kirk’s house in Kansas City, Kan., are driving up homeowners insurance.
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Trump, Playing Defense in Ohio, Tries to Shore Up Republicans in Tough Races

Par : Emily Davies
The president rallied in Youngstown for Senator Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are in competitive contests against Democratic opponents.

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President Trump won Ohio by 11 percentage points two years ago, but this year the state’s races for Senate and governor are seen as closely contested.
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James Talarico Was Targeted by False Rumor He Was in Ohio

Par : Bayliss Wagner
The Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas spent nine days off the trail with what he and his campaign said was a bad case of the flu. His opponents fueled rumors, including one that spread widely before it was debunked.

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James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, is trying to defeat Ken Paxton, the state’s Republican attorney general, in one of this year’s top races.
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An Ad Targeting Susan Collins’s Opponent, Troy Jackson, Airs in the Wrong Portland

Par : John Yoon
An executive with the Republican super PAC that paid for the ad attacking Troy Jackson, the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine, blamed its vendor for running the ad in Oregon.

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Troy Jackson is trying to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a fifth-term Republican, in Maine.
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Democrats Tie Corruption to High Costs in Final Midterms Push

Par : Carl Hulse
Party leaders are working to connect Washington profiteering and the influence of billionaires and corporate America to affordability, in what they hope will be a potent closing message.

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“Corruption is why things don’t work for the American people.” Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat running for re-election in Georgia, said in a recent campaign video.
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Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans

Par : Theodore Schleifer
The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

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Elon Musk has shown less public interest in elections in recent months, but he has patched up his relationship with President Trump and quietly spent enormous amounts to help Republicans in the midterms.
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Can a Democrat Beat Darline Graham? 5 Takeaways From the South Carolina Senate Debate

Par : Emily Davies
Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic challenger, accused Senator Darline Graham of taking her cues from President Trump. Ms. Graham said Dr. Andrews wouldn’t say no to socialists.

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In Maine Senate Race, Anxious Democrats Turn to Bernie Sanders for a Jolt

Par : Tim Balk
Three months after a jarring summer candidate switch, some Democrats in the state are worried about the enthusiasm for their nominee, Troy Jackson, who is in a close race.

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Democratic Senate candidate Troy Jackson campaigning with Senator Bernie Sanders in Lewiston, Maine, on Sunday.
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In Unlikely Turn, Law and Order Heats Up L.A. Mayor’s Race

Par : Shawn Hubler
Two Democratic candidates choose opposite tacks on public safety and policing, seeking to corral undecided voters.

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Mayor Karen Bass has been closely aligned with the city’s police force, whose union has delivered significant backing to her campaign.
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Republicans Held Onto the Great Plains for Years. Now They’re Nervous.

Par : Mitch Smith
Republicans have dominated the center of the country for a quarter-century. Now they face several tough races for Senate and governor.

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Close races have turned the region’s defining challenges, like soaring diesel costs and the struggling cattle industry, into top-tier national issues.
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In the Senate, Collins Often Defies Trump but Rarely Stops Him

Par : Michael Gold · Catie Edmondson and Andrea Fuller
A New York Times analysis of Senator Susan Collins’s voting record shows that she frequently breaks with Republicans but more seldom changes an outcome.

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Threats of Political Violence Have America’s Elected Officials Living in Fear

Par : Nick Corasaniti and Haiyun Jiang
A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.

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Roger Marshall, a Kansas Senator Facing Re-Election, Settles a Bakery Bill 6 Years Later

Par : Tim Balk
Senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican in a difficult race, paid an old campaign debt for cookies, muffins and brownies after a baker’s story went viral online.

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Senator Roger Marshall, Republican of Kansas, at the U.S. Capitol last year.
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‘Not Pleasant’ but ‘Necessary’: Support at Trump Rally for Public Execution

Par : Shawn McCreesh
A sample of people at the president’s midterm stump speech in Tennessee defended the Pentagon’s announcement that it would livestream the execution of a mass shooter.

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President Trump delivers remarks at a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tenn., on Saturday.
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Pentagon Again Increases Number of U.S. Casualties in Iran War

Par : John Ismay
In an unannounced change, the Defense Department is now acknowledging troops who died or were wounded in support roles.

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U.S. officials at a dignified transfer for Army soldiers killed in action while deployed to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan, in July. The Pentagon has raised the number of U.S. service members killed and wounded during operations related to the Iran war.
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Economic Pain and an Unpopular Trump Put G.O.P. on its Heels With Three Weeks to Go

Par : Patricia Mazzei and Shane Goldmacher
Inflation has hurt Americans at many levels: Farmers, truckers, consumers. It has also expanded the electoral map into what was safely Republican country just a few months ago.

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Fuel prices have soared throughout the country since President Trump started a war against Iran.
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Fact-Checking Senate Ads in Iowa, New Hampshire and North Carolina

Par : Linda Qiu
We assess three campaign ads in the battleground states that have focused on the cost of living.

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Could the Oregon Governor’s Race Be a Republican Hope?

Par : Anna Griffin and Betsy Hammond
Republicans are playing defense in some of the most conservative parts of the country, but an unpopular Democratic governor has them hopeful in a progressive West Coast state.

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State Senator Christine Drazan, left, is running against Gov. Tina Kotek, an incumbent Democrat, in a surprisingly tight governor’s race.
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Trump Casts Himself as Columbus’s Protector in Pitch to Italian Americans

Par : Jonathan Swan
President Trump sought to inject the Genoese explorer into the current political conversation.

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President Trump posing in front of a poster of a Christopher Columbus statue at the White House on Friday.
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James Talarico Returns to Senate Campaign Trail in Texas After 10-Day Absence

Par : Sasha von Oldershausen and J. David Goodman
Mr. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, showed up at a music festival, saying he had been at home with “a nasty case of the flu.”

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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, had not appeared in public before Friday since Sept. 29.
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Kansas Senate Race Is a Surprising New Midterm Fight

Par : Jess Bidgood
Republicans are suddenly racing to defend a seat in Kansas, where Democrats are trying to win a Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.

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Adam Hamilton, a Democrat and a megachurch pastor, is running for Senate in Kansas against Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican.
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Ocasio-Cortez to Campaign for El-Sayed on Bus Tour in Michigan

Par : Shane Goldmacher
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, ahead of the primary. She also appeared with him at a fund-raiser in New York this week.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, left, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, campaigned together in Detroit earlier this year.
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Top Democratic Group Pumps Millions Into Kansas Senate Race

Par : Bayliss Wagner
The $5 million investment from the main super PAC for Senate Democrats is a sign that party leaders see a path to winning in another red state as the political environment worsens for Republicans.
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