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Calley Means. Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Politics · Domestic
Key Trump Health Adviser Resigns Ahead Of The Midterm Elections
The Kennedy ally who introduced him to Trump quit over stalled food policy — 12 days before the midterms.
Corey Lewandowski in 2017. Photo: City Club of Cleveland, CC BY 3.0.
Politics · Domestic
Justice Department Opens An Inquiry Into Corey Lewandowski
A referral from the DHS inspector general, a denial from his lawyer, and a word from the president.
Putin with Witkoff at an earlier meeting. Photo: kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0.
World News
Putin Frees An American At The Envoy’s Meeting; By Nightfall, Kyiv Is Under Fire
The release of Stephen Hubbard, an envoy’s praise — and 21 ballistic missiles on Kyiv the same night.
Downtown Bend. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC0.
Politics · Domestic
A Week After The Bend School Shooting, The Wounded Teacher Tells It Herself
Becky Drury was shot closing her classroom door. Her statement corrects the story told about her: she survived by playing dead.
The Pentagon. Photo: mariordo59, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Politics · Domestic
Report: Pentagon Plans A Deep-Cover Spy Network Aimed At China
The Post reports a planned corps of officers under nonofficial cover. The Pentagon’s answer: “simply not true.”
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Politics · Domestic
The People Who Keep It Running Are Running Out
One in eight teaching jobs vacant or under-filled, controllers 1,536 short, election officials leaving at a 25-year high, 911 centers running at 19% fully staffed. Four systems, one pattern — and the exceptions that prove it's fixable.
Sen. L. Louise Lucas in 2008. Photo: Rklear, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Politics · Domestic
Top Virginia Democrat Indicted In Drug And Racketeering Case
A 45-page federal indictment unsealed Thursday charges Sen. L. Louise Lucas — the Virginia Senate’s president pro tempore and finance chair — in five counts of a racketeering case built on a family marijuana business. She surrendered Thursday morning.
Early voters in Cleveland, Ohio (2020 file photo). Photo: THD3, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Politics · Domestic
Early Voting Surges In The States That Will Decide The Senate
More than 13 million ballots are already in — Texas up 74% on 2022, Kansas more than doubled — and a new AP-NORC poll shows faith in the count moving in opposite directions by party.
Israeli F-35 jets (file photo). U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Erik D. Anthony, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Politics · Foreign
Report: U.S. And Israel Draw Up Plans For Post-Midterm Strikes On Iran
The New York Times reports specific plans for a short, intensive strike campaign once the November 3 vote is past — and no approval from the president, who has pledged no attack before the midterms.
A checkout aisle at a Publix supermarket. Photo: Nielsoncaetanosalmeron, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
Politics · Domestic
The Numbers Say Fine; The Checkout Stand Says Otherwise
Unemployment is 4.2% and the economy grew — so why does the grocery cart say times are hard? Ground beef at $6.79 a pound, sentiment near record lows, and a paycheck that shrank this year. Both sides of the numbers, explained.
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