12+ hour, 26+ min ago   (131+ words) Washington Post: “The three-hour-and-forty-five minute ‘Musk’ (plus a 10-minute intermission) hits theaters on Oct. 16, but it’s already causing a stir.” ”The documentary, which spans from his early Silicon Valley days through his Department of Government Efficiency dalliances and Twitter acquisition…...

13+ hour, 53+ min ago   (161+ words) “President Donald Trump dropped his largest reported spend so far this weekend, sending $21 million to candidates in competitive races as pressure ramps up for Republicans two months before the midterms,” the Washington Sun reports. “The president’s Senate spending before Sept....

16+ hour, 23+ min ago   (206+ words) “Leaders of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, installed by President Donald Trump, say the center is on the brink of bankruptcy and argue that putting the president’s name on its facade — and thus ensuring his fundraising…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago   (135+ words) “A coroner in Pennsylvania announced the death of a 40-year-old woman associated with the state’s ongoing measles outbreak. The death appears to mark the third in the U.S. state’s ongoing outbreak,” The Guardian reports. “Two previous deaths in the…...

23+ hour, 55+ min ago   (122+ words) “President Trump on Sunday called on his Ukrainian counterpart to halt strikes on Russian refineries, saying the attacks are causing a shortage of diesel,” CBS News reports. Said Trump: “Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (141+ words) “Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin, said he sustained minor injuries after his aircraft made an emergency landing on Saturday, forcing him and the pilot to swim to safety,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Tiffany…...

2+ day, 38+ min ago   (143+ words) David Graham: “A paradox of this moment is that inflation is a big reason for Trump’s cratering approval and his party’s sinking odds in the midterm elections, but nearly every one of his signature policy ideas is inflationary. The basic…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (212+ words) “On the night Republicans gathered to mourn the killing of Charlie Kirk and warn against the dangers of violent rhetoric, a crowd at the party’s irregular midterm convention in Dallas repeatedly called for a sitting Senate candidate to be shot,…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (208+ words) Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump’s new promise to give a $5,000 check to every adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections may be an effort to answer a variant of an age-old riddle: Can Trump devise a policy so ill-conceived…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (162+ words) New York Times: “Although this year’s Democratic primary season brought a surge of left-wing momentum, and a handful of victories by democratic socialists running for Congress in Colorado, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida, no credible midterm candidate identifies as…...