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🟡 Rise of the Republican rich guy
In this edition: The $6 trillion sleeper issue, Elon Musk on the trail, and an anti-abortion activist who’s using a presidential campaign to fill Wisconsin with grisly ads.
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Trump and the millionaires: How the Republican Party bet on the very, very rich
Elon Musk and a slew of wealthy candidates are playing prominent roles this cycle.
Courtesy of David Weigel
US intelligence warns of foreign election interference ahead of Nov. 5
Adversaries including Russia and Iran could try to encourage violence following the election, officials warned.
Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via REUTERS
‘We addressed it’: Why this election will be harder to stop on Jan. 6, 2025
An under-the-radar bipartisan law has dramatically raised the objection threshold for lawmakers who might want to disrupt certification of this year’s results.
Kevin Mohatt/Reuters
Trump tariff proposals ‘a complete disaster’ for US manufacturing
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis made the remarks at a Semafor event on the future of manufacturing.
Kristoffer Tripplaar/Semafor
Trump holds edge with Arab Americans: poll
Of those surveyed, 39% said Donald Trump is most likely to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, while 33% said the same of Kamala Harris.
Brendan McDermid/Reuters
US presidential campaign fundraising hits record highs in days before election
Despite both candidates’ massive campaign war chests, the race remains deadlocked 14 days before the election.
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
A Senate October surprise: Republican super PAC jumps into Nebraska
Republicans are not in full-scale panic mode over Sen. Deb Fischer’s race, but Independent Dan Osborn is plainly making them sweat.
Inside the Republican drama over Mitch McConnell’s successor
The party’s senators will pick a new leader days after the election. And the winner may have to give ground to a conservative bloc that wants big changes.
How Democrats are helping restore Fox News to cable dominance
Fox has emerged as a preeminent broadcaster in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, thanks in part to Kamala Harris.
How Donald Trump’s campaign sees the media
A Q&A with Alex Bruesewitz and Brian Hughes, two senior advisers in communications for the Trump campaign.
If elected, Trump says Xi will not invade Taiwan: ‘He knows I’m crazy’
The former president’s assertion rests on his threat to severely hike trade tariffs with China.
Trump’s tariffs risk disrupting global trade
Donald Trump’s signature economic policy proposal would have likely long-term negative consequences, economists said.
Donald Trump doesn’t sound too excited about asking Nikki Haley for help
The former president downplayed rumors that his campaign might organize a joint appearance.
The $5 trillion dollar issue neither campaign wants to talk about
It’s one of the biggest looming policy fights of 2025, but the ‘tax cliff’ has been mostly invisible on the trail.
The presidential candidate forcing ‘The View’ to air his ultra-grisly abortion ads
Randall Terry, a gadfly third-party contender, says his work will boost Republicans in November.
Why Democrats’ purest filibuster reformer is playing the long game
Jeff Merkley wants to change — but not kill — the often-derided 60-vote threshold to pass legislation in the Senate. And he’s comfortable with that even with Republicans in power
Georgia’s early voting surge ultimately tells us little
Republicans and Democrats have both pushed early voting, though the record turnout likely does not forecast eventual result.
Scathing report says Secret Service should focus on protection, not financial crimes
While not as high-profile as its protective duties, the Secret Service’s financial fraud investigations have been core to the agency’s mission since its start.