Supervising Editor @CNN Washington Bureau. Former @WSJ, @nationaljournal, @washingtonpost & @rollcall. @UCBerkeley alum. L.A. native. Vin Scully forever.
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Obama slams Trump's renovations, says White House looks like a "Cheesecake Factory" cnn.com/2026/10/24/politics/…
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Junior Caminero hit a baseball so far during batting practice that it smoked the FOX Sports set in the back of the stadium 😳
Via: @FOXSports
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FIRST IN NATSEC DAILY: State Department special adviser Kristi Noem put out a fake press release that wasn’t authorized by the State Department to swat away rumors that she was on the outs after her tenure as a special envoy ended:
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More than $1.4 billion has been traded on prediction markets for the 2026 midterms cnn.com/2026/10/23/politics/…
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Trump DOJ sues to block Alaska US Senate results if Republican incumbent loses cnn.com/2026/10/23/politics/…
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First on CNN: DOJ brings criminal charges against FBI officials it believes hampered Biden corruption investigation cnn.com/2026/10/23/politics/…
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Darline Graham raised just $90,000 in the first two weeks of October. Her Democratic opponent, Annie Andrews, raised nearly 45 times that amount, just over $4 million. cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
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Justice Department investigating Republican operative Corey Lewandowski over alleged contract misconduct at DHS, sources say cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
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GOP super PAC wades into unexpectedly competitive Mississippi Senate race cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
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A federal judge warned President Donald Trump could see his $10B defamation lawsuit against the BBC dismissed if he does not work harder to produce information the news outlet it is entitled to in the case, including sitting for a deposition.
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Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas indicted on drug and fraud charges cnn.com/2026/10/22/politics/…
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The amount of times I’m going to use this quote is immeasurable by time and space, or any traditional math.
Anthony Davis with an unreal quote about the Wizards crowd.
“I’d like it to be a little more packed in there, but the crowd was great, they were into it, got us over the hump…Even when I was here last year, very first home game. It was like ‘Dress Like a Seat Night’ in here.”
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Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions. axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
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Ben Pershing retweeted
Legit looks like LaMelo just forgot that he had to dribble and the ref standing right there just didn't even consider calling it. We gotta get a handle on traveling.
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The Washington Wizards are above .500 for the first time since November 28, 2022.
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Judge curbs Trump administration’s hunt for noncitizen voters in some states, citing flawed data cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/…
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A Russian influence campaign created the AI-generated video, fooling top chatbots, targeting Texas Senate race between Democrat Talarico and Republican Paxton. open.substack.com/pub/newsgu…
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New CNN poll:
- Trump approval at 32%, 7 points lower than it was before 2018 midterms
- Dems lead generic ballot 49-39
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The Abduction of Persephone, by Nicola Maria Rossi, early 18th c
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The Pentagon has given the Department of Homeland Security permission to test a military-grade heat ray and develop tactics to potentially use it in operations at the southern US border cnn.com/2026/10/21/politics/…
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