• US lawmakers demand action on overcharging at 7-Eleven, Dollar General and other chains (The Guardian US)
• Trump can’t resist roasting his affordability pitch with $5,000 burger joke (Washington Examiner)
• Put AI to work on America’s electric bill (The Hill)
• Billionaire taxes, trans rights, abortion, voting rights: This year's biggest state votes (Politico)
• Hackers Knocked Federal Election Commission Offline, Emails Show (Daily Caller)
• Trump says US voter fraud is 'rampant' - evidence suggests it is extremely rare (BBC)
• Israel's election too close to call. And, the Ebola outbreak reaches grim milestone (NPR)
• Cornell to start vote on no-confidence resolution over response to alleged frat gang rape (New York Post)
• Murder victim's friend warns public amid manhunt for Tennessee prison escapee (NewsNation)
• Cheesecake Factory, tan suits, and the staying power of culture wars (Axios)
• The Castellows' Lily Balkcom goes viral with Grand Ole Opry Instagram photo dump post (Fox News)
• Alexander Brothers, Former Real-Estate Stars, Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison (WSJ)
• Iran war will end "whenever I want it to end," Trump says as cost tops $47 billion (CBS News)
• Ex-Google engineer stopped investing in retirement because AI will wipe out humanity in 10 years (Washington Times)
• Why is Texas so important? It’s about Senate control – and symbolism. (Christian Science Monitor)
• US teen whose father arranged her marriage to Islamic State fighter convicted for weapons training (The Guardian US)
• USS Spruance breaks record for longest deployed destroyer since WWII (Washington Examiner)
• Former RNC chair: Democrats will 'probably' take House control (The Hill)
• Republicans wanted Rubio on the stump. Trump coaxed him there. (Politico)
• DUKE: From Little League To The WNBA, Playing The Race Card Is A Team Sport (Daily Caller)

• Four investigations Democrats could launch if they win control of Congress (BBC)
• What's gone up even faster than gas or rent? The cost of caregiving (NPR)
• NYC restaurants are cashing in on marathon weekend’s carb-loading craze (New York Post)
• Mackenzie Shirilla asks Ohio Supreme Court again to hear her appeal (NewsNation)
• Israel faces weeks of political wrangling after deadlocked election (Axios)
• Fans debate Brewers decision to keep Jacob Misiorowski in dugout with chance to win first ever World Series (Fox News)
• Grand Jury Declines to Indict Former White House Aide Cassidy Hutchinson (WSJ)
• What's in Walmart's $3.50 per person "holiday meal basket"? (CBS News)
• Never-ending cruise ends operations, drops passengers off in Cambodia (Washington Times)
• In Arizona’s hills, roaming donkeys, not drivers, own Route 66 (Christian Science Monitor)
• Trump says government to ‘terminate’ Biden-era methane emissions rules (The Guardian US)
• Infiltrating the Left: Going undercover and attending radical, left-wing ‘ICE Out’ trainings (Washington Examiner)
• Top federal prosecutor in LA not legally serving, judge rules (The Hill)
• Midwest Dems face their do or die moment to win back Trump districts before 2028 (Politico)
• Anthropic Makes Stunning Admission As It Pushes For Grand Public Entrance (Daily Caller)
• Alexander brothers each sentenced to 30 years in prison in sex trafficking case (BBC)
• New teachers union president wants to steer educators away from partisan politics (NPR)
• Home buying crashes in SoCal with levels worse than Great Recession (New York Post)
• Patrick Clancy's wrongful death lawsuit could test liability of providers (NewsNation)
• Democrats try to win over MAHA voters (Axios)

• Rays ride walk-off momentum into Game 5 after stunning 12th-inning comeback in World Series (Fox News)
• The Baby Bust Is Forcing a Reckoning at Public Schools (WSJ)
• Is the Federal Reserve likely to raise interest rates today? (CBS News)
• Bolsonaro, family land in Miami after loss in Brazilian election (Washington Times)
• As GOP braces for a blue wave, New England might provide some pops of red (Christian Science Monitor)
• Trump and Vance rally for Republicans in final midterms push; Alaska’s Murkowski backs Democrat in governor’s race – live (The Guardian US)
• Alexandria, Virginia, moves to shut down Flock cameras after council and community backlash (Washington Examiner)
• Alaska's GOP-led government asks court to block DOJ Senate race certification lawsuit (The Hill)
• Republicans rethink their attacks on AOC (Politico)
• ‘Back Up, Ambassador. Back Away!’: Mike Waltz Says Cuban Foreign Minister Tried To Intimidate Him Mid-Speech (Daily Caller)
• Serial killer Ted Bundy linked to teenage girl's murder after 52 years (BBC)
• How a lifelong Republican came to lead the data center battle in Ohio (NPR)
• Faith coalition presses Gavin Newsom to join Trump school choice program: ‘California dollars should stay in California’ (New York Post)
• US reportedly warns Gulf nations to prepare for possible Iran offensive (NewsNation)
• Private equity's political problem (Axios)
• Trump admin hit with $461M lawsuit as embassy fight started under Biden comes back to haunt State Dept (Fox News)
• ‘Cornell 7’ Case Puts Spotlight on Ketamine at College Campuses (WSJ)
• Yankees' Cam Schlittler on what it means to receive MLB Players Choice Award (CBS News)
• Netanyahu, Eisenkot not within reach of Israel's governing majority (Washington Times)
• Can progressives win outside of cities? A Maine House race offers a key test. (Christian Science Monitor)