First Read's Morning Clips: Health care dominates the airwaves

MIDTERM MADNESS: Health care dominates the airwaves

Nearly half of recent ads in federal races mentioned health care, the Wesleyan Media Project finds.

Trump is hinting at a conspiracy theory involving the latest migrant caravan.

2020: “What happens when several women run for president?” the New York Times asks.

Plenty of Democrats are unhappy that Hillary Clinton isn’t going away.

Kamala Harris is proposing a major new middle class tax break.

AR-2: An ad backing French Hill caricatures black women and talks about the #MeToo movement. (Hill has disavowed it.)

CA: The gas tax is likely headed for repeal, a new poll finds.

FL-GOV: Does Rick Scott have an issue with ignoring a sexual assault case?

FL-27: Donna Shalala is hitting some trouble in Miami over campaigning with someone who praised Fidel Castro (Barbara Lee).

GA-GOV: Early voting is surging in Georgia.

MO-SEN: Health care and entitlements dominated the McCaskill/Hawley debate last night (but no Kavanaugh.)

MN-8: The New York Times profiles Pete Stauber.

MT-AL: Trump praised Rep. Greg Gianforte for his assault of a reporter shortly before his special election last year.

ND-SEN: Heidi Heitkamp’s apology to sexual mistreatment victims that her campaign named without their approval overshadowed last night’s first Senate debate.

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

For Subscribers

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCBP leaders cut out of Trump ad buy decision

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAmerican passenger drafted goodbye texts to her family as Flydubai plane plummeted

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation pushes embattled New York prosecutor into national spotlight

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

TN-SEN: Leigh Ann Caldwell and Marianna Sotomayor checked in on the Bredesen/Blackburn race post-Kavanaugh.

TX-SEN: Vincente Fox endorsed Beto O’Rourke.

VA-SEN: Corey Stewart is spreading negative rumors about Jamal Khashoggi.

WI-SEN: Scott Walker says Tony Evers plagiarized his education funding plan.

TRUMP AGENDA: A whisper campaign and smears

In the Washington Post: “Conservatives mount a whisper campaign smearing Khashoggi in defense of Trump”

U.S. spies are delving into what Saudi leadership knew about Jamal Khashoggi’s death.

And the New York Times writes that Saudis may blame an intelligence official for Khashoggi’s death.

There’s a lot of confusion about what exactly is going on at the Interior Department. But a probe blamed Ryan Zinke for breaking policy in taxpayer-funded trips with his wife.

Nikki Haley cracked jokes at the Al Smith Dinner, but also called for greater civility.

The rank-and-file at the Justice Department are not happy with Jeff Sessions’ approach, writes the New York Times.

Is Trump considering Richard Grenell for UN ambassador?