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					<title>Why Trump Is Going In When the Money Is Coming Out</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:24:03 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
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				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Gangitano, et al.,&nbsp;Politico]]></author></item>
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					<title>Midterms Look Good for Dems, But That's Not a Guarantee</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:24:05 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ There's still almost three weeks until Election Day. Things look good for Democrats but that's not a guarantee for victory.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/15/midterms_look_good_for_dems_but_thats_not_a_guarantee_714299.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.ms.now/opinion/midterms-democrat-map-purple-polls]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714299</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Hayes Brown, MS Now]]></author></item>
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					<title>Talarico Strikes Out on Easy Mode at CNN Town Hall</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:23:19 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
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				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Nicole Russell, USA Today]]></author></item>
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					<title>A Minnesota Sleeper? Tafoya, Flanagan in 'Close' Senate Race</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:24:09 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ More than a dozen Democratic campaign managers, strategists and party officials told CNN that a massive spending disparity with Republican forces is their top worry heading into the closing two weeks]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/16/a_minnesota_sleeper_tafoya_flanagan_in_close_senate_race_714338.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://nz.news.yahoo.com/far-too-close-comfort-under-090045099.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714338</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Zeleny &amp; Wright, CNN]]></author></item>
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					<title>Poll: Majority Wants Less Red Tape To Cut Energy Costs</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:23:21 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
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				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Jonathan Draeger,&nbsp;RCP]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/72/728962_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>Alaska Considers Economic Suicide</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:23:23 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/15/alaska_considers_economic_suicide_714306.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.wsj.com/opinion/alaska-considers-economic-suicide-79073197?st=WvwDeP]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714306</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal]]></author></item>
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					<title>Trump's Diesel Deal Is Shameful</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:23:24 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ If President Donald Trump does not understand what will happen to him if he proceeds with his plan to trade away support for Ukraine's democracy for Russian diesel, let me]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/15/trumps_diesel_deal_is_shameful_714307.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/thomas-l-friedman-trump-s-democracy-for-diesel-deal-shames-us-all/article_cb89e024-65d1-4fa5-a151-2f1790a4a8ce.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714307</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Thomas Friedman, New York Times]]></author></item>
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					<title>The Russia, Russia, Russia Nonsense Is So Tiring</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:23:26 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Globalists see 'Russian disinformation' everywhere!]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/16/the_russia_russia_russia_nonsense_is_so_tiring_714309.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/everything-is-russia-s-fault-even-global-warming/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714309</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[J.B. Shurk, American Thinker]]></author></item>
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					<title>France's Students Won't Back Down</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:24:29 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ Without full-time teachers, temperature-regulated classrooms, or school nurses, French students are turning their grievances into a national movement.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/14/frances_students_wont_back_down_714078.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/france-student-protests-lyceens-banlieues/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714078</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Diana Cordoba, The Nation]]></author></item>
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					<title>Thinking About Race and IQ</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:23:27 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/16/thinking_about_race_and_iq_154585.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/16/thinking_about_race_and_iq_154585.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200714314</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Peder Zane, RealClearPolitics]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/72/728964_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>A Novel That Looks Deep Into a Crisis on Campus</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:28:56 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The unsettling events of Ayad Akhtar's The Radiance reflect a broader malaise in society.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/15/a_novel_that_looks_deep_into_a_crisis_on_campus_714240.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://newrepublic.com/article/216336/ayad-akhtar-radiance-novel-crisis-campus]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714240</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Rumaan Alam, The New Republic]]></author></item>
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					<title>'Now We Have the Goods' on Political Debanking</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:31:42 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The OCC report is an indictment of the left's cancel culture fury and the Goliath banks that were 'willing or unwitting accomplices.']]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/15/now_we_have_the_goods_on_political_debanking_714282.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://thefederalist.com/2026/10/15/bombshell-report-big-banks-debanked-maga-and-the-lefts-other-political-enemies/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714282</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[M.D. Kittle, The Federalist]]></author></item>
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					<title>How Big Money Is Pulling the Democrats Left</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:23:30 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/16/how_big_money_is_pulling_the_democrats_left_714321.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://unherd.com/newsroom/big-money-is-pulling-the-democrats-left/?edition=us]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714321</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Michael Baharaeen, UnHerd]]></author></item>
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					<title>The Primary Electorate Is Its Own Harshest Critic</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:24:31 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/16/the_primary_electorate_is_its_own_harshest_critic_154587.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/16/the_primary_electorate_is_its_own_harshest_critic_154587.html]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">200714317</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/72/728968_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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				 	<media:title><![CDATA[ The Primary Electorate Is Its Own Harshest Critic]]></media:title>
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					<title>Rep. Huizenga Faces Toughest Re-Election Race Yet</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:23:29 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ A top Financial Services Committee Republican's 30-year career could soon come to an end.]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/16/rep_huizenga_faces_toughest_re-election_race_yet_714320.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://prospect.org/2026/10/16/bill-huizenga-faces-toughest-re-election-race-michigan-congress/]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714320</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Jarod Facundo, Am. Prospect]]></author></item>
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					<title>Ticket-Splitting in Iowa and Kansas</title><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:24:59 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/16/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ ]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/16/ticket-splitting_in_iowa_and_kansas_714304.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYoAXOBiwcE&t=1172s&pp=0gcJCWMAwfN6Pr3D]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714304</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Bevan,&nbsp;Cannon,&nbsp;Kimball &amp; Walworth, RCP&nbsp;on SiriusXM]]></author></item>
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					<title>How Debanking Took Hold Inside the Biggest Banks</title><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 07:23:37 -0500</pubDate>
					<fullpubdate>10/15/2026/00/00/00</fullpubdate>
					<description><![CDATA[ The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said that nine of the nation's largest banks, as measured by assets, had policies in place between 2020 and 2025 that may have influenced their decisions to &quot;deny or limit access to financial services&quot; to customers or potential customers &quot;based on their political or religious beliefs or lawful business activities.&quot;]]></description><link><![CDATA[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/15/how_debanking_took_hold_inside_the_biggest_banks_714231.html]]></link><originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.thefp.com/p/debanking-investigation-trump-rupa-subramanya?utm_campaign=realclearpolitics]]></originalLink>	<guid isPermaLink="false">100714231</guid>
				 <category>AM Update</category><author><![CDATA[Rupa Subramanya, The Free Press]]></author><media:content url="https://assets.realclear.com/images/66/668360_1_.jpeg" type="image/jpeg" height="190" width="250" />
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					<title>The Luddite and the Engineer</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/15/the_luddite_and_the_engineer_714280.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/10/14/abdul-el-sayed-plan-control-ai-relies-heavy-handed-government/]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100714280</guid> 					
					<category>Editorials</category>					
					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:58:36 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></author></item>
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					<title>Trump Accounts Are a Classic Win-Win</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/13/trump_accounts_are_a_classic_win-win_714054.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/11/editorial-trump-accounts-classic-win-win/]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100714054</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:58:39 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Washington Times]]></author></item>
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					<title>Empower&amp;shy;ment Zone Turns Around Some, Not All, Strug&amp;shy;gling Schools</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/15/empowershyment_zone_turns_around_some_not_all_strugshygling_schools_714278.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-boston-globe/20261012/281659672002466]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100714278</guid> 					
					<category>Editorials</category>					
					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:59:38 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Boston Globe]]></author></item>
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					<title>Kids Should Learn Cursive. Their Print Needs Work, Too</title><description></description>
					<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/10/15/kids_should_learn_cursive_their_print_needs_work_too_714279.html</link>
					<originalLink><![CDATA[ https://archive.is/ddxpA]]></originalLink><guid isPermaLink="false">100714279</guid> 					
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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:59:41 -0500</pubDate><author><![CDATA[Bloomberg]]></author></item></channel></rss>