Some exciting professional news.

I’ve been blessed to work with my amazing colleagues at AP over the past 20 years. I’m thrilled about this next chapter leading Arkansas Advocate’s incredibly talented newsroom.

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Just in: An artificial intelligence bot associated with Anthropic accessed publicly available voter data through Georgia’s data hub, according to officials with the Secretary of State’s office. The bot did not access a voter file or Georgia’s voter registration system, officials tell me.
“This was publicly available data accessed through our data hub,” said Jordan Fuchs, a top deputy to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “It did not get into the voter registration system.” #gapol

SCOOP up now @washingtonsun from @JasJWright and @jstein_sun : The White House is weighing mass pardons for junior staff washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/whi…

The @CookPolitical Report moves 19 more House districts in the Democratic direction. As of now, it rates 220 seats, a majority, as "lean Democratic" or stronger not counting any of 17 tossup races. apps.apple.com/app/id53588682…

A really good, smart read on Ohio and the GOP.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio GOP Gov. DeWine says Vivek Ramaswamy was wrong to run campaign ad featuring Democratic opponent's estranged mother.

EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth wanted Gen. Dwight Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it.

We have photos.

If you’re wondering how Mississippi entered the Senate map discussion, you’ve simply gotta read @burgessev, who was onto this race in MARCH.

semafor.com/article/03/09/…

SCOOP: Senate Republicans fear Mississippi is in play axios.com/2026/10/21/mis…

The NRSC and Tom Cotton have just placed a hybrid buy in Arkansas.

$68,645 in Little Rock.

Pritzker’s big spending for Black and Hispanic candidates is drawing notice (notes Pritzker's support for Chris Jones in #AR2 race) politi.co/4BebghY via @politico

Excellent analysis via one of the most trusted news agencies, @AP: apnews.com/article/trump-…

Pollsters for WaPo/ABC/Ipsos asked Americans if they think Trump is committed to protecting freedom of the press. 31% said yes, he is. 67% said no, he's not. washingtonpost.com/tablet/2026/10…

'Little of it was constructive’: GOP bemoans a distracted Trump in midterms’ final stretch politi.co/4hWspUw via @politico

Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakers politi.co/4zxDFhl

We were honored to host “Arkansas TV Debates 2026” for seven statewide races and, on #ARWeek at 6 p.m., journalists from across Arkansas will join host Steve Barnes to recap the outcomes. Then, we'll explore the roles Arkansas's federal races play in the battle for U.S. Congress.

NEW: DOJ says presidential records belong to the president — not the people — but an appeals court panel today said that argument would lead to perverse, and even dangerous, results.

w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2026/10/1…

NEW: Rough outing at DC Circuit for Trump bid to overturn Presidential Records Act. Some judges worry about letting presidents auction off their papers, but questions lurk, like could Congress declare #SCOTUS justices' papers to be public? w/@kyledcheney politico.com/news/2026/10/1…

The Post Guild has started a GoFundMe to support our union colleagues who are losing their jobs, including circulation drivers and others in the printing plant who will lose their jobs just after the holidays. Donate here: gofundme.com/f/support-for-…

In our first segment, Arkansas Advocate Editor-in-Chief @ademillo, @RobyBrock Writer George Jared and Little Rock Public Radio Politics/Government Reporter Josie Lenora recap “Arkansas TV Debates 2026” outcomes and discuss implications.