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In Democratic territory, unpopular local leaders could give Republicans an opening. The latest in Playbook PM:

Black voters are fired up, ready to go and poised to turn a good night on Tuesday for Democrats into a Blue Tsunami. The latest in Playbook:

SCOOP: Michael Bloomberg added another $36 million to his midterm spending for Democrats this week. The latest in Playbook PM:

Health care fights are converging in the hub of some of the nation's most competitive races. The latest in Playbook:

Donald Trump is scrambling to blunt the effects of rising oil prices. Josh Turek doesn't think his moves will help much. The latest in Playbook PM:

Ukraine alleges it's not getting the usual help from the U.S., while the Trump administration says it's working for peace. The latest in Playbook PM:

The new White House press secretary is already out of her role. The latest in Playbook PM:

Republicans are running out of time to turn voters’ minds around on affordability woes — some of which the GOP helped set in motion. The latest in Playbook:

Scoop: A new internal poll for North Carolina Republican Laurie Buckhout’s campaign finds her narrowly ahead of Democratic Rep. Don Davis, 43% to 42%. The details in Playbook PM:

President Donald Trump has coveted the Nobel Peace Prize. Today’s laureate is in many ways his antithesis. The latest in Playbook PM:

The Supreme Court sounded torn over a major climate change case that kicked off its new term today. The latest in Playbook PM:

Pete Buttigieg is barnstorming the nation in the final weeks before the midterms. The latest in Playbook:

Top Republicans envision a “Golden Age” of artificial intelligence. Democrats see a political opening as voters sour on Big Tech. The latest in Playbook PM:

Two months out, congressional leaders are staking out very different strategies for how to win over voters on their No. 1 issue. The latest in Playbook:

Iowa farmers have borne some of the brunt of Trump’s policy whiplash. That doesn’t mean they’re abandoning the GOP. The latest in Playbook PM:

RT @adamwren: Bernie Sanders to pressure Trump to pursue an international agreement to pause the AI race ahead of his upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, reports @wsteaks in @playbookdc.

RT @adamwren: I asked noted angler @RahmEmanuel — until recently on a CNN contract — how @GavinNewsom beat him to fly fishing on CNN. He sent me this: via @playbookdc

RT @jsscppr: wrote in to @playbookdc this morning about Trump calling AI fears a “hoax” — a term he most often uses when talking about Russia/impeachment or Jeffrey Epstein

The economic picture for Americans — and Republicans’ political prospects — continues to look cloudy. The latest in Playbook PM:

Gavin Newsom built a national image around his sharp approach to taking on Trump. Now he’s trying a different role: Democrats’ chief consoler. The latest in Playbook: