Musk Pours $276 Million Into the Midterms, and Federal Agents Raid Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar

Plus, setting a record on Mars. 


Here’s what we’re covering:

• Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/politics/elon-musk-midterms.html) , by Theodore Schleifer
• Homeland Security Agents Search Home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/politics/ilhan-omar-home-searched.html) , by Devlin Barrett, Hamed Aleaziz, Ernesto Londoño and Alan Feuer
• U.K. and Europe Recoil From Trump’s Diesel Deal With Putin (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/world/europe/trump-putin-diesel-uk-europe-gift.html) , by Michael D. Shear and Jeanna Smialek
• Israel’s Destruction of Southern Lebanon Intensified After the Cease-Fire (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/12/world/middleeast/israel-lebanon-destruction.html) , by Christina Goldbaum, Samuel Granados and Adina Renner
• 28 Miles and Counting: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/science/mars-rover-sets-record.html) , by Kenneth Chang





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