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At the Races: A reprieve for Republicans?

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Niels Lesniewski, Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari House Republicans got a sudden influx of good news beginning Wednesday…

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When it comes to ad reservations, parties typically don’t play games

ANALYSIS — The 2026 election cycle has reached an important stage: the biennial fight about TV ad buys. But while campaigns sometimes play games with internal polls or digital ads to manipulate the narrative about their races, there’s usually less gamesmanship when it comes to ad reservations because there can…

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Top Democratic PAC books $22 million in ads, Republican counterpart reserves $14 million for U.S. House seats in South Texas

House Majority PAC is targeting five majority-Hispanic seats, including the 23rd Congressional District, which was recently vacated by Republican Tony Gonzales. The top Republican group is spending $13.9 million on two seats.

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Prison officer and inmate appear in court over alleged sexual relationship

Alicia Novas, 19, is charged with committing misconduct while working at HMP Five Wells with the encouragement of 30-year-old Declan Winkless.

Evening Standard

Democratic Group Launches Ad Campaign Against 23 Republican Lawmakers

House Majority PAC launches ad campaign targeting Republicans for healthcare cuts and tax priorities.

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Scandal-hit HMP Wandsworth spending £22m fixing windows to thwart drone drug supply

The Ministry of Justice has promised a crackdown on drugs and better living conditions for inmates at HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

‘Shocking’ HMP Wandsworth to get £100million and extra staff amid scandals

Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, found failures in leadership ‘at every level’ at the south London jail in damning report

Evening Standard

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Search underway as prisoner at Wormwood Scrubs escapes

Burglar Graham Gomm, 63, fled Hammersmith Hospital after he was taken there from HMP Wormwood Scrubs

The Independent UK

Democrat won big in NY but what's that mean for November?

Former Rep. Tom Suozzi won a New York special election easily but also had name ID and financial backing other candidates might not have.

Roll Call

Drones used to give drugs to inmates after they develop habit in jail

Nearly a quarter of prisoners at HMP Lindholme had developed drug problems in jail, with drones being used to bring them inside prison gates

The Independent UK

Inside HMP & YOI Stirling at start of new era in Scottish prison system

There will be 'a safe and secure' environment for 100 women in custody.

Daily Record

Stirling residents given chance to have first glimpse of new prison

Locals are being given the chance to get a first glimpse inside Stirling’s new prison. HMP & YOI Cornton Vale has been a part of the local community for years. And now, as the Scottish Prison Service transitions to the opening of the new HMP &a

Daily Record

Concerns over wellbeing of inmates at HMP Lowdham Grange

The prison said that the safety and welfare of prisoners remain its top priority

Nottingham Post

Stephen Bear's partner 'could face jail time after breaking prison rule'

Reality TV star Stephen Bear's partner Jessica filmed herself at HMP Chelmsford where she visited him inside prison for the first time

Irish Mirror

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The Guardian - UK

Lady Martha Bruce obituary

Governor of Scotland’s only all-female prison whose military career shaped her pioneering approach to women in custody

Daily Mirror

Celebrities JAILED in new dark Channel 4 show which is set to be a 'tough watch'

A new Channel 4 show will send celebrities to jail in order to get a taste of what life is really like in prison

Nottingham Post

Murderer Michael O'Brien says time in prison has been 'horrific'

He says he has had letters from Colin Gunn

Liverpool Echo

Prisoners letters photocopied to stop crooks soaking them in spice

HMP Liverpool has introduced the measure to try and stop psychoactive substances getting to inmates

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Daily Mirror

Prisoners cook romantic meals for lovers under Come Dine With Me plan to help families

Come Dine With Me scheme allows convicted criminals in HMP Nottingham jail to prepare three-course dinner date meals for their partners on Wednesday nights while fellow prisoners acts as waiters

Wales Online

Royal Navy v Her Majesty's Prison Service rugby match erupts into mass brawl

It appeared as if the tackler swung his elbow at the attacker

Liverpool Echo

HMP Liverpool staff spot drone flying above prison as man arrested nearby

A man seen carrying a drone radio controller at a nearby park

Chronicle Live

Convicted killer's brutal razor blade attack caused fellow HMP Durham inmate to lose an eye

Murderer Derek Pallas has been jailed a further 11 years for a gruesome attack which blinded a prisoner in one eye

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool prisoner who took his own life couldn't share cell due to violent past

An inquest heard Ian Galtress died from hanging in his single-occupancy cell in HMP Liverpool

Roll Call

Biden heads to Oregon amid controversy over state's new House seat

Biden's trip to Oregon comes as a Washington super PAC's spending in a crowded House primary has made some Democrats angry with Washington.

Chronicle Live

'She treats people like puppets' - Newcastle woman in jail with Baby P's mum lifts lid on her prison behaviour

Tracey Connelly is reported to have complained her life is at risk in HMP Low Newton in Durham and is scared prisoners will strike as her release date draws closer

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