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Why some Republicans are getting worried about Texas

Why some Republicans are getting worried about Texas

Apple News Today
Oct 9, 2026 16 min
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<p>Republicans are growing concerned about how Texas will vote in next month&rsquo;s midterms. The <a href="https://apple.news/A2HmIPbdDQDa1sO8NQTMXGg">Washington Post</a>&rsquo;s Teo Armus explains how labor shortages tied to immigration arrests could affect three House races along the border.</p> <p>Israel will this month hold its first elections since the Oct. 7 attacks. Josef Federman of the <a href="https://apple.news/ARE4nd_fKQJyb7NGQtMIvKw">Associated Press</a> breaks down how the campaign.</p> <p>Rape allegations at Cornell University have prompted protests and a debate over fraternity culture. <a href="https://apple.news/APa5QE99IRnKqwoyjsQRQSw">The Atlantic</a>&rsquo;s Sophie Gilbert joins <a href="https://apple.news/AHcnbCkcyRCKNWm7zaTD28A">Apple News In Conversation</a> to discuss campus sexual assault and online misogyny.</p> <p>Plus, the Pentagon will <a href="https://apple.news/A_2o8Ay5WSnewEwxArlB3bg">livestream</a> a military firing-squad execution, a new U.S. <a href="https://apple.news/ARhzcbV0wRtm_C7urX8sXBA">indictment</a> charges Nicol&aacute;s Maduro with conspiring to torture, and how a former NFL lineman <a href="https://apple.news/A3-yA2iDmSHmehN4CNamkfA">solved</a> a decades-old math problem.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Yasmeen Khan.</p>

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