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No Spin Media Daily News Update — Saturday, October 17, 2026
President Trump threatens California officials with possible jail time as a dispute over mail-in ballots escalates ahead of the midterms. In Oregon, the father of two girls is identified as the armed bystander who followed a teenage gunman into an elementary school and stopped the attack.
Also today: thousands evacuate the Norte Fire in Southern California, Wall Street faces pressure from falling technology stocks and $110 oil, and new polling shows shifting political views among younger voters.
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