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The A.M. Update
Aaron McIntire
Alaska's Second Dan Sullivan | O'Keefe Charged | Spain Train Crash Kills 68 | 10/29/26
OCT 29, 202613 MIN
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Description
Aaron McIntire covers a New York Times report that staffers for Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola were told in 2025 to find as many people named Dan Sullivan as they could, ahead of a second Dan Sullivan appearing on the ballot against Republican Senator Dan Sullivan; Peltola's campaign denies recruiting him, and Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department is suing over the ballot. He covers ICE arrests of two more Haitian nationals in Ohio accused of fraudulently collecting SNAP benefits, and Vice President JD Vance's Kinston, North Carolina rally for Michael Whatley, where he blamed Roy Cooper for the killing of Iryna Zarutska, a claim Cooper's campaign disputes. Aaron also covers Hennepin County's felony charges of unlawful voting and identity theft against James O'Keefe and Cam Higby over their August primary polling place stunt, in which prosecutors say they gave election judges the names of real registered voters, while the pair says they were testing Minnesota's vouching law. He plays New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's early voting video saying voters need not bring ID to the polls, which Aaron compares to the Minnesota case. Aaron also marks the Spanish high-speed train collision south of Madrid that has killed at least 68 people, which Spain's transport minister blames on an inexplicable control center decision. He closes with his mixed reaction to America Next PAC's "Full of Hate" ad, which aired during sports broadcasts, and previews Friday's Ask Or Tell Me Anything.

