Evening Wire: ‘Decoy Dan’ Scandal Turns Voters & NYT Releases Dubious List of Jewish El-Sayed Supporters | 11.3.26

Republican Mike Rogers said Democrat Haley Stevens’ last-minute endorsement has shaken the Michigan Senate race “beyond the shadow of a doubt.” Rogers argued that Stevens gave voters permission to turn away from Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, citing El-Sayed’s alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and anti-Israel comments. Democratic leaders and the party’s left-wing base criticized Stevens. When confronted about Israel and accused of supporting “genocide,” Stevens said she supported a two-state solution and rejected the accusation.

Some Alaska voters told Fox News they switched from Democrat Mary Peltola to Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan after learning that a nearly identically named candidate had allegedly been recruited as a decoy in the ranked-choice Senate race. One voter called the effort “sleazy” and said the discovery made him suspect something was “fishy.” He did not think it was criminal but called it unethical. Another voter noted the decoy had spent no money and could not be reached.

Daily Wire reporter Meg Brock said Texas Senate candidates Ken Paxton and James Tallarico have sharply different views on sex-based rights. Paxton, the state attorney general, investigated fraud in gender medicine, helped reach a settlement with Texas Children’s Hospital, and supported creating the first detransition clinic. Tallarico has backed expanded access to puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries and voted in 2023 against banning such interventions for minors.

The New York Times published a list intended to demonstrate that Abdul El-Sayed retained substantial Jewish support despite condemnations from parts of the Jewish community. Writer Nick Sheehan said readers quickly questioned the list after it included the apparently fictitious name “Jack Mihoff.” Further review found other suspicious names, dozens of unverifiable entries identified only by first name and last initial, and at least one person who was deceased. The Times had not issued a retraction.

President Trump said Israel’s roughly $4 billion in annual U.S. aid would end by year’s close because Israel is prosperous and no longer needs the support. Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first proposed ending the aid and that Israel would still be able to buy needed American weapons. Trump also argued that continuing the payments created a political target for critics such as El-Sayed and questioned why the United States should not give similar funds to others.

First Lady Melania Trump will host Russia-Ukraine peace talks Thursday, following a limited ceasefire she reportedly helped broker in the Ukrainian city of Eleshky. Her office said the truce enabled nearly 800 people to escape and that her direct channel to Vladimir Putin helped reunite Ukrainian children with their families; 34 children have reportedly returned. The representatives were not identified. Moscow is demanding Ukrainian territory in Donetsk, while President Volodymyr Zelensky rejects surrendering land.

A former West Point cadet, Caleb Suh, is being sued by Jane Doe over allegations that he secretly obtained and administered abortion medication after repeatedly pressuring her to end her pregnancy. The complaint says Doe intended to keep the baby, but Suh used her identification to create an online pharmacy account. Alliance Defending Freedom connected the case to its challenge to the FDA’s removal of mifepristone safety rules, including an in-person doctor visit requirement.

Developers are using retired jet engines as generators because data centers can deploy them faster than they can obtain grid access or conventional turbines. Each converted engine produces about 50 megawatts, enough for roughly 15,000 homes, and companies say projects can start in about two years. Elon Musk’s xAI installed eight in Mississippi. Environmental groups object that the turbines are less efficient, more polluting, and may have understated emissions.

Rachel Appa, a 24-year-old former Bucknell field hockey player, collapsed at mile 24 of the New York City Marathon and died Sunday. Her family said she suffered rhabdomyolysis, in which muscle breakdown can cause organ failure, despite her father saying she had been in perfect health before the race. Appa was running for the Parkinson’s Foundation in honor of her late grandfather and had texted her father “ow” and then “ow, ow” during the race.

Inez Gomez-Mont, a former host on Mexican television networks TV Azteca and Televisa who once proposed to Tom Brady on camera, was arrested by ICE. She and her husband are accused of using shell companies, fake contracts, and false invoices to launder $160 million from Mexico’s Interior Ministry. Gomez-Mont fled Mexico in 2021 after arrest warrants were issued and will remain in U.S. immigration custody while extradition proceedings continue.