Top Democrats Question Their Party's Strategy as Midterm Worries Grow  —  Leading lawmakers and strategists are openly doubting the party's kitchen-sink approach, saying Democrats have failed to unite around one central message.  —  Top Democratic officials, lawmakers and strategists …

Suspect in Pelosi Attack Had Other Targets, Authorities Say  —  The man accused of breaking into the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and assaulting her husband told the police that he also planned to confront other state and federal politicians.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — After an intruder broke …

Julie Powell, Food Writer Known for ‘Julie & Julia,’ Dies at 49  —  She documented her attempt to cook every recipe in Julia Child's “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in a popular blog that became a best-selling book and a hit movie.  —  Julie Powell, the writer whose decision to spend …

Why Lifelong Democrats in Oregon Say They're Ready to Vote Red  —  'Look outside.  You see the homelessness, people dying in the streets from overdoses, people having psychotic breaks.  It's in shambles.  It wasn't always like this.'  —  Writes Social Studies  · Subscribe

U.S. exploring whether it has authority to review Musk's Twitter deal  —  Terms of the deal give large foreign investors access to confidential information about the social media platform  —  Large foreign investors would have access to confidential information about Twitter's finances …

The Dark Heart of the Republican Party  —  Embracing the politics of sadism, the GOP base hits a new low.  —  January 6 was not an outlier.  Laughing over a hammer attack on an old man, the GOP has completed its transition from a political party to a brutal mob.  —  But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.

The meteoric rise of CNN's Kaitlan Collins  —  At 30, the broadcast journalism prodigy leaves the White House beat for a bigger challenge: boosting the lagging ratings for CNN's morning show  —  Kaitlan Collins became CNN's youngest-ever chief White House correspondent last year, at age 28.

Netanyahu warns of surge in ‘leftist areas’; Hadash-Ta'al says Arab vote lagging  —  Opposition chief phones allies as far-right celebrates strong showing; Sami Abou Shahadeh declares ‘rising turnout will prove Balad victorious’; Yesh Atid: Wait for real results

New York Poll: Zeldin Momentum Stalls as Hochul Rallies Support  —  Home Polls New York Poll: Zeldin Momentum Stalls as Hochul Rallies Support  —  The first post-debate Emerson College Polling/Pix11/The Hill survey of New York voters finds Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul with an eight-point lead …

Supreme Court rejects Lindsey Graham's request to block Georgia grand jury subpoena  —  The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block a subpoena for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify in front of an Atlanta grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

New Poll by Saint Anselm College Survey Center Shows GOP Momentum  —  A new poll conducted by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center (SACSC) at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) finds Republican candidates have gained momentum among likely New Hampshire voters.

Biden Misstates How His Son Beau Died in 2nd Verbal Fumble in Florida  —  The president confused the American war in Iraq with the Russian war in Ukraine and then misstated how his son Beau died.  —  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — President Biden verbally fumbled during a campaign swing in Florida on Tuesday …

Banks prepare to hold $12.7bn Twitter debt on books until early 2023  —  Lenders concede they will struggle to drum up demand until Elon Musk unveils detailed strategy  —  Banks that lent $12.7bn to Elon Musk for his $44bn Twitter takeover are preparing to hold the debt until early next year …

Why Do People Who Don't Like Politics Hold the Fate of the Country in Their Hands?  —  It's almost Election Day, and once again, the party that wins the midterms will likely be determined by swing voters — a small but critical slice of the electorate that, despite the polarization of U.S. politics …

Bolsonaro Agrees to Transition, Two Days After Losing Brazil Election  —  Breaking his silence, President Jair Bolsonaro did not admit defeat or repeat his baseless claims about election fraud, but his administration signaled that the transfer of power would proceed.

Pennsylvania poll: Fetterman, Oz in a dead heat, while Shapiro maintains lead on Mastriano  —  With less than a week before voting concludes in the general election, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz are in a dead heat for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Pat Toomey.

Saudi Arabia, U.S. on High Alert After Warning of Imminent Iranian Attack  —  Saudi officials said Tehran is poised to attack both the kingdom and Erbil in Iraq; White House NSC says the U.S. is prepared to respond  —  Saudi Arabia has shared intelligence with the U.S. warning of an imminent attack …

Halloween is Over and It Looks Like No One Got Fentanyl Candy After All  —  Law-enforcement spent weeks scaremongering about opioids showing up in candy this Halloween.  Despite the media frenzy, no drugs seem to have actually turned up.  —  It is now Nov. 1, which means Halloween is over …

The Fed Chair's November Surprise  —  Jerome Powell is preparing to crash the economy days before the midterm elections, hurting workers and ushering his fellow Republicans into power.  —  The Federal Reserve, as part of a broader campaign by Republican Board Chairman Jerome Powell to …

From Yale to Newsmax, Usha Vance Has Helped J.D. Vance Chart His Path  —  The Ohio Senate candidate's wife, an accomplished lawyer, remains ensconced in the milieu he now rails against.  —  In 2013, two students at Yale Law School decided to organize a discussion group on the subject of “social decline in white America.”

Fox News Poll: Johnson holds edge over Barnes in Wisconsin Senate race  —  Democratic Gov. Tony Evers is in a tough battle to stay in office  —  Sen Ron Johnson: Democrats are divorced from reality  —  President Biden won Wisconsin by less than one percentage point in 2020, and the state remains closely divided.

U.S. workers have gotten way less productive.  No one is sure why.  —  Bosses and economists are troubled by the worst drop in U.S. worker output since 1947  —  Employers across the country are worried that workers are getting less done — and there's evidence they're right to be spooked.

Judge declines to drop charges against Donald Trump ally Tom Barrack after hinting he would  —  New York CNN —  After hinting some charges may be dropped in the foreign lobbying trial of longtime Donald Trump ally Tom Barrack, a federal judge on Tuesday is allowing the charges to stand and the case may soon go to the jury.

NSA Watchdog Concluded One Analyst's Surveillance Project Went Too Far  —  An “experienced” analyst working at the National Security Agency developed a surveillance project about a decade ago that resulted in the unauthorized targeting and collection of private communications of people …

Celebrities are starting to leave Twitter.  Here's a running list.  —  Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter has some in Hollywood heading for the exit.  —  “Grey's Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes and others in the entertainment industry say they plan to quit the platform now that it is owned by Musk …

An Arizona court seems to think voter intimidation isn't voter intimidation  —  The First Amendment's free speech clause grants a lot of protection for false and odious speech.  It also protects freedom of association.  So if a group of people want to get together to protest the results …

FCC commissioner says government should ban TikTok  —  The Council on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) should take action to ban TikTok, Brendan Carr, one of five commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission, told Axios in an interview.