Trump Floats the Idea of Executing Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley  —  The former president is inciting violence against the nation's top general.  America's response is distracted and numb.  —  Late Friday night, the former president of the United States—and a leading candidate to be the next president …

Playbook: Will Senate Dems turn on Bob Menendez?  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FUN ONE — As Washington wrings its hands over the aging Senate, WaPo's Jesús Rodríguez checks in with some of the chamber's voluntary retirees …

Asa Hutchinson misses out as seven candidates qualify for second GOP debate  —  Former President Donald Trump is skipping another debate, while Hutchinson is the only candidate who made the first debate to miss the second one.  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson fell short of qualifying …

Fox News Announces a Newsom and DeSantis Debate in November  —  It's highly unusual for governors who are not running for the same office to debate, but the two have clashed repeatedly as they seek national attention.  —  Fox News announced on Monday that it was hosting a debate …

Georgia judge orders jurors' identities to stay secret during Trump election interference trial  —  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had requested an order that would put limitations on revealing jurors' names and likenesses during any trial in the case.

Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College  —  How we did this  —  The Electoral College has played an outsize role in some recent U.S. elections.  And a majority of Americans would welcome a change to the way presidents are elected, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

Barreling toward shutdown, McCarthy scrambles to get even one spending win  —  The speaker's latest plan is to advance four spending bills on Tuesday.  But it's unclear that he has the votes.  And it still won't keep the government open.

‘Missing witness’ in Biden corruption probe offers dirt on Hunter FBI ‘mole’ who tipped him off  —  Gal Luft, the fugitive “missing witness” of the Biden corruption investigation, has offered new evidence to the House impeachment inquiry about an FBI mole who tipped off Hunter Biden …

Biden suggests Americans should ‘stop electing’ House Republicans if they shut down government  —  President Biden on Monday bashed House Republicans for heading towards a government shutdown, saying that they shouldn't be elected if they can't do their job to fund the government.

China says willing to play ‘constructive’ role in APEC's success  —  China is willing to play a “constructive” role in the success of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, its top diplomat said on Tuesday, after President Xi Jinping's absence at the annual Group of 20 summit in India.

Antarctica just hit a record low in sea ice — by a lot  —  Sea ice extent around Arctic was the sixth lowest on record as well  —  Sea ice levels around Antarctica just registered a record low — and by a wide margin — as winter comes to a close, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).