Trump calls for jailing Democratic leaders as troops prepare for Chicago deployment  — Trump threatens to jail Johnson, Pritzker  — Former FBI chief due in court to face criminal charges  — National Guard troops gather outside Chicago despite local opposition

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources  —  Ex-FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned on federal charges Wednesday.  —  FBI Director James Comey speaks during a news conference, March 24, 2016 in Washington.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data  —  The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk  —  Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement …

Speaker clashes with Dem senators over Epstein files amid shutdown  —  Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday had a heated, face-to-face exchange with two Democratic senators Wednesday over the government shutdown and the swearing-in of Arizona's Democratic Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva …

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar  —  U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died” because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program.  But in Myanmar, families tell The Associated Press …

‘The church cannot be silent,’ Pope Leo XIV tells El Pasoans in Vatican meeting on mass deportation fears  —  Editor's Note: 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8: This story has been updated with additional comments from Pope Leo XIV.  —  Pope Leo XIV's eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led …

Inside Stephen Miller's Secret Plan to Normalize Trump's Dictator Rule  —  Stephen Miller has a theory about this political moment.  As President Trump expands his lawbreaking and dictatorial rule, the powerful MAGA disinformation apparatus—at Miller's direction—is supercharging public attention …

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis  —  In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.  —  Dayen Labor Department food crisis

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling … While a ruling in time for next year's midterms is unlikely, the organizations behind the report said that it's not out of the question.  Taken together, the groups identified 27 total seats that Republicans …

Post Traumatic Disorder … Last Thursday, at least a half-dozen staffers on The Washington Post's opinion desk were quietly sent an email from the section's new editor, Adam O'Neal.  The note, which surprised some of its recipients, informed them that their positions had been “impacted as part of our organizational change.”

IRS tells employees furlough backpay guaranteed, while WH counters in memo  —  The Internal Revenue Service said in a Wednesday memo that federal workers are required by law to be paid for the period that they're furloughed during a government shutdown — a day after Axios first reported …

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses  —  Eyes Up's purpose is to “preserve evidence until it can be used in court.”  But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.  —  Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports …

Trump administration officials seriously discussing invoking Insurrection Act, sources say  —  A decision is not expected to be imminent, one source said, but debate within the administration has shifted recently to more deeply exploring how and when the act might be invoked.

IMF and BoE warn AI boom risks ‘abrupt’ stock market correction  —  Kristalina Georgieva and UK financial stability watchdog say valuations are closing in on dotcom bubble levels  —  Global stock markets are at risk of a sudden correction as the artificial intelligence boom pushes valuations …

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters  —  A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.  —  Federal prosecutors on Wednesday morning filed …

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin's Creed last year  —  Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File  —  In July of last year, word began to trickle through Ubisoft that an ambitious new installment of the company's top franchise, Assassin's Creed, had been cancelled.

Florida Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Alleging He Maliciously Started What Became the Palisades Fire  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California  —  LOS ANGELES - A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested …

Hegseth's sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations  —  The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary Pentagon directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.

Voters Favor Deporting Those in U.S. Illegally, but Say Trump Has Gone Too Far  —  A Times/Siena survey shows that a majority of voters believe the Trump administration is deporting mostly the right people, even as a majority also say the process has been unfair.

What Civil Society Can Do to Beat Trumpism  —  President Trump is trying to seize power that he is not entitled to under the law or the Constitution.  —  But Mr. Trump will fail in remaking American politics if people and institutions coordinate against him, which is why his administration …

Bob Ross artwork to be sold to help public television after funding cuts  —  Thirty of the late painter's works will be auctioned starting next month.  The net proceeds will benefit stations threatened by reductions in federal funding.  —  Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned …

Team Trump's clashes with the faith community go from bad to worse  —  The political world is overdue for a conversation about the severity of the conflicts between the Republican administration and the faith community.  —  On the first full day of his second term, Donald Trump attended …

Jensen Huang says Trump's H-1B changes would've prevented his family from immigrating … Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his family's immigration to the U.S. “would not have been possible” with the Trump administration's current policy.  —  President Donald Trump announced …

The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America  —  The right loves the accounts, which often rail against supposed voter fraud.  They're run by a Macedonian who illegally donated to a U.S. House candidate  —  The right-wing information sphere on social media is shaped by large …

White House announces radical new plan to allocate tariff revenue without Congress  —  The Constitution gives Congress what's known as the “power of the purse.”  When Trump tries to claim he has his own purse, there's a problem.  —  At a White House event earlier this week …

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal.  Federal Courts Disagree. … The Trump administration last month made explicit what it has been implying for months, namely that it considers videotaping ICE raids to be illegal and intends to go after those who do it.