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

Swalwell: Republicans planning ‘jail break’ revolt over Epstein files  —  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) predicted Wednesday that dozens of Republicans may ultimately support legislation requiring the Department of Justice to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Kristi Noem praised for ‘staring down’ Antifa.  It was a dozen reporters and a guy in a chicken suit  —  Trump has claimed Portland is ‘war-ravaged’ - but residents and local authorities dispute that  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech …

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

‘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 …

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.”

Pam Bondi Is a Piece of Work  —  U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi went before the Senate yesterday where she was supposed to provide testimony about critical Justice Department matters of which she has direct knowledge.  —  Instead, Bondi evaded answering the senators' questions.

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 …

Pro-Hamas Mobs Shut Down Streets on the Anniversary of Israel's Darkest Day  —  Pro-Hamas protesters commemorated the anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel by doing what they do best: Getting arrested for behaving like petulant thugs in Boston, Massachusetts.

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.

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 …

Flight delays could force parties to the shutdown bargaining table … And it's now getting the attention of the controllers' boss, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who gave them a warning Wednesday in an appearance on Fox News: “My message to the air traffic controllers who work for DOT is show up for work.

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses  —  Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE, 404 Media has learned.  The app, called Eyes Up, differs from other banned apps such as ICEBlock which were designed …

Trump Admin Gets UN To Slash ‘Ineffective’ Peacekeeping Force's US-Funded Budget  —  The agreement struck between UN ambassador Mike Waltz and the international organization is part of the Trump admin's broader effort to reform the UN  —  U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz reached …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Vance heads to Indiana after Republicans warn White House of stalled redistricting push … Indiana Gov. Mike Braun, a Republican, conveyed his concerns about the redistricting effort's chances in the state Senate to the White House last week, two people familiar with those discussions told POLITICO.

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.

The Pentagon's revised press rules are unacceptable, journalists' group says  —  The Pentagon Press Association said the government's policy still appears “designed to stifle a free press and potentially expose us to prosecution.”  —  Just now  —  The Pentagon's latest revisions …

Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War”  —  We have a commitment to ensuring that our journalism is not locked behind a paywall.  But the only way we can sustain this is through the voluntary support of our community of readers.

DNC briefs top Democrats on audit of 2024 White House loss … The DNC officials said the party's failure to respond to voters' top issues led to losses across once-core constituencies, including working class voters.  One of the people briefed said they understood that assessment to mean Democrats …

BREAKING: Hamas and Palestinian Factions Agree to Gaza Ceasefire Framework  —  Drop Site is non-aligned, completely independent, and 100% reader-funded.  Every dollar of your support goes directly to our reporting and our journalists on the ground in conflict zones around the world.

Professor who teaches about antifascism moves to Europe after death threats  —  A Rutgers University professor who wrote a book about antifa received the threats after he commented on President Donald Trump designating the movement a “domestic terrorist organization.”

‘Get out of my f—king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video … “You also were in my shot before that.  Stay out of my shot,” Porter said.  —  The staffer, whom POLITICO is not identifying out of privacy concerns and who was not the source of the video, declined to comment.