Trump opens the door to Obamacare subsidy extension … “Don't give any money to the insurance companies.  Give it to the people directly, let them go out, buy their own health care plan,” Trump said.  “We're looking at that.”  —  Though his comments left the door open to a narrow extension …

Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump  —  US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.

Mark Kelly and Democrats turn ‘seditious six’ accusations into fundraising boon  —  The War Department's investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over allegations of misconduct for a video posted to social media is set to bolster the campaign coffers of the retired Navy captain, as well as other Democratic lawmakers and candidates.

Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office  —  President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength.  But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.  —  The day before Halloween, President Trump landed at Joint Base Andrews …

Trump admin hikes national parks prices by $170 for international tourists  —  The Trump administration is raising national parks' prices and adding fees for international tourists from next year in an “America-first” initiative that'll see U.S. residents “continue to enjoy affordable pricing,” the Interior Department announced Tuesday.

Bolsonaro out of appeals, will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt  —  The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.  —  BRASÍLIA — Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has exhausted his appeals …

Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom.  His architect disagrees.  —  The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project's size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.  —  President Donald Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design …

Karoline Leavitt's Family Member Captured by ICE Goons  —  THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL  —  America's brutal immigration raids just got personal for Trump's press secretary.  —  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been personally linked to the brutal ICE raids sweeping America.

Waiting on Medicare drug prices  —  Programming note: We'll be off on Thursday but back on our regular schedule next week.  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  THE END OF THE MONTH IS NEAR — President Donald Trump has touted a series of drug pricing deals his administration has struck …

Kristi Noem made call to hand over deported men to El Salvador, DOJ says … Noem's call ensured that the deportees — rounded up and expelled with virtual no due process after President Donald Trump invoked war powers to designate them as members of a transnational gang …

“America First” scars loom over Trump's Venezuela campaign  —  President Trump is flirting with one of the most toxic ideas in American politics — a new foreign military intervention — at one of the most precarious moments of his second term. … - The tensions mark the most public fracturing …

Trump weighing the ouster of Kash Patel, according to sources  —  Patel has come under scrutiny for his stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend's security detail and use of a government jet.  —  President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months …

NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice  —  A secret transcript reveals that the Trump envoy was helping a Putin advisor formulate a plan.  —  ∙ Paid … A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked …

A Year Later, Donors to Trump's Transition Come to Light  —  A 46-person list includes billionaires and people he went on to appoint to positions of power.  —  A full year after making a public pledge to do so, President Trump has disclosed a list of donors who helped pay for his transition to power.

How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs  —  A federal security officer linked to a thwarted Jan. 6 pipe bomb attack cleared her name by providing an alibi: video of her playing with her puppies at the time the devices were placed, sources told CBS News.

Supreme Court poised to reshape next 3 election cycles … It wouldn't be the last. … - Justice Samuel A. Alito temporarily reinstated Texas' GOP-favored congressional map last week, after a district court tossed it. … - “The big question here is whether Donald Trump's gambit …

Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race  —  Home Polls Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race  —  Voters Split on Trump's Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters' Concerns

Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump's Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago  —  The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting …

D.C. Mayor Bowser will not run for fourth term … D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) will not seek reelection, a seismic decision in Washington politics that will bring to a close more than a decade in leadership overseeing some of the city's most booming times and also its most turbulent crises this century.

Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.'s Second in Command  —  During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana's surgeon general, halted the state's mass vaccination campaign.

What the Pentagon's Attack Videos Reveal About the Boat Strikes at Sea  —  The military has released 21 video clips of U.S. attacks on vessels it says are trafficking drugs.  But they tell only part of the story.  —  The grainy videos released by the Pentagon are just seconds long.

‘Nobody will ever believe it’: James Comer airs doubts about his own Epstein investigation … “I fear the report will be like the Warren Report,” he said.  “Nobody will ever believe it.”  —  Comer's reference to the 1964 report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led …

David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face  —  A leaked executive order draft reveals the tech billionaire making a power play to become America's AI policy gatekeeper. … On Wednesday, a rumor began popping up in Washington about a momentous policy change …