House control all but gone, top Republicans privately concede  —  Some top congressional Republicans have privately concluded that it is likely impossible for them to keep control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and they are now focused on limiting the scale of the defeat …

Ukraine's Exposure Grows as Satellite Use Is Restricted and Russia Escalates  —  A huge attack cut power to 600,000 people in Kyiv, and a Pentagon-funded satellite internet program appeared to be curbed without warning.  — 1.1k  —  Nearly five years into its fight for national survival …

Exclusive: White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money in “MAGA blood feud”  —  President Trump has directed his White House counsel to examine explosive allegations dropped on him Friday in the Oval Office:  — Former Trump attorney Alina Habba told the president that another …

Prices increased sharply in September in last inflation report ahead of elections  —  Inflation increased in September to a 3.7 percent annual pace, higher than expected.  —  SummaryLoading...  Inflation rose to a 3.7 percent annual pace in September, extending a relentless climb …

Exclusive: Judge limited Justice Department access to Rep. Ilhan Omar's records in sprawling immigration fraud probe  —  Donald Trump Federal agencies Immigration politics Immigration  —  The Trump administration pushed for an unusually aggressive search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's house in recent days …

Katie Zacharia's disastrous response to Popular Information's report  —  For years, President Trump's new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, has publicly claimed she is a lawyer.  Zacharia has repeatedly said she was “outside counsel” to the World Bank and “general counsel” to a California non-profit.

U.S. Is Sending Hundreds of Troops to Latin America  —  The Pentagon is expanding its fight against drug traffickers, even as the plans recall a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region.  —  The United States is sending several hundred Army soldiers to train and conduct exercises …

Kimberly Guilfoyle's burn book revealed.  Her MAGA secrets kept in a journal so potent it has nervous Trump insiders fearing revenge: ‘She knows where the bodies are buried’  —  Trump advisers had been wrangling to save Kimberly Guilfoyle's job as US ambassador to Greece before she was asked …

American-made goods also got more expensive under Trump tariffs, new research finds  —  Americans aren't just seeing the price tag increase for imported goods.  Thanks to President Donald Trump's tariffs, they are now paying more for products made in the U.S.A., according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Prediction markets bet brief tenure for Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary  —  Katie Zacharia just made her debut as White House press secretary, but gamblers are already wagering a quick tenure at the podium in the James Brady Briefing Room.  —  On Tuesday, her second day on the job …

Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts  —  The Trump administration is delaying the release of detailed data showing how Republicans' 2025 tax cuts affected millions of Americans' taxes, even as it tries to sell voters on the law ahead of the midterm elections.

Fox News: Where Ken Paxton partying with fugitives is much less interesting than James Talarico getting the flu  —  Just a minute and a half of coverage after days on Talarico's campaign trail absence  —  Fox News barely covered Monday's report that Texas attorney general and GOP nominee …

Trump Didn't Know Fort Hood Killer is Paralyzed as He Weighs Execution Livestream: CNN  —  President Donald Trump reportedly did not initially know convicted Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down as his administration moved toward livestreaming his execution by firing squad.

Ramaswamy Campaign Ad Accidentally Featured a Sex Offender  —  PROPERTY TAXES ARE A HOT-BUTTON ISSUE in Ohio, where Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is trying to run as a change candidate for governor in a state long run by Republicans.  And in his latest campaign ad, he tried to press the button hard.

'I'm Not Going to Have Blood on My Hands'  —  Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.  —  For years, ESPN wanted nothing to do with sports gambling.  That stance had softened a bit as of 2018, when the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban on bookmaking …

Americans are losing faith in their fellow voters  —  Americans' trust in their fellow citizens' democratic judgment has fallen to its lowest recorded level in more than five decades, according to a new Gallup survey. … - That's the lowest reading since Gallup began tracking the measure in 1974.

Trump plays Russian roulette on eve of midterms  —  President Trump is indulging his fondness for Vladimir Putin at a moment of acute political peril, forcing Republicans in the midterms to take cover as he showers Moscow with one-sided concessions. … - On Friday, Trump announced a deal …

Washington girls walk off cross country meet in protest of male athlete, parents reveal how it came to this  —  About a dozen Camas High School runners sat out after learning a competitor had switched from the boys' team  —  Holly Burns and about a dozen other girls walked away from a cross-country race in Washington on Tuesday.

Nancy Mace's Ex-Fiance Charged With Sex Crimes She Detailed in a House Speech  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace's former fiance and two of his business associates were charged with sex crimes and voyeurism on Wednesday over an episode the South Carolina congresswoman described …

2 Senate Republicans tell Supreme Court to review John Eastman's disbarment over Jan. 6  —  Two prominent Senate Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to review the disbarment of John Eastman for helping orchestrate the plot to overturn the 2020 election for President Donald Trump.

ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program  —  This article was featured in the Daily Prospect newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement is fast-tracking a $100 million domestic surveillance program to put 142 intelligence agents …

Union leader quoted in Maine Senate attack ad sends ‘cease and desist’ to GOP PAC  —  The ad quotes a union official slamming Democrat Troy Jackson's healthcare plan.  He told NBC News he never commented on Jackson's plan and was “shocked” to see the quote.

Freedom Caucus Chair Freaks Out Over Being Recorded in Public  —  Republican Rep. Andy Harris demanded that police remove a journalist from a press availability he was holding Tuesday night after a campaign forum with a Democratic challenger in Maryland, erroneously citing the state's wiretap law.